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The Big Chester Terrace Street Party 2018

DATE: Sunday 10th June 2018 - 2pm  Check this post for all details of the day. It will be updated as and when things are finalised. Other blog posts will update on the progress and the day, but this one will have the final details. This is one of the photos that inspired me to organise a street party. This photo was taken on VE Day at a street party on the north end of Chester Terrace. So lovely to see it (thank you to John Colwell for sending it to me, he is the little boy at the end!). If you have any questions or want to help at all please contact us on the following: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chesterterracebrighton/ tarahcoonan@hotmail.com DETAILS (This post will be updated when we have finalised details) THEME: HATS! Wear any hat you want to CARS : We will start at 2pm but will need cars moved from Lucerne Rd  down to nos Chester Terrace by midday so we can put tables out and bunting up. It's only for half a day but thank you for your co
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Street Party meeting 9th May 2018

Thank you to everyone for coming last night, we had a productive evening with loads of ideas and things finalised. Here are the (very long!) notes. Anything with an * are things we need so do have a look to see if you can help us. They are also listed at the bottom as a reminder :) THEME : Hats! Wear any hat you like, fun hats, normal hats and we'll all have a photo of everyone on the street during the day TIMES : Decorating from 12pm. Even from 2pm. Road closure ends at 8pm. 1. Music We are going to apply for the amplified music licence after all which costs £21 We have two bands hopefully playing and we have 3 more musicians on the street that Mike and Lynn are going to speak to to see if they'd be interested in playing too Inbetween any lice music we'll have a Spotify playlist through the PA system Mike is supplying the PA system, mics etc 2. Games/Activites Cake Bake Off * Make a cake, bring it to no 50 the day before or on the day and we will put it a
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Next Street Party Meeting

We are holding another street party meeting to finalise details of the street party (which is in only 5 weeks!). All welcome. Wednesday 9th May at 7pm at the Cleveland Arms
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Musicians Needed!!

We could really do with some musicians for the street party. Do ask your friends and neighbours. As it's our first one we have no budget but hopefully next year we could do a collection and pay some people. But if anyone fancies playing do let me know! We can pay them in cake :)
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Road Closure Agreed by Council!

YAY! We've had the road closure agreed so the street party is going ahead!! Make sure you all have it in your diaries. Mike and I have done some more door knocking on the north side of the road to introduce ourselves and tell about the street party and hand out a leaflet reminder. Do tell your neighbours when you see them as well.
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Old Photos of Chester Terrace

Big thank you to John Colwell for these photos of when he lived on the road as a child. At the bottom is a document with lots of information about his life there.
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Council Application Submitted

Hello everyone, I'm still waiting on approval from the council but they did email a few weeks ago to say they'd received the application so at least that's something! I'll let you know as soon as I hear more and we can have another meeting to firm up plans! This is the leaflet that you should have had popped through your door! 
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