Overview The WA Garden Club meets from Autumn to Spring normally on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Widcombe Social Club at the bottom of Widcombe Hill. There is a varied and stimulating programme and meetings start at 7.30 pm. Meetings are listed in What’s On Entry fee is £4 (WA members £3) Contact The…
Activities & Events The Widcombe & Lyncombe Local History Society works closely with the Widcombe Association, and meets eight times a year mostly in Widcombe Baptist Church Hall. Members of the group are encouraged to pursue their own research and present findings to the group and ultimately to the Society’s archive. Contact the Local History…
The 2015 AGM was notable for three main reasons: an end to Paddy Doyle’s chairmanship of four years, a presentation by the President of Widcombe Social Club Sir Peter Hendy on progress with the building of the new club premises, and a hustings with seven of the candidates for Council elections on 7th May: the two…
Rossiter Road – The Rossiter Road sub-committee is still pressing the council for a specific programme for the completion of the works. Leader of the Council, Paul Crossley, attended the last Steering Group meeting and two of our Rossiter Road sub-committee members subsequently met with Council Engineer Steve Froggatt and designer Vaughan Thompson who gave…
Rossiter Road – We have, to date, been unable to obtain a detailed programme for the completion of this project and are very aware of the concerns of residents and local traders about both the on-going work and the parking situation in the Parade and at the bottom of Widcombe Hill. It appears that the…
Talks & Events Programme to December 2015 Thursday 19 March 2019 7.30 – Widcombe Baptist Church Main Hall Guest Speaker Michael Chapman ‘Prior Park Hunting Park from Norman Times to Ralph Allen’. Wednesday 15 April 7.30 – Widcombe Baptist Church Main Hall Guest speaker Tony Coverdale ‘The Restoration of Saltford Brass Mill -a Grade II* Listed Building…
Rossiter Road – We have asked urgently for more news on the programming for the work on Rossiter Road, to enable our trading community to plan their lives. It is hoped that the work on the Parade will be finished by the end of this month and that the scheme will be completed by the…
