Bamford & Norden October 2018

MoSs Row CoMmunity
ALlotments Open Day
Moss Row Community Allotments held their
second open day on Saturday 18th of August.
This date was chosen to coincide with National
Allotment week. There has not been an Open Day
for a few years and as the last one was quite
successful it was decided to try some fundraising.
There is now a link with Norden W.I. who are utilizing
excess produce and some members volunteer their
time to help with general maintenance on the
Allotments. Blackcurrant jam, mixed fruit jam,
redcurrant jelly and piccalilli made by the W.I. were
on sale. There were delicious homemade cakes
made by allotment members. These consisted of
lemon drizzle cake, carrot and walnut cup cakes,
scones, ginger biscuits and two types of chocolate
brownies. All could be washed down with tea,
coffee or juice and all at a very reasonable price.
There was also a variety of produce available for a
donation such as marrows, courgettes, potatoes,
beetroot, cucumbers and garlic.
The weather smiled on us and helped to make the
day a great success. Unfortunately what we didn`t
realise was that we had some big competition as it
was also the day of the Rochdale Feel Good
Festival and the Opening of the new Market.
We did have some visitors but nothing like the
numbers who visited the Festival, 14,000 I believe.
We were not disheartened though as a lovely social
afternoon gorging ourselves on cake was enjoyed
by all and we did raise some funds.
Please note that there will be an open day next
year and you can see what you have missed so
watch out for the notices. There will definitely be
a check that it will not be on the same day as the
Rochdale Feel Good Festival.
74 To advertise call 07976 289967 or 07974 434793 or email sales@streetwisemag.co.uk