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Orchard Housing Society

committee members needed

The Orchard Housing Society is meeting and a daytime meeting orchardhousing@btconnect.com, A letter from the Editor
a sheltered housing scheme in approximately every six weeks, explaining what relevant skills
the heart of the Suburb. plus occasionally other additional or experience you have, and how Richard Wakefield founded this When Richard Wakefield died at The editor does not even
The Society is a charitable meetings and hands on activity you feel you could contribute to paper in the summer of 1983 and the end of October 2014 just have to be in the country for
non-profit organisation providing such as interviewing new and the Committee. created something that is much after he had put issue number the paper to appear, thanks to
accommodation for Suburb existing residents. Although these are voluntary,
residents, or those with a Suburb If you would like to apply unremunerated positions, you loved by many Suburb residents. 120 to bed, I had absolutely no e-mail. Those of you who know
me will testify that I have managed
idea what to do or how to do it!
He was in advertising rather than
connection, over the age of 60. to become a Committee member would be playing an important journalism and had doubts about And yet Suburb News appeared to spend much of my time from
The scheme is run by a please e-mail Beatrice Boussard, role in helping to provide a whether a regular paper could as scheduled three months later. New Year’s Day to Easter every
voluntary committee supported Tenant Support Manager, by high quality housing service to
The very professional paper
by two members of staff, and Monday, May 20 at bboussard. local older people. be maintained; his doubts were you are holding in your hands year in the mountains and on
unfounded. This is issue 138, and
my skis.
we are currently looking to recruit editing it is a true privilege. is a collaborative effort, but the I have very much enjoyed
three new Committee members. What I have to write is design and layout, the ‘look’, is producing Suburb News and
We would particularly like to DAVID JOHNSON
hear from people with property/ difficult for a number of reasons, the creation of Trevor Hutton of found it to be a really satisfying
job. I firmly believe the paper is
but someone who had a better 1st Impression. I provide him with
housing management, IT, legal way with words than me wrote a bunch of Word documents and an irreplaceable community
or finance skills. We would also about parting being a sorrow, jpeg photos from which he creates resource, and plays a vital role
welcome applicants who have
experience of working with older and for me there is a great deal the paper – I think of it as an in informing residents of what
infernal jigsaw puzzle – but Trevor
is happening on the Suburb.
of sorrow in writing that I intend
people or in social care, and to give up editing this wonderful works his magic every time. If you think you might be
good all-rounders with relevant paper, Suburb News, at the end I also rely on a number of interested in giving it a go,
management experience.
resourceful
Applicants must be able to of the year. dedicated and from the why not drop me a line at
correspondents
suburbnews@hgsra.uk, or call
Of course this leaves Suburb
commit to a minimum of five News with a problem, but I also numerous societies and me on 020 8458 2248. I will
hours participation per month hope it will give one of you, dear organisations on the Suburb, happily divulge the secrets of
including one early evening
readers, an opportunity to do whose reports you read in each my success to my replacement,
something very satisfying, and issue. Then there are our fearless who can then develop their
RA Open Meeting very useful for the community in-house reporters, who interview own way to do the job.
Suburb residents (and pets), and
As I wrote at the beginning,
you live in. Suburb News needs
(continued from front page) a volunteer to do what I have write reports on Suburb events. Richard founded this newspaper
been doing every three months I, too, write some of the in the summer of 1983, and it has
by heavy vehicles, leaves blown on Blue Badge fraud and was special interest in policing. He since January 2015. reports on Suburb events and been informing our community
onto the pavement by gardeners willing to prosecute when the maintained that Barnet is short And now quickly before you meetings which you read, and ever since; it would be a great
then becoming slippery in the evidence was there, and Mike Freer changed as it is the largest
rain, and the use of tarmac to added that he received lots of contributor to the Metropolitan think, “Oh no, that’s not for also provide some of the photos; shame if it were to founder for
me; I know nothing about…”, let
I have discovered that if I take
the lack of a volunteer to come
replace paving stones. letters about Blue Badge problems Police but has the fewest number me tell you that I had, and still enough photos, at least one of forward and take a turn at
Rohit Grover told us Barnet and that it was easy to be mistaken of officers. He went on to say he
had a budget of £50 million over when making judgments about did not want to make political have, absolutely no experience them is probably going to be producing it. I deeply regret
five years for road and pavement levels of disability. points, but then continued by or qualifications in journalism, good enough to print – with a feeling I need to quit.
publishing or anything similar. tweak from Trevor.
repairs, with £3 million to be The final subject to come blaming the Mayor of London for TERRY BROOKS
spent on pavements this financial before the panel concerned crime not increasing police funding, and
year. Mike Freer reminded us that and policing; police station all the other political parties in RA AGM
Barnet was a large borough with closures; lack of police on the the Assembly for not agreeing
over 500 miles of roads and streets; and recent muggings to add to the number of police (continued from front page)
associated pavements to look after, and burglaries. officers in London. invaluable contribution to our Further questions related to Addison Way and speeding in
but it had to live within its means. Mike Freer said the old police Residents were reminded
There is to be a new system stations were no longer fit for throughout the meeting that community. She acknowledged parts of Temple Fortune Lane Temple Fortune Lane. Flashing
and the issues of bin collection. speed warning systems could be
the wonderful work that Terry
for a £1000 deposit to be taken purpose, and in Temple Fortune whenever they had complaints Brooks had done as Editor, and his Emma asked if other residents installed there and in other
when development work is being five officers were needed to man about trees, bins, pavements or incredible memory, always being had problems with emptying of roads. Emma and the Roads &
done so that pavements repairs a station that received 40 visits other matters, they should e-mail
can be paid for when work is a week from the public. their councillors to let them able to locate past information. their bins. There was general Traffic Committee had worked
Lorna Page was also acknowledged
discussion about problems in
with Councillors to monitor
completed and damage has Gabriel Rozenberg said he know of their concerns so that for her unstinting work as co- placing bins for collection, speed using a speed gun.
been evaluated. understood the concerns of where possible remedial action ordinator of a small army of which was an ongoing issue The fact that less than half
Parking is another Suburb residents and added there were could be taken.
problem and there were questions now emergency response teams The meeting could not fully volunteers who distribute the that Emma and the Councillors of Suburb residents were members
were trying to address.
paper to all Suburb residents. It
of the RA was raised. Emma
about why the extension to the and high visibility patrols in Barnet. cover all the topics put forward, was also mentioned that Terry There were questions about confirmed that the membership
Garden Suburb CPZ was so limited, He also suggested attending the but it ran for well over an hour Brooks was retiring and the RA security of cars on the Suburb, had been in decline, due in part
why so many Blue Badges were regular ward police panel meetings and could easily have gone on
issued and why there was so for a better understanding. Emma for twice that long. It was the was looking for a successor. as many had been scratched, to the lack of interest shown by
those in the growing rental
vandalised or stolen. One area
There was a mention of
little enforcement. Howard added that the next latest in a series of Open Meetings future events: the Open Meeting specifically targeted was Litchfield sector, and proposed using
CPZ extensions took place meeting was in Fellowship House organised by the RA in order to
after consultations showed on May 30 at 7pm. give residents a chance to express with Elected Representatives at Way. Richard Davis, Chair of social media to promote the RA
Fellowship House on April 25
there was a demand. Consequent He also introduced Councillor their views. Residents can keep (see main article, front page), the the local Police Ward Group, to attract residents in blocks of
said one should report to the
flats and large houses.
increased parking in the Roberto Weeden-Sanz from up to date with future meetings by Summer Fair on June 16, and a Police, and use the Suburb Finally, the results of the
surrounding area often led to a Brunswick Park ward, who is looking in Suburb News, reading meeting with the Police on Road WhatsApp or LCS service, but ballot were received and all
demand for a new consultation intending to stand as the the posters on our notice boards
and a further extension. Conservative candidate for Barnet in Suburb front gardens, or Safety awareness on September 24. the police had limited resources. those standing for Council were
declared re-elected. This was
Councillor Rozenberg stressed
Next were the traditional
and Camden in the next London
Gabriel Rozenberg maintained
visiting www.hgsra.uk.
GAD_Wills-ProbateSuburbNews_137mm x 210mm_Layout 1 12/03/2019 14:45 Page 1 questions from the floor with that it was essential to report followed by Emma thanking
that Barnet took a strong line Assembly elections, and has a TERRY BROOKS
the first question about the even seemingly minor incidents everyone for attending. The
policy on the application for to the Police. meeting kept to time and was
expansion of Henrietta Barnett. the Suburb there were issues efficiently led, with a pleasant
Among traffic problems on
atmosphere.
Emma responded that there
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