May 19 13
We’ve already blogged about the brilliant Town to Port Festival taking place down at the Hythe next Saturday. This is the culmination of the eight-month project part-funded by Colchester Borough Council to help build an identity for the area. The live bands, spoken word and hyperlocal Hythe films down by the dock on the 25th [...]
May 18 13
Let’s talk bollocks. …which isn’t that different to your average Chronic blog post, to be honest. But the bollocks we want to talk about are the dangly bits and pieces that are located below. There’s never any harm in having a good fondle – either for pleasure, or perhaps more importantly to see if the [...]
May 17 13
We’re a bit behind with helping to plug all the LOVELINESS that is taking place up at the Lakeside Theatre over the summer months. Whilst the students at the University of Essex are busy doing whatever it is that the students at the University of Essex entertain themselves with ahead of the exam season, the [...]
May 16 13
We’re kinda caught between an online rock and a hard place here at The Chronic. Recent conversations this week have ranged from: (i) why don’t you report the violent crime being committed by YOOF in Colchester, to (ii) why don’t you offer a more positive spin on Sunny Colch? Um… (i) our friends @TheGazette cover [...]
May 15 13
No sooner have you had time to get use to Richard Hughes’ Time is Over, Time Has Come, …time is called on the artificial blu tack displays at firstsite. Yep – the Golden Goose is going through the transition phase and setting up the next season of high art here in Sunny Colch. The new [...]
May 14 13
If you find yourself at something of a loose end next Wednesday morning, you could do a lot worse than to make it to the Moot Hall for the annual Mayor Making ceremony. Seriously. Full Council of Colchester Borough Council will be convened at 10:30am on the 22nd May for the pomp and pageantry. All [...]
May 13 13
Recent reports have done little to give residents confidents in the NHS in Colchester. It’s not quite a moral panic situation, but for most patients visiting Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, the experience is favourable – if there ever is a favourable experience when you have the need to head up Turner Road. But [...]
May 13 13
We’ve blogged before about Show Me Hythe, the community project with the aim of opening up the old docks area of Colchester for folk from all around the town. Six months of local consultation is now coming to a close, and the conclusion of Town to Port is about to be celebrated. And what better [...]
May 12 13
For no other reason than Saturday was a photo friendly day whilst walking around the surrounds of Sunny Colch. These ancient walls contain memory vaults, rich with the history of Britain’s Oldest Recorded. They also contain a shagging Goth couple, oblivious to 21st Century society. It’s probably for the best.
May 11 13
Comment is free, but facts are sacred, etc. And so let’s start with the facts first: It cost Essex County Council £11,500 to implement the aborted trial for the Traffic Regulation Orders along Colchester High Street. The figure for Colchester Borough Council was £3,004. Following the botched trial for the pedestrianisation of the High Street [...]
