Ashburnham Triangle Association

By imogene russell on 20 Feb 2015 11:20 am Would people like an outdoor film showing in the Play Street?  It would have to be on a date and time when it’s dark enough early enough, but on the other hand not too cold. On Saturday May 9th sunset is predicted to be at 20.34. The film could start half an hour later. There’d be no noise from the film, because we could all have our own wireless headphones. Or we could have a silent film. There’d be a tiny amount of noise from the eight or ten bicycles providing the power. We’d need volunteers to take turns on the bicycles. And we’d bring our own chairs. If so, what film? Not too long. Suitable for any children who might be there. We could go for films you can’t get hold of easily, or we could concentrate on crowd-pleasers-for-all. Or preferably both, if possible. Here below are some suggestions made by people of various ages, from 21 to 69. We haven’t vetted the list to see if they meet the criteria above. Any film we chose would...

By imogene russell on 10 Feb 2015 10:24 pm “Attractive, up-to-date and well-maintained” is what the new community notice board will be, said Tony Othen, as 40 or so people, including artist Peter Kent and ATA founder Ewan Hooper, watched its unveiling outside St Mark’s Church on Sunday. “It’s for the community to use to post up events and opinions that have nothing to do with our church,” said Tony, of The Gallery in Peyton Place, and church member. St Mark’s is inviting us all to send notices of what’s going on locally to  stmarksgreenwich@gmail.com  by Friday for posting on Saturday. Tony will post them on the Community Page of the website at  www.stmarksgreenwich.org.uk and also display the page on one of the church’s four ‘‘good old-fashioned physical notice boards” outside. The premises at St Mark’s were redesigned several decades ago to make it easy for outside groups to use them, and many have done so ever since. This notice board, dedicated to the community...

By david scales on 09 Feb 2015 08:41 pm We have been notified by the Millenium Quay Neighbourhood Watch Scheme that there’s been a spate of Vauxhall Zafiras being broken into in the Greenwich area. Apparently the small back triangle windows are being smashed in order to open the back door. If you are an owner of this vehicle, you are advised to  activate the child locks  on both sides and make sure you  remove the log book and other valuables from the car.    Although incidents of theft of and theft from vehicles are relatively low, owners of all vehicles are reminded to lock car doors and not leave any items or possessions on the seats. As ever,  if you see a crime being committed call 999 twenty four hours a day where life or property are in danger, a crime is being committed or the suspect is nearby and the police are required immediately;  to report anything suscipious or less urgent, call 101 (calls are charged at local...

By neil sinclair on Dec 29, 2014 02:18 pm The 2014 ATA Christmas Carol Party raised £420 for the homelessness charity Shelter, easily a record for the association’s annual carol singing and social event. About 45 people gathered outside the Ashburnham Arms on a blustery but fairly mild Monday (22nd December) evening for roast chestnuts, mulled wine, mince pies and a chance to warm the vocal chords and the cockles. Ably led by ATA vice-chairman Robin Stott on clarinet, the group (which included all ages from small children to the over 60s) set off on a tour around the Triangle’s streets to sing at pre-arranged stops and collect donations to Shelter. On their return to the Ash, the group fortified themselves with more mulled wine, mince pies and chestnuts before singing a final carol or two. Most singers then settled into the newly-redecorated Ash to eat home-made pie and mash provided by new landlord Sam Jolly. The pies, sample versions from the pub’s ...

Imogene Russell, 14 December 2014  Councillor Maureen O’Mara has told us that the proposals to close the Ashburnham hostel and other homes and hostels for people with learning disabilities across the borough are now suspended until the summer.  She said there would be a fresh review of provision, centring on the needs of the residents as well as examining the physical conditions of the buildings. She will be looking into the origins of the present review of premises and into the policy underlying it. A fresh consultation will follow the new review.  In 2009 Maureen led the successful campaign to prevent the Drapers’ Company evicting the residents of the Queen Elizabeth almshouses in order to sell the properties.

Imogene Russell,  1 December 2014   Greenwich Council is proposing to close the hostel for people with learning disabilities at 75 Ashburnham Grove. The hostel is part of our community and we are concerned about the future of its nine residents, because the council has no plan for where they will go afterwards. The residents have been our neighbours in Ashburnham Grove for up to 20 years, and a number of ATA members have got to know them and the staff through looking after the hostel garden with them for the last five years. We understand that the building has faults as a hostel and that the land is valuable. However the council has no other appropriate premises in the borough, or plans to build any, so that the future of these vulnerable residents is worryingly unclear. The indications are that they will be sent outside the borough and/or be handed over to the private sector. We oppose the closure of the hostel until suitable alternative homes in the borough are identi...