Campaign Trail – Day 2
After the revels at Stradbroke Cricket Club’s annual Race Night fundraiser on Saturday evening, my support of the cricket club took on a rather more practical nature on Sunday morning… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
After the revels at Stradbroke Cricket Club’s annual Race Night fundraiser on Saturday evening, my support of the cricket club took on a rather more practical nature on Sunday morning… Continue Reading
Well, I say campaign trail (of which today was the first full day), but I’ve actually not done much more than I usually do, which is walk around the village… Continue Reading
It may have come as no surprise to anyone that I have decided to stand for election as a parish councillor in Stradbroke on 7th May 2015. On the other… Continue Reading
Barely two weeks after disappearing from the Mid-Suffolk Planning web site under mysterious circumstances, the planning application for the proposed erection of 54 houses and 2 barn conversions on Grove… Continue Reading
Following on from my previous posts about the East of England Co-op’s application to build a shop on Queen Street in Stradbroke, and Stradbroke Parish Council’s unanimous (except for one abstention)… Continue Reading
There was a collective sigh of relief in Stradbroke on Monday evening/Tuesday morning, as news filtered out that Stradbroke Parish Council had rejected a planning application by the East of… Continue Reading
The East of England Co-op have applied for planning permission to build a shop on a very busy road out of Stradbroke, opposite a well-attended and excellent primary school. The… Continue Reading
When I tell people I don’t know that I live in a Suffolk village, they invariably sigh and say “How idyllic.” And that’s how I, too, thought it would be… Continue Reading
“Parish council – The administrative body in a civil parish.” Oxford English Dictionary “Parochial – relating to a Church parish; OR having a limited or narrow outlook or scope. Derived… Continue Reading
It’s more years ago than I care to remember, that we managed to get over 200 people to protest outside Stradbroke Library against the threat of its closure. And it’s… Continue Reading