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Ingleton has
a long and varied history, it is a very traditional farming area, but has also been quarried
for limestone, ‘Granite’, and coal, with its pits opening and closing every
generation for centuries, the last Colliery closed in 1935.
Cotton spinning also took place in mills along the river, although the mills were
fated by fire, burning down in 1854 they were rebuilt, but stood empty for many
years with the demise of the cotton trade, the use was changed to manufacture
carbide of calcium, and the use changed yet again after a refit, to make hemp,
but this building was struck again by fire in 1904 raising it to the ground, leaving
only the mill chimney, this was removed in 1911 by steeplejacks from Manchester.
Ingleton as it is today has many features remaining from these past times, the
New or Model village was built for incoming miners, and the swimming pool was
created by these miners, on a voluntary basis in the heat wave of 1933, and is
a popular out door pool for todays Ingleton dwellers. The single track
viaduct is also a feature of Ingleton being 800 feet long, this great feat of engineering
started in 1858 and took 2 years to complete, with 40 men being employed on the project, with no loss
of life or broken limb.
On going projects.
Allotments/landshare. - this
is a long, slow, difficult project. But we did expect this from the outset. We have been working on this from the outset, hoping to establish an allotment
site in the village. The Parish council has very little land available, and Craven District Council has been contacted to
discuss a few areas they own around the village as potential areas, all to no avail. Our next avenue is to appeal through the ‘Ingleton News’ to any local
land owners to invite them to take part in the land share scheme in any way they see that would fit their circumstances, and
to structure it entirely to their wishes/demands re usage, time scales, plot sizes etc. This request is to be made to the
community from the Parish council, and not our group directly.
We have a website – WWW.Ingletoninbloom.co.uk and a blog. We have recently increased the upload limit, so shall endeavour to place more images
of our work on there soon.
Learning
how to use new programmes to create this portfolio is proving a challenge, so i think it needs to be acknowledges as an ongoing
project!
We have placed requests in the local information
section of the newspaper and the bi-monthly Ingleton News asking businesses to sponsor flower tubs or beds, and are awaiting
a response. New Projects
This is the first year that Gloria and Sally have put a lot
of time in to improving the verges and flower beds at the iron bridge area – this is the entrance to Ingleton on the
A65 from Cumbria so it is important to us to make a good impression here. Plans for a new sign at this site were put on hold, as we were advised that the highways were due
to upgrade existing signage, and reference to Ingleton in bloom would be included on these. We have recently learned this
is not the case, so we will have to start from the beginning again on this project, beginning with the next parish council
meeting.
The police station has approached us to install flower tubs
at the local station. We have planned which we would like to uses, and are now in the process of applying for funding for
the initial setting up costs, and their ongoing planting and maintenance.
Sally has donated wood off cuts which Arthur has been using to make bird and bat
boxes, which will be sited in the autumn in and around the park area.
Plans are being made for our costumes and float to be a part of this years gala procession. We
are going for a big and bold look – lots of colour, gardening props, anything to get us noticed!
Funds from this years jumble sale have been allocated to buying
a permanent planter suitable for training climbing pelargoniums up – similar to the one which we have had hired by Craven
District Council for us in past years.
Itinerary
To meet at the community centre car park at 1.00pm on
Wednesday 7th July 2010. Leave the centre
and walk through Burnmoor Crescent, up Back Gate to the top end of the village.
Move down through
the centre of the village, calling at the bowling green. Continue
on, down Sammy Lane, along the river side and up to Bell Horse Gate.
Walk up to the centre of the
village, visiting my garden.
Drive down to the iron bridge, meeting Gloria .
Drive up the A65 to the three peaks caravan park to meet Rose and Brian.
Return to the
village for refreshments.
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