* Members of the Tidy Town Team at work near the museum.
A band of dedicated volunteers from Llangollen Tidy Town Team put in a total of 690 hours of unpaid work last year, ranging from litter picking to painting.
The facts about the team’s activities during a busy 2014 are
revealed in the latest annual report of the organisation, which was formed in
2006 and currently has a membership of 20 plus a couple of would-be volunteers
on a waiting list.
Co-ordinator David Davies says in the report: “Litter
clearing activities continue with Dinas Bran Castle Hill, the roadside along by
the `Hawthorn’ sculpture, along the Panorama, the sports fields, the wharf area
and canalside being annual work locations.
“We also applied our `gardening’ skills to the much-overgrown
area in the town centre between the Tourist Information Centre and Town Hall
and continued vegetation thinning in Riverside Gardens, our sixth year of so
doing. Here we also repaired a picnic
table and supplied and installed another new table.
“In Riverside Park we painted railings and carried out some
renovation and cleaning of the mini-golf area before releasing our energy on
some more Himalayan Balsam.
“We continue to assist at the Rotary Fete and at Christmas
erect the town Christmas tree and have a considerable presence on the town
Christmas festival day.
“Our efforts have been acknowledged by a Llangollen Civic
Society Award this year for `considerable contribution to the appearance of the
Town.’
Mr Davies adds: “A big thank you to all our supporters during the year including Llangollen Town
Council, Denbighshire County Council, Keep Wales Tidy, Vale of Llangollen Golf
Club, Horse Drawn Boats, the Spar Supermarket (Blakemore Foundation) and
Kenrick Motors.
“Finally thank you to
the members of the team for their 690 hours of voluntary work during the year.”
Llangollen county councillor Stuart Davies said: “I’d like
to pass on to the team my congratulations
for a job well done. I applaud them.”
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