From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 11:57:47 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 11:57:47 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Wilting trees on Midsummer Common Message-ID: <20110504105750.UDHT5924.aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> We've just received this from Dick Baxter of Friends of Midsummer Common: Lack of rain is causing stess to most of the 50 new trees planted on Midsummer Common. The Council is trying to get emergency waterings but this is not proving easy. If any of you are free to take buckets of water from the river and pour them over the roots of the new willows and poplars along the riverside it cannot but help keep them alive. The Council can then divert their attention to the inland limes which are showing most distress. Your help would be appreciated (especially by the trees!). John Lawton SOS Chair --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 20:13:38 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 20:13:38 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Press release from Jesus Green Association Message-ID: <20110504191346.KRRT25656.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> This press release received today. The Committee of the Jesus Green Association heard this Tuesday evening from its Chairman, Peter Constable, of a gathering on Sunday of some thousand young people, ex-students and students of two Cambridge Colleges in particular, which drove local people and visitors off the Green in fear and disgust and which took Council staff three hours and forty sacks to clean up early on Monday morning, requiring a special vehicle to deal with broken glass. It is clear that the police presence was inadequate to prevent this outrage. Committee calls on the City Council and its officers to convene an urgent meeting to be attended by the Police, the Master and Mistress of the two Colleges principally concerned (believed to be Jesus College and Girton College) and itself to review what happened and to ensure that nothing similar is permitted to occur on what is called suicide Sunday in mid June or on any other occasion in the future. Jesus Green Association is committed to ensuring that, as one of Cambridge's finest open spaces, Jesus Green is respected by all and available to be enjoyed by a wide range of users in an informal way at any one time. Any such unregulated and anti- social gathering, which drives families and other users away, violates this spirit and is to be roundly condemned. Jesus Green Association 4th May 2011 --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 11:57:47 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 11:57:47 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Wilting trees on Midsummer Common Message-ID: <20110504105750.UDHT5924.aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> We've just received this from Dick Baxter of Friends of Midsummer Common: Lack of rain is causing stess to most of the 50 new trees planted on Midsummer Common. The Council is trying to get emergency waterings but this is not proving easy. If any of you are free to take buckets of water from the river and pour them over the roots of the new willows and poplars along the riverside it cannot but help keep them alive. The Council can then divert their attention to the inland limes which are showing most distress. Your help would be appreciated (especially by the trees!). John Lawton SOS Chair --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 20:13:38 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 20:13:38 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Press release from Jesus Green Association Message-ID: <20110504191346.KRRT25656.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> This press release received today. The Committee of the Jesus Green Association heard this Tuesday evening from its Chairman, Peter Constable, of a gathering on Sunday of some thousand young people, ex-students and students of two Cambridge Colleges in particular, which drove local people and visitors off the Green in fear and disgust and which took Council staff three hours and forty sacks to clean up early on Monday morning, requiring a special vehicle to deal with broken glass. It is clear that the police presence was inadequate to prevent this outrage. Committee calls on the City Council and its officers to convene an urgent meeting to be attended by the Police, the Master and Mistress of the two Colleges principally concerned (believed to be Jesus College and Girton College) and itself to review what happened and to ensure that nothing similar is permitted to occur on what is called suicide Sunday in mid June or on any other occasion in the future. Jesus Green Association is committed to ensuring that, as one of Cambridge's finest open spaces, Jesus Green is respected by all and available to be enjoyed by a wide range of users in an informal way at any one time. Any such unregulated and anti- social gathering, which drives families and other users away, violates this spirit and is to be roundly condemned. Jesus Green Association 4th May 2011 --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 11:57:47 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 11:57:47 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Wilting trees on Midsummer Common Message-ID: <20110504105750.UDHT5924.aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> We've just received this from Dick Baxter of Friends of Midsummer Common: Lack of rain is causing stess to most of the 50 new trees planted on Midsummer Common. The Council is trying to get emergency waterings but this is not proving easy. If any of you are free to take buckets of water from the river and pour them over the roots of the new willows and poplars along the riverside it cannot but help keep them alive. The Council can then divert their attention to the inland limes which are showing most distress. Your help would be appreciated (especially by the trees!). John Lawton SOS Chair --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 20:13:38 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 20:13:38 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Press release from Jesus Green Association Message-ID: <20110504191346.KRRT25656.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> This press release received today. The Committee of the Jesus Green Association heard this Tuesday evening from its Chairman, Peter Constable, of a gathering on Sunday of some thousand young people, ex-students and students of two Cambridge Colleges in particular, which drove local people and visitors off the Green in fear and disgust and which took Council staff three hours and forty sacks to clean up early on Monday morning, requiring a special vehicle to deal with broken glass. It is clear that the police presence was inadequate to prevent this outrage. Committee calls on the City Council and its officers to convene an urgent meeting to be attended by the Police, the Master and Mistress of the two Colleges principally concerned (believed to be Jesus College and Girton College) and itself to review what happened and to ensure that nothing similar is permitted to occur on what is called suicide Sunday in mid June or on any other occasion in the future. Jesus Green Association is committed to ensuring that, as one of Cambridge's finest open spaces, Jesus Green is respected by all and available to be enjoyed by a wide range of users in an informal way at any one time. Any such unregulated and anti- social gathering, which drives families and other users away, violates this spirit and is to be roundly condemned. Jesus Green Association 4th May 2011 --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 11:57:47 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 11:57:47 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Wilting trees on Midsummer Common Message-ID: <20110504105750.UDHT5924.aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> We've just received this from Dick Baxter of Friends of Midsummer Common: Lack of rain is causing stess to most of the 50 new trees planted on Midsummer Common. The Council is trying to get emergency waterings but this is not proving easy. If any of you are free to take buckets of water from the river and pour them over the roots of the new willows and poplars along the riverside it cannot but help keep them alive. The Council can then divert their attention to the inland limes which are showing most distress. Your help would be appreciated (especially by the trees!). John Lawton SOS Chair --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------- From chair at soscambridge.org.uk Wed May 4 20:13:38 2011 From: chair at soscambridge.org.uk (John Lawton) Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 20:13:38 +0100 Subject: [Announce] Press release from Jesus Green Association Message-ID: <20110504191346.KRRT25656.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@Onyx-PC.soscambridge.org.uk> This press release received today. The Committee of the Jesus Green Association heard this Tuesday evening from its Chairman, Peter Constable, of a gathering on Sunday of some thousand young people, ex-students and students of two Cambridge Colleges in particular, which drove local people and visitors off the Green in fear and disgust and which took Council staff three hours and forty sacks to clean up early on Monday morning, requiring a special vehicle to deal with broken glass. It is clear that the police presence was inadequate to prevent this outrage. Committee calls on the City Council and its officers to convene an urgent meeting to be attended by the Police, the Master and Mistress of the two Colleges principally concerned (believed to be Jesus College and Girton College) and itself to review what happened and to ensure that nothing similar is permitted to occur on what is called suicide Sunday in mid June or on any other occasion in the future. Jesus Green Association is committed to ensuring that, as one of Cambridge's finest open spaces, Jesus Green is respected by all and available to be enjoyed by a wide range of users in an informal way at any one time. Any such unregulated and anti- social gathering, which drives families and other users away, violates this spirit and is to be roundly condemned. Jesus Green Association 4th May 2011 --------------------------------------------------------- Save Our green Spaces http://www.soscambridge.org.uk ---------------------------------------------------------