ONE WORLD WEEK - REFUGEES WHAT'S IT LIKE TO FLEE YOUR HOME Stamford Arts Centre And featuring ‘Moments of Peace’ - a photographic project by Alan Walters

ONE WORLD WEEK - REFUGEES WHAT'S IT LIKE TO FLEE YOUR HOME Stamford Arts Centre And featuring ‘Moments of Peace’ - a photographic project by Alan Walters

Displays of artwork and projects undertaken by local students and pupils Stalls promoting the work of local community groups Stalls selling fairly traded products And featuring ‘Moments of Peace’ - a photographic project The project aims to represent the lives of Ukrainian refugees in Stamford. It involves two images per family juxtaposing the harsh reality back home which never truly leaves them with moments of peace that they find here. This is a pilot display of an ongoing project by Alan Walters, a local photojournalist, in conjunction with Stamford Diversity Group. Feedback from the October display will influence the project going forward.

Oakham Castle Wall it is hard to believe millions of pounds of lottery money has been spent on this project by Rutland County Council over the years.

Oakham Castle Wall it is hard to believe millions of pounds of lottery money has been spent on this project by Rutland County Council over the years.

The Cutts Close side lost dozens of healthy trees thanks to Oakham Town Council approving their destruction, after the then tree warden Cllr Joyce Lucas agreed they should be destroyed. Now we have look at the old stumps which the council is still to this day attempting to poison with the plastic plugs inserted in each stump.

A small section of the wall nearest to the skate park has been vandalised and the hundreds of shrubs planted for the benefit of the wildlife was more recently destroyed by the councils contractors using their power strimmer's, spreading the plastic protection sleaves everywhere amongst the litter.

The Burley Road Car Park section is slowly losing all its trees. More were felled early Thursday morning. Some were falling over, but not all. I wonder if the Council will be considering replacing the trees or have we got to get used to this ugly view all around the castle? 

The wall originally did not have mortar between the stones, probably one reason why the wall was in modern times propped up with piles of earth and why the Skate Park section can be easily vandalised.