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Having spent six months in Wivenhoe and one afternoon in Brightlingsea (it was closed…) I feel suitably qualified in assessment to say that the esteemed Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe Chronicle is a bit back to front.

I know that it is all about respecting tradition, and probably pleasing advertisers – and rightfully so; but I reckon that the Wivenhoe Chronicle Incorporating Bits of Brightlingsea as an Added Back Page Bonus would make for a snappy newsstand title a the Co-op.

But hey hoe – what do I know?

So yeah, rejoice rejoice – a drop through the letterbox and blimey: it’s only another month and another copy of the ACE Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe Chronicle.

Overlooking the Brightlingsea news patch (please do) and we’re straight in with the news stories that the charming Scoop Scarpenter has been uncovering around these parts of late.

The front page is a shared effort with our Brightlingsea buddies covering the *shhh* Town and Borough local elections. I refer my honourable friends to the answer I gave in the blog post below.

Hilary Lazell’s Forthcoming Exhibition is the lead Wivenhoe story on p3:

“A Wivenhoe book illustrator will have an exhibition of her work at Colchester’s renowned independent bookshop Red Lion Books. The exhibition, Fairy Tales, will run from Thursday 21st April for a month.

One of her more unusual local commissions will be familiar to diners at Wivenhoe’s Upstairs restaurant at The Greyhound. Here she covered two walls with a mural depicting a slightly saucy story involving a beautiful French cafe dancer.”

Blimey.

A slightly saucy story French cafe dancer is just what I want before I tuck into my prawn cocktail.

The Community Safety Meeting coming up on 28th April in the Town Council gets a mention, as does the WivSoc Heritage Walk on the morning of 8th May.

The Pop Genius of this Parish pens an honest and thoroughly enjoyable read in his review of Oklahoma:

“At a potentially daunting run-time of somewhere under three hours, there was something about the breezy atmosphere of this Mary Williamson production, which made the time fly.”

A gold star for the Pop Genius for managing to slip in the Linda Lovelace reference – hurrah!

Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies at the Folk Club at The Flag on 5th May get a plug, as does Around the World Two – Return Ticket, the latest production from Wivehoe based ADP Theatre, with two performances at the West Cliff Theatre in Clacton on 21st May.

And that’s about yet lot for local Wivenhoe news in the Chronicle this month. The Wivenhoe Chronicle Incorporating Bits of Brightlingsea as an Added Back Page Bonus hasn’t yet been submitted to print. It does seem something of a slow news month around these parts though.

The Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe Chronicle is distributed free amongst local households. Additional copies are 25p from local newsagents.