Although many of the East Grinstead children had to miss a day’s school because of the snow today, perhaps they learnt more about gravity, thermodynamics and the properties of frozen water than they would have done in the classroom? Whichever is the case, they certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves on the snowy slopes […]
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Work has started on additional footpath enhancements on the Estate. Most of our grounds are on clay and become very boggy in the winter months. A number of footpath improvements have been carried out in recent years and this week some further additions are being made. Two new paths are being laid down the slope
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EGMEL has been discussing with MSDC ways in which the circular footpath around East Court and Ashplats Wood can be further improved, and this has resulted in the construction of an additional footbridge over an occasional stream near Estcots Drive. Discussions are ongoing about further improvements, particularly where the route goes around the playing fields.
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Mid January saw some essential tree surgery at East Court on three mature Horse Chestnut trees near the Ambulance Station, which were in an “average to poor” condition. Over the past few years several limbs have been shed, some across the road, and as a precaution MSDC have removed these trees. The gap will only be temporary
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Mid Sussex District Council collects contributions from new developments in our area which go into a SANG fund to manage some of the aspects of the East Court and Ashplats Wood site. At the last count, this fund had increased by £52,000 so far this fiscal year, bringing the total to nearly £½ million. The
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It’s great to see that parkrun is now becoming an established part of the East Court calendar with free 5km timed runs being offered to anyone, and everyone, every Saturday morning. The runs are well organised and marshalled and have on occasions attracted over 300 participants. To find out more, or to register for your
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This makeshift camp has appeared in Ashplats Wood in the last few days. No doubt some children have been having a bit of fun in the great outdoors. It looks like they’ve been using fallen branches and have taken their rubbish home with them, so haven’t done any damage to this beautiful Ancient Woodland. It’s
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At our AGM, in May 2017, our Members voted to change the name of the Company from East Grinstead War Memorial Ltd to East Grinstead Memorial Estate Ltd. This necessitated a review of our logo, and it was decided that it was an opportunity to introduce a graphic which hopefully gave readers a better understanding
We were delighted to welcome more than 60 of our immediate neighbours to a meeting at East Court Manor on the evening off 6th June. For a long time our Company has kept quite a low profile, and we felt it was important to introduce ourselves to our neighbours and to hear what they had
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Members of our Company gathered together at Chequer Mead in East Grinstead on the evening of 25th May for our Annual General Meeting. As well as the normal business, two Special Resolutions were put before the Members. For many years there has been a lot of confusion about what it is that our Company does.