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Hyperlocal parish notices coming our way, via The Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe Chronicle. Disclaimer: other ‘nearby villages’ are also served; Brightlingsea ‘ain’t on my radar, Comrades.

So let’s fast forward to p.2 and:

It’s a New Mayoral Year.

Never the twain, ying and yang, etc. Not quite separated at birth, but the double scoop from Scoop Scarpenter comes in with two birds being killed with one stone, so to speak:

“The new mayoral year has just commenced, and town councillors Penny Kraft and Karen Yallop are respectively the new Mayor’s of Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea. Cllr Kraft has firm views to how money raised by the Mayor’s Charity should be used.”

Do tell, Madam Mayor…

“New charities will be assisted, but I believe money collected here should be distributed for the use and enjoyment of our residents. I would like to see the new health centre come to fruition.”

Which is a half decent start. If any of the impetus on display in the Jubilee welly wanging is an indicator, all the more power to the collective elbow of Wivenhoe.

OUCH.

Taking out the Mayor’s Escort with a stray size 9 piece of rubber footwear in no laughing matter. Not so with Faulty Towers:

“Several local artists will be performing in the production Fawlty Towers - Live, which features the bigoted antics of the incompetent hotel proprietor Basil Fawlty. Performed by Shane Diggens Productions, it will run at the Lakeside Theatre from 4th July to the 7th July.”

I hear that the University’s new Edge Hotel is almost ready for completion on campus as well.

Comic timing, blah blah blah.

Meanwhile, you know what you’re getting from any news piece that contains the first para:

“On my way to the May Fair at Wivenhoe, I paused briefly at that well known hostelry, the Horse and Groom, and discussed the event with Grace, a popular member of the bar staff.”

Chin chin.

Make sure you don’t miss the headliners…

“Several thousand people thoroughly enjoyed a great atmosphere, a diversity of stalls, and some fine entertainment, particularly in the acoustic tent.”

Long May it continue, etc etc…

The Funny Farm gets the customary Chronicle plug, with the gathering at the Cricket Club on 26th June something of a… scoop with Edinburgh preview shows heading to Wivenhoe.

The Tenis Club Open Tournament on 24th June at Broad Lane gets the p.12 treatment. Players and spectators most welcome. Mixed doubles promised (players, not spectators.)

Keeping the cricket theme (sort of) and Wivenhoe Town CC is staging the now annual live music afternoon on 22nd July:

“Tickets are now available for the 10th Anniversary Afternoon of live music and fun for all the family organised by the Wivenhoe Town Cricket Club.”

Weekend Soundtrack and Soul’d Out Live will be performing somewhere just backwards of Square. Keep an eye on line and length during the face painting sessions.

A picture special SPLASH of the Jubilee celebrations completes the hyperlocal parish notices coming our way via the Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe Chronicle for this month.

Every picture tells a story, as yer man Rod once sang. Pre-school picnics, sports races and bell ringing. You could write a blog post of out of that.

Until next month…