Pupils from Isleworth & Syon, The Green and Ashton House schools and local residents came together as they always do this day every year at the memorial outside the former teacher training college in Borough Road, Osterley and Spring Grove Ward.
Memorial to the students and staff of Borough Road College acknowledged locally this day every year
Nice and low key as ever.
TL 11.11.2015
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Another decent turnout in The Music Room, Spring Grove House courtesy of the good people at West Thames College last Wednesday 4 November 2015. This time for people to share thoughts and experiences of Thornbury Park and to explore the potential of setting up a friends group for the place.
Thornbury Park looking west from near the Rennels Way and Sidmouth Avenue entrance
There were quite a few justified grumbles about the way the park is maintained and managed, litter, graffiti, drinking, motorbike riding, drugs activity as well as lack of other facilities and no organised activities and sports.
But at the same time almost all present had good to say about the place, an oasis of green in a growing town with albeit limited and semi neglected play and sports facilities, a good place to walk with or without a dog.
The most encouraging aspect of the evening was the good and practical ideas offered by residents present, a wish to move forward but not ignoring the present issues. Each was given an opportunity to write three things they like, three don’t likes and three ways they would improve Thornbury Park. A summary of the points can be found here and a full list containing all comments made is here.
Also heartening is a list so far of 11 residents offering their time and skills to form a friends group as is the support, offered and implied, by the St Johns Residents Association, Hounslow Council’s Community Partnerships Unit and Hounslow Central Ward councillors, two of whom, Ajmer and Pritam Grewal were in attendance too. The note taking of Christine Diwell from the Isleworth Society was much appreciated and these (including a discussion on Isleworth Station, the same night) can be found here.
Sign on a housing estate local to Thornbury Park offering advice to youngsters
What’s next then? A report of the meeting will be shared with Hounslow Council, Carillion and the Police and feedback and their comments sought. Residents who signed up their services will be contacted over the next couple of weeks with a view to meet, discuss and plan.
It would also be good to meet, even at this time of the year, for an hour’s walk in Thornbury Park at 10.00 a.m on Saturday 21 November 2015. Rendezvous by the playground near the London Road entrance.
As always happy to hear from anyone, email tony.louki@hounslow.gov.uk
TL 7.11.2015
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Following some lengthy correspondence with Hounslow Highways, details of how the long awaited resurfacing of Wood Lane will be carried out and managed have now been made available.
After a few residents made contact with me about access to their properties (see item from 13.9.2015), Hounslow Highways have agreed that the works will now be carried out nightly, in sections: Parkwood Road to Musgrave Road; Musgrave Road to Borough Road; Borough Road to Great West Road.
Obviously, there will be short term disruption but whilst parking on Wood Lane itself will be suspended, residents should not be prevented from parking on their own drives outside road working hours.
The works start on Monday night, 12.10.2015 and are expected to last until Tuesday morning 20.10.2015 between 9.00 pm and 5.00 am (not Friday to Sunday due to the rugby). During the works there will be no access between Great West Road and Parkwood Road (apart from and to 120 Wood Lane via Great West Road).
Advanced warning signs have already been placed advising road users and residents of the start of the works and markings have appeared on the carriageway and by road humps.
Residents should expect parking suspension signs, no parking cones and all properties and vehicles parked in the area leafleted with another reminder of the works.
After 9.00 pm on road working nights, the H28 bus will be diverted to and from Wood Lane (north) via Great West Road, Syon Lane and London Road, see detail here.
Road diversions will also placed between Thornbury Road, Spur Road and further east; maps showing these can be found here, here and here. Finer detail can be read here.
All mobile plant used for the resurfacing will be parked safely at the end of each working shift; signed and protected accordingly.
Ruth Cadbury MP and I have asked for and waited a long time for improvements to this well used and important road and are grateful for Hounslow Highways’ positive response. Yes, there will be disruption to normal routine but the result should be worth it and (like our cars’ suspensions) last for many years.
The contact number for any resident enquiries during the works is 020 8583 2222.
TL 7.10.2015
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Filed under College Road, Great West Road, Hounslow Highways, London Road, Neighbourhoods, Northumberland Estate, Osterley, Public transport, Road works, Roads, Spring Grove, Thornbury Road, Traffic
Was very pleased to arrange and run a meeting of forty residents of Osterley and Spring Grove Ward and other folk with an interest in London Road last Wednesday 30.9.2015. The setting was the splendid Music Room of Spring Grove House made available courtesy of West Thames College.
Spring Grove House at West Thames College, London Road, Isleworth
There were five discussion groups exploring a number of issues ripe for resolution and worthy of further work, not least Isleworth Station. A summary of the discussions can be found here and its content will start to contribute to and inform further work of the London Road Interest Group, more about this below.
IBAF at Spring Grove House – Thursday 8 October 2015 at 7.30 pm
The London Road Improvement Group is a feature of the Isleworth and Brentford Area Forum Action Plan, a range of projects and ideas championed by each of the 12 councillors from the four wards making up the IBAF; a copy of the action plan can be seen here.
Progress on the action plan will be the only item on the IBAF agenda which can be seen here http://democraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=576&MId=9200&Ver=4 .
All readers are welcome to attend, please say hello if you do.
Should you be unable to attend and wish to comment on any aspect of the London Road Interest Group, please write to tony.louki@hounslow.gov.uk.
TL 5.10.2015
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Wednesday 30 September 2015
The Music Room, Spring Grove House, West Thames College
London Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 4HS
Doors open 7.15 pm, starts 7.30 pm, finishes by 9.00 pm
Many of us live by and use the facilities of London Road from Brentford to Hounslow, particularly the part in Spring Grove and Isleworth. It has seen better days and plenty of people want this decline reversed.
A number of residents and businesses have already agreed to come along on Wednesday in order to focus on ideas and solutions and to start working on a plan.
The aim is to have a working meeting so that people can quietly discuss issues and potential opportunities for London Road, St Johns Road and the station then feedback on ways forward.
It’ll be about finding out, ideas, solutions and avoidance of wasting time bashing the council, train companies or particular businesses.
Groups will focus on status, knowledge gaps and ambition for at least these aspects:
I hope you may come but if not please drop me a line with any comments to tony.louki@hounslow.gov.uk. Will try to keep you informed otherwise and via www.osterleyspringgrove.org
TL 27.9.2015
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Hounslow's streets and street services are having a major make-over. If you have problems or questions concerning any aspect of this work then please contact <a href="https://fms.hounslowhighways.org/.
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Elected (with me) on 3 May 2018 on a 9.4% swing
Councillor Unsa Chaudri
Councillor Richard Eason
RUTH CADBURY MP
Ruth Cadbury, MP for Brentford and Isleaorth, re-elected on 8 June 2017 with a 13% increase in vote and a 20% majority.
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