Neon Lights

Nov 08

St Woolos Wine Lodge, Our local shop on Stow Hill has very kindly donated an electronic message board in the window of his shop to ECHO Community Group. Its Big - Its Bright - Its Flashy - Its a bit over the top - Its there for local messages.

Call into Echo Office or contact Russell Couper if you have a local event you want to advertise

Local Notice Board

November 07

Echo managed to arrange for a local notice board to be put on Yas' shop wall at the top of Stow Hill. If you have a local community message you want displaying then call in to the Echo Office and ask for details.

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Allotment Club

18th May 2007

ECHO have recently acquired an allotment plot and are currently working hard to turn it from a weedy bit of mud into something altogether more fruitful. A the beginning of the year there was only a baron strip of weeds but already we have raised beds, some equipment, a brand new shed, almost limitless enthusiasm and a dismantled green house that needs putting together again. Hopefully we'll get some plants planted in time for this years harvest, if not we'll have fun trying.

So if you fancy yourself to be green fingered or just want to have a go you're more than welcome to join us.

Contact the office on 243303 and ask for details.

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These pages carry reports about events and activities organised by and for young people in the Stow Hill area if you would like to contribute a feature or even get involved in editing the pages contact Helen Cooper at Echo 44 Bailey Street.

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REACHING FOR THE SKY

Kids climbing with ropes

Baneswell kids go Rock Climbing

On Friday 18th February about 11 of us went rock climbing with our youth club up at Gilwern Centre. It was very good fun the youth workers also joined in, Jan and a lady from the ECHO called Helen. They were both very good but if I can say Helen was a bit nervous and jumpy.

At first we did an activity – it was like this – we had to be strapped to our safety ropes and stand on a crate and keep building up until the crates got to about 16. Then they would take some crates out of the bottom until it fell, then the three people would be dangling in the air and then the two men Jason and Justin would lower us down it was very good fun and everyone enjoyed it.

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After that we had a 20 minute break then we went and done some real rock climbing it was very good fun. We had to strap ourselves to the clip and then two people would hold the rope and one of the people had to be clipped to the rope and after being checked you was ready to climb. Only some got to the top but the others got half way and the ones that was scared of heights did very well and we all said that we would like to go again.

Next time the youth workers said that we are going horse riding and now we are all looking forward to going.

Shannon Curley (Aged 11)