28th February, 2012
Perhaps the only positive point to come out of the less than transparent Tymperleys lease being awarded to Tiptree Jam has been the resurgence of interest in hyperlocal Colchester history. We all know about Tymperleys, clocks, lack of cash, closure and now a twenty-year lease for Tiptree Jam to open up as a teashop. But [...]
28th February, 2012
Local poet Martin Newell tells a half decent tale about a fire in the Colchester Library: “Both books were burnt – and one of them was coloured in.” Boom boom. Thankfully times (and perceptions) have changed considerably around Britain’s Oldest Recorded when it comes to literary matter. March welcomes the countywide Essex Book Festival, with [...]
28th February, 2012
Variety is the spice of life – even when it involves local politicians. It may not quite be the stocks and rotten tomatoes treatment, but Roll up! Roll up! The Variety Night at the Colchester Arts Centre takes place this Saturday, featuring some of our fine – and not so fine – local politico types, [...]
27th February, 2012
Bloomin’ heck – it’s only a scented public service announcement from the lovely folk of Colchester in Bloom: There will be talk on Thursday 1st March given by Will Jenkins, a Park Ranger at Castle Park. The event starts at 7:30pm in the Friends Meeting House along Church Street. Now is the time when the [...]
27th February, 2012
And so here is the companion piece to the Hythe Ghost Town blog post previously featured around these parts. It seems that the old industrial face of Colchester is ageing by the day now. It can’t be long until the old girl disappears and gives way to some bright new thing. Expect the words development [...]
27th February, 2012
You pretty much know what you’re getting with a campaign that is trading under the title of loveurcarcolchester. Any folk that may be old enough to remember Colchester pre-Colne Causeway, may need this breaking down for them, Daddio: Love Your Car, Colchester. Ah, get the message? No worries if you don’t, because it probably isn’t [...]
26th February, 2012
To @firstsite! …on Friday for the prestige occasion of the Golden Goose hosting the third annual conference for the members of the Contemporary Art Society. This was essentially a chinwag and catch up with all the great and good in the world of artistic curators. A rather mischievous wag tagged the event Learning with the [...]
25th February, 2012
Madam Mayor Helen Chuah and local MP Sir Bob Russell officially opened Colchester’s first ice rink, Diamond Ice on the Whitehall Industrial Estate, on Saturday. The family run business proved to be incredibly popular on the day with a sizable queue of families eagerly awaiting the first opportunity to experience the synthetic ice surface. Madam [...]
24th February, 2012
To @15QueenStreet! …on Thursday evening to share in some rather wonderful news for the grass roots Sunny Colch regeneration around the Cultural Quarter. The main announcement at the monthly Creative in Colchester social was that the community owned space has managed to secure a £40,000 grant from the Arts Council to help continue the regeneration [...]
23rd February, 2012
To Colchester Town Hall! …on Wednesday evening for the Full Council meeting of Colchester Borough Council. Focus on the Full here; as well as the local Cllr’s covering the right of centre politics to, oooh, about one degree of separation from Anne Widdicombe (harsh), the public gallery was rather full as well. It was almost [...]
