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www.hgs.org.uk Issue 135 · Summer 2018

Peter Cosmetatos Usual trouble- Suburb Time
speaks at HB School makers show up at Capsule reveals
Open Meeting, p3 Fun Day, p1&5 it’s secrets, p7

A sunny summer

Fun Day PETER McCLUSKIE

Sunday June 10 turned out to be the famous Styles family, and
a fine sunny day which meant our regular entertainer Fizzie
all the gazebos, stalls, picnic Lizzie occupied the young with
tables and bunting went up in balloon modelling and drama.
record time, thanks to the many Esra, of Painted Penguin,
helpers and volunteers organised and her assistant had the usual
by the ever hard-working RA long queues for face painting
Events team. and glitter tattoos, while a team
Once again our locally based of four donkeys worked hard all
charity, All Dogs Matter, took afternoon giving small children
over the corner of Central rides in the Square.
Square near St Jude’s for its dog Arts and Crafts were strongly
show and competitions for various featured this year and well-known
categories, such as ‘Cutest Pup’ locals, Vera Moore, Lynda Cook
and ‘Golden Oldie’. It was hardly and Diana Brahams from HGS
surprising that there was a Art gave expert tuition and advice,
record number of entries. which was very popular with the
Local band Sound of the large numbers of children involved.
Suburb provided live music The plant stall was kept
during the afternoon for their busy with a constant stream of
many fans. Traditional Punch plants going to good homes.
and Judy was put on by one of (continued page 5) Punch & Judy never fails to attract a large crowd of enchanted children, affectionately watched over by loved ones

Why you should join the Residents Association

to over 2,000 over the next five shown in the Suburb Directory. Council, the annual planting of such as Golders Green, and
years. The greater the membership, • HGS Master Tradespeople List: trees and helping to save our Hampstead Heath.
the greater the influence we can 200 types of services, locally threatened trees and hedges. We would love you to join
have on those local organisations recommended by RA members. • Roads and Traffic: Barnet us. On page 5 is our membership
whose decisions have an impact • HGS List email group (Chatline): CESAR RODRIGUEZ-DURAN Council and TfL sometimes form. Please fill it in or join online
on the Suburb and the more we exchanging information, making forget that the Suburb is not at www.hgs.org.uk/ra/joinnow.
MICHAEL JACOBS
can counter the many and varied recommendations, keeping each just part of its plan for through html. If you have some spare
threats to our way of life here. other informed on local issues, traffic routes or inappropriate time and would like to volunteer
There are both direct and including security and traffic parking solutions. The RA to help in our work, please contact
community benefits to being a incidents. remind them constantly. We rachair@hgs.org.uk who would
member of the RA. • eNews: regular email updates monitor the impact of new be delighted to hear from you.
DIRECT BENEFITS on local events and other matters initiatives such as public electric PETER McCLUSKIE, HON SEC,
Direct benefits include access of interest. vehicle charging. We also help HGS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
to the: COMMUNITY BENEFITS residents to contest unfair
The Hampstead Garden Residents • RA Discount scheme: offering Community benefits include the parking and traffic penalties.
Association would like to thank discounts at local businesses as support of our volunteers in • Other RA work: keeping up
all 1,740 existing members for these areas: the pressure on Barnet Council
their continued support; it is • Events: bringing residents to improve our waste collection
very much appreciated and has together to foster community RA sponsor local events such as services, public benches and
allowed us to offer an array of spirit – so important in uncertain the state of Suburb pavements
support and services to the times – including the New Year’s free lunchtime concerts at the and roads for the benefit of
Proms at St Jude’s in June. We
Suburb community. Now, our Membership year 2018 Eve Fireworks, Summer Fair and hold open meetings on topics of residents. We also liaise with
aim is to increase membership children’s Halloween party. The local police as members of the
interest to residents, including Suburb ward panel. And keep a
hustings for some elections. We close eye, and exert appropriate
WE DELIVER also erect and maintain the influence, on what goes on in
Suburb’s notice boards.
• Publications: producing this areas adjacent to the Suburb
For almost 40 years now we have been serving the needs of the Suburb and we have enjoyed newspaper and the annual Suburb
every moment of it. Our service extends from Cottages to Castles and there is no property Directory delivered free to every
which is too small or too large for us to handle. home on the Suburb.
• Grants: support local projects
We are delighted to introduce you to the Glentree New Homes office, where we are able to offer the largest including Northway Gardens,
selection of new developments in North West London, either as a home or as a buy-to-let investment. Central Square flowerbeds and
At Glentree Rentals, our bespoke letting service, we are bristling with a wide selection of fine homes to rent in collecting funds each year for
all price ranges and why not enquire about our specialist Suburb Sales division which deals exclusively with Fellowship House community
properties such as yours and has a house-by-house understanding of this very special area. centre and more.
• Conservation and Amenities:
We believe we can make a substantial difference to you by selling your cherished home for the highest possible developers would love to build
price when the time is right ... and not before, of course.
high-density housing in the
Our well known International connections allow us the unique facility of attracting buyers/tenants not only from Suburb and, sadly, some residents
the locality, or within the UK, but also from virtually every corner of the globe. A wider globalised audience means seem unaware of the special rules
usually better terms for you. which apply in the Suburb. The
We are the longest serving agents in the area, under the same Management for over 40 years and if you want RA talk to and hold to account
to know what’s going on in the market or check the value of your home, please feel free to pop in and you are planning authorities, e.g. the
welcome to use our private clients’ car park (at the rear of our offices). HGS Trust and Barnet Council,
to maintain the nature of the
No obligation, no fuss, just good old fashioned service. Suburb as one of the UK’s most
significant conservation areas.
• Trees and Open Spaces:
insurance companies love to take
the axe to fine trees as a supposed
020 8458 7311 quick fix for subsidence and other
www.glentree.com issues. We strive to maintain
our green environment including, Pothole gardening; this photo of a rather original approach to filling potholes was
in partnership with Barnet posted on the RA’s Facebook page. Will it spread, we wonder?