Welcome to the April 2008 issue of Great Baddow Online Newsletter

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Introduction

For newcomers to the site, this newsletter is circulated monthly to registered site members and friends, to supplement information on the site itself. Please forward to colleagues and other interested individuals in order to publicise the site. If you are a recent newcomer to the site, welcome - your readership is appreciated.

Proposed Housing Development at the Garages, Rothmans Avenue

A planning application has been submitted to Chelmsford council for the building of 4 new houses at the rear of existing properties on Rothmans Avenue to replace an existing garage block adjacent to one corner of the Recreation Ground. Local residents may wish to comment on the plans.

Sandon Women's Institute

Sandon WI recently commemorated their 90th anniversary by placing a plaque in the memorial garden in Sandon churchyard. The photo shows members attending the event.  

U3A Church Visiting Group

The U3A Church Visiting Group visited Great Leighs on Friday, 28 March 2008. Members were warmly welcomed and given a detailed account of the history of the church, which is one of only 6 in Essex with a round tower which has stood for 1000 years. 

The East window shows scenes from Christ's life. 

Zebra crossing, Baddow Road

The preliminary work on creating a new crossing near the entrance road to the Recreation ground/Millennium Centre appears complete and a limited amount of road resurfacing has taken place. 

Transport changes

A new local bus timetable was published in March and the site has been updated to reflect the very few changes to existing services. The service to Southend, route 3 operated by Regal Busways, appears permanent, as earlier it was subject to review in February. The only change noted is that service 31A which serves Woodham Walter and Little Baddow on weekdays and Maldon on Saturdays has slightly revised timings from 7 April 2008.

Senior citizens should be aware of the changes affecting bus passes. New ones should be issued by end of April to all existing users ( i already have mine) and meanwhile, existing passes should be accepted. Note that the new passes are valid for travel on any local bus service in England but for journeys originating in Chelmsford are now only valid on weekdays after 9.30am - anytime weekends. More information from the DirectGov website.

Site Changes

The changes proposed last month have been implemented; i.e "Have your say" was removed and "Feedback" was renamed "Contact us" and moved up the menu. The latter has proved a positive change as 2 users have subsequently made use of the form to make comments about the site.

Additional changes have been made to "Advertisements" with new advertisers, Peckish catering and a language school. Details of the Bridge sessions at the Millennium Centre have been added to "What's on When".

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Chris Harvey
Site manager
3^rd April 2008
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