The closing of the Alfred Herring along with over 30 other Wetherspoon pubs was announced quite a while ago with a new development proposed mainly upstairs. No closure timing was given back then. Also in Wanstead Wetherspoons announced the closure[…]
Bill Linton wrote (message 7135) : Someone who has been in there reports that the staff are unaware of a change of ownership, or an impending shutdown. They are surely legally entitled to more than 2 days notice. Are you[…]
Apologies to readers who may have encountered a broken link to the design concept document in yesterday's article about redesigning Devonshire Square . The link was correct when I wrote the article, but since then Journeys and Places have replaced[…]
Someone who has been in there reports that the staff are unaware of a change of ownership, or an impending shutdown. They are surely legally entitled to more than 2 days notice. Are you sure of your facts, Basil?
Karl Brown wrote (message 7131) : ...it does seem that violence, burglary and vehicle related theft have indeed fallen, gradually, off a cliff... How do you fall down a cliff gradually? Sounds more like it's rolled a long way[…]
They say all good things come to an end. No doubt opinions are divided as to whether the large Wetherspoons pub in the centre of PG's high street is a good thing or not, but it's now clear that it[…]
[Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click herePalmers Green residents are being invited by Enfield Council's Journeys and Places team to provide feedback on the newly published concept for a permanent redesign of Devonshire Square. In addition to an online[…]
I’m now taking more interest in policing and crime articles, so this recent headline really struck me. Surely not I thought. I know stats can be dodgy. My first introduction to that was many years since when attending the inaugural[…]
Where to start.... well for hypocrisy shall we point out despite the purported clamour for brownfield development not green belt (conflating greenfield in the process) when anyone has proposed brownfield development these same societies and so called civic groups funnily[…]
Darren Edgar wrote (message 7128) : NIMBYs unite!!! The hypocrisy is laughable. The level of misinformation borderline malignant. Blunderbuss comments like this don't contribute to the debate. Give examples of hypocrisy. What parts of the statement are "misinformation"?
Enfield Society and Enfield Roadwatch seem to have got their act together better than the council who organised a series of consultation meetings to discuss the Local Plan. I attended the one at Enfield Library on Tuesday April 30 and[…]
[Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here As the deadline for submitting objections to the draft Enfield Local Plan approaches, the Enfield Society and Enfield RoadWatch have issued a jointly published leaflet, with the text shown below. Enfield's Green[…]
A reminder that the deadline for the Poetry in Motion children's competition is approaching. See www.pgweb.uk/news/3885-train-operator-launches-poetry-competition-to-get-kids-imaginations-back-on-track for details.
From Ruth Miller: Hi. Does anyone have any books in Turkish language to give away? I run a multilingual library in a refugee camp in Greece. We have children's books in Arabic and Farsi but some children learned to read[…]
If you've been following Karl's posts about the Palmers Green ward panel (aka CAPE) and the types of crime (eg shoplifting) and anti-social behaviour that are prevalent here, plus the problems encountered not far away with car meets racing along[…]
While we admire and support the Christmas campaigns that we see pop up in December, we also know that help is urgently needed all year round, each and every year. As some people pack away after the festive break, we are still here.
Our support is not limited to a food package, but it leaps beyond - we form connections, we listen and respond to everyone who steps through our doors. We open up a warm, safe, environment which aims to feel like a home away from home.
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