Threats old and new... 

Then
The Felixstowe and District Allotment Association started over twenty years ago now, and was born out of local concern that the allotments were to be sold for development. This was not in fact in anyone's mind at that time. 

Now
There is now, since March 2008, great concern over the new proposals for the development of Felixstowe into the area near the Cowpasture site if not on it.  It is a Statutory Site, which protects it under law, but such is the pressure on housing, that the Association is under no illusions that it is likely to have a fight on its hands. 

The Association has organised a Plotholders meeting for all plotholders - see the News and Events page - so that everyone concerned can be kept informed of the current position. The Town Clerk will be there to answer questions.  This is a serious meeting, not a protest gathering.

Growth of the Association
Since those early days the association has grown and waned and re-grown, so it is now very healthy indeed with almost 130 members. Meetings are held more or less monthly in the winter months, and there is a summer programme of outdoor events, a show and Scarecrow competition, biggest poumpkin &c.  Members are of all ages and include young people and families and Mums with young children.

There is a very good relationship with the Town Council, with regular meetings to air concerns. The Council is taking security more seriously now that there has been a number of thefts from sheds, and a gate has been installed to prevent motor access by non-members.



This picture is of the plot of a young Mum in 2007, shewing what she achieved in a very few weeks.