Bath Road: circling the millpond with loose change.

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Hoped for Human Chain around the Millpond
Sunday 18th May 2003.

The attempt to make a circle of 'loose change' around the millpond to raise money for St James' Church interior restoration fund started 12 noon and continued until the coins were collected up towards, 3 o'clock.
Luckily the rain held off though there was a strong wind blowing, sufficiently unpleasant to deter others that might have turned up for this event.
Come 3 o'clock when the attempt to form a human chain was to begin it did start raining. The ambition to circle the millpond was scaled down to the Promenade between the sailing clubs. Even that though was abandoned as the weather turned worse.

However, the event was a great success in terms of the fund raising. A very impressive line of coins grew out from the several groups, at the several start points, with the hope of them all joining. The line did all but circle the millpond, the odd gap remaining.

Total value raised by the line of coins around the Millpond was £1,209.