News Articles recorded during 1995
ByDavid Stacy A Service to Commemorate VJ Day (Victory in Japan – 1945) was attended by over 300 people at the Keene Hall on Monday, 14th August. It was organised by the Parish Council in conjunction with the Galleywood branch of the British Legion and the Chelmsford & District branch of the Burma Star Association and conducted…
ByDavid Stacy Harry and Daisy Dennis celebrated their 60 years together in a Diamond Wedding celebration with their family in July. Harry was born in Chelmsford and came to Galleywood in 1935 when he met Daisy who was working at Hoffmans. He started work at Burrells, the builder, in The Street, at the age of fifteen and…
ByDavid Stacy “Over seventy five people attended a public meeting held at the Keene Hall on the 26th October to protest at the proposal by the Essex County Youth Service to withdraw support for the Rainbow pre-school club in order to redevelop the premises to cater for an older age group. The chairman of the meeting, Parish…
ByDavid Stacy Once every year, the Chelmsford Borough Council relaxes the normally stringent criteria for the siting of pedestrian crossings and grants permission for a ‘Social’ crossing. It was the turn of Galleywood to benefit from this arrangement in 1995. The Crossing has been installed in Watchouse Road providing a long awaited safer access to the shops,…
ByDavid Stacy Two metal bins for the collection of newspapers, magazines and junk mail have now been added to the glass recycling containers already positioned in the car park by the library in Watchouse Road.
ByDavid Stacy The Jack and Jill Day Nursery in Rignals Lane which provides care for over forty children will have to close on December 22 unless alternative premises can be found. The site is scheduled for housing development and Tanya Sewell, who runs the nursery says the prospect of finding new premises is bleak. 8th December 1995
ByDavid Stacy A Tarmac footpath with concrete kerb has been installed down the west side of The Street between Chaplin Close and Well Lane. At the same time a traffic constriction has been constructed near the junction with Twitten Lane, giving priority to Southbound vehicles. This development brought some initial disapproval from some residents who felt that…
ByDavid Stacy This small development was commenced during 1995 by Jarvis Builders. The seven detached houses were offered at prices ranging from £165,000 to £197,500. The high quality specifications which included burglar alarm, fan oven, gas or electric hob, wiring for piped video throughout and electrically operated garage doors, were matched by suitably prestigious house style names…
ByDavid Stacy For several months, the Parish has resounded to the noise of the drills and angle grinders of contractors intent on bringing facilities for cable communication to every house in the land. Hardly a road exists that does not bear the scars of the trenching operation to bury the green plastic trunking past every residence. Some…
ByDavid Stacy The open space in front of the shops has been fenced off for several weeks while contractors rebuild the central area. The pebbles set in concrete – no doubt originally designed to deter skateboarders and games of football – have been taken up and replaced with the now ubiquitous coloured paving blocks. The trees are…