Community, Parish Council & Village
In this 2020 roundup, Heathlands PTA reveals that, despite the impact of COVID-19, they have managed to raise an amazing total of £3,918.61. This was through:
Colchester will join the rest of Essex in Tier 4 a minute after midnight Xmas Day. After that non-essential services & shops will be closed and we are asked to stay at home apart from exercise, shopping etc…
No household mixing indoors is allowed. You can leave your home to exercise by yourself, with your Continue reading “Here we go again – Stay at home & Advent News”
Winter Bulletin Is OnlineFirst the Bulletin ‘heads-up’ and then:
With the recent Lockdown, it was not possible to print and distribute the Bulletin as usual but it is now available online. If you know of somebody unable to access the online version, it will be possible to access Continue reading “Winter Bulletin & Some Christmassy News”
Holiday Hunger ProgrammeThe Holiday Hunger Programme has been launched to provide extra support to children and their families this half term. The County Council is working with the Active Essex Foundation to extend the programme. It will see 33 programmes available across the county and more than 1,000 children provided with free activities and food.
St Mary’s church is offering support, on Tuesday to Friday of this week, to families adversely affected by the Pandemic;
High Woods Walks and More NewsA roundup of some recent news items to come our way including:
Led by fully trained volunteer walk leaders these free walks are an ideal way to Continue reading “High Woods, Bowls, Turner”
The “Taylor Maids” referred to are, of course, Ann & Jane Taylor, authors of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”. They lived in West Stockwell Street in the 1800’s and Peter Jones of the Local History Group will be talking about them at their next meeting.
Because of the continued uncertainty about COVID-19, this meeting will not take place in the Orpen Hall but will, instead, take place on Zoom. Continue reading “The Taylor Maids – History by Zoom”
Bag2School, Honours for Heroes & Mental HealthThree quick updates on the above subjects, first of all links to the Awards & Mental Health items if you want to skip bag2school:
Heathlands is participating in the Bag2School scheme as part of their fundraising campaign. Bag2School is Continue reading “Bag2School, Honours for Heroes & Mental Health”
The day 72 update starts with Woods Bowls Club keen to welcome you for a rollup. There then follows:
Woods Bowls Club RestartsWoods is a small but very friendly lawn bowls club that is normally open to all ages and abilities throughout the spring & summer months of April to September. The club consists of a mixture of male and female members with ages ranging from ‘Thirty-somethings’ to, sprightly Octogenarians! You are never too young or too old to play Lawn Bowls. Continue reading “Day 72 of Lockdown – the Bowling Along edition”
Day 65 of (un?) LockdownDay 65 and, settling down, no new updates from Essex or Colchester councils so far. Instead, we have some local news and some national news for local application.
Continue reading “Day 65 of (un?) Lockdown – the 3D Printing edition”
Day 63 of (un?) LockdownThe main news item for day 63 is an update on the Old Church renovations followed by a few updates from our government, and some fun at the end. But first, we have a tall story from Annie Neish.
For those of you who are unable to cruise the village she thought you would like to see the Echium Pininana Tower of Jewels flowering beside the fence of the allotment on New Church Road. Several years ago John had one on the plot next to her so she knew it might be possible.
A quick search on Wikipedia reveals this plant is native to La Palma in the Canaries where it is endangered due to habitat loss (Laurel forests). Fortunately, it is being cultivated quite widely in the British Isles and Northern California so should have some resilience.
Agreement about the best way forward following the discovery of the wall paintings was reached just as the Coronavirus put us all into lockdown. The work can now continue. Continue reading “Day 63 of (un?) Lockdown – the Old Church edition”