What’s on in York: Renaming of Tedder Road park after WW1 veteran

The Lord Mayor of York will officially name a park in recognition of one of the pioneers of the RAF today.

The RAF celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. 2018 is also the centenary of the end of World Ward 1.

The park on Tedder Road will officially be known as “Dickson Park” from 12:00 noon when the Lord Mayor will unveil an interpretation board. The board tells the story of Sir William Forster Dickson who was one of the early aviators during WW1 and who became one of the founders of the RAF. A road in Foxwood was named after him but the connection was lost some 20 years ago when the road disappeared during redevelopment work.

The link is being reestablished today.

The Civic party will also travel to the Foxwood Community Centre where they will joining in with activities at the weekly residents “hub”.

The interpretation board has been funded by voluntary donations with support from Indigo Greens estate agents.

. It forms one of a range of events taking place on the west of the City over the next couple of weeks. On 10th November volunteers will be cleaning WW1 gravestones in St Stephens churchyard while on 11th November a newly refurbished Acomb War Memorial will host a special Remembrance Day service.

Tedder Road play area to be secured after dark

Volunteers plan to secure the Tedder Road park playground after nightfall.

The trial – which follows problems with noisy behaviour and vandalism – will commence next Saturday.

Winners of Foxwood garden contest announced

Winners of the Foxwood garden of the year contest, organised by the Foxwood Residents Association, were located on Bellhouse Way, Linnet Way, Foxwood Lane, Linnet Way and Tedder Road.

Local Councillor tackles fly tipping on Tedder Road

Cllr Sheena Jackson points out a bed which was dumped overnight. The use fo portable CCTV cameras at fly tipping locations is being considered. A recent court case in west York resulted in fines of £600 being levied to a fly-tipper.

More verges damaged as poor parking takes its toll

A combination of wet weather and poor parking practices has seen several verges in the area churned up.

Among the worst is on on St Stephens Road where part the public footpath has been uprooted making it virtually impassible for pedestrians

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Last year the York Council received a report on the problem. The report can be read by clicking here

Among other conclusions the report reveled that it costs £35 per sq mtr to repair damaged verges in the City.

We hope that the authorities will take prompt action to prevent damage of this sort and that proposals to provide more lay-bys in the area are implemented quickly

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