31st December, 2011
And so Saint Bob of Sunny Colch is now Sir Bob. Blimey. Sometime in the New Year and the MP for Colchester will arrive at Buckingham Palace to greet Brenda, no doubt wearing his best Lib Dem yellow waistcoat – or is it red or blue nowadays? No one is really sure. “And what do [...]
30th December, 2011
It’s a novel approach on the neighbourly call of “can I borrow your lawnmower, mate,” but it seems that this is the solution that Colchester Borough Council is presenting to the thirty-one parishes in the borough that are facing up to the current financial situation. CBC is holding talks with representatives from all the parishes, [...]
30th December, 2011
No surprises that the ongoing little local argument about the skateboards kids outside firstsite still hasn’t been resolved. The Gazette is running with a story that claims Colchester Borough Council has ignored the skateboarders, and that a petition with over three hundred signatures hasn’t been accepted by the local authority. Rob Ellingham, of Colchester shop [...]
30th December, 2011
Often the butt of many jokes, but always regenerating and coming up with new local businesses to support. Yep – Butt Road continues to impress in Sunny Colch. The recently refurbished Ale House comes highly recommended by The Chronic. Butt [aha!] wait! What’s this? Supermarket giant Tesco has ambitions on Butt Road? That would be [...]
29th December, 2011
Times are tight and sadly the clock is still ticking (or isn’t…) on Tymperleys Clock Museum. The running costs for the Museum may be proving too much for Colchester Borough Council to maintain in these days of closing sheltered housing, but the pendulum [aha!] seems to be swinging in favour of the fight back to [...]
29th December, 2011
There’s something to be said for any local authority that can bolt on WALKING to the end of a domain name for its website. Which is exactly what Colchester Borough Council has done, with www.colchester.gov.uk/walking. That something to be said is probably a message all about how transport sustainability is taken seriously, as well promoting [...]
29th December, 2011
We rather like this at The Chronic – a facebook group for Colchester folk who want to either buy or sell. Conveniently entitled: Things For Sale, Wanted or Free in Colchester and Surrounding Areas, the TFSWoFiCaSA doesn’t quite work as a catchy acronym, but as a modern interweb share and share alike idea, it works [...]
28th December, 2011
Wednesday sees the final day of trading for the Bike Guru Cafe, the pop up residency down at the Hidden Kiosks in the old bus station by firstsite. Matt Lawford – for he is the Bike Guru – will be celebrating the success of his three month residency in the old Bibby’s kiosk by inviting [...]
27th December, 2011
With Leisure World closed on Boxing Day morning, where does a respectable Sunny Colch swimmer go for kicks (and paddles) on the morning of the Feast of St Stephen? How about the icy waters surrounding West Mersea for the annual Boxing Day dip? With temperatures on land rising to an inclement 13 degrees, the weather [...]
26th December, 2011
It’s that uncomfortable period in-between Christmas and the New Year that no one is really sure what to call. Extended Christmas celebrations? Sales shopping nightmare scenario? Shoot your load before the big ding dong of New Year? Nope – how about a lovely firstsite Family Film Fun Occasion? With perfect timing – and with more [...]
