PROGRESS ON PROJECTS
Cafe to replace the now demolished bowls pavilion
Friends of Downhills Park are continuing to lobby Haringey Council for
a
cafe in the Park to be built on the site of the old bowls pavilion,
shown below,
demolished in early 2007. News of a Haringey Council bid to Big Lottery
to fund the cafe is awaited. Photo
David Macdonald
Green
Flag Ceremony
'FODP Chair David Macdonald and committee members Gary Witham and Chris
Currie joined Haringey Council officials on 15 October 2008
to help raise the third Green Flag. FODP will soon be discussing with
the Parks Department its ideas for new improvements for the
Park (eg Cafe/toilets,boundary wall railings, wildlife pond, more
flowerbeds, tree/bulb planting, bird/bat boxes) to enhance its Green
Flag status. Photo
David Macdonald
Steps
to Midnight Alley
This 2007 FODP Making a Difference project inserted timber steps in a
muddy bank, giving new access route . It is already proving popular and
is currently being improved with black painted handrails and secure
gravel edging for the steps. Photo
David Macdonald