Clubs/societies

A TROUPE of Mummers will perform in Pinner as part of an ancient tradition on Boxing Day.

The Herga Mummers disguise themselves by painting their faces black and perform medieval rituals believed to keep the crop cycle healthy.

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.

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.

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.

CHILDREN, teenagers, councillors and a team from the council met last Thursday (4) to discuss starting up a residents association in the Grove estate, Pinner.

As part of a community engagement project run by the council over the summer residents of all ages were able to give their views about the possiblity of more youth activities and stronger links between the council and the estate.

GOVERNMENT minister Vince Cable championed the work of local candidates at the Harrow Liberal Democrat's annual BBQ in Pinner last Saturday (16).

The business secretary said of Stanmore Park candidate, Sylvia Warshaw: "We have to keep flying the flag everywhere, no matter what the majority. I am very impressed with the work of the candidates in this area."

WORLD snooker sensation Martin Gould's former club has closed after 25 years in North Harrow.

The club is reported to be closing its doors to over 1000 members who can play snooker, poker and darts on the premises after a termination of the lease by the leaseholder.

SCOUTS in Hatch End have been enjoying the long-awaited extension to their hut after it was opened by the mayor of Harrow.

Councillor Asad Omar did the honours after a 10-year fundraising effort by the 1st Hatch End scouts ended successfully with £60,000 spent on adding a first floor to the building in Leeway Close.

THE annual meeting of the Pinner Association on Wednesday (20) was dominated by concerns over the merger of the area's two safer neighbourhood police teams.

The residents' group invited Chief Inspector Dal Babu to explain the move to its members, some of whom fear that Pinner's reputation as the safest part of Harrow would be put at risk.

IMPROVEMENTS have been reported on the Churchill Place Estate in Harrow after a
Tenants and Residents' Association was formed.
The group was set up after neighbours approached Harrow Council's resident involvement staff for help over a number of outstanding issues.