History of Allotments
Halsnead Allotments used to be the old school.
The old school
The school was set on fire and demolished. It was then used as a dumping ground for rubbish and a place for antisocial behaviour..
After the fire
In 2011 a group called Local Solutions received funding and the old school was one of three areas transformed into allotments
Newspaper reporting the fire
Ours is the only one of these left. This was when the group was formed in 2011.
Aerial view of the school
When the member of staff who was running the allotments retired a few years ago – Tina took over the running of it with other volunteers.
The allotments today.
Back in 2022 Tina and her volunteers were approached by Denise and Terry with the aim of setting up the Social Supermarket.
