A blog of Friends of Wollaton Park volunteering activities in Wollaton Hall.
Cleaning the Roof
Read more: Cleaning the RoofFriday’s cleaning task was on the roof of Wollaton Hall. We were getting the algae and moss off the walkway on the north-facing half roof.
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Top and Bottom
Read more: Top and BottomThe volunteers undertook a clean-up of the Prospect Room and the Tudor Kitchen.
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Lodge 1
Read more: Lodge 1In November a team of volunteers returned to Lodge 1 to tidy it up. During the session information came to light that an American soldier called Fred Hall volunteered for gate duty during the war and was billeted in Lodge 1. After the war, he returned to Nottingham and used his skills in using explosives…
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VW Volunteers
Read more: VW Volunteers25 VW employees came to the park today to volunteer. They worked on the 508 memorial, Lodge 1, restoring memorial benches and tidying up around the lake.
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Hoovering the Elizabethan Cellars
Read more: Hoovering the Elizabethan CellarsOur volunteer session was joined by Henry. Boy did we have fun in the Elizabethan cellars. Hoovering up all that glitter and fake snow from the aftermath of the Christmas celebrations.
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Tidying Lord Middleton’s Library
Read more: Tidying Lord Middleton’s LibraryA small group of volunteers helped to tidy up Lord Middleton’s Library this morning.
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Tidying the Wollaton Hall Courtyard
Read more: Tidying the Wollaton Hall CourtyardBefore and after shots of volunteer work in the Hall. There is also a photograph of a 2m high Figwort plant thought to be introduced to the hall by the Middleton family as a medicinal herb.
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Refurbishing the 508 memorial.
Read more: Refurbishing the 508 memorial.A group of volunteers refurbished the 508 memorial. Kevin Beswick, FoWP Chairman writes… On left hand side of the main field in front of the Hall you may have seen this war memorial. Here is the story behind this memorial. Owen Brian Hill 1921 – 2002 O.B.Hill was born in Fort Branch Indiana…
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Cleaning Jackson’s Quarters
Read more: Cleaning Jackson’s QuartersA small group of volunteers cleaned parts of what is known as Jackson’s Quarters in Wollaton Hall today. We think Mr Jackson lived in the hall and acted as a fire warden during the second world war.
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Lodge 1 Tidying
Read more: Lodge 1 TidyingA dedicated group of volunteers helped to tidy up Lodge 1 this morning. We added plants to the beds cleared the guttering, painted windows and cleaned up the inside.
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