On Saturday morning, the rain held off long enough for about 80 people of all ages to come together on Bertie Park in Oxford to picnic, to play, and to show support for the Save Bertie Park Campaign.
Local parents and grandparents organised activities for the younger members of our community. St Luke’s Church helped out by lending some art and games equipment; the rest was scrounged, borrowed and bought. The children charged about on the grass with bubble wands, and chalked pictures all over the cycle path, a self portrait gallery turned into a general picture painting group, and there was a rebel hair braiding area set up on a bench in the playground.
In amongst it all a child’s birthday party and plenty of cake. Children moved between grass and climbing frame to basketball area as the mood and the games progressed. While all of this was going on, there was plenty of opportunity for people to catch up on the news. Passing shoppers and tourists from the park and ride and the camp site also joined in the fun and were shocked to hear that the park was under threat. Community doesn’t get any better than this.
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