Friday, November 30th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Despite one local book trader describing the BookTown concept in Atherstone as”dead”, October 2007 saw representatives from the Borough exchanging greetings with the people of Becherel as part of a fact-finding visit to find out more about this well established booktown in France.
Peter Playdon of Throckmortons bookshop in The Market Square made his comments to […]
Thursday, November 29th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Franchisee Dave Carter of the Atherstone branch of Clive’s Easylearn Pop Music Schools is proud to be a signatory to a new government initiative which aims to promote opportunities in music for young people.
At the heart of the initiative is the desire to give every child the chance to experience the power of music, thereby […]
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
The long awaited confirmation of a direct Atherstone to London Euston and Liverpool rail link has now been announced. The service should be up and running in early 2009, which will mean new direct services from Rugeley, Atherstone and Polesworth for the first time in years.
The start date is subject to delivery of brand new […]
Saturday, September 8th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
With the increase of hard pressed smokers having to smoke outside public houses, town councillors have called for more control over seating provided outside pubs on the pavement.
Town councillors were told that ther was no estimate on the number of licensed premises holding the required license for drinking outside premises on the pavement.
Cllr. Geoff Taylor […]
Sunday, May 20th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Work will start work this spring on a £4.1 million housing scheme for Waterloo Housing Association, at Wood End in North Warwickshire.
Lovell will build 37 new houses and eight apartments at the Islington Crescent site. The new homes will be for affordable rent, shared ownership or for sale through the housing association.
They will be built […]
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
Spot checks have revealed the illegal and harsh world of east European workers packing vegetables for the country’s biggest supermarket chains.
Inspectors from the Government’s new agricultural labour agency found serious breaches of employment laws when they visited three packing plants in the West Midlands
None of scores of migrant workers had contracts of employment and most […]
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 by Geoff Wilding
From 13th May, The Sit-A-While Bookshop and Tearoom, Butler’s Book Emporium and Throckmorton’s Bookshop will be opening their doors on a Sunday for the summer.
Having just distributed a leaflet across the Midlands promoting North Warwickshire’s bookshops, the booksellers have already seen a marked increase in trade from visitors travelling here specifically for books. So with […]
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