ART/PHOTO EXHIBITION

If you love Leigh then this is one not to be missed - Art Exhibition at new gallery at 11 Ashleigh Drive, Leigh from September 11th between 10am and 6pm running to October 2nd. Works by: Alan Runagall, Fleur Wallington, Ian James, Jonathan Trim, Mark Randall, Peter Mortimer, Shaun Hall, Steve Gibbs. For more information call Ian James on 077688 71875 or see www.ianjphoto.ndirect.co.uk

Leigh Regatta 2010

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September 2010 The annual Old Leigh Regatta is a charity event organised by the three Scout/Venture groups based in the Old Town, who benefit from your generous support. Also an additional special charity chosen each year benefits from the event. Old Leigh High Street closes on these two days to allow all the entertainment, competitions, side shows, craft stalls and water events. There is live music for all tastes (various bands playing all weekend on different stages). Morris dancing, banana eating, cracker eating and cockle eating competitions, for both children and adults. Also Climbing the Greasy Pole and Bowsprit pillow fighting. There are also water based events including Dinghy Tug of War, Dinghy Sculling Races and the Sailing races.

ODEON CINEMA SOUTHEND - What's On?

To find out what is showing in the forthcoming week at the Odeon Cinemas in Southend use our link Southend Odeon - Whats On?Southend www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s128

ORDER AMAZON GOODS HERE AND HELP THE HOMELESS

By making your Amazon orders through this site you are enabling us to support H.A.R.P (Homeless Action Resource Project) at no cost to you. For each purchase made, Amazon will give us a small percentage for this charity but the price to you is exactly the same. Please help make life a little easier for those who are homeless in Southend. Thank you. For further information please click here: amazon homeless link

CHECK OUT THIS LOCAL WEATHER LINK

There is a local weather station operated from Chelmsford by professional meteorologists which is updated twice a day. To check it out go to www.essexweather.com/latest_weather_forecast.html

Running for Leigh

If you live in the Leigh/Chalkwell areas and want to keep fit why not join the LOS Striders running group. For more details visit www.losstriders.co.uk

Graham Gee Arts

To purchase some great photos of Leigh on canvas at reasonable prices look at our 'What's On' section under Artisits Forum or e mail grahamgee-arts@tiscali.co.uk

SAEN

Southend Airport Extension - Insane or in SAEN? To find out more go to www.saen.org.uk

CAN YOU HELP?

We have received an e mail from Julie.Cude@vi-tech.com who is looking for someone who might know Patrick & Patricia Breslin of 20 Farm Close. These were good & dear friends of her grandparents. If you have any information please e mail us or her. Thank you

NEW LOGO

We are delighted to announce that we have a new logo which appears in the top left corner of our site. The logo uses the letters LOS in an imaginative way to depict our association with the sea. Hopefully you will like it and will look out for it in the shops. We will shortly be asking shopkeepers to display the sign in their windows to show support for your community website This website receives many thousand visits each year and contains a considerable amount of information about our wonderful Town. If you have any good ideas as to how it can be improved and what should be included why not contact us using the Visitor Information drop down section under the heading of 'Message Us'. We would love to hear from you

Opportunities for Hotels and Accomodation

We are already getting enquiries for accomodation for the cycling event at Hadleigh Farm for the Olympics in 2012. 20,000 tickets are expected to go on sale in 2011. Leigh Railway Sation is to be the main station and it is anticipated 10,000 people each of the 2 days of the event will arrive here. There will be a footpath from the station to the event and a link bus service via Belton Way, Thames Drive & London Road. Subscribers with accommodation will get ahead of the game so contact us now!

Leigh-on-Sea Oracle

Did you get your free copy of the excellent Leigh-on-Sea Oracle magazine? If not, you can now view it here by clicking onto the following linkwww.oraclepublications.co.uk/downloads/LO.pdf

Paintings by Leigh Artists

For something a bit different as a present you could buy or commission a painting. To view a number of artisit's works go to our 'What's On' section and look under the various artisits names. The picture shown is by Peter Thorn although you can choose from 14 different artists and styles. Artists paint in a number of mediums and you can choose between water colour, oil, acrylics, encaustic wax or pastel