Every year the Friends of Kersal Moor run a festival to showcase what was once a forgotten but historical part of Salford. This year, there's a `fruits of the earth' theme, celebrating the fact that Kersal Moor is also a conservation site with rare plants.
There's environment friendly stalls by Friends of the Earth, Incredible Edible and Garden Needs, who will be joined by Salford and Manchester Bee Keepers, selling local honey, and reminding people of the disaster which will occur if the numbers of bees continue to decline. There's also a green and healthy cafe, and the endangered Salford Health Improvement Team will be reminding the city of what it will miss if if the service is axed (see here).
For the children there's a Lucky Dip, a Fruit and Veg Quiz, a Peel an Apple in One Go competition, the chance to make a hat or boomerang and a coconut shy; all with prizes donated by Cussons which once had its factory near the Moor. A highlight will also be Wild Wings, displaying rescued birds of prey, including eagles and owls.
Meanwhile, Besses Brass Band will be playing, together with the Frets Guitar Group, which plays music from the Sixties. There's also lots of stalls, including wood crafts, crochet crafts and the Salford Star will be selling t-shirts and mugs.
"This is the ninth celebration on the Moor, since 1998" says Alice Searle from Friends of Kersal Moor "Once upon a time this Moor was visited by thousands, when it was the original Manchester Racecourse for two hundred years. Then the Chartists met here in their thousands in 1838, to lobby for the vote. Interestingly, we hold this year's event three days after the General and Local Election. It is sad to think that there are people this week who will not vote. The Moor echoes the voices of those Chartists who demanded the justice of a vote for all. We should not forget their efforts.
"The aim of the Friends is to preserve this valuable and historic site" she explains "We want people to use the Moor for pleasure and to enjoy the wild and free growth of nature. We ask people to keep it free of the junk of the current world; to come again for a peaceful walk, to sit and dream, or let the children run freely, build a den, play hide and seek, perhaps have a birthday picnic. If this is your first time on the Moor we hope you will visit again."
Kersal Moor Fruits of the Earth Festival
Sunday 10th May 1pm-4:30pm
Moor Lane, Kersal
Photo by Anya K
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