Ashburnham Triangle Association

The planning proposal for a large apartment block on the south side at 64-68 Blackheath Road is being discussed at the planning meeting on  Tuesday 1 August at 6.30pm  at Rooms 4 & 5, Town Hall, Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18 6PW. The meeting is open to members of the public, who can also speak for 2 minutes if they ask in advance. 020 8921 6160 http://committees.royalgreenwich.gov.uk www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk ITEM: J MUIR & CO (Bookbinders) Ltd, 64-68 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, SE10 8DA (16/1010/F)  REPORT AUTHOR: Ben Oates, Senior Principal Planner ben.oates@royalgreenwich.gov.uk Tel: 020 8921 2106

Rana Abdulfattah Tuesday August 1st, 7 for 7.30pm West Greenwich Library Greenwich High Road, SE10 8NN Launch of  Tiger and Clay Syrian author  Rana Abdulfattah  will read for us on a Skype connection from Istanbul where she is living in exile In collaboration with Palewell Press and co-hosted by Spanish film maker Juan del Gado Meze provided by Abdullah, the Damascus Chef FREE entry, but please book on eventbright https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e /tiger-and-clay-book-launch-ti ckets-35258696711  There will be a voluntary donation box for a Syrian charity.

We hope this news alert finds you well now that the Summer holidays are upon us. At our latest July Safer Neighbourhoods meeting, the Police reported a small increase in residential burglaries in Greenwich West including five in the Triangle, mainly affecting Greenwich High Road and Blackheath Road from April - July 2017. Our 'Beat the Burglar' leaflet has now been added to the publications and archive tab of the website. So if you are new to the area or mislaid your copy, you can read our top crime prevention  tips for keeping your home safe and secure. The figures for motor vehicle crime for the same period are still high with ten thefts recorded. These include the taking of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle.  We are working with the Police on a new leaflet on car, moped and bike crime for distribution later this autumn in order to address this issue. There have been complaints of noise nuisanc...

Graham Fawcett's lecture performance on DH Lawrence, poet Wednesday July 26, 6.45 for 7pm The Crypt, St Margaret's Church, Lee Terrace SE13 5DL. Entrance in Brandram Road. Park in the car park there or in the church forecourt. Irena Hill says, 'This is a new venue for me, chosen because it's quiet, airy and comfortable. Do come!' £12.50 online from in-words.co.uk or at the door. Irena says, 'If you have any difficulties booking this way, do drop me an email' irena.mh50@gmail.com Refreshments (donations welcome). Graham Fawcett says: World Poets Series 2017 England and Wales Tour This evening is for all of you who read and love poetry, whether or not you have yet discovered D H Lawrence as a poet and not just the author of Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow and other novels. If you have ever read a poem by him, then it may well have been ‘Piano’, the unforgettable early portrait, in word, picture and sound, of Lawrence remembering a woman playing a piano; ...

The Ashburnham Triangle Association is pleased to introduce our new logo, a clearer and bolder design that will appear on our website and posters over the coming weeks and months.

Photo: Tony Othen The full Greenwich Council meeting this evening where the fate of the community garden at the bottom of Royal Hill will be decided starts at 7pm. However as the garden is the 14th item on the agenda, there's no need to arrive before 8pm. Photo: Neil Sinclair The meeting will be in Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6PW.

There will be a Safer Neighbourhood Panel Meeting this Thursday 20th July, which involves local police, councillors and other Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators. The ATA Security Representatives will be attending this meeting. If there are any issues or concerns you have within the Triangle then please let us know so we can mention them at the meeting on your behalf. Tina Pugh Security Hub

Town Hall, Wellington Street The fate of the Royal Hill Community Garden is to be decided at a full Greenwich Council meeting on Wednesday evening, 19th July. Mehboob Khan, one of our ward councillors, will speak for the petition that the Community Garden be allowed to continue, as an environmental and community asset. The more supporters there are in the public gallery for the petition, the better chance it stands. Tony Othen, who founded the garden when the police no longer needed the space for a car park, submitted this petition in March this year with 891 signatures. Tony and many other gardeners have turned this piece of rough land into an inviting, green and lovely spot for all of us to use. The meeting will be at Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6PW. 020 8921 5009.  020 8854 8888. 020 89216427. town-hall@royalgreenwich.gov.uk Enter through the front door (pictured) and the porter will tell you where the council meeting is - most likely up the stair...

Part of the poster advertising Mick's talk If you missed Mick Delap's June talk on Triangle history highlights, you can find it on the ATA website, alongside the pictures shown then by Tom Webb.  Access it by pressing the  History button on the Home page. You will also find there: * Richard Cheffins' research notes on which Mick's talk was based. The Google docs version is  searchable by place, by type of fact, and by tag. You can also download and open it locally in MS Excel. *  Diana Rimel's booklet on Triangle history as a pdf document. * A link to individually donated historical photos of Greenwich.  One of Tom's pictures for Mick's talk The ATA history archive is for everyone to contribute to, if they'd like to, if they have any facts, pictures or stories about the past. Email Mick at  mick @delap.plus.com  or Tom at  thos.webb @gmail.com At the street party on September 16th we are hoping to display all pictures ...

The style and beauty consultancy House of Colour has become the latest business to join our Discount Card Scheme. Holders of the ATA residents’ discount card can claim a 15% discount on colour and nutritional therapy consultations from House of Colour ‘s Greenwich, Blackheath and Canary Wharf/Docklands franchise. The business is operated by Triangle resident and House of Colour consultant stylist Emilie West. She offers both individual and group classes. For further details and to book your session at a special discount price please click on this link: http://houseofcolour.co.uk/emiliewest

Irena Hill writes: This coming Tuesday, July 11, Graham High, Sally Festing, Wendy Klein and Peter Wallis will perform their 4X4 poetry and images piece before taking it to other venues outside London. Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 start. West Greenwich Library, SE10 8NN. FREE.

It has come to our attention that bogus callers are once again operating within the Ashburnham Triangle, pretending to be from a utility company to read gas/electric meters. Our local Safer Neighbourhood Police Team have been alerted but please be extra vigilant when answering your door. If the caller requests to read your meters ask which company they are from and check their ID. The bogus caller on this occasion said he was from ABC which doesn't exist, but he still gained access to a residents home. Remember, when a stranger calls and BEFORE you open your front door: Do use your door viewer, or look through your front window to see who is there. Do always be cautious about any unknown man, woman or child who comes to your door, without arranging it with you first. Don't ever let anyone into your home unless they are someone you know and trust. You do not have to let them in and they must leave if you ask them to. Do always ask anyone claiming to be from a ut...

Front gate of no 75 Ash Grove, with back garden gate far right If you'd like to do a bit of communal gardening, join the ATA gardeners on Saturday morning July 8th, 10am to 12 noon, at 75 Ashburnham Grove. This is the home of people with learning difficulties. Some of them help with the garden. All of them eat the produce. Sometimes we take some of it home. Janet (left) and Alison at the Play Street planter in April Some of us might be working in the front garden. If not the back garden gate will be open - to the right of the building at number 75 (pictured above). If you go in and say hello, you'll find everyone is friendly and you will be most welcome. No need to bring gardening tools. Tea and biscuits at 11am-ish. Gardening will be on the second  Saturday  of each month starting 12th August.

  Venue Address: Circus Field, Blackheath, London, SE10 8QY Opening times: Friday 7th July 11am-7pm Saturday 8th July 11am-7pm Sunday 9th July 11am-6pm Good to know: Dogs welcome on a short leash Car park (£5) - pay on the day Showguide £4

YVETTE HEWLETT  writes: Getinvolved   < getinvolved@tideway.london > to  Getinvolved Dear resident Out of Hours Delivery to Phoenix Wharf, Norman Road SE10 – Monday 10 July   A large mobile crane will arrive on site between  6:00 am and 7:00 am  on  Monday 10 July . This vehicle will use the Metropolitan Police approved traffic routes into the site along Norman Road SE10. To minimise traffic disruption, the Metropolitan Police prohibits the movement of abnormal loads such as this between the hours of  7:00 am and 7:00 pm . Access to Norman Road will be maintained. The next Community Liaison Working Group will be held between  7:00 pm to 9:00 pm  on   Tuesday 11 July at Creekside Discovery Centre, 14 Creekside London, SE8 4SA. If you have any questions or would like to speak to someone, please call our 24-hour  Tideway Helpdesk on  08000 30 80 80 . Kind ...

A reminder that residents are invited by the owners of the Guildford Arms to consult their plans for a reconfiguration of the pub and proposal to reinstate No. 61 Devonshire Drive. The plans will be available to view on Saturday 8th of July between 10:00 and 12:00 at the Guildford Arms, 55 Guildford Grove, SE10 8JY Any questions ahead of this consultation or after, please contact our Planning Hub Rep Simon Barrs at  si_barrs@hotmail.com