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SUMMER 2012 I ISSUE NO.103 the GRANGE ASSOCIATION Howzat! The New sletter SUMMER 2012 I ISSUE NO.103 THE GRANGE ASSOCIATION Howzat! Cover story: The hallowed turf ready for high season www.graRnecoggniseed Scaottissh ChsarityoSCcO 25i4a91 tion.org The Grange Newsletter I SUMMER 2012 Welcome to the 2012 Summer edition of The Newsletter of the Grange Association . Thanks to all those who took part in Questionnaire 2012 in the last edition. The results, outlined on the page opposite, will help to inform the way we work. As well as keeping a watching brief on planning, conservation, environment and all matters of concern to residents, the Grange Association organises events, talks and excursions throughout the year. If you haven’t done so yet, become a member and play your part in sustaining the Grange’s character, traditions and vibrancy. Richard Mowe, Editor, The Newsletter Index CONTACTS Derek Lyddon (667 2266) 31 Blackford Road EH9 2DT Honorary President [email protected] Feedback... Alison John Graham (667 6331) Chair 55 Grange Loan EH9 2ER [email protected] Bramley sifts through your thoughts on how Doreen Allerton (0780 3356200) Vice-Chair 61b/4 St Albanʼs Road EH9 2LS the Grange Association Sue Tritton (667 8027) 6 Grange Terrace EH9 2LD Hon Secretary performs. Page 3 [email protected] / [email protected] Style heaven... Richard Richard Brown (667 8289) 90 Grange Loan EH9 2EP Hon Treasurer [email protected] Mowe steps through the portals of an unusual Alison Bramley (667 5667) 5 Findhorn Place EH9 2JR Garden Group / Community Liaison mansion for his series [email protected] / [email protected] House Proud . Page 4/5 Dan Cronin (667 5279) Newsletter Distribution [email protected] / [email protected] A century and a half – and not out. Brian Forrester Olga Franks (667 1689) 66 St Albans Road EH9 2PG [email protected] looks at the state of play at Tony Reeves (667 5570) 125a Grange Loan EH9 2HB Events Organiser [email protected] the Carlton Cricket Club. Margaret Thom (667 5330) Minutes Secretary Pages 6/ 7 [email protected] / [email protected] Protest can pay off: Alastair Keatinge (332 9448) 15 Fountainhall Road EH9 2LN [email protected] Joh n Graham delivers Roger Kellett (667 0300) 10 Wyvern Park EH9 2JY [email protected] the score in the latest round of planning issues. Adam Rennie (668 4992) 7 Grange Terrace EH9 2LD [email protected] Page 8 Dorothy Ryle (667 1444) Community Liaison / Planning [email protected] A verdant sanctuary on the Richard Mowe (667 2567) 30 Lauder Road EH9 2JF Newsletter Editor edge of the Grange could [email protected] / [email protected] be under threat... Sue Tritton sounds an early warning. Page 10 SPOTLIGHT Find out more about your Grange Association contacts in the first of a series Delving in to the past and ALISON BRAMLEY: I lived in Newington when I and I have present... Joanne Lamb on first came to live in Scotland in the 70s. When I since taken the a new initiative. Page 10 came back 16 years ago with two children we Grange Garden found a lovely house in Findhorn Place. It was in Exchange Hotting up in the garden... need of refurbishment but it had an extensive forward. Alison Bramley digs in for walled garden facing west. We had an extension built on the back of the house by Inscape Joinery Being on the summer. Page 11 (architect Oliver Chapman). Committee enables me to We were always Grange Association members The man with the golden be more and read the Newsletter with great interest. The engaged in gun barrel: Tony Reeves late Alistair Scott who worked for the Forestry various ways. gives a heads-up on Commission, advised me on trees for my garden I helped Brian and as a result you can see the snake bark autumn talks Page 12 Forrester to maples in the front. He suggested the daphne choose and bholua which uplifts us with its blossoms and source a scents in January. suitable tree for ADVERTISE I love gardening and I wanted to get together with the Carlton Cricket Club ground. Forrester had a If you want to advertise other gardeners in this area to share plants and copy of a review of the trees by Alistair Scott in The Newsletter ideas so I planned that, when I retired, I would try which identified his favourite species for that to set something up under the auspices of the setting so it was easy to choose the large leaved contact: Richard Brown Grange Association. The Committee liked the lime. I would like more sense of community in the (667 8289) 90 Grange Loan EH 9 2EP idea and co-opted me until I was elected last year area and I hope to contribu te m ore in the future. tre as [email protected] The Grange Newsletter I SUMMER 2012 Now you have your say QUESTIONNAIRE 2012 We put the questions and you responded. Alison Bramley analyses the results A total of 106 people responded to the Grange Association Communication Questionnaire, which was delivered to 3000 households. The question about communications showed that the Eighty-one respondents were over 60 and 84 had lived in Newsletter is the main communication vehicle but a the Grange for more than ten years. Our records show a significant number of people are happy with e-mail and membership of 370 at the end of 2011 and 80 respondents consult the website. However a significant minority do not were noted as members (22 per cent). access these media. Planning Skills There was solid support for the key activities of the The Questionnaire illuminated skills on offer from residents Association in relation to planning with 91 to 95 per cent of the Grange. This has resulted in new input on planning of respondents agreeing that these activities were very and plenty of offers for Newsletter delivery. or moderately important. • Comments GA monitors planning applications and informs members There was some criticism of the revised membership fees about their status in the Newsletter – 95 per cent • and a few detailed criticisms which the Committee have GA comments to the Planning Department on planning followed up. Most of the comments were supportive and applications – 93 per cent • constructive with enthusiasm for revamped Newsletter and GA monitors actual developments compared to general appreciation of the work of the Committee. approved application – 92 per cent • Your words of encouragement GA comments to the City council on parking and traffic proposals – 92 per cent “Thank you all for an interesting and instructive Newsle tter.” • GA comment to the City Council on amenity developments “You do an excellent job. Power to your elbow.” such as open spaces and trees – 91 per cent “Many thanks. Appreciate your work and read the Newsletter Talks with interest.” There was a reasonable level of interest (58 per cent) in the “Can GA help generating more community spirit in talks arranged by the Grange Association with lots of useful The Grange?” suggestions and comments. Three people offered “I wish the Association continued success.” interesting topics and speakers which are being followed up by Events organiser Tony Reeves. Gardens Interest in the Grange Garden Exchange reflected whether the respondent had a garden with 45 per cent interested and a significant minority (26 per cent) not at all interested. Eight people expressed a particular interest in wildlife, trees and environmental issues. Under 30 0% Age of Respondent 30–60 23% Over 60 77% Residence in The Grange Less than 3 years 3% 3–10 years 14% Longer than 10 years 83% The Grange Newsletter I SUMMER 2012 HOUSE PROUD It looks distinctly different from its traditional semi-detatched neighbours on Grange Road. Number 47 boasts an eclectic mixture of styles both inside and out. It has just had a makeover from its latest owners while preserving its delightful idiosyncracies. Richard Mowe for the latest in his series House Proud is invited over the threshold Pu tting on the style Colourful character in the pantry First impressions fail to match the plethora of styles that sit adjoining us. Originally our house was built in 1897 as an side by side at 47 Grange Road. There are clues to be sure: extension to our neighbourʼs house. We understand that an the curvaceous front door, the elegant aspect of the stately early owner was one of the proprietors of Dobie and Son, the thrust of the sitting-room and the bow fronted bedroom decorators," says Harrison windows high up on the eastern gable. The formal front The firm, one of the oldest painting and decorating garden with its symetrical boxed hedges and the intriguing companies in Scotland, established in 1849, still boasts a maze that winds it way through the grounds to the rear lend team of time-served craftsmen who are based at nearby added intrigue. Buccleuch Street. The house was used as a showcase for the Inside the surprises lurk around every corner. The hall with companyʼs work, which explains the expansive sitting-room, its impressive stain-glass window with its representations dining room and hallway which before it was split off in the of the shamrock, the thistle and the rose, has an Arts and Fifties communicated directly with the adjoining house. The Crafts feel. The wooden bannister has echoes of Rennie connection with Dobie also partly explains the multitude Mackintosh; the dramatic dining room repainted in rich red of styles and quirks has rococo-style plasterwork on the walls; the sitting room “We wanted to live in it for a while so that we could sense has columns to give a theatrical frame to the window and what we might do.
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