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Clean-up Reports

April 2007 cleanup report

For the first time we had more than 50 volunteers at a cleanup!  This fantastic turnout was no doubt due in part to the glorious weather but thanks also to all those who have been spreading the word to friends.

The area around the bridge at the end of Trewint Street has clearly benefited from our previous cleanups and this enabled us to focus much of our effort further upstream.  As ever, the work was physically demanding although Maria managed to add a touch of glamour.  Team work was essential to remove large items from the river


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Items retrieved from the silty river bed included a water tank, oven, fridge, toilet and a couple of motor bikes!

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As ever we are grateful for Wandsworth Council for picking up the rubbish, and to the truck driver for letting us off helping load up the truck which meant we could retire a bit earlier to the beer garden at the Leather Bottle.

To see Duncan’s photos of the cleanup please visit his website:
http://www.duncansoar.com/cleanupapril07/

Thanks to all our volunteers: Alan, Alex, Americo, Andy, Brin, Bruce, C Dewdney, David B, David K, Deborah, Diana, Dulcie, Duncan, Emilio, Erica, Freya, Gill, Gina, Ion, Jane, Jill, John, Kevin, Lorna, Maria, Miles, Nathanial, Nick K, Nick M, Nick Sp, Nick St, Nigel F, Nigel Sp, Nigel Su, Niki, Paul, Peter A, Peter M, Peter T, P Brown, Rachel, Rigby, Rob, Rory, Rowan, Roy, Rufus, Sally, Stephen, Susan, Theo, Tom and Vivien

Previous Reports

2007
March's Report
February's Report
January's Report

2006
December's Report
November's Report
October's Report
September's Report
August's Report
July's Report

If you’d like to contact us for more information, or to make a donation to help our vital work on the River Wandle, please call us on 0845 092 0110.

To find out about our regular cleanups, please look here or send us an email, and we’ll update you with our locations every month.