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This year’s barbecue was held on Sunday, 29th June and was as successful as usual. There was a good turnout despite the prediction of unsettled weather, but the sun shone and the rain stayed away until the food was gone. It is always good to see the children there and...

We have been doing our bit to celebrate the centenary of the D-Day landings by growing poppies on the allotment (and I thought we were going into the opium trade - Ed). Jan and Julie took these amazing photographs as a permanent souvenir.

On Friday evening Joe Callanan and a few fellow plotholders held an impromptu party to celebrate the anniversary of Joe's becoming a plotholder. He was given his plot at 1 o'clock on 12th July 1959. The occasion was enjoyed by all with a few celebratory refreshments...

The phone call came out of the blue. 'Dad, I have taken on an allotment, would you like to give me a hand?' 'Yes of course' I said, without stopping to think what this might involve. My experience of growing vegetables was confined to container grown Tumbling Tom...