Rachel and Cherry - Eco Colnes & Halstead and Earls Colne Community Garden. S2 E1 (podcast)

I had a really great chat with Rachel Sprunt and Cherry McKean from Eco Colnes and Halstead and Incredible Edible Earls Colne. They have an amazing green message that needs to spread far and wide and influence and inspire more people to take similar steps. Although we do a certain amount of things to be eco-friendly I'm now inspired to do more. I also intend to go to charity shops, that is something I've held back on, it's a great way to recycle clothes and support a charity, and as Rachel and Cherry said they need the financial input more than ever after the pandemic!

I've also recently listened to David Attenborough's audio book, 'A Life on Our Planet' and know from this that changes must be made. When we watch the news and see the damage that we've done to the planet we have to take responsibility but I also think we have been learning so that we have to have a little compassion for ourselves, I say a little because now we must do all we can to correct our mistakes. David, in his book, certainly points the way. Rachel and Cherry give guidance on their pages. Like Cherry says, there are many Eco pages on Facebook, I've just joined Eco Billericay and there is an Eco Chelmsford one. The mother page is Eco Essex and I will have the pleasure of talking to Hannah and Sam who run it soon.

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Vin Harrop - Arts Animateur - All Round Mover and Shaker S1 E7 (podcast)

Vin Harrop calls himself an Arts Animateur because his work encompassed theatre, dance, architecture, all-media, music, local history and the things that mostly interest him. Listen to our podcast here, which incidentally is Season 1 Episode 7. https://www.lisajhorner.com/

Yardley London Celebrates its 250th Anniversary as we Remember Yardley's in Basildon

YARDLEY London, that legendary purveyor of perfumes, soaps and toiletries will celebrate its 250 th anniversary this year. The company which was once called Yardley of London is one of the oldest brands in the history of perfume, toiletries and cosmetics. It has been awarded ‘Royal Warrant of Appointment’ six times, starting with Edward, Prince of Wales in 1921 then including the Queen and the late Queen Mother and most recently, in 1995, Charles, Prince of Wales. At the end of January 2020 it will be 21 years since Yardley of London closed its doors at its site in Basildon. The last man to leave was security guard Roy Davis. He locked everything up and put the key through the door in January 1999. Unfortunately the company had got into financial problems in the mid-1990s and it went into receivership in 1998 after a year of marketing attempts to try and turn around its then old-fashioned image even though it had swapped Hele...

Metal Culture's Zoom Event - Quite a Few Faces from the Past!

I have known about Metal Culture, the one that is based in Southend, and their events for some time. I have often thought of joining one of their events but didn't get around to it. Last night I plucked up the courage to join their Zoom meeting called 'BASILDON, what next for the Creative Industries in South Essex?' It was really good actually, I imagined that I would sit observing, feeling too awkward to join in, but in fact I did get involved and added something to the various debates that were going on. To start with we watched six speakers; Aden Hynes from Sculpture Studios who showed a film. Moira Brock from La Danse Fantastique who showed a film. Joseph Brennan, an architect. Clare Mortimer from The Craft Shed. TIME - Therapy in Musical Expression, who showed a film and then Laura Mauro a writer. It was really interesting, although I already knew about Sculpture Studios and TIME. There were about forty participants and what struck...

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