We Went All Spursy At Tottenham With A Proper Bottle Job

9 Goodgymers helped their local community in Haringey
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Haringey

Wednesday 26th October 2022

Report written by Euclides Montes

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9 Goodgymmers braved the High Road in Tottenham during match night to lend a hand at Tottenham Green as they started getting the site ready for bulb planting.

Funckeredd To The Maxx

We were pleased to join Laura from the Friends group who had been out of action for a while with Covid. Glad to have you back!

It's always a pleasure to do a task at Tottenham Green, in many ways it feels like going back home. Just ask Nurjehan or Alex, for instance, who described this task tonight on more than one occasion as their favourite

And tonight was no different. We started the evening with a bit of litter picking and, oh boy, did the Green need it. Within 15 minutes our team had managed to fill up around 6 bags full of bottles, cans, and even a duvet. Always thinking about the environment, our team sent a couple of Goodgymmers to the recycling bins on the North side of the park to dispose of the litter responsibly.

Meanwhile, we got on with the task of clearing the pathways of leaves and some hardcore weeding. Special mention here to the wonderful and thriving hedge bindweed with its wonderful heart-shaped leaves that was ruthlessly and efficiently obliterated by Frankie and Carolina. Haven't seen that many destroyed hearts since they refused to call that ship Boaty McBoatface.

Aaaaanyway, towards the end of the evening, we were tasked with some buddleia maintenance which of course meant some hardcore chopping and we rounded things up piling the garden detritus on the composting beds in the church yard.

Highlights of the evening including Nurjehan force feeding people her cupcakes, Carolina completely dragging Gramps by saying she had seen him running and thought that 'he was just walking and taking a break,' and the introduction to our Goodgym Haringey Lexicon of the wonderful funckeredd but you really had to be there for that one.

Next week, we're moving our task night to Monday to coincide with Halloween! And we're celebrating by having a themed double good deed evening... Task 1 here and task 2 here. Join us!


Session Leader
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Friends of Tottenham Green
Help our friends in the community maintain the green

Light gardening work on Tottenham Green or at the Marcus Garvey Library

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Attendees
Carolina Maria
Charlie Linton
Nurjehan
Latoya Stephens
Frankie Edelmann
Niamh Ni Longain
Euclides Montes
Alex Cameron-Smith
Sarah Moore
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Haringey

Helping with the works at the old Nursery Building in Tottenham Green
🗓Today 7:00pm

Come and help rehabilitate this space for the local community

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John Shirley

Fri 28th Oct 2022 at 10:34am

That's a shame, I was going to come on Wednesday

Nurjehan

Fri 28th Oct 2022 at 10:54am

Totty Green is definitely one of my GG highlights. Gutted that I'm not there for Halloween. I'll look forward to the spooky stories.

Nurjehan

Fri 28th Oct 2022 at 10:58am

P.s Did anyone find out the meaning of funckeredd?

Euclides Montes

Fri 28th Oct 2022 at 11:19am

You were missed, @john.

Euclides Montes

Fri 28th Oct 2022 at 11:20am

@Nurjehan Well, I did offer a suggestion for the meaning of funckeredd but everyone's reaction told me that I perhaps shouldn't post it 😅