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Latest Village News
The Month in Theydon Bois
Trevor Roberts our
Local History Recorder's
News Review of the Month
(Every month since November 2002)
Click HereThe Month in Theydon (December 2011): Trevor Roberts latest report is on line Click Here.
December 2011 Village News: The latest quarterly PDF version of Issue 76 of Village News is now available on line. Click Here.
Parish Council Minutes: The Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 8th December 2011 are now available. Click Here
3rd February 2012 Village News Editor Tony Ames on Essex Radio:
Village News Editor Tony Ames made a brief appearance on Essex Radio's Ray Clark Breakfast Show this morning speaking about our award for the Best Community Magazine in Essex (see below). The Ray Clark Show goes out every morning between 6am and 9am with Essex local news and stories.
Tony's interview can be found on BBC I-Player. Use the link below to find the Ray Clark Show and go to the recording for the morning of 03/02/2012. The Interview can be found by moving the I-Player slider along for 1 hour 25 min (1.25). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008c09t
26th January 2012 Theydon Bois Village News Wins Best Community Magazine in Essex for 2nd Successive Year:
Our Theydon Bois Village News magazine has been crowned the winner of the Essex Life Community Magazine Awards for the second year running. This is a fantastic achievement for our Theydonnewsdesk Team: in particular for Tony Ames (Editor) and Jim Watts (Web-Editor/Photographer) who are the driving force behind the magazine.
The Rural Community Council of Essex teamed up with Essex Life, Newport News and the Diocese of Chelmsford to promote this competition to celebrate community magazines. There were 62 entries this year and competition as always was fierce, with standards of presentation and production improving year on year. The awards are open to editors of not-for-profit community magazines in which editorial work is undertaken on a voluntary basis.
L-R: George. Courtauld (Chairman RCCE), Sally Crone, Tony Ames (with the Newport News 1st Prize certificate), Tricia Rose (Editor Newport News) and Julian Reed (Editor Essex Life) at the Awards Ceremony for Best community Magazine in Essex. - Photo: Jim Watts
The 16 short listed finalists were invited to the awards ceremony held at The Magic Mushroom Restaurant in Billericay last night (25th Jan.), and I was delighted to be invited by Jim and Tony to attend as their guest. We all held our breath as the four merit awards were announced followed by the award for the best new community magazine. The three place winners were then announced in reverse order and to our surprise and delight Theydon Bois Village News was announced as the ‘crème de la crème’ of Essex Community Magazines. Winner of the Newport News Prize for a fantastic second year running! This means Theydon Bois Village News has achieved the 1st place 3 times and one 3rd place in the past 5 years (ther was no competition in 2009).
Tony had not prepared a speech as we really did not expect to be lucky enough to win again, but he came up trumps with a witty and heartfelt tribute to all those involved. We had to smile when he likened the production of each edition to a birth in the family … the sense of amazement when the edition returns from the printer in its full glory and the feeling of ‘did I really do that’. Well yes … you did Tony and Jim, and you have been doing it with amazing commitment and success for the past eleven years - so many congratulations!
Local magazines are a much loved part of community life. They play an important role keeping people informed, entertained and up to date with what is happening locally. Theydon Bois Village News is a credit to our Village, to all the volunteers who deliver it every quarter, to everyone who contributes and to everyone who reads and enjoys it.
Sally Crone, Parish ClerkWeb Editors note: Sally as well as working hard as our Parish Clerk also helps co-ordinate the sponsorship and news contributions for our magazine and the Website. The Editors would like to thank her and all our sponsors, contributors and volunteers for their help. Without them Theydon News Desk would not be able to function.
Full Results
Best Community Magazine in Essex
(Newport News Prize)
Theydon Bois Village News
Second Prize
Writtle News
Third Prize
Interface, Felsted, Flitch Green and Little Dunmow
Best New Entry
Window on Silver End
Merit Awards
AMBO – Radwinter, Hempstead & The Sampfords
Great Hallingbury Highlights
The Link, Stansted
Wivenhoe News
26th January 2012 Date Now Set for Public Inquiry in the Appeal Against the Commuter Car Park:
The Public Inquiry relating to the appeal against the Councils refusal to grant planning permission for a Commuter Car Park on the former Foresters Site in Station Hill (EPF/1134/10) has recently been scheduled by the Planning Inspectorate to be held on 20-22 March 2012. The Inquiry is open to members of the Public and will be held at the EFDC Civic Offices in Epping. Theydon Bois & District Rural Preservation Society, Theydon Bois Action Group and the Parish Council have all made submission regarding the appeal. See the earlier News article Here.
26th January 2012 Parish Council Meeting Dates for 2012:
The Full List of Parish Council Meeting dates for 2012 is now available on the PC Meetings Page. There may though still be some revision of these dates because of the Parish Council Elections that take place this year.
25th January 2012 Parish Council Office Opening Hours 2012:
The recent appointment of Margaret Lechley as Assistant to the Parish Clerk has allowed the Parish Council to now open the Parish Office to the public for 5 mornings each week.
The Acting Parish Clerk, Assistant Parish Clerk or Responsible Financial Officer are normally available weekday mornings at the Village Hall. As from January 2012 Greville Norman (Responsible Finance Officer) will be in the Parish Office on Mondays from 10.00 a.m until 12.00 M/D, Assistant Clerk Margaret Lechley will be in the office Tuesday from 10.00am to 12.00 M/D and Parish Clerk Sally Crone will be available in the office on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10.00am - 12.00 M/D or thereabouts.
Officially the office will be open to the public to visit from 10 a.m until 12 noon Monday to Friday .
At other times, or if the clerk is out of the office, messages can be left on the answer phone: No. 01992 813442. Faxes can also be sent to the same number.
25th January 2012 NHS Open Talks on ‘How health care is changing in your area’ :
You may be interested in attending one of the NHS Open Talks on ‘How health care is changing in your area’ held in Epping. For more information and location, visit: http://www.midessex.nhs.uk/Events/How-health-care-in-your-area-is-changing/
16th December 2011 Parish Clerk Apologies for late availability of Parish Council Minutes:
Publication of the Minutes of the Parish Council Meetings held on 29th September, 2011 and 27th October, 2011 have been delayed until now. This was because these were not approved by the council as they were being formalised. The Clerk apologised for the lateness of the preparation of these due to pressure of work in recent weeks. These Minutes together with the latest approved Minutes of 24th November 2011 are now all available. Click Here.
15th December 2011 Primary School Awards Assembly and the Choir Entertains Our Seniors:
Yesterday morning was a particularly busy one at Theydon Bois Primary School. The day started with a much longer than usual pre Christmas assembly where the awards were made to pupils for outstanding achievement and competition prizes and certificates were handed out. This included the award presented by Parish Council Chairman, Sue Jones to Kitty Smith who was the overall winner in this years Parish Council Christmas Card Competition.
This was followed at 10.30am by a Special Christmas Coffee Morning for our village seniors where they enjoyed tea, coffee or a glass of mulled wine together with mince pies and biscuits while being entertained by the school choir singing carols and Christmas songs. The singing was as usual to a very high standard with some very good solo performances. Head Mistress Elspeth Bonds described the hard work all the choir members put in. Each member gives up 45 minutes of their lunch break on 3 days each week. The Choir is going from strength to strength and has some major collaborative events in the planning stage for next Easter.
At the end of a very enjoyable morning Essex County Councillor Janet Whitehouse thanked the Choir, School Teachers and Staff for all their efforts on behalf of all the audience and said they were all looking forward to attending again next year.
8th December 2011 Flu Jab Reminder:
As well as the over 65's and under 65's "At Risk" groups the NHS is concerned over the low flu jab uptake among pregnant women. Pregnant women are being urged to have their free flu jab after figures revealed the current uptake across north Essex is worryingly low.
It is only since 2009 that pregnant women have been recommended to receive the vaccine, when they were added to the over-65s and under-65s in certain ‘at risk’ groups as people entitled to a free jab.
8th December 2011 Parish Council Tender for New CCTV System:
Theydon Bois Parish Council intend Replacement/Upgrade of the Village CCTV System and associated Maintenance Contract. The council invites Contractors wishing to Tender for this work to contact The Parish Clerk before 12 noon on Thursday 5th January 2012.
6th December 2011 Ramblers Honour Arthur Thorne:
Barn Mead echoed to the sound of walking canes and boots today as over 30 members of West Essex Ramblers turned out to Honour Arthur Thorne. Arthur (82), usually accompanied by his wife Joyce (81), has been leading Ramblers walks from the Theydon Bois Avenue of Trees on the 1st Tuesday of every month for 30 years and was the first person to persuaded the Ramblers Association to run some additional shorter walks of 3 - 4 miles only that could be completed in a morning. No matter what the weather conditions Arthur was always there to guide a walk, which usually had 30 plus people following.
The Ramblers Association has awarded Arthur one of it's rarely issued Certificates in recognition of his services to the promotion of Walking in the Community. As Arthur is now not well enough to walk regularly the presentation was made to him outside his home in Barn Mead by John Francis.
Please contact us with your Latest News. E-mail: Theydon News Desk .
or send copy to the Village Office.Last Updated:3rd February 2012
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