Save the date …. Friday 13th December at 7pm
Join neighbours and friends at CAROLS IN THE CIRCUS. Music will be provided by the Salvation Army. There will be a charity collection at the event, with proceeds going to the Salvation Army
St. Stephen's Millennium Green: Talk with Wine
Join Sheila Gundry, of the wildlife charity “Froglife”, to hear about Charlcombe’s flourishing amphibian population. Tickets cost £12.50 including a glass of wine and are available in advance only through www.milleniumgreen.org.uk/events.
Late Summer Party 2024
Many thanks to Megan and her team for organising another lovely gathering. The weather just about held up! Many thanks also to our hosts who generously opened their garden for us.
Take a look at more party photos on the Gallery page!
Retrofitting Listed Buildings
Wednesday 15th May
Free Webinar
Owners and occupiers of listed buildings are invited to attend the first in a series of events that will help them to understand how they can save energy while also conserving their property.
The events are being organised by the grant-funded Green Heritage Homes project, a collaboration between Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE), Bath Preservation Trust, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and People Powered Retrofit, which aims to improve understanding of energy efficiency works to listed buildings.
The first event will be a free webinar on Wednesday 15 May and will feature talks from several of the partner organisations: Bath & North East Somerset Planning & Conservation team will talk about applying for Listed Building Consent; BWCE will be outlining the retrofit services it offers to help owners and occupiers; and Bath Preservation Trust will be discussing how the historic significance of a building is assessed when considering energy measures.
More details can be found by clicking the link below:
https://newsroom.bathnes.gov.uk/news/webinar-owners-and-occupiers-interested-retrofitting-listed-buildings
Abseil St Stephen's
Saturday 22nd June
Abseil from the top of the tower at St Stephen’s Church Lansdown. It’s a stunning view at the top, a great challenge both on the way up and then down and a wonderful sense of achievement at the bottom!
The total raised from the abseil will be shared between Genesis Trust and St Stephen’s Church.
Register at:
https://genesistrustbath.enthuse.com/cf/abseil-st-stephen-s
The new residents of Lansdown Crescent
Jazz in the Nave at St Stephen's
Friday, April 19
Jazz in the Nave at St Stephen's, Bath
Boogie on down to St Stephen's for an evening of jazz with SYNCOPATION STATION.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jazz-in-the-nave-at-st-stephens-bath-tickets-862830297647
Neighbour hood Watch Beat Surgery
St Stephens Church Foyer
Saturday 10th February 2024 10am-noon;
Saturday 06 April 2024 10am-noon; and
Saturday 01 June 2024 10am-noon
All welcome to pop in.
Gold Winner 2023 of Bath in Bloom!
Congratulations to Nick Bishop who won a Gold award in this year's Bath in Bloom competition.
Our beautiful neighbourhood is establishing a good track record in this competition, you may recall that Gloria Gibson previously won a silver award.
ST. STEPHEN’S HARVEST FLOWER FESTIVAL
ST STEPHEN’S LANSDOWN, BATH
HARVEST FLOWER FESTIVAL
‘HARVESTING FOR HOPE AND GROWTH’
THE EVENT
The Festival: Saturday 30 September until Sunday 8 October.
Free entry to view/donation to display.
Thursday pm 28/Friday 29: Set up
Monday 9 October onwards: take down
Saturday 30 September: open 10 am – 4 pm with refreshments (£5 suggested donation)
Official opening: 10 am with special guests invited
Sunday 31 September: open noon – 4 pm
Monday – Saturday, 1 – 7 October: 10 am – noon
Supporting activities:
Saturday 7 October: 10 – noon: A Farming Year – by Rev Debbie Pow: illustrated talk with refreshments. £5 voluntary contribution.
Sunday 8 October: Bring & Share Harvest Lunch 1230 pm
Children’s crafts: available weekends only – colour/make a mini lolly stick scarecrow; Harvest card-making; pumpkin painting; leaf prints/garlands; Harvest colouring: £5 pp for all crafts.
Guidelines for displays:
HARVEST THEMES
A display/installation needs to be harvest related. It could just include Harvest fruits or Autumn colours, or you could give the display a theme for example:
* A Harvest hymn such as We Plough the Fields and Scatter; All Things Bright and Beautiful; For the Beauty of the Earth
* Harvest associations – scarecrows and corn dollies
* Harvest produce – pumpkins, vegetables, sunflowers
* Eco Harvest
* Harvest-related books – Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie
DISPLAY/INSTALLATION SPACE
We have the following space options, with size/location details listed on the booking form:
* Floral pedestals of assorted sizes which could either be single or grouped as a duo/trio
* Standard gopak tables (180 cm long x 75 cm wide)
* Other mid/work surface height flat surfaces
* Quirky church spaces including higher level window ledges; bench seats and backs; altar rails; chancel niches
SET UP TIMES
THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2 – 6.30 PM
FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 9 AM – 6.30 PM
And some ideas to inspire . . .
Remembering Peter White
It is with sadness we must report the passing of Peter White on the 23rd of July.
He had lived on the crescent since the 1980's, following his retirement from a career that saw him travel the world and now will be sadly missed from his daily spot on the bench outside No 5.
He is survived by Charlotte and his daughters, step children and grandchildren.
Sheep update from Doug Creed, Farmer
Jan 2023:
I check the sheep and grass most days even if it is sometimes just driving around the crescent and pulling in briefly to check all is ok.
The reason the sheep gather at the gate now, is because I have started feeding them in the trough just inside the gateway, so I only need to pull up in the Land Rover and they get very excited! I am aware the grass is now quite short, it was my intention to graze the field quite tightly so that there is no carry over of old grass, then I will give the field a rest and I shall be moving the sheep on later this week, but they are being fed and obviously checked regularly.
We are now building up the ewes at home, feeding them up in preparation for lambing again at the end of March. How the seasons come around so quickly.
With the windy weather it is even more important to check that plastic recycling and rubbish bags are secure, especially if put out the night before. Bags of plastic waste are collected weekly from the field and there is evidence that some has been eaten. The Committee used to run weekly clean up rotas after bin day, but it was agreed that all residents would be responsible for litter picking around their own homes or to clean up if waste if it is seen blowing.
Lansdown Place Posse
Thanks to Ben who rounded up a team of volunteers from Lansdown Place East to bag all the wet leaves building up along Upper Lansdown Mews. Thirty heavy soggy bags were filled ready for collection by The Council. The street looks pristine now!
BATH IN BLOOM
Dear Members
The Annual Bath in Bloom competition will soon be upon us. We have had two winners in recent years.
Closing date for entries is 3rd June, link to the entry forms below. Courtyard gardens entries are encouraged.
http://www.bathinbloom.org/bath-in-bloom/bath-in-bloom-competition
LARGE GARDEN TO LET
The St. Stephen's Millennium Green Trust has a large garden (0.16 acre) with a cultivated area to let. The
garden lies between Lansdown Road and the Upper Lansdown Mews.
The garden was left to the St. Stephen's Millennium Green Trust to safeguard the land from development
and to provide an income for the Trust to assist with the upkeep of the Millennium Green.
The garden is available to rent from September 3rd 2022.Informal expressions of interest are invited at an annual rent of £3500. The garden will be open to
view during the Lansdown Open Gardens to be held on June 19th 2022 from 2pm - 5:30pm. If this time is
not convenient special arrangements to view the garden can be made.
The Trustees wish to settle arrangements by the end of August 2022.Further details of the garden and the Trustees intention for the garden along with draft
details of the terms of the let are available from the Chairman of the Trust by phoning 07887 661 403 or
via email at contact@millenniumgreen.org.uk.
SAD NEWS
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of Antony Branfoot. He was a much loved and respected friend and neighbour, as one of our committee remarked, “quite simply one of the loveliest , kindest people I have ever met.”
We will all miss seeing him gardening the green spaces around the Crescent and out and about on his daily walks with Sue.
We send much love and support to Sue and the family and we will all be sure to raise a glass to him at our Jubilee party in June.
Spring 2022 Newsletter
Pdf Newsletter here
Autumn 2021 Newsletter
The short Autumn e-Newsletter has been sent out and can be found here
Bath in Bloom 2021 winner
One of our residents has triumphed in the 2021 Bath in Bloom winning a coveted silver award in the medium-sized garden category.
Gloria Gibson has spent many years designing and working on her truly beautiful garden at Lansdown Place West. Recently Mark Perkins a local landscape gardener has helped Gloria to maintain it. We hope that this success will encourage more of our Lansdown Crescent Association members to enter next year.
Congratulations Gloria!
Lansdown Open Gardens: August 22nd
The Lansdown Open Gardens annual event is back after a year's absence! It will take place on Sunday August 22nd from 2-5:30pm. This is later than the usual Mid-Summer date so visitors to the gardens will see different flowers blooming at their best.
Five gardens will be open all within walking distance of the St. Stephen's Millennium Green. Teas, cakes, live jazz and a raffle will be available on the Millennium Green. In case of rain takeaway tea and cakes will be available from the St. Stephen's Centre at St. Stephen's Church. Tickets are £5 per person (children free) and all proceeds go towards the upkeep of the St. Stephen's Millennium Green. Please bring exact money if possible.
If anyone could make a cake or have any preserves that could be sold at the event please contact Jackie Harris via email on jackiemharris@hotmail.co.uk.
Let's all hope for fine weather on August 22nd!
https://www.millenniumgreen.org.uk
