Once again the annual fundraising Quiz Evening was held at the Feathered Fish, on 24 February. Fifty two Friends of Pittville and their guests competed in the challenge and enjoyed a congenial evening with food and drink and a raffle. The evening raised £276 which will go towards Pittville Park projects and ongoing maintenance.  Thank you…

The Green Space volunteers tackled some big jobs this month, including more work on the shrubbery behind the Pump Room. The west rockery was prepared for planting (which will begin in March) and digging started on the bed at the junction of Wellington Road and Evesham Road in preparation for planting with cherry trees and…

Friends of Pittville Cheltenham lottery supporters have won 7 prizes in the 11 draws so far and raised nearly £120 already for FoP.  Be one of the lucky ones and buy  tickets (go to www.cheltenhamlottery.co.uk, click ‘buy tickets’ and search for Friends of Pittville in the list of good causes). For the next few draws…

FoP Green Space Volunteers have contributed almost 1000 hours of their time to the Park in 2019. An average of 21 volunteers joined each working party with 37 people in total participating during the year. Of the 25 different tasks undertaken the main ones were clearing the rockery, litter picking, pruning shrubs behind the Pump…

At the first trustee meeting after the AGM, on 11 December 2018, the trustees re-appointed Judie Hodsdon as Chairman, Fiona Clarke as Secretary and Paul Benfield as Treasurer. Gloria Jones continues as Membership Secretary and Chris Archibald as Green Space Volunteers co-ordinator (and much more). Andy Hopkins remains as editor of the newsletter and Sandy…

We are sorry to say that an illustration on the back page of the December newsletter was printed backwards. This is how it should have looked. Entitled ‘Pittville Park’ and drawn by Audrey Yabsley,  it appeared in a 1936 magazine from Pate’s Grammar School for Girls. With thanks to the Archive of Pate’s Grammar School…

Earlier this year Friends of Pittville set up a Pump Room Action Group whose aim is to improve the visitor experience at Pittville Pump Room. During August and September the group carried out a survey using mystery shoppers. More than 30 separate visits were undertaken, during which data was collected on the information and facilities…

On 10 November, Pittville History Works organised a short ceremony of remembrance at Pittville Gates for the forty Pittville servicemen who lost their lives in the First World War. Afterwards, eight of us – members of the Friends and of the History Works group – formed a Pittville contingent in the “Cheltenham Remembers” commemorative march,…

  Our Annual General Meeting on 30 October was attended by almost sixty members. The use of Powerpoint presentations for the first time for the chairman’s and treasurer’s reports was well received. Six trustees were elected for a second term and two recent appointees, Andy Hopkins and Adrian Allen, were also elected. Historian Stuart Manton’s…