With effect from today, Monday 14th November, it will not be possible to access Butts Road from the Ring Road junction 7. This restriction will apply for around 12 weeks while the remodelling of the junction is completed. The diversion will take drivers from junction 8 via Holyhead Road and Four Pounds Avenue. However access …
Author: Keith Bushnell
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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 …
By-Election On 22nd September
The by-election in Sherbourne ward to elect a successor to the late Cllr Seamus Walsh takes place on 22 September. Sherbourne ward includes Spon End and parts of Chapelfields north of Allesley Old Road. Cllr Walsh won the seat on 4 occasions, most recently in May this year when he had an ultra-thin margin of …
Lord Mayor Joins Marathon Grandad for Charity Walk
Next Tuesday, 9 August, Lord Mayor Cllr Kevin Maton will join 72-year-old local man Tony Cunningham’s year-long sponsored walk to raise money for Warwick charity, Molly Ollys. If you want to see Tony, Kevin and his wife and Lady Mayoress, Angela, tackle a few laps together on Tuesday they will be at the War Memorial …
86 STEPS
An exhibition for ex-Earlsdonian Pat Shenstone’s “86 Steps” is opening this evening, Tuesday 26 July, from 6pm to 8pm at the LTB space above the Litten Tree on the corner of Warwick Row and the Bull Yard. All welcome. The exhibition is on until Sunday 14 August, daily, 12 noon until 4pm.
Bus Timetables Tweaked
Bus timetable changes are being implemented later this month, which in the ECHO area affect the 14/14A service through Chapelfields. Changes
Earlsdon School Shortlisted in National Competition to Win Playground Worth £5K
Children from Earlsdon Primary School have collected and transformed 7,000 plastic bottle tops into stunning art murals, as part of a nationwide recycling campaign to raise awareness about the dangerous impact of plastic waste on the environment. Earlsdon Primary has been named among the top ten finalist schools in the Message in a Bottle Top …
SPON END FILM SCREENING
There will be a showing of the Spon End campaigners’ film at the Albany Theatre on Wednesday 29 June, followed by a discussion. The event is free but please register in advance, as below. Register
LIBRARY CORRECTIONS
There are a couple of errors in June’s ECHO, relating to Earlsdon Library. Firstly, it is stated that the next folk night (the Hush! event) costs £5 but the correct cost is £10 per ticket. and secondly the storytime session starts at 10.30am not 11am on Tuesdays.