We must carry on Lilian's great work at the reserve
LIKE many other Staffordshire Wildlife Trust members in the Potteries and Newcastle, I was saddened to hear of the death of Lilian Allender, pictured.
Her work as a volunteer in Whitfield Valley and Ford Green Nature Reserve has been an inspiration to everyone who met her. She could talk to people of all ages and at all levels.
Her boundless knowledge and enthusiasm meant that children grew up appreciating the nature on their doorstep in the middle of a city.
We shall miss her greatly, and it's now up to all of us to make sure that Whitfield Valley, with its Ford Green reedbeds, are looked after as a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest. PAT CALLAGHAN Hon Secretary, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Stafford
Comments
by christopher dennison, stoke
Thursday, July 02 2009, 4:44PM
“i was also saddened to her of lilly's death i was a volentry worker working baside her with everything that she did and beleived in i took in her intrests to the reserve and was saddened again when i took my daugher down for the first time and discovered that the reserve had not been looked after, She would turn in her grave if she could see what has become of the reserve i am trying to find out about the plans to restore it to its beauty i am currently waiting to be contacted by joan walley our local mp to discuse my ideas and plans to restore the reserve.
c.dennison from stoke-on-trent”