Epping Mayor helps care home celebrate start of a new era

Ashlar House in Epping held an Open Day to celebrate the start of a new era, following significant investment to the home in the form of a complete refurbishment and creation of a brand new eight-bed residential unit. Visitors including residents’ families, local business owners and the Mayor of Epping, Cllr Michael Wright, were welcomed to view the home’s stylish new interior and take a tour at the Open Day on 5th March 2022. The home’s hospitality team provided complimentary refreshments. Live entertainment was provided by local musicians, whilst volunteers from Epping Air Cadets assisted hospitality staff to hand out drinks and event goodie-bags to visitors. The Mayor officially opened the new look home by cutting the ribbon before enjoying a tour with General Manager Sharon Osborne. Staff and visitors chatted with him about the stunning new interior, many commenting that the home resembles a luxury spa retreat as much as a care home.

Local business owner Arhon Ankhkara commented: “I was extremely impressed during my visit to Ashlar House today. The whole premises has had a beautiful makeover and provides very impressive facilities. Ashlar House has succeeded in making one of the toughest decisions we would need to make in our lives a whole lot easier. Suffice to say, I would highly recommend.”

The home’s General Manager was available to answer any questions guests had about finding the right home and about the services offered at Ashlar House. Sharon, General Manager at Ashlar House said: “The home is looking incredible after the recent investment and it was a pleasure to showcase the stunning new interior at the Open Day. Our Interior Design team have done a wonderful job. My door is always open and anyone who couldn’t make the Open Day is very welcome to drop by for a cup of tea any other day instead.” Ashlar House care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals.

Ashlar House provides residential care, nursing care and dementia care for up to 44 residents from respite care to long term stays. For more information contact: Kieran Baines on 07741 147078 or Kieran@Baines@Barchester.com

Epping Society: Epping’s green & pleasant land (part 2)

Following on from our last article, we now turn to the grass area, the Town Green, just to the North of the centre, next to Church Hill. In particular, the narrow stretch of roadway near Epping War Memorial. The road is far too narrow for two vehicles to pass and certainly not enough for articulated lorries to swing around. A similar situation applies to the stretch of Church Field, further down the Green. Recently, several vehicles have driven off the tarmac and onto the grass, where damage is immediate and obvious. This damage even reached the attention of Dame Eleanor Laing MP, before Remembrance last November. The damage was repaired, and an iron “mine” obstacle installed. However the mis-use continues. Solutions possible would include closing off the short stretch, or making it one-way, 6’6” width restriction, raising the kerb height, or installing bollards or posts (as has been done successfully in nearby Tidy’s Lane). As before, we have consulted with the various bodies involved and a meeting took place, but immediate action seems unlikely. So if you share our concern, please take a photo of any vehicle you see driving or stopped on the grass. Please do not get into a confrontation and do not snap the number plate. Then email it to your local councillors or send them to us at: info@ eppingsociety.org.uk PS thank you to an encouragingly large number of residents who have sent us photos of misparking on other green strips, from our last article. These have been passed on; it is good to know that our concerns are shared.