September 2011 Archives

CHILDREN'S author Cathy Cassidy talked to pupils at Sacred Heart Language College recently about her writing.

Pupils from the High Street school and feeder primary schools listened to the author of the Chocolate Box Girls series talk and asked questions last Monday.

PUB-GOERS in Pinner are concerned a planning application lodged by the George pub, Marsh Road, would lead to the closure of yet another historic village drinking house.

Luke Moxon, 25, lives in Cannon Lane and visits the nearby pub regularly. He said: "There would be no other place to watch the football in Pinner, after the Hand in
Hand and the Victory closed there's really no where else. It's always busy, especially when there's football on and there is a good mix of people in there. I would definitely object to the plans, I would and I think the community would, it's wrong they are building so many flats and getting rid of social places."

NEIGHBOURS have successfully petitioned to amend an application for the restoration of the last surviving building of a medieval estate in Pinner.

Residents of Hereford Gardens collected 100 signatures objecting plans for the Cannon Farm Barn, Hereford Gardens, to be turned into a Montessori Nursery.

PINNER Rugby Club brought international rugby credentials to the Village Show last weekend (17).

Players from the club held a stand with club partners Saracens RFC at the show organised by the the Rotary Club of Pinner for the first time at the 22nd annual show held in Pinner Memorial Park.

THE Archbishop of Westminster visited more than 350 people in Pinner to celebrate Mass last Sunday (18).

Archbishop Vincent Nichols met church-goers at St Luke's, Pinner on the first anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain.

NATURE lovers in Pinner Memorial Park can now enjoy budgies in the aviary in full voice thanks to a local-led campaign.

The wire and wood structure has been stripped of one layer of mesh and sheets of yellowing Perspex by Harrow council in a bid to improve conditions for the birds and visibility for the public.

PINNER Memorial Park will host all the usual village show favourites this Saturday (17).

The Rotary Club of Pinner are hosting their seventh Pinner Village Show event to raise money for their two chosen charities, Harrow Young Carers and Grangewood School in Eastcote, which teaches children with severe learning difficulties.

DISABLED people around the borough will soon benefit from a new day centre being opened in Pinner.

Harrow Mencap are awaiting approval from the council on the premises at 25-27, Pinner Green which will house therapy rooms, sensory rooms, spaces for arts and crafts and care facilities primarily for children with autism.

SPIRITS were lifted when a church choir led around 200 singers in a Songs Of Praise concert in Pinner.
The Pinner Association of Churches (PAC) had planned for Sunday's (Sept 4) event to be held at 3pm in Pinner Memorial Park in West End Lane but the ensuing downpour forced the organisers to hastily relocate it to the nearby Roman Catholic Church of St Luke in Love Lane, Pinner.