Brookside’s Thursday Gang Unearth Hidden Paths and Farm Foundations Under 20 Years of Turf

Brookside's Thursday Gang Unearth Hidden Paths and Bury Meadow Farm Foundations

The Brookside volunteer group (colloquially known as the Thursday Gang in Ossy) have been hard at work restoring the old paths around the site. These were installed in the early 2000s but have since degraded until they were almost hidden. Armed only with spades and rakes, the gang have completely transformed the access around the Eastern Lodge. What's more, they have unearthed a 14m x 14m hard standing on the Southern end of the site - which was the site of the original Bury Meadow farm.

The gang have plenty of ideas for the hard standing, and we look forward to hosting a wide range of events here in Summer. Well done team!

Finally complete! A whopping 14m by 14m
Mature roots were no match for the volunteers' determination
Can you believe this was hiding under the grass?!

A big thank you to our funders for making this possible!

This work is possible due to funding from the Windfall Fund, the National Lottery Climate Action Fund,  and Hyndburn Borough Council.

Brookside’s Thursday Gang Unearth Hidden Paths and Farm Foundations Under 20 Years of Turf
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