A tail of two halfs!

7 Goodgymers helped their local community in Richmond
John Shirley
Ken MacKenzie
Mazin Shawish
Anita
Adam Stephens
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Richmond

Saturday 31st May

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Report written by Mazin Shawish

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Ultimately, it was two Teams on either end of the Church grounds making a small difference. One mission was to clean up the war memorial and the other, involved two sections where we had to lift up some of the turf a few inches off the ground.

Thanks to the tools we had available. This included a post basher, a tape measure, a string for the border, some wooden posts and a small shovel. It was pretty evident that the surrounding lawn around the Church was steeped in history so we took note of that from the beginning. The two areas in question was pretty close to a previous trench that Goodgym previously got involved back in 2024, where we also spotted the sow that reaped its rewards with full flower.

We took a section of the lawn at the back of the church (or depending which way you look at it) and started digging. We found no artifacts, perhaps some dust from previous stone diminished.

Shortly afterwards, we completed our mission. The vicar invited us in for some refreshments afterwards. It's pretty amazing when a team comes together!


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St Mary Magdelene Church, Richmond
War memorial and gardens for wildlife habitat and community use

Restoring the WWI and WWII War memorial and rennovating the surrounding gardens for wildlife habitat and community use.

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