Talking Points – May 2015

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…

AGM & Hustings Report

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…

Talking Points – January 2015

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…

Annual General Meeting 2014

Sixty one members attended. Jan Shepley was elected to the Committee to serve as as member for planning. Chairman Paddy Doyle, Secretary Liz Littlewood and committee members Chris Rogers and Ann Ashworth were re-elected. Guest speaker was John Isserlis of Julian House who gave an excellent an informative speech about the problems of street drinking…

Talking Points – April 2014

Students and WA – We had further discussion about how to involve the student population in WA. We will be contacting the teaching staff at the Universities to explore the possibility of students using their expertise, particularly in marketing, branding and website design and maintenance, to assist WA whilst including this work as part of…

Talking Points – March 2014

Students and WA – Jenny Dean, who works for the Student Community Partnership which links the two Universities, the Students’ Unions and the Council, and Sally Williamson, Community Officer for Bath University, joined us at our meeting on Tuesday. Students are looking to become involved in the local community and it soon became clear in…

Annual General Meeting 2013

The AGM was attended by 83 members. Chairman Paddy Doyle gave his report which expanded on what members had already received in the April Newsletter. Treasurer Jeremy Boss reported the association to be in good financial health and Marilyn Phillips was unanimously re-elected as examiner of accounts. Guest speaker was Rhodri Samuel, Regeneration Manager for…

Annual General Meeting 2012

Chairman Paddy Doyle opened the meeting and gave his report which updated what had already appeared in the WA April newsletter. Richard Wales spoke about the latest situation with respect to the Rossiter Rd scheme and brought wall-charts to illustrate the latest design. Paddy’s report covered the Association’s policy re localism, our support for the…

AGM & Hustings 2011

Chairman Richard Wales opened the meeting, his final AGM, and reported that the current Council Cabinet, led by Francine Haeberling, was committed to proceeding with the Rossiter Rd scheme. The public consultation had resulted in figures showing 60% for the project and 40% against. Richard felt that we needed further details on how these figures…