Ashburnham Triangle Association

Here’s news about an exciting event to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the iconic Cutty Sark. In her anniversary year there is to be a special Cutty Sark 150 Challenge, on 2 April. Hosted by comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw this quiz style event will launch the fundraising campaign to secure her future for generations to come. Tickets are £65 each or £585 for table of 10, ticket sales support the future fund and include a free beer or soft drink on arrival and a two-course meal as well as the chance to win prizes and have a great night of entertainment, you don’t have to know a lot about the ship to be in with a chance to win! Further details of which you will be able to find here: https://donate.rmg.co.uk/Event/cs150challenge

Burglaries within the Triangle have dramatically reduced over the last couple of months. Although this is good news, the police are unsure as to why and where the culprits have moved onto. Our area is still under surveillance by the Police so please continue to be vigilant, double bolt your front door at night, don’t advertise when you will be away i.e. on social media.   Some good news regarding a burglary in Langdale Road last year which was captured on a Ring Doorbell Video. The individual was caught, charged with receiving stolen goods and Class A Cocaine and has been charged with 25 months imprisonment. Proof that home camera security really does work. One area for real concern within the Triangle is the increase of drug dealing which is blatantly taking place at anytime of the day. It’s very hard for the police to tackle this problem so they have asked for our help. If you see any individual(s) passing packages and money exchanged can you send a description of that...

MyLondon, a local on-line news service published  an article recently entitled 'The most dangerous and safest parts of Greenwich to live in revealed' . This article has been widely circulated via social media and has also appeared on the ATA facebook page. The article stated that there were 857 reports of theft last year with 645 violent crimes, 276 burglaries and 139 criminal damage offences with Greenwich West Ward apparently the 3rd most crime related area in the borough.  Although these figures are correct [all figures were taken from the Met Police UK website] you must remember that there are only a few categories to choose from when inputting an incident on the computer system i.e. a disagreement over a cab fare will come under the same category as someone being actually physically assaulted but the cases are completely different. It would have been beneficial for the reporter to have found out what some of the ‘violent’ cases actually were and then the artic...

Saturday 23rd at 2.15pm France v Scotland Saturday 23rd at 4.45pm Wales v England Sunday 24th at 3pm Italy v Ireland

Interested in local history? Layers of London www.layersoflondon.org is a unique, free, historical and geographical resource for Londoners. It brings together a significant collection of digitised historic maps, photos and other information provided by key partners across London. It’s funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and based at the University of London’s Institute of Historical Research. The project explores London’s development, history and heritage with reference to local areas, streets and neighbourhoods. It’s open to all to contribute to the history of London’s places. If you are interested in finding out more there’s a free workshop offering training and resources on 28 February 10.00 - 1.00. If you can’t make it Barbara and Mick will report back on the workshop at the ATA history group meeting, also on 28 February at 7.30 in the back room at The Ashburnham Arms.

It’s almost time! Andy and Pepina will have all of this year’s Six Nations matches live on the big HD screen at the Ashburnham Arms, starting with Friday’s France v Wales opener at 8pm. On Saturday it's Scotland v Italy at 2.15pm and Ireland v England at 4.45pm.

There was another burglary reported on Monday 28th January in Ashburnham Grove. The burglars gained entry via the basement door which had glazed toughened glass panels. Not many people realise but toughened glass has no security value at all as it can be broken easily with a sharp implement, makes very little noise and causes little, if any, injury. The burglars removed the exterior light and broke the pane of glass and opened the door by turning the interior handle. The door was not bolted from the inside. The burglars stole various items including the owners car all whilst they were asleep upstairs. Fortunately no harm came to the homeowners. They kindly agreed that I could share this information with you all to help prevent this happening to someone else. Did you know that if you broke an ordinary pane of glass the sound can travel to the third or fourth house along the street. Sometimes burglars use a suction cup or newspaper to avoid making a noise. When toughened glass is ...