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Sheep Shearing Day 2007


The Annual Event when our sheep get shorn occurred this year on 29th April 2007 and what a wonderful day it was.

 

A full educational experience was on offer, from seeing the shearer, Marcus, in action, handling the sheep carefully as their fleeces came off, right through to the STASH Knitting Group who came from Putney to provide a demonstration for everyone to see.

 

As always, we are so grateful to have had Mary and Arthur Brown with us and their approach when showing young and old visitors how to spin fleece into wool was fantastic.

 

The sheep have now all lambed and are looking much cooler (and trendier?) with their new cropped appearance.

 

Staff and volunteers worked hard together before the event and during the day: leading the sheep, assisting the shearer, serving in a very busy Cafe, providing a weaving activity, helping people try their hand at felt making and talking to the public about what was going on.  There was also some cleaning up afterwards and it was great to know that everyone worked as a huge team and showed the Farm to be such a valuable asset to the Community.
In addition to the London Borough of Merton, we would like to thank the following people and organisations for their recent support...

Ben's Bird Boxes
Bentley-Dingwall, Maria
Bookers Cash & Carry
Boots Ltd
Bravado
Breary, Peter
Brown, Mary & Arthur
Bushell, Ian
Cemex
Rainbow Professional Ltd
City Parochial Foundation
Computers for Charities
The Coronation Lodge
Courtesy Florals
Community Service Volunteers
Daiwa Securities
Danone
Dulux, Weston Road, SW19
Eden Greenhouses
The Everywomans Club
Fox Hollow Nursery
Garfield Weston Foundation
Garwood, Mr M
Glencore Grain UK Ltd
Heart 106.2
Help A London Child
Homebase (Morden)
Horse Power
Hozelock Gardening Supplies
London Borough of Merton
Inner Wheel of Wimbledon
Killoughery Plant Hire
Kiss Me Hardys
Linklaters
Loakes, Penny & Phil
Local Network Fund
Marshalls plc
Mayday Plant Hire
Merton Adult Education Centre
Merton Community Transport
Merton Timber
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association
Microbee Pest Control
Mitcham Horticultural Society
Morden Hall Garden Centre
MVSC
My Merton Magazine
National Trust
Octanorm
Olympus Cameras
P & T Poultry
Pizza Hut
CAP Production Solutions
Debbie & Terry
Radio Jackie
Rainbow Rides
Robert Scott & Sons
Deloitte
The Rotary Club
Sadlers Wells Peacock Theatre
Savacentre
Schools Christian Resource Centre
Spillers Pet Foods
Squirrels
Sunlight Laundry
Sutton Buffaloes
talkback Thames
Team P & F Computer
& Network Services
The Kobler Trust
Thurloes Hair Salon
Tillers Turf Company Ltd
Travis Perkins
Triumph Motorcycle Club
Volunteer Centre Merton
Volunteer Centre Sutton
Wickes, Wimbledon
William Morris Pub
Wilson, Ian
Wimbledon Guardian
Wimbledon Post
Wimbledon Theatre
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