Former Chairman and later President, Paddy Roche recorded the early days of MUWAGA. Its conception dates from when Paddy and his wife moved to Milton in 1982 and he took on an allotment.
It took him until 1986 to convince any of his fellow allotment holders to set up an association, so in effect MUWAGA was born in November 1986 with the first AGM held in May 87.
The first Show was held in 1988 and we don’t believe a year was missed until 2020 and Covid interrupted the run. Thus, we are now in our 35th year.
The early years were clearly a bit of a struggle with one meeting having only 3 members present (mind you, a few years ago we had a speaker evening where, without committee members, the Chairman would have been on his own!).
Over the following years many Chairmen/women, committee members and members (and so many of our members help in many ways) have been the essential life force of the Association. It is impossible individually recognise the outstanding contribution of so many individuals vital to the success, indeed, even existence of the Association over the years.
It has been a team effort and without the vision, drive and hard work of our members we would be a poorer place.