by FoHPC | Jul 21, 2016 | 2016
The National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme provides opportunities for 15 to 17-year-olds to embark on exhilarating challenges and build skills for work and life in general. For the past two summers, groups of NCS youngsters have undertaken projects at Hyde Park...
by FoHPC | Jul 13, 2016 | 2016
The ongoing work by Doncaster Council’s contractor to take down and rebuild the damaged western boundary wall is entering its final few weeks. Down near the southern end of New Street is one of the sections of wall that had been severely displaced by tree roots...
by FoHPC | Jul 9, 2016 | 2016
The monumental inscriptions on the graves at Hyde Park Cemetery include over a dozen commemorating men who fought and died in the Battle of the Somme one hundred years ago. It may come as a surprise, however, that only one such inscription makes an explicit reference...
by FoHPC | Jul 9, 2016 | 2016
The incessant rain this morning failed to dampen the spirits of several ‘hard-core’ FoHPC supporters, as they went about their tasks during this month’s volunteers’ Working Morning. A thorough litter-pick, plus removing sucker growth from the...
by FoHPC | Jul 4, 2016 | 2016
To mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme, British sculptor Nic Joly, has placed 141 bronze figures holding poppies, on 141 memorials all over the country as well as on memorials abroad. The polished bronze figures stand 50mm tall with their red...
