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Following the devastating theft of every single book from Eastcote book hub on Friday.  They are looking at replenishing the books so that people can once again swap them.

Do you have any unwanted high-quality adult or children’s fiction books?

If you have some, please drop them of at the Book Hub on Eastern Ave

Miriam who runs the book hub is absolutely distraught by the theft and has dedicated a lot of time and effort building this book hub.

A huge thank you must go to all of our wonderful volunteers that have helped over the last four weeks. These concerts wouldn’t happen without their help.

Simply Gray got people dancing this afternoon. Even a temporary power outage didn’t stop the fun. ( No I wasn’t having a crafty cuppa).

Thank to everyone who came and braved the weather when Harrow Steel played.

It’s an honour to be able to hold such wonderful community events in Pinner.

Simply Gray will be playing at our final concert of the season in the Pinner Memorial Park at 2:30pm on Sunday 20th August.

The football will have finished by then!

There will be a cash bucket collection to help offset the cost of the concerts.

Bring chairs and a picnic.

There will be no chair hire.

See you there.

I have received this information from Cllr Baxter.

My specialist repairer, Grahame, and I went to do a detailed inspection of the Bridge Street Bridge on the 6^th July, to ascertain the level of repair required to reopen.

 Grahame found several areas of rot within the main, load-bearing beams. However, these are very large hardwood beams and the rot has not gone right through.

 There was also rot in the hand-rails and side stanchions. The wood has also split around a number of the bolt holes.

 There is also rot within the surface planks. All of this makes the bridge currently unsafe and unusable.

 However, despite its poor state, Grahame is confident that he can carry out sufficient repairs to give this structure another 5 years or so lifespan, until it needs further inspection and repair/replacement.

 This will include: 

• • • • Replacement of secondary supports
      • Replacement of side stanchions which have rotted and split. Addition of metal bracket where required.
      • Reconfiguration and installation of supporting beams.
      • Relay surface planks crossways (not longways as at the moment), using ‘anti-slip’ boards to make it safer for foot traffic when wet. This will negate the need it future for roofing felt, which will let the wood air out and naturally dry out, helping to prevent further rot.

 Cost: and initial estimate from Grahame is that materials will cost approx. £500 -£600. His time on top of that, not known.

 Timescales: With Grahame’s heavy workload currently, he proposes starting the repairs late July/early August.

 Resources/staffing: Grahame cannot carry out this work alone, due to the nature of the area – working at heights and near water. I will try to offer my help where possible. Otherwise we will have to provide a GM Specialist to assist him, and this may mean being carried out outside of the normal working week for availability of staff. There may also be a need for some specialist fittings and equipment to purchase.

 I hope this gives you a full picture of the project, about the continued closure.”

What ever the weather throws at us this weekend (unless it’s extremely windy or a thunder and lightening storm); Paparazzi will be returning to play at our “Concert in the Park” season.

Bring a chair and a picnic and join us on Sunday in Pinner memorial Park at 2:30pm.

There will be a cash bucket collection to help offset some of the cost of holding these events.

See you on Sunday

We have received an email from Harrow Council.

“Just to let you know the contractor will be in the park commencing the footpath reconstruction works tomorrow 26^th July as we discussed during our site visit, the work will be protected from the public and I don’t expect any significant disruption to park users”

On the map is the area that will be affected.