Heritage Lottery Fund Application

At a Cabinet meeting of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council on the evening of 13 February 2008 the next milestone on our long running efforts to obtain funding for regeneration of our Park was reached.
Approval was given by DMBC to provide monies to enable Stage 1 bid to proceed.
DMBC will now submit the bid ( with a project cost estimated at around £3.5 million) to meet the HLF deadline of the 31st March 2008.
Congratulations to all involved over the last 4 years in reaching this important landmark.

Duncan Edwards

Wednesday 6th February 2008 saw the 50th anniversary of the horrific Munich Air Disaster which resulted in 23 people losing their lives, one of those being a local Priory lad, the great and legendary Duncan Edwards.The Friends did not want the day to pass unmarked and decided to hold a simple tribute to all those who lost their lives in the crash or in the days to follow as a result of injuries sustained. The tribute was held at the Duncan Edwards statue in Dudley town centre and included a public address, a roll call of the victims of the disaster, a minute's silence and a final poem "We will Remember" by Alan Laine. FoPP were proud to have members of Duncan Edwards' family attending the tribute and they along with the Friends, representatives from the three Duncan Edwards' football teams and local ward councillors laid wreaths as the music "The Flowers of Manchester" was played. FoPP committee wish to take this opportunity to thank the many hundreds of people who attended the tribute, laying many of their own floral tributes and paying their respects.
Rest In Peace Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, Liam "Billy" Whelan, Walter Crickmer, Bert Whalley, Tom Curry, Alf Clarke, Frank Swift, Don Davies, George Follows, Tom Jackson, Archie Ledbrooke, Henry Rose, Eric Thompson, Capt Kenneth Rayment, Bela Miklos, Willie Satinoff, Tom Cable.

J Alderman-Rowe

Duncan Edwards

On February 6^th , the anniversary of the Munich air disaster some 50 years ago, the Friends will be having a short wreath-laying ceremony at the statue in Dudley Town Centre at 12.30 pm.

Representatives from FoPP together with the Duncan Edwards Junior football teams and close family will be in attendance. All are welcome.
For more information about Duncan Edwards, please see the web site http://www.duncan-edwards.co.uk, and for more about the Munich air disaster see http://www.munich58.co.uk