In this final part, we dig further into the history of the Gorse Hall estate with Alan Pickles a volunteer who has been involved with the site for fifty years and set up the Friends of Gorse Hall. We then follow the route out of the estate and visit a community orchard planted in 2009 in a Cheetham Park and we discuss planting, establishing and maintaining an open access orchard with Rob Muir (Abundance Tameside)  with some additional information about the location and planting of the orchard from Debs Kaufmann (Greenspace Team, Tameside Council) who manage the site.

View or download the walk route map: https://operationfarm.org.uk/lost-trees/the-lost-trees-walk-route-map/

View the episode picture gallery here: https://operationfarm.org.uk/lost-trees-of-stalybridge-podcast-episode-3-gallery/

Lost Trees of Stalybridge project information - https://operationfarm.org.uk/lost-trees/

Read more about the podcast - https://operationfarm.org.uk/the-lost-trees-podcast/

Other Links:

The Friends of Gorse Hall - https://gorse-hall.co.uk/

Friends of Gorse Hall Volunteering page - https://gorse-hall.co.uk/volunteers-2/

Cheetham Park, Stalybridge - https://www.tameside.gov.uk/parks/cheethampark

RV Rogers Nursery (supplies an extensive range of heritage fruit trees)  - https://rvroger.co.uk/

Blossom picture calendar - https://www.orchardnetwork.org.uk/blossomcalendar

Further reading on orchards and fruit trees: https://operationfarm.org.uk/lost-trees/lost-trees-podcast-further-information/

Credits 

Presenter- Anna Seward

Sound editing & production - Simon Galloway

Original music - Claire Knox 

Supported by The Bridge, Stalybridge Heritage Action Zone Cultural Consortium

Funded by Historic England