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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.
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9 June 2024 / 27 June 2024 by Tom
As Co-ordinator for Litter Free Leeds in Allerton I organise community litter-picks and on the morning of the 9th took a small but doughty group down the the Linesway to collect litter. An excellent haul of 9 bags and two new ‘wombles’ initiated into the local group. In the afternoon I visited the Old Girls […]
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.
