We did it! We walked the whole 12 miles. It rained, there was an excess of mud, and yet we had a really good day. “We” means Councillors Nick Barlow and Theresa Higgins, Mike (a friend), Lucy (my dog) and myself. There was quite a good turnout despite the weather, including a photographer from the […]

This is a shameless request for money. Not for me though. On Sunday 21st February at 10 a.m. I will be setting out with colleagues Theresa Higgins and Nick Barlow (both serious walkers) and others, plus the dog, from the site of the starting gates of Roman Colchester’s racing track, the Circus, on a 12-mile […]

The late Arthur Brown’s house, 172 Lexden Road, which I am trying to save from demolition, turns out to be at least 337 years old. This is shown by the will of Thomas Cole of Lexden, who signed it in 1672. It was admitted to probate in April of that year. That was in the reign […]

The Lib Dem Focus Team’s litter-picking session last month was definitely a success. Wrapped up warm against the freezing weather we began by clearing the litter from New Kiln Wood on the east side of Sussex Road, where we found the usual plastic bags, fast food containers, drinks bottles and cans, plus part of a […]

Welcome to my website. You are invited to come back often to read my news and views about Lexden Ward in the Borough of Colchester, “Pearl of the East”.This website will enable me to say more about what is going on than I can via a leaflet through a letterbox, and be a convenient way […]