Conservation

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  The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is coming to Ecclesfield Park to replace trees lost from the avenue of lime trees. We believe the trees were planted to commemorate local people who lost their lives in the Great War, but everyone is invited to attend this ceremony in remembrance of these and more recent war victims. See conservation.ecclesfieldgroups.com for more details --JimP 09:15, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
• First there was one finger... , now there are two... --JimP 18:40, October 19, 2009 (UTC)
• The renewed planning application for 52 houses on Green Lane is still being opposed according to the Telegraph[1]. You can see and object to the application here[2].--JimP 09:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
• There seems to be a problem with our horse chestnut trees. We noticed a planning application [3] for the cutting down of two infected trees on "The Common" between Morrisons and the new flats. However many of the other horse chestnut trees, for instance on Green Lane, are also showing signs of either "bleeding canker" or a what looks like a fungus. (Is it really scale insect[4]?). It is aparently not just us, but a nation-wide[5], threat[6]. Recomendations include the avoidance of damage or even soil disturbance around trees; disinfecting tools (E.g. in methylated spirits); hosing off machinery; and careful disposal of infected wood[7]. References to problems I have found are... Identification of Pseudomonas syringae in horse chestnut bleeding cankers[8] in the UK. Problems with leaf-miner on horse chestnuts in rumania[9] and Europe[10] Problems with Phytophthora in Europe[11]

Does anybody want to add their comments here --JimP 14:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

• You can search for listed buildings, and other historical features at ... http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/advanced_search.aspx --JimP 09:12, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
• The Conservation Group (that is the workers, not me) have replaced the topping stones on the wall between St. Mary's Church and Priory Road, and I think that they have done a fantastic job...

• July's meeting of the Ecclesfield Conservation Group will discuss the question of whether there are sufficient people to take on the maintenance of the old garage site on St.Marys Road shown below...

• The Conservation Group has mowed the grass on the land on St. Marys Lane, and has added soil and plant seeds. Note that the only trees felled last year were those designated by the Council as unsafe or endangering the wall.
• If anybody has any York Stone they are prepared to donate to conservation work, please contact us on "". We have made a start on the wall near St. Mary's Church by removing all cement obstructions and grass /weeds to enable us to begin laying the stone.
• If anybody knows the date at which the now derelict cobblers shop on St. Mary's Lane was built, please let us know.
• The Conservation Group has have just helped plant four trees on the land adjacent to Town End Road as part of the "Ecclesfield Improver Project". They thank Sheffield City Council Parks Department for providing such special trees.
• Sheffield City Council have told the Conservation Group that the finger posts outside St. Mary's Church will be refirbished and erected in the next six to eight weeks (I.e. June 2009).
• The new planning application for TC's MiniMart sign and shutters, has been approved. Click Here and then "Whole Doc PROPOSED", to see the new drawings.
• The Conservation Group now has a draft document looking at the meaning of "Townscape Merit".
• The Conservation Group's traffic sub-committe is writing to the City Council on residents wishes. If you want to be involved, just come along to their next meeting.
• The Conservation Group thanks everybody who visited their stand at the 2008 Ecclesfield Gala [12] and give their congratulations to the prize draw winners....

8 of whom were from Ecclesfield

1 from Chapeltown

1 from Hebden Bridge

1 from Thorpe Hesley, and

1 from Grenoside.

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