The petition for a safe crossing on Beechwood Ave near the junction with Rochester Road has now been extended till the end of February. Paper petitions are also now available. If you would like to host one please let the petition organiser know via ECHO. You can still sign online. Thanks.
Category: Community
Consulting Communities Consultation
This consultation, which takes place on Thursday 7 January 10-11am at Earlsdon Library, is about proposed changes (cuts to opening hours) to the library service. Call in to have your say – council officers will be there to hear from you.
Earlsdon Festival Cancelled
The organisers of the Earlsdon Festival have announced that the event will not take place in 2016. The bank holiday Festival, regularly attended by up to 10,000 people, has been an annual feature in the Earlsdon calendar since returning to the local community in 2011. A lack of volunteers has left the current organisers with …
Earlsdon Street Lights Up
Thanks to the sterling efforts of Sandra Grundy of Millsy’s and Street, there will be Christmas lights in Earlsdon Street after all. She has managed to negotiate the lights going up this year with contributions from most of the traders. In the February issue we will be doing a feature on the lights and the …
Clock on time
The Earlsdon roundabout clock has finally been repaired and should now show the same time on each of its faces.
Revealed: £5m council cuts plan to close public toilets but save libraries
Two play centres would also close under the plan which will go out to public consultation at the end of the month Source: Revealed: £5m council cuts plan to close public toilets but save libraries
Close Shave for The Albany Pub
As part of on-going charity work for Macmillan Nurses, Albany landlady Lizzi Maxted–Bluck and her husband Ian Bluck will be taking part in a part-head shave and hair dye for the charity. Both Lizzi and Ian will be left sporting wildly coloured Mohicans to show their support for the cause. The charity, which is close …
Look: Restored Victorian drinking fountain in Earlsdon thought to be only one in UK still working – Coventry Telegraph
Mary Maginnis, who was forbidden by her mother from using using the fountain in the 1930s, performs official opening ceremony Source: Look: Restored Victorian drinking fountain in Earlsdon thought to be only one in UK still working – Coventry Telegraph
Warwick University Chancellor’s Commission
The Chancellor’s Commission at the University of Warwick is investigating the University’s future role in the region. Designed to provide a clear long-term vision, the Commission works to ensure as many different voices and opinions are heard. The University wants to hear what you think the main challenges are for our local community, and how …
Workshop Cancelled
Please note that the ‘Delivering Neighbourhoods Differently’ workshop at Earlsdon Primary School 10am – 12noon Saturday 17 October has been POSTPONED. No alternative date has been set by the organisers.