Chigwell Row Community

Willow Chowdhry with Chigwell Snowman By Wilson Chowdhry Christmas will be a little more special this year after recent snowfall covered Chigwell with just under 2 weeks till the 25th. I doubt the snow will remain till Christmas Day but this is the closest it's been for many years. Children have been sledging in the snow and trails can be seen throughout the glistening snow in Hainault forest. Even better, snowmen adorn many of our local streets. They provide a very welcoming presence, whilst they seem to greet those who pass by them. My daughter Willow and I built a snowwoman ourselves. The initial one took 3 hours to build but fell to the ground after we went shopping for a carrot nose. On Tuesday however we spent less than an hour and this one is still standing two days later. We hope that it brings all of you as much joy as it did while we were making it. If you have pictures of your own snowmen, or beautiful images of the snowfall in Chigwell please email them to wilson@eastil

 We have during the year received confirmations that repairs would be made along Pudding Lane. On 3rd November 2022 this email was received from Essex Council: Reference Number: 2682118 Issue: verge defects (this relates to ditches in side verges causing vehicles to topple) Location: PUDDING LANE Current status: works completed Good news - we have now completed works at this site. Thanks for helping us to keep Essex roads in the best condition we can. Regards, Essex Highways Image of verges causing safety hazards to vehicles Read more (here) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other dangerous verges were also reported and this email was also received on 3rd November 2022: Reference Number: 2682117 Issue: verge defects Location: PUDDING LANE Current status: this issue has been made safe We have investigated, risk assessed and recorded the issue, and initial works to make it safe have been co