Archive for the 'Events' Category
Midnight in Zimbabwe
June 30th, 2008Swindon’s Veterans’ Week has been a great success. I was very pleased to be present at the Civic Centre on Thursday for a Presentation by the Mayor of Veterans badges to Council employees (plus one or two Councillors!). We are extremely lucky in our Conservative Group to have two former RAF Warrant Officers […]
Veterans Week
June 22nd, 2008My thanks and praise to Swindon’s Mayor, Cllr Steve Wakefield, for an excellent Veterans Awareness Day at the Steam Museum yesterday. This event is part of a week of events for Veterans in and around Swindon, and has been a cherished plan of the new Mayor for some time. A number of different agencies, ranging […]
Coming Out To Play
June 2nd, 2008Yesterday’s Green Action Day at Westlea Play Area was a great success - Dave Hunt, Swindon Council’s Play and Landscape Officer, was delighted with the turnout and with the response to his consultation roadshow. Residents, and particularly children, have the choice of several different options for Junior and Senior play areas. I could see that […]
A Weekend in Liverpool
May 5th, 2008Yet again, I am experiencing that rather empty post-election feeling that comes around most years at this time. Another May Day Bank Holiday Weekend which involved much travel, this time to the great city of Liverpool. We managed to visit both Cathedrals. George and I agree that the Anglican Cathedral is the better of the […]
Justice for Henry
April 13th, 2008It has taken over three months, but the last of the verdicts in the two trials at Bristol Crown Court that arose from the dreadful events of January 11th 2007 at The Ridgeway School has now been delivered. Sentences will be passed within the next few weeks. The investigation by Wiltshire Police has […]
Swindon Special Educational Needs Network
March 30th, 2008Our fifth meeting was held on Tuesday 18th March at the Parish Hall in Wroughton. We were joined by Sue Wald, Manager of the Strategic Partnership for Children and Young People in Swindon. We were given an insight into the arrangements for education and health, with the Borough working hand in hand with […]
Earth Hour
March 29th, 2008For one hour tonight, people are being encouraged to turn off all their lights across the world. Cities as far apart as Sydney and Vancouver have been or are going to dim the lights on their public buildings. Individuals too have been taking part. What’s the point in a meaningless gesture such […]
For Queen and Country
March 16th, 2008Prior to all that Grand Slam fever, I was delighted to be a guest speaker at a Support for Veterans Meeting, held at the Campanile Hotel in Westlea on Saturday. The event was organised by former RAF Community Psychiatric Nurse Dick Hilling, who lives in West Swindon, and Andy Hack, a former serviceman living in Middleleaze who […]
I Was There!
March 16th, 2008There are many times that great sporting occasions fail to live up to the media hype that surrounds them. The FA Cup Final with two Premiership teams stuffed full of the best and most expensive players available that fails to deliver a goal before full time. The Test Match that is largely rained off. The […]
Swindon SEN Network Meeting
March 5th, 2008I am pleased to announce that the next meeting of the Swindon Special Educational Needs Network will be at 7.15pm on Tuesday 18th March 2008 at the Wroughton Parish Church Hall, Prior’s Hill, Wroughton. Our guest speaker will be Sue Wald, who is manager of the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership in Swindon. […]
