Are out-of-town visitors flouting lockdown by coming into Stratford-upon-Avon?
| Updated: 11:01, 08 March 2021
(Story published in current Herald, so weekend of 27th/28th is referred to.)
âWe love you normally but please go awayâ, was tourist town Stratfordâs message to the outside world after a busy sunny weekend.
For weeks worried locals have reported their alarm over the seeming escalation of visitors to the area. Many have voiced their frustration to the Herald, saying that out-of-town day-trippers are descending on the town unchecked, flouting Covid rules and undermining their own efforts to follow guidelines.
The view of the Bancroft Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon last Sunday afternoon (28th Feb). Photo: Mark Williamson. B14/2/21/ 3103.
Car cruises and boozy mass gatherings to be banned at Warwickshire lakes Published: 07:13, 06 March 2021
AN order banning car cruising, drug taking and drinking alcohol could be introduced to tackle ongoing concerns about anti-social behaviour around Earlswood Lakes.
Stratford District Council, with support from Warwickshire Police, is considering introducing a three-year Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) following what it describes as âan increasing number of reports regarding criminal and anti-social behaviourâ.
The order would give police additional powers to tackle issues, which have included the use of nitrous oxide, car cruising, groups causing intimidation, harassment and anti-social behaviour caused by alcohol consumption.
The Bear Pit Theatre is at the heart of the Stratford arts community and is grateful to have been supported through the Covid crisis Published: 12:35, 05 March 2021
The Bear Pit Theatre is a unique venue at the heart of the Stratford community providing a permanent home to amateur theatre-makers in the district, including the theatreâs own Bear Pit company. As Covid-19 troubled its finances and future, artistic director David Mears, chairman Simon Allen and finance director David Derrington spoke to Gill Sutherland about what the theatre means to the town.
How The Bear Pit Theatre began
David Mears: It was born out of the prospect of the civil hall closing around 2008, and possibly not having a community venue in the town. It had become increasingly difficult for groups to even hirer the civic hall [now the Play House] because the costs were so prohibitive.