Events – Our new season of events Autumn and Winter Events is just beginning. For Full Details click here. WA Autumn Meeting – This will take place on Thursday October 22nd at 7.30pm in the Hall at Widcombe Junior School. More details will follow. We look forward to seeing you there. Win a bottle of…
Widcombe Street Party Sunday June 7th – Preparations for the Widcombe Street party are complete and we look forward to celebrating Widcombe’s new High Street and launching our campaign for the regeneration of the Parade. It appears that the weather is set to be good and we look forward to seeing a great turn out for…
Rossiter Road – The Rossiter Road sub-committee continues to press ERH and the council for a specific programme for the completion of the works. Although this is still not forthcoming, the Council has assured us that priority is being given to the work in the Parade and that this, other than some final snagging works, will…
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…
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…
AGM – We are planning to hold our AGM in the Baptist Church on April 23rd when we will be inviting candidates for election as Widcombe councillors to take part in a brief hustings. Improving Widcombe – A well-attended meeting on ‘Improving Widcombe’ was held on December 16th when many ideas were put forward. This…
Improving Widcombe – We are holding a meeting on December 16th (7.30 in Widcombe Baptist Church hall) to discuss ideas for improving Widcombe and setting up an ‘Improving Widcombe’ committee. Full details have been sent to all WA members. Do come along and help us create an Association that can do even more for Widcombe and…
Rossiter Road – On Tuesday 4 th Nov Richard Wales, Mike Wrigley, and David Maxwell, together with traders’ representatives, had a positive meeting with B&NES Highways Service Manager Kelvin Packer and designer Vaughan Thompson. ERH will complete the work on the scheme. The northern pavement in the Parade should be complete and parking restored before…
Changes to the committee – Over the last few years the Committee has benefited greatly from the active involvement of Hilary Furlonger and Keith Palmer. With increasing pressures on their time both have now decided to step down. We thank them for all their hard work and wish them well. In their places we welcome…