Ashburnham Triangle Association

Yesterday, Tuesday 16th July, at approx 2:45pm a lady had her handbag/phone snatched from two young black males, possible Somalian appearance on a black moped along Devonshire Drive. The moped riders used the false pretence of asking for directions and then snatch bag/phone and drove off at high speed. A local resident witnessed the mugging and reported the crime to a passing police car. Do you have cameras in Devonshire Drive and captured any video footage we can forward to the police?   Please be extra vigilant. Bag and phone snatching is particularly prevalent in the Town Centre at this time of year, often on mopeds, but seeing it happen within the Triangle is very worrying. Tina Pugh ATA Security / Police Liaison

It’s back on a Saturday! This year’s summer street party is on Saturday, September 7th, starting at 1pm.

Notes from the June meeting of our History group can be read here . Information on writing contributions to Layers of London  can be found here .

Greenwich council has tweeted that some streets did not have their recycling bins collected on Monday due to “operational difficulties”. Residents are asked to leave blue lid bins out on Tuesday, July 2nd for emptying.

A local resident captured video footage of a white male checking car doors on Sunday 23 June at approx 01:32 . This information has been forwarded to the police. The description of the individual involved: Hair: Short dark Top: Light long sleeved jacket Bottom: Dark shorts Shoes: White trainers Build: Slim Ethnicity: White Sex: Male Other details: Holding a light or mobile phone in his right hand Theft from car vehicles is on the increase especially within the Triangle. Make sure you are not a victim. Lock your vehicle; close all windows and NEVER leave anything on display.

Former Security Representative and ATA Member David Scales writes: My mother, Diana Rimel, one of the original members and an early collaborator in the formation of the Ashburnham Triangle Association in the mid 1970s, sadly passed away in the QE Hospital on 12th June 2019 aged 81. For much of my early life, I lived with my sister Delia in Ashburnham Place from 1961 – 1981; when my family moved from Bermondsey, where my father had worked as a Stevedore in Surrey Docks, to Greenwich. On moving into this area, my mother helped to set up the ATA along with some other neighbours who lived in Ashburnham Place at this time. The Association soon became a vibrant neighbourhood residents group and mum edited the early editions of the ‘Triangle Telegraph’ as the newsletter was named at that time. I remember my parents churning out the first editions using a Gestetner, a type of duplicating machine and equivalent of the Photocopier of its day, in the basement of our house. We would fastidi...

A reminder that the ATA's Mick Delap is putting on a performance on  Friday, 24th of May , on the Cutty Sark. It will be an evening of poetry and live music, paying tribute to the age of sail, in the theatre deep in the cargo hold of the Cutty Sark.  See full details by clicking here .