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To the citizens of the CITY of Colchester

Congratulations Colchester
Thanks to the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, Colchester – then called Camulodunum – became Britain’s first recorded settlement, and later its first city and capital. Although its chances of ever ousting London as the capital city remain extremely slim, it has emerged it is to become a city once again.
Just over a decade ago, Essex – despite being the seventh largest county in England – did not have a single city. It will soon have three.
Named one of eight towns to be made cities to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Colchester will follow Southend-on-Sea and Chelmsford in gaining city status.
Colchester has various claims to fame, including:
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, the well-known nursery rhyme, was written in the attic of a house in the Dutch Quarter by Jane Taylor in 1806
  • It has the remains of the only Roman chariot racing track in the UK
  • The oldest-known hot cross bun was baked there for Good Friday in 1807
  • In AD60 Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe raised a huge army and burned down the Roman towns of Colchester and London before heading north to St Albans
  • The town gives its name to Colchester native oysters, which, despite the name, are actually harvested from the shallow creeks off nearby Mersea Island
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
The nursery rhyme above is known all over the world. However, like many nursery rhymes, the origins have been mostly lost in time. One theory (there are several) is that Humpty Dumpty was a powerful cannon that sat on Colchester’s fortified walls. The cannon was knocked off the wall in 1648 when Parliamentary forces (the Roundheads) attacked the Royalist (Cavaliers) stronghold during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

The LAST WEEK ON ZOOM

This week will see the last week of zoom classes:
Wednesday evening @ 5pm and Thursday morning @ 10am
If you did use zoom at one time why not pop on just to say Hello
Personal Meeting ID 766 819 9337
Password MayDay
Class as normal on Bank Holiday Friday 3rd but
NO class on Friday 10th June
I have decided to run a class on Friday 3rd even though it is a Bank Holiday as I am having a short break the following weekend, therefore
There will NOT be a class on Friday 10th

DEC charity collection sent – thank you everyone

Dear Julie,
Thank you so much for your donation to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
THANK YOU JULIE @ Move 2 Lose
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Next Sunday 29th May is Lyndsay’s second afternoon tea charity event at her house:
Street Farmhouse
269 London Road
Stanway
Colchester
CO3 8LT
01206 211607 for more details
£5 per person all proceeds to go to Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.
All classes are available to book on line or just turn up.
have a good day
Julie

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