Category: People
Coventry Soroptimists
Coventry Soroptimists, a local branch of an international organisation, meet in the ECHO area twice a month. Along with other women’s organisations, Coventry Soroptimists are always trying to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women. 25 November is International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, and the lighting department at Coventry …
EARLSDON LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT – OPINION
ECHO has received two ‘Opinion’ contributions about this project. These are both the personal views of the respective writers, not ECHO’s. The first is an extract of the detail from a recent communication which former councillor Nigel Lee sent to the Project’s lead officer, Bryn Lewis. It seems that all the assessment work has been …
EARLSDON FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER AT ST. BARBARA’S CHURCH HALL
Our apologies that this article was omitted from the August issue of ECHO. Prepare in the winter, plant in the spring, tend in the summer and win in the autumn, was what my father taught me when, instead of giving me money for the kid flicks on a snowy Saturday morning in February, he’d usher …
Volunteers Urgently Needed
The Earlsdon festival is urgently looking for extra volunteers to help supervise road closures on the day (Monday 1st May) Can you and possibly a friend or family member, kindly spare 2 hours on the day to help a community event? The role includes supervising a barrier, alongside a friend, family member or other volunteer …
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GILL DAWSON
The funeral of Gill Dawson, the wife of ECHO team member Tony Cardinali, will take place on Thursday 22 September 2022 at 3.00 pm, Cannon Hill Chapel, Canley Crematorium. Gill died on Monday 15 August. Gill was well-known in the ECHO area in her own right and herself wrote a number of articles for this …
EARLSDON FESTIVAL 2022
Planning has begun for the Earlsdon Festival this year and, all being well, it will take place on Monday 2nd May. The festival team are now accepting applications for stalls on Earlsdon Street (£50 each), the Earlsdon Primary School playground (£25 each), and food pitches on Earlsdon Street (£150 each).If you would like to apply …
Festival of Hope – Correction
There was an error in the material Festival of Hope submitted for this month’s issue of ECHO, which announced A Thing with Feathers as taking place on Thursday 23rd February. It is in fact on WEDNESDAY 23rd February .
ECHO FOUNDER’S LIFE CELEBRATED
Around 80 people gathered at the Village Hotel yesterday afternoon for the long-delayed celebration of the life of ECHO founder, Graham Partridge. Graham died in January 2020, aged 68. As a succession of speakers testified, Graham’s contribution to the community went way beyond creating ECHO, important though that was. Among the initiatives he was responsible …