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• Today I went back to the ground at Blackstone to have one final look before serious ground work begins
• I played cricket for Blackstone CC with the Club Founder " old Mr Allen" in the 1950s
• Coming home from boarding school, and later from National Service in the Royal Air Force, I well remember him fielding mid off both ends and choosing to bat number 4
• His GREAT GRANDSON was a triallist for a County squad team this season!!
• We have not been reporting on the progress for the new ground in recent months
• All efforts have continued but with little publicity
• The fund raising has continued and the decision was made to start work on the ground
• This week machines have been at the ground grouting out hedges
• The hedges along the west and southern sides remain but the northern hedge has been removed to enable an extension to the present ground to take place
• The grass is beginning to show evidence of returning to a natural state and fairly soon the ground will be cleared and levelled prior to re-seeding.
• The old pavilion and club room together with the mower shed remain but they will soon go and be replaced with a new pavilion complex.
• A brief slideshow of 8 photos of the present state of the ground can be seen by clicking on Blackstone Cricket Club
• I intend to build up a photographic series following the progress in the development of the ground.
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