The next Bring and Share lunch with parish friends will be at Christ Church Community Hall on Thursday, 17th October, at 12.30pm.
For further information contact
Mireille Stanton – email: mireille.stanton@gmail.com
Sue Bonnell – 07762 018864
Sara Bromfield – 07986 726309
Kate Woodhouse – email: katewoodhouse20@gmail.com
Sarah Olney MP reports in her weekly Newsletter:
“Hammersmith Bridge will unfortunately be closed for a series of 24 hour periods over the coming few months. This is to allow “jacking operations” during which the bridges seized bearings will be replaced. While I know how frustrating these closures are, I know many residents will be pleased that this work is being done and progress is finally being made.
The repairs will commence at 9pm on Friday 25th October, and continue on the consecutive Fridays at the same time until 25th November. During this period, there will also be a 24-hour closure on Monday 18th November starting at 9pm.
In addition, there will be extensive repairs on the footways from Monday 14th October onwards. To enable these repairs to take place, one of the footways will have to be closed from 9am to 3pm on weekdays. People will still be able to cross via the adjacent open footway. It is estimated that these repairs will take around 2 months to be completed.”
A link from Colin Clarke. See his comment to the previous post about the quality of the film. But avoid the bit about Jackie Chan!
The Pitch and Putt might be closing for the winter but the adjacent terrain is in perfect condition for pitching your boule at jack.
Comparing boules
A close call
Requiring close study and debate.
A fair spread
If you are interested in playing send a message in reply to the email.
BARNES HOME GUARD CLUB
A TRIP AROUND EAST SHEEN & MORTLAKE, 1850-1950
THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2024 1100am to 1230pm
Join us at the Home Guard for an engaging talk with Richard White, a BHGA member since 1994
Discover the fascinating stories of our neighbourhood’s past
Enjoy tea, coffee and pastries while learning about the rich history of our local area.
This free event is open to everyone, so bring along your friends, family and neighbours.
Venue Barnes Home Guard Club 76a, Richmond Park Road, London SW14 8LA
A local resident has managed to extract a response on the livestreaming issue from the Leader of Richmond upon Thames Council. He wrote
“The idea that this [livestreaming] would be cost free is a fallacy. The equipment we have will be used for the broadcast of committees happening during the run of the hearing so we’d have to see if it was possible to hire in additional equipment – current estimates are twenty five thousand pounds
Also, I understand it’s not a case of the council refusing, the Inspectorate advised iwebcasting would not be necessary
That said, I have asked officers to investigate alternative costs but twenty five grand to webcast somebody else’s meeting (the council is just the host for the event) with no chance of recouping that money is a hefty price tag.
This response is disingenuous. If he had had the slightest interest in the views and feelings of this part of the borough he would have given consideration to the local issues from the start.
A hefty price tag? Let’s know what Counsel’s fee are.
Putting the blame on the Inspector is typical manipulation of the facts – what he decides is based on what he is told. Regrettably we do not know that. But you can bet he was not encouraged to direct streaming.
Now that the Leader has come under pressure, primarily as a result of postings on this blog, we have obfuscation on the costs and availaibility of facilities. If the Leader’s concern is in not having too much local interest stimulated, all his actions will be directed to that. The local authority has given no publicity to the Inquiry. Their Planning website still makes no mention of a hearing date. You might think they are unaware the development as currently planned would change the face and education of Mortlake and East Sheen.
When eventually it became possible to see the note of the Pre-Inquiry Case Management Conference it could be seen that a decision had been taken not to livestream the hearings.
Inquiries were made of the Planning Inspectorate and brought the following reply.
The Inspector has asked me to respond as follows:
The Council is responsible for organising all accommodation and facilities for the Inquiry. It does not currently have an in-house capability to livestream events.
The Inspector asked the Council to investigate the possibility of livestreaming the event. However, he was advised that an external company would need to be hired to provide the service at a cost of several thousand pounds to the Council.
The Inspector consulted the five main parties on the best way to proceed. Having considered the responses, he advised that the Inquiry would not be livestreamed. In making this decision he also took into account Government advice for Inquiry venues (available at Public inquiries; Hearings and Examinations – venue and facilities requirements – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)) and the best use of public funds.
We do not know what ‘the five main parties’ said in relation to this matter because they were the only people allowed to attend and they have not disclosed their submissions. It was pointed out to the Inspectorate that the Richmond upon Thames Council website states as follows :
‘Welcome to London Borough of Richmond upon Thames webcasting page. If you have a computer and a broadband internet connection you will be able to watch the meetings live and for up to six months afterwards. ‘
It is well known locally that all Council meetings at York House can be watched live.
Enquiries have been made of councillors. They all appear to be affecting ignorance on the matter. If they had any concern for the local population they would have been pushing hard for this service to be available. Even assuming that the usual channels for Council meetings were not available, who decided it was not worth the cost, a fraction of what the Council is no doubt spending on briefing Counsel?
Synaesthesia is a type of ‘merging of the senses’. It is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.There are various types. Between 4% and 5% of the population are thought to experience it in some form.
People with synaesthesia may experience colours when listening to music, see shapes when smelling certain scents, or perceive tastes when looking at words or hearing speech. Letters or numbers may be perceived as coloured. People who report a lifelong history of such experiences are known as synaesthetes. Synaesthetic associations can occur in any combination and any number of senses or cognitive pathways.
Some synaesthetes report that they were unaware that their experiences were unusual until they realized other people did not have them. Is that you?
Is the phenomenon relevant to East Sheen and Mortlake?
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