Wardle Society
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Wardle Society
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St James' Graveyard At the August 2009 meeting of the Wardle Society, concerns were raised regarding the overgrown and neglected condition of the graveyard. It seems that St John's Church graveyard in Smallbridge, is in a very similar condition - See here It was decided that the Society would write a letter of complaint to the Church Diocese, this was done, and a copy may be seen here - Letter The replies to this letter can be seen here: Reply 1 Reply 2 Reply 3 The
replies were discussed at the
Wardle Society September 2009 meeting, please read the
minutes of the meeting. See below - pictures taken in 2009 of the Graveyard
Update - December 2009 Following a meeting between
Cllr. Ashley Dearnley and the Rev A Howells, the Youth Offending Team will be
doing the work, however this is still in the pipeline. Update - May 2010 Steve visited the Youth Offending Team who had now commenced working on maintaining the church grounds on the 1st Saturday of each ‘summer time’ month, between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Although the 10 or so young people were working hard when he
visited, it was very clear that this would not be enough to adequately maintain
either the front of the church or the graveyard to the rear. Cllr. Ashley Dearnley reported that he had been in contact via
the Probation Service with the Community Payback Team. They have committed
themselves to tackle the overgrown graveyard and as opposed to the Youth
Offending Team, because they are adults, they can use appropriate power tools. Ted and Steve reported to the September meeting that thanks to the Probation Service’s Community Payback Team, the rear grave yard was looking much, much better (see picture below) It was hoped that the few remaining ‘black spots’ and the front graveyard would be done during their next monthly visit.
Update - October 2010 The whole of the Graveyard (front and back) has now been cleared
of all the overgrown weeds etc. by the Probation Service’s 'Community Payback
Team' Cllr. Ashley Dearnley has contacted the Probation Service's Community Payback Team, and they have put forward a program that would see them maintaining the Graveyard x4 times this year.
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