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On 1st October London People's Orchestra are holding an open evening to recruit new string players.
All coaching received from London People's Orchestra will be from professional string players, you will also receive technique classes and a chance to play with a full orchestra.
As you will see from our Vacancies Page, we have quite a few spare seats that need filling, especially violins and violas. As mentioned we are a friendly group that welcome all levels of players.
If you have played an.......
The following scam warning has been issued by Fox Lane & District Residents' Association.
Christmas is fast approaching, Royal Mail & The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:
A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 661 1911 (a Premium rate number).
If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message.......
The campaigning group Enfield RoadWatch has issued a newsletter with updated information about their campaign to prevent construction on Green Belt land adjacent to Enfield Road, between Oakwood and Enfield Town (see this earlier report).
Urgent Call to Action!
Do you want developers to build homes on Green.......
The Pinkham Way Alliance is asking supporters to sign an online form supporting the Alliance's response to the current consultation about the North London Waste Plan. By signing, you confirm that you are happy for the PWA to represent your views. The deadline to add your name is 5pm on Tuesday 29th September 2015.
The Alliance has been campaigning to preserve an ecologically valuable green space adjacent to the North Circular Road and prevent construction of a waste processing facility on the.......
These six kids are the spookiest writers in Walker and Hazelwood Schools - and that's official. Their stories were selected by an expert panel from 200 entries in the Palmers Scream Spooky Stories Competition.
You can read all six stories at www.palmersscream.uk/stories (but you might find it difficult to sleep afterwards!).......
A Palmers Green opticians is focusing on raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s Society and supporting World Alzheimer’s Day by holding a cake sale on 21 and 22 September.
Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care at 328-330 Green Lanes, is looking to raise as much money and awareness as possible as part of its ongoing support for Alzheimer’s Society, its chosen charity for this year.
There is growing evidence of a link between uncorrected hearing loss and dementia,.......
Enfield residents are being invited to comment on proposed changes to the Council's "heritage resources" which are intended primarily as a cost-cutting measure, but at the same time would provide increased online access to these resources.
The Council is proposing to digitise the materials stored at the Local Studies Centre in Thomas Hardy House and make them available online. The current Monday to Friday drop-in access to the Local Studies Centre would cease and visitors wishing to see.......
The developer Fairview Homes is inviting the public to an exhibition of its plans to build around 300 dwellings and a new school on Green Belt land between Oakwood and Enfield Town.
The site is a large field on the south side of Enfield Road, extending downhill as far as Boxers Lake. The proposal has already run into considerable opposition both from people living in the vicinity and from others who are opposed to inpinging on Green Belt land.
At this stage Fairview have not.......
I have previously expressed concern about the effects of changes along the A105 on bus travel. This didn't seem to me to be being properly considered in what is still predominantly a debate between cyclists and those concerned about car parking.
It has taken some time to get a response from TfL to what seemed to be three key issues; the potential effects on bus journey times, getting on and off buses, and the removal of the bus stop outside the Fox.
Well here's the response. The sections in.......
The Cycle Enfield website includes the official responses to various criticisms of the A105 scheme. However, because people may not be aware of these, we are reproducing them here both to make them more widely known and to give readers an opportunity to comment and discuss them in our forums.
The following text is taken directly from Cycle Enfield without any amendment.
Why not use a different route?
Why put the route on the A105, why not use an alternative?
Some people have.......
The Cycle Enfield website includes the official responses to various criticisms of the A105 scheme. However, because people may not be aware of these, we are reproducing them here both to make them more widely known and to give readers an opportunity to comment and discuss them in our forums.
The following text is taken directly from Cycle Enfield without any amendment.
Impact on bus stops
A number of bus stops along the route would be changed – under current plans, six.......