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Pinner Pantomime – Traders Fancy Dress Winners

Did you know that we sponsor the “Traders Fancy Dress” competition at Pinner Pantomime evening?

Photograp by Pinner Local
Photograph by Pinner Local

The Worshipful Mayor, Councillor Kareema Marikar  and our chairman Christine Wallace had the hard task of judging the entrants.

First Prize went to Earth White in Victorian (or as one child said, Mary Poppins) outfits.

Photos by Pinner Local. MP Nick Hurd & The Mayor

 

Second Prize when to BROOKs who dressed as as Dumbledore  and a witch from Harry Potter Novels.

 

Highly commended certificates were issued to: –

  • Friends Restaurant
  • Oxfam
  • Lule
  • Visage

 

 

Centenary of Armistice Day – 11th November 2018

Knitted Poppies display at west door of Pinner Parish Church.

The Centenary of Armistice Day on which World War I ended fell on Remembrance Sunday on 11th November 2018.   The parishioners of the Parish Church of St John the Baptist had already decorated that ancient building with thousands of knitted poppies to commemorate all those from Pinner, and more widely, who fell during WWI.

Knitted poppies around the lych gate of Pinner Parish Church, itself a War Memorial of “The Great War” (WWI).

The sun shone brightly on a huge crowd of Pinner residents and others who had assembled at the Pinner War Memorial at the top of Pinner High Street for the traditional Remembrance Sunday Service, which is organised by the United Services Club, assisted by The Pinner Association.  The two minute’s silence was observed during which the distance sound of maroons echoed the falling silent of the guns on the fronts of WWI exactly 100 years previously.

Clergy from local churches and synagogue participated in the Remembrance Service at which the youth of Pinner were represented by the Guard of Honor from the Sea Cadets, the bugler from Nower Hill School, and the representatives of local Scouts, Guides and schools who laid wreaths.  Wreaths were also laid on behalf of the armed services, and many national and local organisations.

Caroline Enniss at the War Memorial bearing the wreaths that were laid in memory of all who lost their lives in both World Wars and in subsequent contests.

The Pinner Association wish to thank Geoffrey Wheal and Caroline Ennis who undertook much of the administration of the Remembrance Sunday Service on our behalf.   An event which an estimated number of 1,000 people attended takes a great deal of organising and liaison with the local authority, local police and fire service, and St John’s Ambulance, all of whom the Pinner Association thank for their contribution.

Pinner & Pinner South Wards – Burglary Prevention Advice

Message for our local police.

During the month of October ten burglaries occurred in the Pinner area. These offences took place at different times during daylight hours and after the hours of darkness.

Methods of entry to properties varied from forcing open a front door, a rear or side ground-floor window or rear patio doors. Access to the side or rear of a property is often gained by climbing over low gates using unsecured bins in driveways.

As the clocks have now gone back and the dark early evenings are upon us, it can be easier for burglars to identify if a house is unoccupied.

Burglars often knock or ring at the door first,  before making efforts to enter the property. So, however you feel safest responding to an unexpected visitor at your door, please do answer it as your presence could be enough of a deterrent.

For those of you who regret answering the door to unwanted cold-callers, consider purchasing a ring.com video doorbell that detects movement outside your home, improves its security and allows you to answer the doorbell remotely.

Please do take some time to read the attached burglary prevention advice leaflets and consider what, if any, security vulnerabilities need to be addressed at your home.

Kind regards,

Lee O’Brien PCSO 7562QA
Pinner / Pinner South SNT
E: [email protected]