The document provides an overview of several local news stories from Hadley Wood. It summarizes Graham Sharp retiring after serving as Chairman of the Hadley Wood Association for many years. It then introduces the new Board members - Rev. Rupert Mackay, Liz Snape, and Bernadette Jackson. It also remembers three longtime residents who recently passed away - John Northam, Gareth Evans, and Don Kinloch - and notes their contributions to the community. The document provides additional details on community events, businesses, and organizations in Hadley Wood.

1. INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE
Graham Sharp, Chairman of the HWA, retires.
Hadley Wood Association’s new Board of Directors.
John Northam, Gareth Evans and Donald Kinloch. Remembered
Councillor Jason Charalambous reports
Stairfree access to HW station. Francesca steps up the pressure
New Kitchen at HW Primary School
Julia Redburn. Profile
Primary school children. Poets! And we never knew it.
Letters. Fireworks pets squirrels and telecom masts
Forthcoming events
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2. Graham Sharp retires
from the HWA
Graham Sharp has been a resident of
Hadley Wood since 1956. Throughout his
working life his local interests have been the
Hadley Wood Golf Club (Captain in 1974
President in 1995) and since 2006, the
Chairmanship of the Hadley Wood
Association. In this role he has overseen
many improvements to the Centre and its
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associated Pre-school, Dance school,
tennis, football and bridge clubs. Under his
supervision upgrades to the main hall and
its flooring resulted in a steady flow of
bookings and earned the everlasting
gratitude of Janice Salmon the Principal of
the Dance school. The front of the building
has been much improved by new cladding
and, most importantly he raised funds for
the complete upgrade of the Association’s
car park; thus facilitating its use by parents
of children at the Primary school. He has
responded tirelessly to residents appeals for
help with intrusive local developments,
neighbour’s transgressions and car parking
problems etc. In the process he has
become a well known figure at Enfield
Council’s sometimes baffling Planning
committee. All this he has managed with
characteristic humour backed by a steely
determination to keep the HWA financially
stable and successful. At the AGM in
November last he and Rod Armstrong
announced their retirement as Directors and
Trustees of the HWA passing on the mantle
to the Rev. Rupert Mackay, Liz Snape and
Bernadette Jackson (see below). On behalf
of this community and the HWA we would
like to offer him our sincere appreciation and
thanks for all he has done for the Hadley
Wood Association Centre and its widely
enjoyed green spaces.
The new Chairman of the Hadley Wood
Association is the well known and popular
Vicar of St Paul’s Church. Born in France,
(but not French), he lived in Portugal until
8 years old and then joined the English
boarding school system at
Bilton Grange, Rugby. This
was followed by Shiplake
College, Henley on Thames
where a passion for rowing
and boating along with flying
kept him busy. Leaving school
in the 1980’s he went straight
to work at Baring Brothers in
the City, but (he claims) was not there
when it went bust! After working in fund
management companies around St
James in his late 20’s he began to
consider the possibility of working within
the church. With this in mind he
started work at St Helen’s
Bishopsgate and becoming
involved in running camps for
young people. In the 90’s he met
and married his American wife
Hillary who now works as an
English teacher at Queenswood
school. They have 4 children,
Victoria, Jamie, Nick and Lexi and are
currently very proud of Victoria who made
it to Cambridge this September to read
classics. Rupert did his Church of
England training at Oak Hill, Southgate
and then Knutsford, Cheshire. He and
Hillary moved to Hadley Wood just over
10 years ago where he became Vicar of
St Paul’s Church. They love living in this
friendly community. He enjoys running
with his Yorkie Bella and Sam his labrador
in Trent Park. He is happy to serve the
local community as a trustee to the
Hadley Wood Association.
Liz Snape MBE
Liz, Dave and their two daughters have lived
in Hadley Wood for 8 years now..so
consider themselves relative newcomers!
Liz works for UNISON the public service
trade union as a political lobbyist and has
just finished a ten year term of office on the
Health and Safety Commission. She is
currently serving on the Government's
Commission on Youth Unemployment.
Always interested in supporting community
organisations she looks forward to playing
her part as a new Director and Trustee of the
Hadley Wood Association our village hall.
Bernadette moved to Hadley Wood in
2007 and is a resident of Crescent East.
She currently holds a number
of non executive roles. She is
Chair of Poplar Harca, a
housing and regeneration
organisation which owns and
manages approximately
10,000 homes in East London.
She has also been a non
executive within the NHS for
the last 7 years and is
currently a Director and Chair
of Audit for Barnet NHS Clinical
Commissioning Group, and a non
executive director of North
London Estates Partnership,
a private public partnership
that develops and manages
property within the healthcare
sector. Bernadette is also a
Trustee of St. Paul’s Way Trust
School in Tower Hamlets and
a Governor of Bancrofts
School in Woodford Green.
Married to Duncan, a hospital
The Rev. Rupert Mackay
Bernadette Jackson
doctor, she has two teenage boys and can
be seen in all weathers walking her dog
Chester around Hadley’s fields and
woods. She admits to being a terrible cook
though this problem is offset by Duncan’s
ability (being Australian) at the BBQ. She
has been a member of the HWA
committee for the last four years, is now a
director/trustee and strongly believes in
the importance of village halls (like the
HWA) in creating and developing a sense
of community.

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Remembered
We are sad to report the recent deaths of
three longstanding residents of Hadley
Wood, all of whom made a huge
contribution to this area, its residents and
the pleasant environment we know today.
John Northam
John was born in 1935 and grew up in
Totteridge. He attended Highgate School
and went on to study law at St John's
College, Cambridge. It was at Cambridge
that John met Jill and they were married in
1960 at St Andrew's Church on Totteridge
Lane. Having started their married life in
Camden, John and Jill moved first to
Cockfosters and then in 1967 to Hadley
Wood. Their family home was in Crescent
East from where all four children, Nick, Phy,
Chris and Tim, attended Hadley Wood
Primary School. Unusually John spent his
entire working career with the same legal
practice. Having, as an articled clerk, joined
Jaques & Lewis, he went on to become
Managing Partner for many years,
subsequently overseeing the merger of
Jaques & Lewis with the national firm of
Eversheds in 1994. John was always fully
involved in the Hadley Wood community
being Captain of the Golf Club and then
becoming a founder member of the Board
and then its Chairman for seven years. He
was also a member of Southgate Round
Table and a Trustee of St Paul's Church, the
Hadley Wood Association and Barnet
College of Further Education. He always
maintained close links with Highgate
School and served as President of The Old
Cholmelian Society – John and Jill returned
with friends and family to Highgate School
in 2010 to celebrate their Golden Wedding
Anniversary. Following his retirement from
the legal profession he thoroughly enjoyed
his time working for more than 10 years with
the Citizens Advice Bureau in New Barnet.
Chris Northam
Gareth Evans
Gareth was born in the Hampstead Garden
Suburb, a man always proud of his Welsh
heritage. He was educated at St Paul’s
Boys School where he gained his love of
the classics, was an accomplished boxer
and where he became Head boy. He left
school with a place at Cambridge which he
deferred so that he could enlist in the Navy
in 1942. During World War Two he was a
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4. New Year message from
David Burrowes MP
What buildings or land do you value in our
local area? Maybe it's an open space or the
local shops. You will recall several years
ago the unsuccessful battle we had to keep
a local post office and more recently
concern about the potential loss of the dry
cleaners.
The problem comes when there are plans
to sell and the public are the last to hear
about it – usually only when a planning
application has been submitted. Under the
Localism Act 2011 there is a 'community
asset register' which allows groups like
HWA to apply to the Council for a building
or land to be registered. You will probably
not have heard about this register because
until I prompted Enfield Council last year
there was no process published on their
website. In fact there are no community
assets registered across the whole
borough. This needs to change so that the
community is told first about the sale of
much loved buildings or land, and has a
right to bid. It does not need to be owned
by the council but can't be a residential
property. You just need to demonstrate that
the land or building is much loved by the
community and has a social value. Once
the asset is registered the nominating
group will be notified as soon as there is a
plan to sell. Residents would then have 6
months to come up with an alternative plan.
A valued community asset is of course
our local hospital. Chase
Farm Hospital can now
look to a brighter future
with the redevelopment
due to start in January. I
have made sure that £29
million of the £120 million is
being spent from next
month to get all existing
services in modern
buildings. There will also be
a new school and housing
on the surplus land, with
the proceeds of sale being
ploughed back into the
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Royal Navy officer on destroyers
accompanying merchant ships sailing to
Russia on the dreaded Arctic convoys.
Although he was reluctant to talk about the
war he did admit to a liking for waves over
40 feet high as the German submarines
harrying the convoy could not use their
periscopes! He was very proud to receive
his Arctic Star medal last year. Typically he
said that he didn’t really deserve it and that
the Merchant Navy were the real heroes.
After the war Gareth went to Cambridge to
study Classics. After getting his degree he
started his career at London Underground,
quickly moved onto British Rail ferries and
finished as planning director at Sealink. He
met and married Anne, a St. Thomas’s
nurse in 1957 subsequently enjoying the
arrival of their three children Richard Mark
and Jane, living first in Lancaster Avenue
and then Kingwell Rd. Tragically Mark
passed away with leukaemia before his
21st birthday. Gareth was a stalwart of
Hadley Wood life being a founder member
of the Hadley Wood Association and
eventually it’s Chairman. He took great
delight in helping to organise the annual
firework display. He was also a devoted
member of St Paul’s church and was proud
to be a warden, trustee and a key member
of the church committee.
Rod Armstrong
Don Kinloch
Don was born in 1930 in
Ayrshire Scotland. He
qualified as a doctor at
Glasgow University in 1953.
After graduation he joined
the Parachute regiment as a
medical officer and took
part in an expedition to
Alaska ascending four previously
unclimbed peaks in the Mount Mckinley
range as well as conducting medical
research there into nutritional care. He was
a fine mountaineer skier and sportsman
with a great love for music and was an
accomplished accordion player. After
posts in Glasgow Oxford and Edinburgh he
gained Membership of all three Colleges of
Physicians (Edinburgh, Glasgow and
London)eventually being appointed
Consultant Physician at Chase Farm
Hospital in Enfield specialising in
Gastroenterology there publishing several
scientific papers. He was responsible for
setting up Chase Farm’s
gastroenterological suite. Living in Hadley
Wood with his wife Avril and son Andrew,
Don was a very popular member of both
tennis and golf clubs. A great lover of
nature, the outdoors and
particularly mountains he
inspired us all by continuing to
enjoy all of these pleasures even
after suffering a heart attack and
then a severe stroke whilst skiing
in Alpe d’Huez in 2002. Avril and
Don moved back to Scotland
during his last years.
Hugh Dinwoodie
hospital and primary care. After years of
empty promises it's good that Chase Farm
has received investment to secure its future.
As you put dates in your 2015 diary why not
plan to come for a tour of Parliament with
me on 5th February or 12th March at
6.30pm. Finally the inaugural Enfield
Southgate Golf Cup at HWGC is on 20th
March. If you want to join in please contact
me for details.
Best wishes for the New Year.
David Burrowes MP
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By the time you read this, Christmas
indigestion will be a thing of the past and
the challenges of the New Year already
underway. Who knows what may have
happened to the access ramp under
construction last autumn as part of
Network Rail’s bridge strengthening works
at Hadley Wood Station? What we do know
is that there has been widespread support
for HWA’s engagement with Govia
Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Network
Assisted Travel en route to Step-Free Access at Hadley Wood Station
Rail for step-free access to the platforms.
This was raised at the Association AGM, and
our Councillors and MP have also lent their
weight to the proposal outlined in
November’s Hadley Wood News.
GTR’s Accessibility and Inclusion Manager,
Lee Millard, joined us for a site visit in early
December and will act as primary contact in
pursuing these discussions. He advised that
they stood a better chance of success with
community and Council backing, so your
active support will be crucial in reopening
step-free access to the northbound
platform and achieving it on the
southbound side.
What we have already established is that
there is an almost unknown alternative for
anyone with difficulty with the stairs: GTR’s
Assisted Travel Scheme.
“Please give us 24 hours notice to
arrange assistance for your journey. If
you need to travel sooner or would like
to discuss something in more detail,
please give us a call at:
Telephone: 0800 058 2844
Textphone: 0800 975 1052
You can also email us at
assistedtravel@greatnorthernrail.com
The helpline is open seven days a week,
from 07:00 to 22:00, except on Christmas
Day.”
Details are on their website at
www.thameslinkrailway.com/contact-
us/assisted-travel-service/ and there are no
specific criteria for assistance, so with a little
forward planning you can utilise this
valuable service when necessary. Help can
range from organising staff to carry heavy
or unwieldy bags up and down the stairs to
arranging for a taxi free of charge to or from
GTR’s nearest step-free station, Potters Bar.
Clearly, the more we use this scheme,
the stronger the case for our own step-free
access at Hadley Wood, so don’t let the
station stairs deter you or your visitors from
using the train.
Francesca Caine

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When the Government published the new
National Curriculum, we quickly realised
that there was a big focus on developing
the children's practical skills and
independence. We knew that we needed
a children's kitchen, because one of the
best ways of doing this is through
cooking. In fact, cooking develops a wide
range of skills. Obviously there is maths
in all the careful weighing and science in
the 'irreversible changes', but
there is also a lot of reading and
writing in the following and
developing of recipes and social
skills in the cooperation and
careful hygiene involved. The
children have already had the
chance to learn some history
through cooking war time
'rationing' recipes and geography
when they tried out some
international dishes during our
'multicultural week'.
When we asked West Lodge
to lend us a chef, we hadn't
expected the 'main man', but
Head Chef Wayne Turner took
time out of his busy schedule
to come and officially open
our new Children's Kitchen.
Chef tossed pancakes for a
group of our budding mini-
chefs and told them about
how he started out on his
professional journey. We were
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Wood School' committee, who had been
instrumental in raising the money to
install the kitchen and to two mothers
who advised us on the project. In the
future, we hope to be able to grow our
own vegetables for the kitchen, so that
no one can say that the Hadley Wood
children don't understand where there
food comes from!
Beverly Benson, Headteacher,
Hadley Wood School

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My I start by extending my best
wishes to Rev. Rupert Mackay in
taking on the leadership of the
Hadley Wood Association, and
to offer my heartfelt thanks to
Graham Sharpe and Rod
Armstrong for their exemplary
work with the Association over
the years. Together with my
colleagues, Anne-Marie Pearce
and Michael Lavender, I have
been working to address a
number of issues of local
concern, which we have been
dealing with.
To summarise: ·
Given their recent difficulties with their
premises I was pleased to support Mr and
Mrs Modi of Take 7 Dry Cleaners and hope
that they can continue to provide their much
valued service to the local area.
I am working with the Council to look at
improvements to the Hadley Wood shopping
parade. I think the street scene could benefit
from enhancement and hope that, despite
stretched Council budgets, some attention
can be given.
Together with David Burrowes MP, local
resident Francesca Caine and my ward
colleagues, I am supporting
discussions with GTR about
providing step free access at
Hadley Wood train station.
In relation to the recent
removal of many attractive
trees in HW, particularly
along the Crescent, I was
advised that this was due to
basal decay, and that new
trees are scheduled to be
planted next year in similar
locations, and more widely
across the ward.
A new mobile phone mast application is
looming for Bartrams Lane, and I look
forward to working closely with the HWA and
local residents in requiring a proposal that is
primarily sympathetic to the area.
Parking remains a big issue, and the
outcome of the consultation for yellow lines
at the Lancaster Avenue end of Duchy Road
remains uncertain. I have asked the Council
to introduce measures as soon as possible
to improve safety at this dangerous junction.
The former Middlesex University campus in
Trent Park is back in the headlines as it is
reportedly for sale once more. I am working
closely with the Council and Park groups
Update from Councillor Jason Charalambous
dealing with a number of problems faced by
Trent Park, and I am keen to ensure that any
buyer respects the listed buildings and
cherished environment in which it is located.
I am also keeping an eye on the Cat Hill
development, where noise disturbance from
building works is a major issue, and am in
discussions with the Council to ensure the
developer abides by the rules.
Finally I want to mention the Enfield
Residents Priority Fund, where generous
grants are available for community projects.
I supported the popular Trent Park walks in a
recent successful application, and as there
are still funds available for this financial year’s
allocation. I encourage ideas to come forward
(see Enfield Council website for details).
The dates of our next ward forum and
surgeries are advertised on the Council
website and, as always, please do contact
me, or my colleagues, if we can be of
assistance with Council related matters.
Finally may I take this opportunity to thank
everyone who has kindly offered their
support. I would also like to wish all readers
a very happy and prosperous New Year.
Cllr Jason Charalambous,
Cockfosters Ward
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Julia Redburn. Profile.
There are, on occasions, compensations
for being an Editor. Today was one. I was
talking to Julia Redburn about her past life
as an actress and dancer and her present
career as a Pilates instructor. I asked her
where it all started. She comes from this
area. Her Grandma had the fish and chip
shop in Barnet. White and Whyatts. Does
anybody remember it? Her mother had a
lovely voice and she and Julia’s father, an
impresario, organized and performed in
Variety shows and Pantomimes for several
years at many of the well known theatres in
the South of England. Julia and her brother
(Peter Duncan of Blue Peter fame) were
clearly destined for a career on the stage.
By the age of 12 years she was studying
Drama and Dance at the Italia Conti stage
school in Clapham. Whilst there she was
auditioned and selected for the Grange Hill
School series on TV playing Tricia Yates’s
elder sister. TV commercials followed. She
was an Asda girl for three years and by the
age of 18 was a member of the dance
group Hot Gossip performing on shows
with Kenny Everett, Jimmy Tarbuck Paul
Daniels, Stanley Baxter and Michael
Barrymore. About this time she met Chris
who was then bass guitarist and singer for
Kenny. They married and eventually
reached Hadley Wood in 1994 via
Southgate. Their two children Tom and
Sophie are following in the family footsteps.
Sophie in San Francisco and Tom with the
Rusty Suns band. Any highlights? ‘Well’
says Julia ‘Stevie Wonder did sing to me for
my birthday’. There was a black and white
photo on the wall to prove it (see right)
along with many other interesting shots of
the Pop Scene at that time. Julia looking
sensational. I asked whether it was her
dancing training which lead to her interest
in Pilates and the classes she now runs.
‘Absolutely’ she replied ‘Joseph Pilates was
married to a ballet dancer and must have
learned a great deal about muscle control
and balance from her. We were taught
Pilates when I was learning to dance.
Nowadays I am an absolute believer in
Pilates exercises as a way of keeping
supple and fit. They are suitable for any age
and it is not uncommon to have an eighty
year old practising the exercises alongside
an eighteen year old’. Thinking of older
patients I have looked after who were so
stiff and weak that they were unable to
stand up after a fall it was easy to
understand the value of this discipline.
What are the classes like? ‘All abilities, all
ages and all fun’. She replies laughing.
‘Why not try some?’ Trying to look
simultaneously as supple and as fit as
possible I declined on the grounds of being
too busy. What a liar. But if you want to join
in give her a ring on 07836377504.
Rod Armstrong
St Paul’s Hadley Wood
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Friday 30th
Jan 2015
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Forthcoming events
Friday 30th January at 7.30pm
Jazz Evening at St Paul’s Church Hall see
full ad below for details
Tuesday 10th February at 7.30pm
Cockfosters Ward Area Forum at 4th Scout
Hut, Green Road, New Southgate N14 4AT
Friday 20th March
The Enfield Southgate Golf Cup. To be held
at Hadley Wood Golf Club. Fund raising for
David Burrowes MP election campaign.
Details from IJMCCANNAH@aol.com
If you have information that you would like
to include on the Notice Board in the next
Hadley Wood News (coming out March
18th) please email
hwnewsnoticeboard@outlook.com
by March 4th
NEWS
Howard Marshall Dentistry has an offer of
50% off a hygienist visit when Home
Whitening Treatment is purchased until the
end of February 2015.
Call 020 8441 0257 for details or call into
the surgery at 16 Crescent West
Gillian Henley
NOTICE BOARD

19. 9
Frostbite
A glistening full moon,
a lamp above the sky;
searching around the dark grey
land, giving away its special shine.
A poor icy lake, frozen solid,
prisoners of water under the icy
sheet;
isolated – no one to play with,
hoping for a ship, maybe a fleet.
The fast whirling wind,
a giant breathing;
running wild,
waking everyone sleeping.
A warm crackling fire,
fighting a war;
a boaster – angry,
we all hear its roar.
W. Cecil
Hadley Wood Primary School. Annual Arts
Trophy
Hadley Wood and
Wingate Football Club
The Football season 2014/15 is moving
fast. Our first match of the season was back
in September 2014 which saw a record
number of teams (19) for our club. The
youngest team is our Under 7s and the
eldest are Under 15s. Teams will continue
to train up until July with matches
throughout the season. Some
improvements have been made to the
grounds, with a new set of 9-a-side goals
to replace the ones that were broken. Also
a new sign has been installed at the top of
Bartrams Lane to dissuade parents from
driving down the lane and parking by the
grounds gate.
Jonathan Wynne
Email: jamie@one-to-one-fitness.co.uk
Tel: 02084471661 / Mob: 07798776248
12 Crescent West, Hadley Wood,
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Winter Hunger
The wind lifted me up into the snow
coated trees
Where I danced to the rhythm of the
winter breeze
Swaying to the sound of the frozen air
I see no food or water anywhere
Hungry nights back in the nest
Must keep trying the price is no rest
Further and further look I must
Time is running out; it’s nearly dusk
Another day of searching in vain
Cold and hungry again and again
A gust of wind, on the snow
From beneath, a red glow
Holly berries, tasty and small
I won’t go hungry after all.
Madeleine McEnery
In December the finals of the school’s art trophy were held in the main hall.
This year’s theme was Winter Poetry. Eleven finalists from year 1 to year 6 read out
their poems to the whole assembly and a panel of awestruck judges. The finalists
were George Charalambous, Casper Askew, Francesca Wroniak, Dhruva
Kawathekar, Jago Michael, Yasmin Hayes, Archie Phillips, Christina Angeli, William
Cecil, Madeleine McEnery and Jasper Wax. Deciding on the winner was
extraordinarily difficult. The standard was very high and the ages of the children had
to be factored in before a decision was made. Finally the very deserving William Cecil
was awarded the trophy. Madeleine McEnery was an outstanding runner up. The
remaining excellent finalists were all awarded medals and certificates. William’s poem
‘Frostbite’ and Madeleine’s Winter hunger follow.

20. 10
Dear Editor
I have just had a telephone call
from a resident who lives in
Lancaster Avenue. Somebody
knocked on his door last night
claiming to be raising money for
Great Ormond Street Hospital. He
said that he was collecting on
behalf of a friend's son and asked
for a donation. The gentleman
declined to give cash at his front
door. He has telephoned Great
Ormond Street this morning who
have said that they have no details
of this man and would not send
people to collect money door to
door. The gentleman suggested
that you might like to put an article
in the Hadley Wood News to warn
people about this.
Lisa Winston. Manager Hadley
Wood Association
Dear Editor
I would like to draw your readers’
attention to an online petition to stop
Barnet Council carrying out their threat
to close some libraries and to reduce
library services across Barnet. Libraries
are a valuable community asset and
provide a wide range of services beyond
simply lending books: story reading for
children, reading groups for adults,
internet access, a quiet place for young
people to study as well as a source of
community information.
When I told my English friend living in
Australia about the plans to reduce
library services she was shocked. In
Australia, libraries are thriving and have
transformed themselves into community
centres with play areas, free wifi, cafes,
support services and training rooms.
Surely this is the kind of model that we
too should aspire to.
If we allow our valued library service to
be run down, it is unlikely that libraries
would ever be recreated again. Please
go online and sign the petition.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no-to-
closure-of-barnet-libraries
Kate Ferguson
Hadley Wood
Neighbourhood
Planning Forum Update
In December last year we held an open
Forum meeting in the beautiful
surroundings of the golf club. Around 20
people came along and we agreed details
of how we should be set up, the area we
should cover and so on. Our application to
be recognised as a formal Planning Forum
is now being submitted to London Borough
of Enfield. If they are happy with all the
details they will publicise the application
and then decide to recognise us or not.
Hopefully 2015 will see the birth of our very
own Forum and then we can start to draw
together ideas for a Neighbourhood Plan to
set out improvements and planning policies
for our neighbourhood.
A few details of our application
The Forum now has over 40 members
from across the area. We officially need 21
and are now way past this point. Anyone
who works or lives in the area can join. If
you are interested in joining please email
hadleywoodplan@gmail.com for more
information.
All Forum members will be able to discuss
and vote on emerging ideas for our plan at
meetings held a couple of times a year.
We have also set up a working committee
with 13 people on it made up of Forum
members who want to be more involved.
This group will do the donkey work,
assessing the character of our area,
drawing up draft policies and so on.
The Forum and the Hadley Wood
Association would work together in close
collaboration, with the new Association
Chair being on the Forum and vice versa.
We have decided on an area which
includes all the residential roads in Hadley
Wood plus open land fronting on to these.
LB Enfield will let us know if they are happy
with the boundary or not.
We WILL NOT be looking at individual
planning applications, these are dealt with
and decided by London Borough of Enfield
and their planning committee. However we
WILL be able to draw up policies for the
borough to use when considering future
applications.
Creating a neighbourhood plan will take
some time, at least a year from now. The
more people who want to get involved with
doing the work needed the quicker the
process.
Once we have a draft plan, everyone in
the area, irrespective of whether they are on
the Forum or not, will be able to vote on
whether the plan should be adopted or not.
Esther Kurland

21. Letters
Dear Editor
Hadley Wood serves dog owners well, with
entrances to our wonderful common from
Covert Way and Parkgate, as well as the
football pitch and the green field where the
fireworks display took place. As a result,
many people here have a dog. I'm proud to
be seen with our family's amiable, now
elderly, border collie walking the streets of
Hadley Wood at least twice every day. Since
he arrived nearly thirteen years ago, our
family have feared the period from mid
October to mid November, with loud
fireworks seemingly going off every
evening. This year we tried him on a
course of tranquillisers as prescribed by
the vet. On the main evening of Diwali,
as I set off with him for our early evening
constitutional, there was an explosion
so loud that I thought a bomb had
exploded, followed by similar bangs for
most of the evening. It sounded more
like all-out war than a Festival of Light.
Needless to say, whatever benefit the
tranquillisers may have had wasn't
enough for the task, as the dog
scuttled home terrified to sit shivering
under the bed. But that was as
nothing compared with the formal
bonfire display put on by the Association.
Even from our double-glazed house
towards the top of Crescent East, this was
Armageddon. The dog spent the entire
display hyper-ventilating, his heart racing so
fast that we were worried he wouldn't make
the end. If that level of reaction is replicated
in many other pets in Hadley Wood, to say
nothing of the small animals and birds who
make their homes in the vicinity, then I doubt
that the pleasure the display gives can
possibly be worth the anguish caused. My
discussions with other dog owners indicate
a bad reaction in many cases.
I wish that our government, in common
with many others around the world, would
ban private fireworks. They are now far too
powerful and noisy to be set off in builtup
areas, indeed in any place where sentient
beings are settled. Public events, though
contained within a brief period of time, are
just as distressing. I know how much hard
work goes into organising our fireworks
evening and it is the only community event
which brings all residents together. Our
family, perhaps thoughtlessly, used to enjoy
it until we got the dog. I would like to ask the
Association if they could think of another
event which could achieve the same end,
and if readers have any good ideas.
Yours sincerely, John Uttley
Dear Editor TREE RAT MENACE.I have with interest read Mr. StephenBlackburn’s article condemning the GreySquirrel. He seems to be convenientlyforgetting that the Red is also of the samefamily and the difference is the colour. Onehundred years ago the Red had a bountyfor its destruction and 65,000 were culled.They are not saints. They not only damagetrees but they are very partial to eggs and amenace to many birds and farmers. If wecull the Grey Squirrel our next generationwill still not be able to see the Redeverywhere in the United Kingdom as easily
as the Grey. The Grey, I agree should nothave been introduced to this country butthey are now here and we should let themstay. They cannot be solely heldresponsible for the decreasing numbers ofthe Red. The Red makes a tasty morsel topredators like the Red tailed Hawk andGreat Horned Owl. They are also very proneto the disease SQPV. I have a wildlifegarden and I have no complaints about theGrey. I have a small squirrel feeding boxinto which a small quantity of nuts are puteach morning and it is a pleasure to seethem feeding. Yes, no others are allowedinto the garden as he or she feels mygarden is its domain and feeders are notinterfered with. He buries the excess inmy handsome lawn and I am grateful forthe aeration holes – my lawn is neverwater logged. The holes are sooncovered by the next manicure. I feel theyare the first easy step introduction forchildren to wildlife. Observing theirbehavior and antics has always beenpleasurable for the housebound, infirm,elderly and children. They are highlyintelligent, fascinating, entertaining, avery good source for seed dispersal,and a form of food for predators. Aninteresting article titled ‘Is culling ofGrey squirrels a viable tactic toconserve Red squirrels’ by StephenHarris, Carl D Solebury GrazellaFossa from the University of Bristol. Ihope that this article helps to changeMr Blackburn’s mind with regard tothe Grey. Too much money is beingspent trying to tackle this issuebearing in mind that the ‘Red’ is nolonger the original red.
Dr.Marie Anand,
Fairgreen East, HW
(Our sincere apologies go to anyreaders who were upset by lastmonth’s article about squirrels.Editor)
11
Dear Editor Poor mobile reception
means more masts. Many of the
residents in Hadley Wood struggle with
poor reception on their mobile phones,
which can probably only be solved by
constructing more masts. In the past the
telecommunications companies simply
applied for planning permission to site
masts where it suited them and hoped
to neutralise any objections from the
neighbourhood on the grounds of need.
Telefonica and Vodafone, who have
recently agreed to share a network, have
decided to consult the community about
a new mast they would like to put up
beside Hadley Wood railway station,
before submitting the planning
application. This gives the community
the chance to influence the design and
location of the mast before the plans are
finalised. In the past the Hadley Wood
Association has had some limited
success in modifying telecom
engineers’ plans through consultation.
This time the Association is going to
work with our three local councillors to
discuss the proposals with the telecom
companies in the hope that a solution
can be found which is reasonably
satisfactory for all concerned. The last
time a major new mast was proposed in
the area was in 2004 when O2 wanted
to build a mast on the roof of the flats at
No.30 Crescent East which would have
been a real eyesore in the Crescent
Conservation Area and from Bartrams
Lane field and the Green Belt, with a
large number of residents living less
than 100 metres away. Discussion
between O2 and the Association
identified the least worst location for a
mast would be on high ground more
than 200 metres from any residential
houses in the line of trees along the
northern boundary of Bartrams Lane
field. It was also agreed that the mast
should be disguised as an artificial
conifer tree. The mast was going to be
shared by O2 and Orange but never
materialised.The Hadley Wood
Association and our three councillors are
ready to meet Telefonica/Vodafone to
discuss the matter and propose that an
artificial tree mast at the previously
agreed site should be taken as the
starting point for negotiation. We would
also like the mast to be shared with
another network to avoid yet more masts
being needed in the area. A public
meeting would be held at the HWA
Centre to discuss the proposals.
John Leatherdale

22. 12
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