THE SHINING

12/25: A COMMUNITY GLASS CLEANING EVENT IN BOTTLE ALLEY
FOR THE WINTER SOLSTICE

On December 21st, Winter Solstice 2025, we invited volunteers to come along and help us give the glass in Bottle Alley a clean and polish for the low Winter sun to hit and make glisten so the alley would look its best for the Winter months ahead.

Using a gentle white vinegar solution and cloths, to ensure no damage to the glass or concrete, it took around 3 hours to clean the thousands of pieces of glass mosaic which have lined the 500m long alley for the last 90 years.

To round off the session, we shared mulled wine and mince pies as a warming thank you to everyone who gave their time and energy to ‘The Shining’.

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BOTTLE ALLEY VOLUNTEERS

WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CURRENT VOLUNTEERS: Aaron – Agne – Agnes Kriz – Alex Durbridge – Alex Leadbeater – Alice Pitts – Alice Zahra – Ali Walker Davies – Alison Anderson – Alison Gray – Alison Wright – Ally Raftery – Allyson Fenlon – Amy – Amy Holden – Amy Kenwood – Amy Wevill – Anja Pomeroy – Annalize – Anna – Anna-Maria Nabirye – Anne-Marie Woodhead – Annemarie O’Dwyer – Andrew Stone – Andy Batsford – Andy Brock – Andy Fyfe – Andy Sandoz – Angela Tobin – April Yasamee – Astrid Edmunds – Ben Edwards – Ben Logie – Beth Boorman – Beth Woolf – Bob Baker – Brett Manley – Carl Fairall – Carl Parkin – Carrie Lukas – Carol Arnold – Carol Cook – Carron – Cassie Fowler – Cathy & Peter Bartrop – Charles Bryce – Charles Clark-Perry – Charis Evans – Charlotte Ashcroft – Charlotte Ray – Charley Bolding-Smith – Chantal Lass – Chris – Chris Waters – Christopher Waters – Claire Fox – Claire Guillon – Claire Pace – Clare Kedwell – Coco Cole – Colleen Spring – Cosima Dinkel – Cuz – Daisy Sheppard McAuley – Dale Thomp – Dan Hutton – Dan Percy – Daniel Hopkinson – David Alcock – David Bracher – David Hazleton – David House – David Sparks – David Wellard – David Whitehill – Debra Watson – Debbie – Debbie Allen – Dee Harvey – Denise Mathews – Derek Brown – Dorothy Alice Van Moppes – Donna Canale – Doorena Ross – Drew Brooke-Mellor – Duncan Sangster – Ed Wells – Eleanor Baker – Elaine Cass – Ellie Hadfield – Eloise Porteous – Em Maine – Emma Dolman – Emma Harvey – Emma Hau – Emma Nicholls – Emily – Emily Johns – Erica Hooton – Fathom Stead – Feona Attwood – Fox Irving – Frank – Frank Silva – Freya Mitchison – Gail Holderness – Gail Small – Gareth Jenkinson – Gareth Wildig – Gary Hunter – Gemma Goldfingle – George Butler Butler – George Sayer – Georgia Tudball – Giala Murray – Gillian Beaton – Giles Robertson – Gino Bellini – Ginny Terry – Glenn Stokes – Greg Stevenson – Hannah – Hannah – Hannah Thomas – Hanna Laba – Harriet Couchman – Harriet Kerr – 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