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ISSUE 6 – June 2012

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Contents

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New role for post offices Now you can do your council business at the counter

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A wee problem in the lifts It used to be a relief for them. Now it’s a relief for us

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Let teenagers speak out

Kings of Europe arrive home

The Big Shout is where H&F youth can be heard

How Fulham celebrated the long-awaited Champions League trophy win

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Underground music

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We visit the place where the foundations rock

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Oh baby! Register this It’s all change for births, marriages and deaths

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Earls Court future up for vote Rolling out a surprising option for your garden

On yer bike! Games guide

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H&F is an Olympic borough. Volley good show!

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Should we burrow under?

Will a tunnel replace Hammersmith Flyover?

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Safety first as crime falls

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NEWS Richard Gutsell from Post Office Ltd with H&F Council leader Nicholas Botterill at the Shepherds Bush Green post office PICTURES JUSTIN THOMAS

Six 1st class stamps & my council tax, please YOU WILL SOON BE ABLE TO DO ALL YOUR COUNCIL BUSINESS AT THE COUNTER IN THE POST OFFICE. ROB MANSFIELD reports

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RADICAL revolution in the way council services are delivered was signalled this month as H&F Council announced a groundbreaking partnership with the post office.

Unveiling bold plans to make council services available to all H&F residents across the entire post office network, including the 17 local branches, H&F Council leader Nicholas Botterill said: “This ground-breaking partnership is a match made in heaven.

“It offers residents more choice and convenience as council services will be accessible from thousands of locations in the UK. We are increasing choice, saving taxpay-

ers’ cash and our local post office branches will see more footfall.

“Instead of having to traipse all the way to Hammersmith Town Hall, we want residents to be able to pop around the corner to buy a book of stamps and access council services.”

H&F residents will soon be able to pay their council tax, business rates, housing rents and service charges at a post office.

In the future it will include

more services such as parking permits.

The new arrangement should be in place by the end of the year and is expected to save taxpayers approximately £90,000 a year from 2013-14.

The H&F Council plan will also be made available for other London boroughs to join so that their residents can also benefit.

“Many residents are happy to interact with the council by using our website but many thousands – particularly the vulnerable and elderly – are not,” added Cllr Botterill.

And Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, said: “If all councils followed H&F’s lead we would save taxpayers millions of pounds.”

Meanwhile, Post Office Ltd says it will be spending £1.34m to modernise 6,000 branches across the UK over the next three years.

Nick hails honour of being new council leader Nicholas Botterill has been He said: “It is an honour and a named leader of Hammersmith & privilege to become the leader of one Fulham Council. of the best councils in Cllr Botterill (pictured Britain. Providing the left) succeeded Stephen very best possible Greenhalgh, who has takservices at the lowest en up a role as London’s cost is what drives new deputy mayor for this council and this Born and raised policing, at a full council will not change.”

Sheffield in meeting last month.

Cllr Botterill will children two Married, Cllr Botterill has lived also hold the position Co-founded Teddies in the borough for more of cabinet member Nurseries Ltd than 25 years and has for regeneration, Joint founder of served as a local asset management councillor since 1996. and IT. another childcare

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Under-used council buildings such as Fulham Town Hall were sold to pay off the council’s debt

Belt-tightening works as debt level is lowest since 1980s Millions of pounds have been freed up for local council services as the town hall’s historic debt falls below £100million for the first time in 26 years.

H&F Council currently owes £99.8m – dramatically less than its historic high of £176m in 2004, which cost taxpayers £9.5m a year in interest repayments.

H&F Council’s debt reduction strategy, which includes moves to sell under-used council buildings, has seen council debt plummet by more than £76m in recent years to its lowest amount since 1986.

In addition, the council has simultaneously been cutting council tax faster than any other local authority.

Local taxpayers have seen five council tax cuts, of three per cent or more, in the past six years – including the UK’s biggest council tax reduction (3.75 per cent) this year.

Like all councils across the country, H&F Council is under serious financial pressures as a result of the global debt crisis and the council has tightened its belt by shedding around 1,800 jobs since 2006, and is also selling underused buildings, such as Fulham Town Hall and the Stowe Road depot.

H&F Council is also part of the arrangements to combine some council services areas – such as library services – with Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea councils.

The move is expected to deliver savings to taxpayers of around £40m a year by 2015-16.

To view the ‘debtometer’ – which tracks the council’s debt – visit: www.lbhf.gov. uk/councildebt

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! k r a P s p o h is B in h c a e b a Life’s IT HAS INVOLVED SERIOUS INVESTMENT, BUT THE REACTION HAS BEEN POSITIVE TO THE RESTORATION OF ‘MARGATE SANDS’ IN BISHOPS PARK, FULHAM, as JON WEISGARD reports

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ondon’s only urban beach has officially opened at Bishops Park in Fulham.

In Edwardian times, families from across the capital descended on ‘Margate Sands’ in Bishops Park every summer.

Now H&F Council, with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund under the Parks for People scheme, has recreated that special seaside atmosphere.

The work is part of a £8million improvement programme to Bishops Park and

the adjoining grounds of Fulham Palace, the former home of the Bishop of London.

The council has received £3.65m from HLF and BIG to help pay for the project.

The new facilities were opened by the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Hammersmith & Fulham’s deputy mayor Cllr Frances Stainton, and Wesley Kerr, chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund London Committee.

Bishops Park beach opened in 1903. During the Second World War the venue fell into disrepair and by 1949 it was considered such a safety hazard it was closed.

As well as the urban beach, the council has also restored the park’s ornamental lake, created three major play areas and refurbished the café.

At Fulham Palace, the former home of the

Bishop of London, the council has excavated a 95-yard stretch of what historians believe is the longest medieval moat in

England. The Gothic Lodge, vinery and potting sheds have also been restored and the stables converted to a new education facility.

Mr Kerr said: “We are delighted that our investment helps make the park a destination for local people to enjoy, complementing our support for restoring the remarkable Tudor/ Georgian Bishops palace.

“When the bishops of London passed the park to the people of Fulham in the late 19th century it soon became a model public park, and from the 1970s the palace itself, and its unique 16th century walled garden – site of many new plant introductions, were also opened to the public.

“This sensitive and imaginative restoration has brought back part of Europe’s longest moat, restored listed outbuildings, enhanced rare trees in the arboretum and created superb new play areas.”

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NEWS ROUND-UP A refreshing Fourth of July is in prospect as the temples to real ale adopt American accents and serve up transatlantic beers l INDEPENDENCE Day heralds the start of several star-spangled beer events in west London, with the Duchess of Cambridge pub in Stamford Brook leading the partying.

From July 4-11 the pub at 320 Goldhawk Road, run by landlords Simon Waind and Ruth Boult (pictured left), will be serving an all-American food menu to accompany 10 US beers on draught.

There will also be 15 American-style real ales and 20 bottled beers.

A hog roast will be staged on Saturday, July 7, with puds supplied

by Outsider Tart, the authentic American bake shop in Chiswick.

Meanwhile, the White Horse on Parsons Green (pictured top) is staging its fifth American beer festival from July 4 to 8, with live music and daily barbecues.

Craft beers from across the pond will be featured, and on the night of Saturday, July 7 there will be an authentic American beer dinner accompanied by ales from the Chicago brewery Goose Island.

Meanwhile, fans of real ales and ciders will need no reminding that the Great British Beer Festival returns to Olympia this summer.

Billed as Britain’s biggest pub, the festival, from August 7-11, with more than 800 drinks from around the world.

Accompanying the ales is a wide selection of mopup foods, live music and traditional pub games.

Advance tickets are cheaper than on-the-door entry, and with 50,000 ale lovers expected over the five days it also avoids the queues. Day tickets £8, season tickets £23, with discounts for members of Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale, at: www.gbbf.org

A chance to meet west London’s talented artists in their studios l CHALLENGING, dramatic and above all, varied, west London’s artistic outpourings are on show this month in a multi-studio exhibition.

The 2012 Artists at Home festival runs from today (Friday) to Sunday, June 24, with ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, textiles and sculpture on display. In all, 62 artists are taking part, with jewellery, installations, drawings, wood creations and photography also featuring in the annual showcase of creative talent in the local area. You can download a full guide and map of participating artists’ studios at www.artistsathome. net or pick up copies from libraries. l TAKE a step back in time at Greenside primary school’s summer fair! Retro stalls will set the theme for the event on Saturday, June 30, from noon-4pm, selling good old-fashioned jelly as well as strawberries and cream – while a make-up artist and hairdresser will be turning girls into ladies from the 1950s!

The school fair in Westville Road, Shepherds Bush, will also feature children’s craft room, home baking and nearly-new toys.

Previous AAH artists Linda Bloomfield and Charles Shearer with their work

Alright, me old china, ’ow much is it to get a bit of engraving done round here?

l EASTENDERS star Dot Cotton dropped in to Sid’s shoe repairs in Fulham Palace Road, but it wasn’t to have her heels done.

Actress June Brown, 85, was taking part in a programme about growing old in Britain. Sid’s owner Gary Bevan takes up the story. “In the programme, she comes in as a customer and wants a pendant engraved. I ask her what she wants on it, and she says ‘Do not resuscitate’.”

The poignant moment will be broadcast later in the year, putting the key-cutting, engraving and shoe repair shop on the map. Gary and June are pictured, left.

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n a g i l o o H s i h s d n spe . . . y n n e p last ...WHILE ANOTHER THUG IS CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS D OW N !

THANKS TO CCTV, h&f COUNCIL IS ABLE TO PURSUE ANTISOCIAL LOUTS WHO USE LIFTS AS URINALS. WITH YOUR HELP WE NAME ONE... AND ARE TRACKING ANOTHER, REPORTS JON WEISGARD

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he hooligan who urinated in a lift at Bush Court is today unmasked as Abdul Sobuor Tanin. Now H&F Council is again asking residents to help track down another man who appears to have a similar problem!

Last month, the council launched a publicity blitz to catch the Shepherds Bush culprit after the incident was captured on the area’s CCTV system.

The disgusting episode was viewed more than 15,000 times on YouTube, and photographs were printed in local media and the council’s magazine for tenants and leaseholders.

In the weeks that followed, the council received numerous tip-offs from local residents, with Tanin’s name put forward by our readers and from users of the local website, The Shepherds Bush blog.

The council’s estate-based concierge staff have a close knowledge of the areas they work in and also received information that suggested Tanin was the culprit.

Council officers visited the 18year-old Shepherds Bush resident, and he made a full confession.

It’s a wee ho problem. W , is this man caught on g vin camera reliein himself a lift?

l IT’s happened again! Now, the council is urging residents to get in touch if they know the name of the lout who urinated in a lift at Poynter House on the Edward Woods estate in Shepherds Bush.

The time of the offence was 9.40pm on Friday, May 11, and

He stated that he was very sorry for his actions and that he was very drunk at the time. He also said that he was hugely embarrassed by his actions and was upset that so many people had seen him on YouTube.

Council officers decided that his actions amounted to a breach of his family’s tenancy and issued the family with a notice of

this man, dressed in a black and red Adidas tracksuit top, can clearly be seen relieving himself in the lift.

View the YouTube video at: http://youtu.be/WBcsLjW_0n8 H&F cabinet member Andrew Johnson said: “If you happen to know this person, please

seeking possession to encourage good behaviour.

Cllr Andrew Johnson, cabinet member for housing, said: “We received an overwhelming response to the publicity and that shows just how appalled residents were.

“I hope that Tanin feels absolute shame when he views the footage. The lift is used every day by

contact the council and we’ll do all we can to publicly name and shame him” Do you know who this man is? If so, call the council’s Edward Woods Estate housing officer on 020 8753 6896.

You can contact the council anonymously if you wish.

decent, law-abiding people, including women and children, and we will not tolerate louts like this who refuse to live by the rules of a civilised society.

“The message to hooligans like this is clear. Even when you think that there is no one around, we are watching you, we will find you and we will take action against you.”

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Marion Long celebrates her 100th birthday with Fulham pupils Aden Evans, Holly Bish, Kirby Talines, Romina Noli, Drenusha Sejdiu, Leticia, Conor Court and Pedro Douwens

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T U O T O N 0 10 l WHEN she was born, Captain Scott was trying to reach the South Pole and the First World War was still three years away.

Quite a bit has happened in the intervening century, but Marion Long can look back on it all from the milestone age of 100.

A crowd of young admirers from Hurlingham & Chelsea School helped Marion celebrate her big day at Olive House in Townmead Road, Fulham, with a little musical concert to serenade the centenarian.

It wasn’t the only surprise for Marion.

Several birds of prey from the Wings of Freedom rescue charity added their feathery

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congratulations to the birthday girl, and her party pals.

Even at 100, Marion was able to get up and dance with her friend Violet Wiltshire.

Her recipe for longevity? “A no-nonsense approach to life… and eating cabbage!”

Although born in north Wales, Marion has lived in Fulham for the past 83 years.

She worked until her 84th birthday, as an orderly in local hospitals, retiring when she had to have a hip replaced.

Olive House manager Sue Crosby-Dyas said: “It was lovely that young local people shared the day with our older residents!”

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Got Any ideas on how to improve the lives of local young people?

Here is your chance to get involved and shout, REPORTS DELYTH BOWEN

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undreds of teenagers are being handed the chance to speak out about issues affecting young people.

Three hundred 13 to 19year-olds from schools across Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea will attend the first Big SHOUT at Chelsea Football Club’s Stamford Bridge stadium tomorrow, on June 23.

The Big SHOUT is a way of letting 100 young people from each of the three boroughs come together to put their ideas forward and challenge decision-makers from the police, council and health service.

Staff from the children’s services team will also be on hand to showcase opportunities available in the area.

The summit will focus on three subjects chosen by young people: sexual and mental health; communication between the police and young people; and opportunities for young people.

There will be a CV and employment skills surgery, and chances for young people to sign up as a volunteer.

It is also the launch of the Summer in the City events guide which highlights every councilled event for young people across west and central London.

Borough Youth Forum representative Connie Campbell, 15, says: “I have loved working on the Big SHOUT and the best thing is that all of the preparation and work will pay off on the day and that young people will get the chance to really influence what happens in their area.

“You should definitely come and get involved and have your say, find out about what is out there for you and your friends and how you can make your CV stand out. It is guaranteed to be a fun day!”

Members of the three boroughs’ youth councils researched what issues mattered most to local young people, and what the teenagers wanted to discuss.

Councillor Helen Binmore, H&F Council’s cabinet member for children’s services, says: “This is another fantastic opportunity for us to find out first-hand what is important to young people.

“We want to improve the way we work with young people.

“Our most recent residents’ survey found that although around seven out of 10 young people are satisfied with their council, we do have some room for improvement.

“The Big SHOUT is a real chance for us to show our young residents that we value them and their opinions.

“We want to improve our

The Big SHOUT is your chance to sort yourself and your area Niambi Bridge, 15, a Year 10 pupil from Fulham Cross, talks about her work on the Big SHOUT summit

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We have been organising the Big SHOUT – the day when all the young people from the borough can get together, talk and participate in some great activities.

We have prepared information stalls as well as local performers to come down and entertain the crowd.

During this event we are also going to be focusing on the issue of policing and the problem of the stop and search law, as many young people are not happy about this.

A lot of young people have a negative view of the police as they feel they are not respected by the police and feel belittled by them as they do not get a fair deal.

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council services and offer them real opportunities.”

Young people will have the chance to win top prizes by collecting stamps on a special card from the information stands before entering into a prize draw.

A DJ will be playing music all day and there will also be entertainment from local dancers, singers and magicians.

A panel made up of senior managers and directors from the police, council and the health service, including the head of children’s services, Andrew Christie, will take part in

rep, but I still don’t think the teachers really listen to us young people.

There is no compromise with them, so we feel like we do not get anywhere with this set-up.

There should be more polls and questionnaires so that the youth can express themselves and let the adults know what they want and what concerns them.

The Borough Youth Forum helps get young people’s points of view across... but it is not enough.

I feel like anyone below the age of 16 is labelled with a negative stereotype.

The politicians should organise more trips to the House of Commons, for example, so that we can listen to the politicians and tell them our thoughts on how to improve the community.

There should be more interesting activities in school holidays which should be at a reasonable price for young people as we are in a recession.

This could be done with afterschool activities as fewer kids would get involved in crime and gangs if they had more to do.”

As told to Nick Skoric

a question time event, answering questions from young people.

The Big SHOUT was arranged after children’s services were combined between three local councils earlier this year in a move that is protecting vital front-line services.

Savings of £11.8million a year are expected by 2014-15 by reducing management and overhead costs.

The Big SHOUT takes place at the home of Chelsea Football Club at Stamford Bridge, Fulham, on June 23, from 1pm to 7pm. If you are aged 13 to 19, you can apply at: www.lbhf. gov.uk/thebigshout

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NEWS ROUND-UP To mark its 125th anniversary... a series of designs which capture the spirit of Olympia l Olympia, the cavernous, vaulted exhibition space, is 125 years old, and is marking the anniversary with a collection of celebratory designs.

Opened on Boxing Day 1886 with the Paris Hippodrome, the elegant hall has hosted the Horse of the Year Show, the first Ideal Home Exhibition, the first Boat Show, Crufts… and the very first computer exhibition, in 1958.

Other events included a Christmas concert in 1967 featuring Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and The Who on the same bill.

The façade of Olympia Two – facing Hammersmith Road – is currently being renovated, with the commissioned designs featuring on 3.5metre-high banners to cover the scaffolding.

Don’t be an idiot and miss the search for the meaning of life l A ROCK musical in Hammersmith featuring the sounds of Green Day has had extra dates added due to ticket demand.

American Idiot was just playing for a week in early December at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, but has now extended for a second spell of dates.

The musical, directed

by Tony Mayer of Spring Awakening fame, tells the story of three boyhood friends searching for the meaning of life.

It is built around the music of Green Day, with lyrics by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. Hit songs include Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 21 Guns, and Wake Me Up When September Ends.

The original show, which premiered in the States in 2009, won two Tony awards and a Grammy for best musical show album.

The Hammersmith run will now be from December 3-15.

Box office: 0843 221 0100.

Queen seen at Westfield! Don’t miss a handbag bargain, ma’am l THE QUEEN has been spotted at the Westfield shopping mall in Shepherds Bush.

Half a dozen pictures by royal portrait photographer Cecil Beaton have been on display at the mall to mark the diamond jubilee.

The mini show, on the first floor of The Village – the luxury brand shopping zone – has featured many of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s most celebrated royal images.

Photographs of the Queen have ranged from one in her coronation robes to relaxed private settings. From teenage princess to mother and sovereign, the Queen posed for Cecil Beaton’s camera many times from the 1940s to the 1960s.

The Cecil Beaton collection of royal portraits was bequeathed to the V&A in 1987, and includes more than 18,000 original prints.

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All children deserve a stable home.

Across Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster we have over 550 children in care, who need the stability and warmth a foster placement can bring.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever thought about fostering a child please come to our information event to find out more and get a chance to talk to some of the foster carers that make such a vital difference to the lives of so many children.

Thursday 28 June 6.00pm Kensington Town Hall

Or contact us via phone or email.

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It’s a wonderful job Hazel tells her story

IT WAS a chance visit to the library that led Hazel to foster a vulnerable child.

That was more than a decade ago, and since then Hazel has fostered 20 youngsters.

“I still remember the day I picked up the leaflet at the library and thought I’d give them a call,” she said. “I had been a childminder for years, but I had a spare bedroom and wanted to do something different, but still look after children.

“I went through the assessment process, which included a social worker visiting every week for a few months.

I was approved in 2001 and haven’t looked back since.”

Hazel describes fostering as “a wonderful job”, with the rewards easily outweighing the challenges.

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“a wonderful job, with the rewards easily outweighing the challenges.”

foster placement is unique.

“It is tough at first as you are setting boundaries and have to get to know the children,” she said. “The children are also worried and feel scared or upset about being away from home.”

Hazel is a short-term carer, which means she could have children for as little as one night… but sometimes for as long as two years.

“I also fostered a little boy with learning difficulties,” she said. “That is tough, but you do get lots of support and also great training and courses, which is really helpful.

“I really can’t imagine doing anything else and would encourage anyone who is

thinking about fostering to ring the hotline and find out more.”

The first step for anyone thinking about fostering children is to talk to one of the staff at the tri-borough fostering service, which combines the Fostering and Adoption Service of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster councils.

“Fostering is the most rewarding thing I have ever done – it’s a wonderful feeling to know that you’re keeping kids safe, clean and happy,” said Hazel, who feels the experience of fostering other children has also helped her own daughter’s development.

“She has learnt how to be kind and patient,” she added.

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Outdoor cinema classics come to Fulham Palace this summer A POP-UP cinema which entertains crowds in unlikely open-air settings descends on Fulham Palace in September.

The Nomad brings movie magic to outdoor audiences. In the past it has shown films in castles, cemeteries, lidos and boxing rings, but the first three Thursdays in September will be palace dates.

The theme is Love in the Garden, and the films on the bill are the classic Casablanca, Romeo & Juliet (the Baz Luhrmann version), and The Artist, on

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Nomad screenings are characterised by friendly organisers, top-quality sound, musical thoughtprovoking ‘extras’ and luxury catering – and all profits go to the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Tickets cost £12.50 (£8.50 concs) and are available at: www. whereisthenomad.com Doors open at 7pm, with screenings starting at dusk.

Nomad is a touring outdoor sister cinema to The Lexi in Kensal Rise, north London.

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Council scoops urban design prize for the transformation of Goldhawk Road Unsightly railings have vanished, saplings dot the pavement, crossings are better, and the street project is applauded, Writes DELYTH BOWEN

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TAGE star Vanessa Redgrave has presented an award to the council for its work to jazz up one of Shepherds Bush’s busiest streets.

The Nancye Goulden award, named after one of the founders of the Hammersmith Society, was presented to H&F Council leader Nick Botterill at the society’s annual prizegiving bash.

The council, and the London Community Foundation, have worked wonders in Goldhawk Road to remove unsightly railings, plant trees and improved pedestrian crossings.

According to the society’s citation, the council has ‘considerably improved the urban environment and experience for both pedestrians

and motorists’ in the street.

Cllr Botterill said: “A lot of thought and effort went into making the improvements on Goldhawk Road, and followed much consultation with local residents and community groups.

“We are

Mall. It also marked the society’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Outgoing chairwoman Melanie Whitlock said: “The anniversary represents 50 years of civic involvement by local people, making it the oldest amenity group in the borough.”

Rosemary Pettit will now The new look take over the role.

Goldhawk The society’s main award Road and went to Guy Greenfield Vanessa Architects for the Treacle Redgrave, Factory in Goodwin Road, inset Shepherds Bush, praised for linking old and new parts of the building and contributing to the local streetscape.

The conservation award went to St Peter’s Church in St Peter’s pleased that the Hammersmith Square, Hammersmith, for the reSociety agrees there is an improve- cently completed restoration of its ment to the road and we hope that windows, a project that has taken similar schemes across the borough the building back to its original apwill be as well received.” pearance of 1825.

In the past the council has won There was also an exhibition the society’s awards for its ‘street- of photos from residents called 50 scape’ guidelines, the introduction Special Places; one place and photo of pedestrian crossings in Ham- to mark each of the years the Hammersmith Broadway and for the mersmith Society has been runlighting on Hammersmith Bridge. ning. Residents ranging from eight The awards were presented at to 80 sent in photographs of their the Hammersmith Society AGM favourite places in Hammersmith, at the London Corinthian Sail- and included shots of the river, ing Club, Linden House in Upper parks and Hammersmith Bridge.

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Why fill a stadium when you can play underneath one?

It might sound unlikely, but a nightclub carved out of the foundations of a massive football stand is turning out to be one of the funkiest venues in the capital.

Tim Harrison journeyed Under The Bridge

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N THE first year of its existence, all the big names have appeared at Under The Bridge – the music venue beneath the east stand of Chelsea’s stadium.

The Beatles, The Stones, The Who and Pink Floyd are there every evening. Well, hanging on the walls anyway.

Part nightclub, part art gallery, Under The Bridge boasts the biggest single displayed collection of framed rock ’n’ roll photographs in the country – a dazzling array of original prints,

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most of them signed by the snappers.

There are early pictures of Slade in their skinhead days, photos of the great Rock Against Racism concert in the East End, when The Clash blew everyone away with the best version of London Calling, and prints of a young Cliff Richard, when he was Europe’s answer to Elvis.

But this is primarily an atmospheric, achingly trendy night spot with a tight, intimate stage which has already been graced by Adam Ant, the Kaiser Chiefs,

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Jamie Cullum, Bruno Mars, James Morrison, Pixie Lott and even the rhythm and blues legend Taj Mahal.

The real plus about UTB is its size. It can hold 550 people, which gives it the edge over the 300-capacity Britpop basement Borderline, the Charing Cross Road venue which could be seen as a competitor.

Unlike the rivals, however, UTB has a 180-space underground car park, modern hotels towering alongside as well as easy tube links.

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich spent a rumoured £20million (or two-fifths of a Fernando Torres) creating the nightclub in what had been the Purple bar… a noughties night spot which shut down in 2007 after several years of raucous and rather classless operation.

The new incarnation is tasteful and infinitely superior, partly thanks to the photo-art walls, and

partly due to the wide-ranging and interestingly selected acts.

Everything is polished and perfected.

The loos are stunning – every bit as good as the high-class versions in the nearby Marco restaurant.

In the ladies, a giant mosaic of Annie Lennox. In the gents, a mosaic version of that iconic picture of John Lennon in New York, NHS specs and all.

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Bridge stadium’s dominating east stand, the subterranean venue is either entered down a long staircase or a lift (it’s one of the few nightclubs perfectly suited to disabled visitors).

A curved dance floor extends around the stage, with private viewing booths combining discreet zones with excellent stage sightlines.

Roman has used the club for his own parties, but also slips in under cover of darkness with his buddies to watch some of the acts.

A prestige commercial venue, UTB is also regularly hired for product launches, post-gig parties, filming and recording.

When I called by last month, the Olympic song Anywhere in the World was being rehearsed ready for an evening launch.

Creative director Alan Tenenbaum gave me the grand tour of the alluring blue-lit (what other colour could you possibly

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BluesFest is back! And it’s a who’s who of down-home dirty blues fun... l BLUESFEST returns to Under the Bridge this summer, with country rocker John Hiatt (June 27) leading the charge.

But that’s not it, with the ‘Screaming Eagle of Soul’ Charles Bradley taking the stage (June 30), Southern rock specialists Gov’t Mule (July 4 – returns only) and exRolling Stone Mick Taylor (July 6). Meanwhile, BluesFest also makes a splash at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo with Van Morrison singing the blues (June 29), Ronnie Wood and friends playing the Chess Records story (June 30), with actor-turned-musician Hugh Laurie dropping by (July 2). Meanwhile, at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire with Robert Cray Band (June 26), Nick Lowe (June 28 – inset right), Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (June 29) and the Brand New Heavies (June 30). For more details, visit: www.bluesfest.co.uk

have at Stamford Bridge?) venue.

“We’ve got 150 photographs of British and Irish artistes around the walls, each with a little bit of text and the signature of the photographer,” he said.

“They’re rare, candid photos from all eras, from the 1950s to today.”

The venue’s sound quality is stunning, and the hi-tech equipment extends to the HD cameras which can beam stage images to the loos and to the private booths… and record footage for later use.

It certainly sets Under The Bridge apart, and it makes it one of the few venues where Mick Jagger can happily hang around the Spice Girls. l Check out the Under The Bridge website at: www. underthebridge.co.uk or call 020 7957 8261 for details.

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NEWS RAVENSCOURT PARK Who says the council doesn’t jump through hoops to provide facilities for residents? Head to the park! l NEW basketball and netball courts in Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith, will be west London’s most visible legacy of the London Olympics.

H&F Council is to upgrade the current courts to meet international standards.

Improvements include a full-size basketball show court, resurfacing the netball and basketball playing surfaces, new threeon-three basketball training and competition areas, seating for spectators, and improved landscaping around the courts.

Basketball and netball are two of the fastest growing

sports locally. So when the English Outdoor Basketball Initiative (OBI) started looking for a local authority to team up with to create a basketball Olympic legacy, H&F Council was happy to help.

The total cost of the scheme is £197,500. The OBI will be providing £75,000, with £72,000 from Sport England and £50,000 from the council.

Work is likely to be complete in time for the London Olympics.

Ravenscourt Park is one of six ‘green flag’ parks in Hammersmith & Fulham – meaning that it is officially one of the best parks in the country.

Weep no more for the willow.

It’s now a wildlife sanctuary l A WILLOW tree which rotted and fell in Ravenscourt Park is being left in situ as a mini wildlife sanctuary. The tree, which stood by the pond, fell in April during high winds after the lower trunk had decayed.

Arboricultural officer Gavin Simmons said: “The main trunk has been left as habitat. We let nature take its course in this case as the tree is within a fenced-off area.”

TIMBERRR! The fallen willow by the pond will be left to nature

Big splash!

Thames Water backs down in paddling pool row as the water is turned on again

l THIS was the Ravenscourt Park paddling pool at the height of the drought... a bone-dry basin, with no sign of water.

Thames Water had declared it an ornamental fountain, so it couldn’t be filled.

But H&F Council successfully argued that the paddling pool was, er, a paddling pool. Thames Water backed down and – ahead of the general lifting of the hosepipe ban – allowed youngsters to enjoy it once again.

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INTERVIEW

A truly magical royal wedding day...

Emma Hutchinson has conjured up a story combining Kate and Wills’ special event with skipping rhymes which date back 600 years, writes Tim Harrison

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F SALES of her other books are anything to go by, The Lion and the Unicorn looks set to give Emma Hutchinson – founder of the Music House for Children in Shepherds Bush – another success.

Illustrated by her regular collaborator Charlotte Cleveland, the dinky volume tells the story of last year’s royal wedding between William and Kate with references to centuries-old clapping songs and playground rhymes.

For the book’s second printing, Emma will include a CD tucked into the back cover to let parents sing to children as they read.

Among the songs and rhymes are I Had A Little Nut Tree, which dates from around 1440, and the Grand Old Duke of York, believed to date back to 1400.

“It’s a musical storytelling tale,” said Emma. “My story is about Kate and Wills meeting and falling in love. It’s all there – the seven-year courtship and the royal wedding, and I’ve interspersed ideas throughout the story using traditional rhymes and songs.”

One surprise is how old some familiar children’s tunes are. A date list reveals that Humpty

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l MARK the start of the Olympics at the Music House for Children in Shepherds Bush with a torch procession tea party. As the flame for the London games goes right past the front door of the centre in Uxbridge Road, there will be a party with stalls, flag-making, games and singalongs on Thursday, July 26, from 2-5pm.

The event is free. But VIP tickets are £3 for adults, £1 for children, which includes tea, cakes, face-painting and other activities. Anyone interested in taking a stall can email: kath@ musichouseforchildren.co.uk for more details. TH

Join the Music House torch party and celebrate the Olympic flame as it enters the capital

Dumpty dates from 1754, Lavender Blue goes back to 1672 and Ride A Cock Horse was written in 1784.

“The unicorn is mythical and private – as we imagine Catherine Middleton to be, while the lion is part of the Windsor crest, representing Prince William,” said Emma, explaining some of the imagery.

As founder and director of the Music House for Children in Uxbridge Road, Emma believes the power of music and rhyme can help youngsters – particularly deaf children – develop and flourish.

Everything in Emma’s story has significance.

When the Lion presents the Unicorn with an engagement ring, it is blue – reflecting the fact that Princess Diana’s

and their babies and young children together in a joyous, musical and creative way,” said the writer.

Of her new venture, a delighted Emma reported: “It’s a little book that is generating surprising interest.”

Published in a limited edition of 100, and available via www.littlebirdsong.co.uk at £5.99, the book will be reprinted as a musical volume, with the CD making it an ideal accompaniment to long summer car journeys. sapphire ring is blue.

When Big Ben bongs 11 times in the book, it mirrors the time of the actual royal wedding.

“Charlotte Cleveland, has worked with us for nearly 10 years,” said Emma, whose other books for children include the ringbound volume A Little Birdsong, the Definitive Guide to Music for the Early Years.

“The Birdsong collection is about bringing families

“Families who know the songs will sing along,” said Emma. “The idea is to encourage musical engagement, getting families to learn the songs.”

Emma’s other projects include the Music in Silence project for profoundly deaf youngsters.

As a partially deaf person herself, Emma uses sounds and noises to help young deaf children develop independence and confidence, with backing from the Youth Music charity and H&F Play Association.

Her Uxbridge Road base, Music House for Children, makes a brief appearance in the new Lion and the Unicorn book… as an advertisement on the side of a London bus which just happens to be passing the royal wedding! l For more details, visit: www. littlebirdsong.co.uk Far left, Emma Hutchinson, author of The Lion and the Unicorn illustrations BY charlotte cleveland/ PICTURE BY DAVID TETT

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NEWS ROUND-UP River Cafe diners’ generosity gives vital boost to hard-working children’s charity l GENEROUS diners at Hammersmith’s River Cafe have boosted a charity fund by nearly £6,000.

Everyone who enjoyed the riverside restaurant’s set lunch meal deal between January and March, promoted each year in Your Magazines, was invited to give something extra to the

Tom Grahame Trust, a charity set up to help children diagnosed with brain tumours.

A total of £2,986 was raised – which the Rainville Road restaurant doubled to £5,972.

“We were thrilled to have raised so much for such an important cause,” said Jess Shadbolt of the River Cafe.

Duncan’s brewing prowess earns recognition from the aficionados of real ales l FULHAM brewer Duncan Sambrook has been honoured for services to real ale.

The owner of Sambrook’s Brewery in Battersea (pictured right), and his enthusiastic brewing partner David Welsh, have been presented with the annual John Young memorial award

by London branches of the Campaign for Real Ale. Ex-accountant Duncan, who lives in Crabtree Lane, and David, who was born in Hammersmith, founded the brewery in 2008 following the closure of Young’s in Wandsworth. David was formerly managing director of the Ringwood brewery in Hampshire.

Sambrook’s Junction and Wandle beers have been consistent award winners.

Pubs stocking Sambrook’s ales include The Blue Anchor, Lower Mall, W6; Curtains Up, Comeragh Road, W14; Distillers, Fulham Palace Road, W6; Fulham Mitre, Dawes Road, SW6; the Harwood Arms, Walham Grove, SW6; Havelock Tavern, Masbro Road, W14; and the Rose, Harwood Terrace, SW6.

Are garden pests a problem? The answer is at Fulham Palace l SUMMER pests can be a problem… and we’re not talking about people sneaking up on your picnic and making off with your sandwiches.

Fulham Palace Garden Centre has arranged a free demonstration of how gardeners can control the most persistent pests and diseases.

On Thursday July 5, from 11am-noon, the centre in Bishops Avenue, SW6, will

be showing how to thwart the biggest nuisances – often without use of sprays.

“Quite often it is best to let nature take care of the problem,” said Judith van den Dool of the centre. “We’ll discuss the main garden pests and explain how, by following some simple nononsense advice, you can control them. There will be advice on the best times for control, and how to maintain your population of beneficial garden insects and natural predators.”

Free tea and coffee will be served, and booking is not required. Simply turn up five minutes before the start.

Sanctuary offers a wider variety of services to Shepherds Bush customers l THE No Mas Vello hair removal centre in Shepherds Bush has a fresh name and a wider range of treatments to offer customers. Reinvented as the Azara skin clinic (the name means ‘shelter’ or ‘sanctuary’ in Sanskrit), the centre at 54 Shepherds Bush Road, W6, now also offers stretch mark healing, anti-wrinkle courses, botox and other aesthetic and specialist skin treatments.

“We’ve decided to go independent, allowing us to introduce new treatments,” explained owner Mike Georgiou (pictured).

The phone number remains the same, 020 7602 6745.

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THE PROPOSALS FOR THE WEST KENSINGTON AND GIBBS GREEN ESTATEs WILL NOW GO BEFORE COUNCILLORS FOR THEIR APPROVAL, SIMON JONES REPORTS

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proposed agreement that could pave the way for thousands of new homes and jobs around Earls Court ‘is suitable for recommendation to council subject to no major issues arising’, councillors have agreed.

H&F Council’s cabinet agreed that a conditional land sale agreement to include West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates in wider plans for the area would go to a future cabinet meeting, subjected to no major issues emerging in remaining negotiations between the council and developer Capital & Counties.

If the deal is agreed, all 760

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homes on the two estates would be rebuilt in the redevelopment area.

Council tenants, resident leaseholders and freeholders would be compensated and only have to move once their new home is ready. The progress report to cabinet follows a consultation on the two estates and the wider area in which 1,427 responses were considered.

The consultation revealed

that the majority of people who responded to the consultation on the estates were opposed to redevelopment, while the majority of people in the wider area were in favour.

Councillors said that the ‘majority’ of concerns raised by residents on the estates could be resolved and vowed to continue listening and talking to residents.

If the agreement is approved,

residents on the estates would be offered contracts, the terms of which have been negotiated by a steering group of residents on the estates using independent legal advice. The draft terms are: l All homes on the estate would be replaced within the redevelopment area; l People would only have to move when their new home is ready to be occupied; l People who are currently overcrowded on the estate would be offered a home with more bedrooms. People who are underoccupying would be offered a new home with one additional bedroom above their need; l Secure council tenants would remain secure tenants and receive £4,700 compensation per household, plus new white goods, carpets and curtains. All reasonable fees will be paid and a dedicated rehousing officer will help every step of the way; l Resident leaseholders and freeholders would receive the market value of their home, to be independently assessed, and an extra 10 per cent of that amount in compensation. They would be offered a 10 per cent early purchase discount on the value of a new home should they wish to buy back into the redevelopment, but they would not have to increase their mortgage costs; and l Leaseholder service charges would be capped for five years.

Councillors said that the deal negotiated by residents ‘was the best deal offered in any regeneration scheme in London’.

If it is agreed, the council would eventually receive approximately £105million – an estimated £64m which (after compensation and costs) would be available to be reinvested back in the borough.

The council would also receive 760 replacement homes for people currently living on the estates.

If redevelopment happens it would be based around the vision of Sir Terry Farrell’s masterplan which would create 9,500 new permanent jobs and 36,000 temporary construction jobs.

The masterplan is built on a vision of creating four separate ‘villages’ linked by a new high street and park. Overall this would include 7,583 new homes – 1,500 of them ‘affordable’.

It would also include new shops, offices, leisure facilities, a new school, new transport links and healthcare centre.

A detailed planning application to build 808 homes at Seagrave Road has been approved by H&F Council.

If the proposal is agreed, approximately 200 of these homes would be used in a firstphase plan. People would be moved in defined blocks designed to minimise disruption, keep neighbours together and ensure people only have to move once.

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Registrars move to new offices in Hammersmith Town Hall l ANYONE registering a birth, death, marriage or civil partnership must visit the town hall in King Street, Hammersmith – and not Fulham Town Hall.

From July 10, the new register office will also host citizenship services, civil partnership ceremonies, marriage vows renewals, naming ceremonies and a nationality checking service.

H&F Council recently agreed to sell Fulham Town Hall in order to reduce its historic debt and is in the process of moving all staff out of the building and into other

council properties.

The register office at Fulham Town Hall will be closed permanently from 4pm on Friday, July 6.

There will be no register office service on Monday, July 9.

In the event of an emergency death registration on July 9, call 020 8753 2140 and ask to speak to the duty registrar.

H&F Council has agreed to sell Fulham

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Town Hall to the American retail and leisure group Dory Ventures.

Dory propose a ‘quintessentially British’ lifestyle emporium that will support its flagship Maclaren showroom, as well as boutique shops that will showcase smaller retailers.

The upper floors will be expanded and converted into 15 new flats. JW

Births, deaths and marriages will now be registered at Hammersmith Town Hall, inset

Happy Mondays for local archive under new plans to expand hours The local archives and history centre at the Lilla Huset in Talgarth Road will now be open on Mondays

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HE local archives and local history centre is to expand its opening hours by popular demand.

For the past year, the centre, based at the Lilla Huset, Talgarth Road, Hammersmith, has been open on the first and third Wednesday of each month.

However, H&F Council has now agreed to open it every Monday from June 11, from 10am to 4pm.

In 2011, the council announced plans to close the reading room at the archives due to the national debt crisis.

However, a deal was struck with the London

Metropolitan Archives, which has been running the centre for the past year.

That agreement has expired and the archives will now be operated by the City of Westminster Archives Centre.

H&F cabinet member Greg Smith said: “The council is committed to conserving, securing and protecting our archive collection and this deal secures the future of the archive service for the next

year while delivering a saving to the taxpayer.

“I am delighted that we have been able to extend the opening hours.”

The Hammersmith & Fulham Archive holds the archives and local history

collections of the borough, including documents, books, maps, photographs and paintings, old newspapers and other sources for family and house history.

Within its walls are some of the most important items of local history in the borough. Access is by appointment only, and places are limited.

To book a seat, please call 020 7641 5180 or email: archives@west minster. gov.uk For any other inquiries, contact the City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann’s Street, London SW1P 2DE; email: archives@ westminster.gov.uk; or call 020 7641 5180.

Please mention that your inquiry relates to Hammersmith & Fulham Archives.

Written inquiries to City of Westminster Archives will receive a reply within 10 working days.

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The queen’s diamond jubilee

We certainly know how to party, ma’am!

MORE PICTURES ON PAGES 34-39 Clockwise from left, Pauline Stewart, Mary and Ethan Whenman; Tim Whenman with Tony, Jemma, Annie-May and Winifred Mogg; a furry wave from Freddie Green, Tanya Hamilton and baby Jago PICTUREs BY LEIGH QUINNELL

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The queen’s diamond jubilee

A HOST OF STREET PARTIES UNDERLINED HOW MUCH HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM LIKES COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. NICK SKORIC w WAVED HIS FLAG AT STEPHENDALE ROAD

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er Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in regal style across the borough earlier this month.

In Stephendale Road, Fulham, the road was closed as The Sands End Pub and Kitchen held a sumptious street party on June 4.

As residents crammed into the street off Wandsworth Bridge Road, they enjoyed an amazing spectacle.

Drinks stalls had endless queues, matched by the farmers’ market opposite the pub serving cakes, seasonal veg, burgers and ice cream.

But the party really began when a 40-piece steel band had revellers dancing in the street. Grandmother Pauline Stewart, 85, shared the occasion with her daughter Mary Whenman, 40, and grandson, Ethan, 6, as they enjoyed lunch outside Mary’s house with neighbours.

“We were looking forward to today and it has exceeded expectations,” said Mary. “It has been great to see the kids have lunch in the street – it’s not a common sight!”

Children were entertained by an interactive show and face painting. Freddie Green,

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“The day has been wellorganised and the atmosphere is second to none as everyone has a smile on their face.”

That sense of unity was echoed by Sands End general manager, Toby Milne.

“What a great day it has been for the bar, the regular customers and residents to get together and celebrate this huge moment in history,” he said. “It is marvellous to see all ages out today enjoying themselves.”

Stevendale Road was one of 66 street parties that took place in the borough. During the weekend, the riverside parks were packed, despite heavy showers, to watch hundreds of vessels gathering to take part in the royal river pageant.

The council set up big screens in Furnivall Gardens and the newly refurbished Bishops Park, while crowds enjoyed a vintage funfair, food stalls and bars, and dancing from the Hammersmith Morris Men. On the bank holiday Monday, a beacon placed on top of Hammersmith Town Hall was one of thousands lit to celebrate the occasion.

Next up is the London 2012 Games, which start on July 27.

There is still time – just – to apply for a street party to mark the Olympics, but June 29 is the cut-off date.

Anyone planning to sell alcohol needs to give at least six weeks’ notice before the planned event.

The Olympics will mean some disruption in the borough, but the council is working closely with organisers Locog and Transport for London to minimise any problems.

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But it will mean big changes... of the telly, are lucky Whether you’re sitting at home in front the events, or are enough to have tickets to watch some of will need to be aware aiming to the run in the 100m final, you day-to-day life in of how the Olympics are going to affect investigates Hammersmith & Fulham. Jon Weisgard

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e prepared for the Olympics! That’s the message from H&F Council, which is writing to borough residents with key information about the Games.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will catapult the capital into the centre of the sporting universe and is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate.

London will become a massive sporting and cultural venue.

Such a major event will inevitably bring some disruption and delays on local roads with two significant events taking place in the borough.

H&F is hosting the volleyball at Earls Court, as well as part of the cycling road races. At certain times it will be exceptionally

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busy, and there will be delays on local roads.

The council is advising residents to prepare and plan ahead to avoid the likely disruption and to make sure they understand the impact the games will have on their daily lives.

By planning ahead using the information available at www.getaheadofthegames. com, residents can avoid the travel hotspots at the busiest times.

Residents should be

particularly aware that the cycling road races, to be held on the first weekend of the Games, will have a major impact.

There will be significant disruption to Fulham on the weekend of July 28-29, according to the council. The race will see Fulham Road, Fulham High Street and Putney Bridge closed to traffic for the vast majority of the weekend.

On July 28, road closures in the borough will begin at 3am with roads reopening after the race, as soon as it is safe to do so.

On July 29, roads will be closed from 5am and will reopen as soon as possible.

Last year’s trial event, which followed exactly the same route, disrupted thousands of journeys. Those

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motorists who were either not aware or did not plan ahead suffered long delays.

Volleyball will be taking place at Earls Court throughout the duration of the Games and this will also lead to major network disruption.

In particular, Lillie Road will be closed eastbound to non-authorised vehicles from 6am until midnight between North End Road and Ongar Road (July 25-August 12).

Cllr Greg Smith, H&F Council’s deputy leader, said: “We are enormously proud to be a host Olympic borough and want to play our part in hosting a great London 2012 Games.

“But we also want our residents to be prepared and to plan ahead so they can avoid delays and disruption.

“In particular, we are hugely concerned about traffic jams on the weekend of July 28-29. Fulham will be

exceptionally busy and there will be a number of major simultaneous road closures to accommodate the Olympic road races and the volleyball competition.”

H&F Council has been working closely with Locog (the Olympics organising committee) and Transport for London on how they can minimise disruption.

The A40 and A4 have also been included in a network of routes that will be used to transport athletes and officials to and from venues during the Olympics.

This could mean that general traffic may experience queuing delays.

In addition, tubes and buses will also be running on a different schedule and will be busier at certain times.

Residents should visit: www. tfl.gov.uk/london2012 for more details.

NOW STAY INFORMED! l ‘Follow’ the council on Twitter @lbhf l Sign up now for email alerts at: www.lbhf.gov.uk/ newsalerts l Check the H&F Olympics page at: www.lbhf.gov.uk/ London2012

FOR MORE GAMES DETAILS: l Visit: www.

getahead of thegames.com or ‘follow’ @GAOTG on l Twitter Sign up to http:// alerts.tfl.gov.uk for personalised daily TfL transport alerts

Plan your Games with these key local details u Earls Court Volleyball Saturday July 28Sunday August 12

to include Sundays.

A two-hour maximum stay will be in operation during these time unless residents use their Smart visitors’ parking permits.

All residents in the Earls Court area have, and will be, sent further detailed information from Locog and TfL.

The Olympic volleyball tournament will be taking place during the entire duration of the Games.

There will be three sessions of volleyball on most days, starting at 9.30am, 2.45pm and 8pm with up to 40,000 u Cycling Road Race spectators enjoying the July 28-29 action each day.

To ensure that The Olympic men’s and spectators are able to get women’s cycling road the venue in good time, race passes through Olympic bosses Locog and the borough on the first Transport for London (TfL) weekend of the Games. will be closing a number of The cyclists will travel roads in the area: both outbound and inbound l Lillie Road will be along Fulham Road, Fulham closed eastbound to nonHigh Street and Putney authorised vehicles from Bridge, following the 6am until midnight between same route as last year’s North End Road and Ongar trial event which brought Road (July 25-August 12); gridlock to west London. l Lillie Road/Old The men’s race will Brompton Road will be take place on the Saturday, closed eastbound to nonJuly 28, starting in central authorised vehicles from London at 10am and will 6am until midnight between last for approximately Seagrave Road and Eardley six hours. The women Crescent (July 25will compete on Sunday, August 12); July 29, starting again in l Old Brompton Road central London but this will be closed westbound time at noon, with the race to non-authorised expected to take three and vehicles from 6am a half hours. until midnight between Fulham Road, Fulham Eardley Crescent and High Street and Putney Warwick Road (July 25 Bridge will be closed to -August 12); traffic on the days of the l Eardley Crescent and races but emergency Penywern Road will be and local access will closed to all vehicles up be maintained as far as to 90 minutes before each possible. session begins (July 28On July 28, road August 12). closures in the borough will All residents and begin at 3am with roads businesses will be able to reopening after the race, as access their properties, and soon as it is safe to do so. it will still be possible to On July 29, roads will be have deliveries and visitors. closed from 5am and will The restrictions will not reopen as soon as possible. apply to buses, cyclists or The majority of the pedestrians. safety barriers required for Earls Court station the race will be installed will remain open on Wednesday, July 25, throughout the volleyball on both sides of the road competition. However, it throughout the section will be particularly busy just of the race that passes before the start and just through the borough. after the end of the Pedestrian events. crossings and Parking Details kerbside loading controls in continued and parking controlled parking on page IV facilities will be zones D and F maintained with the will be extended rest of the barriers to operate until 8pm, installed and completed Monday-Sunday, and on the morning of the races. permit holder-only parking LOCOG will soon >> in Zone F will be extended

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE III be writing to all residents on the route, advising them of the huge potential for disruption. Residents and businesses should ensure they plan essential journeys by vehicle in advance.

Pedestrian and cyclists will be able to cross the route when it is safe to do so at specific crossing points. u The Olympic and Paralympic Route Network (ORN/PRN) and Games Lanes The ORN/PRN is a network of roads connecting venues, accommodation and transport hubs across London and will be open to all general traffic.

TfL will be making a number of temporary road changes to make sure the ORN/PRN remains open and free from congestion and to ensure reliable journeys for athletes and officials.

Some roads on the ORN/PRN will also have an additional designated Games Lane.

These will be clearly signposted and will only be available for use by accredited vehicles including athletes, officials, media and blue light emergency vehicles when in operation.

In H&F, Games Lanes will be in operation on parts of the A40 (Westway/ A40 corridor intersection with Old Oak Common, operating from 6am to midnight).

The changes will come into effect on July 25 and will finish on August 14.

As part of these restrictions, vehicles will not be able to turn right into Old Oak Road off the A40, except local buses. There will also be Games Lanes on the A4, from the Hogarth Roundabout to Earls Court Road.

Vehicles will not be able to turn right into Netheravon Road off the A4. The A4 measures finish at the conclusion of the Paralympics on September 9.

The A4 Games Lane will be functioning from 6am to 8pm. Vehicles that drive in the Games Lanes, load, park or stop illegally on the ORN/ PRN will be removed and will face a £130 penalty charge notice.

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Notice, motorists should not drive in the Games Lanes when they are operational. u Public transport Some stations and lines will be particularly busy, including Earls Court, Fulham Broadway and West Brompton on the District line.

You can minimise disruption to your journey by avoiding affected stations at the busiest times.

Buses will run more frequently on many routes to cater for additional passengers during the Games. However, some bus services will need to be temporarily diverted and some stops moved or suspended as a result of the road changes that will be in place. TfL advises that you leave more time for your bus journeys and plan in advance how your whole route may be affected. u Impact on council services H&F Council is conducting a full review of how its services will be impacted during the Games.

Plans will then be devised to minimise the impact on local residents.

The vast majority of services should run normally, although response times for services such as housing repairs will be delayed due to an increased congestion and traffic restrictions. u Olympic Torch The Olympic Torch Relay will pass through the borough on Thursday, July 26, travelling through Fulham town centre and past North End Road market soon after lunchtime before visiting Holland Park for a community celebration.

It will then travel around Shepherds Bush Green to the site of the 1908 Olympic marathon finishing line in White City.

It will complete its journey through the borough past Loftus Road stadium and returning to Shepherds Bush Green on its way to central London.

The full details of the route will soon be published

by Locog and there will be a rolling road closure as it travels through the borough.

Author Sarah Edworthy has produced a book about that stylish torch

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On the opening weekend of London 2012, the cream of the world’s pedallers will whoosh through the streets of Fulham, with plenty of chances for spectators to join in the excitement.

The road races on July 28 and 29 are expected to be among the best supported cycle events of all time.

Competitors travel out of London, then back into the city centre, along CYCLING Fulham Road, Fulham High Street ROAD RACE and over Putney Bridge, following the same route that brought gridlock to west London at last year’s trials.

The men’s race, on Saturday July 28, lasts six hours, going in a 155-mile squiggly figure-of-eight into deepest Surrey, then back to the capital.

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The women compete the following day in an 87-mile race expected to take three and a half hours.

Fulham Road, Fulham High Street and Putney Bridge will be closed to traffic on the days of the races.

On July 28, borough road closures begin at 3am, with roads reopening soon after the race has finished.

On July 29, roads will close from 5am. Safety barriers will line both sides of the road, with residents along the route being sent written details.

The race route travels from The Mall, down Brompton Road, along Fulham Road, then left at the Fulham FC shop, down Fulham High Street and over Putney Bridge.

The Olympic cyclists are competing in four

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Stand by for local events as the Games roll into town medal events – men’s and women’s road races and men’s and women’s time trials.

There will be 212 competitors (145 men, 67 women) with participating countries limited to five men and four women.

All the competitors start together, with teamwork among the 60 national groups playing a part in the tactics of the race.

The spectator numbers are expected to be bewilderingly high. As many as two million people could line the route, based on last August’s trial event which attracted 200,000 spectators, who cheered Team GB cyclist Mark Cavendish to victory.

Road racing has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896, when there was a 54-mile road race in Athens. Cycle road racing traces its origins to 1868, when a Suffolk teenager won the first official bike challenge in Paris.

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A serious sporting competition at Earls Court, or a lot of scantily clad ladies

cavorting around Horse Guards Parade. OK, OK, Earls Court it is.

The volleyball competition runs the full length of the London 2012 Games, from Saturday July 28-Sunday August 12.

There are three sessions each day – morning, afternoon and evening – with up to 40,000 spectators watching at any time.

Earls Court is well used to Olympic thrills.

During the 1948 London Games the famous exhibition arena staged boxing, gymnastics, weightlifting and wrestling.

The volleyball competition is split into men’s and women’s sections, each with 144 players in teams of 12 (six players, six subs). Every country is restricted to one team of each gender.

So what can novice spectators expect?

A lot of action for a start. On either side of the net (8ft high for men, 7ft 4in for women), the six team players take a maximum of three touches, with the setter teeing up the ball for a ‘spike’ – the overhead slam that tries to evade defenders and land in the opposition half for a point (a spike is pictured left, as Italy take on Australia in 2000.)

After each serve, all players rotate one space.

Fouls can result in sendings-off.

The competition begins with a preliminary phase, then a knockout phase, with the winners of the semis going head to head for the gold.

All matches are the best of five sets, with the first four sets going to 25 points. The fifth set goes to 15 points, and all sets must be won with at least a two-point margin.

Volleyball made its Olympic debut, for both men and women, at the 1964 Tokyo Games, where the USA won the men’s and Brazil the women’s.

USA and Brazil are still favourites.

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Residents will be able to grill Olympics organisers LOCOG about likely traffic disruption in Hammersmith & Fulham at two roadshow events.

The roadshows will take place at the following venues and times: Hammersmith Broadway Shopping Centre Saturday 23 June 10.00am-4.00pm

Fulham Broadway Shopping Centre Saturday 30 June 2.00-7.00pm

LOCOG staff will be on hand to answer questions about the cycling road race, Olympic Route Network and Games Lanes, road restrictions and closures, hotspot stations and bus diversions in the local area.

Thursday 26 July

H&F Torch Relay Celebration Come and watch the torch relay and enjoy live music, children's entertainment and more including an Olympics and Diamond Jubilee dance performance from Creative Kidz with gymnastics, lifts, baton twirling and artistic roller-skating.

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COUNCIL LEADS CALLS FOR A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE CRUMBLING 1960s hammersmith flyover, REPORTS DELYTH BOWEN

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THE Hammersmith fly- must continue to push for an over reopened to all alternative solution, and that traffic last month, prompt- is a tunnel.” ing a mixed response from The flyover, built in 1961, the council. closed on December 23 for After five months of re- emergency repairs, reopenpairs, Transport for London ing to one lane of traffic, with reopened the A4 concrete weight restrictions for HGVs structure on May 30. and large vehicles, on JanuBut while H&F Council ary 13. There have also been expresses relief that the bridge overnight closures. is back to two lanes, there are TfL plans more work in concerns that further planned 2013 to strengthen the flyover TfL work will cause more spans, although it promises disruption next year. to minimise lane restrictions Cllr Nicholas Botterill, and road closures. leader of H&F Council, said: The flyover’s capacity will “The reopening is excellent be reduced in July and August news but we canfor Olympics trafnot get too carried fic to use ‘Games away, as the repairs Lanes’. are only temporary.

Long term, “It means we H&F Council bewill have more delieves burrowing lays and disruption is the answer. for our borough, our “Now is the We need an residents and the time to start thinkalternative 90,000 motorists ing about what who use the flyover could replace this solution every day. TfL must ugly structure,” – a tunnel realise that we cansaid Cllr Botternot simply accept ill. “The council patch-jobs to prolong the life would rather fly under than of this monstrous outdated fly over, reconnecting the and crumbling structure – we town centre and the river.”

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Waterloo-Heathrow train link wins wide support Proposals for new direct rail services between Waterloo and Heathrow have won the support of H&F Council.

The idea was recently unveiled

by Wandsworth Council and would significantly ease congestion on the busy Piccadilly line.

H&F Council launched its Get H&F Moving campaign last year which has been looking at ways to improve the transport network.

One of the main concerns from H&F residents is the number of passengers who use the Piccadilly line to travel at Heathrow, preventing local residents from obtaining a seat.

H&F Council leader Nicholas Botterill said: “We are fully sup-

portive of Wandsworth Council’s proposal for a new rail service between Waterloo and Heathrow.

Many local residents already struggle to find a space, let alone a seat, on the Piccadilly line. This

new line would significantly reduce the number of passengers that use the tube to get to Heathrow.”

The proposals have now been discussed at meet-

FULHAM RESIDENTS BRACE FOR NOISE l Residents living under the Heathrow flightpath face more aircraft noise after the introduction of new rules using both runways at the same time.

The first trial ran in February, with a second scheduled for July 1 to September 30, coinciding with the Olympics. >> For more details on the Heathrow trial, visit: www.heathrowairport.com/ noise or call 0800 344844 or email: noise_complaints@baa.com

ings with Heathrow-owner BAA and the Department of Transport.

The scheme would see two trains an hour running between Waterloo and Heathrow via the Hounslow loop.

Two existing services on the Waterloo-Windsor line would split at Staines to provide a further direct link to Terminal Five.

Two services an hour would also come up from Weybridge to Heathrow – again without adding extra frequencies over level crossings at Egham.

The scheme would require a new station at Staines, and a new stretch of track to Terminal 5. JW

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Hammersmith & Fulham register office is moving to Hammersmith Town Hall

The register office will be able to help with the following services: Registering a birth

The register office at Fulham Town Hall will be closing permanently on Friday 6 July.

The service will reopen at Hammersmith Town Hall on Tuesday 10 July.

Registering a death

In order to bring about this move, there will be no register office service on Monday 9 July. In the event of an emergency death registration on Monday 9 July, call 020 8753 2140.

Registering a civil partnership and civil partnership ceremonies

The full address of the new Hammersmith & Fulham Register Office is: Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, London W6 9JU All contact methods will remain the same: Telephone 020 8753 2140 Fax 020 8753 2146 Email registerOffice@lbhf.gov.uk Web www.lbhf.gov.uk

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Gun crime is halved, extra bobbies make a difference H&F’S STATS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH FALLS IN ROBBERIES, DOMESTIC CRIME, SEX ATTACKS AND BURGLARIES, Writes rob mansfield

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There were 38 gun related crimes in the borough in the 12 months to March 31 – a 55 per cent fall compared to the previous year’s 85 crimes.

The report reveals that there were 37 business robberies in 2011/12 compared to 72 in 2010/11 – a fall of 49 per cent.

Overall the official statistics show there were 23,426 crimes committed in Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) in the 12 months to March 31 – which is 3.1 per cent down on the previous year.

The decrease follows a ‘blip year’ when there was a modest increase in crime locally following successive years of hefty falls.

This year’s impressive decrease, which was achieved despite the August 2011 riots that affected large parts of the capital, means that in total there have been 13,198 fewer crimes since 2006.

Chief Superintendent Lucy D’Orsi, who has been H&F borough commander for just over a year, praised the work of her officers and highlighted H&F Council’s funding of 44 extra beat bobbies.

“I am committed to ensuring that my officers provide a visible presence on the streets of Hammersmith and Fulham and am pleased to note the recent fall in crime in the last year,” she said.

“We are working together with the council to tackle crime in innovative ways, and since my arrival last year my team having been making the borough a safer place.”

The Met’s stats show that residential burglary is down 13 per cent – from 1,880 offences

BACKING THE BLUE LINE: Councillor Greg Smith (centre) meets police officers and police community support officers in Hammersmith to thank them for their efforts in helping Hammersmith & Fulham’s crime rate fall, despite last summer’s London riots

in 2010/11 to 1,630 in 2011/12.

The number of rapes and other sexual offences fell by 28 per cent and 14 per cent respectively, and there were 184 fewer domestic crimes – a 16 per cent fall.

H&F Council has a strong track record of working with closely with the police and is spending £1.6million a year to pay for three enhanced town centre squads of beat bobbies – meaning the borough has 44 more police officers than it would do otherwise.

Cllr Greg Smith, H&F Council deputy leader, said: “The fact that gun crime is down 55 per cent is a major

vote of confidence in our zerotolerance stance.

“More burglars, thieves and violent criminals are now behind bars thanks to our close joint working with the police and the extra officers that we provide.

“The blip year of 2010/11, where the police recorded a modest increase in crime, is now a thing of the past and the long-term trend of hefty year-on-year falls is back.

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the extra tools to do the job in the form of 44 extra warranted officers, and we expect them to continue delivering exceptional results.”

H&F has recently been in the news for a high-profile crimebusting initiatives including a council-funded mobile ad van targeting the borough’s ‘most wanted’ criminals and sting houses which ensnare burglars with covert cameras.

The enhanced Shepherds Bush Safer Neighbourhoods Team won the team of the year accolade, as awarded by Met Police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe. l To read about the war on crime and antisocial behaviour visit www.lbhf.gov.uk/crime or, if you have information that may be helpful to the police, call them on 101, email: hammersmithandfulham.police@ met.police.uk or see Twitter site @MPSHammFul

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NEWS The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith and the Village Hall in Bulwer Street, Shepherds Bush (below), have been sold to local groups

Bright future for Irish Centre and Village Hall with sale to local groups

AFTER AGREEING THE SALE OF TWO WELL-KNOWN BOROUGH BUILDINGS, THE COUNCIL HAS MANAGED TO SECURE THEIR FUTURE COMMUNITY ROLES, REPORTS JON WEISGARD he futures of the Irish Centre and Shepherds Bush Village Hall have been secured after H&F Council found buyers for both buildings.

The council decided to sell the properties in February 2011 in order to reduce its historic debt and target spending on vital services.

The Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith (ICCH) has agreed to buy the building after they were able to raise funds and secure a grant from the Irish government.

The centre will now be redeveloped to provide a new community centre on the lower floors with flats on the upper floors.

There will also be a cafe, bar, concert hall, offices, classrooms and rooms for hire, subject to planning permission.

A council spokesman said:

“This is a fantastic deal for both the Irish community and local taxpayers. We have secured the future of the popular centre and improved the council’s finances.

“The council is immensely proud of the borough’s rich Irish heritage so it is particularly pleasing that we have found a positive solution.”

And Jim O’Hara, chairman of the Irish Cultural Centre, said: “We are delighted that the Irish

Cultural Centre and the council have reached agreement on the sale and purchase of the building.”

SHEPHERDS BUSH VILLAGE HALL Meanwhile, the Shepherds Bush Village Hall in Bulwer Street has been sold to the Wigoder Family Foundation.

The building is occupied by several popular community groups, including the Shepherds Bush Families Project, West and North

West London Vietnamese Association and the West London School of Dance.

The Wigoder Family Foundation was established with an endowment from Charles Wigoder, one of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs, to support local charities.

A Widgoer Family Foundation spokesman said: “We are delighted to have been able to secure the purchase of the Village Hall, and thus provide the occupying charities with long-term accommodation on an affordable basis.”

The West London School of Dance currently hires out the ground floor hall of the building and will continue to do so under the new arrangements.

The school’s director, Anna du Boisson, said: “It is absolutely wonderful that the council has recognised the importance of ballet and dance in the community.

“We are now in the process of creating a world-class studio in an extraordinary space.”

Earlier this year, the council agreed to sell Fulham Town Hall to retail and leisure group Dory Ventures.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN CARE FALLS AGAIN

The number of children in care in the borough has fallen for the eighth year running – bucking the national trend.

Statistics from the Department for Education show that there are 223 ‘looked after

children’ in the borough. That compares to 248 in care in 2011 and 444 in 2004.

The fall comes despite the council intervening in more cases where children were believed to be at risk of harm – with 51 new

cases taken to court, compared to the previous year’s 35.

The council’s results are in contrast with the rest of the country, where there are 65,520 looked after children, according to figures from March 2011.

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Brand new open-plan library offers community much more WITH LONGER OPENING HOURS AND DRAMATICALLY ENHANCED FACILITIES, COMPLETED CENTRE IS SET FOR AN ILLUSTRIOUS FUTURE, WRITes jon weisgard

The library takes shape at Hurlingham and Chelsea; Cllr Helen Binmore and Dr Phil Cross; Aahra Mohammed in the new pottery centre; the new conference room; and the tiles go on

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NEW library at Hurlingham and Chelsea School is set to be open in the next few months. The school is also expanding its range of sports.

The new school library replaces the community library which was based at the Sands End Community Centre on Broughton Road.

The 2,160sqft open-plan library will house more than 3,000 books, magazines and audio visual materials and will have extended opening hours.

It will also feature a presentation room and cafe area.

The Sands End community centre was recently sold by the council in order to reduce its historic debt.

A new school reception area is also being built and sports facilities in the school improved, while a leadership centre for teachers and new art, pottery and textiles suite is already finished and being used.

The total cost of improving the school, constructing the library and creating the purpose-built arts and crafts, pottery and textiles suite is £1.9m, of which £1.3m has been provided by the council.

The school has also contributed towards the building work, as has the Mayor of London Fund which has allocated £90,000.

Work on improving the school to develop it as a community hub is already in full flow, and has been for the past year. The school is expecting to work alongside local community providers to extend its range of sports, and will have new changing rooms and two gymnasiums.

The school already hosts The Sands End Boxing Club, Scorpion Kick Boxing Club and an older persons’ table tennis group previously housed at Sands End Community Centre.

The purposebuilt pottery and improved art facilities has meant an expansion to the adult learning programme already offered by

the school which now includes pottery, ICT, language courses and textiles.

Cllr Helen Binmore, cabinet member for children’s services, was given a tour of the school last month and said: “It is wonderful to see the improvements that have taken place at the school.

And I am confident that the community will love this new innovative hub.”

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Dr Phil Cross said: “We have shown that it is possible to dramatically improve educational provision and standards for students aged 11-16.

“We now aim to provide worldclass education for children and adults of all ages in south Fulham.

Our core business 11-16 school is now judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted and is now federated with Langford Primary School which

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serves the Sands End community.

“Over the past year we have developed an extensive programme for children. And once the building projects are complete we can further develop our growing adult education provision.”

Almost all of the services that have been based at the Sands End Community Centre have now been relocated.

Alternative gym facilities are now available at Club Energie Fitness in the Piper Building at comparable rates, but with far superior facilities to the centre.

A range of children’s centre services are now being delivered from Ray’s Playhouse Ltd at nearby William Parnell Park.

Most of the clubs and adult education classes previously based at the centre will be provided at the school and other locations.

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Calling time on Christine and TJ at the Crown & Sceptre Together since 1966, popular licensees Christine and TJ Connell have decided to bow out of the trade that has suited them so well across west London, writes Dan Levene

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fter more than 30 years in the west London pub trade, two of Shepherds Bush’s best-loved licensees have bowed out.

Christine Connell and husband TJ have been the popular publicans at the Crown & Sceptre in Melina Road, the only

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W14 pub to grace the Good Beer Guide of Camra, the Campaign for Real Ale. The couple have played a huge part in the recent history of this Victorian corner of Shepherds Bush.

A decade ago the pub was bought by Fullers, which tried to create a gastro pub.

It was perhaps ahead of its time – Uxbridge Road is now awash with such places, but the time wasn’t right then.

So the Crown & Sceptre became a community pub, serving young, fast-talking,

faster-drinking youngsters on a Shepherds Bush night out.

Then along came Christine and TJ. The pair had been an item since meeting in a church club in Shepherds Bush in 1966, having moved to London independently from their roots in County Mayo.

In 1979, they went into the pub trade with Courage, moving on to Fullers in 1998.

Since then they have become well-known at The Castle in Acton, The Star in Belgravia, The George & Devonshire in Chiswick, then The Mawson Arms,

by Fullers Brewery.

Christine says: “When we came in, we wondered if we could make it work.

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very hard at it, and made so many changes.”

One challenge Christine faced was being in charge of a football pub – an entirely new experience for her and TJ. Despite initial apprehension, she says match days at the Crown & Sceptre have taken on the same family feel as the rest of the week.

“This is completely different to other QPR pubs,” she says.

“It’s not that we don’t have singing and chanting – we do – fans who come here are so passionate. But we have granddads and grandsons together for games, which is great to see.”

Christine says one key to making the pub work has been community involvement.

“We’re a little pub in the back streets of Shepherds Bush, surrounded by houses and a school. It is important to be aware of people’s needs; pubs should be conscious of that.”

Asked about her carewer, Chrstine speaks of customer expectations, and how pub managers can no longer get away with slamming down

a pint of flat keg bitter in a chipped glass.

“People expect good service, a quality product, a happy face and someone to chat to,” she says.

Overall, she is proud of what she and TJ have achieved in their personal and professional lives together, and in their three years in Melina Road.

“We are the only Good Beer Guide pub in W12,” she says. “A Camra man came in

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We have granddads and grandsons together for games

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o need to jet off this year for a taste of authentic Italian gelato. Pop down to Hammersmith Grove and discover the ultimate ice cream close to home.

Diego Alfonso and Suzy Bertotti have just opened the Bertotti Pure Italian cafe... and it’s an ice cream lovers’ paradise.

“It’s always been our dream to open our own shop and work together,” said Diego. “This part of Hammersmith is a lovely residential area with lots of friendly people and families.”

The 24-year-old used to work further down Hammersmith Grove as a waiter in Chez Kristof (now Raoul’s deli and restaurant).

Suzy, 26, is originally from Parana, Brazil but traces her Italian heritage back to her grandparents who were from Trentino in the north-east of the country.

The couple claim to be the only place in Hammersmith offering

authentic gelato. The icecream comes from the Joe Delucci chain, imported from Turin. The 24 flavours range from passion fruit to mango, pineapple to tiramisu.

Ice creams can be covered in nuts, flakes, Oren’s chocolate and other toppings.

“We have a variety of ice creams, and change one or two flavours every month to offer customers something different,” said Diego.

And if the traditional English summer reduces demand for ice cream, the counter also has homemade cakes.

Bertotti also offers panini and traditional sandwiches.

Diego has plans for a Colombianthemed coffee day and a coffee of the month.

“It is a risky time to open a business with the way the economy is at the moment,” he conceded.

“But we felt it was worth the risk.”

Bertotti is open 7am-6.30pm Mon-Fri and 9am-7pm on weekends. l Bertotti Pure Italian, 87 Hammersmith Grove, Hammersmith, W6 0NQ. www.facebook.com/bertotti.pure. italian

the other day, ordered a pint of London Pride, and said: ‘Still the best pint in west London!’”

Fullers is now on the lookout for a new publican to follow in Christine and TJ’s steps; but recognises that it will be a hard act to follow.

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HE sun is out, lazy lunches and long evenings are back on the wish list, and tasty Italian food is surely on the menu.

No need to traipse all the way to the Amalfi coast or the Sicily shores.

Simply head to New Kings Road.

Emilia’s Delicatessen,

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the lively, family-run deli is packed with Italian treats from hams to cheese, from pasties de nata cakes to fresh buffalo mozzarella and bresaola, the salted beef from the Italian Alps.

Jose and Anna Gouveia may be Portuguese, but they’re experts on Italian food.

“You have to love what you do,” says Jose, who has been

running the shop with his wife for nearly a decade.

“I talk to people every day, and you create a bond. We don’t just talk about food.”

Jose, who speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, adds: “The most important thing is service to the customers and having a smile. We always want to make the shop look

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Casa Carlo owner Carlo Catalidi with customer Miffa Salter

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The Mexican colours bring a ray of sunshine to the restaurant, while it also has an American diner feel to it

lively as well. “We get small companies in Italy who seek us out as we can sell their goods in London, like some of the small olive oil producers. They press their olives within 24 hours of harvesting them.”

Foodie Loyd Grossman is a fan of the shop, which opens seven days a week, only closing on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Easter Sunday. l Emilia’s Deli is at 88 New Kings Road. Call 020 7751 0189.

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nother authentic Italian gem is Casa Carlo, a restaurant with humble roots. It was once a public loo, but now the eatery in Eel Brook Common is a Mediterranean food heaven run by restaurateur Carlo Cataldi.

The original Casa Carlo opened in Vanston Place, Fulham Broadway, where former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri was a regular.

Forced to close on Christmas Eve 2000, Carlo switched to New Kings Road, and with it Carlo’s collection of posters – assembled over 25 years – on the walls.

“The Mexican colours bring

a ray of sunshine to the restaurant, while it also has an American diner feel to it with all the posters,” says Carlo.

The food is trad Italian, put together by head chef Adriano Fantoni with a delicious variety of pasta and pizza dishes as the main items on the menu.

Carlo has been in the food business since he was seven, helping his mother polish knives and forks in a small restaurant in his hometown of Fiuggi, Italy.

It was an unconventional upbringing. In his homeland he had two pet tigers named Rambo and Mira, and remembers the day he left them unattended in his bedroom.

“I left them in my room as I went up to Milan to go to a market. I ended up staying there longer than I had anticipated and my mother was too scared to go into my room to check on them.

“They ripped up the whole bedroom. It was a mess,” says Carlo.

Happily, it isn’t nearly so wild in Casa Carlo these days. l Casa Carlo, Eel Brook Common off New Kings Road.

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l HAVING impressed Hammersmith with its German bread, Bakehaus is delighting diners with cakes. The King Street bakery has been refurbished for cake production, with a range including carrot, cherry cheesecake, apple, fruit and German strawberry.

As an introductory offer until July 21, manager Marc Deuring, 32, is selling an Italian coffee with a slice of cake for £3.80.

German classic lunchtime options at the sevenday-a-week bakery now include bockwurst and kaiser roll for £4.50, frikadellen for £4.95 and leberkase and pretzel for £4.95, each served with Bavarian potato salad.

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H&F MEMORIES

FRED MARSH

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NE day in the mid-1950s while working for J Lyons & Co Ltd in Cadby Hall in Hammersmith I was summoned by one of my directors and told that I had been transferred to a subsidiary company – Henry Telfer Ltd, in Lillie Road, Fulham, as assistant factory manager.

Henry Telfer Thompson, a Scotsman by birth and recently returned from South Africa, had starting trading as a pie maker in 1926. The name they chose for their pies was Ticky Snacks; ‘Ticky’ being a South African slang for three pence.

Lyons initially bought a share of the business in 1932 and later relocated Telfer’s to a former brewery in Lillie Road in 1934. Subsequently a Henry Telfer Pie shop was established on the corner of North End Road and Lillie Road.

During the Second World War Telfer’s supplied many thousands of pies to the Navy, Army and RAF through the NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes). Also during the latter part of the war, 1943 and 1945, the Ministry of Food arranged to allocate meat, flour and fat to the WVS (Women’s Voluntary Service) through the Rural Pie Scheme, so that the WVS

could make and distribute pies in their local areas. A raw material permit transfer scheme was set up because this scheme was not always possible to put into operation.

This enabled Telfer’s, and other pie makers, to made pies which the WVS then distributed. So great was the demand that Telfer’s had to start many more small pie factories in different parts of the country.

Part of the production equipment was the Coyte automatic pie machine, which had been designed

by William Coyte, the chief engineer of J Lyons. This was capable

Eyes on the pies

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of producing many hundreds of large and small individual steak and kidney pies per hour.

When I arrived I found that most of the employees lived locally and many were related. There were husbands and wives, sons and daughters, whose parents were working in the factory, admin offices, transport department and driving delivery vans. Among the staff was a very formidable and efficient forewoman, Mrs Mattey, and her senior chargehand, Dolly Tibble. I think that there was also a foreman, Maurice Harnetty, who may well have been related to Mrs Mattey.

Other names I recollect were Jim Hall, the flamboyant sales manager who had been a famous motorcycling champion, and Joyce Steadman, the personnel officer. It was very much a family concern.

I wonder how many past employees of Henry Telfer Ltd are still living in the area?

Outside the factory, adjoining the pavement in Lillie Road, was the Reject Shop. This small, temporary structure was where tasty, wholesome but misshapen

or damaged meat pies, Cornish pasties, sausage rolls and other factory products were sold, usually at half price. Very often long queues formed outside. Operating in a very competitive environment, very little was wasted.

In 1953 J Lyons had introduced a new American product to the UK: the Wimpy hamburger. As the number of Wimpy Bars increased, Telfer’s became the main producer

of this product; this was followedup with another novel Wimpy product, the circular Frankfurter.

Telfer’s had supplied pies to Buckingham Palace since 1949. In the early 1950s the firm considered applying for a Royal Warrant, for which the qualification was three years’ consecutive service.

Unfortunately King George VI died suddenly and the whole application process had to start again. In 1955

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to an enormous, slap-up tea. I wonder how many present H&F l Fred Marsh lives in residents still remember these Rivermead Court, Ranelagh events? There was an anecdote Gardens, Fulham, and is circulating among the staff that unthe author of a book: Social less there were some children sick Kissing, Gifts and Bribes after the party due to overeating it (how to get on with people could not have been considered a worldwide). You can email successful event. him at marshfromlondon It was very fortunate for me that @btinternet.com Lyons encouraged sporting activities. Their 66-acre sports ground at Sudbury Hill enabled me to play rugby, which I later the Henley Royal Regatta. This swapped for rowing. changed in 1950 when the NARA lDo you have any Like many 19th merged with the ARA. memories of H&F you century enterprises, Sometimes during rowing would like to share Lyons was very conpractice we launched mixed crews, with Your Magazine scious of the welfare much to the disgust (or was it jealreaders? Contact editor of its employees and ousy?) of other tideway clubs. On Geoff Cowart at sporting activities occasions in very rough conditions, press.office@ were greatly encouraided and abetted by poor coxing, lbhf.gov.uk aged and subsidised. our blades would foul the anchor In 1903 it supported the cables or mooring ropes of HMS founding of the Cadby Hall Stork, the Cadet Training Ship Athletic Club. moored only a short In 1913 it bought distance downstream Linden House, in off the Upper Mall, Beavor Lane, Upper and it was more by Mall, Hammersmith, good luck than skill and converted it into we did not sink. a club house for use For several years I by its employees. was secretary of Rowing became a Linden RC (see It was more popular sport and this picture on the left). by good luck led to the formation I left the comthan skill the of Linden Rowing pany in 1963 and Club. In 1924 a piece later acquired my own boat did of adjoining land food company out of not sink was bought to build a London, but that is shooting range and an another story. indoor rowing tank.

Everything The club, whose comes to an end. The Fred Marsh shown with a members included both men and Fulham factory closed in 1968 portrait done women, competed in many of the when production was transferred to during his local, regional and national regattas Cadby Hall and Stratford. Finally, army days such as the annual Head of the in 1980, Henry Telfer Ltd changed (above), a River race. It even entered crews its name to J Lyons Products Ltd, 1953 photo in international regattas during the and that was the end of that. when he was inter-war years. Linden Rowing stroke of the Club was a member of the National Linden Rowing Amateur Rowing Association, an Club coxed association for so-called ‘working four (he is on on the right) oarsmen’, and as such we and Linden were not eligible House in to compete in

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the firm was issued with a warrant as ‘purveyors of pork pies to HM Queen Elizabeth II’.

In 1958 Telfer’s bought the Excel Meat Company based in Stratford, east London, where sausage and other meat products were made.

In some years there were staff parties or dances, usually at the Lyons Trocadero restaurant in Piccadilly.

One of the highlights I always

remember was the annual Christmas party for the children of company employees. A complete floor of the building was cleared of production machinery and then decorated. There must have been well over 150 children who were then entertained and even more importantly treated

l Former Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher worke d as a food research chem ist at J Lyons in Cadby Hall, Hammersmith Road, fro m 1949-51. Then known as Margaret Roberts, she had just been adopted as parlia mentary candidate for Dartford.

While at the firm it is rumoured she worked on inventing a softer ice cream!

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PROPERTY NEWS

it’s A NEW LEAF FOR FULHAM PALACE GARDEN CENTRE

Kevin Lawrence with stage star Felicity Kendall at the opening of the Fulham Palace Garden Centre in the spring

l ACTRESS Felicity Kendal has been seeing firsthand how gardening can change lives.

An ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, she visited the Fulham Palace Garden Centre to meet Kevin Lawrence to hear how a passion for gardening has made a difference.

Kevin suffered bullying and depression before being steered towards gardening by the Prince’s Trust.

After completing a training programme he was given a £500 loan to buy equipment to start his own gardening services business.

Now he has 55 loyal customers... and independence.

“I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for the trust,” he said. “It gave me support when I needed it most, and helped turn my passion for gardening into my career.”

Felicity Kendal chatted to Kevin and sang the praises of a charity which works to make young people self-sufficient. TH

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Don’t grass me up!

If you want the perfect lawn, but only have a small area, it might be time to think the unthinkable – and go artificial. Tim Harrison investigates

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O YOU’VE got a small patch of lawn behind the house, which doesn’t get full sun, barely merits owning a mower and looks threadbare and patchy, with or without a hosepipe ban.

It might sound extreme, but have you thought about going artificial?

Queens Park Rangers famously experimented with AstroTurf in the early 1980s at Loftus Road, but eventually abandoned it because of player injuries and bizarre ball bounces.

But modern artificial surfaces are a different breed, and it represents a serious alternative for homeowners who struggle to maintain a beautiful, manicured sward.

The UK’s largest artificial grass supplier, LazyLawn, with offices in Chelsea and Chiswick, has installed many rolls in west London.

“It’s great for roof gardens as well as lawns and play spaces,” spokesman Andy Driver told Your Fulham. “It’s natural looking, it’s soft and safe for children and pets, and it’s low-maintenance.”

Depending on how hard it is used, free-draining artificial turf lasts more than 15 years, and is guaranteed against fading for a decade... even if Fido feels the need to mark out his new territory, or Tiddles the cat lives up to her name.

Some regular maintenance is still needed – although you can find a new home for the mower. Every year you have to do a weed-killing treatment, and it is advised that you clear fallen leaves as soon as possible.

Jonathan Clarke, who has

Better living through ChemGrass

l Artificial grass was created in the east coast of America in the mid-60s.

Initially called Chemgrass, it switched to the trademarked AstroTurf name after it was rolled out at Houston’s indoor Astrodome in 1966 where the stadium groundsmen had tried – and failed – to grow grass beneath a roof.

They had even resorted to

run the Fulham-based Abbiss Landscapes for three years, thinks it’s an excellent option for urban gardens.

“The technology has really advanced, and there are nine or 10 different varieties, even ones with a bit of brown coming through,” he said. “You can have the perfect short lawn, or one slightly longer, and a lot of clients can’t tell the difference between it and real turf.

“If it’s pointless having a mower, put artificial grass down.

For children’s use you can add a bounce pad under climbing frames.”

Job sizes vary from £5,000 small planting schemes to major commercial projects, with the firm only doing work in conjunction with garden designers.

For more details, visit: www.abbisslandscapes.co.uk or call 0845 604 8186.

Les Hewett of the English Garden Company, which has won gold medals at the Chelsea and Hampton Court flower shows, added: “I’ve used artificial grass a few times, mainly on roof gardens.

The latest versions of it are very realistic.

“They even have yellowy brown bits, as well as green. It’s

painting the earth green to conceal bald patches!

The product has evolved steadily from the notorious bouncy, springy surface laid at QPR’s Loftus Road stadium in 1981, and removed seven years later after complaints from away teams that it gave the home side an unfair advantage… and gave visiting players carpet burns.

nothing like the old greengrocers’ shop window stuff!”

One amusing option is to lay an artificial lawn in a funky colour.

If you’re feeling bold, or want to match your turf to a dramatic planting scheme, why not try surf blue, red passion, tangy orange, purple dream or frothy mocha?

“Artificial grass is more and more common in London, especially for sheltered or overlooked lawns, or where children or pets play,” added Andy Driver.

“Gardeners try to persist with natural grass, but after the third or

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If it’s pointless having a mower, put artificial grass down. For children add a bounce pad under climbing frames

fourth re-laying many turn to artificial.

“Londoners also like something new. One woman even had her indoor playroom carpeted with brightly coloured artificial turf, and we’ve put it up the walls of a room at the Coca-Cola headquarters in Hammersmith!

“It’s a completely different product from the AstroTurf at Loftus Road in the 1980s.

“When I used to play hockey and football on that, you’d have to wear tracksuit bottoms, and you were still picking bits of sand out of your teeth days later! Today it’s luscious, like a really plush carpet.”

Garden designer Janice Cripps, who has mapped out several dramatic redesigns in west London, still believes that real is best.

She told Your Magazine: “The British love their lawns, and most people won’t part with their patch of green, even if it’s tatty and uncared for.

“In truth, a lawn looks best when it has just been laid, and from that point on, the battle begins. Be prepared to scarify, aerate, top-dress, level, weed and feed!”

Her advice, mindful of the current hosepipe ban, is not to water at all!

“It can be a mistake to start watering in a drought,” she said.

“It forces grass roots upwards towards the surface, seeking the water, which encourages shallow rooting and weakens growth.”

She advises leaving fine grass cuttings on the lawn during a drought, as it acts as a mulch and slows moisture loss.

That’s if you haven’t already decided that pink is for you.

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Estate agent boards ban extended for a decade CONSERVATION AREAS ARE PROTECTED FROM FORESTS OF INTRUSIVE SIGNS AS THE COUNCIL SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDS ITS EXCLUSION ZONE UNTIL 2022, Writes rob mansfield

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blanket ban to prevent a forest of For Sale signs springing up in some of west London’s most picturesque streets has been extended for another 10 years.

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has approved Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s application to renew and expand its estate agent board ban for another decade.

The extended ban, around West Kensington and Hammersmith, came into force in April and prevents estate agents from displaying unsightly For Sale and To Let boards in three conservation areas without written consent from the council.

The ban, which is the longest approved in the UK so far, covers

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all properties within the Barons Court, Lakeside/Sinclair/ Blythe Road and Brook Green conservation areas.

H&F also has board bans in the Hammersmith Grove conservation area, and the majority of roads in the conservation areas of Olympia and Avonmore and the Gunter estate, and also Harwood Road.

Historically H&F had a problem with estate agents competing with one another to see who could put up the largest number of advertising boards – especially in roads where large Victorian houses had been converted into several flats.

But a consultation with residents, when the original ban was imposed, showed 98 per cent of respondents backed the council’s moves to eradicate the signs.

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H&F Council has prosecuted estate agents who stick up illegal boards in the banned area, with one company being hit with a record £3,500 fine

“In the digital age when so many people are online or have iPhones or BlackBerrys these intrusive and outdated signs are really not necessary,” says H&F Council leader Nick Botterill.

“This extension to our popular estate agent board ban means that the large number of tatty signs that used to blight some of our nicest streets and make them look cluttered and shabby will remain a thing of the past.”

H&F Council has 100 per cent success in gaining prosecutions

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The few rogue agents who ignore the ban are being taken to court

against estate agents which illegally display advertising boards in the areas covered by the ban.

The council has successfully prosecuted 19 cases in recent months with fines of between £100 and a local record of £3,500 imposed by magistrates for a series of offences. Around 15 cases are waiting to go to court.

Cllr Botterill concludes: “The few rogue agents who ignore the ban are being taken to court where the council’s prosecutors have a 100 per cent success rate over the past year.

“Thankfully, the vast majority of agents are respecting the ban and, while the local property market remains strong, the reward is that our historic conservation areas retain their charm and elegance rather than resembling some kind of gaudy high street.” l If you would like to report an illegal estate agent board, email: boards@lbhf.gov.uk

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Affordable and desirable, the new flats that will set a trend A PRACTICAL WAY TO HELP MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES GET ON THE HOUSING LADDER? JON WEISGARD reports

The new Becklow Gardens flats offer relaxed living space and spacious, modern kitchens... and a discounted price tag

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ork to transform a derelict former health clinic in Shepherds Bush into two contemporary one-bedroom flats is almost complete.

Five months ago, the Becklow Gardens clinic was nothing but a derelict shell of a building.

Since then, builders have been working hard to convert the space into two flats complete with spacious kitchens and modern bathrooms.

In addition to the homes at Becklow Gardens, 23 new properties will be built across six other sites in the borough.

The construction follows a council announcement last year that it would be establishing its own housing development company in order to directly provide new affordable homes for the first time in 30 years to

help local people living or working in the borough to get on to the property ladder and help create a borough of opportunity.

The borough has the fourth highest house prices in the UK, and the scheme aims to give local people on low to middle incomes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own their own home at a discounted market rate.

The council has been

inundated with interest since marketing the two properties, which will be sold at discounted market rate to people with a household income of up to £60,000.

Cllr Andrew Johnson, cabinet

member for housing, said: “We’re committed to creating ladders of housing opportunity in the borough and I’m delighted to see the completion of the first of our local housing company’s new homes at Becklow Gardens.

“This borough has some of the highest house prices in Britain, which is why creating low-cost home ownership opportunities for our residents on low to middle incomes is one of our top priorities.”

schemes can give first-time buyers a foot on property ladder, despite the market A thousand low and middle-income earners are set to be helped into home ownership by 2013.

The borough has the fourth highest house price levels in Britain and many residents who would like to own a place in Hammersmith & Fulham are currently priced out of the market.

But the council’s Home Buy team, a one-stop shop dedicated to getting local

residents on to the housing ladder, has helped 684 H&F residents into home ownership in the last four years alone through a number of lowcost initiatives such as shared ownership, discounted market sale and rent to buy.

The council has also helped 57 people through the Right to Buy scheme which allows council tenants who wish to buy their council property outright to receive a discount on the total value.

This year, the council intends to sell 69 properties at the new Chelsea Creek development in Fulham and at Lime Grove Mews through the discounted market sale scheme.

The council has also sold 15 properties through its ‘Right to Freehold’ scheme, with a further three in the pipeline.

This offers leaseholders the chance to purchase the freehold of their properties. l To find out more about buying a firsttime buyer home call H&F Home Buy on 020 8753 6464 or register online at www.lbhf.gov.uk/homebuy. JW

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The housing revolution starts here A radical revolution in the way that social housing is allocated and tenancies granted in Hammersmith & Fulham is aimed at rewarding hard-working residents with a local connection to the borough, writes jon weisgard

to society when considering applications for council housing.”

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Allocation of housing council The proposed new scheme of

eople who live and work in Hammersmith & Fulham can now have their say on the council’s proposals to change its approach to affordable housing in the borough. This includes changing the way it allocates social housing and the tenancies it grants.

The council has a strong track record of protecting vulnerable adults, such as people with dependency issues and victims of domestic violence.

The proposed new strategy will ensure the council continues to meet their needs.

The borough has one of the highest proportions of social housing in London, with around 33 per cent social rented. That compares to a London average of 25 per cent and a west London

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average of 21.5 per cent. Just over two per cent of the borough’s housing is shared-ownership.

H&F is also one of the first councils in the country to get back into building homes, after a 30-year absence. The properties will be sold at a discounted market rate to those on low to middle incomes who live or work in the borough and might struggle otherwise to get on to the property ladder.

Highlights of the new proposals include an allocation scheme prioritising working residents, and fixed-term tenancies for new social housing lettings. Secure tenancies will still be available for the most vulnerable residents.

Cllr Andrew Johnson, cabinet member for housing, said: “These proposals are about rewarding hard-working local families.

“At the same time we will

continue to house elderly people and others who are vulnerable.

“We want to give people a hand up and not a hand out.

We believe social housing should be a platform of aspiration to enable progression into other forms of housing, such as low-cost home ownership, rather than a destination in its own right.

“While the current system of deciding who lives in social housing has successfully provided for the most vulnerable, it has also created disadvantaged communities by producing concentrations of people on benefits with disproportionately high levels of unemployment.

“If we are serious about building strong, mixed and sustainable communities that help drive economic growth and community cohesion, we need to prioritise people who contribute something

allocation will give a greater priority to those who are working, those in training leading to employment and those making a significant contribution to the community, eg ex-service personnel and foster carers.

The council is also proposing that applicants with an income (or combined income) greater than £40,200, will generally not be eligible to get on to the housing register. Instead, they will be offered advice on other housing options including joining the council’s HomeBuy register.

The council believes that the current housing allocation system is inefficient and creates false hopes and expectations for applicants.

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the waiting list in Hammersmith & Fulham for a total of 36 years.

Resources are so stretched that last year only 470 new lettings were made. The year before, a total of 131,000 bids were received for council homes and on average each three-bedroom property attracted 157 bids.

The proposed new system would mean that access to the housing register will be restricted to those that have a local connection to the borough together with a clear housing need. Those who do not qualify will still be given a package of advice and assistance about their housing options.

In many instances, people who will no longer be on the housing list will be in a better position because the council will help them into the private rental sector, as opposed to them waiting many years for a move that will never materialise.

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New fixed-term tenancies are proposed

Have your say on the proposals.

Visit: www. citizenspac e. com/lbhf That is because anyone in the UK can apply to the register, which currently stands at 10,300 people.

These people are graded according to priority, but with resources so scarce and 94 per cent of people on the list on the lowest priority bands, the chance of ever getting social housing is very small.

In fact, one person has been on

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Social housing should be a platform of aspiration which enables progression on to other forms of housing

The council is proposing fixed-term tenancies of five years for new social housing lettings.

This would be reduced to two years in certain cases.

Existing tenants will be unaffected by the new proposals except in some cases where they request a transfer. New tenancies in sheltered accommodation and for those with special housing or health needs would still be on a secure basis.

Currently most social housing tenants have the right to stay for life unless the tenancy is brought to an end because of a breach.

When a tenant dies, the right of succession passes on to a family member even if the housing need of the individual is less than other potential applicants.

The council believes this does not promote aspiration or give tenants any incentive to try to move into home-ownership, and fails to take into account the fact that a household’s need for social housing may be temporary.

The current system is also inefficient as it does not recognise that some people may move out of their family home.

This can mean, for example, that one resident could be underoccupying their home by two or more bedrooms while another family is grossly overcrowded.

The new system will give the council the opportunity to review tenancies and will also encourage good behaviour and greater contributions to community life and the local economy.

All this will be taken into account in deciding whether to grant a new tenancy. l Have your say by visiting www.citizenspace.com/lbhf

Dr Tim Spicer, H&F NHS clinical commissioning, at the White City site (artist’s impression, below)

IMPROVING LIFE EXPECTANCY AND WELL-BEING IS AIM OF BUILDING, aS ROB MANSFIELD REPORTS l Building work on a new state-of-the-art health and social care centre for White City has begun.

The first brick was laid on the borough’s new one-stop shop for health, social care and children’s services last month by officials from the local council and NHS. The White City Collaborative Care Centre, in Bloemfontein Road, will open its doors to residents, in an area with some of the worst health problems in the borough, from 2014.

Costing £13.6million, the cutting-edge new facilities will provide a wide range of health and social care services and have capacity to register 10,000 GP patients initially – growing to 25,000 if required.

Community nursing and health visiting, social work services, speech therapy, mental health services, services for children with disabilities and physiotherapy will all be provided from the new centre as well as dentistry, minor surgery and podiatry.

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flats will be built together with a mini-supermarket and pharmacy, and the neighbouring Wormholt Park will also benefit from a £1million revamp.

The new building will sit on the site of the former Janet Adegoke leisure centre and is particularly needed, according to the council, because people who live in the north of the borough have an average life expectancy eight years below those in the south.

Nearly a quarter of all year 6 school children in White City and Shepherds Bush are obese, according to a Department of Health report, while stroke deaths are higher than normal and drug misuse is worse than in many other London boroughs.

Dr Tim Spicer, chair of NHS Hammersmith & Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “We have developed a building that will bring a range of health and social care services and real benefits to the residents of White City.

“It is a credit to all the local people and community groups that have worked with us and our partners to turn it into a reality.”

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Want to buy your council home?

Want a £75k discount? Roadshow on how it works comes to Fulham hOME-OWNERSHIP WAS ONCE A PIPEDREAM, BUT IS NOW BECOMING REALITY FOR MANY. JON WEISGARD EXPLAINS THE CHANGES

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ore than 700 council tenants have passed through the doors at three Right to Buy roadshow events.

H&F Council has held the roadshows to encourage people to find out if they are eligible for a discount of up to £75,000 on the price of their council home.

Right to Buy has helped thousands of council tenants in H&F to buy their own home since it launched over 30 years ago. But completions under the scheme all but collapsed when the maximum discount in the capital was reduced in 2004 from £38,000 to £16,000.

The move led to a slump from 245 Right to Buy sales in 2004-5 to only seven locally last year.

However, the Government has recently reinvigorated the scheme by increasing the maximum discount to £75,000, leading to a flurry of interest in the borough.

The council has already received more than 130 Right to Buy applications since the increase discount was introduced in April.

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That compares to just 39 in the whole of 2011.

At last month’s roadshow, 189 tenants visited the White City Community Centre to find out if they were able to claim a discount.

One such tenant was Julian Louisy of Coningham Road, Shepherds Bush, who said: “I received a leaflet from the council and saw the roadshows advertised in the paper and thought that I would pay a visit.

“Buying my own council home

Each roadshow saw officers from the council’s dedicated Home Buy team calculating discounts that tenants are eligible for and advising them of the responsibilities that purchasing a home involves.

Independent financial advisers were also on hand to help.

Cllr Andrew Johnson, cabinet member for housing, said: “The extended Right to Buy discount is truly fantastic news for anyone who has ever dreamed of purchasing their own home but never thought that it would be possible.

“There is absolutely no doubt that owning your own home gives you a sense of pride and Tenants a sense of empowerment.” explore The Right to Buy the possibility of roadshow heads to Maystar buying their homes Hall in Cheeseman’s after the discount Terrace, West Kensington, on amount change Saturday, July 28, from 10am PICTUREs BY KEVIN to 2pm.

POOLMAN has always been The roadshow then travels on my mind but it to Fulham on Saturday, August has not been feasible 11, from 10am to 2pm, at the until now because the Clem Attlee Community Centre. discount was always so small.

If you are unable to make it, but “Since the increase in the want to find out more about Right discount, I have been keen to to Buy email: h&fhome-buy@lbhf. find out more information. I did gov.uk or call 020 8753 6464. have an idea of the process, but To qualify, residents must meet the roadshow was very useful as certain criteria. For example the I was able to collect a lot more tenant must have been living in the information and speak to experts. property for at least five years. The I will probably be filling in an property must also be the tenant’s application form soon.” only or principal home.

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Five easy steps to owning your own home* 1

Call the council’s HomeBuy team on 020 8753 6464

2 Learn about the

responsibilities that buying your own home entails with one of our HomeBuy experts

3 Apply for Right to Buy

Do you want to

BUY YOUR OWN HOME?

See overleaf for how to get your hands on the keys to a bright future

with a discount of up to

£75,000!

As a council tenant, you could be eligible to buy the home you live in Subject to eligibility: The tenant must have been living in the property for at least five years.

The property must be the tenant’s only or principal home. Other conditions apply.

by returning your signed application form

4 If you are eligible, you will

receive an offer letter from the council

5 Sign on the dotted line H&F Right to Buy Roadshow at Maystar Hall, Cheeseman’s Terrace W14 9XR

Saturday 28 July 10.00am-2.00pm

H&F Right to Buy Roadshow at Clem Attlee Community Centre, Fulham, SW6 7PU

Saturday 11 August 10.00am-2.00pm

If you are unable to make one of the roadshows but are interested in finding out about Right to Buy in Hammersmith & Fulham email: h&fhome-buy@lbhf.gov.uk or phone: 020 8753 6464 *This is a summary of the process

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The Rating Game

Andrew Johnson hit form this season – but is linked with QPR after his contract with the Whites ran out

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fter another enjoyable flirtation with European football, and some glimmers (finally) of half-decent away form, Fulham fans can take heart from their top 10 finish.

The 2011/12 season began in June, while most other Premier League players were still on their sun loungers, with a rash of Europa League qualifiers including a 3-0 August victory against Dnipro of the Ukraine at the Cottage.

Manager Martin Jol insisted he would rather have European football than not, despite question marks about its knock-on effect on league form, as it raised Fulham’s profile internationally, and gave players important experience.

However, the club’s first Premier League matches were a fairly miserable four draws and two defeats… interrupted by an unwelcome early exit to Chelsea on penalties in the League Cup. What got the Whites’ season on track was October’s extraordinarily one-sided 6-0 thrashing of QPR, featuring an Andrew Johnson hat-trick, inset right.

October also featured an important away win at Wigan, but lack of consistency saw the Whites draw at Arsenal, beat Liverpool, defeat Bolton then succumb to an unhappy 5-0 home defeat to Manchester United.

Clinging perilously to the places just above the drop zone at Christmas, Fulham achieved important home wins against Arsenal, Newcastle and Stoke, then

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dented neighbours Chelsea’s outside title hopes with a late equaliser in April before what was arguably the result of the season – victory over Liverpool at Anfield for the first time in the club’s history.

Indeed, it was the first time in 41 top-flight league visits to Merseyside that the Whites had returned home with a win.

Just one more point over the course of the season would have seen Fulham finish above Liverpool, in eighth place.

But Martin Jol will settle for ninth. A popular manager, he expressed his contentment with a top 10 place, and now looks forward to a decent break before 2012/13 without the distraction of early Europa League games.

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scaping the drop to the Championship on goal difference was too close for comfort for the Hoops, but stands as manager Mark Hughes’ greatest achievement in a season which at one time promised so much.

West London is ours, crowed the Loftus Road hordes after the 1-0 win against Chelsea in October – the match overshadowed by the allegation of racism

by John Terry against

Anton Ferdinand. But it proved a flash in the pan, although it did much to wipe away the painful memories of the 6-0 drubbing suffered by the Rs at Craven Cottage weeks earlier.

Rangers simply couldn’t get their season properly started, and when Neil Warnock was sacked in January – despite his efforts in gaining the Hoops Premier League status – little changed.

FA Cup defeat to Chelsea really hurt, while a bleak February produced three defeats (including Fulham completing the double) and a draw.

Everything suddenly came good in the nick of time in March when Jamie Mackie, left, got the winner in one of the most extraordinary turnarounds of the season. Losing 2-0 at home to Liverpool, Sean Derry clawed a goal back in the 77th minute before Djibril Cisse levelled with two minutes remaining.

Then Mackie popped up in stoppage time to achieve a most unlikely victory. It proved the springboard Hughes needed. Wins against Arsenal, Swansea and Spurs made the 6-1 defeat

by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge slightly easier to bear.

But the result which mattered most was the ground-out late victory against Stoke City.

While the Hoops played a major part in the last-day drama as Manchester City clinched the Premier League trophy right at the death, it was that win against Stoke that eventually made the crucial difference between survival and the drop.

Mark Hughes, expressing his disappointment at captain Joey Barton’s antics which led to a red card and long ban, pledged that the Hoops would never again flirt with relegation under his tenure.

It was a bullish end-of-term statement, but it gives fans real hope of mid-table security in 2012/13, backed by Tony Fernandes’ dreams and cash.

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HAT a season.

Right up to the wire it hovered between disappointment and utter ecstasy, but two trophies – including the holy grail of the Champions League cup – ultimately made it the Blues’ greatest year ever.

As usual, the intended saviour in the manager’s seat didn’t work out.

Andre Villas-Boas’ sacking propelled unlikely hero Roberto Di Matteo into the spotlight, and he responded magnificently, turning round European first-leg disappointment in Naples into overall victory at Stamford Bridge, and setting the scene for a simply remarkable run in the toughest tournament on the planet.

Clinching victory, on penalties, in a surreal final in Munich set up delirious scenes at the open-top bus parade around Fulham’s streets, with the FA Cup and Champions League trophies being waved triumphantly to the baying masses.

And yet it was a season that in league terms disappointed.

By finishing sixth, Chelsea were dependant on winning the Champions League final to secure top-flight European football next season.

It was the Blues’ lowest finish in the Roman Abramovich era,

underlining the need to rebuild.

AVB’s tentative first moves at reconstruction were abandoned when Di Matteo swept in and, effectively, re-established the factory settings, giving John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Petr Cech (below) exemption from rotation.

Season’s high points included the 4-1 defeat of hard-to-beat Swansea, a 3-0 away win at Newcastle and the defeat at Stamford Bridge of eventual titlewinners Manchester City.

Low points included losing to QPR, being beaten at home to Liverpool and – surprisingly – tamely rolling over when Aston Villa visited the Bridge for the last game of 2011.

Yet any criticism seems pointless when set against the majesty of the FA Cup win, against Liverpool, and the European adventure.

The moment that Blues fans will remember as long as they live was the aggregate win at the Nou Camp against Barcelona – a victory achieved despite being 2-0 down and having Terry sent off.

The early course of the 2012/13 season now hinges on JT’s trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on July 9.

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Strange finish to Queen’s Club tournament as it ends with boos and bandages l THE final match at Queen’s Club in Barons Court came to an unlikley end on Sunday – with a disqualification!

Spectators watched on in sparkling sunlight as Argentina’s David Nalbandian – who was in the lead after winning the first set 7-6 (7-3) against Croatia’s Marin Cilic – kicked an advertising hoarding and injured a line judge.

While the officials discussed what action to take, some of the 6,000-strong crowd in Hammersmith booed and demanded play resume, only for Nalbandian to be disqualified for ‘unsportsmanlike behaviour’ at 3-4 in the second set.

Nalbandian later apologised and will face a hefty fine.

A clearly bemused Cilic was then handed the trophy. Geoff Cowart

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Future Hoops stars set to train at family-owned Acton health club BUDDING QPR TALENT WILL NOW BE LOOKED AFTER

BY THE PARK CLUB, reports TIM HARRISON

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UTURE generations of QPR stars will be nurtured and developed at a health and sports club in Acton.

The Park Club has agreed to host the football club’s youth academy at its prestigious 27-acre sports centre, with the Premier League club’s teenagers learning their craft at East Acton Lane.

The Park Club’s managing director Dan White said that hosting QPR’s academy – made up of 14 to 17-year-olds – was the culmination of a search for better ways to make the most of the family-owned health club’s

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extensive, but underused, grounds.

Rangers’ London rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs have ploughed millions of pounds into academy training facilities (with Tottenham currently completing a £45million centre), and the west London club felt a centre just a mile and a half from its ground would provide an ideal way of keeping up with the neighbours.

The youth academy will train on two pitches at the club, which QPR will substantially improve and maintain. Existing club buildings will be used for admin and physiotherapy, with team changing rooms, classrooms, restaurants and a gym provided at times when the club has fewest members around.

HOOPS SET TO MOVE TO NEW TRAINING GROUND IN EALING NEXT YEAR l QPR will move to a new training ground in Ealing next year. The club are set to quit the old Harlington practice pitches beside Heathrow Airport which they inherited from Chelsea.

At the start of the 2013/14 season, the Hoops will be based at the 63-acre sausageshaped Warren Farm near Osterley Park.

The Rs have been named as ‘preferred bidder’ by Ealing Council on a 200-year lease for land which is currently used for dog-walking, model aircraft flying and Sunday league football.

Part of the deal will be to

More recently, The Park Club has sponsored Olympians taking part in 2012 Games, while members have rowed alongside James Cracknell, swum alongside Rebecca Adlington and listened to England cricket captain Andrew Strauss discuss the Ashes.

With a 2,250sqm sports dome added last autumn, covering four tennis courts, the health club has further improved its facilities.

“Our partnership with QPR will bring coaching for young club members, football camps, pre-game breakfasts and walks to Loftus Road with ex-players,” added Dan.

By September, there will also be two new five-a-side all-weather floodlit football pitches that will be shared with East Acton Primary School, and available to members of the 11-year-old health club. l For details, call 020 8743 4321 or visit: www.theparkclub.co.uk

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Chel-sea of blue as 70,000 salute Champions League WAITING FOR EUROPE’S MOST IMPORTANT TROPHY TO ARRIVE AT STAMFORD BRIDGE HAS TESTED THE PATIENCE OF FANS, SO WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WAS THE CUE TO PARTY, writes NICK SKORIC

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he newly-crowned kings of Europe were greeted like royalty as 70,000 fans cheered on the Chelsea players at a victory parade through Fulham after the club’s first Champions League victory.

Interim manager Roberto Di Matteo led the team to a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Bayern Munich to become the first London club to win the trophy.

Four years ago, Chelsea were themselves on the wrong end of a penalty shoot-out defeat to rivals Manchester United in the final of the same competition.

But the bad memories of that fateful night in Moscow were finally wiped after they lifted the coveted prize on May 19.

The squad flew back from Germany the next day, and were greeted by a sea of blue shirts, banners and flags on their arrival back at Stamford Bridge to climb

on board the celebration open-top bus.

Supporters cheered their heroes on the Sunday bus parade as the procession pulled out of the stadium and made its way down Fulham Road.

You couldn’t move on the pavements with all the fans lining the route, and the roar of the crowd grew stronger as the team approached Eel Brook Common where the majority of supporters had gathered.

Here the bus stopped and captain John Terry led the fans in a singalong.

Fans called for Di Matteo to be given the manager’s role on a full-time basis after an amazing three-month tenure which also included an FA Cup win over Liverpool at Wembley.

The Champions League was the piece of silverware owner Roman Abramovich has lusted

after since he bought the club, and he was also centre stage at the parade, enjoying the

Blue tide!

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f lock to heroes festivities from the front of the bus.

Councillor Nick Botterill, H&F Council leader, praised the club’s success.

“CFC’s historic Champions League and FA Cup double is a monumental achievement that will never be forgotten in these parts,” he said.

“Like a phoenix from the flames, Roberto Di Matteo turned around the season to deliver not only the FA Cup but also the top prize in world club football to west London.

“We are proud to have three top football clubs in our small borough but this will forever be remembered as the year the Blues achieved their European destiny!”

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towards Parsons Green and the end of the parade.

Some fans had brought along inflatable replicas of ‘Big Ears’, the Champions League trophy.

There were extra loud cheers for centre forward Didier Drogba, whose cup-clinching penalty kick was the final goal in a long and illustrious career at the Bridge.

Parade day also proved profitable for any greengrocers close to the route of the opentop parade as Chelsea fans bought armfuls of celery to fling backwards and forwards – a reference to one of the club’s more unusual terrace songs.

Winning the Champions League means Chelsea will take part in the competition next season.

With half a dozen new names – including Eden Hazard – joining the squad, the players take part in a string of pre-season friendlies in the United States before the Community Shield at Villa Park against Manchester City on August 12, and the UEFA Super Cup against Athletico Madrid in Monaco on August 31.

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Racism is a Ukraine problem, but it was once an SW6 issue FULHAM FC LOOKBACK

MORGAN PHILLIPS

Ex-Fulham boss Roy Hodgson prepares for England v Sweden in an area where racist chants are still heard PICTUREs BY ACTION IMAGES

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t didn’t take long. In his first press conference after accepting the England job, Roy Hodgson had to deal with a forgotten incident in 1973-74 when he chose to play in racially segregated South Africa.

He answered simply that he was a young man desperate to play professional football, and politically ignorant.

The Channel Four News also referred to Jimmy Hill, once an opponent of apartheid, who wanted to lead an all-star tour of South Africa in 1982.

Of course, neither of these could compare with the crassness of Fulham chairman Tommy Trinder presenting a charity concert for the South African police soon after the Sharpeville massacre.

These incidents happened 30-50 years ago and perhaps serve only to reassure us that we have progressed since then.

The book Black Lions, written

by Rodney Hinds (Sportsbooks 2006), shows how long it has taken for black players to be treated on an equal basis in this country, considering that Andrew Watson from (British) Guyana played for Scotland in March 1881.

The following year he represented London Swifts in the FA Cup and than won a place in the Corinthian FC. It would be great to claim Andrew for west London but the

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Corinthians had not yet chosen Queens Club as their base.

British fans saw very few nonwhite players in the next 65 years.

Hinds mentions the Egyptian ‘Heggy’ Hegazi, who appeared once for Fulham in 1911. His name often crops up because like Pavel Pogrebnyak he scored on his debut. Unfortunately Dulwich Hamlet insisted that he was committed to them and he never appeared at the Cottage again.

Oscar Drew in the Fulham Times was ‘glad of his departure because I am not an admirer of gentlemen of colour mingling too freely with English people’.

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always boasting of his travels abroad, but they seem to have left him narrow-minded.

Or was this sour grapes because Hegazi was content to play for Dulwich rather than Fulham? Another name in Hinds’s book is Lindy Delaphena, a Jamaican who joined Portsmouth in 1948 and played for Middlesbrough in the 1950s.

Lindy, an ex-serviceman, showed that black footballers were not just skilled, but could also take and dish out the rough stuff.

This made him a love/hate

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figure on his visits to the Cottage, and doubless most other grounds in the country.

I don’t recall Lindy being abused for his colour, and he was spared the disgusting racist chants of the 70s and 80s. Fulham’s crowds had dwindled by then and the bigoted minority rarely made themselves heard.

That was to our credit, but the club should have done more to encourage black players prior to the signing of Paul Parker in 1980.

As I said, we have progressed vastly since then. The all-knowing Oscar Drew could never have dreamt that Fulham one day would be owned by, and heavily dependent on, an Egyptian, nor that one of our finest managers would be Jean Tigana (inset, left).

Was Roy Hodgson our best manager ? I never quite bought into that but he, like Alec Stock, did take the club to a major cup final, and if he makes progress in the England job, a lot of his critics are going to look very foolish.

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