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