Annual General Meeting 2010

The 2010 AGM took place at Widcombe C of E Junior School on 29th April. In his welcome speech Chairman Richard Wales thanked Paddy Doyle  for his work on the Association  Newsletter and expressed a great debt of gratitude to Sarah Lewis for her extraordinary efforts in organizing events – one of the great attractions…

Autumn Meeting 2009

The Widcombe Association’s Autumn Meeting was held on Wednesday, 21st October 2009 at St Matthews Church.  Minutes of the meeting are available here. During the meeting Mayveen Blackwell paid tribute to past chairman and secretary of the Widcombe Association and indefatigable campaigner for Widcombe, the late Don Lovell. The text of her tribute is here.…

Annual General Meeting 2009

At the AGM, the new constitution was formally adopted by the Association.  Rupert Rhymes and Rosemary Emsley were unanimously re-elected as vice-chairman and secretary respectively and newly co-opted committee member Sue Dawson was unanimously confirmed. Sue will be taking over the Streetscape portfolio from Brenda Beeton, who was presented with a bouquet in recognition of…

The Two Tunnels 2009

This meeting was convened by the WA in conjunction with the Greenway Lane Area Residents’ Forum (GLARF), and was chaired by WA ChairmanRichard Wales; the GLARF Chairman, Martin Broadbent, being unavoidably unavailable. The meeting was well-attended not only by residents, but by Adrian Roper, Regional Director of Sustrans, who gave the formal presentation and fielded…