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Brampton Allotment Gardens Association 8 Individuals
Future Events
Here are some provisional dates for your diary:
February 3rd 2024
Regional Meeting – topic/venue to be advised.
April 2024
Regional AGM – date and venue to be advised.
24th February 2024
Seed Swap – your committee members will be in attendance; come and meet us, swap seeds and meet like-minded people.
THE
SEED SOCIAL NORTH TYNESIDE SEED SWAP
Free entry, swap seeds for free, 50p donation per packet thereafter
Heritage Seed Library
Locally Saved Seeds
Organic Seeds
Fruit Bushes
Unusual Edible Tubers
Heirloom Varieties Northumberland Wildlife Trust
National Allotment Society SATURDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 10.00 - 14.00 WHITLEY BAY HUB, 158 WHITLEY ROAD, WHITLEY BAY, NE26 2LY
3 minute walk from Whitley Bay Metro Station
If you can help with our vision as a committee person or lend your skills in any other way, I look forward to hearing/ working with you - please make contact (contact details on inside front cover).
NORTHERN
Say Hello to Harry
I am Harry James, your NAS Regional Representative, living in Newcastle upon Tyne.
I am a life member of NAS since 1982. My allotment is at the Three Mile in Gosforth - I have a full-size plot with greenhouse, plus a
net covered walk-in tunnel and the obligatory shed. As a young boy, I helped my father in his allotment. In the past I was chairman of a local allotment association, formed in 1916, but it was closed down by the ‘Freemen’ of Newcastle under the Town Moor Act. My passion is for allotments and always will be. Yes, we ‘Dig
for Victory’ and now we ‘Dig for Recovery’ following Covid! I retired some years ago and now my ‘day job’ is my allotment.
As your regional representative, please make contact with any issues you may have, whether horticultural or allotment issues. Allotments are my passion! Keep in touch.
The Northern Committee
The Northern Region is a new committee
with ambition. We want to increase our NAS membership; we intend to carry out a pilot survey in the Tyneside area to understand why some sites are not NAS members. We hope this will help to identify possible changes needed and it should also guide the development of a comprehensive survey which could ultimately be carried out.
“Allotments are my passion.
As a young boy, I helped my father on his allotment.”
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