Leigh on Sea News

November: the Month of Gunpowder, Ashes, and Remembrance

As I sat in my office in Leigh Broadway this week, I looked up to see a beautiful funeral pass by; the funeral director was walking ahead of the procession, and the hearse was beautifully valeted and full of flowers.

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Ray Morgan: Parking Wars

I was in the Broadway on Saturday and I came out of the Co-op with my Halloween balloons and my oat milk and saw that people were kind of milling around, holding shopping bags, staring at the road. Two people were having a spectacular argument in their cars, over a parking space. I mean, they were seriously effing and jeffing...

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Team Matt!

A massive congratulations to local talent Matt Linnen in his cover on last night's X factor of Alessia Cara's Scar To Your Beautiful.

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Wait Until Dark

Wait Until Dark, made into a film starring Audrey Hepburn in 1967, is often ranked as one of the top 100 scariest films of all time and this exciting new production reclaims it for the stage.

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What to do this Hallowe'en Weekend!

Looking for things to do this Hallowe'en weekend?

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Picture of the week - Friday 27th October 2017

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Hocus Pocus Halloween London

London's Book Club are hosting a 90s Hocus Pocus themed party, with appearances from Art Macabre, a screening of the film, as well as face painting, 'Witches Brew' and classic 90s tunes.

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Hoppily….a little bit of beer tasting!

The good people behind Hoppily have one sole purpose in life, to educate the masses about beer! Praise the Lord!

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Southend Airport announces new destinations

From October 29th, Southend Airport will be providing a new service allowing you to connect to 11 north American destinations.

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Historicaleigh: Just a Drum with Strings?

On 27 December 1930 Norton Greenop passed away suddenly at his home in Leigh Road, after years of heart problems. He was 61 and had been a businessman in Leigh for 14 years.

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Southend-on-Sea unveils mini robot to help transform its social care services and inspire next generation

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council introduces Pepper, a state of the art child-size robot designed to help transform the way it delivers social care services to its local community.

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Ousted

Warning: this blog contains mice

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Legal Eagle: No Show Workers & Refunds

Q: I employed a landscape gardener to do some work for me. He quoted £3,000 for the job and asked for £750 up front for materials and has not now returned to the job and is ignoring all contact. What can I do?

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Stick Man at The Palace Theatre

How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree?

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More short term rentals

Its obviously catching on................

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Pumpkin Forest

It's that time of year again...

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Picture of the week - 20th October 2017

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Leigh-on-Sea Sounds: DJ Chicka Wow Wow

This week's Leigh-on-Sea sound is from DJ Chicka Wow Wow

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RA Lates: Manhattan Studio Party

This Saturday (Oct 21), the Royal Academy of Arts will be hosting a New York-style avant-garde party from 7pm.

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The Royal Hotel – Afternoon Tea

This iconic building gazes down over the estuary, just as it has done for over 200 years, and looks as good as it did back in the day.

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