Innovating Shop-fronts

One or two users have recently pointed out the rather sorry state of the shop fronts in Thornbury, well only yesterday my mind was brought back to this topic when I made a small visit to Dursley.

For a little over a year now Dursley has been making the most of their empty...

New Tree Takes it's Place in the High Street

Last week I uploaded a picture of the basin that had been taken during the very brief period of snow that we enjoyed. However, within a day I was informed by a user that a new tree had already taken pride of place inside it's newly prepared container - so here (finally) is a...

Severn Barrage or Power Station

At the meeting about the proposed new power station at Oldbury our Mayor, Phyllida Parsloe asked whether the projects to build a Severn Barrage and the power station were linked, but the panel could not answer.

    They are linked by cost and output.&nbs...

Fairtrade Fortnight

As Thornbury is classed as a ‘Fairtrade Town’ it seems appropriate to tell you what that means to local people in the run up to Fairtrade Fortnight (22nd February – 7th March).

First off you should know that to become a Fairtrade Town you must evidence...

Public Works on Thornbury High Street

Over the past couple of weeks the council have been carrying out work where there used to be a tree on the high street just outside of Wildings.

It appears that the felled tree was removed because it's roots were causing a problem to the surrounding pavement and the...