The Pinner Association
– The Voice of our Community
Just a reminder that the High Street will be closed tomorrow late afternoon/evening and there will be extra congestion on Bridge Street. If you are driving, I would suggest you try another route.
Below is the link to the timetable
http://www.pinnerpanto.co.uk/pinner-pantomime-programme-2016/
A band of rain followed by heavy showers is expected to pass over the Hertfordshire and North London area this afternoon and in to this evening. Some of these showers may be very heavy. In areas which receive the highest rainfall some localised flooding is possible, either from the rivers and or surface water flooding. The showers are expected to clear tomorrow morning. We will continue to monitor the situation.
See link below for more information
http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood/34681.aspx?area=062WAF28Pinn
Just a reminder that the Christmas Lights are due to be switched on by the Mayor at 5pm on Pinner Pantomime Night (24 Nov 16).
The Pinner Association bought new lights for the Christmas trees in the High Street and Bridge Street last year and these have created a much better display.
We also provide the decorative lighting in Bridge Street and have been aware for several years that it really needs improving. However, the existing lampposts are old and can’t take anything more elaborate due to the increased wind loading that would arise. Harrow Council is planning to replace the lampposts in Bridge Street next year and we then hope to be able to consider purchasing new and better lights.
In the meantime, Pinner Councillor Steve Wright has organised much more festive lighting in the High Street which we hope will be appreciated by all.
PROGRAMME TIMETABLE
| TIME | PERFORMANCE | LOCATION | ||
| 5.00PM | Christmas Tree Lights Switch-on by the Mayor | David Charles, High St | ||
| 5.00PM | Reddiford School Choir | David Charles, High St | ||
| 5.00PM | Buckingham College Prep School Musicians | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 5.30PM | West Lodge Primary School Dance & Choir | David Charles, High St | ||
| 5.30PM | Pinner Wood School Choir | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 6.00PM | Nower Hill Soul Band | David Charles, High St | ||
| 6.00PM | Pinner Park Infant School Choir | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 6.20PM | Pinner High School | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 6.25PM | Nower Hill Soul Orchestra | David Charles, High St | ||
| 6.45PM | St John Fisher Primary School Choir & Dance | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 7.00PM | The Soul Avengers Shout Band | David Charles, High St | ||
| 7.00PM | The Merrydowners Morris Dancing | High Street | ||
| 7.05PM | West Lodge Primary School Dance & Choir | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 7.20PM | The Merrydowners Morris Dancing | Bridge Street | ||
| 7.35PM | Pinner Theatre Dance | Andrew Pearce, Chapel Lane | ||
| 7.40PM | The Merrydowners Morris Dancing | High Street | ||
| 7.55PM | Grimsdyke Brass | Gibbs Gillespie, Chapel Lane | ||
| 8.15PM | Grand Finale Fireworks Display | Pinner Memorial Park | ||
| Throughout the evening make sure you check out … | ||||
Timetable kindly printed by Andrik – 12 Love Lane, Pinner HA5 3EF, 020 8869 9222
2014 marked the welcome return of the traditional Christmas float to the streets of Pinner, brought to you by the Rotary Club of Pinner and our newly built Santa’s Sleigh. Popular with young and old alike, Santa’s Sleigh has become an integral part of the Christmas festivities in Pinner. Last year we raised over £3,600 for Rotary charities.
This year we will be touring Pinner again, bringing the magic of Santa and his Sleigh to a street near you.
Dates and Routes are listed below, starting each evening at 6:30pm and ending at 8:00pm.
This year we will be collecting for London’s Air Ambulance and other Rotary supported charities.
Monday 12th December map (NB – the last two roads have changed from last year)
Murray Crescent – Norman Crescent – Blythwood Road – Marsworth Avenue – Woodhall Gate – Albury Drive
Wednesday 14th December map
Love Lane – Avenue Road – Barrowpoint Avenue – Paine’s Lane – Moss Lane – Grange Gardens
Thursday 15th December map
Church Avenue – Downs Avenue – West Avenue – Central Avenue – The Avenue
Friday 16th December map
West Towers – East Towers – Cannonbury Avenue – Hill Road – Glover Road – Lawrence Road – Rosecroft Walk – St Ursula Grove – Hill Road
Monday 19th December map
Grove Road – Northumberland Road – Lincoln Road – Mount Drive – The Ridgeway – Lincoln Road – Lankers Drive
Wednesday 21st December map
West Way – West End Lane – High View – Cuckoo Hill Drive – North Way – Northfield Avenue – Hillcrest Avenue – West End Lane – West End Avenue
We have been informed by the Harrow Public Transport Users Association that Harrow Council are to close part of Bridge Street Pinner, to re-surface the section between the junctions with the High Street and Love Lane, commencing 17th November for an anticipated maximum of 6 days.
Vehicles will not be able to enter or exit Bridge Street from the High Street, Chapel Lane and Love Lane.
The 183 bus route will terminate in Cecil Park, and the H11, H12 and H13 bus routes will use West End Lane to by-pass the closed section of Bridge Street.
The advice is to avoid the area if possible while these resurfacing works are carried out!
In glorious autumn sunshine on the morning of Sunday 13th November a large crowd of Pinner residents gathered at the Pinner War Memorial at the top of the High Street for the annual Remembrance Sunday Service. The Service was conducted by clergy from the local denominations and faiths, and over forty wreaths were laid by our MP Nick Hurd, representatives of armed and wartime services organisations, local councillors, the Police, Fire Service and St John’s Ambulance, local schools and Scouts and Guides, local community organisations and sports clubs.
The Police Cadets acted as stewards, The Sea Cadets provided the guard of Honour at the Memorial and the Lost Post & Reveille were excellently played with great confidence by James Gardener of Nower Hill School.
The Remembrance Sunday Service was organised by The United Services Club and The Pinner Association, with special thanks to Mrs Caroline Ennis. After the service, Carpentier & Co teamed up with the Queen’s Head to provide free tea and coffee for those who had attended the Service.
The 2016 Secret Art Sale raises almost £5,000 for the Heath Robinson Museum.
“Wonderful talent on display in Pinner” as the second annual Secret Art Sale participants are revealed.
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, the 2016 Secret Art Sale attracted even more artists to participate – from young aspiring artists to renowned professional painters, cartoonists and illustrators.
Click here is see the secret artists
“An asset not just for Pinner but for the country”
On Friday 28th October Nick Hurd , MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner and Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, paid a flying visit to the new Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner Memorial Park. Nick is a patron of the Museum and from the start has shown a great deal of interest in its development.
The Museum having opened on 15th October, he was shown around the Museum by trustees Cynthia Wells, acting Chair of the West House and Heath Robinson Museum trust and Veronica Chamberlain, Marketing Manager.
Veronica, Nick and Cynthia outside the Museum with Diwali pictures in the background.
The site itself pleased him “You cannot think of a nicer site, and it blends in so well”.
He was enthusiastic when he first entered the Museum and took it all in
“What a proud moment this is. Congratulations to all. Amazing”.
Nick showed particular interest in the Activity Room, still decorated with the Diwali artwork completed at the workshop the previous week and where the Heath Robinson style “contraption” engineered by girls from St. Helens School, Northwood is still displayed.
When spending time in the further two galleries, the permanent exhibition gallery and the gallery devoted to the current special exhibition, “Heath Robinson at War”, Nick was especially pleased to see so many examples of the artist’s work on display:
“After all this time, how extraordinary it is to have brought all this together in one place, it’s been quite a journey”.
On looking round the building, there was praise for the architect (ZMMA) and for the way the collection has been curated:
“Beautifully executed. It’s an asset not just for Pinner but for the country. I am full of admiration”. The shop too was complimented:
“It’s an intelligent shop delivering interesting and attractive things”.
In all, it was a good visit, the Museum volunteers were proud to be able to show our local MP who has been so supportive around the Museum and to share the excitement with him.
Nick Hurd on the left holding the Heath Robinson book he bought, with Margaret Seaman, Front of House Coordinator.
Nick Hurd with the Heath Robinson Museum bag in the shop of the new Museum
On Tuesday 1st November, the Mayor of Harrow, Councillor Rekha Shah, accompanied by members and a bugler of the British Legion, laid a poppy wreath in the Peace Gardens at Pinner Memorial Park, on the Dove of Peace, newly brightened with white marble dust for the occasion.
Ninety children from West Lodge School attended this important occasion and the head boy and head girl laid a wreath of poppies on the Dove.
Afterwards, the children had the opportunity of visiting the new Heath Robinson Museum and were explained the history of West House and its gardens, now the Pinner Memorial Park, in which the Peace Garden is substantially maintained by volunteers from the Pinner Association for the enjoyment of all visitors to the park.
This was a prelude to the annual Remembrance Sunday Service, organised jointly by the Pinner Association and the United Services Club, which will take place on Sunday, 13th November, at 10.40 a.m. at the War Memorial, High Street. Pinner.
At this interdenominational service, some 40 wreaths will be laid by representatives of various branches of the armed services, of national and local government, local community, business and professional organisations, sports clubs, the Scouts and Guides and local schools. The bugler, as has been the case for many years,, will be a pupil of Nower Hill High School.
It is hoped that many people will once again attend this annual Pinner event.