Monthly Archives: October 2015

Thursday evening, a group of us attended the 10 Year celebration of Fenland Councils ‘Street Pride’ – A fantastic achievement by all 12 groups now involved, plus now the ‘In Bloom Groups’ and ‘Friends Groups’. I was invited to give a … Continue reading →

Thanks to RB an authority on this subject, who tells me, the Wall featured besides the Taxi Office on Grosvenor Road, has been as good as abandoned by FDC, they have allowed one owner to demolish their part of the wall. … Continue reading →

My correspondent lives on Commons Road, someone – I presume FDC have put in some extremely flimsy plastic bollards to stop people parking in said area…. the photo says it all… (click on photo to enlarge)

There have been a number of break-ins, around our area. One particular Garden Shed, was broken into ‘twice’ they came back for the parts they didn’t get the first time. Owner has security lights, locked shed and a ‘dog’ which … Continue reading →

Something I’ve heard ALL my life ….A correspondent contacted me about the ‘ancient Mud/Wattle Wall on Grosvenor Road/New Bus Stop – besides the Taxi Office. When she made an enquiry WTC passed her onto WTC (Ms Brown) who said there … Continue reading →

Not just me celebrating a birthday yesterday, our good friends Maria and Pepe at Vesuvio Italian restaurant were celebrating 4 years since they opened in Whittlesey. Maria and Pepe, have given a lot of support to many local groups from the … Continue reading →

17:15 BST All I know is that Sainsburys latest planning application has been granted, what conditions if any I have not as yet seen. But if you read the application, it was not just about being able to make deliveries … Continue reading →

16:50 BST.. Planning permission has gone through…. So now its up to Sainsburys to deliver….will they? Confirmed by Bruce Smith

High Causeway, I see activity at the ‘old’ One Stop Shop….. builders/carpenters are inside, I saw boxes of what appeared to be ‘Pet Food’. Maybe we have a ‘new’ Pet Shop arriving or is our present one expanding/relocating. Our ‘fairly’ … Continue reading →

Swingeing = severe, extreme, serious, substantial, drastic, harsh, punishing, excessive….. Both Cambs County Council (To save £114 Million in the next 5  years) Fenland District Council (To save £1.8 Million over the next 3 years) This can only mean one … Continue reading →

Photo sent by a correspondent, tyres dumped Stonald/Green Wheel area, was reported and pleased to say FDC’s Rapid response team cleared away. There is normally a £5:00 charge on the disposal of ‘old’ tyres, when you buy new ones from … Continue reading →

It is my understanding that the ‘Ram’ is closing this weekend. Not sure if/when it may re-open. So with the Ram, ‘temporary’ closed, the ‘Railway’ closed, because of licensing ‘issues’, the ‘Hero of Aliwal’ partially closed and up for sale, … Continue reading →