One of the 20th century's most controversial murder cases takes to the stage in Nailsea in February. The town's theatre lovers have a chance to see a dramatic re-telling of the Ruth Ellis story when the Little Theatre presents 'The Thrill of Love' from Monday 4 to Saturday 9 February. Ruth was the last woman [...]
This year Nailsea Concert Orchestra will be presenting a New World Concert series, taking the audience through spring, summer and finally autumn/winter with a sumptuous mix of classics from Mendelssohn and Copeland, Bernstein to Gershwin and to a finale of Mozart and Dvorak to name just a few. The first in the orchestra’s series, ‘Appalachian Spring’, will [...]
The video below, commissioned by Nailsea Town Council, promotes 65 High Street and the wider Nailsea Place project. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DDffRqwaxI&feature=youtu.be Read more: No. 65 High Street opens as Nailsea’s Digital Community Hub >
Nailsea Town Council welcomes its new Clerk, Jo Duffy. Jo has been a Clerk for over fourteen years, with experience at both Parish and Town Council level. She qualified as a Clerk in 2010 and went on to Clerk for Portishead Town Council. Jo said “I am very pleased to have been offered the position [...]
Nailsea Entrepreneur in Final Five of BBC’s The Apprentice Daniel Elahi, a Bristol-born entrepreneur who attended Nailsea School & Sixth Form, is one of the five remaining candidates in BBC’s hit reality business show, The Apprentice. Elahi, 28, has been a major success in this year’s series of The Apprentice, competing against 15 other aspirants [...]
As in many small towns, Nailsea has a minority of drivers causing unnecessary risk to residents through extreme excess speeding. Speeds as high as 72mph have been recorded near schools and parks. Although the offenders are a small minority, speeds more than 50 and 60mph are recorded regularly around Nailsea. Collisions have happened over recent [...]
There But Not There Project A temporary Tommy figure has been erected in Nailsea in centenary commemoration of Armistice Day and the end of WWI. The iconic and poignant image is part of the 2018 There But Not There campaign, which aims to educate all generations (particularly the younger generation born nearly 100 years since [...]
Kids are in for a Christmas treat at Nailsea Little Theatre. The Union Street venue is hosting a one-off performance by the professionals of Folksy Theatre of one of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales. They'll take to the stage with The Tin Soldier for a matinee showing at 2.30pm on Sunday December 16. It's [...]
Brabantia is helping to turn the tide on plastic pollution by signing a pledge with Dutch water bottle brand Dopper to go PET-free, introducing re-usable water bottles to its 1,000 staff around the globe.To encourage staff to embrace a lifestyle free of single-use plastic water bottles, all 58 Brabantia employees at its UK Headquarters in Nailsea have been given a [...]
When is the 2019 Nailsea & Backwell Beer & Cider Festival? Festival organisers have confirmed that the 2019 Nailsea & Backwell Beer & Cider Festival will take place on Friday 12th July – Sunday 14th July 2019. It’s an extremely popular event held every summer at Nailsea & Backwell Rugby Football Club in West End [...]
