Author: Louise Allerton
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Quiz night
The Feathered Fish again hosted our annual quiz night on 10 February. Forty-two members and friends came to pit their wits against each other. The quizmaster prompted a lot of amusement as well as coming up with some challenging questions. Unusually, two teams tied for first place so had to answer an almost impossible tie…
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Vandalism
Everyone who loves the park will have been saddened to see the recent vandalism in this much-loved public space. During the Christmas and New Year holiday some unpleasant spray painting appeared on a pillar of the Pump Room and on the notice boards by the underpass. This took some time for CBC to arrange to…
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Try the new section of cycleway going through the park
Cyclists! Avoid crowded, and often muddy paths through Pittville Park by using the new cycle path that runs along the side of Dunalley School. It goes from Wellesley Rd, into the park, behind the Aggs sports pavilion and provides a direct route to Tommy Taylors Lane and the Honeybourne path. Author: Philippa Howell
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One windy night in September
One very windy night at the end of September we noticed from our flat window some flashing lights just as you turn in from Wellington Road to Pittville Lawn. The police were closing the road. It was very dark, and we couldn’t see if there had been an accident or some other incident. The following…
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Robin A Smith: a music man in Pittville
What do the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony and a version of Star-Spangled Banner sung by Jackie Evancho at Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017 have in common? Well … you may be surprised to discover that Pittville resident Robin A Smith was involved in both, the former as musical director and the latter as musical…
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Volunteer activities in the park
Sensory Garden It may not look as though much progress has been made on converting the six brick planters near the aviaries into a sensory garden: they are still covered in black matting to kill the weeds. However, the small group of volunteers who have been working on the scheme have been researching planting and…
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Annual General Meeting 2024
Friends of Pittville AGM was held at St Pauls Church on 11 November. All papers relating to the meeting can be found here. We thank CBC Senior Tree Officer Chris Chavasse for being our guest speaker, in which he introduced, via a quiz, some fascinating facts and figures relating to trees and tree care in…
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Young Musicians concerts
Perhaps the highlight of the year of 26 concerts, from September 2023 to July 2024 – arranged by the Cheltenham Music Festival Society in collaboration with The Cheltenham Trust took place on 11 June and was given by two outstanding 15-year old pianists, Krystyna, studying at Bournside School, and Natali from Dean Close School. They were…
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Another successful cheese and wine party
Our thanks go to Oggy Boytchev and Julian Tooke who hosted FoP members at their home on Pittville Lawn in mid June. The weather was not as kind to us this year, so we gathered indoors. We set up three cheese stations, with a choice of cheeses from the West Country, Wales and Europe, and our…
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Muddy problem solved?
We have received many complaints over the last few years about the state of the ground by the park noticeboard and underpass. The area was frequently flooded and easily became a quagmire. CBC, through the cycle way contractor, have now put in some new kerbs to define the paths, which have been resurfaced. However, the…