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A new leaf for
Norah’s 90th
Gladstone Park is getting a mini-makeover, thanks
to £4,000 from the Mayor of London's RE:LEAF London
campaign. Words NANCY LUDWIG
The grant, which was awarded as
part of a wider scheme to encourage
individual Londoners, businesses and
organisations to plant more trees in
the capital, is going towards 30 new
trees to enhance the park's green
and pleasant landscape.
To mark the occasion and to
celebrate the 90th birthday of Norah
Marshall – who's lived on nearby
Temple Road since 1940 and is a
lifelong community fund raiser –
Brent Council invited her and fellow
volunteers from the Gladstone Park
Consultative Committee and NW2
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Residents Association to a special
tree planting at the Fort Gladstone
children's play area.
As guest of honour, Norah was
rewarded for all her hard work and
her contribution to the Rainbow Park
planting days, as part of Brent in
Bloom, by planting her very own
birthday tree at the ceremony.
Shaun Faulkner, Head of Brent Parks
Service, said: "It's not often these days
we have something to celebrate let
alone have a double celebration so
I'm twice as thrilled to receive this
much-needed funding to improve the
landscape of one of our most popular
parks. It’s great it coincided with
Norah's birthday who has been one of
Gladstone's biggest supporters over the
years. It was a great morning and all
the parks team really enjoyed it."
RE:LEAF London is a partnership
campaign spearheaded by the Mayor
of London to protect the capital's trees,
woodlands and associated wildlife and
make London a greener, more attractive
city. Visit www.london.gov.uk and
search for RE:LEAF