Ashburnham Triangle Association

Hi everyone - a reminder that every Tuesday, the Ashburnham Arms runs a quiz with cash and bonus prizes. With an 8pm start time and £2 entry fee, you can also enjoy Pepina's homemade pizzas - a once-weekly treat!

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Cllr Danny Thorpe appealing for donations of PPE Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has made an urgent public appeal for personal protection equipment for our frontline workers. Can you help?  "Our PPE equipment for social care staff has not arrived for days. We have flagged up across London and through our command structures and not heard anything. The situation is now extremely serious. We have at least 1 patient in the QE who could be discharged into a home if the staff had the kit they need to keep safe. They don’t, so a bed is blocked. We have been told for days it is coming and it doesn’t arrive.     We urgently need the following: FFP3 Face Masks Aprons Gloves (Long sleeve and short if possible) Protective eye goggles The type of masks we are after are often used in construction, garages, nail bars and spray painting. I need this to be shared across your networks please.  Many thanks Danny" Councillor Danny T...

A reminder that Greenwich Council has a Fix My Street section on its website for reporting things which are broken, dirty, damaged or dumped, and need fixing, cleaning or clearing, including: graffiti flytipping broken playground equipment street lighting potholes Report a problem here:  https://fix.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/

Chris Ward, Chair of the ATA, says: Well actually it’s our 2018 AGM. Now these are far from formal and stuffy. We aim to reflect the vibrancy and pace of our community. The Ashburnham Triangle community (as defined by the Council) is estimated to be around 3,000. That’s 3,000 lives living, working, playing in the area and the pace of change is rampant. New developments, new businesses, new attractions, new safety concerns, new opportunities. It’s our job to make sure you have your say in what goes on and voice any comments or concerns you have, as well as bringing us together as a community. Our AGM is the one point in the year when all the parts of the ATA get together and talk about plans for the future. So please, don’t write it off, come and join in, have your say. We have events to talk about, we have new initiatives to discuss, we have positions we’d like volunteers for, and we’d really like to hear from you. So come along, there is cake and wine - yes...

Quite a crowd went out singing in the streets in traditional fashion on Monday night just gone, with many assiduous children knocking on doors collecting for Shelter. Hugo and Marion roasted chestnuts on Stuart's brazier Chestnuts beforehand were generously roasted by Hugo and Marion Sands on Stuart Mulholland's brazier; with mulled wine and mince pies given to us free by the kindness of publicans,   Pepi and Andy. Mick (far right foreground) and Janet  (2nd from right in background) led the way Mick Delap and Janet Stott ably led the singing tour round the streets. We visited the Golden Chippy for the first time this year, and Chris Kanizi came out dispensing wine all round. Left to right: Oci sings, Alexis plays the melodion, Janet sings When Alexis and Oci Bennett arrived with their melodion and recorder respectively, and with their notable musical ability,   happiness was complete. Singing from the same hymn sheet: Rob and ...

There'll be singing in the streets this coming Monday. Warm up first with mulled wine, chestnuts and mince pies at the Ash from 6.15pm.  Set off about 6.30pm.  Come back to the pub when you like - we'll all be back by 8pm for food and quiz. 

Peter, Caroline and Alison look happy running the plant stall, as they usually do Time for a pint: the young woman in the hat, then (from left) Tom, Nick and Julian Ash Arms cricket captain Richard looks pensive over his pint Tom, infrastructure king;  Lee, face painting and children's crafts (Infrastructure = positioning and putting-up of street party structures and electricals)  Three generations veering towards the cakes: Susan (left) with little  Elsie   and her auntie Harriet Another three generations: ATA vice-chair Robin with Martha and Eleni,  while their mother, Andry, comes out of the pub gate  Bobby with a bike: PC  John   Moody with ATA security rep and dog show organiser, Tina  Clare Portman and Jo Honey, in splendid voice as ever We loved the Harold Fergus Band singing us out: Lucy on harp, and Harold

Thumbs up for Jenny and for making paper animals  Miew-Cheng (left) and Ceri take a break between shifts on crafts Teenage input: Amelie on the craft stall Clay modelling at the South Street Baptists' stall  William and Oliver and their cousins guessing the weight of the cake made by Mary (left)  Baby Edie joins Barbara on the raffle stall, while Janet sells tickets and Mary takes cake-weight guesses ATA chair Chris (left) oversees the blindfold bashing of the piñata. Tom times the turns And when the donkey's down, it's all-dive-in for the sweets that spill out

John Bangs of Blissett Street has a number of new drawings at his latest show at the Made in Greenwich gallery in Creek Road from 11th to 20th November. The Meet the Artist event is on Sunday November 13th between 2 and 5pm, with wine, coffee and cakes on the house, and good company.

Biscuit decorating at the South Street Baptists’ Church stall The sun didn’t come out for this year’s street party, except for a very brief interlude. But Triangle residents did in large numbers, with their friends, for a great afternoon’s entertainment and relaxation. The children were happy with unlimited turns on climbing walls, bouncy castle, spin painting, Alison Haworth’s colouring-in table, and the South Street Baptist Church’s ever-popular biscuit and balloon crafts. Nearly all the children had their faces painted. Everybody had the choice of top quality burgers, sausages, quiches, salads, home-made bread and cakes, and a superb vegetarian curry cooked by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. ‘Come on, Enzo. Through the hoop! Dogs had a good time too, at Tina and Adam Pugh’s highly successful dog show. An enthusiastic audience cheered on at least a dozen canine entrants in the obstacle course and waggiest tail competitions. Winners were awarded prizes and roset...

Illustrated talks on the Lenox and Sayes Court Garden projects were enjoyed on Wednesday night at the Ashburnham Arms by about 45 people. Here below are some links for anyone who'd like to know more about The Lenox.  Richard Endsor's impression of the proposed ship, The Lenox, in relation to Greenwich, without the waterfront flats planned to surround it. Project director, Julian Kingston writes: Individuals can join our mailing list here http://www.buildthelenox.org/ contact/join-our-mailing-list/ For information about donating to the project or buying our merchandise please visit this page http://www.buildthelenox.org/ contact/ For information about buying the book please visit http://www.buildthelenox.org/ read-all-about-the-lenox-at-a- special-price/ We have a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ BuildTheLenox/ And we are on Twitter https://twitter.com/ TheLenoxProject  

The Ash are serving pizzas on Wednesday 13th July as well as Thursday 14th this coming week, starting at the usual time of 6pm. So if you're going to the talks on Wednesday in the back garden of the Ash (or if you're not), you needn't go hungry. The original Lenox was built at Deptford Julian Kingston will talk about the historic ship planned for Deptford at 8pm for about 20 minutes, followed by Q & A. After that Roo Angell will talk about the historic garden planned for Deptford, also for about 20 minutes, followed by Q & A. Q: How much smaller than the Cutty Sark is the Lenox? A: Cutty Sark is 65 metres, Lenox will be 53 metres. Sayes Court Garden envisaged in the new development Q: How many trees will it take to build the Lenox? A: Far fewer than will be cut down for HS2. Q: How much of John Evelyn's original garden will be recreated? A: Don't know. It may still be in dispute. Ask Roo.

Neil Sinclair, 22 October 2015 Annabel Cowell was last night (Thursday 22nd October) elected as the new treasurer of the Ashburnham Triangle Association (ATA) in succession to Zach and Tara Veitch. Re-elected as chairman and secretary respectively were Chris Ward and Imogene Russell. The annual general meeting (agm) of the ATA also formally welcomed Simon Barrs as new head of the planning hub in succession to Andrew Steeds. Maureen Romeril will be assisting Simon as planning associate. David Scales, senior representative of the security hub, introduced to the meeting Tina Pugh who has become the other security hub representative in succession to Carolyn Carter. Tina will focus,  among other things, on communication of security hub issues across the Ashburnham Triangle. Robin Stott, deputy chairman, formally chaired the AGM in the absence of Chris Ward.