NAILSEA
PEOPLE
THE online community newspaper for Nailsea people, their family and their friends
July 2024
Our town is a very, very nice town
Property people
The Stonewood show house opens at Elm Grove off The Uplands and the first phase priced from £475,000 have been released. This is a meticulously planned community of 52 sustainable homes built to the world-leading Passivhaus standard. Read more HERE
What's On 2024
Beer in July and bike fest in September still to come along with arts fest classic concerts, folk nights and pub quizzes. All feature on our What's On page which includes bingo evenings and games' nights plus lots of fundraising dates. Read more HERE
Gallery 2024
First new slideshow on our July-September gallery includes Julia Miners beautiful garden and lots of photos from the 2024 carnival - adding all the time...results still to come. We have more than a decade of images in our galleries featuring markets, festivals, Backwell lake, country walks, and Nailsea people
NEW NAILSEA WINE BAR
Break charity shop in the High Street is closing mid-August and local couple Geoff and Julie Downing have exciting plans to convert it into an upmarket wine bar opening by Christmas 2024. Watch this space
GROVE SPORTS CLUB & LEISURE CENTRE
Nailsea Town Council is being asked to consider proposals to build a pavilion on the playing fields to house the changing rooms. A discussion is on the agenda for the meeting on Wednesday, July 10, at the Tithe Barn. Read 62-page agenda papers here https://www.nailseatowncouncil.gov.uk/town-council-minutes-agendas
Nailsea carnival 2024
Inspirational tv reality star, disability model and former Nailsea School student Mollie Pearce led Nailsea carnival parade on Saturday, July 6, carrying a collecting bucket for Crohn’s & Colitis UK.
The 22-year-old also helped judge the entries which assembled in the Clevedon Road car park from midday ready for the grand procession through the town centre.
The weather threatened all day with a short, sharp shower earlier but in the end all was well.
Thanks go to all the marvellous participants, scout and girl guide troops, the behind-the-scenes organising committee and all the individuals who made this a wonderful community event.
Thanks go also to the businesses who donated and/or bought space in the carnival programme. We have added a slideshow of the winners collecting their certificate at Millennium Park together with all our slideshows from the day in the gallery HERE.
Since the 1960s the event has been a firm fixture on Nailsea’s fundraising calendar although 2024 initially posed a few hiccups with a manpower shortage.
But all’s well that ends well and everything was in place for a great day thanks to 1st Nailsea Scouts aided by a small army of volunteers who came forward at the 11th hour to save the day.
Since being a finalist in the BBC show The Traitors hosted by Claudia Winkleman, Mollie has made multiple personal appearances on radio and television including a role in a skit broadcast for Red Nose Day but this is her first official Nailsea date although she has been spotted in the Beauty Rooms, Sawyers pub and local gym.
Good sport Mollie has also competed in several challenging endurance tests involving tough terrain running and abseiling for charity.
But best of all with an Instagram following that went from a mere 2,000 to more than 102,000 with many fashion houses and cosmetic companies seeking her help promoting their products.
She has featured in numerous glossy magazines making her THE face of 2024.
And now it is rumoured that the BBC bosses reportedly want a star from The Traitors to compete on the next Strictly Come Dancing – fingers-crossed it’s Mollie.
Mollie acting as a Faithful won the nation's hearts when she trusted double-dealing Harry Clarke too much and lost out on a share of the £95,000 jackpot on The Traitors.
A source close to the Strictly production team is reported as saying: 'Mollie's presence would also be a hugely positive moment of representation for people, like her, who have a disability.
“But, just as with The Traitors, she first has to fend off the competition from rivals like Harry.”
As well as the colourful and noisy carnival parade there was a great turnout at the fair with lots of stalls, games, refreshments, live music at Millennium Park and a giant car boot sale.
Nailsea People has a special page devoted to What Mollie Did Next HERE.
And you will find lots of carnival photos from various years in the galleries.
OUR NEW MAN IN WESTMINSTER: North Somerset like all of its neighbouring constituencies has a new MP. The results with a tribute to outgoing MP Sir Liam Fox who served Nailsea and its surrounds for 30 years is on our Political Peeps page HERE. Meanwhile we have been invited to Wave off Sadik on platform 2 on Monday morning, July 8 at Nailsea & Backwell railway station when he catches the 9.30am train to London and onwards to Westminster for the first time. Report and photos also on that page
NDCT
Cameron Steward, of Nailsea District Community Transport, the group which has just taken delivery of two new electric buses is making a presentation to Nailsea Town Council on Wednesday, July 10, when it is expected is will outline it dire financial position as its grant from North Somerset Council is under threat. Read more HERE
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computer techies for the online community
The TEK Hut was started by Ben Parker in the summer of 2018.
For 12 years Ben had been one of the team at The ICT Workshop which provided a wide variety of computer services to Nailsea, Clevedon, Yatton, Backwell and even Weston-Super-Mare.
Ben felt it right to continue the same great service customers had previously experienced but under new branding for a new business and The Tek Hut was born.
Trading at the familiar location in Nailsea, The Tek Hut will continue to offer the same cost effective, new laptops and PCs, upgrades, onsite support for homes and businesses through to a wide range of workshop services and accessories.
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