| | Frinton Residents' Association |
| | NOTES of a Half-Yearly Meeting held in the McGrigor Hall on |
| | 20 November 2010 | at | 10:00 AM |
| | Present: The President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretary and seven other Committee |
| | members, 6 speakers, 12 guests including Councillors, a Labour and a Liberal Democrat |
| | Representative, Competition Winners, the Press, a Police Sergeant, together with 59 Association |
| | members and 12 non-members. |
| | 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| | The Chairman (PM) thanked everyone for attending the meeting, welcomed all the guests and speakers, |
| | particularly the DONG representatives. She introduced the Committee members and thanked |
| | them for the unpaid hours they gave to work together for the good of Frinton. |
| | 2 | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
| | Apologies had been received from Douglas Carswell MP, Cllr Denzil Watson and Mrs Wendy |
| | Watson, Cllr Giles Watling, FRA members Ms Virginia Richardson, Mrs G E Rouse, Mr & Mrs P |
| | J Barry, Ms Anita Walling, and FRA Committee members Chris Perry and Geoff Harris. |
| | 3 | PRESENTATION |
| | PM introduced the item by pointing out that the competition for creative people in Frinton had |
| | brought about a coup by getting people under 25 to attend an FRA meeting and said that there |
| | had been incredible entries. She added that the entry by Eloise Raven had appeared on the |
| | cover of the Autumn 2010 Newsletter and the entry from the second competition winner, Billy |
| | Surridge, would appear on the cover of the Spring 2011 issue. She then presented Eloise |
| | Raven and Billy Surridge with their prizes of cheques of £100 each for their creative work. In |
| | conclusion, she explained that the FRA were keen to attract more younger members to events |
| | so that they became members of the Association. |
| | 4 | FRINTON IN BLOOM |
| | PM warmly welcomed David Foster (DF) whose energetic, creative, hard-working team were |
| | responsible for bringing prize-winning situations to Frinton via Frinton in Bloom. |
| | |
| | DF stated that Frinton in Bloom founded in 1994, had now been in existence for 16 years. It was |
| | set up initially to complement the work done by the Town and District Council throughout the |
| | year. Originally part of Frinton Environmental Action Committee (FEAC ) which was primarily |
| | formed to reinstate the Clock Tower, Frinton in Bloom had continued, together with Pedlars |
| | Wood Nature Reserve and Frinton & Walton Heritage Trust. |
| | |
| | The Town, District and County Councils, plus other organisations including the FRA, now work |
| | together on projects and events which are exciting, certainly not common place, and involve |
| | younger people as well. He explained that he had brought along pictures and a portfolio showing |
| | a cross section of the work done, and these were available on the table at the front of the room. |
| | |
| | He explained that Anglia in Bloom was one of the regions judged by the Royal Horticultural |
| | Society and that year on year Frinton in Bloom had achieved success. This year they had |
| | gained the Gold Medal for Best Small Town in the Anglian Region and this proved that the work |
| | they had been done had been recognised. However, he stressed that it was all about working |
| | for a Better Britain and helping people take the initiative. |
| | |
| | He added that this year Frinton had succeeded in obtaining its first Green Flag in the area for |
| | Crescent Gardens, proving it to be one of the prestigious gardens in the region, and this has |
| | been added to the successes achieved in July 2010. Judges’ votes had also confirmed that |
| | Frinton in Bloom had a strong commitment to environmental issues. However, these |
| | achievements had to be worked for each year. |
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| | He pointed out that the Walings Rock Garden was going to be brought into the 21st Century. |
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