Wednesday 29 December 2010
Pram Race 2010
Photos of the Pram Race held on Christmas Sunday 2010 taken by Nick Cox, Jo Burnett and Malcolm Tarratt .
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Monday 08 November 2010
Elephant and Castle Beer Festival
The Elephant & Castle are holding another Beer & Pie Festival from Thursday 25th November to Saturday 27th November 2010.
For further details visit The Elephant and Castle website
Friday 15 October 2010
Blaby DC Carol Concert
The Blaby District Council annual carol concert will be held on 8 December 2010. Lucy Wheeler of Blaby District Council says:
Warm up for Christmas with mulled wine and mince pies.
Enderby Youth Band will be entertaining guests at Blaby District Council's Christmas Carol Concert this year.
The concert is being held in the Council Chamber on Desford Road, Narborough, and will also include singing by children from The Pastures Primary School, Narborough, a raffle to support the chairman's charity (Vista Society for the Blind) and mince pies and mulled wine for afters.
Councillor Barry Garner, chairman of the Council, said: "The annual carol concert is always a fantastic occasion and a wonderful way to celebrate the festive season".
"I would like to take the opportunity to invite members of the Blaby District community to come along, join in the singing and celebrate with us".
The concert starts at 7.30pm on 8th December. Admission is free but by ticket only.To reserve tickets call 0116 272 7512.
Wednesday 06 October 2010
Thurlaston Against Speeding
Thurlaston Against Speeding (TAS) is a small group of local residents who, together with the Parish Council, feel passionate about excessive traffic speeds through the village.
Committee member Tracy Johnson says:
Speeding traffic through Thurlaston has been identified as a significant issue.
Traffic travelling too fast past the garden centre on Croft Road, as well as the village being used as a cut-through, appear to be just two of the issues. Obviously, the most worrying times of the day are when our children are going to and returning from school.
In nearby villages where traffic speed has been an issue, residents in these local communities have worked together to find long term solutions to reduce speeding traffic.
Thurlaston Against Speeding (TAS) is a small group of local residents who, together with the Parish Council, feel passionate about excessive traffic speeds through our village.
During a recent visit to County Hall we looked at several Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) that have been tested and proven to have a positive impact in reducing traffic speed. These are the type of sign that flash-up the set speed limit if being exceeded by the approaching vehicle, making the driver aware that they should slow down.
Our ambition over the next 12 months is to raise sufficient funds to purchase one of these VAS devices for Thurlaston. As it is battery operated it can be moved around the village and positioned to optimise its effectiveness at reducing speeding traffic. We will need to purchase the device ourselves, as it will not be funded by the local authority. These VAS devices cost between £2,675 and £2,995 each.
We are planning various fund raising events in 2011, where we hope to raise enough money to purchase a VAS speed monitoring device. We have currently raised £590 hence we still have some way to go. We will only be able to purchase this device by raising the money though fund raising and donations so if you feel you are able to make a donation we would be absolutely thrilled.
We are confident that we can achieve our objectives; principally to ensure we have done all we can to reduce the risk of serious injury to pedestrians, and potential damage to property, caused by speeding traffic in our village.
We will keep you up-to-date with our progress via www.thurlastononline.co.uk and by newsletter. If you would like to make any comments or suggestions with regards to the TAS project, simply contact us by e-mail or on any of the phone numbers below. For further information on Leicestershire's Community Speed Watch scheme go to www.bealocalhero.com
To join our group and help improve road safety in our village, or if you are able to make a donation towards the proposed purchase, simply telephone:
Tracey Johnson - 01455 888173
Leslie Tansey - 01455 888544
Paul Johnson - 01455 888558
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