Category: News

Over the week end to 2 March Nower Hill College mounted an extremely talented display of paintings and photographic work in the West House Gallery.  I hope you didn’t miss it:

 

 

 

The Pinner Association has been made aware that only one ticket machine is working in the M&S/Pinn Medical Centre car park. As a result there are very long queues. Not nice at any time but awful in the present weather. Because of this an elderly lady missed her appointment at the Pinn Medical Centre and had to be taken home again.

We have taken up the matter with local Councillors and officers and, as a result, we have been assured that charges are not being enforced and notices have been put up to this effect.
Council reply from [email protected]: “I am aware that there is only machine working in Love Lane M&S section. I now have a spare machine which I can have installed, which I will endeavour to have completed this weekend (15-16 Feb), contractor and weather permitting.”

 

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The Festival starts on Tuesday 3rd June and is supporting the St Mark’s Foundation ‘Beating Bowel Disease Saving Lives’ Charity.
Tuesday’s concert will feature the Church Choir and Musicians
Wednesday Guy Johnston (Internationally famous ‘cellist) with Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Thursday lunchtime (1.00pm) – Harrow School
Friday – David Briggs (International organist) providing live accompaniment to a screening of silent movie ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hide’
Saturday – Festival Choir and Orchestra – Vivaldi’s Gloria, Vivladi 2 cello concerto and a Handel Organ Concerto.
All evening concerts start at 7.45pm, tickets from Kitts Travel, Insight or alexander Watson homes.

The Tory-led council believe they can deliver free parking to Harrow in a way that is not open to abuse, and is affordable.

Ms Hall was excited to announce the plans on 3 February.  Free parking  (20 minutes only and on-street not in car parks) is coming to Harrow  on in a move to deliver a boost to the local economy. Conservative leader of the council Susan Hall made the announcement on Monday following months of debate with Labour and Independent Labour on how best to deliver free parking. Opposition parties have been pushing a plan to bring 20 minutes free parking to Harrow since October last year, but a trial scheme in Rayners Lane showed that it could cost up to £1million annually – the equivalent of a one per cent rise in council tax, which is the reason Tories shot the plans down. Ms Hall said: “When we did this, we wanted to do it right. We had to come up with a system that people could use, but could not be abused.” The system, which will be rubber stamped by the Tory cabinet on Thursday next week and is hoped to be rolled out within the next four months, will give each motorist in Harrow 20 minutes free parking once a day. After typing in their vehicle’s registration number, they will then receive a ticket and not be able to get another one until the following day. Harrow Council estimate that replacing machines for the new system across district centres will cost £436,000 while the loss in revenue from parking income will be £296,000. Ms Hall said: “We have a responsibility to taxpayers to deliver services in a way that is sensible and affordable. Previous plans have just not been thought through.” Businesses across Harrow would have been disappointed that the plan did not come in time for Christmas, however Ms Hall has been consulting with officers for months on this plan which she claims is foolproof. Free parking is coming to Harrow in a move to deliver a boost to the local economy. Conservative leader of the council Susan Hall made the announcement on Monday following months of debate with Labour and Independent Labour on how best to deliver free parking. Opposition parties have been pushing a plan to bring 20 minutes free parking to Harrow since October last year, but a trial scheme in Rayners Lane showed that it could cost up to £1million annually – the equivalent of a one per cent rise in council tax, which is the reason Tories shot the plans down. Ms Hall said: “When we did this, we wanted to do it right. We had to come up with a system that people could use, but could not be abused.” The system, which will be rubber stamped by the Tory cabinet on Thursday next week and is hoped to be rolled out within the next four months, will give each motorist in Harrow 20 minutes free parking once a day. After typing in their vehicle’s registration number, they will then receive a ticket and not be able to get another one until the following day.

Harrow Council estimate that replacing machines for the new system across district centres will cost £436,000 while the loss in revenue from parking income will be £296,169. Ms Hall said: “We have a responsibility to taxpayers to deliver services in a way that is sensible and affordable. Previous plans have just not been thought through.” Businesses across Harrow would have been disappointed that the plan did not come in time for Christmas, however Ms Hall has been consulting with officers for months on this plan which she claims is foolproof. As for traders who were left waiting, Tory cabinet member for finance Councillor Tony Ferrari said: “Now they will have free parking for many Christmases.” As for traders who were left waiting, Tory cabinet member for finance Councillor Tony Ferrari said: “Now they will have free parking for many Christmases.”

 

Location	Venue	Date	Times
Longford	Thistle Hotel	10 February 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Harmondsworth	St Mary’s Church Hall	12 February 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Colnbrook	Colnbrook Village Hall	13 February 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Stanwell Moor	Stanwell Moor Village Hall	25 February 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Harlington	Harlington Baptist Church Hall	26 February 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Richings Park	Richings Park Sports Club	27 February 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Windsor	Macdonald Windsor Hotel	1 March 2014	09:30 – 16:30
Putney	The Putney Pantry	3 March 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Richmond	Duke Street Church	5 March 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Brentford	Holiday Inn Hotel	6 March 2014	12:00 – 20:00
Hounslow	Civic Centre	8 March 2014	09:30 – 16:30

Our consultation website at heathrow.com/localcommunity will launch on Monday 3^rd February. We are sending our consultation document to over 140,000 homes and businesses in the Heathrow area and beyond. Copies will also be provided to all local authority buildings and civic centres.

The traditional Band Concerts will take place in Pinner Memorial Park on  Sundays on       27th July and 3rd, 10th and 17th August 2014.  For details see Events page.

At an open meeting in West House to discuss the possible development of Dickson Fold  on 27 January the current residents expressed their dismay at the threat of the loss of their homes, as did the Pinner Association.
In this context you may be free of any further fears of the demolition of West House as this building is the subject of a 125 years lease from the Council to the Heath Robinson Museum Trust.

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Let’s follow Enfield’s splendid example and support Harrow’s plan to ban spitting in public places.  Express your view? See:  http://www.harrow.gov.uk/spitting
Re the Enfield ban see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25291274 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25802137   

 

 

 

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust £1,130,100 to build a Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner Memorial Park! Wonderful news! Big thanks to everyone who has worked so hard over the past 15 years to get to this point.
We still need to raise £200,000 to be able to build the museum. If you’d like to help, you can donate online at https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/heathrobinsonmuseum. Thank you!