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MOTOR SPORT MAGAZINES

Clearing out: The magazines are in reasonable condition and are an amazing insight into the past half century of motor sport.Complete years: 1958; 1960; 1963; 1964; 1966; 1968 and 1969 Also: 1970-1975 (not complete years) 1957 September - December; 1959 May and September missing.Seems a shame just to put them in the recycling bin.  Anyone want to make me any offer which I will donate to charity.

Pat Smith ● 6296d0 Comments ● 6296d

Residents, Patrick Clarkson QC and the Goldhawk Industrial Estate

Brackenbury residents and businesses are opposing the overdevelopment plans of London & Newcastle for the Goldhawk Industrial Estate - home to Innocent Drinks, recording studios the Soundhouse, and small instrument maker Analox. The developer plans a cramped mixed-use of offices and residential, compelling tenants to leave, and taking with them 200+ jobs.Tomorrow (Tuesday) we shall know if the planning officer has recommended that the Planning Applications Committee meeting(5 August, 7.00pm at the Town Hall) accepts the developer's proposal. See http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Decisions_meetings_and_agendas/Other_Committees/68510_Other_Committees.asp. Click on Planning Applications Committee, then 5 August. Meanwhile, our site on Facebook at Goldhawk Industrial Estate Redevelopment Ha! has visuals and reports.Residents have instructed Patrick Clarkson QC to examine the planning officer's report. We're concerned that the officer will tell the planning committee that, if councillors refuse permission, the Council will lose if the developer appeals. There are plenty of good planning reasons to turn down this application. We are looking for a more robust response. Patrick Clarkson is a top planning lawyer who - acting for the Council - won the Allied Carpets appeal; the Allied site is a few yards down the road from the Goldhawk Industrial Estate.

Rosemary Pettit ● 6300d7 Comments ● 6296d

Kids party venue

Can anyone recommend any where in W12 you can hire for a kids party please- ie  a scout hut, village hall etc etc - many thanks

Alie Griffiths ● 6298d2 Comments ● 6296d

Kids party venue

Can anyone recommend any where in W12 you can hire for a kids party please- ie  a scout hut, village hall etc etc - many thanks

Alie Griffiths ● 6298d0 Comments ● 6298d

How about some hockey?

Richmond Ladies 1st and 2nd XI are looking for goal keepers and field players for the new 2009-10 season. As there are 6 ladies teams at Richmond all standards are welcome.  We have some of the best facilities in London (1 water based astro, 1 sand) and a thriving social scene.  It's a fantastic opportunity to keep fit, meet new people and unleash your inner competitiveness!We play our home games in Chiswick (University Sports Ground, Hartington Road, Chiswick, London, W4 3UH) just a short walk away from Chiswick train station and several bus routes.To find out more reply to this post, check out our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103539716414, register with our website: www.richmond-hockey-club.com or contact wendysowen@hotmail.com to arrange to come down for some pre-season training.Thanks!

Cathy Blishen ● 6323d1 Comments ● 6299d

Play Camogie in London

Tara Camogie Club, based at Greenford, welcome new players all year round.  (Camogie is the ladies equivalent of the Irish mens game Hurling).  We have 2 teams at different grades, Junior and Senior, therefore welcome players of all standards.Email camogielondon@gmail.com for further details or check out www.camogie.co.uk.  Contact Sheila 0777 1957 341. Thanks.

Sheila Fernandes ● 6301d0 Comments ● 6301d

Former community centre goes under the hammer

See story on news pagesI don't particularly approve of housing being used for non-housing purposes but it is a pity to see yet another demise of a location for community groups. The adjacent wildlife area was often visited by the children of Miles Coverdale SchoolMore worryingly, there has been an acceleration in recent months of the folding of community groups in the borough due to withdrawal of borough support. Now I recall the period after 1986 when Labour came into power - the last occasion before 2006 when the council changed hands - when I told the chair of the then Community Organisations Support Committee that even with an injection of cash into the budget, which there was, the only real way to get more funds into the hands of all the new community bodies was to reduce or turn the tap of the funding of some existing ones. In short, it was a question of assessing priorities and also of judging competence and effectiveness of spend.Now I don't doubt that the incoming Tories has attempted to do a little bit of this = assessing priorities and also of judging competence and effectiveness of spend - but the signs are that their assessing of priorities is having the effect of reducing the funding of organisations either run by ethnic minorities or operating where the ethnic minority populations are likely to be substantial beneficiaries. I understand there are now NO ethnic minority organisations remaining council-funded (in part or in whole) left in the borough; I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong. This pockets of core-funding money can achieve results out of proportion to their size, provided they are kept going. The reality is that small organisations cannot be self-funded and die without core funding. I cannot help making the contrast with organisations supposedly assisting people into or back into employment - here the funding can run into tens or hundreds or thousands and premises are lavish, main street properties. Count for yourself how many properties from John Snow down to the Central Line tube are in this area of operation.I also suspect that more wealthy Fulham is getting a higher proportion of the diminishing cake than previously.

Dan Filson ● 6329d1 Comments ● 6303d

Petty crime in Warple Way

Who is it we're supposed to contact re petty crime? It seems to be on the up in Warple Way again. This week: office door bricked in on Tuesday; two cars with windows bricked in, Wednesday. It's a perfect street for vandals: no residential for the most part, and no cameras.

Keith Clarke ● 6304d2 Comments ● 6303d

Recycling in Offices in Hammersmith (Trade Recycling)

I would have thought that this would be easy considering H&F's mixed recycling scheme.How easy is everybody finding it?How good are the collections?

Philippa Bond ● 6320d1 Comments ● 6306d

Hammersmith nudes' murders 1959 -1965

I am doing research into the unsolved murders of 8 women in the Hammersmith district of London between 1959-1965.(google neil milkins for more information.) The last victim, 28 year old Bridget O'Hara from Agate Road Hammersmith was drinking in the Shepherds Bush Hotel, Shepherds Bush Green on the night she vanished on January 11th 1965. I am appealing to anyone who knew Bridget or her husband Michael Joseph O'Hara to contact me. I am also trying to locate a non-copyright of the Shepherds Bush Hotel to use in a book that I am having published later this year dealing with the murders. If anyone can help I can be contacted via the forum or at n.milkin@sky.comBest wishes. Neil Milkins.

neil milkins ● 6314d0 Comments ● 6314d

British Transport Police Forum 1200-1300

Hello,For the next hour, if you have any questions or comments about the BTP or policing on the underground in general, please let me know.Thanks,Sgt Mark Lawrie

Mark Lawrie ● 6314d8 Comments ● 6314d

Wanted:  Bicycle rack for Citroen Xsara Picasso

Hi - if anyone has a bicycle rack that will fit this car and they don't want it any  more, please let me know.  I will gladly come and collect and am willing to pay of course.  Oh, and I've tried Freecycle!

Anne Brown ● 6314d0 Comments ● 6314d

Building and Decorating

I have been looking at contributions on building and decorators recently and I must say that I am surprised at the rate of GBP 150 a day. I have used Polish decorators, bricklayers, plasterers etc for a fair while and the going rate is now GBP 80 a day. Plumbers and electricians will be a bit more expensive but around the GBP 100 a day rate. You can get cheaper labour at around GBP 60 a day....but you get what you pay for. I would humbly suggest that if you want a job done contact me and I will send around a good quality tradesman who will tell you roughly how long it will take to do the job and what materials you will need etc. When you get a fixed price for a job there is invariably the 20% plus added in for the unforeseen factor and the incentive to rush the job to make the most profit. If the tradesman is working on a fixed price will he tell you that the wall he is to decorate is partially blown and needs to be replastered etc or paint over it? The fixed price he quoted should have included "preparation and making good" which should include the previously not noticed "blown wall".Patrick at 07986477982

Patrick OBrien ● 6316d0 Comments ● 6316d

HEALING IN CHISWICK

The coming Monday is the second Monday of the month therefore healers will be at the London Buddhist Vihara, The Avenue, W4 1UD between 11am and 1pm ready to welcome and give healing to anyone who turns up.  Healing helps any condition, through from stress to physical illness.  The healing takes about 20 minutes.  No charge is made for healing (all the healers are working on a voluntary basis) however, a donation is most welcome - all donations are given to the Vihara).No appointment is necessary, waiting time, if any, is 5-10 minutes.  For any further information please give me a ring on 0788 189 6449.

Pat Smith ● 6316d0 Comments ● 6316d

Centre Court roof...............

has closed.

Carol Burge ● 6328d2 Comments ● 6321d

Could you turn your talent to writing?

I write regularly for the consumer and national press. Join me on a Wednesday or Thursday from 1-3pm. I can show you how to spot and sell your ideas!

Clare Cassy ● 6321d0 Comments ● 6321d

Free seminars for fashion retail professionals

SEMINAR - THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BUYINGIf you have a fashion retail shop and you are looking to put more pounds in your pocket, then do not wait any longer and join us for a fee seminar ( till Sept 30th 2009 )on the Art and Science of Buying.It has been a winning seminar at trade shows like Autumn Fair, Moda UK, Premier Kids, Summer Fair...As the owner or buyer, you have the art of buying. You know what to buy. What is more difficult is the science part of buying which is : how much should I buy and when should I bring it in? By attending, you will know Ø Why you need to analyse the stock by product type & not by supplierØ How to improve the profitability of the salesØ How to minimise discounts and markdownsØ How to improve cash flow and profitabilityØ How to find new marketing or promotional ideasCall us today for the dates and times.Tel 020 8576 6233  - Outside working hours Thierry on 07939 250 381www.globalfashionmanagement.com/retail.htm orwww.management-one.comFree article on www.globalfashionmanagement.com/articlem1may2009.pdf

Management One - Retail Consultant ● 6328d3 Comments ● 6323d

Helicopter last night?

Did anyone else here a helicopter over W12 (especially the Askew Rd area) last night? It was quite loud from about midnight until 4am.I heard it on Saturday night too for an hour or so and I just wonder if anyone knows what it was for?

Liz Owen ● 6328d2 Comments ● 6325d

Mary, queen of charity shops

Watched this last night thinking - not sure where I had seen this - that she was actually going to set up a charity shop in Westfield. No such luck - her target shop was in Orpington with just one sequence, about the grunge people donate, set in Westfield. Talk about product placement/undue prominence though - how many times did we see the Westfield logo in one short sequence?

Sara Nathan ● 6353d15 Comments ● 6328d

Shepherd's Bush Library

I can't help thinking it's a shame that the new library is being built at the foot of that colossus Westfield.  It seems that as it was a bung from Westfield (£1m, I believe), it's obvious who the decision makers were, and local residents have to lose a library that has its own identity within the community.  The saying "state of the art" is a tired old chestnut, used mostly by council officials (and the like) who wouldn't recognise SOTA if it fell on their heads, but is used as an excuse to destroy something perfectly functional and beloved in a community.I'm sure, with imagination and clever innovation, the old library's interior space could have been modernised.  Afterall, much of the space has been out of use for several years now, which has ludicrous.What are your views, dear readers?

Terry Abrahams ● 6334d8 Comments ● 6329d