Meetings
FoMBL usually meets 3 times a year, in February, June and November. The venues for the meetings are places of interest near the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links. In the past we have met in Barclay Church, Heriots School chapel, St Thomas Aqina's School, The Othodox Community of St Andrew, Archers' Hall and Peter's Yard Cafe among others. As well as visiting these interesting buildings, speakers are invited to talk about topics such as Management of Parks and the History of the Meadows.
Next meeting
The next Fombl meeting will take place in February / March 2012. Watch this space for details.
Autumn meeting 2011
The Autumn meeting was held on 29th November 2011, in the Golf Tavern. It was a general discussion meeting and lots of problems were aired. Linda Hendry was elected Convener.
AGM, June 2011
The AGM of FoMBL was be held on Thursday 23 June at the Croquet Club, Leven Terrace. Alison Johnstone MSP gave an inspiring talk about ‘Edinburgh’s precious green spaces’, drawing attention to those areas of ‘common good land’ still under threat: Inverleith Park, Portobello Park, and others. She felt that informal recreation space was very important, and that spaces such as the Meadows needed to remain in public hands, not sold off for development, or spoiled by over-use for events. In her new role as MSP she promised to do all she could to sustain green spaces. In the subsequent discussion it was suggested that green spaces might be ‘listed’, and that we need a register of common good land. The Green Party manifesto had promised an audit of open space. Chris Wigglesworth, retiring convener, gave a report outlining the year's activities and detailing some of the concerns of FoMBL.
Read his report here.
Spring meeting 2011
The Spring Meeting of Friends of the Meadows & Bruntsfield Links was held on Monday 21 March in the King’s Hall, Community Church, South Clerk Street. The main speakers were Steven Webley, Urban Forestry Manager, and Paul Vine, Trees and Woodlands Officer, of the City of Edinburgh Council. They gave an interesting talk, and answered lots of our questions. They are working hard on Edinburgh's trees, and are most definitely "Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links"
