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email: [email protected] The Voice of the Community www.ucra.co.uk & CRANHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Boundary Commission Draft Upminster/Cranham Recommendations -1 Distribution and 2 Income Collection/ Havering is currently going through a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for (LGBCE), for the ward boundaries and councillors in the Fundraising Managers borough. Changes will come into effect from the Local Elections in 2022. (Volunteer Posts) The LGBCE previously recommended the retention of the current total of 54 councillors and held a public consultation on ward boundaries. The Upminster We are reviewing a number of operational and Cranham Residents’ Association (UCRA) made a detailed submission, which areas within our Bulletin Team and are was based on retaining 18 three member wards and involved only minor changes looking for three volunteer managers, to assist in the Upminster and Cranham areas. for a few hours each month. At the end of July, the LGBCE published their draft recommendations, which were Distribution Manager for Upminster, who radically different to either those submitted by Havering Council or the UCRA. will primarily be responsible for managing Locally, these included increasing the size of Cranham Ward and drastically the distribution of the Bulletin on a monthly reducing the size of Upminster Ward, with Upminster’s councillors being cut from basis. During election time the workload may three to two. increase to a small degree. The Distribution Manager will need a car, as he or she will There were three main changes proposed - 1) The whole of the Dury Falls Estate need to deliver the boxes of Bulletins to the would move from Cranham Ward to Ward, 2) The Cathedral Estate team of Area Coordinators, all based in the and the east side of Upminster (including ) would transfer from Upminster area. Upminster to Cranham Ward, 3) Most controversially, the whole of Upminster to the south end of Corbets Tey Road (south of the river) would be transferred Two Subscription Managers, one for into Rainham and Wennington Ward. This would effect around 300 homes Upminster and the other for Cranham, who will be responsible for managing located within a mile of Upminster town centre, none of which have any natural the volunteers who collect Bulletin association with Rainham. subscriptions, arranging fund raising events Cranham councillors are disappointed at potentially losing the Dury Falls Estate, and encouraging Residents’ Association which has been an integral part of Cranham Ward for many years, and Upminster membership take-up. This will assist in councillors cannot believe the LGBCE’s irrational proposals for the south of the ensuring the circulation of the Bulletin town. continues, which in turn helps us financially to support local community groups within the A new public consultation on these proposals is currently running until 05 Upminster and Cranham areas. The use of a October. We will be sending our comments and would also strongly encourage computer with Microsoft Excel or similar is residents to submit their views on the draft proposals. These can be viewed and essential and would suit retired persons with comments submitted via www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/greater-london/greater- basic spreadsheet/bookkeeping skills. /havering . The LGBCE can be contacted by phone on 0330 500 1525 or you can write to them at Local Government Boundary Commission for England, For further details please contact Chris Wilkins on 07960 059 195. 1st Floor, Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL.

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you will be pleased to know Road Repairs Can You Help that our website ucra.co.uk has Exchange We have been chasing the With Bulletin Bulletins going back for a House Council on Road and Pavement number of years. The site is repairs. A number of our roads Deliveries? updated regularly and has a wide The Council have received a and pavements have been We resumed delivering paper range of local information as well. further planning application at recently resurfaced. Other areas copies of The Bulletin last the former telephone exchange really need attention. If you think month.We were pleased to be No Right Turn in St.Marys Lane at 180- 182 your road should be included, back. Many thanks for your kind for the conversion of B1 (Office) please me know and we’ll do our comments. We need volunteers May we remind drivers turning building to C3 (Residential) best to have it put on the list. to deliver the Bulletin in several right from Howard Road into involving demolition of existing rear extension and garage Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN roads. Station Road. Apart from being illegal, vehicles have been structure, rear infill extension We would therefore be extremely and alterations to the building Your e-mails grateful for any extra help people seriously holding up traffic and a large number of drivers have been and elevations to create seven can provide, whether it is on a two bed and a one bed flats with We love receiving your e-mails permanent basis or even just as a fined. Please don’t join them. please feel free to send them with associated basement storage area, one off. Delivering to most roads parking and amenity spaces. your comments etc to normally takes 15-20 minutes Shop Local, [email protected]. Please once a month. remember to include your full Water Please For people living south of Hire Local contact details. Many thanks. please call It has been great seeing our The Council planted around 400 Chris Wilkins on 07960 059 195. shopping centres becoming trees in the planting season. Many Parks Protection Anyone living north of the railway busier. Please support your local of these are following requests Service line (including the Dury Falls shops and businesses - Shop from your Resident’s Councillors Estate) please call John Tyler on Local, Hire Local! in our area. The Council’s Park Protection 07982 962 925. At the time of writing many of the Service can be called if you see THANK YOU trees could do with water. any problems in the Council’s Please assist and give your trees a open spaces or parks on 07904 Back Issues drink . 805 872. They also have an email address parkspolice@havering. We often get requests for back gov.uk . issues of The Bulletin often we may have copies. However continued on page 3

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2 Where are they book publisher, and returning to who has dementia. The BBC recently wrote an university to do my PhD. I’m now Every journey needs a plan. If informative article on the theme now? a postdoctoral research fellow at you or someone you know with park idea which can be viewed on Freie Universität Berlin, working dementia is finding it difficult to their website – bbc.co.uk/news/ Over the years The Bulletin has on my book on waterways in early wear a face covering, they have uk-england-kent-53552514 . been delighted to welcome young medieval culture. As a teenager got lots of tips and guidance for A consultation on the proposals writers. Their columns have with a love of writing but no you on their website. Making is now open and runs until been terrific, well written and on particular career ambitions, I a simple change such as the 21 September. For further occasions, started a number of considered myself so lucky to style or fabric could make a big information, see the London debates. The amount of issues have my own newspaper column, difference. If you’re caring for Resort Consultation website - they have covered is huge. where I had the freedom to flex someone with dementia, it can consultation.londonresort.info/ . We felt it would be a nice idea to my writerly muscles and compose be difficult to communicate with let you know what they are doing anything which took my fancy: a mask on, so they have shared Renewing now. Please see in the Bulletin, education, youth activities, the some top tips on how to do this the first of these from former arts, sport. Nowadays, I hope my too. Resident writing is a bit more focused and correspondent Beth Whalley, who For further information visit the considered than it was in 2007, Parking Permits attended Coopers and Coborn Alzheimer’s Society website - but I often look back over my school locally. She has had a www.alzheimers.org.uk/ and very first published work with We have received the following fantastic ‘academic career’ so far. search for ‘face mask’. fondness! advice from Havering Council Well done Beth! regarding renewing Residents BETH WHALLEY Major theme Parking Permits – News from Beth ‘Normally applying for and Wearing a face park proposed renewing Parking Permits is an I wrote my column for the in north Kent online only process, whilst those Bulletin from 2007 until 2009, mask when customers without access to a when I went off to study English living with Plans have been unveiled for PC and family/friends to assist Literature at university. There, I a major theme park in north are directed to the Public Advice nurtured my interests in the book dementia Kent, to the east of the Bluewater & Service Centre (PASC) in industry and medieval studies, Shopping Centre. The exact , where online assistance and I ended up doing a Masters The Alzheimer’s Society have some useful tips for wearing a site is on a peninsular north of is available. in Medieval English at King’s Swanscombe, directly on the College London, working in face mask when you’re living with Unfortunately, owing to the PASC dementia or caring for someone opposite side of the Thames to marketing for a lovely academic Grays. continued on page 5

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North Ockendon, which was well to look seriously at what was In addition we do have a paper attended and locals were against happening to the landscape in and application, which can be posted Havering building on this Green Belt site. around east London and south to customers for them to complete Gradually the number of dwellings west , particularly to the and return with their relevant Astronomical applied for was reduced until, landfill sites that were increasing supporting documentation. We in 2018, Havering’s Planning in size and number. Working with are also arranging for these paper Society talks Committee gave permission for 14 existing local authority partners, applications to be distributed to The Havering Astronomical homes on the Chairman’s casting the vision of creating a Community our libraries, should customers Society will be having two online vote. Forest with the community, for the wish to collect an application from talks in September. The Council’s Planning Committee community, was launched. there. The first will be held on recently discussed a further Slowly at first, the plan then Wednesday 02 September, 6.45 for application for 14 dwellings but gathered steam as others grew to Reporting 7pm start and will be an online with a different layout. Upminister appreciate the benefit of restoring talk by Dr Anastasia Kokori, UCL Residents’ Councillors Chris what was the London fenland illegally parked Centre for Space Exochemistry Wilkins and Ron Ower spoke at the landscape. The Community Forest vehicles Data, entitled ‘ExoClock project for meeting against the application. concept grew and spread to other the Ariel mission’ (re. the structure Ron stated that “The development areas of England. Within Thames Residents’ Association councillors of explanets). if approved would naturally Chase, sites for regeneration were not difficult to find as gravel have received a number of The second will be on Wednesday impact on the Green Belt. An complaints regarding problems inappropriate development is extraction followed by landfill 16 September, 7.45 for 8pm had spread through the area, caused by illegally parked vehicles. start and will be an online talk harmful by definition and should The Council have provided the not be approved except under leaving bald patches across the presented by Paul Money entitled landscape. Also, existing woodland following reply to our recent ‘The Vikings at Barsoom Part very special circumstances”, enquiry – adding, “I do not see any special and parkland had been poorly Two - The search for life’ (re. early managed and so creating the new ‘To ensure parking contraventions missions to Mars). circumstances here.” Chris pointed out that there were “....large Community Forest had plenty of are attended to as soon as possible, Please note the differing start scope. requests for parking enforcement housing developments elsewhere times for each talk. Further details in the borough and that we should can be sent directly to the The first sites to be restored in can be obtained from Liz on 07706 not be losing any of our local Enforcement Team via an online the 1990s were at Thorndon and 885 948 or e-mail via enquiries@ Green Belt Countryside.” Belhus and at Eastbrookend in form available via the council havastro.co.uk . website - www.havering.gov.uk Cranham Residents’ Councillor Barking and Dagenham. The and searching for ‘report illegally John Tyler, who serves on the Thames Chase team moved to parked vehicle’ or by telephone Ockendon Committee, pointed out the Broadfields in 1996, turning a derelict farm into an example on 01708 432 787 (option 6). The planned dwellings were larger Kennels of multipurpose forestry, rich on-duty Enforcement Supervisor than those previously given in wildlife habitats and giving can be reached on 07946 738 495. 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The Their aim is to raise a staggering visits, outreach .... if you can name wonders of Zoom stepped £100,000 for Haven House, money A Helping Hand it, she was there making sure it into play, which was a steep that will be crucial to the charity all went ahead smoothly! She was learning curve for some, but in the current crisis. Alcoholics Anonymous have passionate about astronomy and once members got used to the Mike said: “This is my 60th indicated that during the inspiring young people, and to technology and system, Zoom birthday year and my 10th year coronavirus pandemic they this end soon started the Young lessons reduced, leaving space at Haven House Children’s have seen a huge increase in the Astronomers, which continued for the formal meetings and club Hospice, so we wanted to number of people looking for help to meet at her house until very banter. They have also received a undertake something particularly with their drinking issues. recently. Frances was also a global fortnightly publication, produced challenging and memorable. The Their website - alcoholics- traveller, visiting all 7 continents. by one of the club members, fact that the current coronavirus anonymous.org.uk has a lot of She loved chasing eclipses, which keeping up to date with club crisis is making life very uncertain useful information. They also she witnessed in Africa and the news, articles and poetry written for the hospice, makes the timing have an email address help@ USA (when she was 90!). by members, along with regular even more crucial. That’s why aamail.org and can be contacted Her involvement in the features. every pound we raise from the by phone on 0800 9177 650. The local community cannot be During the lockdown Dr Mutel walk will be critical to ensure we AA will arrange for a member to underestimated. Frances also Kerr ended her Presidency, can keep making the massive call anyone who is worried about started the Boys Brigade in with Terry Smith taking the seat difference we do to the lives of their drinking. Cranham in 1958 and was a of Club President. Due to the sick children and their families leader and helper for 60 years, regulation on outdoor numbers across North East London and Upminster as well as an active member of of people meeting, the handover beyond. As someone who has Cranham Baptist Church. After ceremony was held in the new lived in Hornchurch my whole Dementia Choir her husband, Tony, died in St Presidents Garden, with his life, I’m proud that we’re making The Upminster Dementia Choir Francis Hospice, she became a daughter placing the chain of a real difference to many lives in has continued via Zoom, during prolific fundraiser, raising several office around his neck. Members Havering.” lockdown. Participants have thousand pounds to support their would like to thank Dr. Mutel Kerr You can read more and support increased over the weeks, as ongoing work. She was recognised for her year in office and would their challenge at more people have engaged with for these works in 2013 by being like to wish Terry Smith all the www.havenhouse.org.uk/ technology. We have a laugh, made a Freeman of the Borough best for the coming year. Please fundraisers/john-ogroats-to- of Havering. contact the Club Secretary if you joke and sing-a-long with an ever lands-end-walk increasing repertoire of songs, She was a true friend to so many, are interested in joining the club including requests! The choir is who will miss her love, laughter on 01708 250 855. Is your business for people living with dementia and passion. RTN. GILLIAN FORD missing out on and their carer, so come and join ELIZABETH WATSON. us on Zoom, just until we can News from free cash? meet again in person. 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20 that happens, the exterior of the Upminster mill will be completed within Windmill a few weeks. Lifting the cap and sails into position will be a Update memorable event but a wind free day is required for this. Courtesy of Friends of . Cliff Featherstone has created a Work to restore the mill had virtual model of the Windmill Installing the brake wheel been progressing well and was and can produce three- Until the lockdown, our garden due for completion during dimensional illustrations that can volunteers worked extremely the spring. Unfortunately, be viewed from any position. hard to develop and maintain events overtook this. e cap the garden area surrounding the had been refurbished in the visitor centre. The illustrations Dutch workshop, before being show what has been achieved. dismantled and returned to Upminster. It was being reassembled on the ground when the work was halted. A e ribs have been added further two to three weeks’ work will be required to complete the re-assembly and apply the weatherboarding to the boat- shaped frame.

e partially assembled cap is now wrapped until work can View of the full model showing the resume smock frame, gallery and cap

e sails and wallower are still to Inside the mill work is be built. We do not know when continuing on the refurbishment Assembling the cap frame work will resume though, once of the milling machinery.

21 will apply at other times. For full Local Businesses details of Havering Council’s car Over the years e Bulletin has parking charges please see the delighted in supporting our On street and car parking charges community . Each month we will website. Please remember you give you further details. need a ticket for the free hour so please ensure that you print If you have a new venture let us one from the ticket machine and know at [email protected] also check that the one free hour We also have several advertising applies to where you are parking. spaces available .Get in touch with We also would like to remind Martin for further details.. residents that from Monday, 13th July, parking enforcement Fishy Business was brought back by the Council for business and resident bays, Fishy Business in Corbets Tey Road current permit holders will receive has been a shmongers for about a three-month extension from 80/90 years. Terry the current this date. e return of parking owner has had the shop for 27 of enforcement is to ensure that the those years and has made sure the Borough’s road network operates shop has stayed traditional but also safely and eciently, in particular kept up with the way people want for emergency services and to to buy sh. Gone are the days of ensure that permit holders receive poaching coley and smelling the the service they pay for. Finally, house out. (Ask Terry how to cook e Upminster and Cranham ASSOCIATION COUNCILLORS kippers with minimal smell) buy Residents’ Association Councillors Upminster Ward Cranham Ward some of his marinated sh kebabs will continue to campaign for or ask for a leaet on how to cook Council car parks in Upminster Linda Hawthorn 01708 225451 Gillian Ford 01708 641317 sh and of course how long to cook and Hornchurch to be free for for. at least the rst 30 minutes, to Terry has stayed open through help our high street shops and lockdown and has delivered to businesses. as well as our residents. hundreds of local houses! So now is Councillors CHRIS WILKINS, [email protected] [email protected] the time to give back to all the local LINDA HAWTHORN & shops that gave so much when you RON OWER.. Ron Ower 07721 780372 Linda Van Den Hende 01708 223761 needed it, because they now need your support to stay open. Broken or faulty If you have the chance to visit Fishy Business you will see an amazing machines sh display fresh from Billingsgate every day. Following on from the previous [email protected] [email protected] article on parking , we would like If you need to order something call Chris Wilkins 07960 059195 John Tyler 07982 962925 to remind our residents what the 01708-224556 Council policies and procedures Or look at instagram page are, in relation to broken or faulty @ shybusinessupminster where parking ticket machines. If the pay you will see what some of our and display machine displays ‘Out customers have cooked from our of Order’ or fails to issue a ticket produce you must purchase one from the [email protected] [email protected] nearest available machine (within Out of Hours the same location) or nd an alternative place to park. Can you ASSOCIATION CONTACTS Please note Havering Council’s please report the machine fault on Commercial Advertising main telephone number is 01708 01708 432787 Option 2. You will Martin Flower 07785 244212 434343 . be able to reclaim any money that [email protected] e out of hours number ie has been lost in a faulty payment Upminster Organiser Cranham Organiser & Residents’ Monday to Friday 5pm to 9am machine. To do this, please Chris Wilkins 07960 059 195 Association Website and over the weekends is 01708 contact tracandparkingcontrol@ [email protected] John Tyler (07982 962925) 433999. havering.gov.uk and provide www.ucra.co.uk details of the location and time If you are reporting a problem on and date of the event. ese details the out of hours service where are required so that we can verify possible try and give the post code technical faults. e Council states and the exact location please. they will be unable to refund a payment if, when inspected, Town Centre Car the machine is found to be in good working order. ey further Parking Update advise If you have received PCN, e Council has announced that because a machine was broken, from Monday 3rd August, parking then you will need to follow the charges have been reintroduced PCN payment appeals process and in all Council car parks Monday make a note of the machine that to Saturday. Sundays will be free was faulty to park. from that date, on-street Councillors CHRIS WILKINS parking bays will be free for the rst LINDA HAWTHORN, RON OWER hour Monday to Saturday and all GILLIAN FORD, LINDA VAN Den day on Sunday. However, charges HENDE & JOHN TYLER

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