30th April, 2012
Theatre, food and music – what more could you want for a mid-summer treat? [steady...] All three will be on offer come July when the C01 Cafe right in the centre of Sunny Colch will be staging a new play, serving up some fine food and also adding to the ambience with some live music. [...]
30th April, 2012
We’ve blogged before here at The Chronic about the loveurcarcolchester online campaign. As one would expect from the text speak strapline, the message is to… Love Your Car, Colchester. But not an over aggressive way. It has been recognised by our friends from Colchester Borough Council that there is something of an air pollution problem [...]
30th April, 2012
It may be close to the end of the season at the Community Stadium, but Colchester United are already looking ahead to the post-May La Manga annual knees up and a rather special twelve months coming up. Yep – the 2012 / 13 football season marks the 75th anniversary since the U’s were first formed [...]
29th April, 2012
To @firstsite! …on a rather wet Saturday afternoon to shelter from the inverse Sunny Colch weather. It wasn’t quite a Colne overspill occasion, but any continuation of the rain may have washed away what lies beneath at the Golden Goose. Ah. Clever… See what’s been done there? firstsite may have been a fantastic sheltering opportunity, [...]
29th April, 2012
If anyone ever asks you what exactly is the spirit of Sunny Colch, then The Chronic witnessed it on Saturday afternoon. We’re not talking about a cheeky half shandy that we managed to squeeze in at The Foresters ahead of an afternoon spent at Argos, but the ACE Vintage Fair that took place all day [...]
28th April, 2012
To The Bull! …early on Friday evening for the finest 6:45 weekend session in all of Sunny Colch. Actually it’s the only 6:45 weekend session, but the description fits, all the same. The idea behind these weekend starters is to welcome in the post-work crowd ahead of the post-pub collapse some six hours later. The [...]
28th April, 2012
To @15QueenStreet! …on Thursday evening for the April edition of Creative in Colchester. It was something of a collector’s item as well, with not one, two, but three prospective local Colchester Borough Council Cllr’s getting their creative kicks with the kids down in Sunny Colch. Word is spreading fast around the town that these informal [...]
26th April, 2012
It’s the eternal question that keeps on returning to the top of the agenda in Sunny Colch: Promoting Colchester: Britain’s Oldest Recorded Town / Britain’s First City… And whaddya know – the hyperlocal historical search for positive headlines will continue once again next Wednesday when the good folk of Destination Colchester gather for the AGM, [...]
25th April, 2012
Remember that pledge about a 2012 time capsule from our friends at Colchester Borough Council during the Sunny Colch Torch Relay press conference last month? Hang on – let us dig it up for you again… Ha ha. CBC has now announced more details about how local primary schools can become involved in the morning [...]
25th April, 2012
A new term up at the University of Essex – and whaddya know, a new season at the lovely Lakeside Theatre and the Arts on 5 schedule. It’s not just a slight distraction that is being offered up to the future world leaders as they prepare for their exams either. The Lakeside is something of [...]
