The street party is back After 3 years the street party is back. Hold your diaries for a spectacular day of fun on Sunday 1 July from midday right through to 7.30pm. Featuring performances from community groups and your favourite local bands, with a surprise or two, prepare to be seriously entertained. Restaurants, bars and…
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…
What a day it was! After almost a year of traffic misery and delays to the works on the Rossiter Rd scheme it was touch and go: would the traffic scheme be complete in time for the street party and would we really have something to celebrate on June 7th? The answer to the second…
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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…
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…
Happy New Mummers! Mummers’ supremo Ian Gilchrist made the brave decision to defy the impending black clouds over Widcombe on New Year’s Day, but had some misgivings as the merry band of Wobblers and performers set off for Widcombe Manor – the most spectacular performance venue on the mummers’ itinerary, its setting lending an extra…
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…