We have been asked by a reader to draw attention to an outline planning application, details of which are at the link below: Strictly speaking this is outside our area, being in Abbot’s Lane which is really Coundon / City Centre, but since it will impact Spon End, which is in our area, we are …
Author: Keith Bushnell
Chip Shop to Re-open
One of Earlsdon’s longest running establishments will be back in business shortly. When open Gabriel’s will also be, incidentally, another place where you can buy your copy of ECHO.
Earsldon Burglary
A burglary has occurred at a residential address on Winifred Avenue in Earlsdon, between the 19th and 20th May. If you saw any suspicious activity in that area during the material times, or you have CCTV footage of the incident, please contact West Midlands Police by telephoning 101 or by going online to Chat For …
APPEAL FROM ECHO
ECHO’s regular readers will know that we always welcome additional material from local people and organisations. That’s even more important in the current situation. We remain hopeful that we can keep publishing monthly issues but with most of the regular community activity that we report on postponed or cancelled, the more contributions we get from …
Listen to Science
One of the features of the coronavirus crisis is that people appear to be starting to reverse a perceived or actual trend of ignoring experts and science. All advice should be delivered and received with caution. The following has been shared by an NHS contact and originates from Johns Hopkins University in the USA. ECHO …
APRIL ISSUE OF ECHO
With an extra special effort we have managed to complete the April issue of ECHO and it is now ready to be printed. It should be on sale by the end of the week. We cannot rule out the possibility that our printing and distribution may yet be interrupted but we hope we can carry …
Bus Pass Restrictions Lifted
From Thursday 19 March, and until further notice, the restriction on travel before 09.30 has been suspended meaning that you can travel free of charge on all bus and tram services in the West Midlands Network area from the start of service – excluding services run by A&M Group – Flexibus. Many leading supermarkets have …
CLOSURE OF ALLESLEY OLD ROAD
From Friday 21 February until Sunday 1st March, a small stretch of Allesley Old Road between Queensland Avenue and Kingsland Avenue OUTBOUND from the City will be closed for drainage works. This will require diversions for motorists and for two bus routes. The no. 8/8A bus service to Eastern Green will be diverted up Queensland …
Riley Car Presentation
A presentation about the replica of the first Riley car, which is currently on loan at King Henry VIII School, Warwick Road, takes place at the school on Wednesday 12 February at 7pm. The original was designed by Percy Riley, an old boy of the school, in 1896. The event is open to the public …
Graham Partridge
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 …