18th January, 2012
And so how did Hashtag Tuesday treat you? Being the online public face of the highly criticised train operator has got to be one of the least desirable jobs in our region. The modern interweb allows disgruntled commuters to send (semi) anonymous messages out into ether, voicing anger and frustration whenever there is a points [...]
17th January, 2012
We like the odd flutter here at The Chronic, but are firmly keeping our feet away from Ladbrokes along the High Street, even with the news that the odds on Britain’s Oldest Recorded Town becoming Britain’s Newest City seem to be shortening. It’s a slightly confusing picture, but The Gazette is reporting on the one [...]
16th January, 2012
A good spot from the worth a follow @colchesterviews over the weekend, with tweets-a-plenty all about the 50p overnight car parking charge that appears to have been ushered in by our friends from Colchester Borough Council: A final warning, DO not be caught out tonight if parking in #Colchester. A new 50p has been levied [...]
16th January, 2012
This is a lovely business success story that has caught our attention at The Chronic: Fine work JaJaJa Books, a Colchester based publisher that is winning awards and offering up a truly unique learning experience, right here in our hometown. Fronted up by Colchester local girl and author Genevieve Yusuf, JaJaJa Books has recently won [...]
16th January, 2012
The ongoing saga / struggle over the right for residents of Joyce Brooks House to remain in their homes looks like heading the way of legal action. The Gazette is reporting that residents in the Colchester Borough Council run sheltered accommodation are seeking a judicial review, in an attempt to reverse the decision to sell [...]
15th January, 2012
Spring is in the Sunny Colch air. The daffodils are starting to poke through in Castle Park, the U’s are gearing up for a play-off promotion push [um, you sure?] and we’ll soon be sitting outside, all al fresco and poncey, sipping half pints of shandy at the Slug and Lettuce. Which must all mean [...]
15th January, 2012
The programme has been published for the Colchester Arts Centre, covering the period from January all the way through until the end of May. For a provincial local arts organisation that is buried away at St Mary in the Walls off the main beaten track of the town – WOH! Where to start? Kids shows, [...]
14th January, 2012
To firstsite! …on Saturday afternoon to reminisce all about the Hole in the Wall during the ’70s. The Chronic’s first pint of cherry brandy and cider at the Sunny Colch rites of passage pub wasn’t until the late ’80s. The afternoon occasion of art critic Louisa Buck addressing the auditorium at the Golden Goose was [...]
14th January, 2012
We all know that Colchester Castle is Grrreeeeeaaaaaaaattt! … as Tony the Tiger might have said back in the day, but how about actually registering your support and showing some online love for the largest Roman keep in Europe? The centerpiece for our proud historical heritage is up for a Great Exhibition 2012 award. Voting [...]
14th January, 2012
In Other Transport News Triggered off by @JordanNewell, the Young, Social Media Savvy, Thrusting Chair of the Sunny Colch Labour Party: our trains are buggered. You don’t say. Someone give that boy a badge: “Colchester Labour Party Chairman Jordan Newell has condemned National Express East Anglia for their continued poor rail services in to and [...]
