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Archive => Archived Boards => Local Issues => Topic started by: admin on August 27, 2015, 01:04:28 PM
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It has taken over 2 years to get to the point that Friends of Marple Memorial Park can use power tools (with council approval and insurance) to refurbish the Town Centre Benches.
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We have now completed a trial bench and we think it looks great. We'd now like to work our way though the rest but we need sponsorship from local business to pay for this and raise some funds for the park too. Read more on the Friends of the Park web site here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015/267-task-day-23-august-2015-town-centre-bench.html
If your business would like to sponsor the refurbishment of a bench near to your premises please get in touch with Friends of the Park.
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Does anybody know what happened to the Portas money?It must be nearly three years since it was awarded.
Please refer to new thread and new board: http://www.marple-uk.com/smf/index.php?topic=6489.0 Admin
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Well done Mark and team, it does look great, look forward to seeing "in the flesh" when I'm next in Marple.
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With the arrival of spring and more than 3 warm dry days in a row we've at last managed to get the Harmony Decor plaque fitted to the town centre bench they sponsored Friends of the Park to refurbish last year. If the weather holds we'll soon be starting on some others...
Thank you to Harmony Decor for agreeing to sponsor the first bench we did, it's got us off the a great start!
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With the arrival of spring and more than 3 warm dry days in a row we've at last managed to get the Harmony Decor plaque fitted to the town centre bench they sponsored Friends of the Park to refurbish last year. If the weather holds we'll soon be starting on some others...
Thank you to Harmony Decor for agreeing to sponsor the first bench we did, it's got us off the a great start!
Where would we be without you people? Well done!
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Thank you to Harmony Decor for the donation of paint needed by Friends of Marple Memorial Park to continue with our refurbishment of the benches in Marple Town Centre!
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That's a lot of paint. Sorry can't help as snowed under with exam marking.
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With the arrival of spring and more than 3 warm dry days in a row we've at last managed to get the Harmony Decor plaque fitted to the town centre bench they sponsored Friends of the Park to refurbish last year. If the weather holds we'll soon be starting on some others...
Thank you to Harmony Decor for agreeing to sponsor the first bench we did, it's got us off the a great start!
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Could you tell me please were you have the plaques made .
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Could you tell me please were you have the plaques made .
Yes @amazon, we use The Sign Maker: http://www.sign-maker.net/ (http://www.sign-maker.net/)
The ones we usually have are laser engraved stainless steel.
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Yes @amazon, we use The Sign Maker: http://www.sign-maker.net/ (http://www.sign-maker.net/)
The ones we usually have are laser engraved stainless steel.
Than you .for your help
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It's taking longer than we expected but just finished our second Market Street bench refurbishment.
This one was sponsored by Helen Winterson and the plaque acknowledging that should be fitted in the next day or two.
Here are some before, after and inbetween photos:
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A cracking job, well done all.
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Yes, I agree with Snowball. 'A cracking job'.
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they look smart :)
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Thank you for the postive comments!
The plaque is now fitted:
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The next one is lined up too!
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Shame the screws holding the McNair trust one in place weren't replaced. They look rusty and naff against the new ones below.
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Shame the screws holding the McNair trust one in place weren't replaced. They look rusty and naff against the new ones below.
They are part of the benches' history.
They are also security screws designed not to be removed and would be very difficult (maybe impossible) to get out without damaging the old plaque and probably the wooden slat too.
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The latest Market Street bench refurbishment by Friends of Memorial Park is almost finished, just a final coat of treatment and plaques to be added.
This one is sponsored by the Gould-Martin family:
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👍👍👍
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Plaques are now fitted to the bench sponsored by the Gould-Martin family:
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We would like to get another coat of preservative on if we could stop these intermittent showers!
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Our next victim has been chosen - this one sponsored by Marple Civic Society, who, along with the MacNair Trust, sponsored the original bench installation back in 2004:
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Some progress on the Civic Society bench during yesterday's task day:
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The Civic Society bench is nearing completion, just a few finishing touches that we would have done if it wasn't raining AGAIN!:
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Great to see Helen Winterson staff enjoying the sunshine on their sponsored bench over the weekend:
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Next bench sponsored by Sew-In is now underway:
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Marple Civic Society bench is now completed, we're just waiting for the new plaque to arrive.
So we've gone from this:
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To this:
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Does the bench outside your shop need doing? Why not get your name on it!
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Another great job
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As the Sew-In sponsored bench nears completion we've now started on the one that features the Nativity sculptures each Christmas. Sponsored by the Bradshaw family!
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The new plaque on the Marple Civic Society bench has now been fitted:
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Progress on the Bradshaw family sponsored bench this week:
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We've also started on the one outside The Samuel Oldknow, which is being sponsored by them:
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Bench refurbishment sponsored by the Bradshaw family is now complete apart from final treatment and fitting of plaque:
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Samuel Oldknow sponsored bench has had first stage refit:
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And next bench on Derby Way sponsored by the Wetton family has been started:
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Today's progress on Town Centre benches sees The Samuel Oldknow sponsored bench fully reassembled:
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And the metalwork on the Wetton family bench on Derby Way rubbed down and painted:
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More progress on Town Centre benches today:
Bradshaw family sponsored bench has its final coat of preservative:
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Wetton family sposnored bench reassembly started:
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SVC Lighting and Electrical sponsored bench stripped down, cleaned and metalwork sanded and painted:
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The plaque is now fitted to the Bradshaw family sponsored bench and it's fully completed.
Here's a shot of the plaque and a before and after:
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Only 3 benches left on Market Street and Derby Way without sponsors folks: time to step up!
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Here's today's progress on Town Centre benches:
Wetton family bench on Derby Way - reassembly completed, final treatment and plaque awaited:
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SVC Lighting and Electrical sponsored bench - first stage reassembly completed:
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Samuel Oldknow sponsored bench - final treatment completed, plaque awaited:
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Ardek Ltd sponsored bench - stripped down and metalwork sanded and painted:
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Also, here's a partially sanded slat so you can see the difference it makes:
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The Samuel Oldknow sponsored bench is now complete with plaque fitted:
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Forgot to take a proper "before" but these will give you an idea of the transformation:
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The Sew-In sponsored bench now has its plaque fitted too. Here's a before and after of this one:
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More good progress on Town Centre Benches yesterday as we push hard to complete before winter sets in:
Reassembly finished on SVC Lighting and Electrical sponsored bench, final treatment and plaque outstanding:
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Second stage strip-down and rebuild on Ardek Ltd sponsored bench:
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Started on Munday family sponsored bench on Derby Way:
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We have one more signed up to do sponsored by The Carver Theatre, leaving one bench on Market Street that has no sponsor at the moment.
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A productive day on Town Centre Benches as we push hard to finished while the sun shines!
Ardek Ltd bench reassembly completed, final treatment next:
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Munday family sponsored bench 1st stage reassembly completed:
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Carver Theatre sponsored bench 1st strip down and painting complete:
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SVC Lighting & Electrical bench given final treatment and now awaits fitting of plaque:
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Wetton family bench given final treatment and now awaits fitting of plaque too:
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The Carrver Theatre bench is the last one we're going to do this year as we do not yet have a sponsor for the one near Neal's Greengrocers.
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The plaque was fitted to the Wetton family sponsored bench on Derby Way today and it is now fully completed.
Here's a shot of the plaque plus a before and after:
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And the SVC Lighting and Electrical sponsored bench on Market Street has also had it's plaque fitted today and is now fully completed too.
Here's a shot of the plaque plus a before and after:
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Fantastic job on all the benches, well done.
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Fantastic job on all the benches, well done.
Thank you @Snowball ! We've been getting some great comments from people passing by while we've been doing the work too.
We were extra-earlybirds this morning and completed reassembly of the Munday family sponsored bench and first stage reassembly of the Carver Theatre sponsored bench too. So that just leaves final treatment and plaque for the Munday one and four more slats to sand for the Carver, then final reassembly, treatment and plaque. We also have the Ardek Ltd bench to give a final treatment and plaque too. Unfortunately the Carver slats are too wet to sand this morning as planned but hopefully won't take too long to dry now they are undercover. The end is in sight!
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Great job well done to all involved. Just one point, wouldn't it be more comfortable to sleep on the bench and not under it!!! ;)
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Reassembly of the Carver Theatre sponsored bench is now completed, final treatment and plaque awaited:
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Ardek Ltd sponsored bench given final coat of treatment, plaque to be fitted:
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Munday family bench given final treatment, plaque to be fitted:
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The plaque is now fitted to the Ardek Ltd sponsored bench at the Church Lane end of Market Street and it's all finished.
Here's a photo of the plaque plus a before and after - what a difference! Thank you to Angela & Derrick May for sponsoring!
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Final treatment on the last bench of 2016 sponsored by the Carver Theatre, or maybe not because it started to rain as soon as it was finished, so we may have to do again!
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They all look better than when they were new .its a credit to all of you .
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The Munday family sponsored bench is now fully completed, here's a before and after plus a shot of the plaque fitted today.
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And the Carver Theatre sponsored bench is also now fully completed, here's a before and after plus a shot of the plaque fitted today.
This means that we've now finished our Town Centre bench refurbishments for this year, having done 12 of the 13 on Market Street and Derby Way.
We hope to do the last one plus the four on the Hollins next year if we can find sponsors.
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What do they cost to sponsor?
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I was wondering if the Marple U3A might be interested as a lot of their members use these benches while waiting for buses.
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What do they cost to sponsor?
The standard charge for the ones we've done so far, including one plaque, is £160 but some have cost more for extra plaques and the like. We are planning to re-treat the benches next year too in order to keep them looking good.
Some of the ones on the Hollins may have some extra costs too because they are in much worse condition. We will look at this next spring when the weather becomes suitable again. We have had some interest from the shops along there but nobody has actually finalised and we've not been pushing as we were busy enough with the ones we had. It was disappointing that we didn't get a sponsor for the last one on Market Street though. We approached two organisations about it but one couldn't decide and the other hasn't responded yet. We are planning to put a "Sponsor Me!" sign on it.
The financial details from the whole campaign will be published in the next Friends of the Park minutes (from our meeting on Monday) and I can tell you that we've been able to allocate £1,200 of extra funding to the Skatepark Project from the income. This will draw down the same amount from the council's £ for £ match-funding, so it has got us £2,400 closer to that £100,000 target.
It turned out to be a lot of work for 3 or 4 volunteers but I think it's been great for the sponsors, the Town Centre and Friends of the Park.
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Hi,
Which bench on market street (location) is left unsponsored?
Many thanks
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Hi,
Which bench on market street (location) is left unsponsored?
Many thanks
The one outside Neal's Greengrocers. It has an existing Marple Business Forum plaque on it like the one the Carver Theatre sponsored.
I was wondering if the Marple U3A might be interested as a lot of their members use these benches while waiting for buses.
That could certainly be an option Barbara, although we should give the shops they are outside of first refusal I think.
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The one outside Neal's Greengrocers. It has an existing Marple Business Forum plaque on it like the one the Carver Theatre sponsored.
I'd potentially be interested in sponsoring it if you can let me know who I should contact?
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I'd potentially be interested in sponsoring it if you can let me know who I should contact?
I'm the contact for bench refurbishments. I've replied to your PM with more details.
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Great to see the Town Centre Nativity sculpture on the bench we refurbished for the Bradshaw family this Christmas!
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