Category: News

Arches Venue Lease Extended

While the July issue of ECHO was being printed, our front page story was overtaken by events h the good news that the Arches Venue will continue as a business for at least the next three years. The venue placed the following on Facebook: ANNOUNCEMENT!!! To all bands, musicians and patrons This is a 2 …

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Earlsdon Methodist Church Event Cancelled

As part of its Centenary celebrations, Earlsdon Methodist Church invited all residents and visitors to Earlsdon to join them for a free barbeque, to be held outside the church on Saturday 20 May. Sadly, owing to a combination of illness and double-booking of volunteers this event has been cancelled. A new date has yet to …

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PCC VISITS EARLSDON

The following report is by Clare McArthur, on behalf of Earlsdon Community Speedwatch: The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster visited Earlsdon on Friday 21 April for a street audit of Beechwood Avenue and its adjoining roads and to hear from representatives of Earlsdon Community Speedwatch and local residents. Two members from our …

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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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Rogue Trader Operating in Earlsdon

We have received a report of an elderly resident being persuaded by “a forceful man who would not take no for an answer”, to have her paved yard cleaned. He wanted £400 for what turned out to be one and a half hours’ work, using her hot water and leaving a mess on her walls. …

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OVERNIGHT ROAD CLOSURE – SUNDAY 2 APRIL

Butts Road will be closed in both directions between Windsor Street and the Ring Road junction 7 as part of the long running roadworks. Albany Road will be closed between Butts Road and Brunswick Road. The closure will be from 8pm on Sunday until 6am on Monday 3 April. There will be signed diversions and …

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BUTTS ROAD CLOSURES

There are more road closures affecting Butts Road over the next 9 days. Every night 8pm – 6am from Monday 16 January to Friday 20 January, there will be no access from junction 7 of the Ring Road onto Butts Road westbound. Access onto the Ring Road from the Butts Road citybound carriageway will be …

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