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The Trout in the Town Project will be holding a meeting at The Admiral Lord Rodney, Waterside on 14th May 2008; come along and have a say in how you would like to see the project achieve.
Floodlights for Colne Railway Viaduct 10:52am Thu 8 May 08 Colne is going to be in the limelight. One of the main "Gateways into Colne", the Railway Viaduct, is to have floodlights installed.
The next 'Colne in Bloom' meeting will be held on Wednesday 14 May 2008, 10.30 am at Colne Town Hall.
Pendle Movie Makers....The new Chairman 9:10am Tue 6 May 08 Mr John Morgan was elected as Chairman of The Pendle Movie Makers at an Extraordinary General Meeting on 5th May. The meeting was called following the untimely death of Mr Geoffrey Petts in March.
With a lot of phone calls and bombing a lot of people with emails, the day of the Waterside Millennium Green Clean Up arrived. The litter pickers and gloves had been collected from Pendle Borough Council, the skip had been delivered, and it looked a big un too; the only thing not pre arranged was the weather.
Oxjam. The music-related kind, not the fruit one. 9:18pm Sun 20 Apr 08 I promise I won't plug things too often. Otherwise, you might accuse me of being a sellout. My friend has been bothering me for the past few weeks to get the word out about this, though and so, for the sake of my ears and sanity I will relent.
Pendle Movie Makers 2:25pm Sat 19 Apr 08 On May 5th Pendle Movie Makers.Will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting to elect a new Chairperson followed by a mini-auction and members' films. 7.30 pm at Colne Blind Centre, Derby Street.
Minutes Project Meeting 09.04.08
Present:
Paul West, Andy Pritchard, Graham Counsel, Barry Smith, Richard Benson (late due to making an information leaflet for the project) (CWAC) Jerry Stanford, Graham Firth (Friends of Ball Grove) Lee Preston (Environment Agency), David Penney (Chair Pendle LSP Env Group), David Rose (Millennium Green), Martin Foster and Jim Hartley (Mitre AC).
The following are the priorities that the public of Waterside area wished the Police to pay extra attention to.
Preparations are continuing! 1:53pm Thu 10 Apr 08 'Colne in Bloom' volunteers are starting their work to prepare Colne for the North West in Bloom competition in the summer.
There is certainly a strong case for more public spending on regional transport as a priority and, in particular, for improved rail links to City Regions.
So, I wake up on a Monday morning, throw away my duvet and stand, sleepy-eyed and in need of coffee. Downstairs, I fill up on my favourite beverage before checking my change, grabbing The Booklet and heading out into the day, hiding beneath my hood to keep away the rain.
Trout in the Town Project Meeting
26.03.08 Held at Cotton Tree Inn Winewall
Minutes of the meeting.
Attendees:
Andy Pritchard (AP) Richard Benson (RB) Paul West (PW) Graham Counsell (GC) Graham Wright (GW) (all Colne Water angling Club), Jerry Stanford (JS) Graham Firth (GF) (Friends of Ball Grove) Lee Preston (LP) Environment Agency
Apologies:
Robin Varley, James Illot CWAC, Eric Parsons (Fly Tying Guild)
AP opened the meeting and thanked everyone for coming along, he also thanked those that attended the river clean up and especially Sam Whitford as a youngster he really did himself proud and it was good to see a young man pitching his efforts in like he did; also a special thanks to Eric Parsons for turning up too.
Praise for Pendle's Young People 3:20pm Fri 28 Mar 08 I was out doing my weekly Walkabout this week in your fine town, and as I was driving round the one way system past Colne Police Station I spotted a big red elephant.
Colne Library on Market Street are due to host an up and coming songwriter as she launches a scheme to get more children to write songs, on April Fool's Day!
Pendle Movie Makers assist Colne Police 1:45pm Tue 18 Mar 08 Representatives of Pendle Movie Makers, the local amateur film and video group, are seen here with Colne Police planning a road safety video for young people.
Lack of Blue Light A & E Puts Lives at Risk 5:42pm Fri 14 Mar 08 I hope Pendle Borough Council's unanimous Motion calling for the return of the full "Blue Light" A & E Facilities at Burnley General Hospital is successful. Burnley Borough Council have passed a similar Motion. Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has urged the 2 Councils to meet with East Lancashire Primary Care Trust, the NHS Commissioning Body, to review the decision to downgrade this Service. This would, hopefully, put pressure on the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust to reinstate the full A & E Service.
What a Great Days Work at Ball Grove 6:51pm Sat 8 Mar 08 With a forecast for heavy rain in East Lancashire I wondered the wisdom of the organising of a working party on the river in March. As an Angler, I don't suppose I mind the rain, but it is hard work for the people on the banks; pulling up all the plastic bags and rubbish that we extricate from the river. As it turned out in the main the rain held off barring a couple of showers and a lot of work was done on the river, banks and the general area of Ball Grove. Some of the Anglers that turned up to work had never fished the river or been up there, so for them it was quite a good experience in so much as it opened up new avenues for them to fish and enjoy.
Alkincoates Woodland Nature Reserve Group - Minutes from December meeting 3:30pm Fri 7 Mar 08 MEETING HELD AT NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE
PRESENT: Carol Riley(Chair), Kevin Singleton, Dave McQuillan, Audrey Broughton, Marion Snowden, David Foat, Sue Hogg, Derek Gascoigne (EAG), Christine Shearer, Anne & Eric Parsons, Audrey Blake, Evelyn Illingworth, Jill & Shane Pengelly,
Elizabeth Halstead, John Riley, Jim & Brenda Smart, Vivienne Wilkins.
This first of many meetings to discuss the 'Trout in the Town' project was held at the Cotton Tree at 8.00 pm on Wednesday 13th February 2008.
Help Colne Bloom in 2008 11:40am Fri 22 Feb 08 The small but dedicated group of volunteers in the 'Colne in Bloom' group are beginning to plan for a busy year cleaning up and creating beautifully planted areas for Colne this year.
Supermarkets Rule The World 9:35am Mon 18 Feb 08 I take Sainsbury's claim that a new supermarket in Colne "would boost the town centre" with a very big pinch, a mountain, of salt!
An exciting project took a move forward last night, Colne Water Angling Club have been looking at ways to improve the River Colne and the wildlife habitat around the river.
Not the most descriptive of headlines. I'll admit that. I've been struggling with ideas of what to write about, and the idea of me chasing an idea like Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner is what eventually gave me a clue as to what I should write. Do you think that the Road Runner would get fined if he went past a speed camera? I mean, he's pretty distinctive, so he doesn't need a registration plate, or would he be too fast?
