Category: News

“Lest we forget”

Wreath Laying Ceremony 

in the Peace Garden

 Pinner Memorial Park

2 pm for 2.15 pm, Tuesday, 30th October

As is done every year, The Worshipful The Mayor of Harrow, Councillor Kareema Marikar, will lay a poppy wreath on the Dove of Peace Memorial in the Peace Garden, Pinner Memorial Park, West End Lane, at 2.15 pm on Tuesday, 30^th October.  This is in remembrance of all those from Pinner and the Borough of Harrow who lost their lives in WWI and WWII and subsequent conflicts.

Pupils from West Lodge School will be present at this short, secular, Remembrance Ceremony, as will members of the Pinner Association, and all residents of Pinner are also warmly invited to attend.

 

Now that the Harrow borough libraries are back under the council’s in-house control, they are conducting some research to help them understand how to shape the future of the borough’s library service.

Harrow Council state that they would like to continue to modernise the service and improve its digital offer. They also want to make sure that opening hours meet the needs of residents. Completing this questionnaire will help the council plan revised opening hours and library services. They wish to find out:

Understand a bit more about how people use the libraries
How to offer an efficient library service for years to come
Find out how much people know about what the libraries offer
Find out which other services people might be interested in using at libraries in the future

The link to this on-line consultation is:

https://consult.harrow.gov.uk/consult.ti/librars/consultationHome

question and the deadline for comments is 17th October.

We have received the following message from Harrow Council

Dear Sir / Madam

Apologies in advance for the short notice of this but this is to notify you that Waxwell Lane car park is being hired as a filming unit base on Thursday 4th October 2018. A commercial is being filmed (interior of a house) in a road nearby.

We have agreed that a row of bays in the car park will be made available to permit holders and disabled car users. The film company have also agreed to release bays if they are not in use during the day.

We do apologise for the inconvenience and we would advise members of the public to utilise the Chapel Lane car park as an alternative parking option.

Please do contact me should you wish to discuss, I’m happy to help.

Kind regards

Harrow Film Office

Harrow Council has started a new project to improve the “Environment Section” of their website.  At the moment this project is in its infancy.

I have been informed that they will be looking to talk to Park User Groups to obtain their ideas and well as members of the public.

This project will take between one and two years before the changes go live.  At some stage they may request that “Joe Public” gets involved in the testing of this website.

 

 

If you were to change the music at the concerts in the Park that we organise – what would your ideal type of music be. The bands can’t cost a fortune as we can’t afford to spend too much.

 

 

• Steel Bands
• Jazz & Blues
• Rock & Roll
• Swing
• Folk Music
• Movie/Concert Music
• Brass Bands
• Bhangla/Bollywood
• Other

Please leave a comment or email [email protected]

 

Good News. We have been liaising with Harrow Council to enable issues with our parks etc to be reported via their website.

This morning their new on-line form went live. Follow the link

Report Park Issues

On Sunday afternoon we held our annual tea party to thank the Area Leaders and collectors.

Our Chairperson delivers a personal note thanking every one for their help and stating this is what community spirit is about.

Below is the route and approximate times of road closures for the Harrow Half Marathon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROUTE	EARLIEST	LATEST
START – HARROW SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS	09:00	09:00
MILE 1 – STATION ROAD, HARROW	09:05	09:14
HARROW SHOPPING CENTRE	09:06	09:16
MILE 2 – HARROW RECREATION GROUND	09:10	09:27
MILE 3 – CUNNINGHAM PARK	09:15	09:41
HEADSTONE MANOR	09:17	09:47
MILE 4 – HEADSTONE MANOR near HEADSTONE LANE	09:20	09:55
NOWER HILL SCHOOL	09:23	10:00
MILE 5 – MARSH ROAD	09:25	10:09
PINNER HIGH STREET	09:28	10:16
MILE 6 – MARSH ROAD/PINNER LIBRARY	09:30	10:22
MILE 7 – GEORGE V AVENUE/NOWER HILL SCHOOL	09:35	10:36
MILE 8 – ST THOMAS’ DRIVE	09:40	10:50
TURN BEFORE UXBRIDGE ROAD	09:41	10:53
MILE 9 – GEORGE V AVENUE	09:45	11:04
MILE 10 – HEADSTONE MANOR	09:50	11:17
MILE 11 – HARROW RECREATION GROUND	09:55	11:31
MILE 12 – ROXBOROUGH ROAD	10:00	11:45
HARROW SHOPPING CENTRE	10:02	11:48
MILE 13 – BOTTOM OF GARLANDS LANE	10:05	11:59
FINISH – HARROW SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS	10:06	12:00

 

Pinner Association have received notification of two planning applications for placing advertising Banners on the lampposts in Marsh Road between East Cote Road and Station Approach and Bridge Street plus part of Love Lane up to Bishops walk. These will be the same size as those used for the London 2012 Olympics.

Harrow Council is planning to rent out the banners for commercial advertising.

If these applications are passed we are uncertain whether we will be able to erect the Christmas Lights as we have been informed that it is advertising banners OR lights – not both.

We are also concerned about:

• The excessive street cluster and the fact that they could be a distraction to drivers etc.
• It would hide existing signage for Car Parks and Heath Robinson Museum.
• The flowers baskets currently on the lamp posts would need to be permanently removed.
• Loss of view for CCTV cameras.

If you wish to add your comments the planning applications are

• P/3752/18 – Bridge Street
• P/3753/18 – Marsh Road

Comment online

There are similar planning applications for lamppost banners in North Harrow, Hatch End, and Rayners Lane.