NEW PINNER WALK FOR BEGINNERS

NEW PINNER WALK FOR BEGINNERS Look out for a new “beginners” walk that will start in Pinner on January 10th 2013. This is a short, slower paced walk on mainly flat ground around the beautiful Pinner Memorial Park. The route includes benches and toilets and will use paths and grassy areas that can be slippery when wet, so appropriate footwear should be worn. This walk is great for those new to walking or those who aren’t quite ready to participate in the regular, 60 minute Pinner walk. It will be a great way for new walkers who want to try to live up to their New Year resolution to get healthier/fitter. The 30 minute walks will start from the Daisy’s in the Park cafe, in the Pinner memorial park at 9:15am each Thursday
For further information on this and other walks visit:
www.harrowhealthwalks.org

Bogus Builders and Rogue Traders

 Over the last couple of weeks instances of Bogus Builders have increased – specifically with regards to Roofing scams in the north of Hillingdon Borough. 

Bogus Builders or Rogue Traders are people who turn up unannounced with the intention of tricking people either by high pressure selling or using false ID’s. They may offer to inspect the structure of your building and come to you with an initial problem quoting a reasonable cost for repair and when you have entered an agreement, the cost then increases considerably.
If someone calls at your door and offers to do repairs to your home or asks to come in you should do the following:
Lock the door – Think are you expecting anybody – Put your chain on the door to prevent them using force to gain entry – Ask for ID and official headed paperwork with head office contact details on it so you can make you on enquiries.
Ask the caller to make an appointment to come back later when you have some else in the house and also to give you time to check their details to establish if they are a legitimate company.�
The elderly and people living in isolation are often targeted by these unscrupulous practices of one sort or another:
– Paying an exorbitant price for house repairs and garden maintenance;
– Having to pay cash in full before the job is completed;
– Being left with an incomplete job or substandard work;
– Refusal from the trader to finish the job or undertake necessary repairs;
– Insufficient contact details to get the job finished. You may only be given a mobile telephone number and when contact is attempted you are unable to get through;
– Having possessions stolen. 

Never pay for anything before the agreed work is completed and to your satisfaction. If you think work needs to be done then get quotes from other local companies and ask friends and relatives for recommendations. Never agree to have work done by someone who is just passing or take their word that work needs to be done.

If you encounter any such problems contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team. Details can be found on www.met.police.uk and the Crime Prevention Officer Stuart Read who can be contacted on 0208 246 1822

 

Pinner celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Despite the typical Bank Holiday weather on 4th June, some 1,000 residents of Pinner and the surrounds assembled in the Memorial Park for a ‘Picnic in the Park’, organised by the Pinner Association.   Morris Dancing,  Jazz, Rock Chorus and the Storyteller entertained the crowd.

Our President, Martin Verden, opening the celebrations
The Merrydowners in full swing
Storytelling to the younger generarion.
Ian Brameld and his Dixieland Jazz Band
Umbrellas Ahoy
Therre is,after all, a future for Jazz
Rock Chorus

 

The Queen of the Picnic
Even some of the stewards took to the Floor
And some sought refuge by the Lake

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Pinner Memorial Park awarded Gold Medal

Three parks in Harrow have been awarded a gold medal, in an awards scheme held by the Mayor of London.
The 2012 Safer Park Awards, aims to recognise the anti-crime measures that councils, police and the public have taken to increase safety in Harrow’s parks and green spaces.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced yesterday that Harrow Recreation Ground, Hindes Road, Kenton Recreation Ground, Carlton Avenue and Pinner Memorial Park, Chapel Lane, were three parks in Harrow to be awarded a gold medal.