June 2010 Archives

THE Victory Pub in Pinner High Street will be losing its historic name when it reopens as an Italian restaurant in September, the Observer can reveal.

The historic pub, thought to date back to Tudor times, has kept The Victory name for over 150 years and residents were keen for it to retain the traditional title.

FOLLOWING last week's grand opening of West House in Pinner, the trust which runs the new museum and art gallery are preparing to launch yet another major fundraising campaign.

Nearly 1,000 people attended the opening of West House on June 20, as well as enjoying a wide range of family entertainment in Pinner Memorial Park.

THE parents of an 18-year-old car crash victim from Pinner have joined a campaign for traffic calming measures on the road where he was killed.

Former Haydon School pupil James Whybrow died on May 29 when the car he was a passenger in was involved in a head-on collision in Cuckoo Hill, which turns off High Road, Eastcote, and runs into Pinner.

LOVE is in the air for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner MP Nick Hurd, who has announced he will be getting married this summer.

Mr Hurd, 48, who is also minister for civil society, will wed Lady Clare Kerr, 31, daughter of Conservative MP Michael Ancram. She is currently training to be a child psychotherapist.

HATCH End Horticultural Society's summer show takes place on Saturday, June 26, at the Girl Guide and Scout headquarters off Grimsdyke Road, from 2pm.
The prizegiving is at 4.30pm and there are 46 classes including flowers, shrubs, pot plants, fruit and vegetables, as well as categories for novices, children, floral art and photography.

A YOUNG actor from Harrow Weald will be seen by viewers across the US after starring in a television advert for internet portal Yahoo!
Christian Kyriacou, of Park Crescent, appears in a 60-second commercial that was aired on American television after the final episode of singing comedy series Glee that attracted an audience of 10.9 million.

A PINNER model has missed out on a coveted place in the Miss England finals, but is pleased to have come so far in her debut modelling competition.

Mandavi Murphy, 18, has already won the title of Miss Heathrow after wowing judges with a poetry recital in May, but lost out in the competition's semi-final stage last week.

COUNCILLORS have accused NHS Harrow of failing to act sooner to prevent or prepare for the closure of The Village Surgery in Pinner.

In a lively health committee meeting on Wednesday (16) at the Civic Centre in Harrow, Councillor Lurline Champagnie (Conservative, Pinner) said the suspension of one of the surgery's three partners should have given the Primary Care Trust (PCT) a clear warning of the trouble to come.

EQUALITY between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel is the key to the country's future, a panel of experts this week told Jewish communities who had gathered from across Pinner and Harrow.

The event at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue on Monday (14) featured high-profile speakers on the debate about Israel's future, including ex-Israel MP and New Israel Fund president Naomi Chazan.

AN estate agents employee abused his position to obtain keys and enter tenants' homes in Pinner and Harrow, stealing property including laptops and jewellery.

Two properties in Pinner and one in Harrow were illegally entered, without the knowledge of tenants, by Gibbs and Gillespie employee Thomas Jenkins.