The Pinner Association
The Voice of our Community
Our President, Martin Verden, backed up by the Merrydowners, was honoured to be selected as the equerry to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh on the recent royal visit to Harrow, here at the Krishna-Avanti Primary School on 29th March. The visit was to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne.
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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.
The application for extending the licensing hours at the Village Wine Bar in Pinner High Street has been refused. The application was opposed by the Police, local residents and the Pinner Association.
The police report a total of 11 burglaries in the Harrow borough on 16th January. Most of them took place between 6 pm and 8 pm.
Please ensure that your doors and windows are securely locked and that you leave some lights and a radio on to make your home look occupied.
If you see someone acting suspiciously please call 999. In non-emergencies call 101.
On 24th November crowds thronged into Pinner to mark Pinner Panto evening. Great fun for all ages. It was rounded off with fireworks. The display was spectacular.
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Larger numbers than ever assembled at Pinner War Memorial on 13th November to mark Remembrance Sunday when the usual annual multi-denomenational service was held.
Most appropriately Remembrance Day was marked in the shrine room at West House at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month by a short service followed by 2 minutes silence.
On 1st November 2011 the Mayor of Harrow performed the annual ceremonial Act of Remembrance at the Dove of Peace in Pinner Memorial Park. Some 90 students attended from West lodge Primary School and subsequently toured West House to view the Shrine and Books of Remembrance.
