18 Basildon Extra, Spring 2012 Pitsea news


◆ HAVE your say on proposals for the regeneration of Pitsea town centre. London and Cambridge Properties Limited (LCP), owners of property in Pitsea centresince March 1995, have submitted proposals to Basildon Council to meet the council’s objective to regenerate Pitsea Town Centre. The proposals include anew Morrison’s supermarket, car park, servicing and possi- ble petrol filling station, and anew market with 50 stalls, ancillary storage and amenity building. It also includes demolishing the Railway


Tavernand Market Hall for redevelopment into modernretail units, refurbishing Pembroke House and associated shops, and improving landscaping. Have your say by visiting www.pitsearegeneration.co.uk


◆ Adrab, grey block of metal portaloos has been transformed into an eco-habitat at WatTyler Park. The newly converted loos provide much needed visitor toilets inside –and homes for bugs, bees, bats and birds outside in the panels, which dec- orate and disguise the old container. Clad in honey-coloured larch planking,


the loos aretopped by agreen roof, with nooks and crannies to attract wildlife. A total of 300 plants will also create abright visual display in the spring as part of the £12,500 project which was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Veolia Pitsea Marshes Trust.


◆ RETIRED Eric Lamb’shardwork as avol- unteer has gained acomputer,scanner and mobile projector for his favourite cause. He puts in so many hours for Basildon


Borough Heritage and Museum Group, which hopes to move into its new home at WatTyler Park in the near future, he ‘quali- fied’ for agrant from his former employer, Eric, now in his 70s, worked for Mobil


REWARD: Eric Lamb with fellow volunteers Denise Rowing, Jo Cullen and Ken Porter.


Data Services Company,now Exxon/Mobil, which makes grants for former staffwho complete morethan 80 hours of volunteer- ing over time. Eric, who has far exceeded that, spend hours each week transcribing people’s memories, and researching names on war memorials across the borough, to make a dossier for each parish.


◆ IF YOU want to make adifference then why not support the work of the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society. The charity,based in Pitsea Hall Lane, is


on hand 24 hours aday,seven days a week, to deal with emergencies and com- plaints, and does whatever it takes to res- cue ahorse from cruelty or abuse. Youcan volunteer,donate or join its fundraising team, and even visit them. The sanctuary is open from 1-4pm on


Wednesdays and Sundays from April to December,and it costs just £1.50 for adults and £1 for children and OAP’stovisit. For further information visit www.ehpps.org.uk


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