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CLUNCH PARSONs IS DEAD..!
Poor ol'Clunch caught "Foot in Mouth" and has had to be "put down"..! Mourn his departure by Shooting Sheep..! Thank you to all those who showed an interest..! |
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Ely
- The home of the Pagan Front..!
 Saturday Noon saw the Vernal Equinox Celebration held in "Pagans Park", formerly known as "Pocket Park", by the Ely Order of Druids led by High Priest "Straith Crow" The event was well attended by around 40 Spiritualists. The rain stayed away and an enlightening time was had by all..! See more..? |
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"CORRIE" STARS JOIN THE ELY PEDESTRIANISATION DEBACLE..!HYPOCRISY..? The "ECO-WARRIOR" Fights AGAINST PEDESTRIANISATION..!?! CORONATiON Street character Ken Barlow has apparently
been called On to help save Ely High Street from pedestrianisation.
A heartfelt plea to Ken from Conic eco-warrior Spider Nugent is on
display in the window of Burrows newsagents. Pedestrianisation
of Ely High Street Many Thanks, Steve Miller Hi, All, the ELY FORUM is due to be re-launched soon. All welcome to attend - and you can contribute to discussions about the City,(and the district too, Brian, as far as I'm aware.) The date is Monday 26th March at 7.30 pm at the Morbey Hall, Kings School, (off Barton Rd.)Ely. All the Best, Terry Overall. EU grant for internet training A NETWORK of 22 internet centres will be set-up across East Cambridgeshire, thanks to a grant of more than ?1 million from the European Union. The internet training centres will be set-up in village halls, schools, community meeting rooms and leisure centres throughout the district. Free access to computers and internet training courses in computer skills will be on offer. The EU grant has come just weeks after the National Lottery gave a grant of ?100,000 towards the project. East Cambs On-Line is the first learning centre scheme to be set-up in a rural area within the eastern region. The aim of the new scheme is to provide adults with basic IT skills through on-line Web access. Councillor Hazel Williams, chairman of East Cambridgeshire District Council's strategic development committee, said: "Employers complain of a shortage of computer-literate staff in East Cambs, while at the same time there are many people who want to upgrade their computer skills in order to find a better job." |
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People
are lazy these days, they'd rather park up and nip in to a shop
then drive off in as little time as possible..!
Like it or not, this is how many people - and not just disabled
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The
NEW's is the same boring old stuff in Ely so we ask the intriguing question... i
think that mark dunit!!, if you thinmk about it, lisa would have been
to upset to even think about it and deep down she still loves him, mel
was in the taxi, steve wouldnt want to face anothe murder charge in
court after saskia! billy hasnt got the brains and dan wants the pub
and if he killed phil then it would all go back to peggy, so that only
leaves Mark and he aslo nearly killed nick cotton ( bit of a bugger
that he didnt, i think dot should have given him the overdose as well
as ethel ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha i hope i'm right, email me back
if you want. regards,
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H  w
did Red Nse
Day G..?
ViSiT http://www.bbc.c.uk/rednseday/
Typically, it was wet for Thursday's 1st Ely Market but it was fine for the 2nd & 3rd Thursday Market. This year we are keeping a record of WET Thursday Market Day's to see if maybe we need to consider holding the Thursday Market on a Wednesday..! So far it is WET 4 - DRY 7 |
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| > Ely is a small market
town with loads of good quality free parking close to everything.
Oh really? I suppose it all depends what you mean by "close". it defeats me why people are so lazy they can't be bothered to walk short distances, nothing is that far away in Ely. It's all very admirable advocating that more people *ought* to get on their feet and walk more but the reality is that, in an age where people are used to personal transport and one-stop shopping and like the convenience of both, they don't share your opinion. The problem in Ely is one of competition for trade. Visitors, and especially shoppers, are better catered for (in their perception) in other places. Frankly, I'd prefer it if the world was as you seem to think it is, but it isn't. Though the ozone layer is in tatters, the icecaps are melting and the matter of Ely's accessibility by road now might be academic within a generation *still* the environmental argument has not been won with most people. They simply don't see that it applies to them. If you doubt it, consider the fuel price row last year. The environmental argument was dismissed out of hand. > money could be spend much better, by directing tourists to more relevant parking areas such as the car park behind silver street which is nearer the touristy things and encouraging shopping traffic to use other car parks nearer to shopping areas. I agree that should be done, but as well, rather than instead. > if you want to discourage people bringing cars into Ely try addressing better long distance public transport rather than short distance fixes. In what way? Rail and bus communication is good and there seem to be
plenty I don't see that as the issue; it's how the City caters to those local
people who might be persuaded to use it more as a centre of commerce
if it better met their expectations of convenience. ely is a small market town with loads of good quality free parking close to everything. it defeats me why people are so lazy they can't be bothered to walk short distances, nothing is that far away in ely. money could be spend much better, by directing tourists to more relevant parking areas such as the car park behind silver street which is nearer the touristy things and encouraging shopping traffic to use other car parks nearer to shopping areas. if you want to discourage people bringing cars into ely try addressing better long distance public transport rather than short distance fixes. Eleanor |
> When I walked round the centre of Ely on Saturday I noticed a lot of recent vandalism. Broken glass from windows and graffiti on doors were the main items. I know these things happen more frequently at weekends, but what's going on is worse than usual. Can't the council / police keep an eye on this - it's looking in a bad way. Anyone else been noticing anything ? yup. the phone box opposite where the Tink used to be has had all it's windows smashed, and as I took a cut through the Estate between there and the cemetary I saw a young lad chucking stones at a house. One brief glance across generated the threat that I was going to get The graffiti thing is pretty bad at the minute, but why can't someone sort out those bike stands opposite Waitrose? Jeez, they've ben like that for ages. Mr Angry - Tonbridge Wells - (a Daily Mail reader) If as Brian claims, he would pefer a world where people's attitudes
are I stick by my previous point, Ely is small, and if people can't walk
the doubtless to say I am one of the evil minority who would welcome 2 Park or not to Park that is the question? OK 2 very radical solutions, the first I stand by and have done for
a long 1. I have long agreed with others that the solution to parking is a 2. Where do all these cars that park currently come from - well count
the Reclaim the Streets - banish the old just for one day at least! Regards from the motorist paradise - London's inner Streets! |
| I would like to agree with Andrew Pearson's
comments regarding the High Street pedestrianisation scheme - of course
the survey cannot be taken at face value, and of course it shows a heavy
bias towards the shop-keepers -if leading questions are asked, then impartial
answers are not going to be given, especially by visitors, whom as Andrew
pointed out will be sympathetic to the shop-keepers if they only hear
one side of the arguement. I just cannot believe that credance is actually given to the 'fact' that business is to be 'lost', by closing the road for 2 days a week. If business 'is' being lost by shops in Ely, then it cannot be because of pedestrianisation, but the wider issue of Ely becoming a 'dead town' - for example, I go into ely to Tescos and Boots, but for anything else I go to Cambridge or Peterborough where I can make choices about what I buy - I am not alone, as many of my friends do the same. The shop-keepers along High Street are using the Pedetrianisation scheme as a scapegoat for any loss of business they may be experiencing. Basically, and this has been said umpteen times before, by umpteen people, is that what Ely needs is for bigger-name shops to come to Ely, and once this happens more people will shop here and not take the time nor trouble to travel to Cambridge or Peterborough for every shopping trip, thus creating a more positive and thriving shopping town - at the moment Ely is stuck in the Dark Ages, both in marketing itself and its attitude to change. The town does not have to lose its 'quaintness', but at the present rate it is going to become a 'dead town', whereby tourists visit the Cathedral and river only, and no-one bothers to go 'into town', as there isn't much worth going into town for. |
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Apparently,
when they determined what year it was they decided to go from 1BC to
1AD the NEW MiLLENNiUM ACTUALLY STARTED this year...so SPRiNG COMES TO ELY, EARLY..! ELY IS FAST BECOMING THE MEDIA CITY OF THE UK..! As
we all by now know, Ely is the subject of a "TimeTeam Special"
to be screened around Easter (see below for latest), and CROMWELL
The Movie has been ReReleased (more info @ www.cromwell.uk.co
). Also, a Film Crew is working on a movie about the Local Legend of
a Southery man who helped King Charles escape the aforementioned
Oliver Cromwell with the deception of a "split goose feather"
nudge-nudge-wink-wink, but the ultimate news has to be that
FOUR of the best-known faces on TV visited Ely last week to film for
their BBC show. Jake, Fizz, Milo and Bella
- better known as the Tweenies - popped into the cathedral
and the King's School to film two new programmes...! |
Residents
of High Barns were shocked last Thursday after the Estate experienced
what seemed like an Earthquake, come Volcano..! Smoke poured from the
ground accompanied by rumbles and small explosions..! Terrified Mothers
grabbed their kids off the street within minutes the Fire Brigade was
on the scene as residents prepared for evacuation Gas and Electricity
Engineers rushed to the area following reports of Gas smells...
