Monday 16 August 2010
Cream Teas
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Saturday 19 June 2010
Thurlaston Carnival Photos - 2010
Photos of the Thurlaston Carnival on 19th June 2010. There are more to come, so visit again soon.
Larger copies of the photos are available by email on request - just Contact Us.
Photo by Malcolm Tarratt
Thursday 06 May 2010
Thurlaston's Local Heroes
The Everards' Local Heroes Awards have chosen not just one, but two Thurlaston residents to go through to the last 16 in the awards.
Both Brian Smith and David Tibbles were nominated by The Elephant and Castle and were judged alongside nominations from the whole of Everards' pubs.
To cast your vote for either, or both, get over to www.everards.co.uk/tigerlocalhero.
Thursday 25 March 2010
Thurlaston 'Blackout' at Midnight
Plans to switch off Thurlaston's street-lights between midnight and 5.30am are now at the consultation stage.
The plans will see whole areas of Thurlaston with no street lights during these hours. Moat Close, Nursery Close and Tyers Close will have all their lights extinguish. Desford road will be without lights from Enderby Road to the bend in the road just before the flats. Normanton Grove and Holt Crescent will be, in the main, still fully lit.
According to the County Council's risk assessment: "(it is) Highly unlikely that pedestrians or vehicles will be active during these hours"; a somewhat presumptuous assumption on the part of the bureaucrats.
On the arterial roads throughout the village there will be lighting at the junction of: Enderby Road and Desford Road, Tyers Close and Main Street, Church Street and Main Street, Croft Road and Nursery Close, Church Street and New Walk, Desford Road and Holt Crescent; and at the bend before the flats on Desford Road.
The changes are said to be in order to make savings on energy costs, reduce carbon emissions and reduce light pollution. Whether the latter two will be achieved when street-lights are inevitably replaced by security lighting on individual houses is debatable. What is clear though is that if we want lighting after Midnight we will pay twice for the privilege.
Maps showing details of the plans are available online at:
Should you wish to make any comments on these proposals, please respond by email to jake.richardson@leics.gov.uk, or phone 0116 3055568. The closing date for comments is 16th April 2010.
Pictured below: My drawing of Nursery Close after midnight post changes
Thursday 11 March 2010
Google Maps Street View
Google maps street view now allows you to take a walk around the village from the comfort of your lounge - and guess who's got in on the action?
Wednesday 17 February 2010
New Thurlaston Websites
Well one remodelled and one completely new one!
The Poacher's bistro is now under new ownership and has an updated website:
...and The Elephant and Castle has a super new website:
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Look After Your Pets
Please look after your animals and pets in this cold weather, otherwise they could end up like this poor horse
Photo: Cathy Pownall.
Sunday 10 January 2010
Thurlaston Pram Race Photos
A photo study of competitors in the 2009 Thurlaston Pram Race by Amy Shore.
Clicking on he images will open a larger picture in a new browser window. Just close the window to return to this page.
Please note that these pictures are © 2009 Copyright Amy Shore - all rights reserved. Requests for the copyright owner's permission to use them may be addressed via this site.
Thursday 07 January 2010
Pram Race 2009
Photos of the Pram Race held on Christmas Saturday 2009 taken by Cathy Pownall and Pete Davies.
Thursday 07 January 2010
Carol Singing Photos
Photos of Carol Singing at the Elephant and Castle on 21 December 2009 taken by Pete Davies.
Copyright © Philip A Young 2004