The latest phase of work on the Spon End road widening project will involve significant evening / overnight road closures between 20 and 24 February. Contractors Balfour Beaty have informed local residents that Spon End / Butts Road will be closed on the city-bound side between the junctions with Hearsall Lane and Windsor Street between …
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BLACK HORSE DEMOLITION IMMINENT
The long-anticipated demolition of the former Black Horse pub is to take place over the coming weekend, 7th/8th January. Spon End will be closed between Hearsall Lane and Melbourne Road while this work is in progress. This is part of the Air Quality Plan proposal to create a 4th lane through Spon End / Butts …
GILL DAWSON
The funeral of Gill Dawson, the wife of ECHO team member Tony Cardinali, will take place on Thursday 22 September 2022 at 3.00 pm, Cannon Hill Chapel, Canley Crematorium. Gill died on Monday 15 August. Gill was well-known in the ECHO area in her own right and herself wrote a number of articles for this …
Lord Mayor Joins Marathon Grandad for Charity Walk
Next Tuesday, 9 August, Lord Mayor Cllr Kevin Maton will join 72-year-old local man Tony Cunningham’s year-long sponsored walk to raise money for Warwick charity, Molly Ollys. If you want to see Tony, Kevin and his wife and Lady Mayoress, Angela, tackle a few laps together on Tuesday they will be at the War Memorial …
Earlsdon School Shortlisted in National Competition to Win Playground Worth £5K
Children from Earlsdon Primary School have collected and transformed 7,000 plastic bottle tops into stunning art murals, as part of a nationwide recycling campaign to raise awareness about the dangerous impact of plastic waste on the environment. Earlsdon Primary has been named among the top ten finalist schools in the Message in a Bottle Top …
SPON END FILM SCREENING
There will be a showing of the Spon End campaigners’ film at the Albany Theatre on Wednesday 29 June, followed by a discussion. The event is free but please register in advance, as below. Register
LIBRARY CORRECTIONS
There are a couple of errors in June’s ECHO, relating to Earlsdon Library. Firstly, it is stated that the next folk night (the Hush! event) costs £5 but the correct cost is £10 per ticket. and secondly the storytime session starts at 10.30am not 11am on Tuesdays.