Hi Maggie,

St Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park - is considered to be the
gateway to the Irk Valley - The Irk River runs parrallel to the
park - so if you google map the postcode of the park - try M4 4TF
you'll see the river Irk

There is a wealth of history & useful information on the FOAM
website. Check out:

Files / History Notes / Lots of documents etc which were collated
and used for the history plaques which are now located in Angel
Meadow park

Links/ Lots of useful links including http://www.irkvalley.info/
and details about Moston Vale
Also the Wikipedia entry on the park -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%
27s_Flags_and_Angel_Meadow_Park which links to details on the
River Irk.

Happy reading and hope to hear soon from you about volunteering for
the Heritage Steering Group,

Regards,
Mike



--- In angelmeadow@..., "Maggie Doyle"
<smags.doyle@...> wrote:
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> Hi Mike,
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> Sorry to be obtuse, but where is the Irk Valley?
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> I've never even heard of it!
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> Also I'm presuming Moston Brook is in Moston, but again, where
exactly?
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> Thanks
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> Maggie
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> From: angelmeadow@...
[mailto:angelmeadow@...]
> On Behalf Of msrwingfield
> Sent: 13 March 2008 17:08
> To: angelmeadow@...
> Subject: [angelmeadow] Heritage Steering group - Volunteers needed
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Groundwork MST and Catherine Hartley are putting in a bid to the
> Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to fund a heritage project about the
Irk
> Valley including the Moston Brook. We have put in an expression of
> interest to the HLF and have had a meeting with them to discuss
how
> we should progress to the full application form stage.
>
> So far the proposal is to have representatives from community
groups
> across North Manchester driving and managing the project with the
> support of Groundwork. These representatives would therefore come
> together to discuss how we should run the project, to carry out
> research and take part in any workshops in how to record memories,
> or research local history etc. At the moment we are calling this
the
> Irk Valley Heritage Steering group. The representatives themselves
> would then carry out research and encourage the community in their
> area to be involved in researching their area or attending
heritage
> events.
>
> The end result would then be to bring all the information from the
> different areas together and produce a resource about the history
of
> the area, ideas so far are a guided walk down Irk Valley and
Moston
> Brook (perhaps something that can be downloaded onto a mobile/mp3
> player so you can listen as you walk), or training local residents
> to be guides, producing a website/leaflets etc. But what the end
> result actually is will depend on the Heritage Steering group.
>
> In 2006 a number of us (from Friends of Angel Meadow) were
involved
> in History workshops which resulted in the Information Boards now
> located in the park and the creation of the history Book and
CDROM.
>
> Is anyone interested in getting involved in this Heritage project?
> We are keen to find some volunteers and a representative for the
> group, Friends of Angel Meadow who will contribute to the Heritage
> Steering group?
>
> If you'd like to get involved - please drop me a message - Mike
> Wingfield - msrwingfield@ <mailto:msrwingfield%40yahoo.co.uk>
yahoo.co.uk or
> contact Laura Jagota, from
> Groundwork at Laura.Jagota@ <mailto:Laura.Jagota%
40groundwork.org.uk>
> groundwork.org.uk
>
> We are hoping to get a meeting organised for the end of April so
> please let me know if you're interested soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike Wingfield
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