Category: Community

Tony Back on the Tarmac

Legendary local charity fundraiser Tony Cunningham is attempting to repeat his “10-miles-a-day for a year” fundraiser for the charity Molly Ollys. His 2022 efforts raised £10750. Tony’s new schedule started at 8am on Saturday 30 November in the War Memorial Park with the Lord Mayor, Cllr Mal Mutton, present to launch the event. Molly Ollys …

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News from Earlsdon Park Village

This article was submitted too late for inclusion in the printed October issue of ECHO. Here are a few things that have been happening so far in September and also what we have to come in October. The brilliant Joey Linden brought his Freddy Mercury tribute act to the Village – he was fabulous and …

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Councillor Toulson – surgery

The August issue of ECHO states that Sherbourne ward councillor Dave Toulson’s monthly surgeries at Earlsdon Park Village are open to the general public. Due to a change of policy by EPV management, this is no longer the case but we were informed too late to change this. We are awaiting details of alternative venues …

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St. Andrew’s Open House

St. Andrew’s House is holding a strawberry tea and open house event on Saturday 20 July from 2-4pm. There is no entry fee. Cream teas available by donation, and stalls. Viewings of the home will also be given without appointment during that time, to anyone interested in a place at St Andrew’s.

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Church Sale Completed

The Trustees of the recently closed Hearsall Baptist Church have made the following announcement today: “…the Trustees are now in a position to announce that the sale of the premises in Queensland Avenue was finalized on Tuesday 30 April and the keys for the premises have been officially handed to the new owners. The new …

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Chapelfields Walking Tour

Historian and true crime writer Adam Wood has been invited by the team at Warwick’s Institute of Engagement to take part in their 2024 Resonate Festival of Arts and Culture. The programme is a series of events and exhibitions across Coventry and Warwickshire, and promotes local community, history and culture. As part of this, on …

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Bring Back Banks!

One by one over the last decade the major banks, and Coventry Building Society, have closed their Earlsdon branches. The Earlsdon 2.0 group have launched a campaign to create a banking hub to compensate for the loss of these facilities. For an audio report from BBC CWR go to: https://bbc.in/3W6WgAw

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Farewell to Hearsall

The members and congregation of Hearsall Baptist Church today said a sad farewell to the church’s home of 96 years in Queensland Avenue. Today’s Easter Sunday service is the last before they vacate the church, opened in 1961, and larger 1928 edifice known as the ‘schoolrooms’. The church has been at the heart of the …

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