Notices from Friends of Marple Memorial Park
A section for notices and statements that we wish to share with the local community.
Friends of the Park need help to move 4 large logs please!
Update: help provided by Shelby Landscapes Ltd, thank you!
In response to the damage done to the silver birch tree near Lock 11 by a park neighbour last year, Friends of the Park would like to bring four large oak logs to the park. These will be sited in the centre of the park as informal seating that can be used by young people without interference from our neighbour who thinks they are above the law.
The council's contractor TLC were going to transport the logs for us but their tractor has been broken for months and time is slipping away to get them moved for the summer holidays.
Public statement about vandalised tree near Lock 11
Friends of the Park feel the need to make a public statement about the mature Birch tree in the canal-side woodland near to Lock 11, and to explain what has happened to it recently.
The group know that this once special tree was a huge favourite with children due to the unusually low branches that made it unique and really easy to climb. When Lock 11 was repaired by the Canal and River Trust in 2019 we persuaded them to change their access plans to avoid their contractor's intended removal of this tree.