http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/index.php Caring about Colchester & its heritage en-gb 07 Feb 2012 Copyright: (C) Reflectable Ltd / Colchester Civic Society Following our visit to the Olympic sites earlier this year, several people asked whether we could return in a year to see the progress. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=330 Meet at Colchester Bus Station at 8am for our Christmas Outing – Kill or Cure- in London http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=329 Meet at Colchester Bus Station at 11am for a matinee performance of The Railway Children at Waterloo Station. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=328 This is the second of our meetings for Colcestrians to raise “burning issues”. If you would like a lift, please get in touch. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=327 It is a strange fact of life that one tends not to view buildings in one’s own town in the same way as in other towns. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=325 Following an appeal in the last Newsletter, Ruth Brown kindly responded and has invited members to a coffee morning at her home in Ardleigh. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=326 Meet at the Essex Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Abberton Reservoir to discover more about the Reservoir Extension http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=324 I have been reading, again, about the proposed changes to the children’s playground in Castle Park and my mind drifted back over the years. I was a lucky child. My father was a very ingenious man, and, amongst other things, he built me a splendid swing on which I spent hours and hours. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=323   Thank you to all those who have volunteered your services for Heritage Weekend this year.  In fact there were very few who did offer to help and I have had great difficulty in filling all the slots.  So I am extra thankful to those who have offered their time. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=322   We found ourselves travelling to Kent again, this time to the Rochester area and fine weather accompanied us. Our first port of call, reached by a narrow, bendy road, was to the marshland village of Cooling, where we enjoyed morning refreshment at the friendly “Horseshoe and Castle” pub/guesthouse. http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/news.php?id=321 Caring about Colchester & its heritage http://www.colchestercivicsociety.org.uk/index.php