Winckley Square planting project completes quickly thanks to ‘overwhelming’ volunteer response

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A recent volunteer event at Winckley Square was so oversubscribed that a planned three-hour job took just a fraction of the time to complete. Friends of Winckley Square (FoWS) had […]

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