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New River to be lined with Concrete
A somewhat dramatic headline, deliberately intend by Hugh to be eye catching. Hugh has published the article on Harringay Online to alert his users to the plans, which indeed do include lining part of the bed of the New River with concrete to prevent
Read more…Getting into and out of Finsbury Park
The actual park itself that is.
Haringey, the Local Authority which holds the park in trust for the public, is conducting a survey about access to the park. You can provide a set of answers to the questions thay have chosen to ask on Commonplace.
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Read more…Not far from here - The Cally Festival - 2nd July 2023 Sunday
Four stops on the Piccadilly Line, or the 259 bus.
Our near neighbours are having a festival.
Details here or on the festival website
Read more…Do you know which ward you live in?
If you live on the Woodberry Down Estate you probably know that you live in Hackney, which is a London Borough. The borough is divided in to wards, and each ward elects councillors to administer council services in Hackney.
Conveniently enough the Wo
Read more…Do you know who your local councillors are?
Or how you get to talk to them?
Or what they are willing to talk about?
In this note that they have addressed to the Residents' Associtations they express a willingness to answer any questions or idscuss any issue, which is really quite broad ranging.
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Read more…Some more definite proposals for the improvement of the West Reservoir
I've had a lot of emails from different directions asking me to comment on the proposed improvements for the West Reservoir.
These were floated in the vaguest terms some time ago, and have now been put forward in more definite form on a Commonplace W
Read more…An update on the muddy New River path story - work starts 2nd May
You probably don't remember, but back in January the WDCO board was given notice that there would be improvements to the stretch of New River bank between Green Lanes, near Rowley Gardens, and Seven Sisters Road near the junction with Amhurst Park.
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Read more…Calendar of Events Proposal
Originally posted by Kevin Lau
Earlier in March, I had the opportunity to catch up with one of the marketing consultants with Rendall & Rittner and informed them about our recent events and about the Woodberry Down Community Organisation. I then ha
Read more…Mud, mud, glorious mud . . .
. . . often makes the New River Path from Seven Sisters Road to Green Lanes utterly impassable. Well, there's a plan to fix it and make the path usable all year.
Thames Water just need agreement from Hackney to begin the work. Let's hope they get it.
Read more…Would you like to work in Finsbury Park?
Yes, actually in the park.
The Finsbury Park Track and Gym is run by a charity, the Finsbury Park Sports Partnership. This charity has spent the last 12 months reviewing and revitalising its systems and procedures and now wishes to appoint a General M
Read more…Woodberry Wetlands Neighbourhood Forum
I've just had the notes from a meeting this forum held on 22nd November, so I've looked up what it all means.
I know what a Neighbourhood Forum is. Wikipedia gives a good definition.
"Neighbourhood Forums are a construct of Local government in England
Read more…Fancy a bit of a run?
I know a lot of people run to keep fit, as well as to prepare for competition.
There are two very fine clubs with running as a theme based in nearby Finsbury Park
For info, there are two clubs that you could join, both based at Finsbury Park Track and
Read more…ST. AUGUSTINE'S TOWER - Mare Street, Hackney
PLAN YOUR VISIT St Augustine's Tower is open for visiting every last Sunday of the month, typically in the afternoon (around 2pm-4.30pm)
LOCATION
ST. AUGUSTINE'S TOWER
HACKNEY
LONDON
E8 1HT
It is located just behind the Old Town Hall building, adjacent to
Acoustic Brasserie - Stoke Newington Church Street
This isn't a review, because I took no notes, nor photographs, but I can confirm that a group of four of us enjoyed our dinner there .
The bill came to £116.
Read more…Christmas 2022
Hi everyone,
I was thinking to host a small Christmas party that is opened to all residents of the Park Collection. This would be held at Hartingtons Court's Business Lounge, as the venue would be big enough to host up to 50 people. It's the perfect l
Read more…Full Moon Time Lapse - the view is one of the reasons I live here
2022 - August 10th - 13th the nearly (and slightly out of focus) moon passes over the West Reservoir at Woodberry Down. See its reflection in the surface of the lake, and at just about midnight on 12th the moon is out of sight, but its reflection rea
Read more…Very Large Music Festivals in Finsbury Park
One of the members of our Park Collection WhatsApp group recently posted these words
It is not that I object to events but the lack of consultation and the choice of events. There have been events in FP since I remember seeing the Pogues and Van Morri |
A Draft Constitution for the Park Collection Residents' Association
Berkeley Homes (represented by Ryan de Pledge) has made it clear that they support the creation of a residents’ association (RA) for the Park Collection. They
already acknowledge the existence of similar RAs covering the older parts of the development