Weed like to uncover some history
8 GoodGymers made their way 5.5km to help the Colchester in Bloom in Colchester.
- Wednesday, 18th of August 2021
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Colchester GG is five years old. Seems like a long time, right? Well in around AD 917 the Saxons drove out the vikings out of Colchester and eventually built the Trinity Church! It is Colchester's oldest standing building and it is the only surviving Saxon building which has an arrowhead (triangle arches) doorway in the tower and features re-used Roman bricks.
Anyway, Helen organised a great task with Pam and Jan (Colchester in Bloom) to de-weed and trim back the graveyard. This patch of green is surrounded with a library and shops a bit like an oasis. The churchyard contains the burial place of William Gilberd, discoverer of electro-magneticism and Physician to Queen Elizabeth I too!! The difference we made was obvious and huge...bravo! Pam said the team did around 5 hours work in 50 minutes.
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