The Friends of Cottenham Park

Invite you to join us for 

Christmas Carols

 

in the Pavilion

 on

 Friday 15th December 2017

 at 7 pm

Mulled Wine, Soft Drinks & Mince Pies

The hall will be decked and our musicians have a grand selection of carols ready to accompany your fine voices! 

Children as always are very welcome.

There is no entrance fee for the evening though donations in the "watering can" are most welcome to help cover costs.

Entry to the Pavilion will be via the park's lantern lit north east gate on Melbury Gardens.

We look forward to seeing you again.

Best wishes

Friends of Cottenham Park

Tea in the Park - Thank you!

We'd just like to say a huge, (and slightly belated) thank you to everyone who helped make Tea in the Park such a great success this year.  Our little annual gathering of local supporters has grown each year, even judged solely on the number of pots of animal food sold on the day (Basil and Crew wouldn't have needed to be fed for a day or two afterwards), we had a record turnout once again.

The tug of war was a riot, the honey delicious, the face paintings were masterpieces and the weather just about behaved itself, all in all helping us to raise over £500 towards our park while gaining new members.

So our thanks go to everyone who donated items, baked cakes, helped out and turned up on the day. A great community effort and well done to all!

Announcing Tea in the Park 2017

The Friends of Cottenham Park's annual Tea in the Park event will be held on Sunday 30th April 2.30 - 4.30pm.  We are delighted to confirm that the Basil and Crew petting farm will be joining us again this year and that Savills have kindly offered to sponsor the afternoon once more.  Further details to follow, though please get in touch if you would like to volunteer to help, run a stall, or donate a raffle prize: friendsofcottenhampark@gmail.com

Playground update and the Carols

You may have noticed that Merton Council have been levelling and resurfacing the lower playground over recent weeks and that the area is still fenced off while works are completed.
A synthetic safety matting called Rhino Mulch, has been laid around the various pieces of equipment in an attempt to control the mud and puddle problem which makes the area unusable over the cold, wet months of the year. (It has been observed that many local toddlers do not find the muddy puddles to be any issue at all however, and will in fact head straight there for a good bath if given half a chance.)

The Friends of Cottenham Park have been requesting that Merton address the problem for some time so we're delighted that this area is now being made safer and
more useable to families.
We'd like to express our continued thanks to Johnathan Turner and his team at
Merton for all they do - including the new slide apparatus they provided for the upper playground last year. This has been a big hit with the children who use it.

Finally, to follow up on our last post, the Christmas Carol evening in the pavilion proved a great success and was attended by over 60 people, including a good number of children.  Thanks again to our talented musicians Maggie, Henry and Philip, and to our Chairman Mike for leading the proceedings.  He is convinced that the hot mulled wine attributed to us almost getting the Twelve Days of Christmas right this year!  Here are a few of photos from the night.