Not really a secret, but on most automated pedestrian crossings a spinning cone can now be found underneath the push button panel. It’s there for those people who can’t see the lights, like visually impaired or blind people, so when the green man lights up to show
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While on the subject of Telephone Boxes, did you know that the telephone box outside Clockhouse Gardens, St Mary’s Lane, is actually a Grade II listed building? The kiosk is an unusual K6 type telephone box which was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. If you
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A large piece of Green Belt land in Cranham has finally been bought by the Council to provide an informal recreational open space while providing additional protection from any potential development. The substantial plot of land spans some 29 acres (11.7 hectares) and is flanked by Moor Lane
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The Council has now published the Local Plan Direction of Travel [click here to view] which provides an update on the progress of the Local Plan and Green Belt along with the timeframe for its delivery. It also sets out further details on the emerging vision, objectives and
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Local historian, Tony Benton, looks back at Upminster during the Great War of 1914-1918. From the volunteers who fought in the war, and the ones who sacrificed their lives, to the terror of daylight air raids. Click HERE to find out much more about life in Upminster
Read more →A number of residents will have received a letter from Carebase regarding proposals for a 70-bed Residential Care Home together with a 32 bed Brain Injury home on the vacant site in St. Mary’s Lane next to Coopers School playing fields (adjacent to Eaton Road). The company are
Read more →Did you work in Ford Dagenham between 1968-1984 and have a story to tell about Ford’s women workers? It might be a story about your mum, sister, wife or friend – whatever the connection, we want to hear from you. You may be a woman who only
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A petition on the government website calling for an Inquiry into the performance of the Northbound (into Essex) Dartford Crossing attracted 16,075 signatures and the government have responded as follows: Improving the performance of the Dartford – Thurrock Crossing is a priority for both the Department for Transport
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Earlier this year, the Alishan Restaurant in Station Road, Upminster, became Elbi’s Mediterranean Restaurant. During the transition, the shop front was changed and revealed that the premises was once known as ‘Mead’s Bar’ (see picture). Efforts to track down any information about Mead’s Bar have thus far proved elusive – do
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Readers may recall our Bulletin item last year on the Council’s obligation to produce a borough wide planning strategy, known as a ‘Local Plan’. As part of that plan, the Council is legally obliged to invite and consider applications from any interested parties to take land out
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