Easter_2006 - Wimbledon Park Residents Association

Easter 2006
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Easter 2006 Main Index
Wimbledon Park Hall by
Stephen Chaplin
Front Mobile Phone Mast Victory
Cover
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Chairman
4, 5
Easter Church Services
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Stephen Hammond M.P.
6, 7
Front Garden awards
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Andrew Judge, Leader LBM
Wimbledon Village Fair
8, 9
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International Evening
Mobile Phone Masts
Wimbledon Park Primary
School
20th Century Etiquette
When is your Centenary
Sue Knibbs, Friend &
Neighbour
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Articles for publication &
Advertising
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Interior space planning
14, 15 Jewellery in London
26, 27
28, 29
30
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34, 35
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Spring Watch
Crime Figures
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Wimbledon Park birds
38, 39
Flower Preservation
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WPRA Committee list
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Stephen Chaplin, local artist
20, 21 Advertisers Index
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Chairman’s report
Wimbledon Park Hall - progress at last!
At long last we can see a small light at the end of the tunnel. The outlook is
now much more positive than that reported in the last newsletter.
A number of the developers who bid for the site have fallen by the wayside
and discussions have now come to rest with Shaukat Hussein (Shaw
Associates) who were the original developers with whom we worked out
the original business plan back in 2003. Initial talks have taken place between Shaw Associates and the Council and a draft contract is in discussion.
The WPRA committee together with Councillors held a meeting with Mr
Hussein and his architect Nigel Husband last week to see, at first hand,
what sort of building was proposed and, more particularly, discuss the proposed community facility on the ground floor.
Just to remind you - the planning brief sets out the Council’s requirement
for the redevelopment. It requires provision of a Community facility and a
café on the ground floor with upper storeys of residential accommodation.
The community facility itself comprises a hall similar in size to the existing
hall, meeting rooms, conference facilities with IT and Internet facilities
and the usual toilet facilities.
The outline proposal shown at the meeting showed a building with a
ground floor dedicated to the community facility and four floors of flats, 14
in total. Four on each of the first three floors (above the ground floor) and
two on the top floor. In line with the planning brief the design showed
stepping back on each floor at the rear to avoid encroachment on the residential properties in the Crescent and Crescent Gardens.
All of this is, of course, subject to obtaining planning consent and
satisfactory arrangements between the Council and developers. At present
the developers are intending to put in a planning application by June.
Should they manage to do that I imagine it will take at least two months to
obtain planning permission assuming their proposal complies with the
planning brief and satisfies the Council.
In the meantime, as agreed with the Council, the WPRA will be working
with the developers on finalising the detail of the layout and design of the
community facility on the ground floor. As soon as this is accomplished
and there are proper drawings of all the development available we will
engage with the whole community in various ways to present the plans and
invite your comments, suggestions and support.
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Safer Neighbourhoods
Having suffered for years with approximately half a beat officer in the
ward – and constantly changing at that – we are about to experience a
veritable flood of police protection under the Safer Neighbourhoods
scheme. This scheme was originally rolled out about two years ago and
currently ten wards mainly around Mitcham, have a full complement in
place.
From the 3rd April every single ward in LBM will be designated a Safer
Neighbourhood. This means staffing of one Sergeant, one constable and
two Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s). This is an accelerated
implementation from the original target date. However there are, at the
moment, insufficient staff to fulfil the total requirement, therefore training
is going at full speed.
Inspector Paul Carter (Borough Community Officer) has advised me that
Sergeant Graeme Elder will be heading up our team from the 3rd April.
The intention is that by April 2007 we will have another two PCSO’s in
place.
Our beat officer, as many of you already know, is PC Candi Spiers. What
you may not know is that she has just got married so her surname is now
Hulley.
So if you see her don’t forget to congratulate her! If you need her here is
the contact information.
PC487VW
HULLEY
Wimbledon
Park
Beat Manager
Mobile:
07747461582
Office: 020
8649 3433
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From Stephen Hammond MP
In December, I was extremely honoured to be asked by David Cameron to
join his new team of Shadow Ministers. I have been tasked to speak and
develop policy ideas for the Conservative Party on rail, light rail, London
transport, buses and the British Transport Police. I am delighted to have
been given this role as it fits neatly alongside a number of issues faced by us
all in Wimbledon
Whilst South West trains service to Waterloo is for the most part reliable
and efficient, the trains themselves are none the less, often over crowded.
Indeed the Corporation of London believes that 60 per cent of the commuter trains coming into London termini are overcrowded, on Network
Rail’s definition. If you then add to that the estimate that useage is likely to
grow by 14%, but capacity by only 2%. You will understand that one of the
first policy items in my in tray is, how to get more capacity on the railways.
There are one or two obvious solutions such as add more carriages to
trains, lengthening station platforms and ordering more trains. These
could be achieved relatively quickly, in transport terms, that means within
three years. However some of the other solutions such as an updated signalling systems or the widening of the entrances to certain London stations
would take rather longer. Of course, the issue of how much all this would
cost has to be carefully taken into account.
Of concern to us all in Wimbledon Park is the performance of the District
Line. After seeing some improvements in the middle of last year, in recent
months and weeks, the performance has declined again. I am meeting the
Manager of the line again in the near future and I shall be raising a number of issues with him. Despite some revamping of the Edgware Rd service
carriages, we still have the whole of that service on our line, which is the
busiest. This only accentuates the overcrowding on the trains. The length of
time waiting for a Wimbledon service at Earls Court, has increased again
and perhaps it is time for the Olympia service to be curtailed and added to
our line.
I will also be asking for the graffiti clearance team to make more regular
visits to our end of the line. The graffiti on the bridge by Wimbledon Park
entrance on Revelstoke Rd is unacceptable as is the trackside graffiti between Wimbledon Park and Wimbledon. On a more positive note I hope
that you will all support the campaign from Cllrs Ahmad, Mitchell and
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Moulton to have a disabled lift installed at Wimbledon Park.
As we have a huge number of visitors every year during “The Fortnight”, and as we will have the Olympic Tennis tournament, ensuring access for all is terribly important.
Finally I want to applaud the excellent work being done by Iain
Simpson and his team to ensure that we get a Community Hall as
part of the redevelopment of the old Wimbledon Hall site in Arthur
Rd.. The original developers tried to reduce the new hall and ask for
more residential space. Iain, along with your local councillors,
rightly objected and ensured that the interests of Wimbledon Park
were not overlooked by the local council. Discussions are now advanced with a new developer to provide the desired facility.
As ever, if you have any issues that you would like to raise with me,
please do not hesitate to contact me by either writing to me at the
House Of Commons, Westminster, SW1A 0AA or by calling 0207 219
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Taking a Decisive Lead
The Council has a duty to reflect the best aspirations of local residents. We also have a duty to take a decisive lead on the important issues that we all face.
That is why we are taking urgent action to address the problems of
two secondary schools in Mitcham by establishing two Academies:
one being the first Church of England secondary school in the Borough. That is also why we will take action to fulfil the need for sixth
form education of quality in Wimbledon. On issues of educational opportunity, we cannot afford to sit on the fence.
We have also been decisive in introducing a system of “wheely” bins.
We know that wherever wheely bins have been introduced the satisfaction of residents with street cleanliness has gone right up. We also
know that we must encourage the maximum of recycling. Each household will receive two “wheely” bins: one for general waste and one for
recyclables. The weekly collection will be retained and the programme will be run out over the next 2 years. The Council has engaged in extensive research of this issue. No further investigation is
required before decision. Again, we will not sit on the fence on this issue.
Climate change is another area for decisive local action. We have led
the way nationally in requiring significant new non-residential buildings to obtain 10% of their energy from renewable sources. The consequence has been that many other councils have followed our lead
and this has led to a greater national take up of renewable technologies. Now we want to go further and require all significant new developments to maximize the use of renewable energy.
The time is ripe to adopt challenging ethical and environmental goals.
After wide consultation, the Community Plan will now include local
targets for the reduction of carbon emissions by 15% by 2015 and to
obtain 10% of our Borough wide energy needs from renewable
sources by that date.
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At a recent Council meeting, Labour Councillors moved and spoke for
important resolutions that were adopted as our template for future action. They included commitments to:
· Be an exemplary environmental borough with high levels of
recycling and offering innovative local solutions to global problems
· Promote Fairtrade principles and environmental justice to give
marginalised producers a fair deal
· To ensure clean streets and public spaces
· To work with ‘Friends’ Groups to improve local parks
· To address issues of traffic congestion
· To ensure children’s school dinners are freshly cooked from
nutritious and organic ingredients where practical to do so
This is The Merton Commitment: I believe it deserves support across
Merton. I hope it has yours!
Andrew Judge
Leader of Merton Council
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Wimbledon Village Fair
24th June 2006
Wimbledon Common Southside
10.30 am – 5.30 pm
The Fair is a huge charity fundraiser
organised by The Wimbledon Guild, and
features a horse show (which starts at
8.30 am), a fun dog show, pony rides,
200 craft and product stalls, including
a
huge
children’s
book
stall,
entertainment all day on the central
stage by local schools, dance groups
and New Wimbledon Theatre, and loads
of food and drink in the Food Village.
There will be lots to do for all the family this year.
Plans so far include
demonstrations by blacksmiths, the fantastic Essex Dog Display Team, activities
organised by the AELTC’s Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative, The Army, AFC
Wimbledon and the YMCA including a human table football competition and a
climbing wall; Punch and Judy, Deen City Farm, Wimbledon’s Fire Engine,
Young’s dray horses and magic, juggling, unicycling and more from Mr
Alexander’s Travelling Show.
We even provide a crèche and entrance is free of charge.
For more general information please email the Organiser at the
Wimbledon Guild, Jane Bretton, on [email protected] or call
020 8946 0735
To book a stall contact Chris Brown at The Wimbledon Guild on
[email protected] or call 020 8946 0735
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Alternatively full details can be found on
www.wimbledonguild.co.uk
Registered charity 200424
International Evening
Our second International Evening, held on the 19th March, was a great success.
Over 120 people were treated to fantastic entertainment from the Gold man and
Brazilian Dancers; an exhibition of Indian drumming from two amazing 11
year olds and a wonderful demonstration of Bollywood dancing . Not to mention the very artistic Henna handpainting.
Great dishes from around the world adorned the buffet. Can you believe that in
little Wimbledon Park we could have such a diversity of nationalities! All these
countries were represented:
Fiji, Siberia, NZ. (North and South Islands), Australia, Bangladesh, India
Mauritius, Bulawayo, South Africa, Rwanda, Spain, France
Scotland, England, Romania, Germany, Japan, Poland, Greenland, Brazil and
Uruguay.
As you can see from the pictures everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, from
the very young to the .. more mature!
Mobile Phone masts in Wimbledon Park
As you may be aware together with Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond and residents,
your local councillors are campaigning to stop a mobile phone mast being sited by Vodafone at the junction of Revelstoke Road and Durnsford Road. We have also have
been working closely with Wimbledon Park School and local businesses, to object to the
proposals on the site and received valuable support from our neighbouring MP in Putney, Justine Greening
Merton Council, despite our strong protests, a petition of over 500 signatures and numerous meetings, has failed to listen to valid planning and health concerns and allowed Vodafone to proceed. We have met directly with Vodafone who are now considering other
sites away from densely populated areas, schools and nurseries.
Orange is also planning to erect 6 masts on Beaumont House in Arthur Road. This is
an application which was fought off successfully in 2003, but has surfaced again due to
Octagon moving out of Beaumont House. A campaign against this installation has been
in full swing for the last two months which has included regular resident briefings and
updates, as well as a petition to the Council of close to 800 signatures.
As yet the Council have not officially received an application but through correspondence with the Director of Environment and Regeneration who has responsibility for
planning, we have been informed that the firm will not need formal planning permission
as this application is regarded as “permitted development.”
A similar strategy to that deployed with Vodafone was used and Stephen Hammond invited Orange representatives to meeting with him and the councillors at the site on Monday 20 March. As a result of this meeting Orange has agreed to work with us to identify
alternative sites which are removed from residential areas. We will provide a further update on these discussions as they progress.
Our experience of fighting such applications over the last few years has shown that the
most potent argument and opposition to mast applications is the strength of local public
opinion and the perseverance of local residents. Orange has still to make a final decision
on whether to proceed and are yet to inform Merton Council of their intention to
do so, therefore, it is vital you add your
voice by writing to Orange directly.
Ms J. Sibanda, Orange Community Liaison Officer, ORANGE, The Royals,
55 Victoria Road, Acton NW10 6ND –
Reference GLN 3221.
We shall keep you posted.
Councillor Tariq Ahmad
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Wimbledon Park Primary School
Dear Neighbours,
Since I last wrote to you so much has happened at Wimbledon Park School, the following is just a taster. We had a very good OFSTED which highlighted our many strengths,
for example, our enrichment activities “promote very positive attitudes to learning” and
our very good links with the community, to name but two. You can access our report
on our website www.wimbledonpark.merton.sch.uk along with our monthly newsletters
and a wide range of information about the school.
In February we were delighted with the amazing response from our families to our Sponsored Walk in Richmond Park to raise money
for outdoor classroom space and individual
Eco gardens outside the old building. Over 176
parents, 12 members of staff and two governors took part. The overwhelming support for
this event is the result of the dynamism and energy of Suzi Jacobs and her team of parents
who inspired and motivated members of the school community to take part. So far we
have raised over £5,000. We now have two Keep Fit classes for parents and a regular
walking club on a Thursday night.
Our annual Pancake Race resulted in a stewards’ enquiry because the children raced
magnificently, valiantly tossing the pancakes but unfortunately in the heat of the moment there was some confusion about the winner. Money raised was sent to the Children’s Leukaemia Trust on behalf of 6 year old Rhys Hayward, recently recovered from
cancer, who won a Cancer Research Little Star award for his bravery.
We regularly hold special family breakfasts. The Anzac Breakfast was a brilliant success
with delicious food from “down under” and the largest ever turn out of parents. At the
St. Andrew’s Day Breakfast the husband of one of our staff provided a musical accompaniment on the bagpipes! Our next Family Breakfast will be on St. Patrick’s Day Friday 17th March with Irish dancers and singers, smoked salmon on soda bread, barm
brack and Irish coffees.
For the third year in a row we are taking part in an Eco project to regenerate the River
Wandle. We are growing over a 100 baby trout in a special tank in the library to be set
free at the end of term. They are the size of your small fingernail, perfectly formed and
growing fast. The pupils’ Eco Committee are keeping a daily diary of their development.
Grandparents are our heritage and are very special members of our families and community here at WPPS. That is why we have a special day set aside for them every year –
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the last day before the autumn half term – to honour them, welcome them into the school
and provide them with an opportunity to spend time in the classes with their grandchildren. This year they enjoyed learning how to surf the net with children in Year 6. A
grandparent who was with us on Grandparents’ Day summed it up - “If I knew being a
grandparent was going to be so much fun, I would have become one first.”
We have over 26 clubs - the latest is Irish dancing. The children can take part in a wide
range of musical, creative and sporting activities, from football, tennis, cricket, rugby,
basketball, hockey, gymnastics, sailing and bell boating. Bell boating I can hear you say.
Children from Year 6 represented Merton in the Mayor’s Bell boating Challenge held
between Merton and Westminster and we are proud our children won the annual cup.
We continue to win prizes in our three chess clubs. In memory of Doug Bellis, a much
loved local resident, father of Elizabeth in Year 6 and founder of the Chess Club, who
died last year, we will be planting a Fernery in the Eco Garden. He was a great example
of the magic that can happen with the right teacher.
Last year we used drama to integrate the curriculum and introduced the children to
Shakespeare. Macbeth, A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Romeo and Juliet were performed in the school grounds by the children. We won a “BT Communication Skills for
Life” award because of our commitment to putting speaking and listening at the heart of
everything we do. This year we are focusing on Music. All the staff learnt to play a musical instrument on a professional training day and one of our teachers Ms Segolo is
about to become an Advanced Skills Teacher in music. Every child in Year 3 and 4 is
learning the recorder and Year 5 are learning to play the kettledrum. All Year 4 will
learn the clarinet or drums in the summer term. No child says they can’t sing at WPPS.
During the Easter holidays we will be transforming our library into “The Comfort Zone”
using light, sound and touch, by installing a new lower ceiling, special lighting effects, a
new soft carpet and furnishings. This development will be partially funded from our BT
award. This will enable the space to be used for a variety of activities, particularly focused on the development of emotional intelligence and a love of reading.
Lunchtime has been transformed since we modernised our kitchen and introduced
“Jamie Oliver” dinners. The number of children eating these healthy delicious meals has
quadrupled. If you would like to join them once a month we would be happy to organise
a monthly Luncheon Club. We will be celebrating our centenary in 2008 and we would
like to involve members of our local community. If you would like to have a Jamie
Oliver lunch with the children or would like to become part of the Centenary Working
Party or have information or artefacts we can use as part of our celebrations, please contact Denise Brewer on 8946 4925.
With warm wishes
Dee Russell and all the staff, parents and children of Wimbledon Park Primary School
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21st Century Etiquette?
Take three scenarios
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Your friend pops in unexpectedly for a quick coffee.
•
You are hosting a
•
Two friends arrive by car. You all have a snack lunch and then go off
to get the train to a football match.
charity lunch party and are expecting 20 people.
What do these people have in common? They all arrived by car when
parking restrictions were operating.
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Wimbledon Park Crime & Disorder
Types of crime
For period October 2005 to February 2006
Street
Burglary
Arthur Road
Ashen grove
2
Vehicle
Other
1
3
2
Braemar Avenue
2
Dora Road
2
Durnsford Road
1
1
Gordondale Road
1
Gresham Way
1
Haslemere Avenue
1
1
1
Home Park Road
1
Kenilworth Avenue
3
1
2
1
Melrose Avenue
1
Normanton Avenue
1
Revelstoke Road
1
Strathearn Road
2
Vine Yard Hill Road
3
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Stephen Chaplin – Artist – Art Historian
Last year Stephen very kindly offered The WPRA a collection of his post 1991
diary drawings representing the many different aspects of and events in
Wimbledon Park over those years. We are delighted to be the recipients of this
largesse, and are in the process of concluding discussions on the best way of
keeping the collection.
Stephen Chaplin and his wife have lived
in Wimbledon Park for fifteen years.
They decided to return to London after
Stephen took early retirement, in 1990,
from Leeds University department of
Fine Art where he spent the better part of
30 years. Stephen held several posts during his years at Leeds including Senior
Lecturer and Head of department becoming, ultimately, Senior Fellow after his retirement.
Since then Stephen has been extremely busy. In June 2000 you might have
visited the WPRA Millenium Exhibiton in St Austin’s Hall in the Crescent
entitled ‘Representations of Wimbledon Park in the 1990’s’ portrayed in six
screens of paintings and drawings all by Stephen.
You might also have visited the Exhibition ‘Wandsworth Observed’ at the
Wandsworth Museum, in 2002, which showed a significant (over 100) number of
paintings and drawings of the Borough of Wandsworth prepared especially for
the event by Stephen.
If you are unlucky enough to visit A&E at St Georges Hospital and are still conscious, you will be pleasantly surprised by the extensive murals and mounted
paintings contributed by Stephen between 2002 and 2004.
Most recently I went to see his latest exhibition ‘Travels through Suburbia’ at
the Bromley Museum in Orpington. This was a fascinating collection of 36
drawings and paintings of houses, buildings and some landscapes reflecting the
national grid of the Borough of Bromley. Although most of the paintings were
new there were a number of paintings from the past and in particular one or two
interesting ones from his youth.
Stephen was born in Greenwich in 1934 and in 1938 his parents moved to Orpington (Kent). The family stayed there during the war years and unfortunately
experienced the bombing of London at first hand. It was here from about the
age of 7, Stephen acknowledges that, ‘as an only child, drawing created my
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identity much as, I imagine, playing with a brother or sister could have
done’. By the age of about 15 his drawing had progressed to being a daily
routine and has remained his constant friend ever since.
Stephen went to the Slade at the unusually young age of 18. There he
studied under, amongst others, William Coldstream and was introduced to
the Euston Road School of drawing (mathematics and geometry). Although
in no way dominating his work you can see from many of his paintings that
this style has been influential.
The product of years of pursuing his daily drawing routine has become
colossal. In fact so prodigious that to date he has produced over 25000
drawings, in 377 volumes, all of which are contextualised in writing and
recorded in a formidable index.
We are discussing with Stephen the possibility of his carrying out some further work by creating a grid of drawings on a basis similar to those he
recently completed for the Bromley Museum exhibition. This would form an
extraordinary historical record of Wimbledon Park
and surrounds.
We feel extremely fortunate
to be honoured in this way
and look forward, in the future, to displaying some of
his fascinating work in a
way that will do it justice.
Iain Simpson
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THE FUTURE COULD BE BLEAK…WITH PHONE MASTS
Wimbledon Park residents are breathing a huge sigh of relief that Golfrate Holdings
have decided to do a U turn and no longer want any mobile phone masts on top of
their building, Beaumont House, Arthur Rd. We have yet to find out why.. The next
big question is ‘Where will Orange want to cite their mast?’
A recent Sunday Times article states “if you do nothing when a phone mast is built
nearby, you could see 3% knocked off the value of your house”. Other reports
claim this figure can be as much as 10%, depending on the proximity of the mast to
the property. Homes next to a mast can become unsaleable.
Why are Mobile phone masts causing such a drop in house prices? The visual impact
of a 15-20 metre mast towering over the local community is a definite eyesore. But
the main reason is because there is no proof as yet that the Electro Magnetic
Fields that they emit (EMFs) are not seriously damaging our health. The government now accepts that these health risks are an issue and are investing £7.5 million into researching the effects of mobile phone technology.
Mast Sanity, an action group, is currently collecting evidence from several sites
across the UK where cancer clusters have become obvious around masts that have
been up for only 4-6 years. Chromosomal irregularities, birth defects and miscarriage
have also been linked to mast sites.
A BBC News investigation has just revealed: Council blunders have allowed dozens of mobile phone masts to win planning permission across southern England,
on 68 occasions, councils have fallen foul of a legal loophole allowing masts to be
approved if an operator is not sent an answer within a set time limit.
So, what can we do? Mast Sanity says: “Encouraging neighbours to write individually tends to be more effective than a petition. Letters from 150 different
people are guaranteed to make an impact.”
If you object to the siting of a mobile phone mast in your area write now to the addresses below:
Orange Community Liaison Officer, Ms Jacqueline Sibanda, ORANGE, The
Royals, 55 Victoria Rd, Acton NW10 6ND (Reference GLN 3221) or: jacque.
[email protected]
.Remember to copy/cc: any e-mails to Planning Officers: [email protected].
uk & [email protected] and local councillors
[email protected], [email protected] Oonagh.
[email protected] [email protected]
and also let your local community know your views on the Beaumont House site at
[email protected]
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Wimbledon Park Residents’ Association
Front Garden
Awards 2006
Preliminary judging:
May 28th – June 4th
Final judging: Sunday June 18th
Easter Church Services
Christ The King The Crescent
Tuesday 8:00pm Reconciliation Service
Holy Thursday, 8:00pm Mass of the Lord's Supper with, reception of the
Holy Oils and washing of the feet.
Followed by Watching before the Blessed Sacrament until midnight
Good Friday
10:00am Stations of the Cross
3:00pm Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord
Holy Saturday
8:00pm The easter Vigil commencing with the lighting
of the Easter Fire, Candle, Easter Proclamation, and First Mass of Easter
Easter Sunday 8:30am Mass 10:30am Family Sung Mass
St Luke’s Farquar Road
Maundy Thursday 13th April,
• 7.45pm - Informal Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
John 19:5-16 – The Judge on Trial?
Good Friday, 14th April,
• 10.30am - All Age meeting
John 19:17-42 – A King without a Crown?
• 1.30pm – 3pm – Meditation and hymns at the foot of the cross
Easter Day, 16th April, Easter Sunday
• 10.30am – Holy Communion
John 20:1-18 – Resurrection and Resolution
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Wimbledon Park –
When’s Your Centenary?
By James Manktelow
Travel back to the late 1800’s, and
Wimbledon Park area comprises
just Wimbledon Park House and
parkland and fields. Vineyard Hill is
a wood, which in medieval times
had been a vineyard. Durnsford
Road exists, but is just a rural road.
From 1889, everything changes.
The catalyst for the growth is the
opening of Wimbledon Park station
in 1889. Even so, it takes six years
before anything other than Wimbledon Park House, the Woodman pub
(rebuilt 1898), the station and stationmaster’s house exist in the entire area.
West of the District Line
First to be developed is the area
West of the District Line and up the
hill. This is a
picture of slow,
steady growth.
In 1895, there are only two houses
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on Home Park Road, and almost
nothing else apart from fields and
park land. This year, the first houses
in Kenilworth Avenue are built. By
1897, 10 “half-detached” houses
have been built, but it will take until
1905 before it expands to 55 households. Vineyard Hill (originally a
simple track) now has just two
houses. Slowly, more will be added.
Nothing happens in Dora Rd until
1900, when 12 semi-detached
houses are built. 24 are added in
1901, and growth continues. But
amazingly, as late as 1900, the upper part of Arthur Road is still just a
path through the Vineyard Hill
woods!
And equally surprising, the part of
Home Park Road facing the Park
won’t be built until 1925, when the
Council will sell some of the parkland off to developers.
The Grid
While the picture to the West of the
District Line is one of slow, steady
expansion, the development of “the
Grid” is a completely different
will have to wait until 1927 for
proper school buildings! And
houses in Haslemere Avenue,
Dawlish Avenue, and Mount
Road will not be built until 1930 1935.
story.
The whole of the “Wimbledon
Park Estate” (bounded by the
Crescent, Melrose Avenue, Revelstoke Road and Durnsford
Road) is built in an explosion of
construction between 1905 and
1907. Photos from this time are
remarkable – picture rows of
brand new houses – and an absolute lack of cars in the streets!
Somewhere in this story, your
house was built. So when is your
centenary?
With thanks to the Wimbledon
Society Museum and Bernard
Rondeau.
Shortly after the houses come the
churches – with St Luke’s in
1908, and Christ the King, which
although built in 1913, will be redeveloped between 1926 and
1928.
TRIO
Wimbledon Park School Area
East of Durnsford Road is developed a little later.
Wellington Road, Havana Road,
Gordondale Road, and Mount
Road are built between 1908 and
1910.
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SW19 8EE
With Wimbledon Park School is
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SUE KNIBBS CBE
FRIEND AND
NEIGHBOUR
Judy and I moved into our house two
doors away from Terry and Sue eighteen years ago.
On the very first afternoon Terry
rang our doorbell, introduce himself
and invited us to tea.
It was the first of innumerable tea and coffee sessions with
them both, or individually.
Sue was diagnosed with insulin dependent diabetes at the age of
four. This was only a few years after the advent of insulin treatment, and a long life was most unlikely. However, at least in my
experience, Sue never allowed her diabetes to interfere with her activities and wholehearted enjoyment of life. In the face of all the
odds she was eventually awarded a “Sixty Years with Diabetes”
medal by the British Diabetic Association (BDA - now Diabetes
UK), and was heading towards a Seventy Years medal.
One of the most remembered things about her was her frequently
heard extremely distinctive laughter, indicative of her enjoyment of
so many things. She used her personal experience of her diabetes in
her two lengthy periods of employment with the BDA, finally retiring as Director of Care Services.
Along the way she was responsible for many ground-breaking initiatives, including being one of the instigators, and the first Chairman, of the Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance,
set up to co-ordinate the many services needed.
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Between her two periods at the BDA she was an extremely successful social worker in child protection. Indeed, Sue’s actions were
given unqualified praise in the report of a Public Enquiry into a
tragic case, where all the other social-workers who had taken over
the case from her were heavily criticised. After her retirement she
continued to be involved in diabetic care, making several trips to
Eastern Europe and to Russia helping to establish healthcare links
with the BDA.
She also became Deputy Chairman of a UK governmental advisory
body (Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) for assessing
the needs of people with disabilities. In the 2000 Birthday Honours
Sue was appointed CBE in recognition of her services to people
with disabilities. In her retirement, she also helped the local community by serving for several years on the WPRA committee, some
of which with the planning brief.
Probably Sue’s main delights were music and gardening. She was
an enthusiastic choral singer and, in latter years, returned to playing the violin and viola. She lavished immense love and care on
both her garden and her allotment. Perhaps not so well known was
Sue’s love of malt whisky. She was a member of the Scotch Malt
Whisky Society, and Judy and I often took in her deliveries from it.
We did always manage to pass these wonderful cask-strength fluids
to her un-sampled, but usually eventually tasted them at one of our
frequent Whisky and Coffee mornings (and I did intend to put it in
that order !).
Sue had a major operation in 2002. Unfortunately, although the
operation itself was entirely successful, she became infected in hospital with MRSA. She never really recovered, tragically suffered
from increasing neurological disability, progressively resembling
the results of a stroke, and died in February.
Sue will be sadly missed by all who knew her, but always fondly
remembered.
Nigel Israel.
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Established 1927
Accountancy, Audit, Taxation & Company Secretarial Services,
Business Plans, Cash Flow and Profit Projections.
Computer Bureau Services including payroll, sales ledger,
purchase ledger, periodic accounts, management accounts.
For details of our comprehensive
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Articles for publication /advertising in the newsletter
Residents are welcome to submit articles and letters for publication. All articles may be
subject to editing and are published at the discretion of the Editor. Please e-mail your
article in any text format. Please name your article in the subject. i.e “When is your
Centenary” If you prefer to submit handwritten articles or letters, we also welcome those.
The cost of printing the 2,400 copies we distribute, to all households in the area, is covered
by advertising from local businesses, for which we are very grateful.
Please contact Noel Ranken on 020 8946 2283 to discuss advertising rates and copy dates.
Where WPRA is asked to carry out all the artwork and design for an advertisement, it
will be necessary to make a charge for the time taken to do this.
Readers are advised to make appropriate enquiries and seek advice before sending
money, incurring any expense or entering into binding commitment in relation to an
advertisement.
Wimbledon Park Residents’ Association will not be liable to any person or organisation
for any loss or damage incurred as a result of responding to any advertisement contained
in this newsletter.
www.wimbledonpark.com
e-mail us at [email protected]
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Our engineers are fully qualified and have extensive experience of the
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Our home visit service has proved to be one of the most successful
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scheduling an annual service to keep their systems in peak condition
and many taking advantage of our referral discount scheme (Details
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Once you are on our database, should you recommend us to a friend,
colleague, neighbour etc, we will credit your database entry with the
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Space : How to show it off to maximum effect
by Juliet Finkelstein of Fink Designs
Space. Everyone wants more of it, but what about utilizing better what you
already have?
When planning your space, the first question to address is “How is the space
going to be used?” Take, for example, a Lounge. Is this space used for quiet
reading or does the family watch TV every night in this room? With this information you can work out not only what’s needed in the room (ie. seating, storage, audio / visual equipment, etc.) but you can also part-determine the style
and ambience required (ie. lighting, black-out window treatments, etc.).
Budget is probably the next consideration. Are you planning to change everything, alter the colour scheme or just accessorize? Starting with a budget reduces the likelihood of over-spend. (Note the use of “reduces” in the previous
sentence!)
I know it sounds a bit dull, but it’s quite a good habit to plan on paper first. A
floor plan, drawn to scale, often highlights problems. Are the seats too large
for the room? Do you have enough of them? Where will storage go? And
drawing elevations to show vertical plans for walls is just as important as a plan
of the floor.
There are a few general guidelines to note when managing your space. The eye
generally prefers symmetry and balance. Within a room there is often structural symmetry. For instance, it is quite common for a fireplace to be placed
centrally along one wall. If there is no symmetry, try tricking the eye by the
strategic placement of furniture, or by creating a central focus to divert the eye
away from difficult areas. And if you’re designing a small space, try keeping
the floor free by using furniture with legs, wall mounted storage, or by bringing
the furniture in slightly from the walls. Matching the size of furniture to the
proportions of a room is an obvious, but often over-looked consideration. And
don’t forget, the perception of size can be altered by the clever use of patterns,
colour and lighting.
Designing a room is a bit like cooking : consider what you want as an end result, get all the ingredients and mix well. One of your main ingredients should
be space planning.
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JEWELLERY in LONDON - SUMMER 2006
THE ROAD TO BYZANTIUM: LUXURY ARTS OF ANTIQUITY
The Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 0RN from Thursday 30th March
to Sunday 3rd September. Admission: Adult £5, Concessions £4, Under 18 and full time
students free, audioguide included.
This major exhibition brings to London for the first time an extraordinary collection of
Classical Greek, Roman, Byzantine luxury artworks from The State Hermitage museum in
St. Petersburg, including finely decorated silver and gold , Athenian red-figure vases and
exquisite cameos. These objects, which have seldom previously been seen outside Russia,
tell a little-known story of the development of art and civilisation over more than a thousand years, from 6th century Greece to the Middle Ages, and they overturn familiar assumptions about the period.
FABERGÉ AND THE RUSSIAN JEWELLERS
A loan exhibition to held at Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, W1S 4DE (just off Bond Street)
from Wednesday 10th to Saturday 20th May, Monday to Saturday 11am to 5pm (closed
Sunday). Admission £8 including catalogue (no concessions) in aid of THE SAMARITANS.
Wartski, royal jewellers, are the worlds most famous dealers in Fabergé, and for over 50
years have been renowned for their superb loan exhibitions. This will have over 200 magnificent pieces, beautifully displayed. Fabergé is the most famous of the Russian Imperial
jewellers, and produced wonderfully imaginative objects, always superbly made. However, also represented here will be other Russian jewellers, who, although they have not attained the legendary fame of Fabergé, produced equally stunning pieces.
PRECIOUS STATEMENTS: THE SILVER OF MALCOLM APPLEBY and
THE JEWELLERY OF JOHN DONALD
An exhibition held by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths at Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster
Lane, EC2V 6BN from Friday 19th May to Saturday 1st July. Admission free.
Malcolm Appleby is one of Britain’s most talented silversmiths and artist engravers.
Many aspects of Malcolm’s outstanding creative output will be featured, presenting a varied and richly diverse range of objects. These include large, high profile commissions for
public institutions, such as dramatic centrepieces, in addition to all manner of silver for the
dining table, medals and other purely decorative pieces. Sporting guns bearing Malcolm’s
inimitable engraving, and his more modest, but ever popular, beakers, bowls, kilt and beltbuckles, and buttons will also be displayed.
John Donald has been one of Britain’s leading artist-jewellers for nearly fifty years. He is
credited with being one of the key figures who revolutionised British jewellery from the
1960's, and whose work has had a major influence on the subsequent direction of artistjewellery in this country ever since. Always thoroughly modern in style and constantly
adapted to complement the changing face of fashion, John’s jewellery is instantly recognisable by his predilection for mounting uncut natural crystals. A wide range of his work
will be displayed, including ceremonial regalia made for important individuals and institutions in the City of London and around the country.
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The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 0RN from Saturday 24th June
to Tuesday 26th November 2006. Admission: Adult £5, Concessions £4 to include the
permanent collection.
Tiffany & Co, since its foundation in 1837, has been a uniquely American brand, famous for its glamour, creative design and fine craftsmanship. Some 180 pieces of
jewellery covering the first 150 years of Tiffany’s history, up to 1987, will be included
in the exhibition. This sumptuous and glittering array of jewellery will celebrate Tiffany’s sustained pursuit of superb design and outstanding craftsmanship. Most of the
pieces are loaned from the Tiffany Archive.
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Spring Watch
by Michael Moore
Well here we are again. That time of year, which is so wonderful it
almost cannot be true; as the Max Bygraves song says, for those of
you who are old enough to remember, “ When Mother Nature wears
her newest gown.”
Once we get towards the end of January and the first tips of the bulbs
push through the cold hostile soil, you begin to know that something
wonderful is going to happen soon. Most years it will make us wait
for a few more weeks, then one day you see the pure white innocent
beauty of the first snowdrop on the dark dreary days of February.
They shine out like a beacon of light with the promised wonderful
things to come, no matter what the weather throws at them.
Very soon, without us even noticing, there are primroses and crocuses
saying “look at me, I am here”.
As wonderful as these are the next miracle we see means spring is
truly here. The golden yellow of daffodils flows like lemon wash all
over our gardens. Yes, I know they are not all yellow but this wonderful colour means Spring is really here.
As this great show of colour is happening, there appears another gentler shade, taken so much for granted and yet so very beautiful. Our
world is slowly turning green. Trees and shrubs all over take on different shades of this perhaps the greatest colour of all, displaying
their beauty to us. This pale colour does not last too long and soon
the brighter colours of summer will arrive and Spring is over for
another year.
Every year nature gives us all this wonderful show at no charge and
all we have to do is look at it and appreciate it, and maybe say “thank
you”. But I wonder do we? I hope I do, but so many of us are tied up
in our busy lives that we never really see what is around us.
Please, I ask you all to take a little a look at this wonderful gift, and
think how sad our world would be without it.
I wish you all, and our world, a peaceful Easter.
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What did we do to save the blackbird?
By Cécile Bridgens
In ‘Silent Spring’, in 1962, Rachel Carson bravely drew the world’s
attention to some alarming facts: « Spring now comes unheralded by the
return of birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once
they were filled with the beauty of bird song. » In our last 2005
Newsletter, Linda‘s Murgatroyd’s article: ‘Where have all the small birds
gone?’ painfully echoes this warning.
The Wimbledon area features
fairly rich urban wildlife habitats
like the Common, parks and lakes,
railway
embankments
and
allotments, boosted by schools’
wildlife gardens. But individual
action is of paramount importance,
and the owners of our typical
handkerchief-size back gardens
have various ways of helping
Nature. (left : the Blackbird)
The most obvious action is of course to feed birds, especially through a
harsh winter. All local garden centres offer a vast variety of food,
peanuts, fat balls etc as well as natural-looking, beautiful bird tables and
bird bath, nesting boxes etc that can positively add to a garden appeal.
Do you realise how badly birds need water all the year round? In winter,
they must keep extra clean so that their feathers can fluff up properly and
keep them warm. A very attractive birdbath can fit into the tiniest space.
But it’s equally important to provide natural shelter and safe nesting sites.
Some shrubs and climbers, both very ornamental and attractive to
wildlife, are perfectly suitable for town gardens. The pyrancantha, with
its shiny evergreen leaves, beautifully scented spring blossom and
cheerful winter berries (much appreciated by blackbirds and thrushes) is a
good choice. If grown against a back fence, its ferocious spikes will also
deter many would-be burglars.
For sound advice on how to make your garden wildlife-friendly, read
Chris Baines’ best seller « How to make a wildlife garden » or search the
Internet. Then, let your garden become a little overgrown (never prune
much between March and July). An obsession for tidiness and « keeping
things under control » often leaves birds with no option but to roost and
nest in exposed sites at the mercy of their predators.
Kestrels and cats are the worse predators of birds in this area. Kestrel
attacks can be hindered by feeding birds under shrubs, and locking up
your Moggy in the evening would give the birds a better chance to
survive the night and early morning when they are more vulnerable.
Avoid spraying with pesticides: this would poison or starve your garden
birds. Let them eliminate your juicy caterpillars and fat aphids for free.
Don’t be too precious about what birds you will attract. I once designed a
wildlife garden for a school, and was rather shocked to hear some parents
say: ‘Oh, but make sure we don’t get common birds here, you know, we
really want « nice » birds!’
You may be surprised to learn
that our humble sparrows and
starlings are now on the RSPB
Red List of threatened UK birds
(‘high conservation concern’)
In gardens, parks and in the streets, mature trees play a crucial role in the
ecological balance of our urban environment. Some support 200 animal
species and they are the lungs of our cities, so the human well-being
benefits from them too. Don’t use them as scapegoats for all evils.
Dunnock
Wren
Thrush
Black cap
Long tail tit
These birds are commonly seen in Wimbledon Park: But for how long?
Remember: « We don’t inherit the earth from our parents; we borrow it
from our children. When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves » (David
Orr). So enjoy the life you will see from your window every morning,
and let the birds herald again the return of spring.
W.P.R.A. Committee Easter 2006
Ken Ball - Graffiti Removal
Cécile Bridgens -Vice Chairman
20 Stroud Road
52 Home Park Road
SW19 8DH
SW19 7HN
Tony Brown - Parks & Opens
Judith Centofanti - Secretary
Andrew Dalton - Treasurer
50 Home Park Road
23 Crescent Gardens
92 Dora Road
SW19 7HN
SW19 8AJ
SW19 7HJ
Nigel Israel
14 Ryfold Road
SW19 8BZ
Patricia Gomez
James Manktelow
103 Dora Road
25 Crescent Gardens
SW19 7JT
SW19 8AJ
Paresh Modasia
Michael Moore - Horticultural
124 Arthur Road
344 Durnsford Road
SW19 8AA
SW19 8DX
David Salmon
27 The Crescent
SW19 8AW
Ceri Sheeran -Newsletter Production 4 Bentley Close The Crescent
Iain Simpson - Chairman & Editor
56 Home Park Road
SW19 8AL
SW19 7HN
John Slater - Membership
Cllr Tariq Ahmad, ex officio
SW19 8AJ
SM4 5DX
19 Crescent Gardens
c/o Merton Civic Centre
London Road Morden
Cllr Beth Mitchell, ex officio
13 Melrose Avenue
SW19 8BU
Cllr Oonagh Moulton, ex officio
21 Melrose Avenue
SW19 8BU
Solicitors First LLP
Successor practice to Davies Brown, who have provided legal
services to the Wimbledon Park community for 35 years.
Can help you with:
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QUALITY ACCOMMODATION NEEDED
Do you have a spare room?
We are looking for friendly households in Wimbledon to accommodate our adult students from
overseas.
We need the following:
Single room, private bathroom, walking distance (half board £195 per week)
Single room with private bathroom, up to 20
minutes journey time from school
(half board £160 per week )
Single room, up to 20 minutes journey time
from school (half board £120 per week)
Single room B&B (£95 per week)
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bathroom with household (£90 per week)
If you can help please contact:
Alasdair Ross 020 8947 1921
[email protected]
Established1964
OAKLEY
LOCKSMITHS Ltd.
LOCKSMITHS
FLOOR
SPRINGS
DOOR CLOSERS
CARPENTRY
JOINERY
SMALL WORKS
®
AGENTS
Tel 020 8871 1238
Fax 020 8875 1416
Wimbledon School
of English
41 Worple Road
London SW19 4JZ
Flower Events
Exquisite floral
design for
weddings, events
and
corporate clients
81 Replingham Road
London SW18 5LU
JOHN TIVERS
DECORATOR
INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR
FREE ESTIMATES
Tel: 07932 561 346
34 Melrose Avenue
Wimbledon Park, SW19
www.flowerevents.co.uk
Email:
[email protected]
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74 ASHEN GROVE
WIMBLEDON PARK
SW19 8BN
TEL 020-8947-4327
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31
The best time for pruning trees and shrubs is between November &
March.
The best time for lawns & turfing is between October and April.
For the full use of your garden next summer, don’t leave it too late.
Phone now for a quick estimate.
Work carried out quickly and efficiently, with references always
available.
To speak to Mr Raynsford you can personally contact him between
5pm and 10pm every evening and at weekends on 020-8947-1062.
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Visit our new restaurant in East Sheen 020 8876 6220
199 Upper Richmond Road West
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Let us preserve your precious flowers …
…and keep a lasting memento
of a very special occasion.
(wedding, anniversary, christening…)
Your flowers can be pressed and displayed as a picture or in
a paperweight, or preserved in 3D and arranged as a dried posy
(as illustrated) or presented in a shadow box, a glass container etc
Contact Cécile for a leaflet on 0208 879 1960
Email [email protected]
Visit our website at www.londonflowerbox.com
The London Flower Box
Bouquet preservation & flower pressing
…taking care of your memories.
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