Talking Points – January 2016

[ultimate_spacer height=”15″]Widcombe Association Committee Talking Points for January 2016 Here is our latest bulletin of current issues. Improving Widcombe Cycling Group Tony Shield, who heads up this group, attended our recent meeting and up-dated us on progress to date. The group aims to promote cycling both for pleasure, particularly through Widcombe Wobblers, and as a…

Widcombe Mummers Ride Again!

[ultimate_spacer height=”15″]The Widcombe Mummers returned to delight their audiences once more on New Year’s Day. Performances started as usual at Widcombe Manor, and this time finished with a new venue, courtesy of the refurbished Parade. The area by the new plane tree to the west provided the ideal setting for all the by now well-known…

Parade Critic Deflated

[ultimate_spacer height=”15″]Ralph Oswick (pictured) whose heart is surely still in Widcombe, and whose place, along with his alter ego Lady Margaret, in Widcombe residents’ hearts is assured, delivered a cheerfully lethal rebuke to Paul Bowden in the Chronicle of 10th Dec. Mr Bowden, whose knowledge of Widcombe seems to be fairly limited, had written the following…

Talking Points – December 2015

[ultimate_spacer height=”15″]The December Committee meeting had a rather different format from usual as we welcomed our local councillors, Ian Gilchrist and Jasper Becker, and two of the Beechen Cliff School governors, Phil de Glanville and Gavin Lewis. In addition, following our open invitation to all WA members, there were ten observers at the meeting. The majority…