THE "BUY A FLAG PROJECT" ORGANISED TO FUND THE LAYING OF THE FLAGS, STARTED WAY BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2007
AND WE HAVE AT LAST SEEN "PHASE ONE" COMPLETED.
THE HARD STANDING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PITCH HAS
BEEN LAID, USING THE HUNDREDS OF FLAGS PURCHASED BY OUR SPONSORS.
WE DID HAVE A BIT OF A PROBLEM WHEN WE FOUND OVER
100 OF THE FLAGS MISSING, BUT AS USUAL OUR SPONSORS, MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WERE THERE ONCE MORE TO ENSURE WE HAD ENOUGH
TO COMPLETE OUR FIRST TARGET.
THE HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS OVERSEEN THIS PART OF THE PROJECT THROUGH
THE WREN LANDFILL COMMUNITIES FUND (WASTE RECYCLING ENVIRONMENTAL LTD), BIFFAWARD, GREENINGS MERSEY AND THE CONTRACTOR WHO
CARRIED OUT THE WORK COUNTY LANDSCAPE DEVELOPEMENTS.
IT WAS UNDERTAKEN WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND REFURBISHMENT AND
PLAYING FIELD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
MEMBERS AND SPONSORS ALSO GAVE MANY HOURS HELP BY TRANSPORTING THE FLAGS TO
THE GROUND. WE ARE INDEBTED TO MICK SHERIDAN, DEREK WHITLEY AND JOHN ANDERTON FOR THEIR STALWART EFFORTS.
THIS HARD
STANDING IS A FURTHER STEP IN OUR GOAL OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE CLAPGATE
CRESCENT END IN "STAGE TWO" AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
WOODEN HUT, ON WHAT IS NOW THE CARPARK IN BLACKBURN AVENUE. THEN TO THE ERECTION OF THE PRESENT DRESSING ROOMS IN 1983
AND TO THE RECENT LEAPS OF IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH DRESSING ROOMS AND THE PLAYING AREA FACILITIES.
WE ARE STEADFAST
IN OUR AIMS TO PROVIDE THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
WHAT MAKES THE LATEST IMPROVEMENT SO SPECIAL, IS THAT IT
HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO SMALL DONATIONS BY HUNDREDS OF LOCALS AND SUPPORTERS, ALL OF WHO HAVE OUR
MOST SINCERE THANKS, WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF IT WITHOUT YOU !!
