Category: News

On 6-7 March, in West House, Nower Hill students mounted a most impressive show of paintings, drawings and photographs. We do have an amazing array of talent in this area. Examples below:

The variation to the Planning Application was published, but as the details were inaccessible via the web, the Association has written to the council as follows:

The Pinner Association Executive Committee discussed application P/0531/15 – 69, West End Lane, Pinner – Variation Of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) Attached To Planning Permission P/4500/14 Dated 16/01/2015 To Allow The Re-Positioning Of The Main Entrance Door On The Front Elevation At Ground Floor Level – at its meeting yesterday.  However, as the plans are still not displaying correctly (or at all) on the Harrow Council’s Planning website (the error message and page of text is all that displays) our discussion was impeded by a lack of information.
The applicants seek to move the front door for the proposed block of flats from the ground / first floor level (which would require two flights of external steps) to the lower ground / semi basement level (the level of the semi-basement car park).  What is not clear is whether the depth of this lower ground floor / semi-basement level is to be kept to that was proposed and granted on appeal under planning application  P/0905/13/4759 (App/M5450/A/13/2202336).  If the building is to be constructed with a less deep excavation to allow the slope down to the new position for the front entrance to be not too steep then a consequence will be that the ridge height of the 3 ½ storey block would be higher than that in the approved plans as shown on the file for P/0905/13?  Will this be the case?
We would be very grateful if you could arrange for the plans for application P/0531/15 to be viewable on-line and for a confirmation that the ridge height of the building will not exceed that already allowed under P/0905/13/4759.

Excerpt from The Times of 28 February:

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Email from a resident is Bridle Road.  If anyone saw anything please contact the police, no matter how insignificant you may think.

I write to tell you about a nasty incident that happened at our house on Bridle Road last night.
While my mother was alone at home, three men kicked our (very heavy) door down and burst into our house. My mother was threatened with a screwdriver by one of the men,while the house was ransacked by the other men. Jewellery worn by mother on her wrist was forcibly removed. This was a particularly nasty incident which the police described as “extreme”. The police were here for over three hours, had a scene of crime tape around the house while forensics officers did their work.
Do ask people to be extra vigilant?

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Streamside Horticultural Association Outings 2015
Thursday 28 May. Borde Hill Garden. Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Overlooked by an Elizabethan Tudor mansion, the garden was planted from 1892 when the current owner’s great grandfather sponsored the great Victorian plant hunters. The rhodendrons should be at their finest. The visit includes guided tours of the house and gardens. There is ample catering at The Café Elvira where you can pre-order on arrival (Soup £4.50, sandwiches, main meals) or Jeremy’s Restaurant for a memorable repast (Reservations. 01444441102) Depart from Hut at 9.00am Price £23.50
Wednesday 22 July. Houghton Lodge & Gardens. Stockbridge, Hampshire. These beautiful gardens are majestically overlooked by Houghton Lodge, an 18th Century Grade II listed Gothic Cottage Orné, idyllically set above the tranquil waters of the River Test. There are both formal and informal gardens, a traditional kitchen garden enclosed within chalk cob walls, an orchid house, topiary dragon and peacock garden. The visit includes an introductory talk about the gardens and a tour of the house. Depart from Hut at 9.00am Price £27.50 Catering is very limited. Tea/coffee and home-made cake is available as required. Pay when booking for: 1.00pm Ploughman’s ham, cheese or home-made pork pie with crisps, salad, bread and pickles £9.00 Rhubarb (Picked from kitchen garden) crumble and cream or custard £4.50 3.15pm Cream tea with scones and jam or £4.50 Savoury cream tea with cheese scone, cream cheese and pickle £4.50
Tuesday 8th September RHS Wisley and Flower Show.
Wonderful gardens and features and the opportunity to see and buy the prize offerings of major growers from their stands and displays.
Depart from Hut at 9.30am Price £11.50
Contact: Peter 0208 868 4028

IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK (sfs.org.uk), a cornucopia of storytelling locally.

WEDNESDAY 4th FEBRUARY 7.30- 9.30
West House, Pinner Memorial Park, West End Lane, Pinner
STORYTELLING FOR GROWN UPs 2,
following the success of the session during Pinner Arts Week.
Join our group of storytellers who will delight you with a story or two and
YOU ARE INVITED TO BRING A SHORT STORY  TO TELL!
£4 (nibbles included) Adults 14+
For Heath Robinson Trust charity at West House

SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2.30 – 3.30 pm
Pinner Library, Marsh Road, Pinner
FAMILY STORYTELLING FOR 4 – 104 years!
Join Pippa and Consuelo and more friends for interactive storytelling and
YOU ARE INVITED TO BRING A SHORT STORY OR POEM TO TELL!
Free event

MONDAY 9th FEBRUARY 7 – 9 pm
Harefield Hospital, Hill End Road, Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6JH
TAFFY THOMAS MBE, STORYTELLER EXTRAORDINAIRE,(taffythomas.co.uk) is coming to HAREFIELD HOSPITAL for an evening of storytelling, along with DEL REID and RACHEL ROSE REID

Free event, donations for Harefield Hospital welcome

There was an appropriate Snow Drop just before before a doughty band of Volunteers embarked on planting out the 1500 snowdrop bulbs donated by the Pinner Association for decorating the Memorial Park.    About half of the bulbs were planted on the morning of Saturday 31 January and the remainder the following day.

Here is the photo of Jackie Lindop about to plant the last of the
snowdrops

Each March Marie Curie holds it Great Daffodil Appeal to raise funds to help care for people with terminal illness all over the UK. This year alone, Marie Curie will provide care for more than 40,000 people across the UK with a terminal illness, and our nurses will care for more than 2,019 people in their own homes in London. In London, we hope to raise over £180,000 this March to provide almost 9,000 hours of care, but we can only do this with local help.  In the Pinner area we are looking for volunteer collectors for the following collections:

1. Tesco Pinner, 1 Ash Hill Drive on Friday 27th February, from 10am – 6pm.  A maximum of 2 collectors per 2 hour shift (10-12, 12-2, 2-4 & 4-6pm)
2. Hatch End Morrisons on Friday 13th March, from 10am – 6pm.  A maximum of 2 collectors per 2 hour shift (10-12, 12-2, 2-4 & 4-6pm)
3. Pinner Street Collection on Saturday 14th March 2015, from 10am – 6pm.  A maximum of 4 collectors per 2 hour shift (10-12, 12-2, 2-4 & 4-6pm)
4. Pinner Sainsbury’s also on Saturday 14th March, from 10am – 6pm.  A maximum of 2 collectors per 2 hour shift (10-12, 12-2, 2-4 & 4-6pm)

If you would like to sign up to collect then please visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil  or call Jane on 020 7599 7774