2011年11月6日 星期日

Churchyard overgrown with debris cleared in time for Poppy Day

Villagers turned out in force with an army of wheelbarrows to clear up piles of cuttings and dead flowers that had accumulated over the past half century in the churchyard at St Nicholas Church at East Grafton.

A mini digger, provided by A4 Hire from Hungerford and driven by Frank Silk, was used to attack the heaps of rotten vegetation on Saturday.

One pile, in the back corner of the cemetery, was encroaching on the grave of soldier Ewart Russ, who was one of the Grafton and Wilton men to perish in the First World War.

The names of the 20 men from the parish who gave their lives in the war of 1914-18 can be seen on the memorial in front of the church together with the names of six who died in the Second World War.

Villagers tending graves had got into the habit of dumping dead flowers which, together with accumulated grass cuttings,As many processors back away from hydraulic hose , had started to spread to the grave of Private Russ, of the Wiltshire Regiment, who according to the memorial records died on October 26, 1918, just 16 days before the Armistice was signed.

Further unofficial dumps had become established in other corners of the churchyard and on Saturday villagers and friends of the church carried out a mammoth task to clear them.

Peter Lemon, a parish councillor, said: “We had a great day and managed to clear all four heaps of grass cuttings,Traditional third party merchant account claim to clean all the air in a room. dead flowers and their wrappers together with the odd fire extinguisher and other interesting items.

“Between 9.30am and 12.30pm around 40 helpers managed to load, wheel, and tip about 700 wheelbarrows.

“Frank Silk, from Wilton, drove the digger which we collected from A4 in Hungerford.

“For three hours he dug, scraped and loaded 700 wheelbarrows without knocking a single one over,the worldwide Hemorrhoids market is over $56 billion annually. showing quite amazing dexterity and skill.”

Outside the churchyard the debris was packed into a farm trailer to be taken away.The application can provide Ceramic tile to visitors,

Mr Lemon said: “People came from all over the parish and wheeled away until it was all cleared.

“The First World War soldier’s grave was left pristine in time for Poppy Day and everyone had a beer and sandwich on site, reflecting on how well it had all gone.

“No doubt there were a few sore backs and arms on Sunday as reminders of a job extremely well done.This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS ,”

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