Lawford

Today we chat with Bridget Tighe, Lawford Parish Clerk & with Val Guglielmi, Chairperson of Lawford Parish Council. We reflect on a fantastic 2024 and share our excitement about 2025. We chat about upgrade playgroundsrefurbish pathways Lawford PrimaryDale HallD Day VE Day Celebration in 2025 The Community Bus, to Manningtree has Pride, to Acorn Village etcpivot to environment PACENew Parish BuildingIn closing Val

In todays podcast we chat with Belinda Joslin, Belinda is founder & director of a community interest company called Women in Boat Building. Belinda's has an incredible passion for boats, for boat building and above all for creating opportunities for women in the industry she loves. In this chat we cover growing up in a sailing mad family in Ipswichsailing on super yachts across the Atlantic"James Bond" style boats being built in Ipswichfostering opportunities for Women in the IndustryPort Townsend Wooden Boat FestivalNational Ship Building BoardThe Americas Cup TeamsThis was such a fun chat, Belinda's passion for her chosen field is truly infectious. For those that would like to learn more please see http://www.womeninboatbuilding.com/https://www.instagram.com/womeninboatbuilding/https://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/geist

Tom West is a serial entrepreneur & champion of our local community in the Stour Valley. Tom is the proprietor of several popular local pubs including The Red Lion in Manningtree & the Marlborough in Dedham while Tom is also the founder of an exciting start up called RentMy.com, in this episode we chat with Tom about sporting careerhugely popular, community focused pubsinternet business, RentMy.com Silicone Stourpassionate comments from Tom about the joy he takes from living in this beautiful part of the world

In this episode we had a wonderful chat with David Webb in which we covered Hi-de-Hi!Royal Variety ShowVera LynnBruce ForsythRoy CastleBartholomew GosnoldIpswich Town Football Club& moreDavid is incredibly fluid in conversation and incredibly passionate about embracing life, living it to the full. A real pleasure to spend time in his company. Thank you David.

Dean Smith is a highly skilled fitness instructor and proprietor of Fitness@Summers Park, Lawford. Dean has an infectious energy and has a life story to match. In this episode we explore Dean is a tonic, would highly encourage you to have a listen and to pop along to Fitness@Summers Park

Today we chat with Gipe Giddings of "Yoga with Gipe". The conversation is wholly inspiring, with Gipes energy and enthusiasm for yoga & for life, shining through. We cover Its an absolutely brilliant chat and we would highly recommend taking a look at Gipe's website for more https://www.yogawithgipe.co.uk/

We recently had a brilliant chat with Alison Baker & Jon Abbott of Manifest Theatre in Manningtree. In keeping with Manningtree's moniker as England's smallest town, its also home to a bijou theatre which seats just under 100 people, yet packs a punch in terms of the variety & quality of performances delivered. In the chat we talk about We would highly recommend taking a look at the their website and in particular there brilliant newsletter which tells you all about

On this episode we ae joined by Kirsty Buxton from Acorn Village which is a fabulous facility in Mistley focused on supporting adults with learning disabilities. In this chat we cover Acorn VillageAcorn Village For more details on Acorn Village please visit the website https://www.acornvillages.com/ or drop Kirsty & Team a mail at info@acornvillages.com

In this episode we chat with Dagmar Grafton of Manningtree Credit Union which provides community based banking in our area. We learn all are welcome between 10am & 12 NoonLots more information on https://www.colchestercreditunion.co.uk/https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/community/credit-unionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_union

In this brilliant chat with Valerie Pretty, Treasurer of the Manningtree Rotary, we learn about all the fun had & social good done by the Rotarians in our community. We chat about local projects such as new seating on Cox's Hill (part funded by Lawford Parish Council Grant), the refresh of the shelter on the Walls, the Rotary's role in tackling Polio elimination and lots lots more. Val is a force of nature, involved in so much so we took the opportunity to talk about some of the other local groups Val is actively involved with including - Manningtree & District/Frankenberg Partnership Association - University of the Third Age - Stour Valley Flower Club Note: Rotary Club is one of many local community groups that receive modest grant funding via Lawford Parish Council.

The Tendring Show is the embodiment of local country living and community. The Tendring Show is held each year in early Jul in the village of Lawford attracting over 25,000 visitors in 2022. On todays episode we chat with David Brooks (Show Director) and Will King (Chairperson) - topics covered include The show will take place on Saturday the 8th of Jul 2023 - for more details please visit https://www.tendringshow.co.uk/

Jenny & Richard Hudson have built & operate the fabulous Lawford House Pool (please take a look at the website https://www.lawfordhousepool.co.uk/ - its a truly beautiful building and setting). Lawford House Pool pool is specifically designed to be accessible for those with limited mobility - more context to come on that. In this chat we cover Kenya Mau Mau rebellionfilm industryCannes Wild Atlantic WayhorsesBurleyLawford House PoolJenny is a tonic, she & Richard have created something very special in our village - hope you all enjoy listening to this one as much as I did recording it. Additional Reference Material The Hanging GaleThe McGann BrothersRooprai TrustAspireEssex Air Ambulance

In this episode of Lawford we cover amazing not for profit organisations operating in our village. Namely the Lawford Housing Trust, The John Leach Educational Trust & The Cox & Hales Almshouses. We chat with Alan Coley, Chair of all 3 organisations as well as Val & Carlo Guglielmi who have been actively involved for a long period. Lawford Housing Enterprise TrustJohn Leach Educational TrustCOX AND HALES ALMSHOUSES The chat focused on the housing trust which is a truly unique offering providing homes for local residents with the ultimate aim of helping them get on the property ladder. We then chat about the very long serving John Leach Education Trust & The Alms Houses. For Reference

Manningtree Mermaids are an inspirational collection of year round swimmers. In this episode we chat about For more details on Manningtree Mermaids https://www.facebook.com/groups/346297944087285/ Bathing Water Status https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-64595307

On this episode we are delighted to chat with Luke Edgar or Edgar Arts. Topics covered include tattooing on metal body artSummers Parkart in the communityInstagramedgartarts.co.uk

In todays episode we chat with Hilary Cook, Headteacher of Highfields Primary School in Lawford. Some of the topics covered include Show Notes

On this episode we are delighted to chat with Caroline & John Hall. Topics covered include MBE PACE Earth FestivalOxford spruce forestSwing dancingLinks for more information https://www.pacemanningtree.org.ukhttps://manningtreeearthfestival.org

Thank you for tuning into the 1st of our longer form Lawford Parish Council Podcasts. The longer form podcasts aim to some of the amazing & interesting people who live in our community. Today we meet the Guglielmi's - Val & Carlo are cornerstones of our village and our chat today covers Ardleigh & Southern ItalyHoneycroft political lifeCorrecting the King