Green Flag Award 

2004/5

2005/6

2006/7

2007/8

2008/9

Friends of Marple Memorial Park

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5th Green Flag Award

The Friends are delighted that Marple Memorial Park has received a Green Flag Award for 2008/9, its fifth year in a row. The photo below was taken on 25 August 2007, when the Friends of the Park were joined by local councillors to raise the 2007/8 flag for the first time. See the Task Days page for more photos....


Photo by Cllr. Chris Baker


2004/5


2005/6

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Welcome to the web site of Friends of Marple Memorial Park

We are a group whose aim is to provide opportunities for community members to improve and promote the use of, awareness of and care of facilities within Marple Memorial Park in order to make the park a welcoming, safe and enjoyable environment for all. To better understand our aims and objectives take a look at our Constitution. To discover more about our recent activities review our Minutes of Meetings and Task Days and to learn more about our projects and successes, use the links at the top of this page. 

Members & Contacts Email contact:

Chairman (acting):

Adrian Ellis, Parks and Recreation Service, Tel: 07800 617 651.

Treasurer / Key Contact:

Mark Whittaker, 72 Woodville Drive, Marple. Tel: 427 4955.

Secretary / Social Secretary:

Micaela Wood, 73 Station Road, Marple.

Committee:

Peter Bardsley, 46 Station Road, Marple. Tel: 427 3991

Patrick O'Herlihy, 109 Stockport Road, Tel: 427 5500

Mark Whittaker, 72 Woodville Drive, Marple. Tel: 427 4955.

Bob Wilson, Community Parks Officer.

Micaela Wood, 73 Station Road, Marple.

SMBC Representatives:

Richard Booker, Community Support Officer. Tel: 474 4829.

Jonathan Long, Parks and Recreation Service, Tel: .

Brian Nash, Regeneration. Tel: 474 2638.

Bob Wilson, Community Parks Officer (in the park most days from Monday to Friday).

 

Our Sponsors - Acknowledgement of Support

The local shops and businesses below have shown us great support over several years by donating prizes for our fund-raising tombolas at local events like Marple Carnival, the Locks Festival, the Food and Drink Festival and the Marple Christmas Cracker. This has helped us to fund many of the projects that you can read about on this site using the links at the top of the page. We thank everyone listed for their help and support and applaud the great community spirit that abounds in Marple, which has helped us to achieve our aims so often.

Listed in alphabetical order (where available we have provide the relevant link to the Marple Business Forum's Marple Traders Directory):

Angel Hair Design Littlewoods Butchers
Antique Rose The Local (Off Licence)
Archers Mackays’ Newsagents
Autoden Marauder Games
Bare Necessities Marple Baths
Bargain Booze Marple Bookshop
Beadesaurus Marple China Centre
Bizzy Bee (Key Cutting) Marple Chiropractic Clinic & Holistic Centre
Blockbuster Marple Regent Cinema  
Boots the Chemist Marple Co-Op
Box Clever  Marple Health Shop
Crafty Ladies Marple Post Office
Davenport School & Leisure Outfitters  McPhee Newsagents 
Deli Select  Mum's the Word
Double Four Records  Pads, Paws & Claws
The Edge Restaurant  Paper Tiger
Etcetera The Parting Company
Glow Tanning Studio Paul Howard Meanswear
Gregs the Baker The Pink Parrot
Grenaby Farm Poppy
Hair & Beauty Centre Ridings Opticians
Hallmark (Thorntons) Ring o’ Bells Pub
Harmony Décor Roomeightyfive
Harrods Motor Components  The Rolling Pin
The Hearing Room S Duddy Ltd
Helen Winterson Sew In of Marple
House of Flowers Solo
Icing on the Cake Stationery Supplies
In the Greenwood SVC Lighting & Electrical
Ink Box Toast
J H Neal Quality Fruit & Veg. Thomson Travel Agents
Jestique Top Class Travel
Johnson Dry Cleaners  Toymaster
Kay Dees Hair & Beauty  Trek ‘n’ Travel 
Kenningtons Decorating Shop Yvonne Gillon
La Femme Chic

 

If you have helped us and we have omitted to include you above, please let us know so that we can correct our error.

"The land for Marple's War Memorial Park was given by the Carver and Barlow Families of this Parish in Memory of the men of Marple who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918 and the laying-out was done by Public Subscription."

Dedication of War Memorial Park - 22nd July 1922

 

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