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So proud of offering a first-class education to keep our children local
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here are few things that have made me prouder as council leader than seeing the transformation of secondary school education in our borough. The majority of local parents once shunned our secondary schools, preferring to send their children out of the borough or into private education. However, what we have seen over the last few years is nothing short of a quiet revolution in school standards. We now boast the best-ever exam results, seven out of nine secondary schools are classed as ‘outstanding’ and H&F has been named the best authority in the UK for the number of state school sixth-formers going to a top university. This is despite the fact that 30 per cent of pupils in the borough receive free school meals compared to 17 per cent nationally. Schools that were shunned by many not so long ago are now oversubscribed. The number of H&F parents choosing local secondary schools has doubled. This is a story we can all be proud of and it would not have happened without the hard work and dedication of pupils, teachers, headteachers and governors. What has made me even prouder is that parents now have more choice than ever before. Not one, not two, but three new schools have just opened – Hammersmith Academy, West London Free School and Ark Conway Primary in Shepherds Bush. More choice and competition is undoubtedly leading to higher educational standards overall, as shown by the vote of confidence our parents are now giving to local schools. H&F has never been prouder of its schools and never been prouder of the increased choice its parents now have.
By Stephen Greenhalgh Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council
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RY-READING A MOBILE STO OF THE E SERVICE IS ON BENEFIT TO S P U O R FIRST G ORMED SF N A TR FROM A ENTRE COMMUNITY C RT, U AT FULHAM CO RISON R A H M TI writes The Tudor Rose centre is already proving popular
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£1million children’s and community centre has opened in Fulham, and the first groups to use it are delighted with the new facilities. Residents picked the name Tudor Rose for the two-storey centre, which has replaced a crumbling 20-year-old temporary wooden building in the Fulham Court estate. The Tudor Rose combines a ground-floor children’s centre for families with children under five and a first-floor community centre which is able to host everything from youth groups to healthy eating classes. Open to anyone living in central Fulham, and funded by Hammersmith & Fulham Council and the Government’s communities department, the centre features a giant mural on one outer wall, featuring flying swans. Katie Bareham, 30, project manager of the Doorstep Library Network home-reading project, which has established itself in the new building, said: “It’s a great space!” She co-ordinates eight volunteers who read books to 50 youngsters among the 440 households in the Fulham Court estate’s 1930s blocks. “It’s a wonderful benefit for the people living here. It’s an amazing new building, and the children helped to paint the mural; they were so excited to be a part of it,” said Katie. Local youngsters turned up with paintbrushes to assist artist Ben Tranchell paint the mural beside the Tudor Rose entrance. The library network volunteers turn up after school on Tuesdays, then set off around the estate with rucksacks filled with children’s books, to lend, or read to youngsters aged 18 months to 11. Volunteer Leanne Hooper, 27, explained: “I recently completed a masters in children’s literature,
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so this is a nice way to put a love of stories into a practical setting, rather than sitting at home grinding out theoretical papers.” The Tudor Rose is a project which people living in Fulham Court and Barclay Close have been closely involved in for more than 18 months. Residents have helped suggest the activities the centre will offer, with the focus on getting young children prepared to start school, mother and toddler sessions, healthy eating classes and job advice. The centre uses advanced
environmentally friendly technology. Solar panels on the roof turn sunlight into electricity to help run the centre, which also has a green roof planted with low-maintenance shrubs as well as a green plant-covered living wall. “I’m delighted this wonderful new centre is already starting to be used so well,” said H&F cabinet member Helen Binmore. “It is a home for projects such as the doorstep library network, which helps children improve their reading skills.”
l The dream of every boy of a certain age was to have former Blue Peter legend Janet Ellis perched on the edge of their bed, reading a story. Now fantasy is reality for the youngsters of the Fulham Court estate, where Janet (inset below in her Blue Peter days) has joined a team of volunteers encouraging new generations to fall in love with books. “I love reading, and I love being read to,” she said as the Doorstop Library Network team settled into their new headquarters at the Tudor Rose centre. “When I was growing up I loved Winnie the Pooh, the Just William books and anything by Enid Blyton – Secret Seven and Famous Five,” added the former children’s TV presenter, who has just turned 56 and still lives in the area. It was Janet’s first day on duty. Like fellow volunteers Emily Oliver and Leanne Hooper, both 27, she was loading up her rucksack before setting off on her reading round. “It’s great to involve yourself with families,” said Janet. “I read to my three children, although my son [Jackson, now in his mid-20s] didn’t really start reading until he’d left school. Then by 18 or 19 he’d read more than we had!” Janet’s first daughter, the singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, has two sons… so granny has been getting plenty of practice for her latest project. “I’ve got two grandchildren, and my sevenyear-old grandson loves reading to you, to show he can! Once reading has clicked, it’s the doorway to everything else.”
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BOROUGH STREETS CLEANER THAN EVER! The streets of Hammersmith & Fulham are cleaner than ever before. Official research shows that an incredible 98 per cent of streets in the borough comply with Keep l A planning application has Britain Tidy cleanliness standards. been submitted to regenerate Researchers from the environShepherds Bush Market (picmental consultancy White Young tured) and the adjoining land. Green investigated the cleanliness Orion Shepherds Bush Ltd of 300 roads in the borough and (OSBL) proposes to refurbish were amazed with the lack of the entire market litter. and provide The company does similar improved work for other London authorities and H&F’s results place the borough among the top five authorities in the capital for street cleanliness. The figures represa 24/7 ent a 10 per cent cil operates l H&F Coun service which improvement on similar ng street cleani ree town centres investigations that Keep es all th moves ud cl in Britain Tidy carried out e council re Each year, th 0 fly-tips and l last year and are better 7,00 ast more than y street at le than any other research ever sweeps ever eek carried out in the borough. twice a w H&F cabinet member Greg Smith said: “Residents tell us time and time again how highly they value clean streets and we work round the clock in order to ensure that they are maintained to the very highest of standards. “We would like to thank residents for doing their bit to keep the streets of Hammersmith & Fulham litter free. “Cleaning litter from our streets is a very expensive process, so by not dropping it in the first place residents are helping the council to save money.” To report suspected fly-tipping, or to alert the council to a litter issue call our hotline on 020 8753 1100 or email: cleaner.greener@lbhf.gov.uk
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market stalls and a series of public spaces including a market square. It also hopes to build new homes and improve the existing entrance to the market from Goldhawk Road. If planning permission is achieved, OSBL proposes to offer businesses the opportunity
to remain at 30 to 52 Goldhawk Road in brand new shop units that will be delivered through a phased construction programme. The application will be heard by the council’s planning applications committee at the end of the year or in early 2012.
Hammersmith Library is the latest attraction in the borough to be named by mothers as one of the best free places to go in London. The library, in Shepherds Bush Road (pictured), joins Bishops Park and Ravenscourt Park which have also won coveted Netmums awards. There are plenty of events and facilities at the library that make it a worthy winner of the award. The venue hosts under-fives’ story and rhyme time sessions which are hugely popular with mothers and their children. Sessions take place on Wednesdays from 10.15am to 10.45am and from 11am to 11.30am and also on Thursdays from 10.30am to 11.30am.
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ST PAUL’S IS on song
Borough bucks trend of rising crime despite riots across the capital
Joyful singing greeted the opening of a Hammersmith church’s extension. More than 1,000 locals and the Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres, came to St Paul’s to celebrate the final stage of the building of its ambitious new community hub, known as St Paul’s Centre. Sing Hammersmith, the St Paul’s community choir, the St Paul’s chamber choir and Nick and Becky Drake led the singing, and champagne and cupcakes followed. The completion of the £5.5million centre marks the final phase in a £10m overall renewal of the site in Hammersmith Broadway. l FRESH harvest festival offerings are just one of the many attractions the Friends of South Park group has in store for a day of fun. Saturday (October 29) features activities ranging from delicious autumn lunches to Halloween mask painting, from noon-2.30pm in the Fulham park. H&F mayor Frances Stainton then officially opens the new adventure playground and a Halloween parade leaves at 3pm from the north gate and goes along Clancarty Road to Wandsworth Bridge Road. Shopkeepers will have trick-or-treating for children from 3.30pm and evening events for adults include restaurant and shop discounts and live music at La Cuenta at 8pm. l Skating fun in the warmth? Head for Westfield shopping centre in Shepherds Bush from November 19 until January 8. The ice rink is suitable for all ages from four although children under 12 will need to be accompanied by a paying adult. Also, a Christmas grotto will be held from November 19-December 24. A 4D experience is promised. Ice rink and grotto bookings are available at: www. ticketmaster.co.uk
An extra £1.3m a year from H&F Council and £350k from local firms means there are 44 more police officers in the borough
latest figures show strong performance from a police force backed up by the council’s no-nonsense approach to crime, ROB MANSFIELD reports
Crime is falling again in Hammersmith & Fulham. Locally, there were 11,740 crimes committed in the borough in the six months to September 30 – which is a four per cent reduction from the previous year. If the decrease is maintained for the rest of the year, it would be one of the best-ever results against local criminals. The impressive decrease was achieved despite the fact that large parts of London (including neighbouring Ealing) were affected by violent disorder and looting in August. Proactive work by the local police and council saw the borough emerge largely unscathed. Early indications from the Metropolitan Police’s latest figures show ‘serious youth violence’ tumbling by 4.5 per cent locally – bucking an increase of 9.8 per cent across the capital.
Commercial robbery almost halved (down 46.9 per cent) – compared to a London-wide jump of 4.9 per cent over the six months. Total robbery was down 4.8 per cent in the borough, and residential burglary fell by 9.5 per cent. Following the news, Met Police Borough Commander Lucy D’Orsi (pictured inset below) praised the hard work of her officers as well as the council’s funding for extra town centre patrols. “Despite the challenges of August’s disorder across London the latest crime figures for the borough remain encouraging,” Ch Supt D’Orsi said. “My team has tactically changed the way we deal with those who commit burglary and robbery and we have been rewarded with reductions in the number of victims. “Higher levels of covert and overt patrols around Shepherds Bush Green has resulted in a reduction in violence.”
She added: “We have also introduced enhanced patrols to tackle those individuals intent on targeting young people on their way to and from school. It is my intention that we can reassure young people so that they feel safe.” The council is spending £1.3million a year for three enhanced town centre squads of beat bobbies with local firms adding an extra £350,000 a year. The additional cash means the borough has 44 more police officers than it would do otherwise. H&F cabinet member Greg Smith said: “Our no-nonsense approach is reaping dividends. Getting more warranted officers on to our town centre streets has been the centrepiece of the council’s successful crime fighting approach. Combined with strong and determined zero-tolerance style policing, the results speak for themselves.” l For more details on how the council and police are fighting crime visit: www.lbhf. gov.uk/crime
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Boo! School places deadline looms
herring nets a local gig
Make sure the Halloween deadline to get your school place application in doesn’t come as a shock. Parents are reminded to complete their applications for 2012 secondary school places well before the closing date of Monday, October 31. The closing date for primary
applications is January 15, 2012. Since September 1, parents have been able to apply for school places for children who will be entering either primary or secondary school next year. Hammersmith & Fulham parents and carers are being strongly encouraged to fill out admissions applications online,
Richard Herring is part of the line-up at a very local venue for him on Friday, November 4. The Shepherds Bush resident performs with Stewart Lee, Gareth Richards and others at Bush Hall in Uxbridge Road for a night of comedy. Lee stars in BBC2’s Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle and Herring can be heard on 6 Music and Radio 4. Meanwhile, Richards is an Edinburgh comedy newcomer nominee. For tickets or details visit: www.bushhallpresents.co.uk l A midwife has been given an award by the Mayor of London for her charity work. Jenny Smith, specialist midwife at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in Du Cane Road, Shepherds Bush, was given a certificate from Boris Johnson for her ‘outstanding contribution to improving London and the quality of life for Londoners’. She founded her charity, the Jentle Childbirth Foundation, in 2007. It says pregnancy and childbirth should be a ‘positive and personal experience’ and aims to achieve this through education, training and research. “What’s lovely about being a midwife is the challenge. “If the mother can’t have a normal birth, we focus on making it a good experience,” said Jenny, who has worked at the hospital since 2000. l RESIDENTS have been invited to play ‘dress up’ and try on some of the wonderful collection of costumes at Fulham Palace during a family drop-in afternoon. The events are from 2-3.30pm and the next ones are on Sunday, October 30, and Sunday, November 27. For more details, visit: www.fulhampalace.org
which has several benefits. If parents prefer, they can fill in the paper version. The system is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, meaning parents can edit their application and change preferences right up to the closing date. l For more details see www. lbhf.gov.uk/Schooladmissions
David Cameron and Cllr Andrew Johnson meet Bayonne estate residents Ann and John Ford at their home. Below, Ann enjoys a cuppa during the visit PICTURES BY justin thomas
PM pops in for a quick cuppa in Fulham to talk energy savings david cameron visited THE BAYONNE estate to see for himself how LOCAL residents benefit from an insulation scheme, writes rob mansfield
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n innovative project to keep homes warm and shield residents from spiralling energy bills has been praised by Prime Minister David Cameron. He toured the Bayonne estate on October 17 to see how council tenants are benefiting from new cavity wall insulation thanks to a combination of government grants and a partnership between
Hammersmith & Fulham Council and Climate Energy Ltd. New cavity wall insulation will help 283 homes on the Fulham estate – and the works coincide with the council’s Decent Homes programme to reduce the need for extra scaffolding and disruption. With a cold winter predicted and energy companies under fire for spiralling energy bills, the PM decided to see for himself how the scheme is working. Ann and John Ford, who have lived on the Bayonne estate for more than 20 years, invited him in for a a chat. “We used to have a wicked draught whistling through our windows and from under the door,” John told
the PM. “But since the council has fixed them and we’ve just had our walls done we only need to put one radiator on instead of the four we had blasting last winter. “We are warm now and we can have no complaints.” The PM said the government was acting ‘harder and faster’ to bring the price of bills down. And H&F cabinet member A n d r e w Johnson said: “In these tough times we have been doing our bit for residents by cuttings bills like council tax, but now we also to want to insulate our tenants from spiralling energy bills where we can.”
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WELCOME TO CITY >> A SPACE-AGE REDEVELOPMENT WITH 12,000 HOMES AND 115,000 NEW JOBS. AND EVERYTHING BUILT AROUND A HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORT HUB. ROB MANSFIELD LOOKs TO THE FUTURE
Pete Waterman and the highspeed rail lovers (far left), visionary Sir Terry Farrell (left) and (right) council leader Stephen Greenhalgh shares his thoughts
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We built this city. A vision of how underused industrial land at Old Oak might look
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uturistic images showing how one of Britain’s poorest neighbourhoods could be transformed by the UK’s first high-speed rail super hub have gone viral. Thousands of people have viewed a YouTube clip which shows how vast swathes of derelict or underused industrial land – around Old Oak Common in NW10 – could be transformed into London’s newest city. To the sound track of We Built This City by Starship, the clip
shows 12,000 new homes and businesses and 115,000 extra jobs (40,000 in Hammersmith & Fulham alone) created around an unrivalled convergence of transport routes in north-west London. The ambitious regeneration vision – which has been dubbed Park Royal City – was put together by H&F Council and renowned architects Farrells, and was released as a growing coalition of west London businesses leaders and residents came forward to back the plans. The Department for Transport
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work properly as it will relieve pressure on central London terminals, such as Euston, that will not be able to cope with the huge number of additional passengers on their own. “The YouTube clip clearly shows how HS2 could be the catalyst to create Park Royal City. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform a sometimes forgotten part of London into a thriving new city.” The video shows new homes, businesses and a new waterside park along the Grand Union Canal built around a 21st century transport super-hub. The vision is compared to others designed by Farrells in China – at Guangzhou, Kowloon and Beijing. Sir Terry Farrell said: “This project is of huge significance to the economy of London and will deliver new homes and jobs in an area currently occupied by brownfield land. “It could revolutionise transport opportunities for the UK and the rest of the world.” Residents and business in the area have also welcomed the plans, which would strengthen the economic capacity of Park Royal. Brian Hinchley, acting chief executive of Park Royal Partnership, said: “We look forward to working with the council to make sure that this opportunity brings investment, regeneration and jobs.” Around half of CLICK ON working-age adults www.lb : hf. within 1.2 miles of gov.uk the new city, including /hs2 residents in the Old Oak Tenants and neighbouring boroughs Residents Association, of Brent, Ealing and said local residents were Kensington and Chelsea, are ‘100 per cent behind’ the Old Oak unemployed. interchange. And some parts of Old Oak are “We are all for it,” he said, ranked in the lowest one per cent “Anything that brings regeneration of most deprived areas in the UK. and jobs to this area will be Park Royal City is being welcomed. We are just crying out promoted as the location for an HS2 for new businesses and jobs.” station as it would take pressure Retired factory worker Faith off central London stations such as Machin, 86, of the Old Oak estate, Euston, which would have to cope said: “We are left out up here, and with 13,000 extra passengers an anything that will create jobs is hour without the high-speed hub. needed for the area. It would be It would brilliant. also link four “There of the nation’s It’s going to highlight used to be a major airports lot of factories the area to people to the high up here, and a -speed rail who have never even lot of jobs, but network for the first time. thought about it before not any more. My husband Heathrow worked at would be just Willesden 11 minutes away. Three other airports (Luton, Stansted and City) Junction but nobody has jobs like would be within 30 minutes of that near here any longer. People have to move away to work.” Old Oak. Scarlet Julien, 21, owner of In addition, the site has great road and rail connections as Great Lola’s Cafe in Erconwald Street, Western and West Coast mainlines, said: “It’s about time for this area. Crossrail, West and North London The business has been doing well Lines, Bakerloo and Central since it opened, but this will bring underground lines, Heathrow even more people to the area. “There haven’t been many new Express, the A40 and the North businesses opening up here. The Circular Road all run through it. Paul Keegan, chairman of the only businesses are really in the
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high street. A big station opening nearby will bring more people here.” Mathi Sada, 36, of Ankaram Food & Wine, also in Erconwald Street, said: “From a business point of view a new station would be a very good thing. “A lot of people move away from the area or travel long distances to find work. It will be great for the area to have so many good jobs on their doorsteps.” Roger Sleight, owner of Churchill Independent Estate Agent in Old Oak Common Lane, said: “We are right behind the interchange – it has to be beneficial. “It will bring more people and it’s going to highlight the area to people who have never even thought about it before. “We noticed in our Harlesden office that when the overland line to Willesden Junction was linked to Shepherds Bush it brought more people there. “If that’s the benefit we get from a smaller station then just imagine what an interchange like this could do for the area. It’s been neglected here and it really needs a push. Even though it’s in zone two it really needs something.” l View the YouTube video at: http://bit.ly/mXehfj
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Estates join forces to have major say on huge Earls Court scheme people living in the area COULD be transformed by a massive redevelopment have teamed up to make their views known, writes rob mansfield
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ESIDENTS on two estates in north Fulham have grouped together to Seagrave negotiate the best deal for local Road car people if plans to redevelop the park area are approved. Around 100 tenants and leaseholders on the West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates have formed a ‘steering group’ to have a major say on the plans and what it would mean for them. An outline planning SECURE COUNCIL application has already been submitted for the TENANT OFFER redevelopment of Earls SUMMARY>> Court, including the exhibition centres, l A new home in the which could see up redevelopment area while to 8,000 new homes remaining as a secure built and 10,000 jobs council tenant created. l The home will come with The planning applinew household goods such cation has come from as fridge/freezer, washing EC Properties, the owner machine/dryer, dishwasher, of Earls Court and one of oven/hob and new carpets three landowners, which and curtains. People will also include Hammeralso be compensated for smith & Fulham Council any reasonable costs as a (H&F) and Transport for result of moving, such as London. removal expenses and EC Properties have re-routing of mail also submitted a detailed l All secure tenants who planning application for have lived in their home 800 homes to be built in for more than a year will Seagrave Road, many of be entitled to a home loss which could be available payment of more than to tenants and leasehold£4,500 to compensate ers on the Gibbs Green them for the move and West Kensington l Access to free estates. independent advice Residents on the l People will only have to estates are negotiatmove once their new home ing their own contracts is ready should planning permission be given and should
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the estates be would be good for the area is diincluded in vided. The official tenants’ and the redevelop- residents’ association is concerned ment. The con- about the redevelopment, saying tracts promise that the homes on the estate are in a all council perfectly good condition. tenants a new The overall plans for l Resident homeowners home in the the area include the will get the full market redevelcreation of four l A new chief value of their home plus opment ‘villages’, which executive has been compensation of 10 per area, are designed to appointed to both cent of its value H&F and Kensington and the build on the area’s l Those who choose to and Chelsea, saving offer of heritage. taxpayers £200k move to a new home in an afThey would a year. For details, the development will also fordable be linked via visit: www.lbhf.gov. receive a discount if they proper t y a new high uk/chiefexec sign up early. There will be with comstreet with around no extra mortgage costs pensation for one-quarter of the l Compensation for any le a s e h old e r s land earmarked for open reasonable costs as a result and freehold- public space. The proposals, which of moving, such as legal ers. are currently on show during the fees, removal expenses and H o w e v e r , week, between 9am-5pm at Hamre-routing of mail opinion on mersmith Town Hall in King the estates Street, include plans for a new on whether school, health centre, community r e g e n e r a t i o n centre and leisure facilities.
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l Our aim as residents is simple: we want to get the best deal for people living on the estates. It’s fair to say that we were opposed to the idea of redeveloping the estates when we first heard about it. Many people who live here are still opposed. But there are a large number of people who think change could be for the better. I have lived in Fulham
all my life and have seen a fair number of changes over the years – some good, some not so good. If change is going to happen then our job is to make sure it is good for local people. I think the deal we have negotiated for tenants is good. We will make sure leaseholders and freeholders receive a good deal too. We have been promised brand-new homes,
new job opportunities and other neighbourhood improvements. I may be too old to benefit, but I know that the area is crying out for this. I hope that people will look back in 20 years time and say that change has been good for the area and, most of all, good for people living on these estates. If that happens, we will have done our job.
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lighting the lives of more than 1,600 Fulham residents, using less than two per cent of a vast open space in Barn Elms or finding another solution to cleaning up the Thames. These are the options facing Thames Water when it comes to the future of its controversial multi-billion ‘super sewer’ project, according to local residents. The Thames Tunnel, as it is also known, has sparked furious protests from riverside communities. At a stormy meeting at St Matthew’s Church, Fulham, on Tuesday last week, bosses from the utility giant were bombarded with a series of questions from local people who want to prevent a huge sewer construction site from being dumped on Carnwath Road. Thames Water’s Phil Stride faced the barrage in front of more than 200 angry campaigners at the Q&A session organised by the Peterborough Road & Area Residents Association (Prara). The massive concrete tunnel is being promoted by the utility giant as the best solution to making the river cleaner despite
the fact that water industry experts are lining up to say there are other cheaper and greener alternatives. The opponents – backed by Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council – believe Barn Elms, the other candidate to hold the shaft site, is more suitable as it is less densely populated and would have a far smaller human impact.Thames Water admits that just two per cent of the open land at Barn Elms would be needed – leaving 98 per cent for recreation and leisure activities. Thames Water identified Carnwath Road as a possible sewer construction site in April, and is expected to formally name a small riverside plot as a possible site for its main super sewer shaft next month. Mr Stride said there were ‘not any easy options’ when selecting construction sites for the sewer and tried to reassure residents by saying: “No decisions have been taken about construction sites. “This is a genuine consultation and we are still evaluating Carnwath Road as an alternative to Barns Elms.” The second phase of Thames Water’s sewer site selection consultation starts on November 3 – just days after Lord Selborne’s Thames Tunnel Commission is due to make its final recommendations public. The council has been fighting the whole idea of the super sewer and has opposed locating the main entry site works in south Fulham, within 440 yards of family homes and local schools. Speaking at the meeting, Cllr Nick Botterill, H&F Council deputy leader, said: “When will Thames Water realise that no means no? Respected professors and industry experts have come forward to say there are other cheaper and greener ways to clean up the river.” l For more visit: www.lbhf.gov. uk/sewer or to sign the petition www.lbhf.gov.uk/sewerpetition
l Carnwath Road resident David McGinty said: “There is a community here that you want to destroy, but it’s not going to happen.” l Firdousi Ahmed, who also lives in Carnwath Road and would be just 50 yards from the possible construction site, said: “I am really ill and my immune system is down. I have no choice about where I live and if this site is used as a sewer construction site for seven years it will seriously affect not just me but the elderly and disabled people on the estate who also have medical conditions.” l Lance Pierson, from Peterborough Road, said: “Thames Water’s plans for Carnwath Road are a non-starter and a total disgrace. There are far better alternative sites – namely in Barn Elms – and there are also other options, other than the super sewer, that can clean up the river.” l Nigel Henson, from Rats (Residents Against Thames Sewer), said: “The case has not satisfactorily been made for either the current deep tunnel concrete solution and certainly not for using Carnwath Road. Rats has put in a detailed submission to Thames Water explaining why south Fulham is not suitable. Thames Water now has a choice between using a densely populated residential street or a small section of a vast area of open space where almost no one will be directly affected.” l Sue Oriel (from Prara), Ann Rosenberg (from Rats) and H&F Cllr Nick Botterill
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Bike hire scheme wheels its way west in latest expansion the now familiar blue ‘boris bikes’ will be available at westfield AND THEN the rest of the west, writes ROB MANSFIELD
Major west London attractions such as Westfield shopping centre will benefit from ‘Boris bikes’ after the Mayor of London announced that the hire scheme would be rolled out westwards. The Barclays Cycle hire scheme celebrated its first birthday in July and to mark the occasion Boris Johnson confirmed that Barclays had agreed to provide another £25million of sponsorship. The extra funding will help the scheme to expand throughout west and southwest London by the summer of 2013. We are now Transport for London (TfL) is now preparing planning to plans for Hammersmith swathe a & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Wandsworth huge chunk and also Lambeth. of the west Westfield is to provide funding to allow an early of our city taster of the western with our expansion by extending beautiful the cycle hire to the megamall by spring next year. blue bikes About 12 new docking stations will connect the existing cycle hire zone to Westfield White City : and six docking stations CLICK ON . fl .t w w will potentially be on w gov.uk/ / the grounds of Westfield rs roaduseg London itself. clin
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Mr Johnson said: “It is testament to the huge impact of Barclays Cycle Hire and to the rapidly increasing popularity of pedal power in London that I can announce we are now planning to swathe a huge chunk of the west of our city with our beautiful blue bikes.” The news is a major boost for Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s
Mayor of London Boris Johnson joins keen cyclists at Westfield shopping centre to launch the next phase of Barclays Cycle Hire – aka Boris bikes – across west London
Get Moving campaign which aims to improve the local transport network. In January the council called on the Mayor to extend the popular bike rental scheme westward so
that new sites including Westfield, Fulham Palace, Earls Court, the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith Apollo, and Chelsea, Fulham and QPR football clubs were all covered.
Where would you like to hop on a Boris bike? The council’s on-line message boards have been deluged with suggestions after residents were asked to suggest possible sites for ‘Boris bike’ docking stations as part of the council’s Get Moving transport campaign. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, announced that Barclays Cycle Hire, as the project is officially known, would be wheeled westwards (see story above). H&F Council is working with Transport for London (TfL) to identify locations for up to 60 docking stations – which need to be
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capable of holding at least 24 bikes each. While council transport officials draw up a list of possible locations, residents are being invited to suggest places that could accommodate docking stations. Hundreds of residents wrote in with their ideas for the consultation, which is still live. Sites need to be at least 23 yards long and 2.2 yards wide, and meet rules about footpath width, accessibility and closeness to trees. Cllr Nick Botterill, H&F Council deputy leader, said: “Rolling out Boris bikes into
our borough promises to relieve some pressure on our congested roads and jam-packed tubes, reduce pollution and give residents another option when choosing how to get around. “Now the hard work starts in identifying suitable sites for the docking stations, and residents’ input will be vital in getting these locations right.” l To suggest a location for a docking station visit www.lbhf.gov.uk/getmoving
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Cycle club ready to start a new chain reaction BIKE PROJECT IS ONE OF 27 COMMUNITY SERVICES SHARING £1.2MILLION IN THE LATEST POT OF FUNDING FOR CHARITIES AWARDED LOCALLY, REPORTS Jon Weisgard
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SAFETY DRIVE! Cyclists were given a chance to see how they look from the cab of a truck in an event designed to improve road safety and save lives. They met lorry drivers to swap seats as part of the Exchanging Places campaign. Officials also handed out information about cycling in general, gave out local cycling maps, and gave free bike maintenance check-ups. H&F cabinet member Nick Botterill said: “We are committed to
improving safety for the many cyclists who live here, and those who travel through H&F. “This gives people information about the potential dangers they can face on the road, but more importantly about how to stay safe and enjoy a bike ride.” l For more, visit: www.lbhf.gov.uk
Local cyclist Lisa Long joins in as PCSO Derek Fletcher marks a bike
A CYCLING club will encourage residents to use pedal power after gaining a share of a £1.2million funding pot. H&F Bike Project received £25,000 towards establishing the club in the borough, to include training and progression, competition and events. The scheme was one of 27 local community services to benefit from the second wave of H&F Council’s £3.9m grants pot for the voluntary sector – one of the largest in London. In the first wave, last July, 35 services were awarded £2.7m of taxpayers’ cash from the council’s voluntary sector grants funding. Thirteen of the 27 given money in the latest grants received one for the first time. H&F Bike Project was one, and others included: l Urban Studies Green Service (£10,000) – a service to educate, inform and encourage young people through creative environmental projects.
l Hammersmith & Fulham Action on Disability (Hafad) (£40,000) – Peer support project to encourage disabled people to access mainstream services. In total, the council received 70 applications from 51 organisations. This equated to £3.9m worth of applications received for £1.2m of funding available. H&F cabinet member Joe Carlebach said: “Like councils the length of the country, we are under huge financial pressures as a result of the national budget crisis. “However, we will do our absolute best to protect vital organisations and services from the budget pressures that we face. “We have gone through a careful process to seek the best possible value for money for taxpayers in these circumstances.” Other successful groups who were awarded funding from the £1.2m pot included the Community Transport Project, which received £45,000 to help fund a development worker and to deliver a coach voucher scheme offering free or low-cost coach outings to local older people’s groups. The council is taking applications for the next round of fast-track funding this autumn with a decision made in spring next year. This pot provides grants of up to £10,000 for local groups. The next round of large voluntary sector grants will take place next year.
Look, I can ride a bike! These days student and mum-of-three Tigist Negash glides around on her bike with the greatest of ease. But up to April last year the 34-year-old had never cycled in her life – until a course organised through her son’s school put her on the road to two-wheel freedom. Life on the school run taking her two sons to Miles Coverdale primary and then her daughter to nursery, before heading off to college in Barons Court, is now so much easier. Tigist took part in a course arranged by H&F’s Sustrans Bike It officer Owen Powell, aimed at
parents and carers. I was always running after my children,” she said. “Now I cycle with them and it feels much safer as a whole family. Also, I can carry my daughter on the back of my bike. Tigist is studying English at Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College and hopes to go on to study nursing next year. l Visit: www.sustrans.org.uk/ what-we-do/bike-it
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l A scheme to improve Fulham riverside has been approved by H&F Council. Developer St George was given the green light on September 23 to regenerate the Fulham Reach area by constructing 744 flats on a riverside site at Distillery Lane, together with new office space, gym, restaurants, swimming pool and a boat club, pictured left. As part of the scheme, the council has negotiated a £12m community gain package from St George to spend on improvements to the surrounding area. Speaking after the meeting, local
residents spoke of their satisfaction that the plans had been approved. Fulham resident Paul Makaviglia said: “I am sure that this development will improve the area. “I have been living here for around seven years and that bit of land has always looked a bit scruffy. When I look at what St George have done in Putney, I am sure that this will be an improvement.” And H&F Council’s deputy leader Nick Botterill said: “We recognise that there were differing views on this scheme but we believe the development will improve Fulham Reach and the surrounding area.” JW
Now you can look online to check how funds are spent NEW developments mean there is OFTEN a pot of money for improvements in the area. AND NOW you can see if it is used well, writes jon weisgard
The borough has become one of the first in the country to let residents look online to make sure contributions from developers are being spent wisely. It’s another pioneering move for Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council, known as one of the best local authorities in the country when it comes to transparency. The funds come from what are known as Section 106 agreements, in which a developer provides a contribution to make any necessary improvements in a
neighbourhood where a scheme is due to take place. Examples include funds to be spent on highways, recreational facilities, education and new housing to support new large-scale developments. By visiting the council’s dedicated transparency pages, residents can now view outstanding Section 106 funds and the purposes for which they are identified. H&F Council has led the way in openness and transparency and last year became one of the first authorities to put all spending above £500 online. In addition, taxpayers can view senior officer salaries, details of all councillors’ expenses, the borough’s asset
register and departmental organisation charts. Cllr Harry Phibbs, cabinet member for community engagement, said: “H&F Council wants to be a champion of openness and transparency to deliver value for money for our residents. “Our taxpayers are the eyes and ears of the council and we want them to hold us to account and scrutinise us on how their money is spent and service provided. “By publishing outstanding Section 106 details online, residents will be able to make sure that we
are spending the contribution from developers effectively and not leaving the money unspent in a remote account.” Cllr Nick Botterill, deputy leader and cabinet member for environment, said the council had ‘a strong track record’ when it came to negotiating Section 106 agreements with developers. “Now that these details have been published online, residents will be able to see exactly how we are spending the proceeds to improve the areas in which they live,” he added. “We hope that this transparency will encourage residents to come forward with ideas about the best way to spend the money in their neighbourhoods.” H&F Council’s transparency initiatives were recently praised by the Taxpayers Alliance, which said: “Hammersmith & Fulham should be congratulated for their moves toward A Section 106 agreement with Westfield meant the greater openness and new Shepherds Bush Library could be built transparency.”
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same-day appointments are usually available. The council’s team is also expert on insulation and is familiar with green energy generation. Advice can shave pounds from your bills. The building control team will act in the ultimate interest of you, the building owner. It provides independent professional advice and completion certificates that are recorded at the council for all future searches.
l The law says home owners carrying out improvement work must tell their local council, have the work authorised and correct documents filed for future reference. People often delegate this to their architect, builder or contractor. But it is your responsibility and you can tell your builder you want to use our team l If anything goes wrong the council’s team can deal with you in person. Copies of certificates can be provided to solicitors, mortgage companies and insurers so insist your contractor uses the local authority team l The team can also provide assistance with solar panels and electricity generation, roof renewal, creating new rooms – including some conservatories – adding or altering drains and changing a building’s use l For more information call 020 8753 3387, fax 020 7753 2448, email buildingcontrol@lbhf.gov.uk or visit Hammersmith Town Hall Extension 1st Floor Reception
Angela calls it a day as she ends her history-making role
Angela Dixon is stepping down
l the chairman of an organisation dedicated to safeguarding the borough’s history is stepping down from her role. Angela Dixon was the leader of the Hammersmith & Fulham Historic Buildings Group. The campaigners have many achievements to their name, such as securing repairs to the Fulham grave of Granville Sharp, father of the 18th century anti-slavery movement, and surveying the
sculptures of H&F. The group’s AGM was held recently at St Paul’s Church in Hammersmith and the theme was the archaeology of its graveyard. Oxford Archaeology carried out exhumations on the church extension site, giving an insight into the health of 19th century Hammersmith residents. Taking over from Angela is 76-year-old historian Dr Mary-Lou Jennings, who has a history BA, MA and doctorate, is a Birkbeck College fellow and is a new group member.
Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris were friends and major figures in art history. Morris lived in Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith (pictured above), until his death in 1896, and the former coach house has a museum run by the William Morris Society. It is the venue for a talk by Fiona McCarthy at 2.15pm on Saturday, November 5, looking at the two men’s relationship. Edward BurneJones and William Morris: A Great Victorian Friendship will re-examine the friendship and artistic collaboration between them in the light of her research for a new biography of Burne-Jones being published this autumn by Faber and Faber. MacCarthy’s biography of Morris was published in 1994 and she has also written about artist Eric Gill, who lived for a time in Hammersmith Terrace. l Visit: www.williammorris society.org or call 020 8741 3735 for more details.
revamp at the green Work starts on revamping Shepherds Bush Green in January. H&F Council will be creating two new play areas for children, one of which is for toddlers and the other for five to 13-year-olds. The council will also be planting more trees and improving routes across the Green for pedestrians and cyclists. The work is likely to be completed in time for the London 2012 Olympics.
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LOCAL SCHOOLS YOUR CHOICE AS HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM IS DUBBED THE MOST FREE-SCHOOL FRIENDLY COUNCIL IN THE UK, ROB MANSFIELD REPORTS ON THE NEW ARRIVALS, AND HOW THE EDUCATION LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED FOREVER WITH WIDER CHOICE AND BETTER RESULTS
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7, while ARK Conway primary opened on September 15. The two free schools are joined by Hammersmith Academy which opened on September 8 – making it three schools to open in just over a week. The school openings come at a time of record educational achievement: l More H&F children are starting secondary school in the borough than ever before. That figure stands at 61 per cent – an increase from 2006, when just 45 per cent of local children attended a secondary state school. l Last month’s GCSE results were the best ever: 71.6 per cent of students gained five or more A*-C grades, including English and maths – an increase of 16 per cent since 2008. l GCSE performance (where students gained five or more A*-C grades, including English and maths) at the borough’s state schools has improved hugely since 2007. At Burlington Danes Academy results increased from 36 per cent in 2007 to 75 per cent in 2011; Fulham Cross went up from 45 per cent to 72 per cent and Hurlingham and Chelsea rose from 42 per cent to 60 per cent. Under its new leadership, Henry Compton has been the most improved school over the past year. l H&F has been named the best authority in the UK for the number of state school sixth-formers going to a top university, despite the fact CONTINUED NEXT PAGE>>
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that 36 per cent of pupils in the borough receive free school meals compared to 17 per cent nationally. l State pupils in H&F are 50 times more likely to be accepted at Oxford or Cambridge than pupils in Hackney, Rochdale, Knowsley or Sandwell. Lady Margaret School in Parsons Green was named in the recent Sutton Trust report as having more pupils going to Oxbridge than any other state school in the UK. Three new schools: WHO? Ark Conway Primary Academy, Hammersmith Academy and West London Free School
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Hammersmith and Fulham H&F cabinet member Helen Council leader Stephen GreenBinmore said: “This is an excithalgh said: “One of the major priing time for education in the bororities of this council has been the ough and we are thrilled to see creation of schools of choice. more parents choosing to educate “For far too long, too many of their children locally. our parents preferred to send their “By embracing new exciting children to secondary schools out projects, such as the free schools of our borough. and academies, we are continuing “That is no longer the case to extend parental choice and ofthanks to the huge improvement fer our children the best possible we have seen in our schools and educational opportunities and to the creation of more educationstart in life.” al choice. Meanwhile, West London “Free schools have Free School chair of been borne out of governors Toby Young parent power and we said: “I am absolutely make no bones about delighted that we have doing all we could to now opened. help these exciting “I can’t pretend it has new projects flourbeen easy, but I hope ish – we are happy to that the fact we have say that Hammersmith managed to do it will More & Fulham is the most inspire other groups of free-school friendly parents and teachers choice and council in Britain. to follow in our footcompetition “More choice and steps.” is leading competition is unSpeaking about his doubtedly leading to experiences, Ark Conto higher higher educational way headteacher Daeducational standards overall, as mian McBeath said: shown by the vote of “We have been working standards confidence our parents towards this day for the overall are now giving to lolast eight months so we cal schools. are very proud to open “The borough has today. never been prouder of “The school’s misour schools and has sion is to inspire excel: N O CLICbKhf.gov. lence and we hope to never been prouder of www.l ctory/ the increased choice enable our pupils to go uk/Diren_and_ our parents now on and achieve fantastic o educati ing/ have.” things in life.” Learn
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From failing to outstanding as Fulham school fights back Sixteen-year-olds Taylor Rowe and Shari Fraser, and Luke Coyne (inset below), were among Hurlingham & Chelsea’s GCSE exam-takers this year
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the council to withdraw this proposal and now the 600-place school in Peterborough Road has been given a glowing report, with students gaining ‘an outstanding quality of education’ and making ‘remarkable progress’. The latest Ofsted report praises headteacher Phil Cross’s leadership as ‘outstanding’ – a feat made all the more impressive by the diversity at the school where 50 per cent of students speak English as an additional language and an above-average number qualify for free school meals. The vote of confidence will be further marked, in early 2012, by
the opening of a new Sands End community library based within the school. H&F cabinet member Helen Binmore said: “I am really pleased with this outstanding result for Hurlingham & Chelsea and it is a tribute to the hard work of the teaching staff, parents, governors and of course the students.” Mr Cross said: “Our success is the direct result of staff, students and parents working hard together to generate the current high standards. “However, our remarkable journey is not complete. There is still much hard work to be done if we are to achieve our aim of being the best school in London.”
E-asy does it with library courses
H&F mayor Cllr Frances Stainton is given a flavour of the new courses by e-learning manager Sam Mishra
l A new way of learning launched at Shepherds Bush Library gives access to more than 10,000 courses. The e-learning system lets anyone study at home, at the library or even on a laptop in a cafe to gain qualifications to help find work. It was launched with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the library at Westfield shopping centre by H&F mayor Cllr Frances Stainton.
She was given a guided tour by staff of the Acton Training Centre (ATC), which launched the Learn Direct Centre with the library’s recruitment service Work Zone. David Martell, ATC operations manager, said the flexible self-learning system was backed by advice from a tutor based at the library building. “There are thousands of courses people can do by themselves, to help
them get a job, gain promotion or continue in work,” he said. Students have an initial meeting with the librarybased tutor to assess which course suits them best. E-learning complements the efforts of Work Zone, a project established by H&F Council on the first floor of the library in Wood Lane, set up to help Westfield’s retailers recruit locally.
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<<education showing the sixth sense l The new term has seen Phoenix High School welcome students to its impressive new sixth form. The colourful building is at the Phoenix site in The Curve, Shepherds Bush. Headteacher Sir William Atkinson (inset below) said: “Over the last five years many of our students have expressed a strong desire to continue their education after Year 11 at Phoenix with teachers they know and trust. “With the completion of the new sixth-form building, we have a world-class facility to support our learners.”
Three popular primary schools prompt rise in local pupil places Gayford Road, Shepherds Bush, and Wormholt Park Primary School in Bryony Road, Shepherds Bush. It means that there are now 90 new places – 30 in each school – with children learning in brand-new buildings at Flora Gardens, and in a mixture of new and refurbished classrooms at both Good Shepherd and Wormholt Park Primary. This is in addition to the opening of the new Ark Conway Primary Academy in Hemlock Road. In total, £550,000 has been spent on expanding and improving primary education in the north of the borough. It means that there are now 1,543 local primary places.
new entry year groups have been created at three schools in north of h&f for four-yearolds on top of the ark conway primary academy launching, as TIM HARRISON reports
As another new school year begins, a package of improvements to Hammersmith & Fulham’s schools means more primary places are being created in the north of the borough. Three new entry year groups have been created for four-year-olds who are starting primary school in Flora Gardens in Dalling Road, Hammersmith, Good Shepherd in
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Work is also starting this month on a £1.3million extension at Old Oak Primary School, beside Wormwood Scrubs park. The project, which is due to be finished by spring 2012, involves a building to house the early years department and remodelling of the existing school to create better reception classrooms. The work will boost capacity at the school from a 1.5-form entry to a two-form entry. H&F cabinet member Helen Binmore welcomed the expansion of primary places. “Local schools are proving ever more popular, and we have been able to respond to that demand by expanding the intake at several primary schools, increasing choice for parents,” she said.
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measures to cut its debt to £122m at the start of the current financial year (2011-12), but that still drains around £4.3m in annual interest payments before a penny is spent CLICK ON: on public services. www.lbhf. gov.uk/ The council now councildebt expects to wipe another £12m off its longstanding debt by the end of this financial year m and says it is ‘on track’ to 0 6 halve its historic debt by 1 £ m April 2014. 0 7 H&F Council £1 m leader Cllr Stephen 0 £18 Greenhalgh said: “Nationally and £190m locally we have seen the dangers of £200m excessive debt and we are the only council in the country that is consistently cut– costing £9.5m a year in ting council tax and lowering the couninterest repayments. Since then, the cil’s debt. “Spending milauthority has worked hard with a range of efficiency lions of pounds on
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We are White Let’s talk City. TWENTY-ONE local residents have been chosen to sit on the first White City neighbourhood forum. The committee was created to give White City, Wormholt and Shepherds Bush a better voice when it deals with community issues. The forum was launched at a community convention in September at the White City Community Centre. Nominated to the forum were 14 representatives of local organisations. They were joined by seven local residents who were elected unopposed. Harry Audley, chairman of the White City Residents’ Association, said: “We expect to share information and resources to obtain maximum benefit, not just for the opportunities that are currently available to White City area but also ones that will be available in future.” H&F cabinet member Andrew Johnson welcomed the forum as a valuable ini-
tiative in delivering new opportunities to the area. He said: “I am looking forward to working with the new forum members to deliver their ambitions to unlock real opportunities for current and future residents of White City.” One of the forum’s tasks will be to decide how best to spend grant funding on improving the area, particularly Batman Close, the Cleverly estate, White City Close, the White City estate and
the Wormholt estate. The seven resident members of the forum are Niniola Adetuberu, Harry Audley, John GordonSmith, Susan Iwai, Hoss Malek, John Ryan and Junior Sterling. The 14 organisational members are Andrew Fullerton, Sheraz Khan, Linda Moll, Penny Asumang, Vince Hines, Joseph Jacobs, the Rev Ben Humphries, Sgt Jason Carrigan, Sohail Ayaz (pictured inset left), Andrea Lemard, Garry McMillan, Bob Still, Andy Sharpe. l For more details, visit: www.ourwhitecity.com
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ROLL OUT THE BARRELS HAMMERSMITH couple BRING brewing to the borough with the launch of a new pub in GOLDHAWK ROAD FOR great beer and food, writes tom derbyshire
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the successful honest about what you are selling Sambrook, of and make it accessible as possible Sambrook’s Brewery. They hope to get a brewing to as many different people as expert involved in producing the possible,” said the 27-year-old. “In every part of London you beers and there has been plenty of get all kinds of people living in one interest. Food – reasonably priced area. It would be a big mistake to traditional favourites such as steak, pork belly and duck breast alienate some. “A pub, we believe, has always – is from ingredients sourced been about being local, part of the locally as much as possible. The pub is backing another community, a home from home, and we want to bring it back to pioneering drinks producer just a few streets away in Hammersmith. being that.” Indeed, you get the feeling that Spirits from Sipsmith, of Nasmyth pub-lovers who think the same Street, are flying off the shelves. Family support also seems way have rallied round to give The Duchess of Cambridge the best guaranteed, with Simon’s brother nearby at Waind Gohil Architects start in life. It helps that it is the sister pub in Bulwer Street, W12, and other relatives in Chiswick. of an excellent Euston boozer Simon hopes the pub called The Bree Louise. will attract people from Ruth and Simon far and wide thanks drank there when she CLICK ON : to a location between was managing nearby www.th three tube stations and got to know owner duchess e (Goldhawk Road, Craig Douglas. When cambrid of g Stamford Brook and he became interested pub.come Turnham Green) and the in what had been The range of beers. “We are Brook he asked them trying to create a bit of a if they would like to destination pub,” he said. give it a go. A pub has always If the idea takes off then Craig Now, they can rely on the support of brewers has ambitious plans to expand been about being from across London the concept to Paris, but for now local, part of the and beyond, including Simon and Ruth are content with H a m m e r s m i t h the best of British at The Duchess community resident Duncan of Cambridge.
have some on the gravity bar during the week and fill it at weekends and regular beer festivals through the year with specialist beers, with hand pumps as staple beers,” said Simon, 32. “With the gravity ones we’ll have some fun and see what we can get, and see what people like.” At a time when much of the borough is dominated by gastropubs and bars concentrating on food or attracting the ‘right kind’ of customer, Simon and Ruth’s pub is aimed at a diverse range of people. As Ruth says, the key is not to exclude any section of the community. Indeed, if you are in the armed forces, NHS, a student or a member of Camra then you can even get a discount (with ID). “You have to be
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foodies are thrilled to see ginger pig’s arrival in askew road and hope it will inspire other such shops to follow, writeS steve dew-jones
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new butcher in Shepherds Bush is all set to start a food revolution.The Ginger Pig, the fifth of its kind in London, specialises in quality meat, eggs, pies and homemade chutneys, and comes as the result of local author Fran Warde’s strong desire to bring change to the area. The shop has been buzzing since opening on October 5 and Fran, who lives in Rylett Crescent, hopes a launch party in November will encourage others to bring good food to Shepherds Bush. “Yes, you can write about the Ginger Pig, but the bigger picture is the Askew Road, and I feel quite passionate about that,” said the author, who has written heaps of cookery books. “We would really like a fishmonger, a vegetable merchant and a deli selling cheese because the response we’ve had has been mammoth. “On Twitter, it’s been going mad. People are saying: ‘I can’t believe the Ginger Pig has come to the Askew Road. At last, it’s going to change’.” Fran has lived in the borough for 20 years with husband David Tatton, who runs West London Osteopaths in Vespan Road. “I really want to change the Askew Road,” she said. “This could be a fantastic road because there are great people who live around here and it’s a great street and deserves to have a heart and not just disappear and fall down.” Local mother Tessa Brown was one of many residents to make her way to the butcher more than once in its opening week. “It’s fantastic, a dream come true,” said Tessa, whose daughter Matilda, 11, goes to West London
Ginger Pic butcher Steven Owens and (inset below) cookery writer Fran Warde, who co-wrote the Ginger Pig Meat Book with Tim Wilson, farmer and proprieter of Ginger Pig
Free School. “It’s something so special for Askew Road, which has so long been a bit down at heel and not a very exciting place to be. “Slowly we see little signs of life and we’re all very excited whenever there is a little bit of improvement, and this is a huge improvement!” And Cathnor Park Area Action Group chairwoman Annabel Clarke said: “The arrival of Sainsburys and Tesco, as well as independent shops such as Laveli bakery and Askew Wine, has made the road a true destination for food-lovers.” On opening day, Ginger Pig’s project manager Tom Bothamley proudly welcomed the shop’s first customer, Helen Williams. l Ginger Pig, 137-139 Askew Road, W12. For more details, visit: www.thegingerpig.co.uk
vintage clothes will join the goods on offer at a string of fresh businesses in Askew Road. Long Live Vintage, which opened on October 5 – the very same day as neighbouring butchers, The Ginger Pig – is the work of 24-year-old Kieran Williams and marks a remarkable change in fortunes for the former Sacred Heart Primary School pupil. Kieran found herself out of a job when the economic downturn hit. She said: “I wasn’t working for a little while and decided to go to car boot sales. “Friends and family gave me some stuff, which happened to be vintage, and from there I made a little bit of money and decided that was the way to go. “The vision is to expand into larger premises, into men’s fashion as well, because I know that is a market that is a little bit untouched right now.” Pictured above is Kieran (centre) along with Yvonne, Jonathan, Nigel and Ricky Williams, with Sabrina Tancredi and Sara Halouane. l Long Live Vintage, 163 Askew Road, W12
charity dinner Britain’s brave wounded servicemen and women will benefit from a gala dinner on November 3 organised by H&F’s mayor at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium. Money raised will help the Walking with the Wounded charity. There is also a French couture dress display and an auction with lots including Chelsea match tickets. Ticket details from mayor@lbhf.gov. uk or on 020 8753 2013.
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Beer very fine and wine divine thanks to school dedicated to good drinks
Fish and chips and beer: it doesn’t get much better than that for many people. A newly acquired alcohol licence at a Shepherds Bush Road chippy means you can combine all three. Following on from its first wine-tasting session, held earlier this month, Kerbisher & Malt is holding a tasting on November 1 to showcase its all-British beer list. The wine and beer lists at the fish and chip shop will change regularly with tastings for both held every two or three months. l See www.kerbisher.co.uk
PRESTIGIOUS wine school based at a FULHAM storage company also offers tempting beer tastings and delicious dinners, REPORTS tom derbyshire
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HEY say you should never mix grape and grain but a Fulham centre of drinking expertise is managing it very well. The West London Wine School, which is based in the unlikely but supremely quirky home of the Big Yellow Storage Company, has had a successful year and beer tastings are now a big part of that. Including brilliant brews among its tastings has expanded the courses available at the school, which was launched by Jimmy Smith at the start of last year at that rather unexpected base in Townmead Road. Under the guidance of head tutor Jimmy and the Beer Academy’s RuHead pert Ponsonby (rated as the ‘poshtutor est beer guru in town’ by Tatler, Jimmy apparently!), you can try seven Smith of West to eight brews of different styles London and character. The next one is on Wine Friday, November 4, and looks at School beers worldwide. in The Beer Academy also has Fulham close links with the powerhouse of ale excellence that is the famous White Horse in Parsons Green. Jimmy, 28, said: “We have been innovative coming to the end of our second year and then in 2012 we have a lot of new and exciting partnerships in venues across London. The demand has been so good we McLaren Vale in south Australia’, are recruiting for new tutors. matching with a three-course meal “The beer tasting is one area we and cheese, sold out. “More will be have really developed, by teaming held in early December and Januup with the Beer Academy. It also ary,” Jimmy reassured disappointed involves matching beer with food to wine-lovers. open people’s eyes to the great To round off a satisfying 2011, British beer styles and make the wine school is holding its it more accessible for all.” own Wine of the Year awards : That busy year has of for the second time, with CLICK ON www. n course included plenty of winners to be unveiled from stlondo l. e w time spent on wine. One December 13-15 during a oo winesch com of the new ventures strikspecial series of tastings. ing a chord is Winemaker The wines will be in stock, Dinners, launched this aushowing perfect timing for tumn at The Fulham Wine Rooms Christmas. in Fulham Road. The venue opened Jimmy said: “We have just held in November last year. the last round of judging with SiThe October dinner exploring mon Woods, [International Online the range from d’Arenberg, ‘one of Wine Columnist of the Year 2010], the hottest wine properties from the as guest judge.
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“We all got together and 70 wines have been narrowed down to the final 16, covering 16 categories.” It was quite some task. As Jimmy reveals, the number of wines considered started off at about 1,100. He has plenty of plans for new tastings and courses all over London but SW6 itself is certainly proving to be a wine-lover’s paradise, with the Wine Rooms and firms such as Vagabond opening recently. “Fulham is the place to be for wine in London,” said Jimmy. “It is a top area.” And for beer. And food. l For details on future events: www.westlondonwineschool.com
FLYING the quality wines flag for the north of the borough is the Albertine just off Shepherds Bush Green. The popular and friendly wine shop and bar in Wood Lane has been given the Wine Bar List of the Year award run by Imbibe.com “It can’t hurt that Albertine is near the thirsty employees of the BBC in west London, but the fact that it’s been around for more than 30 years must be due to more than mere location. And a quick glance at the list bears this out,” said Imbibe.com in its summing-up. “Every wine has a tasting note, but owner Giles Philips (pictured) has been careful to ensure that they are short and helpful, rather than selfindulgent and unfocused.” Another H&F winner was The Harwood Arms in Walham Grove, Fulham, which was named Fine Dining Pub of the Year.
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go the whole hog at new pub HAMPSHIRE is a bit of a way from Hammersmith. They both have ‘ham’ in their names, though, which is entirely appropriate for a completely revamped pub in King Street, W6. The Hampshire Hog title harks back to an original pub on the site dating from the 17th century and rebuilt in 1883. The rather grand building had recently been dubbed Ruby Grand but the historical link has now been restored. It is run by the same people who were behind gastropub The Engineer in Chalk Farm, now changed by owner Mitchells and Butler, despite a campaign to save it including the likes of Robert Plant, Harry Enfield, Lisa Snowdon and Dermot O’Leary. The Hampshire Hog title has a strong connection to the area. Controversial artist Eric Gill, who lived in nearby Black Lion Lane, sculpted a hog to advertise workshops in Hampshire Hog Lane, which was once next to the pub. These were aimed at helping and educating the working class of what was a very poor area down by the Thames once known as Little Wapping. A flying bomb in 1944 devastated much of what was left of this. The new pub and pantry is set to open this month. l For details visit: www.thehampshirehog.com
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This Hampshire Hog sculpted by Eric Gill for workshops in Hammersmith was in a 2009 show at the Royal Academy featuring Gill, Jacob Epstein and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (picture copyright Estate of Eric Gill/Bridgeman Art Gallery)
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l THE renowned White Horse in Parsons Green has built up an awesome reputation for the quality and range of its beers over the years. Want proof? Well, the next event to be held there is the 29th annual Old Ale Festival. From 11am on November 25 until the evening of the 27th the pub will be showcasing all the old historic beer styles of Great Britain. You can expect to see more than 60 beers covering historic styles such as barley wine,
mild, stout, porter, old ale, strong ale and winter warmers. The White Horse says: “This year we have managed to
get some very special one-off brews in cask. “Stuart Howe, the head brewer at Sharp’s, has created a three-year-old ‘massive’ ale. This has big, sweet flavours with a dry smooth finish for a 10 per cent beer. “Ascot has also created a one-off special on cask for us.” If you fancy learning more about brewing and the history of beer, The White Horse will be holding free seminars on the 26th. l See: www.whitehorsesw6.com
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Chiles friendly The andover arms has a starring role on ItV’s daybreak featuring pub regular adrian chiles, Writes Tom DERBYSHIRE A hidden-away gem of a pub in Hammersmith has been given nationwide coverage on ITV’s Daybreak show. The Andover Arms in Aldensley Road counts presenter Adrian Chiles among its fans, and when a feature about the Guide Dogs charity was broadcast recently he was shown heading there on his usual route. But it was a very different journey to his normal wander – Chiles, who lives nearby in Brackenbury
Gavaghan Village, was has run The blindfolded and Andover led by a guide Arms since dog so he could 2007. find out what Before life is like for then he blind people. ran The Former BBC Thatched presenter Chiles House in became inDalling volved through Road for his friendship seven years. with Andover Arms l Another pub The Andover regular Dave Kent, serving Fuller’s in Arms is holding who is blind. Dave Hammersmith has a beer festival – the information reopened after a refurb. from Novemofficer for Guide The Stonemason’s Arms ber 24-27 and Dogs – is often in the (pic ture d) in Cambridge a Christmas pub with Quince, a Grove was closed menu runs from Labrador. at the start of December 1-23. He linked up October l For more with Chiles as part of details visit: www. Guide Dogs week earlier theandoverarms.co.uk this month. and www.guidedogs.org.uk Pub landlord Tom
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Lala making music and Med delights laid-back and fun atmosphere brings turkish and med dishes with midweek tunes to set the scene right in the heart of vibrant hammersmith, as kate o’sullivan finds out
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est London has a reputation for mixing local, authentic treasures with up-market boozers. Not to mention all the cafes, coffee shops and eateries in between. So it is perhaps difficult to know what to expect from Lala Brasserie, a Turkish and Mediterranean contemporary restaurant with live midweek music in the heart of Hammersmith. Lala is a huge site, with two floors including a bright dining area and a less formal bar with shisha pipes sitting welcomingly next to the impressive back bar of spirits and liquors and a large downstairs area with what looks suspiciously like a DJ booth. We started our contemporary Turkish experience with warm pitta bread dipped into pomegranateinfused olive oil, an unusual twist on the traditional Italian starter. This was accompanied by a traditional selection of dips (humus, tzatiki, muhammara, baba ghanoush and hand-kneaded bulgar and herbs), all of which tasted zingy and fresh. The bulgar was a particular treat. A brave collective of traditional falafel and spinach and filo parcels with tempura calamari, courgette and herb fritters and lamb ‘Adana’ roles provided the ideal accompaniment to the light dips without overpowering the more delicate flavours. For the main courses we tried the mixed grill of lamb and chicken brochette, lamb chop and lamb Adana which came with traditional-style roasted vegetables, steamed bulgar wheat and brown lentils. The meat was well cooked and tender, but perhaps a
little generously portioned. The poached rainbow trout on a bed of crushed herb new potatoes and a spicy tomato sauce was delicate, perfectly seasoned and avoided the usual temptations of dill overkill. A Turkish blend of Merlot and Shiraz grapes stood up to the meat and allowed the fish to shine; a light, refreshing end-ofsummer red. Dessert was a simple but effective chocolate tart with vanilla ice cream, which trod a thin line between too rich for milk chocolate lovers, too bland for chocoholics with a darker side.
Music and food are both on the menu at Lala Brasserie in Hammersmith (inset) and food includes Turkish and Mediterranean tastes, as waitress Sarah Millar shows (below)
Coconut creme brulee did what it said on the menu, and surprisingly well. The brasserie boasts a large selection of cocktails and spirits, including the signature cocktail, the chilled saffron; a saffron gin, orange zest and basil blend balanced with sweet Vermouth, Southern Comfort and soda. An adventurous alternative to the usual espresso. Lala Brasserie provides great food in a laid-back, fun atmosphere that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The casual ambience and contemporary decor make this lively restaurant a great place for dinner for two, a family meal or a large party. An alternative venue with a traditional menu. l Lala Brasserie, 2 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith Broadway, W6 9DX. See www.lalaw6. com.
ritz bows out after 62 years The business had been going for 62 years and he was in charge for 38 of those, but Andreas Ioannou has now called it a day. A sign in the window of his Ritz Greek & Grill restaurant in Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, gave customers the sad news he had retired and thanked them for their custom. Andreas (pictured above) had dreams of becoming a dentist but had to give up on that when he and his parents lost their home in Cyprus during the Turkish invasion in 1974. He had to stop his studies because of financial hardship and instead he decided to become a chef in the restaurant, which his father-in-law George Prodromou set up in 1949.
treasure hunting CAN you help to revive a Sunday market held in a Fulham pub? Wheatsheaf landlord Lance Hamilton-Griffiths (pictured) established the Local Treasures event but says other business interests mean it has become too difficult to manage it as well. He is appealing for any individuals or groups who can help to get in touch – the market at the Fulham Road pub could change to once a month or take place on an evening, he added. “I still strongly believe in the idea and concept. I love local people getting together and creating something interesting of their own,” said Lance. l Call 020 7384 1444.
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Fulham Road in the pink to raise profile of specialist centre l Fulham Road will truly be in the pink as the area’s only specialist breast cancer support centre gears up to raise money and awareness. The Haven plans to cover the area from the Broadway to its base in Effie Road with 800 pink
balloons today (Friday, October 28). Businesses will be decorating their windows, staff are dressing up, pink parties are being organised and there will be pink cakes, cocktails and smoothies all created specially for the day.
The event is part of the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A spokesperson for The Haven, a national charity, said: “We have been overwhelmed by the Fulham community’s generosity and support and we can’t wait to turn Fulham pink
Intense light could spell the end of waxing pain
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F you can speak Spanish, the name of a newcomer to the borough beauty treatment scene gives the game away about what they do. No Mas Vello simply means ‘no more hair’, and for many of us women who have been plucked, shaved and depilated it could mean an end to a process which is expensive, time consuming and, if you’ve ever had a bikini wax, bloomin’ painful. What is the alternative right
now? Permanent laser hair removal usually costs in the thousands – an unachievably smooth dream for many. But No Mas Vello is a Spanish franchise that has earned worldwide popularity for IPL. That’s intense pulse light, said to be the hair removal method which is affordable to the masses. The firm has proved so popular they have just opened their fifth franchise in London, in Shepherds Bush Road. Owner of the W6 branch, Mike Georgio, 52, said that the IPL treatment works by beaming a laser of light, w h i c h transmits
WIN! MACAROONS & TEA! l WE ARE offering THREE prizes of free tea parties for four people at Betty Blythe – the perfect autumn afternoon date – complete with macaroons! Tea comes with a tempting array of Ganache macarons (as the French call them) at Betty Blythe, the deliciously stocked fine food pantry in Brook Green. Handmade Ganache macarons are the new thing after cupcakes, according to chic continental European foodies. Betty Blythe has added them to the shelves this autumn. Made of a crisp shell with a luscious centre, and a range of flavours, colours and textures. Created by Ganache head chef Audrey Cadostin, the ‘macarons’ are
and create a buzz around The Haven and local businesses. “We hope this event will put a spotlight on Fulham and the amazing community spirit here.” Visit: www.thehaven.org.uk for more details about the charity.
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heat to the hair root, removing it to dark colours. It doesn’t work on permanently. very dark skin types, unfortunately, After every session the hair and a patch test is always conducted grows back weaker and thinner by the clinic beforehand. Even until it finally gives up the struggle better, the treatment is practically and simply drops out. painless. “You need about four Apparently, all you feel to eight treatments per is a warm ‘ping’, like area, depending on the a hot elastic needle l TANGO purists are person, until all the against your skin. joining Pavadita in the hair follicles are And it’s not Hammersmith Club, Rutland destroyed. Then just for the Grove, W6, where experts the hair never ladies. Mike from Buenos Aires put pupils grows back,” he has had it through their paces in the traditional Argentine form added. done on his of the dance. New milonga “Considering hands – which classes have been added on how much the he assures me Sunday and Tuesday nights. average woman used to be much Get the full picture at www. dancetango. spends in a lifetime hairier. co.uk on hair removal Miranda Vinall products this is highly l No Mas Vello, 54 affordable.” Shepherds Bush Road, W6 IPL works best on pale skin with 7PH. Call 020 7602 6745 or email: darker hair, as the laser is attracted shepherdsbush@nomasvello.co.uk
the ultimate indulgence. They differ from the American coconut-based versions having a smoother surface. Flavours include gingerbread and peanut butter. Betty Blythe is at 73 Blythe Road, W14. Call 020 7602 1177. To be in with a chance of winning, answer this simple question. Is the Betty Blythe food pantry based in: a) Parsons Green; b) Brook Green; c) Reverend Green. Add name, address and phone number and email press.office@lbhf.gov.uk, or post to Your Fulham, Room 39, Town Hall, King Street, W6 9JU. Winners will be chosen on Nov 11. Prizewinners must book in advance by December 1. The editor’s decision is final.
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AUNCHING the new Bush Theatre with Bible study might not seem the sexiest move in the history of drama, but artistic director Josie Rourke insists it has cult potential. Sixty-Six Books, now playing at the theatre’s new home in the former Shepherds Bush Library, features 130 actors giving their interpretation of some of the most familiar stories in literature. The unusual show, linked to the 400th anniversary of publication of the King James Bible, features readings, poems and songs from Jeanette Winterson to Carol Ann Duffy, Bill Paterson to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Shepherds Bush actors Ralf Little (Royle Family) and Miranda Raison (Spooks). “It is the most extraordinary group of 21st century writers,” Josie said. “We’ve been commissioning this for three years, and it is a wonderful way to open the new Bush Theatre.” She predicts that the show, which includes several large-scale 24-hour performances, will go down in theatre history as one of those ‘I was there’ classics. “Just imagine being able to say ‘I was at the opening of the Bush watching a 24-hour show involving 130 of the most gifted actors of the 21st century crossing the stage, guided by 23 of the most extraordinary directors.” Among those taking part is Shepherds Bush actor Peter de Jersey, a TV and theatre actor who has lived in the borough for the past five years. Perhaps best known as Jerome Taylor in The Bill, he has the rather daunting task of interpreting the history-laden Book of Samuel in 25 minutes. Peter is using the writings of Nobel Literature prize-winning Nigerian writer Wole Soyinca, which relates the lives of kings
Artistic director Josie Rourke (far left) says Sixty Six Books at Bush Theatre, starring 130 actors such as Peter de Jersey, above, will be a wonderful way to open the new theatre in Uxbridge Road, shown left
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and despots to modern rulers such as Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe and Muammar Gaddafi. He worked with Josie Rourke at the Royal Shakespeare Company five years ago. “The piece is about tyrannical kings,” he said. “We’re trying to make it relevant to today. “My piece is a 25-minute
monologue, but the whole SixtySix Books project is like an album, full of different things. It’s very exciting – so many different people are involved. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many directors together in one place.” Peter grew up in a religious home (his West Indian father was strongly religious), although his own interest in the King James Bible is more from a literary perspective. The marathon performances of Sixty-Six Books feature Bibicalthemed food for the dedicated members of the audience (loaves and fishes included), and many nights are already over-subscribed. “People who’ve booked tickets know it will be an epic in their lives,” said Josie, for whom this is a last hurrah before she takes up her new post in charge of the Donmar Warehouse. The play, which runs until October 28, is performed by playwrights, poets, songwriters and novelists, with a mix of different faiths – and no faith at all. “The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is giving his interpretation of The Gospel according to John, so we’re fairly sure he has faith,” laughed Josie. As to her personal favourite, she diplomatically refuses to be drawn, but she points to the huge wall beside her desk, emblazoned with post-it notes, pictures and pages of script, to illustrate the immense preparation that has gone into the show. The performers were given the brief of interpreting and reacting to individual Biblical books. Some contributions are 25 minutes of speech, while others are short poems or even a four-minute song. “The range and depth of the responses has been incredible,” said Josie. One of the most unusual is a song by actor Arthur Darvill, better known as Amy Pond’s boyfriend Rory in the current Dr Who. It concludes with an epic 24-hour event on October 28, when you can experience all 66 responses, and spend the night exploring the Bush’s new home, from attic to cellar. l The Bush Theatre is at The Old Shepherd’s Bush Library, 7 Uxbridge Road, W12 8LJ. Box office: 020 8743 5050 or visit www.bushtheatre.co.uk
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not shaggy dog stories A dog called Shoe stars in stories written by a former actress turned producer. Nadine Hanwell (pictured above), who lives in The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, savoured ‘a slice of life in west London’ when taking her old Doberman for walks and her new book covers that. “I wrote this back in 1997,” she said. “It was a year in my life which happened to be the year Princess Diana died. That had an impact on me, being round Kensington Gardens, like living history, and I wrote a lot of things down.” Her encounters included the ‘can people’ – street drinkers in Shepherds Bush – but she added: “When you had a Doberman it was the tough dog, not like now when it is the Staffies and pit bull types. People certainly noticed me and there were characters that would talk to me.” Nadine runs production company Nadine’s Window, which has staged many shows at Barons Court Theatre. l Nadine Who?... and a dog called Shoe. Visit: www.shieldcrest.co.uk/ nadine_who.html
It’s cagney and racy! ‘Late life adventures in sex and romance’ is how a Riverside Studios play featuring multiple Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Sharon Gless is billed. The Cagney & Lacey star appears until November 20 in A Round-Heeled Woman, based on a book by Jane Juska. This true-life tale chronicles her experiences after placing an ad in The New York Review of Books saying ‘before I turn 67 – next March – I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like’. l Visit: www.riversidestudios. co.uk for ticket details
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Way with words led me to wax lyrical in young theatre role he admits his first involvement with the lyric in hammersmith was being ‘in the right place at the right time’, but elliott daley loves his work and is always busy – as he explains... My name is Elliott Daley (aka WordPlay) a spoken word artist, actor and practitioner of both. I’m currently one of the young artistic associates at the Lyric Hammersmith funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. I wish I could say that this post was a well thought-out part of my plan for world domination. However, as with most adventures, this one began with me being in the right place at the right time. I was performing at a Lyric open mic night organised by actor and drama practitioner David Baker, after which he came and told me he thought my lyrics were something young people could both enjoy and benefit from, and advised Elliott Daley, 25, is local WHO? to Hammersmith and has been assistant director on the Lyric Young Company’s production of George Orwell’s 1984
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the work of the Lyric and he accompanies the artistic team on recruitment drives, handing out flyers to people in local schools, play centres and estates. Often speaks in school assemblies and runs taster workshops to give young people an idea of the kind of work the team does
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If you want to sign up for projects and workshops, check out the Lyric website at www.lyric.co.uk or come into the ticket office and ask about how to register for projects. You can also call the ticket office on 0871 22 117 22 for more information
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me to get involved with the peer life – offenders to church groups, mentoring programme. schools and playcentres. From there things snowballed This year has been incredible and I worked with the Lyric so far. The offer to assistant-diwhenever they called. My rect the Lyric Young Company’s enthusiasm was spotperformance of 1984 ted by the former with Nathan Curry of director of young peoTangled Feet, (a very ple, Jennifer Fordham, creative, talented and who told me about the very physical direcassociate roles. tor from whom I am I am fortunate to learning a lot) was say that I have expeaccepted and I am rienced so much more loving it. As with than I ever expected. I lead sessions and most I’ve had the opcontribute in production portunity to work with meetings, which gives adventures, practitioners from a me an insight into what this one variety of disciplines, needs to be taken into began with from drama to grafaccount when directing fiti, and art to dance, a professional play and me being and everything in how to go about it. in the right between. I learned And I get to see my games, techniques and ideas come to life in a place at the built my confidence all professional show and right time the while. I’m having the time of And I’ve written my life. and directed plays The Lyric has proand taught poetry and vided me an opportunidrama to diverse ON: ty to learn and grow as a CLICK groups of people with practitioner and an artist book. ww.facerd.Ply w o ages ranging from five and this is my favourite com/W to 85 from all walks of time yet.
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Bloom time for the gardeners of a very beautiful borough parks led the way for Hammersmith & fulham by winning green flag awards and the latest london in bloom awards have backed it all up, WRITES JOn weisgard A natural approach helped Hammersmith & Fulham to sweep the board at a popular awards scheme – picking up an incredible 16 gongs. London in Bloom invites neighbourhoods from across the capital to breathe new life into their local green spaces. Judges visited H&F in the summer and were amazed at what they saw. They awarded the borough a silver gilt award and said the council ‘continues to maintain their parks and open spaces to high standards. A major success for such a small team’. In addition to the overall award, the borough won 15 individual prizes. Frank Banfield Park in Hammersmith won a gold award. The park has seen major improvements recently and features a children’s play area, attractive new landscaping, improved railings and gates and new benches. Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith also won gold. The park has tennis courts, basketball court, bowling green, lake and a cafe. By the entrance to Paddenswick Road is a beautiful walled rose garden. H&F also shared a gold award with Kensington & Chelsea for Little Wormwood Scrubs. This park belongs to H&F but is used mostly by residents who live over the boundary in K&C. As a result, K&C Council maintains the park under a 20-year agreement Cllr Greg Smith, H&F cabinet member for residents’ services, said: “These London in Bloom awards now sit proudly alongside the six Green Flag awards that we won earlier this summer.”
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Carol Palmer, landlady of the Cross Keys pub in Hammersmith, which was third in its London in Bloom awards category (above) and Lucian Ashford in the gold-winning Ravenscourt Park (left). Below, Mohamed Abdalla and Layli Sediqee show some of the produce at Phoenix school’s farm
The mayor of the borough, Cllr Frances Stainton, added: “I am thrilled, also for friends of our parks and businesses, that we have won so many awards. “Our wonderful parks and open spaces have never looked so good and I am glad that they are now getting the recognition that they so richly deserve. We are combining many of our services with Kensington & Chelsea and to share the gold award for Little
Wormwood Scrubs really does cement our close relationship.” Hammersmith Park, Margravine Cemetery, Wormwood Scrubs and Normand Park were given silver gilt awards. Hammersmith town centre and HammersmithLondon (BID) won silver. Imperial Park at Imperial Wharf was named business premises of the year and the Novotel in Hammersmith came third in hotel of the year category. The Cross Keys pub in Hammersmith finished in third for pub and restaurant of the year and Phoenix Farm won the same award in the community garden category. In July, Ravenscourt Park, Frank Banfield Park and Margravine Cemetery, Normand Park, St Peter’s Square and Little Wormwood Scrubs collected Green Flag awards.
don’t LET garden waste go to waste As the nights draw in and autumn approaches, green-fingered residents are encouraged to get down to some composting. Wilted bedding plants, grass trimmings and autumn leaves turn into excellent green garden compost and H&F Council can help make it happen with discounted compost bins from as little as £15 plus delivery. A compost bin is a great way to combine tidying the garden while creating a good mulch to improve spring planting. Composting also helps the council keep a tighter rein on spending. It currently costs the borough £128 to send a tonne of waste for disposal. A compost bin is also best if you only have a small garden or if you want to keep things looking neat and tidy. As well as green garden waste, you can compost fruit and vegetable peelings, egg shells, tea bags, pet hair and even shredded paper – which cannot go into a Smart sack. Try to aim for a 50/50 mix of ‘greens’ (vegetable peelings, old flowers, grass cuttings, spent bedding plants) and ‘browns’ (garden prunings, coffee grounds, tissues and paper napkins, cardboard, vacuum cleaner dust). If you have too many leaves for your compost bin, put the excess into a bin bag, make a few holes in it, and leave in a secluded spot to rot down. It will be a great soil conditioner in a few months. Another good tip is to use your lawnmower to collect up leaves. It shreds the leaves and helps speed the composting process. This autumn’s compost will provide a free supply of nutritious soil conditioner to enrich your spring planting. To order your compost bin call 0845 130 60 90 or visit www.lbhf.getcomposting.com Bins begin at £15, plus £5.49 delivery, while other composting accessories are also available at special prices.
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DJ Campbell, summer signing for QPR, tries out his new club colours. Right, DJ scores against Wolves PICTURES BY BPI
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AS HE FACES SIX WEEKS ON THE SIDELINES, THE HOOPS STRIKER TELLS TIM HARRISON ABOUT HIS TATTOOS, LONDON DERBIES AND GOING HOME TO HIS MUM
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HERE is always something emotional about homecomings, so it felt extra special when striker DJ Campbell returned to Loftus Road this summer, to wear the No9 shirt. DJ (it’s Dudley Junior, but you only ever hear the initials) hits 30 in three weeks’ time, midway
between Manchester City’s visit and Rangers’ trip to Stoke. It is proving an infuriating season for the forward who was born in Hammersmith in November 1981, and grew up a Hoops fan. On October 13, with the last kick of a training game at the Rs’ practice ground near Heathrow, DJ cracked the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. Last week he had surgery, to put a pin in the bone, and he will have to wear an aircast boot for three weeks... in contrast to the type of soft football boot which manager Neil Warnock holds responsible for failing to give players’ feet enough firm support. If his recovery goes smoothly,
After stacking shelves in a DJ hopes to be on the bench at Anfield on December 10, when the warehouse for the yoghurt drink maker Yakult, he became a DHL Hoops face Liverpool. If anyone is equipped to cope delivery driver, complete with with the frustration of the injury, it’s brown overalls. Finally, at the ripe old age of 24, DJ. From six to 16 he was a junior he became a at the Rangers professional academy, with footballer a promising It’s the club I supported as after Martin career ahead a kid and QPR have played Allen signed and an him to England U15 a massive part in my life Brentford cap pinned to for £5,000 his bedroom on the strength of his 65 goals in wall. But things went off the rails. 88 appearances for non-league He had an attitude problem, he Yeading. From Griffin Park he went began turning up late, at 16 he was a father, and Rangers decided to Birmingham, with the Bees CONTINUED NEXT PAGE>> enough was enough.
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pocketing a £495,000 profit in the deal, before rejoining Rangers for £1.25million after making his name in the top flight with Blackpool. Last season, for the Tangerines, he scored two goals more than Wayne Rooney. “It feels great coming back to play for QPR – it’s a dream I’ve always had,” said DJ, whose mother still lives in the family home in East Acton. Does she come to the games? “Yeah, she comes to a few,” he said. And does it make a difference to the way he plays if he knows she’s watching? “No; it doesn’t make a difference,” he insisted. “It’s nice to have my mum there, and my friends, but I’m a professional.” “QPR have played a massive part in my life,” said DJ, who now has an ambassadorial role in the club, drawing on his own experiences to help youngsters in the Shepherds Bush area. “It’s something I love doing,” he said. “I was very young [when I was first at QPR] so I just had my parents, and you have to grow up and become a man. I learnt for myself. It’s good to give back when you can after what I’ve been through… and I’ve been through a lot.” Campbell’s keenness to play his part as an ambassador has delighted the team behind the club’s outreach programme. They see him as someone who can relate to young west Londoners, particularly those who have had brushes with authority, and someone who understands local youngsters’ needs. He certainly has communication skills. He is a charming, chatty and relaxed footballer. We were talking after the Hoops’ annihilation at Craven Cottage – the 6-0 defeat that left Rs fans shellshocked – but before he picked up his maddening foot injury. How did he explain KEEP the scoreline? “Obv: iously it was so READING PR disappointing,” he Q Former Chelsea e th Meet ho w said. “I really don’t n player manager fa r upe s s mis know what happened. Glenn Hoddle used doesn’t e I can’t put my finger to say London clubs a gam on it. But sometimes would always struggle things happen for a reason, to win titles because of the and maybe it was a blessing number of derby games. Does in disguise, getting us into gear. DJ agree? “The thing is, fans love Hopefully, the lads have learned derbies,” he said. “Well, they love from that.” winning them, so it’s unfortunate DJ played the whole of the that we lost [at Fulham].” second half, coming on for Adel QPR manager Neil Warnock Taarabt, and was a whisker away said of DJ: “He is a QPR fan, and from a consolation goal in stoppage you can tell he has a great desire to time, when he curled a shot just do well for the club he supports.” wide of Mark Schwarzer’s goal. Campbell scored his first goal “I think it may have grazed the for the Hoops in the 3-0 away win bar,” he said, before saluting Rs at Wolves, and had felt he was fans, who defied reason by out- getting back to full match fitness... chanting Fulham’s army at the final before the curse of the metatarsal whistle in a display of loyalty. struck. “The fans were just brilliant, He believes Warnock is and we don’t want [a heavy defeat] definitely the man for the job at to happen again.” Loftus Road. “He’s been great;
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DJ Campbell refuses to look back PICTURE BY BPI
it’s 15 years since the glory days in the Premier League, and it’s great for the club to be back there. Neil achieved miracles last year in getting promotion, and we have to just keep pushing forward.” Having experienced life outside football before getting his professional chance relatively late in his sporting life, DJ believes he can appreciate his top-flight playing days all the more. Which just left us one burning topic. His famous tattoos. As an ambassador with ink designs all over his body, what advice would he give youngsters about tattoos? DJ laughed. “Obviously first of all I’d make sure they were old enough!” His own collection of tats is legendary. He has ‘Paris’ on one side of his neck – in tribute to his teenaged daughter’s name –
alongside a prominent cherub which cameras always seem to pick up when he scores. At Blackpool he added a 15th tattoo when he popped into a local parlour in February to get an angel on his arm. People have remarked that with his tats, gold teeth and shaved head he often looks more like a rap artist than a footballer. “Hey, I’m an individual,” he insisted. “A lot of people are getting tattoos these days; it’s just something different, and it’s something I like. “I really like the artistic side to them. I used to draw a lot when I was at school. “If you look at my body, I’ve got a lot of tattoos, and I designed some of them myself. “If you’re a kid, and you’re old enough, and you really want them… why not?”
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romotion brings not just an impact on the team, but on the whole club, says Andy Evans. And the community outside, he might well have added. Andy is the chief executive of the QPR in the Community Trust – the arm of the club that reaches out across Hammersmith and beyond, trying to improve people’s lives. For the last 15 years, he and his team have been behind schemes such as QPR’s commended Tiger Cubs team for Down’s syndrome footballers, as well as regular clubs specialising in anything from cricket to dance. He is trying to find ways to convert QPR’s hard-earned Premier League status into projects that will give the local area a similar lift. There is often talk of a club’s promotion to the big league bringing a bonus for the local community, but what does that actually mean?
Andy says: “In the Football League you have 72 clubs. That’s 72 members trying to get their share of the pie. I suppose now that we’re in the Premier League, the benefit is that there are 20 clubs, so the slice of the pie there for community activity is bigger. “There is an opportunity to grow, and we will grasp that opportunity. But I think what is important on the community side is that it remains about quality, and it remains about making a difference. “It is very easy to run bigger programmes across a wider area and try to reach more people, but I think we must concentrate on what the actual needs are locally, and what difference we can really make.” If Andy comes over as enthusiastic about the work of the trust, then it shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s taken up a decade and a half of his life. But when he talks about it he always uses a considered tone – something that goes out of the win-
football club and community? It’s a a matter of trust dow when he gets on to an even bigger passion of his, QPR itself. “I grew up in Notting Hill and we were very much a QPR family. My parents had season tickets here and we used to sit in the old Ellerslie Road stand. “Dad brought me along here when I was four. Obviously I don’t remember that first encounter. He tells me he thinks it was an Easter Monday against Norwich and that it was 0-0, and that I slept throughout the whole game! “I’ve got some memories of those European nights in the mid70s, and I can remember seeing Stan Bowles out there.
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“For some strange reason I have this memory of him playing against Wealdstone in the FA Cup. “Then the whole of the 80s under (Terry) Venables, and the two FA Cup games against Tottenham – they are completely vivid memories.” His love for the Hoops led to him joining the old QPR supporters club team, where he says he made friends for life. Keen to get into football administration, his career briefly took him away from that passion, when he got involved in volunteering on matchdays at Brentford. But before long he was back on home ground with a role in the Lof-
tus Road ticket office. “I was just so excited being here,” he says of those early days with the club. “I’m much more used to it now. But in those very early days, you’d be in the box office and Ray Wilkins, Trevor Sinclair or Les (Ferdinand) would walk in. And it was – wow!” It was there he made the contacts and gained the experience which ensured that when the community trust kicked off, he was the ideal man to lead the new team. The trust is based on a simple idea: football clubs have a unique place in the community involving wide and loyal support, as well as a selection of valuable resources not
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the ke y clashes still to come in 2011 Chelsea games>> l After the 5-0 demolition of Gen k last week, the Blues are on a bit of a Euro high... but it’s the nitty-gritty of the pean League that matters most as And Premier re VillasBoas keeps rotating his squad in the run up to Christmas l After the derby against Arsenal this weekend, Chelsea travel to Blackbu before hosting Liverpool at the Brid rn on November 20, following the nextge international break l On November 26, Wolves visit SW6 Chelsea’s trip to Newcastle on Dec before ember 3 l Arguably the toughest match facin Blues is when high-flying Manches g the ter City come to Stamford Bridge on Decemb – a game which could help determin er 12 e the final 1-2-3 in the league l After a visit to Wigan on Dec ember 17, Chelsea traipse up to White Hart Lane December 22 ahead of the little mat on ter of the west London derby on Boxing Day, when Fulham fans take over the Shed end at the Bridge l It is the first of two key holiday home games in under a week – the second being Aston Villa’s visit to the Bridge on New Year’s Eve
always needed for team matters. Put this to the good, and there is an opportunity to involve people others find it difficult to reach in activities that are rewarding for all concerned. That often involves QPR players going to schools and passing on important messages about education and life, and it can also see the club’s coaches training youngsters in the community. “Bradley Orr has taken up the ambassador role with the Tiger Cubs,” says Andy. “He visits them regularly. “And it’s great that we’ve signed Danny Shittu for another year. He’s an ambassador with the Prince’s Trust. You put Danny in front of young people and he really is inspirational. “We’ve got fantastic coaches: role models who go in and deliver, and are very good at it. And if you can get someone
Bradley Orr has taken up the ambassador role with the Tiger Cubs and he visits them regularly
like Danny who can go in alongside that, all of a sudden your messages become a lot stronger and have a lot more impact.” Recently, in tune with the Government’s ‘localism’ policy, the trust has turned into a service provider and is now linking up with other organisations, such as the BBC, to see how it can improve people’s lives. “We’re actually a registered youth provider to the local authority,” Andy says. “So we do get commissioned by them to deliver certain projects. We’ve got the White City Rangers,
a Friday-night project for teenagers, which takes the form of a multi-sport programme. We have six different activities going on in and around the White City estate ranging from street cricket to dance.” He adds: “It’s great that the team on the pitch has delivered this promotion, and there now seems to be a bit more pride among people living in the area to display the Hoops. “Hopefully through the trust we can give local people even more to be proud about.”
Fulham games>> l The Whites know they have to keep accumulating league points to avoi another serious survival battle... butd string of London derbies between a now and Christmas will not make Martin Jol’s task any easier l On November 6, Fulham host Spu Cottage, before a tricky trip to the rs at the of Light on November 19 followingStadium the international gap, where Sunderland are now desperate for a win l The next capital derby is on Nov at the Emirates, with Arsenal contember 26 narrow the gap on the other team inuing to s fighting to secure one of next year’s Europea n places l December’s fixture list offers seve real possibilities of points, even if ral are visiting the Cottage on the 5th,Liverpool and Manchester United on the 21st l It is the December 10 trip to Swa and the December 17 visit of Boltonnsea, to Craven Cottage that look the mos promising fixtures for maximum point the club can replicate the dominee ts, if ring spirit which led to the astonishing 6-0 defe at of local rivals QPR on October 2 l On Boxing Day, Fulham shuffle alon Fulham Road to play the other neig g the hbours
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ourselves and let everyone know that we are back in the big time.” Last season, QPR secured promotion to the top flight after an impressive campaign which has left a huge smile across Malcolm’s face. Winning the Championship was one of the highlights in the Hoops’ history, despite the late drama after the transfer saga of Alejandro Faurlin threatened to ruin the club’s chances of playing in the Premier League. “I was standing outside the ground as we all waited to hear the fate of QPR on the last game of the season,” said Malcolm, a father of
three. “When it was announced that we would not be docked points for the transfer of Faurlin everyone just went mad. “Fans were bouncing down South Africa Road as it became a sea of blue and white and the football match that was about to start against Leeds United became secondary as we were going up to meet the big boys of English football.” The die-hard fan would prefer a rather less dramatic time this season but is wise to the task that lies ahead. He believes his side will be battling it out in the competitive
relegation battle that sees more teams involved every year. He will watch his team fight for survival from his seat in the South Africa Road stand where he has been for the last 30 years. His dad, Ted, took him down to his very first game and they would stand behind the goal at the Loftus Road end of the ground. “He was a lifelong fan himself and we used to go to games for a shilling and six pence, which is something like seven-and-a-half pence. It is extraordinary when you compare that to the ticket prices of today,” said Malcolm. One of his fondest memories at Loftus Road was back in 2003 in the semifinal, second leg of the now League One play-offs against Oldham. The Hoops had drawn 1-1 in the first game and would leave it late to secure a place in the final against Cardiff City with an 82nd minute strike from Paul Furlong. “The stadium erupted when Furlong struck the winner. The South Africa Road stand felt like it was moving,” said Malcolm. “It was the most amazing feeling and such a pity that we could not follow the euphoria of that day with a win in the final.” Furlong was still playing football well into his 40s. With the new campaign well underway and QPR holding their own – despite a 6-0 thumping by borough rivals Fulham – Malcolm will be hoping his team show similar staying power in the Premier League.
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