Ashburnham Triangle Association

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

Irena Hill says:  Graham Fawcett's Auden lecture/performance is next  Wednesday, November 1st at 7pm  (please arrive at 6.45) at the lovely Crypt of St Margaret's Church in Lee Terrace (entrance on Brandram Road) Tickets (£12.50) on eventbright.com and at the door on the night. Graham Fawcett says: Dear Friends Our 2017-2018 season of poetry nights launches again with Auden Night on the first of November.  W H Auden was a giant among poets of his generation, a master-craftsman of metrical rhythms you can feel running like Swiss clockwork through his verse lines, and a wonderfully adventurous organist of the English language. Nourished by his Pennines childhood and the treasures of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English, traveller to Iceland, China, Spain and Berlin, close-quarters commentator on politics, religion, philosophy, art and human relations, Auden translated his gifted perceptions into some of the finest and most substantial poems Eng...

Tuesday 31st October, 6pm - 8pm Following the great success of the last eight years we are once again organising for our children to be able to safely celebrate Halloween by trick or treating in the Ashburnham Triangle. Participation is of course absolutely voluntary. If you are interested, on Halloween night please place the image above on your front door or window so that the children know at which houses to stop, and so that anyone not interested in participating is not inconvenienced. Or of course a jack-o-lantern would be even better! For safety and hygiene may we kindly request that you please only give out wrapped or packaged sweets. Happy Halloween! posted by Tara MacNeil Veitch on the ATA Facebook page

ATA members are invited to a public exhibition on developer proposals for 46 - 52 Norman Road - one of the existing sites on Norman Road which is currently occupied by a skip company. Two exhibitions are being held between 4pm and 8pm on Monday 30th October and Tuesday 31st October at the Gallery, West Greenwich Community & Arts Centre, Lovibond Lane, SE10 8JA. Members are encouraged to attend to view the proposals and comment on the changing landscape, albeit outside of the Triangle.

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

Come and join the fun at The Ashburnham Arms on Thursday 7th December for the first Bingo Night. Great prizes to be won!  All proceeds raised to support Tommy's - Registered charity no 1060508 and SC039280  www.tommys.org  

Scary wary Frances grew up in the Triangle and comes back every year bringing friends to paint faces Lee used to live in the Triangle. She too has been returning to paint faces for years Now we also have painters who live here: Anastasia (right) and Rebeca Triangle teenagers are joining in. This is Anna Painting little nails too. This is Millie Sometimes painting each other It's a happy stall