It is with great sadness that we have to inform the community of the death on Sunday 12th January of Graham Partridge, a founding member of the ECHO team and for 40 years its Chairman and public face. In due course we will pay a full tribute to Graham, both in the pages of ECHO …
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Rob Bills
Since the September issue of ECHO was printed, we have been shocked and saddened to hear of the untimely death of Rob Bills, owner of CV Nutrition in Albany Road. The business is featured, and Rob is quoted, on page 7 of this issue. Rob died in a road traffic accident on Saturday 24 August …
Can you Help with ECHO Advertising?
ECHO needs a volunteer to assist in managing our advertisers list. No specific skills are needed – just the willingness to spend a little time each month answering and sending emails, checking with advertisers on their requirements for repeat or new adverts, following up interest from potential new advertisers, and passing on requests to the …
Friends of the War Memorial Park
The Friends of the War Memorial Park are in the process of organising events leading up to the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Park in July 2021, coinciding with the City of Culture year, and hope to have monthly events, starting in July 2020 and leading up to a really big event in …
Lloyds Bank email Address Error in ECHO
We have realised that there was an error in the address for Matthew Harris in the November issue. We printed Matthew.MFHarris@lloydsbanking.com It should have been Matthew.MF.Harris@lloydsbanking.com – i.e. there are 2 full stops in his name. Our apologies to anyone who has had an email returned as undeliverable.
ECHO Prize Competitions
Just a reminder that you still have a few days left to submit your entries for the various prize competitions which appear in the current issue of ECHO. These are the Wordsearch, the Quiz of the Year and the Aspire Style Competition. The deadline for entries is Friday 5 January. The postal and email addresses …
Cable Works Underway
Cable laying works on behalf of Western Power Distribution began in Beechwood Avenue on 8 November. They are working from the Kenilworth Road end and there is a section of road with single file traffic and traffic lights at the junction with Warwick Avenue/Stoneleigh Avenue. A section of the footpath on the Warwick Avenue side …
Correction
Apologies for the typographical error on page 16 of the September issue. In the ‘Paws in the Park’ piece, the start time should be 11am and not, of course, 1am.
Earlsdon Hustings
SENA have organised a Hustings on Monday 25 April at 7.30pm in Earlsdon Methodist Church. Earlsdon ward candidates for the elections on 5 May will explain their policies and intentions and will be ready to answer your questions. The candidates are as follows: Allan ANDREWS – Conservative Jacqueline BASU – Liberal Democrat Kieran GANGARAM -Trade …
Friends of Earlsdon Lights
ECHO’s February issue has an article about the Friends of Earlsdon Lights scheme to protect Earlsdon Street’s Christmas lights. The donor form that is mentioned in the piece can be downloaded here: Earlsdon Lights donor form