The impact of electricity cabling work is now being experienced by residents and road users in streets across Earlsdon. As ECHO went to press Kensington Road was closed, with access for residents only and Westwood Road was due to be affected, while works in Spencer Avenue were due to be completed at the end of …
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80 years old – going stronger then ever
It was eighty years ago next month that St. Mary Magdalen Church in Chapelfields opened its doors for the first time. And as ECHO discovered recently, the church is growing, active and as vibrant as ever. The Reverend Stella Bailey, who arrived at ‘the church with the blue roof’ in 2011, explained how the congregation …
Resource Centre cash and courses
Thanks to all those who collected the Wish tokens for Coventry Resource Centre for the Blind. They will receive £382.38 as a share from the Coventry Telegraph campaign. The Cook and Eat Well sessions for visually impaired people have been taking place in the teaching kitchen on Wednesday mornings and have proved very popular – …
Whoberley Forum rescheduled
The date of the next Whoberley Neighbourhood Forum has changed from Thursday 13 March to Thursday 27 March at 7.00pm. The meeting will be held at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Sir Thomas White’s Road.
Floor furore at Forum
The Earlsdon Ward stretches across the city from Broad Lane in the west to nearly reach Leaf Lane in the east, and so, to reflect these extremes, the quarterly meeting of the Earlsdon Ward Forum moves location. Last quarter it was held in the east, and 2 residents attended; this quarter it was held in …
Festival fun begins on Sunday 20 April!
The start of the Earlsdon Festival has been moved forward and will now begin on Sunday 20 April with the ‘Fun Day’ in aid of the Mercia MS Therapy Centre at the Old Clarence pub on Hearsall Common. Festival Chair Nigel Lee said, “Our ‘Tug of War’ competition is set to be part of this …
An account of our war days 1939-1945
Many of our older ECHO readers will remember Doris and Jack Smith who ran Fane’s Newsagents at the top of Earlsdon Street (now Brian Holt Estate Agents) for many years until they retired in 1981. Doris moved to the Wirral to be near her daughter, Averil, and kept in touch with this area through her …
A Summer of activities for NENA
Throughout February NENA (North Earlsdon Neighbourhood Association) has been active in trying to reduce the disruption to residents in Spencer Avenue caused by major cabling works. In January Western Power announced 7 weeks of disruption whilst they laid cables along the length of Spencer Avenue and Spencer Road. There were fears that residents would lose …
Date for new vicar
The Collation Service of Rev’d Tulo Raistrick as Vicar of Earlsdon will be held on Sunday 11 May at 3pm in St. Barbara’s Church. The Bishop of Coventry and Archdeacon Pastor John Green will officiate. ECHO hopes to meet and interview Rev’d Raistrick for a future issue.
Churches fight litter
The churches of Earlsdon and Chapelfields are organising a Litter Pick-up on the first Saturday of each month from 9.15am – 11.15am starting in the roads around each of the local churches. Members of the public are welcome join them. The meeting points will be outside the following buildings: 5 April – Earlsdon Methodist Church; …