Robert Fletcher
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It's 'Where in Essex' time again,
but this week - with a difference.
The image posted is from 1972.
No 41/2025
What is the big change to the view
from then?
We reckon should be easy.
As usual,
the answer will be posted around
9.00am on Monday.
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@Insta_Classics Excellent podcast, and thanks to the @ObserverUK for tipping me off
Hail Miranda Sawyer!
One to go with our local Roman Villa site in #Ingatestone #Essex
(The time of Hadrian, we think)
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BBC News - Essex County Council plans to end funding for nine bus routes - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Any idea about this? Seems contrary to recent announcements
@BwdConnected
@Brentwood_BC
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@BwdConnected @IngFryPC @Essex_CC Thanks. Was on the IFPC radar, at least this one, which is "local." Will approach my contacts
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@FryerningFrame @IngFryPC Hi Robert - bus shelters aren't our remit, but if you check with @Essex_CC they may be able to help 👍
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Increased bus services in Ingatestone 🚌
Thanks to a successful 'Love Your Bus' grant application from @IngFryPC, the 351 Warley-Chelmsford bus, which travels to Brentwood and Ingatestone, will increase in frequency from Monday 1 September, keeping the borough connected 👍
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🎫 - We have arranged First Essex buses to accept Greater Anglia tickets on the following routes-
300 Between Chelmsford and Billericay
351 Between Chelmsford and Brentwood
71 Between Colchester and Chelmsford
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@MannGeorgia @BBCRadio3 Using a touching Nov 1945 recipe list for returned Far East POWs here in a #VJDAY80 exh. Lots of dried egg! Sakamoto's music from HAPPY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE?
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It's a cracking Playlister @BBCRadio3 today...We're asking where next from Herbert Howells' 'Grace for a Fresh Egg'. It was written for a friend who'd invited Howells over for an egg shortly after the war, when they were still very hard to come by...Where next?
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@EssexCricket Did Geoff do any school coaching c1964-1966?
Got distinct memories of him at Ingatestone County Secondary School for a time.
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🎉 Wishing a very happy 90th birthday to Geoff Smith!
Geoff is Essex’s oldest living capped player and a true gentleman, always happy to reminisce about a bygone era of county cricket.
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This is a really important survey to understand what people want from their small local station, and ultimately a historic railway building.
East Suffolk Lines@EastSuffolkLine
Survey: Trimley Station Building The East Suffolk Lines Community Rail Partnership is conducting a survey to gauge community support concerning the future of the old station building at #Trimley. You are invited to give your views using this link: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/TrimleyStati…
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@easternangles Break a window?!
I'm looking forward to seeing this at Chelmsford. (Sold out!)
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Wishing the cast & crew of Sophia a cracking tour! 🚌 🗺️ 🎭
They open this evening at Mercury Theatre, Colchester & then perform throughout the East of England through until May.
Discover where they take the incredible story of Sophia here👇
easternangles.co.uk/event/sophia/
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in honour of Dorothy Wadham who founded Wadham College, Oxford. The land on which the station stands was once owned by Sir William Petre, father of Dorothy In 1846, a new ticket office that reflected the architecture of Ingatestone Hall, was built.
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@Brentwood_BC @BwdClimateAct How has this been generally advised to residents of Brentwood Borough and Essex?
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The UK government is holding a consultation about devolution for Greater Essex, the area represented by Essex County Council, Thurrock Council, and Southend-on-Sea City Council.
The consultation is open until Sunday 13 April 2025.
Have your say at orlo.uk/GqA1m
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