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The Effingham Eye: Aren’t Notice Boards For Notices?

By Chris Dick When is a notice board not a notice board? And just how many does a small village actually need? A notice board by definition must surely display…

Opinion: Is Effingham Going Backwards?

By Chris Dick In an earlier article (Hello and Goodbye) about the closure of the Effingham Royal British Legion Club in Lower Road, one reader, Des Tanner commented: “It will…

The Effingham Eye: Two Men In A Boat (Nowhere Near Effingham)

By Chris Dick This column is intended to be about Effingham affairs (not necessarily extra-marital but feel free to write in). However, I want to write about my canoeing experiences…

Effingham Eye: Hello and Goodbye

By Chris Dick Many of us have enjoyed a peaceful, dry and warm barbecue summer. The kids were off school, families away on holiday and we had a welcomed silence…

Effingham Eye: A Bible, A ‘Pirate’ and Ritual Cannibalism

By Chris Dick We have all read gravestone inscriptions at some time in our lives. If they are not those of our own predecessors we might consider the lives of…

Effingham Eye: No Volunteers – No Fireworks

By Chris Dick Most of us like fireworks but in Effingham this year “bonfire night” has been cancelled, at least as a village community event. What a shame. It is…