MORE books are being borrowed and performers are enjoying a more professional setting following a decision two months ago to relocate Hatch End Library.
Harrow Council moved the facility into Harrow Arts Centre itself, reopening to the public on March 27, and converted the building it occupied in the same Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, complex back into its original use as a dance studio from April 1.

PINNER: Fundraisers will take to the fairway for a charity golf classic match being organised by Harrow and Wembley-based estate agent Elliot Lee at Pinner Hill Golf Club, Pinner Hill, next Friday, from 8.30am.

Teams of four will compete in the best ball format for three top prizes. Entry fees and raffle profits will generate money for the Missing People charity.

Call Elliot Lee on 0845 450 1566 for more information.

HATCH END: Hatch End Safer Neighbourhood Team ward panel is looking for new members to help have a say on community policing matters.

Interested parties should contact the team's Sergeant Pete Carruthers on 020 8721 2998 or email HatchEnd.SNT@met.police.uk

DEVELOPERS hoping to transform a derelict nursery building into a large block of flats have appealed against the council's decision to reject the application.

Quebe Ltd lodged the appeal against the decision made by Harrow Council at the beginning of March which was made on the grounds that the plans for the three storey block of nine flats was "excessively bulky".

HARROW WEALD: Punch Taverns sold The Wealdstone Inn to a mystery buyer for an undisclosed sum three weeks ago.

The firm would not disclosed to whom or for how much it had offloaded the boozer in High Road, which locals are saying stood boarded up from the inside since at least Friday April 27.

PENSIONERS are calling for a reduced speed limit in a busy Pinner road.

Residents at Pinner House, an independent home for the elderly in Church Lane, claim they are at risk of injury from motorists driving round the corners from Paines Lane and High Street.

The current chairman of Hatch End Residents' Association will remain in his post for another year.

Tony Allen announced he will stay as chairman at the association's annual general meeting on Wednesday last week at Harrow Arts Centre.

Mr Allen has been chairman for two years and said he would step down next year.

NEWLY-hatched chicks are being cared for by pupils at a Pinner primary school.

Heathfield School students in Beaulieu Drive are learning about life cycles and caring for animals in their classrooms with a hands-on demonstration in the form of 10 chickens.

A WOMAN who moved to the UK from Czechoslovakia at the age of 18 celebrated her 102nd birthday.

Marie Purcell celebrated her birthday last Tuesday at Oakleigh House, Hatch End, with a party and visits from friends and family.

A COLLECTION of art work from schoolchildren and local artists was opened at Harrow Museum to mark London's Olympic year.

Pupils from St John Fisher Catholic Primary School in Melrose Road, Pinner, produced large pieces of drawing and sculpture which filled the cabinets at the exhibition in the Tithe Barn.