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25 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
25th June – Was asked by the Allerton Bywater Miners Scouts group to organise back to back litter picks for 60 Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in the village. The amazing children collected over 50 bags of litter between them. Showing a wealth environmental awareness and knowledge – vapes, danger of fire from glass, biodiversity, […]
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23 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
23rd Selby Fun Day on the theme of 1974. Green Party VICTORY over Labour – it’s official! Their candidate could scarcely compete with someone who picks litter in Selby, Brayton, Allerton and Kippax every week, now could he? And I think you’ll agree I aced him in the Fancy Dress stakes too. If he’d stayed […]
22 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
22nd – Methley community litter pick – 19 bags collected around the village with help from families, Methley Striders and wombles old and new. Lovely meeting with a constituent in Beal, and drop in for soft drink at the Jenny Wren – lovely pub and landlady!
20 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
20th bright and hopeful on a fabulous Heritage Walk around Sherburn in Elmet organised by Leeds Civic Trust – fascinating insights followed by hour-long political chat with some of the inspirational residents! Back to the Old Girls School for an afternoon meeting with wonderful constituent and socialist activist Mike Coulson about independent lifeboats, fire service, […]
18 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
18th of June – at Community House in Selby for a meeting with Our Zero Selby about a new tree-planting / growing/ rescue initiative being set up in the town.
15 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
What a busy day the 15th was – and the weather? The day began with the official opening of the Allerton Bowers Hall Centenery in Great Preston; a fabulous community space being revitalised by willing volunteers. I had the privilege of meeting TWO King’s Scouts, helping out and being ambassadors for the local group. Then […]
14 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
14th of June saw the unveiling of the Lorax – my environmentally friendly scarecrow for the village’s Scarecrow Trail – made of over 300 cans, collected by the wombles over recent weeks and with his powerful warning not to cut, spray or mow! The afternoon saw me supporting fellow Green Party Arnold Warneken at the […]
13 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
13th of June saw another morning Womble in Selby before a meeting with BBC Radio York again to discuss local green issues. In the afternoon a meeting with a constituent in Monk Fryston, to discuss the challenges faced by carers in particular and the NHS in general.
12 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
12th of June mainly consisted of family appointments at Jimmys in Leeds and in Castleford. As a carer for elderly parents some days have to be dedicated solely to them – but the evening rounded off with a positive Green Party meeting about the media successes for myself and the national party in the past […]
11 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
11th June – another first – an interview with Richard Edwards for BBC Radio York about Green Party policies, public transport in Selby, the NHS and the importance of honesty and integrity in politics. You can also listen back to this via BBC Sounds if you are interested.
10 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
10th June – visiting the Kippax Wombles to return borrowed pickers (Kippax, Methley, Great Preston and Allerton groups often work together) and delivering a ‘rescue’ tree to Ash Tree Primary School. The afternoon spent crushing and cleaning litter-picked cans for a special project – more of which later.
8 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
On the 8th of June I took my parents to Ripon to lend our support to the protest against the removal of veteran beech trees from the memorial park on Kirkgate, by Ripon Cathedral. This has been a long-running protest with which I have been personally involved for many months – it was heartening to […]
7 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
7th of June saw a first for me – recording a TV appearance! BBC Politics North filmed in Leeds. You can watch it on BBC iPlayer, aired on the 9th of June – where I got the opportunity to discuss Green Party policies, principles and vision for the Selby constituency, Yorkshire and beyond. Simultaneously my […]
6 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
6th of June D-Day – a productive morning spent in Selby with the Selby Womblers and staff from Sedamyl, cleaning up the Abbott’s Road area, lovely also to meet some of the fabulous ladies crafting in the Salvation Army Hall on Parkin Avenue. The East Common Post Office is reliably open if you can access […]
5 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
An auspicious day on the 5th of June – a trip to Northallerton to hand in my nomination papers as Green Party Parliamentary candidate for the 2024 General Election. In the afternoon undertook a Hedgerow Survey in Mickletown – one of a series, again, in preparation for the opposition to the quarry proposal.
4 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
4th of June spent in Allerton, firstly with the Allerton In Bloom team clearing village planters of last year’s annuals in preparation for new planting over the next few weeks.Then completed several ‘graffiti cleaning’ tasks that I have seen building up over recent weeks – bins, telephone exchanges and bus-shelters restored to their former glory!
3 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
3rd of June in Selby Town collecting litter in the Town Centre and then a photoshoot for the election leaflets – soon to be on doorsteps in the constituency!
2 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
Very pleased to be making a video on the 2nd for the Green Party in Leeds announcing that we had reached the 25% target of our Crowdfunder. The evening was spent clearing a footpath in Allerton Bywater of overgrown vegetation so that a community litter-pick could take place safely.
1 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Angela Oldershaw
Kicking off on the 1st delivering leaflets around the village of Methley with the Resident’s Association, to keep everyone informed about the progress of the objection to a proposed quarry development within 100m of many houses in the village.
