Offers of goods to sell? Please email
Halloween at Gina's Cakes
It's scary all day on Saturday, 30 October at Gina's Cakes in
Bradmore Park Rd. Then, as the evening draws on ... celebrating ghosties slip
away to the Andover.
Change to waste collection days
From 1 November rubbish/recycling will be collected from the
following streets on a Wednesday and Saturday (instead of the current Tuesday
and Friday): Hammersmith Grove, Richford Street, Astrop Terrace, Astrop Mews and
Grove Mews. Serco has leafleted the relevant streets; this is a reminder.
Brackenbury Christmas Carols
This year's carol event - with choirs from Brackenbury and
Godolphn and Latymer schools - will take place on Friday, 10 December, 4-5.30pm
at the southern end of Brackenbury Rd. Father Christmas, police horses, mulled
wine and mince pies. More details later.
Planning and development
The latest proposals are plans for the NCP carpark in
Hammersmith Grove/Beadon Rd. You will recall the Armadillo of 2007? (Quite
possibly dead now.) New plans and drawings for wrap-around glass office blocks
may be seen at www.hammersmithgrovencp.co.uk or on the Council website,
www.lbhf.gov.uk (>environment>planning>ref.2010/02842/FUL); see attached
responses from BRA and Hammersmith Grove Neighbours Group (HGNG). Hammersmith
Society response on request.
Goldhawk Industrial Estate seminar with Richard Turney (BRA's
barrister) - on the significance of the inquiry - Tuesday, 9 November, 6-8.00pm,
at Landmark Chambers in Fleet St. To make a booking please email me first of
all, and then deliver cash (or cheque) for £20 per person, cheque made payable
to Goldhawk Estate Appeal, to treasurer Jackie Ashurst, 4 Providence Villas,
Brackenbury Rd, W6 0BA.
Town Hall redevelopment: after the public meeting on 13 October,
attended by 400+ residents, the Leader of the Council commissioned an assessment
of the Town Hall proposals from Price Waterhouse. We understand that the report
will be made available to the public.
Christmas trees
BRA member Shoots & Leaves supplies and delivers quality
Christmas trees to the home and office. Tel. 020 8563 7733;
www.shootsandleaves.co.uk/xmas. Shoots and Leaves is donating the Christmas tree
for Brackenbury, around which we gather for the carol event (see above).
Erratum, how time flies: in the last email news Dave Kent
spotted that the Ancient World Breakfast Club's, 'The king and his scholars', is
to meet on Friday, 5 November, breakfast 7.45pm, talk 8-9.00am .... it is, of
course, all taking place in the morning, not overnight.
BRA AGM
Tuesday, 13 July, 7.30pm at the Grove Neighbourhood Centre. Guest speaker: Jane Garvey of Woman's Hour and Agate Road. The one meeting of the year just for members and invited guests.
Goldhawk Estate Appeal
Brackenbury Yard Sale: this Saturday, 8 May, 11am to 3pm, follow the gold balloons (courtesy Gina's Cakes) to a wealth of yard sales;
Drop in on the following confirmed sales: 35 Agate Road, 50 Agate Road, 18 Brackenbury Gardens, 57A Brackenbury Road, 45 Bradmore Park Road, 84 Carthew Road, 127 Goldhawk Road, 179 Goldhawk Road, 195 Goldhawk Road, 197 Goldhawk Road, 112 Iffley Road, 118 Iffley Road, 134 Iffley Road, Providence Villas (Brackenbury Road), 24 Tabor Rd and 37 Tabor Road (and more to come).
Invite your friends, email your neighbours.
Offers of goods to sell? Please email
Can you walk the balloons round to the sites on Saturday morning around 10am?
Or be available as a runner on the day (bicycle handy)? Please email to offer help.