Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

I hope we all agree what a very good job the Street Cleaners and Bin Men have done through COVID….Thank You.

At 3:30am this morning my alarm triggered to inform me that this website/blog had now reached 2 million (2,000,000) hits a very proud moment for me, as no other local Community Member or Councillor has every reached anywhere near this figure.
My thanks for visiting and reading – facts/figures/local community events & meetings.

What more can be said, a BIG thanks to Robert Windle and his ‘team’ of volunteers (including myself in a small way), made today an excellent day out for all.
No pictures as far too much going on.
The Golden Age Fair went well and our ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ team had some intrest in several initiatives we have including the Good Dog Walkers Scheme.

Who knows, with the success of yesterdays Coates Village Fete and todays event, maybe they will become annual events…..

Today @ 11:55 Whittlesey War Memorial – The celebration service to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion.
MP Steve Barclay, Mrs Caroline Bewes DL High Sheriff in attendance.

9/11/2011 the day the world changed. Terrorist attacks using 4 aircraft to destroy buildings in the US. I was on a ship entering the Naval Dry-Docks in Baltimore (MA), within minutes the whole of the vast naval yards were under lock-down. It was less than 200 miles to New York and only about 40 miles to Washington where the Pentagon was under attack.
Our – Drydocking went ahead with some delays, but there were very strick protocols getting off the ship and in/out of the facilities. I only went ashore twice in the two weeks we were there.

A good time had by all, except for the idiot thowing a ‘wellington’ around, could have hit a child easily. Everyone else was there for a good social get-together. Congratulations to the organisers of this years ‘Coates Village Fete’ which brought back happy memories of years past. The weather stayed warm and dry.