Pupils from Oakfield Primary school holding some of the books kindly donated by Mrs Greenfield (pictured, back row, far right)
Sheila Greenfield, a local Scunthorpe resident contacted us recently to offer her support. Mrs Greenfield’s son-in-law, John Wilde, was a massive rugby fan and had playing and coaching roles at Wyke Sixth Form College, Hessle Rugby Club and Hornsey over his lifetime. Sadly, John passed away a few years ago and left behind a wealth of rugby and football related books such as biographies, autobiographies and coaching manuals which he’d collected over the years. Mrs Greenfield recognised that others could share in her son-in-law’s passion of the game of rugby and kindly offered to donate the books to Study Parks after hearing about us in the local media.
We invited Sheila down to Glanford Park this week to meet a group of children from Oakfield who were taking one of our audio production modules. The group were creating their own radio shows, recording their own music in a sound-sampling program and presenting their show as the DJ. As part of the session, Mrs Greenfield came for a tour of the facilities, met the children then presented her son-in-law’s books to them. Sheila explained: “I was very impressed with the children’s behaviour, particularly their politeness. Young people get a lot of stick these days so it was nice to meet such a nice group of children.”
Sheila, now retired has an education background, teaching at North Lindsey and 18 happy years at the former Scunthorpe Leisure Centre as a qualified “keep-fit” instructor. John, her son-in-law died from a sudden heart attack a few years ago. “John was in his early 50s at the time. I think it is important that everyone at that age and above to get their health checked regularly, especially those who are overweight or don’t exercise regularly.”
Photo of Sandra Hill holding four of the donated books.
We’d like to put on record our thanks to Sheila and her family for being kind enough to share her late son-in-law’s beloved literature with us and new readers from across North Lincolnshire. The books will be used in sessions with many of the school groups who come in to our study centres with possibility of loaning some of them out in a library system to some of our longer-term learners.
If you would like to celebrate the life of one of your loved ones by leaving a legacy to help us support children and young people in North Lincolnshire we’d be delighted to hear from you. You can contact Sandra or Sue on (01724) 747686.
