Last Friday was a nice sunny day, remember? For reasons best left unsaid I was walking through Vange that day when I saw a cheerful group of young men and women working to tidy up the grounds around St Chad’s Church. I smiled to see how carefree they were as they were obviously having a great time. Perhaps there [...]
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Posted in Crime, humour, The Weather on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More yellow lines
Posted in humour, Roads on March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you have been driving around the Basildon area lately you will have noticed that council workers have been repainting road markings these last few weeks. Chances are you have been stuck in an unexpected traffic jam or two by now as the council reduced the road to one lane so it could get on with the job. I suppose it’s about time they did [...]
How good is our education cabinet minister at maths?
Posted in humour, Schools on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Councillor Stephen Castle is the Essex County Council Cabinet Minister for Education. This makes him the top man for all decisions involving schools in Essex. Last week as he announced the figures for Essex school admissions he told us ”I am very proud of the work that all partners have put in to achieve another increase in the number [...]
Pothole Season Update
Posted in humour, Roads, The Weather on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since we reported the large pothole in Welbeck Drive, the nice men from the council have been round to repair the damage. In just a few minutes they kicked the loose stone and grit back into the hole and shovelled tar on top, nice work. Let us hope they return to fix the rest of [...]
Basilwood or Bas Vegas?
Posted in humour, Roads on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It does not take much to raise people’s ire over the subject of council spending, so it was no surprise to read all the negative comments in the echo from locals about council plans to spend £400,000 on new road signs to promote Basildon. Centre stage will be a Hollywood style sign next to the [...]
