£2 WHEN Prospect SOLD Charity Reg No. 1156379 Barnes Community Association Newsletter SEPTEMBER 2018

Barnes Fair 2018 Barnes Food Fair The culinary extravaganza that is We start working on Barnes Fair before Christmas each year Barnes Food Fair this year takes place and it is amazing – and perhaps a little sad – that after nine on Barnes Green on Saturday 15th months of hard work and three days of setting up, it only September, 10am-5pm. Tickets cost takes a few hours on Saturday evening for everything to be dismantled and £5 per head. We have for Barnes Green to pretty much return to normal. This year was no exception a wonderfully varied and thanks to our trusty volunteers, long-suffering students and longstanding selection of exhibitors contractors, there was very little trace of Barnes Fair on Sunday morning, once again. There will despite the thousands of people who attended. We are immensely grateful to be unusual and delicious everyone who helped out. Sadly we are unable to thank everyone individually, street food outside the although we try, but hopefully you know who you are. Unfortunately our marquee plus food to Committee is increasingly depleted so if you would like to get involved for sample and take home in 2019, please get in touch, [email protected]. the main marquee. Local It was a definite bonus that the sun tea specialists, Orange shone both on 14th July and in the Pekoe, will be creating a weeks before. And if this was the selection of tea and coffee last Barnes Fair Parade to take place, inspired cocktails in the Orange Pekoe’s then it was a great one! Thank you cocktail tent. There will coffee-inspired cocktail to Cllr Mona Adams, Deputy Mayor also be beer from of Richmond, who took such trouble Barnes’ Jeffersons in judging the floats and in awarding Brewery, as well as St Osmund’s School, Barnes Primary prosecco and artisan School, the Barnes Scouts and gins to enjoy. Music Brownies their individual trophies. from local groups, And, true to our French theme, we say including Verity & félicitations à tout le monde. Violet, will take place on the bandstand. Barnes Fair is always a great opportunity for shopping and many We are also running delighted exhibitors – there was even a series of cookery Verity & Violet one from Australia this year – have BCA Chairman Steven Mindel demonstrations, kindly written to say what a fantastic and introduces Charlotte to sponsored by Gibson profitable day they had. Shopping Cllr Mona Adams Young Solicitors, at the OSO Arts Centre, with a took place to the accompaniment wonderful line-up of some of our favourite and well- of new local music groups on the known chefs: bandstand and new dance groups Ian Salmon, Head Chef, Rick Stein, Barnes, on the events stage. 10.30-11.30am. Inspiring fish and seafood dishes Another highlight was the arrival of Raymond Blanc, Owner/Chef, Le Manoir aux Rick Stein in the PA booth where he Quat’Saisons, 12noon-1pm. Making the most of the chatted with Carrie Spurgeon, a key season’s produce member of the Barnes Fair team. We thank Rick Stein, Barnes and all the Phil Howard, Co-owner Sonny’s Kitchen and Elystan other local restaurants who joined us Street, 1.30-2.30pm. Sauces and dressings for simple at the Fair. As there is no electricity on grilled foods Barnes Green, a lot of organisation and Paul Merrett, Chef Director, The Victoria, East Sheen, logistics are needed when planning a 3-4pm. Delicious and innovative vegetarian dishes food stand, so we appreciate all the hard work. Our barbecue area with Tickets for cookery demonstrations cost £10 and are The Ginger Pig and @Feast was a new available in person from the OSO box office, or call addition this year and was very well 8876 9885 or online from osoarts.org.uk. For more received – a particular highlight was information visit barnes-ca.org/food-fair. Carrie and Rick a delicious watermelon margarita which provided strong competition to a glass of the infamous BCA Pimm’s! maers... The BCA recently reopened after the summer break in time to get organised Chairman’s Letter p2 for this year’s Barnes Food Fair on 15th September – see opposite. We look Town Centre Manager p2 forward to seeing you there and thank everyone for their continued support Grand Jumble Sale p2 of the BCA and all that it does for the community. Christmas Day Lunch p2 Fair Photos pp6/7 Charlotte Sharpe-Neal Dear All Town Centre Manager news As I write this following the BCA Barnes Changes in our shopping areas new administration at the Council and Fair, it’s hard to believe just a few days ago We are sadly losing the brilliant Truelove to secure a future for the Town Team’s Barnes Green was crowded with visitors, on White Hart Lane. Marie will be projects. barbecues sizzling and the Pimm’s bar doing missed not only because of the gap Inevitably, with a change of leadership a roaring trade. her business will leave in White Hart at the Council comes a change of Our thanks for the organisation of this Lane’s retail scene but also because of priorities, but I feel confident that we amazing annual event go to Charlotte the great support she has been to the will be able to push forward all our Sharpe-Neal, Julia Bebington, other BCA business community locally and to my projects with the support of the new Staff, BCA Trustees and our fantastic work as Town Centre Manager. The Cabinet. In particular, they have already volunteers, particularly Diane du Parcq good news is that Marie has found a given their support for the Barnes (Pimm’s), Carrie Spurgeon (Traffic/PA), fabulous business to take her site. Oh Bridge Green Walkway project and have Micky Forster (Books), Alistair Sharpe-Neal Darling!, a well-established East Sheen started discussions with Network Rail. (Site Manager) and Stevie McGarrity- gift shop with therapy rooms, will be One of the first priorities of the new Alderdice. Thank you all very much for moving in. We very much look forward Council will be to consult on a borough- putting this event together. to welcoming them to Barnes. wide 20mph speed limit and, as a Thanks are also due to our wonderful Reflecting the changing economy and blanket 20mph speed limit has always sponsors: Knight Frank Barnes, Berkeley property market, in the last year we been our ambition for Barnes, we will Homes, Apparent Properties, Winkworth have lost three estate agent businesses be supporting this consultation later in Barnes, Chiswick Honda, West Motor in Barnes. Barnard Marcus on Church the year. Company, Barclays Bank Richmond and Road went first and was replaced by This autumn it will be five years since Time & Leisure Magazine, plus all the local Ridley London. That was followed at the Big Barnes Ponder set the mandate businesses who support us. the end of the year by Hamptons on the for the work of the Town Team. We will The BCA Summer Fair is dead – long live the High Street, which has recently been be celebrating the power of community BCA Barnes Food Fair! On the front page replaced by our new jewellery shop, to influence change so keep an eye out you will find details of this event. I look Gerry Summers. In the last few weeks for what we have made happen locally. forward to welcoming you and to seeing Dexters also closed on the High Street you on the BCA Stand – conveniently and we are looking for a new tenant for Follow us on social media: situated next to the Pimm’s stand. Please do this great site. Facebook @BarnesTownTeam, Instagram and Twitter @TCMBarnes. stop and say hello. Town Team project update Emma Robinson, September always seems to me to be the My priority over the last few months Barnes Town Centre Manager start of a new term – the holidays are over, has been to build relationships with the the children are back in school and the summer is drawing to a close. This month the BCA is intending to start work with the establishment of the Men’s Shed project. We are grateful to the London Wetland A date for your diary Centre and Thames Water in allowing us The BCA’s Jumbo Jumble Sale this year to locate the Men’s Shed on the Wetland’s will take place at Kitson Hall on Friday car park. Richmond Council, through the and Saturday 5th and 6th October. Community Fund, have awarded us £10,000 funding – but we must match-fund this so This should be one of the biggest that we can build and run the Men’s Shed. jumble sales ever with a vast array of vintage goods at rock bottom prices. We need More details of this project coming soon. new helpers and good quality jumble, so please do contact Julia in the BCA office, 8878 2359. The usual flyers will be sent out to households in Barnes towards This month also sees the departure of the the end of September with further details and the website, barnes-ca.org, will be Reverend Richard Sewell, who leaves for a updated with further information. new post in Jerusalem. I would like to thank Richard for all the work he has done for the Admission on Friday, 7-9pm, is £5 and on Saturday, 10am-2pm, £1. BCA and the Barnes community at large. It has been a pleasure to work with him and we all wish him well for the future. See p8 This year the BCA is looking for for details of his farewell service. someone to organise the event at Apologies and thanks to Andrew Wilson, the Barnes Green Centre. There whom I omitted to credit for the beautiful is already an excellent band of photos on last month’s Prospect wrapper. volunteers willing to help with I look forward to seeing you at the BCA preparations and be present Barnes Food Fair on Saturday 15th on the day to welcome the September. guests. What we are seeking is someone to oversee the whole proceedings and full instructions will be given. The job involves organising the lunch but not necessarily Sincerely cooking it. We are looking for someone who is available on Christmas Day and who can give about twenty hours of preparation work in the run-up to the big day. It seems a very long way in the future but we need to feel reassured that this event can go ahead as it is the highlight for lots of local people who would otherwise be on their own. Steven Mindel, BCA Chairman For more information please contact the BCA office at Rose House, 8878 2359.

Prospect September 2018 2 Barnes Community Association Barnes A tribute to John Charity It is with great sadness that we report the untimely death in July of John Fashion Show Greenwood, who has been a valued member of the Prospect editorial team Barnes Charity Fashion for almost ten years. Indeed this very Show is back again on 10th issue is partly edited by him. and 11th October at St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Barnes, bringing together fabulous fashion from independent Barnes Universally described as ‘a lovely man’, retailers and raising funds for local charities including Friends John was a very active 81 year-old who of St Mary’s, Regenerate and Glass Door Homeless. enjoyed life to the full. His interests were many and varied: he sang with Fabulous local sponsors Knight Frank are supporting the Barnes Choir and had only recently event again this year. Tickets are now on sale in their returned from Le Pecq, our twin town 56 Barnes High Street office and available from the website, in France, where the choir had been singing. A fluent French speaker, barnescharityfashionshow.com. John master-minded the trip, which he reported on in last month’s The Fashion Show has been a regular feature in the Barnes Prospect – in the photo he’s the tall figure in the middle of the front social diary over the last eight years. Founded to support row. John visited Le Pecq – and hosted French guests here in Barnes St Mary’s Church and local business, it has evolved into on many occasions. He was a keen long-distance mountain walker, an unmissable and exciting annual event. The production spending many holidays in the Alps, but also organised less strenuous is thanks to many volunteers and the support of local walks for our alpicois guests. businesses. On point catwalk fashions from local retailers as An allotment holder and committee member on the Westfields site, well as live music, delicious food and wine and a ‘shop till you Prospect can now reveal that ‘Jack’, who for many years wrote a drop’ after party in Kitson Hall make this a must-visit event in gardening column for readers was, in fact, none other than John. southwest London. Last year an amazing £10,600 was raised for three local charities. John was an excellent photographer – you will have seen his photos in Prospect, and a member of the Barnes Literary Society. Look out for regular updates on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @barnesfashion or visit the website, and contact He will be sorely missed by all who knew him and we send our sincere [email protected] for more information. condolences to his wife Inge and his family.

Barnes Café Warm Bridge clothing If you haven’t tried Café Bridge needed before, now is your chance to enter and play in various Barnes Barnes-based charity Help Tibet eateries on Tuesday 16th October. works with 20 destitute Tibetan families in the Darjeeling area of Café Bridge started in Antwerp, Northern India, most living at high but now various London villages altitude and in poor accommodation. and other towns hold annual Café Bridge events. It is a duplicate During a Trustee visit in mid- pairs event – so you need to enter Barnes Café Bridge in Ask, 2016 September it is hoped to provide as a pair – where a number of Photo courtesy of Victor Lesk clothing for these families. If you boards are played in five or six of the participating cafés and restaurants. Your pair will have a have any clothes that you can movement card directing you to your next venue. At registration on the day you will be issued spare, please consider donating with vouchers for lunch in either The Red Lion, Sonny’s Kitchen, Olympic Studios, Alma Café, them. Warm clothes for all ages Côte, the Sun Inn, Pizza Express, the Coach & Horses, Hatchetts, Grande Maison or the Bulls are needed, particularly thermal Head – wherever you happen to be playing at lunchtime. underwear, tracksuit trousers, warm cardigans/jumpers, shirts and The registration fee of £30 per person will include bridge, lunch and a donation to the charities anoraks, although adults generally being supported, which in this case is Age UK Richmond and FiSH, so very much a local affair. need small sizes. Clothes will also be The cafés benefit by getting themselves known to a wider public, the chosen charities benefit sent in January 2019. Any donations and hopefully it makes bridge more visible and may encourage more people to take it up. would be much appreciated. Please contact Isabelle, 8748 6984. See This is a popular event, so don’t delay. For details go to: brianbridge.net/barnes2018. helptibet.org.uk.

Collectables Fair Wednesday afternoon Stalls at a Collectables Fair at Rose Art Group House on Saturday 22nd September A friendly and encouraging local art group will include jewellery, vintage china has a few vacancies for new members. and glass, Persian rugs, handmade Classes are held on Wednesday afternoons books, a new stall with ladies’ hats in Castelnau Library Hall with experienced and accessories and a new ceramics tutors for most sessions. Members of varied stall. The Fair opens at 10am and fresh ability work in different media, including coffee and home-made cakes will be watercolour, acrylic and pastels. To find out served all day. more please ring Fiona, 07522 924 678. Prospect September 2018 3 Barnes Community Association My Barnes Barnes Literary Sister Di Clarfelt is one B ARNES of the senior nurses at LITERARY Society Glebe Road Surgery where she has worked for 20 SOCIETY 2018/19 Season years. She trained at The The opening speaker is Fergal Keane, Middlesex Hospital and award-winning international correspondent for the BBC, discussing his has lived in Barnes for 36 memoir Wounds about people caught up in the turmoil of the Irish Civil years. War (1922-23). Fergal’s own family, from North Kerry, was involved. He Where is your favourite examines the long shadow left by acts of violence and how his family place for coffee? history has perhaps informed his own choice of career. Once again the Dolce Crema at the top of White Hart Lane. A perfect half- October event will be held at St Mary’s Church and BLS is grateful to way point when I walk my dog at 7am. both the rector and particularly the choir for making the church available on a Wednesday evening. Later events will be held in the usual venue, Which shop could you not manage without? the OSO Arts Centre. Please can I have three? The Barnes Bookshop because I love to read. Natsons is a real gem and a great supporter In November, BLS will welcome historian and renowned expert on Russia, of the local community (and Arsenal!) But my favourite is Anne Applebaum, Professor of Practice at the Institute of Global Affairs, Creations for buying tapestry wool and sewing bits and London School of Economics and a columnist for the Washington Post. She pieces. will be talking about her book Red Famine on the post-WW1 famine in the Ukraine and the shadow it casts over Ukraine’s relations with Russia Where did you have your last great meal? to this day. Professor Applebaum, as a result of her interest in Russia, has Côte. It is a reputable chain which always delivers good food developed recent expertise in the field of disinformation – her preferred and is only two minutes’ walk from home. At last that great term for fake news. space with lovely views of Barnes Pond will be full. In January, BLS turns to crime to hear from Abir Mukherjee, a crime Favourite spa treat? writer new on the scene, to talk about his well-received series of novels I don’t do pampering! My garden and allotment are my spa set in early 20th century India featuring Captain Sam Wyndham and treatment. Sergeant Banerjee. When interviewed on Radio 4’s arts programme Front Best thing a Barnes shop owner has ever said to you? Row, Abir said he still hadn’t given up his day job of accountant, which “Bring your dog in”. he is able to fit round his writing but, surely on the basis of his recent success, it can only be a matter of time? Where would you meet a friend for a drink? I love the Sun Inn, especially in the summer. They have February is a month which needs some humour and Adam Kay, doctor transformed the car park into a seating area where you can and stand-up comedian, can definitely provide this. His book This is Going enjoy the last rays of evening sun and in the winter it is cosy to Hurt is a graphic and no-holds-barred re-telling, based on his diaries, inside. of his time as a junior doctor. Adam is frank and funny about the strange and horrible things that happen to human beings and that we inflict on What would you do if you were Mayor of Barnes for the ourselves – you have been warned. He has since left the NHS to pursue day? a career as a writer and comic but remains a dedicated champion of the Put a few large wheelie bins near the Green in the summer. health service. People are good about clearing up their picnic rubbish but the bins provided are too small and not fox-proof. Prospect goes to press before the March speaker has been confirmed, but in April a trip backstage at the Old Vic is planned, followed in May What is your Barnes secret? by the final talk of the season in which two local authors discuss their Knowing where to find the kingfisher. recent novels and the joys and challenges of writing fiction. Rhidian Where is your favourite place to walk in Barnes? Brook’s The Killing of Butterfly Joe, set in 1980s USA, came out earlier Along Beverley Brook. It is so peaceful and you hardly see a this year and the film of his third novel, The Aftermath starring Kiera soul. Knightley will be released in 2019. Tor Udall’s charming and mysterious debut novel, A Thousand Paper Birds, set largely in Kew Gardens, was What are you reading? published in 2017. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. The final event of the season will be the BLS Summer Party on 10th Bus, bike, taxi or train? June; in previous years this event has sold out, so do put the date in your 209 bus. But I hate coming back from Hammersmith bus diary and don’t delay once tickets are on sale. station. The full programme is now on the BLS website, barnesliterarysociety. Dog, cat or baby? org.uk, and if you are a current member or have registered an interest in I have an 11-year-old Norfolk terrier called Diesel who is joining you should have had a copy of the brochure. For another year the just perfect! membership fee is being held at £30 for a single membership, and £50 for a double, so BLS is still the best value in literary London. If you would like to join email via the website or write to BLS, PO Box 28868, London SW13 9XH. Italian for Beginners Those members who were at the April meeting will know that BLS This course, starting at Rose House on Thursday secretary Noel Davison stepped down this year due to ill health. With 20th September at 4.45pm, will give you the great sadness it is reported that Noel died on 1st July. He was an skills needed to speak and understand simple exemplary committee member. Noel joined the committee in April 2015 Italian in everyday situations. For further and was secretary from 2017. He was responsible, among other things, information please contact Angela, for the lovely pen portraits of the speakers on the BLS website. He [email protected]. had a great interest and enthusiasm for literature, from which both the committee and the society as a whole benefitted. He is greatly missed.

Prospect September 2018 4 Barnes Community Association written summary (as well as other A project for church documents and information) on the and community Hall Project page of the St Michael’s website, stmichaelbarnes.org. Hard Father Stephen Stavrou, Vicar of Saint copies are also available from the Michael & All Angels Church, has asked project information table inside the Prospect to include the following in the church. September edition: The open evening was part of an “Thank you to all those who came to our ongoing process of consultation Church Hall open evening back in April. and reflection at each stage of the Over a glass of wine and nibbles, local process. The information you have a resource to enrich lives. Our aim is a people had a chance to see the work of a given will help St Michael’s to develop space that serves a broad diversity of number of firms and similar public projects, some initial plans (for further consultation, people, particularly our existing users, to give an idea of what might be possible of course) that take into account as many while offering a long-term and high-quality as part of our new Church Hall project. views as possible, as we move forward in facility for the future that is financially There was opportunity to talk to members providing a new facility for Barnes that we sustainable. If you’d like to receive updates of the PCC, and to fill out a feedback form can all be proud of. Our stated vision is about the new Church Hall project then expressing preferences and comments. You of a building that supports and enhances please email churchhall@stmichaelbarnes. can see the feedback, along with a short the mission of St Michael’s and provides org to be added to the mailing list.”

September evenings at the Wetland Centre This September, experience the London creatures you find – then finish the evening on site, their plumage, Wetland Centre after dark. Bat walks on with a cold beer around the campfire. This calls and behaviour and Thursday 13th and Friday 28th September event is suitable for ages 18+. you’ll get tips on how will give you the chance to see these to watch birds, what to September is a time of change when leaves amazing mammals and their astonishing listen out for and the are beginning to take on their autumn aerial acrobatics and to learn more about differences between colours and the migration season is just them with a talk by one of the Centre’s bat key species. starting, so who knows what birds will turn experts. Bat detectors are supplied to help up? Some might be stopping by for a short What’s more, on Saturday 15th and Sunday you identify some of the seven species that rest before continuing their journey and 16th September you can meet a range of swoop around the Centre looking for food. others will be arriving to make the most magnificent birds of prey such as owls, This event is suitable for adults and children of our mild winters. Green and common peregrines and kestrels. With their keen over eight years. sandpipers will likely be dropping in to rest senses and aerial agility, these avian hunters If you enjoy a cold beer (or two) after a long and refuel; and spatulate-billed shovelers are perfectly adapted for seeking and week at work and want to discover what start gathering on the lakes in significant catching their prey. This is a rare chance else roams the Centre at night, then perhaps numbers and will gradually build up over to see their talons, beaks and stunning a Bats, Bugs and Beers the autumn. On plumage up close. There will be daily talks evening is just the thing Sunday 23rd where you can learn more about these for you! On Fridays 7th September, join wonderful birds and the Falconry School’s and 21st September, a warden on a expert falconer, Ben Long, will be on hand spend the evening migration walk to answer questions about these wonderful listening to and looking to see what birds raptors. This event is free with paid for bats, and discover you can discover admission to the Centre. more about other night- and to understand For more information on all events, prices or time wildlife such as more about them. to book please call 8409 4400 or email moths, hedgehogs and The warden will [email protected]. newts. Check the moth focus on the birds traps and identify the Green Sandpiper by James Lees that are currently Maria Zuckschwert, Marketing Assistant

Barnes Film Festival Barnes Philosophy Club The 2018 Barnes Film Festival celebrating creativity The Barnes Philosophy Club is on the move. The in young film makers takes place from Friday 28th Club’s events in the 2018-2019 season will be held to Sunday 30th September. It connects young film in the garden room at the Coach & Horses pub on makers – and anybody interested in film – with industry Barnes High Street (rather than in the upstairs room professionals. Whilst the closing date for entries to at the Bulls Head, where it has been meeting in recent the Youth Filmmaking Competition has now closed, the Festival will host years). Other aspects of the Club’s long-established inspiring film events for all, including workshops, discussions, screenings programme won’t be changing. The talks will still take and gatherings, with leading figures from the film, documentary and place between September and June, from 7.30pm animation industries. to 9pm on the second Tuesday of each month. Visit barnesphiloclub.blogspot.co.uk for more details. Workshops in costume design, scriptwriting, animation and special effects will be held in venues across Barnes and a selection of inspiring, critically- The first event of the new season is on Tuesday 11th acclaimed films and new independent short films will be screened, many September, and is a Royal Institute of Philosophy talk with Q&A opportunities with their makers. by Dr Piers Benn: Should we want to believe in God? For further information contact For full details of all events visit barnesfilmfestival.com. [email protected], 8392 1362.

Prospect September 2018 5 Barnes Community Association BCA Barnes Fair Saturday 14th July 2018 As this year’s Fair took place on Bastille Day, participants in the Grand Parade showed their joie de vivre as French chefs, pâtissiers from a Le Pecq pâtisserie, artists in paint-spattered smocks, pierrots, bottles of Chanel No 5, Eiffel Towers, Tour de France competitors, Folies Bergère dancers, sunflowers, onion sellers in striped tops and berets, and there was even a French poodle!

Prospect September 2018 6 Barnes Community Association The BCA thanks Caroline Silver Lewis for her beautiful photographs of Barnes Fair. Visit cjslphoto.zenfolio.com/p934992262 to see more.

Prospect September 2018 7 Barnes Community Association Trump’d. Monday 17th-Friday 21st OSO September programme September, 8pm. The sell-out parody A varied programme this month at the OSO Arts Centre includes musical presented by Two Thirds Comedy the following events. For further details of these and other activities returns. The year is 2030. Supreme dictator pop into the OSO for a programme or visit osoarts.org.uk. Donald Trump has brought society to the brink, but as resistance grows, a reckoning Unbroken Festival. Friday 31st August-Sunday 2nd September. must come. Will the Mexican Resistance Popular mixed arts mental health awareness festival, produced find their way home? Will the last remnants of ISIS finally have their by local theatre company Shadow Road Productions, comes revenge? Is Arnold Schwarzenegger really a robot, or just that good home to Barnes. Join them and Richmond Borough Mind, Stage at acting? Find out on an all-singing, all-dancing musical journey of Directors UK, Wellbeing for the Arts and Sycorax Collective for a parody through the desolate wasteland of future America. fantastic variety of theatre, practical workshops, live music, original choreography, art exhibitions, creative writing projects, panel Walls. Saturday 22nd September, 7pm. In the early hours of the discussions and a Short Film Prize, all focused in some way on the new year, four teenagers re-enact the events of a New Year’s Eve vital issue of mental health. Events all day for all ages: party they have just come from and in doing so reveal the huge visit unbrokenfest.com for details. personal problems that they have all been trying to cover up. Through a mixture of rap-like verse and naturalistic dialogue this Shackleton’s Carpenter. Tuesday 11th-Thursday 13th September, play challenges the disconnect between who we try to be and who 8pm; Saturday 15th September, 7pm & 9pm. He challenged The we actually are. Boss in the ice floes of Antarctica. Now, alone and destitute in the middle of a still night, he challenges him StraightUp Comedy. Saturday 22nd September, 9pm. one last time. Shackleton’s ship Endurance sank StraightUp Productions bring together some of the in Antarctica, leaving him and his crew of 27 best acts on the UK London comedy scene. With stranded. Harry McNish, Shackleton’s carpenter exponents of the surreal, one-liner masters, poetry, and brilliant shipwright, followed him – and music and sketch comedy, StraightUp Comedy ensured all lives were saved – on a journey provides audiences with monthly unforgettable universally agreed to be the most astonishing nights of varied, fresh and high-quality comedy. voyage of survival in history. Presented by HiLo Mental. Monday 24th-Wednesday 26th September, Productions. 8pm. Sam is ill. In the grip of a depressive episode Jazz and Swing Lunch. Sunday 16th September, he is admitted to an adolescents’ psychiatric ward, 1-4pm. A glamorous afternoon with music Simon Danciger, Chairman the last place on earth he wants to be. But life can ranging from swing to straight ahead jazz. John OSO Trustees, shares a joke be surprising and sometimes the most touching of Bayley leads Five Go Jiving with guest artist with fellow Trustee, Cllr Mona relationships can be found in the darkest of times. Karen Sharp. Pre-order lunch and a glass of wine Adams, Deputy Mayor of Presented by Dead Man’s Hand Productions. along with your ticket. Richmond, at Barnes Fair

A course for Farewell to Rector Richard controversy All are invited to the farewell service for the Reverend Richard Sewell, Team Rector of Barnes, on Sunday 16th September at 6pm at St Mary’s If you fancy getting Church. Richard is leaving to take on the role of Dean of St George’s your teeth into College, Jerusalem from 1st October. The College belongs to the some challenging Diocese of Jerusalem and is a community of education, hospitality, literature, then pilgrimage and reconciliation. The post also involves being installed as a sign up for the residentiary canon of St George’s Cathedral. WEA’s literature Richard and JulieAnn in He says, ‘I have served as Team Rector in Barnes for over seven years classes starting Jerusalem and I will be very sorry to leave such a wonderful congregation and on Wednesday parish and such a vibrant community. The new post combines a number of roles and commitments 26th September from my lay and ordained ministry and JulieAnn and I are excited by this new opportunity.’ at Rose House, 70 High Street, Barnes, at 2.15pm. The Bishop of Kingston will preach at the service and will also commission Richard in his new role This year, the focus will be on texts on behalf of the Church of England. The service will be followed by a reception in Kitson Hall to from the 20th and 21st centuries which all are welcome. that have been banned or censured for a variety of reasons by various Richmond’s first Disability Champion authorities. Texts will include novels, stories and poetry from eight A new post of Disability Champion has been created by Richmond different countries including DH Council. Councillor Rob O’Carroll who was elected earlier this year has Lawrence’s Women in Love, The Last been appointed to fill the position. This is the first time there has been a Temptation by Nikos Kazantzakis dedicated disability champion for Richmond, giving the borough’s disabled which was blacklisted by the Vatican, community a new voice on the Council. Cllr O’Carroll is the ward councillor and the Albanian novel Broken April for Whitton, where he has lived with his young family since 2011. by Ismael Kadare. There are two He is committed to making the borough accessible for everyone and supporting inclusivity in terms of ten lessons each and the Richmond’s schools and workplaces, on public transport and in public places. He aims to ensure fee for the first term is £86. that Richmond becomes an example for inclusivity in London and beyond. Places are limited to 25 so, if you’re He will work with the Cabinet member for Equality, Communities and the Voluntary Sector to interested, please contact the WEA, provide a link between local communities and relevant local groups and the Cabinet, taking into 0300 303 3464, or John Moss, account the views of people with disabilities to ensure that they inform the development of new WEA Barnes branch, policies and undertakings by the Council. [email protected]. To contact the Disability Champion, email [email protected].

Prospect September 2018 8 Barnes Community Association Barnes Eagles Under 7s win The Great River Race another trophy The Great River Race takes place this year on Saturday 8th September. Prospect readers might be interested to know that Barnes currently has a superb under 7s football team. They have just won their third summer The first race took place in 1988 with 61 tournament in a row! entrants and now over 330 boats take part. Their website describes it as London’s Barnes Eagles is a very successful football River Marathon. The race takes place club founded in 1971 when the Barnes from London Docklands to Ham over 21.6 Community Association approached miles. A maroon is fired to start the first of Rod Tilley, the Club’s former coaching the boats which leave on a ‘slowest first, coordinator, to provide coaching for local fastest last’ handicap basis, with every boat boys between 6 and 9 years old. Based at individually timed over the course. Barn Elms, it now runs teams for both boys and girls from ages 6 to 18. For further The joy of the race is that such a wide information visit barneseagles.co.uk. variety of boats enter, some crews taking the challenge very seriously and others At the Elm Grove Tournament held in June in Whiteley Village: happy to participate for the fun of being Back row (l to r) James Metcalfe, Adam Collins-Moreno, Huxley Freeman, Sebastian Arney. part of such a colourful spectacle, their Front row (l to r) Jack Mayo, Leon Reid, Sammy Barrett, Dylan Evans aim being to raise money for charity and to complete the course. A popular school with au pairs Providing excellent English language tuition at all levels in a caring and friendly atmosphere has been at the heart of the ethos of the BCA English School for over 40 years and we do this at a very moderate cost. Students are actually surprised at how reasonable the fees are: £310 for the term from September to December. We will once again be providing a varied social programme. Last The late Audrey Miles, year’s highlights included tours of Buckingham Palace, Windsor former principal of the Castle and the Houses of Parliament; day trips to Cambridge English School and BCA and Bath; and a fascinating Street Art walking tour in the East volunteer – see July The race was inspired by the Dogget’s Coat End of London. Prospect for tributes & Badge Race, which is why the main trophy We re-open our doors at Rose House on is the Challenge Trophy of the Company Monday 10th September for enrolment. of Watermen & Lightermen. Competition There will be a coffee morning to meet regulations state that each boat must carry the teachers and fellow students on a cox and a separate passenger (honouring 11th September, and the first day of the Company’s historic responsibility to classes is Thursday 13th September. For apprentice and license Watermen to carry full details visit englishinbarnes.co.uk. passengers). Boats must be traditional, or a traditional-style replica with a minimum of Barnes Community Association English four oars or paddles. Each boat must fly a School (Registered Charity No 1157867) flag, be it a national, club, livery association Hilary Hawken, Principal or company flag. There are 35 trophies to be won. The race requires phenomenal organisation, Successful budding chess club with a crane service and a tow-down Desert Penguins Junior Chess Club was launched at Barnes Sports Club in service to the start being offered at September last year. A group of 16 children has been working hard under Ham and Richmond, as well as a crane the guidance of International Chess Master, Augustin Madan. Weekly service from South Dock Marina for boats sessions include coaching and friendly but competitive play. In this short period of time the coming from the continent and east of club showed good results in a number of London and nationwide tournaments. Amongst the London. A campsite in Ham is provided for most prominent are London Junior Championship finals, county victories, Mega and Giga final competitors with early morning bus services winners and nominations to the England Chess Squad. to the start of the race. Six Penguins represented the club at FIDE 2nd World Cadets Chess Championship in Minsk, The first boats are estimated to get to Belarus. The best result was achieved by Yad Rahman who Hammersmith Bridge around 11.25am and finished in joint 4th place out of 166 players. This was not Chiswick Bridge at 11.55am, but with so only the best result for the England team at this World many boats it will take a couple of hours for Championships, but the best performance achieved by an them all to pass these points, so plenty of England player in the Under 8 years category at any world time for Barnes residents to cheer them on. championships for the last 12 years. Anybody looking to see the finish should be on the riverside below Ham House Desert Penguins Chess Club is the only chess club in the UK in Richmond before 1pm, ready for the where your children can benefit from world-class coaching. deafening cannon broadside as the Race All local children are invited to join the ranks! winner crosses the line. Please visit the website, barnessportsclub.com, and follow For more information go to greatriverrace.co.uk. the link. Or contact Augustin Madan for more information and to enrol: 07513 301 109, [email protected]. Yad Rahman in Minsk Valerie Patten

Prospect September 2018 9 Barnes Community Association SMALL ADS SMALL ADS SMALL ADS SMALL ADS BED, NO BREAKFAST! CENTRAL BARNES – CURTAINS, BLINDS, SHUTTERS, TRACKS Adverts £1 per word, minimum £10, Delightful self-contained garden studio with AND POLES made to measure & professionally lineage only, maximum 30 words. Copy independent key code access. Double bed, en- installed. Bespoke service with competitive with payment by 10th of month to Rose suite shower, sofa, TV. Refreshments provided. prices. Locally run family business with over 20 House. The BCA reserves the right to Excellent transport links. £80 per night 07768 years’ experience. [email protected] 232 960 8541 4716 pantherspurrfections.co.uk refuse to accept any advert submitted. BESPOKE FURNITURE AND WARDROBES EDS & TAILS – DOG WALKING, DOG DAY 1ST CLASS SERVICE BY SQUIBBS OF MADE TO ORDER French polishing and fine CARE, DOG TAXI. Let us know what you need LONDON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE furniture restored. Contact 07849 525 616 and leave the rest to us. Barnes based company. AND REFURBISHMENTS. No job too small. BINOCULARS AND TELESCOPES available at Call anytime 07468 030 482 Fully insured. Member of the Guild of Master ‘In Focus’ at the London Wetland Centre. Open EVENT MANAGER specialising in celebrations, Craftsmen. Free estimates and advice daily from 10am-5pm. Contact 8409 4433 or fundraisers and weddings. No event too small or 07920 116 519 or 8876 0172 visit infocusoptics.co.uk too big! Contact Lara on 07841 121 387 or A* HOME MAINTENANCE: Carpentry, BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL Dedicated [email protected] Plastering, Electrics, Redecoration, Tiling, local bookkeeping bureau for small businesses FAMILY LAW Advice and guidance from an Plumbing Repairs, Luxury Bathrooms. No job and sole traders, including VAT and CIS returns experienced Family Solicitor in Barnes. Member too large or small. Free Estimates. and compliance with new RTI payroll rules and of the Solicitors Family Law Association and Tel 8876 2427 or 07592 605 731 Workplace Pensions law. Mary King 8878 4843. Law Society Family Law Panel. Gillian Tyndall ACUPUNCTURE AND CHINESE MEDICINE – mk-bookkeeping.co.uk 8876 8811, email [email protected] Mrs Lim-Cooper MBAcC 25 years’experience BOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD Paul Foster’s FAMILY HOME IN BARNES VILLAGE TO RENT 789 2548 Books paulfosterbooks.com 8876 7424 3-12 months, furnished or unfurnished ANTIQUE APPRAISAL AND RESTORATION [email protected] 07948 212 023 probate valuation, dispersal of estate and home BOOKS FOR BURMA Children’s picture, story FiSH MINI-BUS DRIVERS NEEDED for fully contents. Jonathan Dyas 8563 0120 or and fact books and secondary school textbooks accessible vehicle. We are looking for volunteer 07976 439 556 ajdantiques.co.uk wanted. Geography, history, science and maths, and occasional part time paid mini-bus drivers. ANTIQUE CLOCK RESTORATION AND atlases, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and young Training will be given. For more information REPAIR West Dean Trained, BADA. 8605 0331 children’s illustrated books 8788 3513 please phone FiSH 8876 3335 Mark Rowe M.B.H.I. theclockgallery.co.uk CARPENTRY AND JOINERY – Advanced FLAT ROOFING – Having problems with [email protected] Craft Carpenter and Joiner. Loft conversions, existing felt roof on your garage? Call Tom, ARCHITECT NIGEL HARTLEY, RIBA MRTPI extensions, refurbishments, kitchens, specialist in fibre glass and rubber flat roofing Barnes-based architect and chartered town bathrooms. Built-in wardrobes, alcoves systems. Free quotation. Call 07847 844 343 or planner. Building design – extensions, 8643 3504, 07525 761 387, email buildplus@mailcom conversions, new build. Planning application [email protected] FREELANCE PROOFREADER will proof and appeals. nigelhartley.co.uk 8255 8560 CATALUNYA, SPAIN 5-bedroomed house to let everything from leaflets to magazines, BAND – young cover band – great for parties brochures to websites – and anything in- or events. Wide variety of styles to suit any in tiny, unspoilt mountain village, 1 mile from between. I offer excellent flexibility at occasion. For more information call Jack Mediterranean. Garden and terraces, wonderful reasonable hourly rates. Emma Dawson 07881 348 007 views. Port de la Selva 2kms – excellent 8878 5663 07717 553 333 BARNES GREEN CENTRE restaurants. 8876 5280 [email protected] Space to hire for parties and functions – CHARTERED FINANCIAL PLANNER based in contact Amanda 8876 0827 Barnes offers independent financial planning GARDEN GETTING TOO BIG FOR YOU? Need [email protected] service. Please contact Philip Forrester APFS at someone to help with the laborious bits? Also BARNES WATERSIDE Room/own bathroom, Plutus Wealth Management on 3609 7714 or competent in minor household maintenance. parking available ad hoc basis £50 per night. email [email protected] Barnes Resident – Fabio 07778 670 280 Contact 07754 508 345 CLASSIC CARPENTRY. Nigel P A Gibb. GARDEN MAINTENANCE renovation planting B & B – ARCHITECT’S PERIOD HOUSE Bookcases and built-in shelving specialist, pruning and advice. RHS qualified. Flexible overlooking Barnes Green. Twin-bedded, south also some stair restoration! Forty plus years a [email protected] 07850 178 529 facing room with en-suite shower room. English joiner. Guild member. Putney. 07766 662 867 GO PAINTING AND PLASTERING – Interior or Continental breakfast 8878 4371 – [email protected] and exterior. Member of checkatrade. 07904 [email protected] COMPUTER HELP/I.T. SUPPORT - Experienced 365 898 B&B ATTRACTIVE HOUSE IN LITTLE professional, software error solving, installation, GROUND FLOOR GARDEN FLAT IN CHELSEA AREA OF BARNES – One double, hardware repair & upgrade. Broadband, MORTLAKE – To let 26th July-6th September. occasional single, private bathroom, suit single networking, training – contact Martin on One large double bedroom, one medium sized ladies or couples 8876 0686 or 07960 017 950 07961 389510 or 8741 7268 or email twin room and small room with a baby cot if B&B BARNES – CENTRAL. Double room [email protected]. Evening, weekend needed. Good size sitting room with TV and £70 (single occupancy £60), Single room £50 appointments only. internet. Kitchen/Dining area overlooking including breakfast 8876 6184 or COMPUTER PROBLEMS, I.T. NEEDS? For garden. £500 per week. Sally 07962 247 578 07764 612 420 prompt, courteous and expert help in your HAIRDRESSING – Call Irene on 07787 761 527 B&B CENTRAL BARNES – period house home or office call Sebastian on 3740 4006 or HANDYMAN – 1ST CLASS SERVICE BY recently refurbished. Two large double 07756 200 477 or email Sebastian@GO-4IT. SQUIBBS OF LONDON. No job too small. Free bedrooms, one en-suite. Two standard double co.uk Problems solved, intelligible advice. Full estimates 07920 116 519 bedrooms with separate bathrooms. Excellent time service. HYPNOTHERAPY, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND breakfast 8748 3186 or 07970 482 436 COMPUTER TUITION FOR THE OVER 50s by COUNSELLING Jill Marshall ADHP (NC) BRHP B & B IN BARNES Excellent continental mature trainer – Jargon free in your own home! UKCP BRCP NHS provider 8789 2548 email breakfast. Bright, beautiful double room £75, PC & Mac. Younger learners welcome as well. [email protected] single £45, few minutes from buses, Barnes Iris Hill 8995 2757 Station and Roehampton University 8878 1428 INTERESTED IN ARTS AND LANGUAGES? barnesandroehamptonbandb.com CONSIDERING ITALIAN CLASSES? Remember, See artsandlanguages.com. Be part of the it’s not how good you are, it’s how good community B & B – LOVELY HOUSE IN ELM GROVE ROAD Twin and double room with private you want to be. Lively, friendly classes from JEWELLERY: SILVER, GOLD AND SEMI- bathrooms, from £85 per night. Single room or beginners to advanced. For details contact PRECIOUS STONES commissions and repairs. single occupancy in double room, £75. Cooked Angela at [email protected] 07913 851 635 [email protected], or continental breakfast. 8878 9033, COSY FURNISHED FLAT IN NORTH BARNES jackdawjewellery.com 07775 815 636, barnesbedandbreakfast.co.uk 1-2 persons, 2 bedrooms, shower, sitting room/ LANDLORDS’ GAS SAFETY TESTS from £60 BCA ENGLISH SCHOOL (ROSE HOUSE) – kitchenette, parking, TV, broadband and own No VAT. Corgi Reg. 28811 John 07956 375 315 English as a foreign language. General English/ entrance. £455 per week. Short or long let. No [email protected] Business English/Conversation. Popular with children under 12 years. 8287 9885 LARGE BRIGHT CHURCH HALL FOR HIRE at au pairs. Small friendly classes. Excellent CURTAINS AND BLINDS BEAUTIFULLY St. Osmund’s Church, Castelnau with use of the Cambridge Exam results. Interesting social MADE. A complete professional service, tracks car park. All enquiries welcome. Please contact programme. New courses in September. fitted and alterations done. isabelspencer@ Diane du Parcq 8392 9070 or Maria O’Neill on [email protected] googlemail.com, 8677 8031, isabel-spencer.com [email protected]

Prospect September 2018 10 Barnes Community Association SMALL ADS SMALL ADS SMALL ADS SMALL ADS LARGE SUNNY HALL with fully equipped THE BARNES BALLET SCHOOL Royal Academy kitchen, and smaller meeting rooms for hire of Dancing Ballet Classes. For girls and boys, The BCA accepts adverts in good faith, but at the Methodist Church by the Pond. Further three plus. St. Michael’s Hall, Elm Bank Gardens does not vet inclusions. You are advised to details Church office 9.30-12.30 8487 8285 on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays. take up references where appropriate. LOCAL FREELANCE DRUMMER offers lessons Nicola Lister 8401 1005 for any age and ability – Jack 07881 348 007 TOP TENNIS COACHING, BARNES TENNIS Disclaimer MINGLING MAGICIAN – Available for parties, CLUB – Adult, junior, private coaching barbeques and events! Robert Unwin Shaw, The views expressed in Prospect are 07768 377 330 and holiday camps. Raise your game! not necessarily those of the BCA. toptenniscoaching.com, PAINTING, DECORATING and small building Contributions to Prospect are warmly jobs. Local tradesman. References available. Call [email protected], 07951 439 158 welcomed but the Editor’s decision on Dennis on 07900 241 243 TREE SURGEON based in Barnes. Qualified and content is final and correspondence PAINTING & DECORATING SPECIALISTS – insured. Tree planting and logs available. Please cannot be entered into. Barnes based, on Checkatrade. Free estimates call 07950 254 425 [email protected] Copyright of all images and photos and advice, enquiries@highlydecoratedlondon. TREE SURGEON – Creative Branchworks, fully remains with the owner. co.uk Call Richard or Jez on 3370 1690 qualified and insured local tree surgeon. Free PARTY ROOM TO HIRE – Barnes Rugby Club, quotations. Call Jack 07814 514 242 Editorial Team: Frances Butler, Mary Evans, Queen Elizabeth Walk. Large room with full bar Elizabeth Ford, John Greenwood, Ann MacMillan, and staff available at reasonable rates. Call Zoe TYPING – would you like a manuscript or other on 07977 407 499 or email work typing. Please contact Julia on 8878 2359 Valerie Patten, Julie Reichman, Gill Spillane [email protected] WIRED – get connected. All electrical work Layout and Printing: Carfax Cards Ltd, PENELOPE DUPRÉ CUISINE Imaginative catering covered. Checkatrade member, 25 years’ 76 Glentham Road, Barnes SW13 9JJ, 8748 1122, for all occasions. [email protected] experience. Mark Morris 07956 572 283 carfaxltd.co.uk. pdcuisine.co.uk 8878 4767 [email protected] Copy, Diary entries and Advertisements by the PIANO TUNER – Expert reliable service. Please 10th of the month to [email protected]. telephone James 8741 1384 or 07913 348 569 WEBSITE DESIGN Affordable, effective PILATES IN BARNES – ALL LEVELS Barnes websites designed without jargon or Copy can only be accepted if sent as a Word Methodist Church Hall – pilatesinbarnes.com gimmicks. Ring Anne on 8255 1883 or visit attachment to an email or as part of an email, 07917 475 589 skinnycatdesign.co.uk not as part of a pdf or Publisher file; graphics PLUMBER – Local man covers all aspects of WONDERFUL SEASIDE B&B. 2/3 bedroom and photos must be sent as separate file plumbing and heating, from a small tap washer cottage near Sidmouth (Exeter 30 mins). Coastal attachments (not embedded in an email or to a new boiler. GasSafe registered (54281) and river walks, coffees at The Mill, cycling, Word file) and photos from mobile phones can Paul 07973 665 097 or barbeques on the beach, great location for all. be used only if the quality is good enough for [email protected] 01395 568 704 [email protected] commercial printing. PORTUGUESE TUITION/CONVERSATION Published by , with qualified, experienced, bi-lingual YOUR HOME VIDEOS recorded onto DVD. Many Barnes Community Association Portuguese teacher 8878 1428 kinds of video and audio transfer work carried out, Rose House, 70 Barnes High Street, SW13 9LD PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND including professional formats. 36 years in Barnes. Tel: 8878 2359; email: [email protected]; REFURBISHMENTS – Tom comes highly 192 Castelnau, SW13 9DH. 07572 616 600 Website: barnes-ca.org Office hours: 9.30am- recommended by several Barnes resident clients [email protected] 12noon, Mon-Fri; Reception: 10am-2pm, Mon-Fri for quality work. Estimate free – Call 07847 844 343 PSYCHOTHERAPIST in Barnes. Fully qualified and experienced. Individuals, couples, families. Call Angela Buxton 8746 3905 angelabuxton.bacp.co.uk RAINBOW ROCKET CHILDREN’S PARTIES – Catering for children of all ages by a qualified play-worker and local mum. Themes include Star Wars, Disney, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. rainbowrocketparties.co.uk Call Jo 07900 550 784 ROME Elegantly furnished apartment for rent. Sleeps 3. Very good location (Monteverde Vecchio). Private Garden. £550 per week. Early booking advisable. Please contact Angela at [email protected] 8469 0670 ROOM FOR HIRE. Bright and newly refurbished hall at Barnes Sports Club. Ideal for parties, meetings, classes and other events. Bar available. Further details on 8748 6220 STRONG FOUNDATIONS EXERCISE CLASSES IN BARNES. Feel stronger and more supple. Improve your posture and balance. Have more energy. Join us for your free taster. Contact Claudine 0333 1234 334, vidawellness.co.uk TAILORING – Men’s and women’s made-to- measure. Stylish clothes, professionally crafted, experienced advice. Barnes based. Contact Tim Scam Prevention & Support Talk Jones 07771 665 650, [email protected] TAXATION PROBLEMS solved by local Barnes Learn how to keep safe from scams with Age UK Richmond and the Met Police Chartered Tax Advisor. Chris Cook MA (Oxon) Types of Scams : Scam Prevention : Reporting Scams : Recovering from Scams FCA, CTA, 8748 6933 TENNIS COACHING AND HOLIDAY CAMPS Barnes Green Centre WITH TENNIS4BARNES Action-packed multi- sport camp. Flexible bookings, 10% sibling Tuesday 18th September, 11am-1.45pm discount available. Call 07551 859 372, Free lunch email [email protected] or visit https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/tennis4barnes to book Booking essential: contact Janet, 8876 2377, [email protected]

Prospect September 2018 11 Barnes Community Association • Zumba Fitness, Sheen Library, 8pm. £6 pay as you go, • Beading Workshops at Stone by Stone, 23 Barnes High 07873 387 298 [email protected] Street, 10.30am-12.30pm. £20, including tea or coffee. DIARY • Desert Penguins Junior Chess Club with International Contact Sharon at the shop or Master, Augustin Madan, 5.45-7.15pm, Barnes Sports Club. [email protected] August barnesportsclub.org, 8748 6220 • St. Mary’s Minis, Parent and Toddler Group, Kitson Hall, Wed 29th Mondays and Wednesdays 10am-11.15am (term time only). Cost £2 per family. Contact BCA OFFICE RE-OPENS • Castelnau Community Centre: Café & Play, 9.15am- St. Mary’s Church Office 8741 5422 September 12.15pm. £3 per child, £1.40 under 1yr (free with full • Strong Foundations exercise classes – improve strength, paying child) balance and posture. Barnes Methodist Church, 12.45- Sat 1st Tuesdays 1.45pm. 2-3pm. Contact Claudine to book your free taster: Barnes Pond Collectables Market, 9am-4pm • Castelnau Community Centre: Pilates for all ages and [email protected], 0333 1234 334 (local rate), Sat 8th levels of fitness, 9.30-10.30am, £5. Goldies Exercise vidawellness.co.uk The Great River Race. See p9 (gentle chair based exercise for over 50s), 11.30am- • Barnes WI meets on the second Thursday of the month Saturdays @Sutherland, 10.30am-12.30pm. 12.30pm. 8741 0909 at 7.30pm at The Bulls Head Lonsdale Road. For more Chat, books, poetry. See Regular Events • Weekly circuit training for men over 50, Barn information contact [email protected] Elms playing field, 12noon-1pm, £5 a class. Contact • FiSH ’n’ Chats, Sheen Lane Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm Sun 9th Age UK Community Services Team, 8744 1965, • Drawing from Scratch (RACC). For details see racc.ac.uk Silk scarf painting, Rose House, 2-5pm. [email protected] See Regular Events • Urban Dance & Cheerleading classes, 4-6.30pm at the • Yoga Gentle 8.15-9.15am, St. Mary’s Church. First class OSO. Contact Natalie, 07866 833 040, Tues 11th half price. Please call first to check availability. Ali Gilling [email protected] 07900 957 240, [email protected] Barnes Philosophy Club: Royal Institute of • Italian classes (all levels) Rose House: 12.30-2.30pm; • Castelnau Community Centre: Positive Steps – back to Philosophy talk, Should we want to believe in 2.30-4.30pm; 4.45-6.15pm and 6.30-8pm. Contact work support, 1-3pm. Free. 8741 0909 God? by Dr Piers Benn. New venue, Coach & [email protected] Horses, Barnes High Street, 7.30-9pm. See p5 • Ashtanga/Vinyasa Flow Yoga. All levels of experience welcome, improve core strength, tone up and lose weight. • Barnes Community Choir, for all adult voices, no need to Sat 15th Kitson Hall, 7pm. Contact [email protected], read music. Lowther School, Stillingfleet Road, 7.30-9pm, BCA FOOD FAIR, Barnes Green, 10am-5pm. 07814 296 448 information 07958 690 749 See p1 • World Community for Christian Meditation; supportive • Tai Chi & Qi Gong – Learn and practise at your own pace, Sun 16th Barnes group meets 5.15-6.30pm for practice and dialogue. increase your energy levels and refine physical and mental Farewell service for the Reverend Richard Everyone welcome. 8748 3722 skills. Barnes Methodist Church Hall, 7-8.30pm. 07581 533 Sewell, Team Rector of Barnes, St Mary’s • Do-Re-Mi Babies: Fun performances at St. Mary’s Church, 604 [email protected] or taichines.com Church, 6pm. All welcome. See p8 Barnes, doremibabies.co.uk, £12 on the door Fridays • Healthy Necks and Backs, from pain to fitness at any • Willful Hatha Yoga, all ages and experience, 9-10am. Tues 18th age with NeuroMovement. Kitson Hall 7.15-8.15pm. £8 Scam Prevention & Support Talk, Barnes Green per class, first class free. Amanda Zeiler 07921 826 387 Baby & Me Yoga, postnatal practice with non-crawling Centre, 11am-1.45pm. See p11 amandazeiler.com babies, 10.30-11.30am. The River Room, The Bulls Head. For details and to book a free trial, contact 07818 254 107, Fri 21st Tuesdays and Thursdays yoganandyou.co.uk Annual Peace Day. Candle-lit vigil, Barnes • Pushbabies: Post-natal exercise for new mums and babies, • Strong Foundations exercise class – feel stronger and Pond, 8pm. All welcome London Wetland Centre, 9.30-10.40am. Members £8, non- more supple, with more energy. Barn Elms Sports Trust, Sat 22nd members £10. pushbabies.com 11am-12noon. See Thursdays for contact details • Barnes Bouncers Playgroup – mother and toddler group, Rose House Collectables Sale, 10am. See p3 • First Friday of each month (except January) Sheen Friday 10am-12noon, Barnes Sports Club. barnesportsclub.org, Market, Sheen Lane Centre, 9am-1.30pm. 34 stalls of Wed 26th 8748 6220 WEA Literature course, Rose House, 2.15pm. collectables, jewellery, silver, militaria, ephemera, bric-à-brac. See p8 Wednesdays Details Kaye Brown 8392 2042 • OSO Active Yoga Class 9am-10am. Fitness, flexibility and Fri 28th, Sat 29th and Sun 30th fun. All welcome, all ages, all levels from zero to hero. Drop in Saturdays Barnes Film Festival. See p5 £10 (credit/debit card) or book online • St. Mary’s Church Coffee Shop, supporting a different October yogaboutique.com charity each week, 10.30am-12.15pm. Fairtrade fresh coffee, • FiSH ’n’ Chats, 10.30am-12.30pm, Sheen Lane Centre tea and homemade cakes Fri 5th and Sat 6th • OSO Arts Centre, 11.30am-1.30pm. Ongoing watercolour • Coffee shop, Barnes Methodist Church, 10.30am- BCA JUMBLE SALE, Kitson Hall, Friday 7-9pm painting classes. Six sessions bookable in advance. Suitable 12.30pm. Fresh coffee, homemade cakes, Fairtrade products £5, Saturday 10am-2pm £1. See p2 for all with a little drawing experience. Visit painting.zone, • Saturdays @Sutherland, 10.30am-12.30pm, on Wed 10th and Thurs 11th email [email protected] or phone Stella 07791 400 362 second Saturday of the month. Chat, share your Barnes Charity Fashion Show, St Mary’s • Italian, Rose House, 11.15am-1.15pm. Intermediate, small favourite poems, browse the books. Coffee and biscuits. Church, Church Road. See p3 friendly group with focus on speaking and revision. Contact Sutherland Gardens, East Sheen. Contact emjsherwin@ Stefania, 8748 6418 gmail.com • Castelnau Chorale with Fergus O’Kelly, St. Osmund’s Regular Events Church Hall, 7.30pm OSO Arts Centre, Barnes Green, offers a wide range of Daily • Pregnancy Yoga, from week 12 to birth, workshops and classes for adults and children. Plus café, • Martial Arts Studio: daily training sessions for children and 6.15-7.15pm; Vinyasa Flow Yoga, all levels and abilities, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, Sat, 10am-3pm. Visit osoarts.org.uk adults, Barnes Sports Club. See barnesportsclub.org or call 7.30-8.30pm. The Stables Room, Coach and Horses. For or contact [email protected], 8876 9885 8748 6220 details and to book a free trial, contact 07818 254 107, First Sunday of the month yoganandyou.co.uk Age UK Richmond at Barnes Green Centre runs a • Silk scarf painting and meditation, Rose House, 2-5pm. • Richmond Legal Advice Service (RLAS) runs free weekly varied programme of activities throughout the week. Contact Durgamata, 07944 428 756, [email protected]. Call 8876 2377 or visit ageukrichmond.org.uk Normally first Sunday but check with organiser legal advice sessions at Holy Trinity Church, Sheen Park Sundays 8-9.30pm. Further details: rlas.org.uk. FiSH Neighbourhood Care offers help with shopping, • Charity Car Boot Sales – Friends of Queen Mary’s Wednesdays and Thursdays transport etc., to residents of Barnes, Mortlake and Hospital. Second Sunday of the month, Mar-Dec. Hospital • Paddock School café, 10am-12noon, term time only. Sheen. Ring 8876 3335 for details Car Park, SW15 5PN. Vendors from 7.30am-1pm. £5 Coffee, homemade cake, soup and granary bread served by blankets, £10 cars, £15 large vans. Buyers from 8am. £1 the students. Priory Lane, SW15 5RT (near corner of Upper Castelnau Community Centre, Stillingfleet Road runs parking for buyers. qmhfriendscarboot.co.uk or Facebook or Richmond Road) a wide programme of activities for children and young friendsqmh.com/car-boot-sale people including carer and toddler play sessions, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Thursdays homework and after school clubs; exercise classes for • Barnes Runners meet at Rose House for friendly local • Yoga flow drop in classes, Barnes Sports Club, 9.30-10.30am adults; theatre group; career advice and back-to-work runs: barnesrunners.org and 10.45-11.45am. barnesportsclub.org, 8748 6220 support. Community café, Mon-Fri, 9.15-11.15am, Mondays • Parent and Toddler Group, St Osmund’s Church Hall, term-time. For further details call 8741 0909 or visit • Rubber Bridge, Rose House, 7.30pm, pre arranged Castelnau, 9.45-11.30am. All welcome. Contact Maria castelnaucentreproject.co.uk partnerships. Carole Seaton, 8876 4411 8392 1803 Prospect September 2018 12 Barnes Community Association