Stitch (Free subscription) | yesterday
The second embroidery class at York Gardens Library, Battersea, launching the second new motif inspired by work in Stitch Wandsworth. It's a fish - which is a powerful symbol in many cultures.... But most important it is Jessica's birthday. Jessica Aldred (above) from the Royal School of Needlework has been working on the project from the start and has thrown herself into it - and really supported...
JamesCousins.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
One of the interesting things about blogging is the little things it throws up. My post about the Battersea Park Act of Remembrance prompted an email about the state of the statue which, in turn, prompted discussion about the way the council ‘advertises’ the public art. While we have various various publications about heritage trails around the [...] Theoretically related posts: Lobby your...
JamesCousins.com (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Blogged: Tweets for week ending 2009-11-08 http://bit.ly/2JXOYr # YouTubed Battersea Park fireworks 2009: Battersea Park fireworks 2009 The climax of Wandsworth Counc.. http://bit.ly/49dNxg # Blogged: Battersea Park fireworks http://bit.ly/4cRRz0 # There's something terribly lonely about being the only man at a busy playgroup. # Another thing about being the only man at a playgroup: mothers should...
Stitch (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
I had thought it was Streatham - but in fact it is technically Tooting. Close to Tooting Lido. We'll get to know the route well over the next few months. The Furzedown Centre on Moyser Road is a lively base for various groups of 'older' people. Restart 50+, a group of retired professional Bangladeshi women, are keen and their leader Ferdous Rahman has galvanised them into action. The first focus group...
London Reconnections (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From Sunday, travellers will be able to use Oyster PAYG on Southern services from Balham, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Junction and Battersea Park to London Victoria. Confirmation of this can be found on the Southern website here . Sadiq Khan also makes mention of it in his latest email to Tooting constituents, which makes interesting reading. To steal a phrase from Railway Eye , "Sadiq says":...
SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Postal workers have been bearing the brunt of the public’;s anger since beginning to take strike action. They are being blamed for the late delivery of mail and being portrayed in the press as the ones in the wrong. But, what you have to remember here is that postal workers are not greedy, well paid [...]
Stuart King (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
There's a scene in the book and film "The Rainmaker" by John Grisham where the defendant in a civil trial has to admit that they wrote to the victim denying their claim for a health insurance payout in these terms: "On seven prior occasions we have denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth time. You must be stupid, stupid, stupid." I have to say that this is how...
JamesCousins.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
I attended the Regeneration and Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee as Executive Member last night. The meeting was largely focused on community safety matters, and was one of the longer ones for a while, perhaps because there were some interesting items on the agenda. You can see the full agenda on the [...] Theoretically related posts: Recession kills off regeneration plans for Roehampton...
Wanted truthful parliament in the UK (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
1725 [1720] [1640] Hrs GMT London Wednesday 28 October 2009: Editor © Muhammad Haque. KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! We said this morning: “Now even Boris J is rushing around looking for any face-saving ploy to haul in as part of the new bid to confess all.” This is confirmed in a report published in the past 90 minutes on the Internet by the pro-Crossrail web site http://www.regen.net....
Stuart King (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Osiers Gate is the third stage of the Riverside Quarter development, currently being considered by Wandsworth Council planners. A few days ago I reluctantly submitted an objection to this application. I say reluctantly because I recognise that the Enterprise Way part of the development on which Osiers Gate will be built needs to be regenerated and because several aspects of the plan are positive....
London Reconnections (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Today has seen the publishing of a new Planning Framework for Battersea and Nine Elms , and revised Crossrail planning guidelines for the area. The Quickest of Summaries - The Planning Framework effectively stipulates that any major development at the site will require the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea via a station at Nine Elms. - Changes to the Crossrail guidelines have...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Kerry-Boxer [climate hoax] bill: Chairman’s mark and EPA analysis released | Grist ...the cap-and-trade policies outlined in these bills would transform the way the United States produces and uses energy ; (2) the average loss in consumption per household will be relatively low, on the order of hundreds of dollars per year in the main policy case Senate Democrats set climate [swindle] industry...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
The latest plans for Battersea Power Station have parked up on the doormat of Wandsworth Council, after developers submitted the planning application . No prizes for guessing that it’s a mixed-use proposal, which sees the derelict structure re-jigged into office space, residential units, a hotel, shops, and restaurants to feed all those US embassy workers who’ll be housed nearby by the...
theRatandMouse (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Back in September, we wondered where now for Battersea Power Station? Yesterday, the BBC attempted to answer. Wandsworth Council have received a planning application for the £5.5m redevelopment of the 40-acre site. Offices, shops, restaurants and no less than...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Plans for a 5.5 billion pound ($8.9 billion) redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, the latest in a long line, were registered on Sunday with Wandsworth Council local authority by developers Treasury Holdings UK.
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