Despite the rain lots of people attended the opening ceremony on 20 November 2023. After some short speeches of welcome from David Kay, some background information from Judie Hodsdon and many thank yous to those who made the project happen from Sally Thomas, the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Edward Gillespie, cut the ribbon and unveiled…

FoP Newsletter December 2023

At 3.00 pm on Monday, November 20th 2023, Edward Gillespie, OBE, His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, will formally open the reinstated steps in front of the Pump Room. The opening ceremony will take place in front of the Pittville Pump Room in Pittville Park.  

The restored flight of steps is nearing completion and the project should be finished by early November. An opening ceremony is planned for later in the month.

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Because of a delay in acquiring the Forest stone for the steps the project is now expected to begin on 25 September

FoP Newsletter September2023

After some rather frustrating delays (necessary local authority processes mostly) we now have a start date for the Steps Project . After the tendering process a contractor with an affordable quote was selected and the contract (after much due process checking details) was signed and sealed on 20 June. The contractor is Snape Contracting, a…

‘WELL-LOVED SUCCESSFUL CHARITY IN CRISIS’  This is not a figment of a tabloid journalist’s overactive imagination. It is a serious possibility that Friends of Pittville will soon be unable to continue. We have more members than we have had for many years, we have a very healthy bank balance; on 23 October, however,  we will have no Chair, no…

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