Bohemia Village Voice

One-way traffic?
Our local residents’ association, the BAA, has finally given up its valiant attempts to galvanise local enthusiasm for a one-way traffic system which might have provided desperately needed parking for shoppers. At an open meeting on 8th March the Bohemia Area Association decided to abandon its efforts to get local opinion behind it. Peter Holland, chair of the BAA, said, ‘We just can’t do it.’ A vote showed an almost unanimous feeling by committee members. The only abstention was from Voice editor, John Humphries. Later, John said, ‘I hope that the Voice will pick up the challenge. Our first task is to find out what shopkeepers and residents actually think about the one-way system. Do they understand what it is? Do they want it? Would it help revive the retail trade? Is it feasible? The scheme is an imaginative one and seems to have the potential of providing a real solution to some of Bohemia’s problems. We don’t want any more shops closing for lack of parking– like Bohemian Scrapsody (for story, please see page 5)’
New Voice
In last month’s issue, we reported various changes to the Bohemia Village Voice as well as the forthcoming publication of the Village Directory. Regular readers will no doubt have noticed that the newsletter has changed again, downsizing its format from A4 to a handy A5 and upgrading to full colour throughout.
 The new format also includes the entire Village Directory every month, which we hope will prove useful for local residents and businesses who want to spend their money in Bohemia. We have also increased our local circulation from 3,000 to 5,000 – most of this delivered to people’s homes – on the assumption that it’s not just Bohemians who might be interested in what goes on here.
The editor