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PROSPECT Barnes Community Association newsletter

Charity No. 1156379 April 2021 Spring has WOOF! Discover sprung! the new BCA Dog Walk EASTER TREATS Everything you need to create a fabulous feast at home

UNSUNG HEROES Celebrating the wonderful work of some of our local residents

SPRING WATCH Wildlife to look out for with the BCA Greenkeeper

This year our Duck Race goes digital! PLUS! EASTER CRAFTS • RECIPES • TOWN TEAM • COMMUNITY NEWS • WORD SEARCH & MORE... winkworth.co.uk/barnes

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WINKWORTH BARNES 020 8255 0088 2 Barnes High Street, Barnes, London SW13 9LB [email protected] | winkworth.co.uk/barnes Contact us General enquiries including Welcome membership: …to our spring edition of the BCA’s Prospect newsletter. 020 8878 2359 [email protected] This edition sees us look ahead with real optimism www.barnes-ca.org to the spring - buoyed by your lovely feedback on the new-look Prospect - and offer a warm welcome to new Barnes Community Association members who have joined us in our quest to support Rose House the community and our projects. 70 Barnes High Street As the weather becomes a little kinder, we give London, SW13 9LD an insight into what to look out for in our local green spaces from the BCA Prospect team: Greenkeeper, Russell, on page 18, plus some of my handy hints as a keen gardener and member of the Barnes in Bloom team. Julia Bebington, Sophie Farrah, Leyla Hutchings, Tom Pearce We share the details of our first two (Covid-compliant!) events of 2021 - with an Emma Robinson & Charlotte exciting virtual Duck Race and the new BCA Barnes Dog Walk coming up in Sharpe-Neal April, complete with treats and prizes to be won! [email protected] And we also pay grateful thanks to all of those who helped us through the last few dark months - take a look at our Unsung Heroes feature on page 22 for a Design by Farrah & Pearce celebration of our community caretakers. farrahandpearce.com Barnes is truly at its best when its people pull together and Follow the BCA: Join the push on - so let us power towards a much brighter future BCA today at @BCA4Barnes for all on the not-too-distant horizon. barnes-ca.org/ @BarnesTownTeam membership @barnescommunityassociation Wishing you a positive and peaceful springtime, or see form @barnesfairs Nicki Urquhart on page 29

Cover imgaes: Duckling by Kerin Gedge (Unsplash), lemon tart by Liesel Bockl - Pasticceria Leo (see page 24) BCA Chairman Join the BCA to support our community and our projects

☞ Vaccination programme deliveries and which complements the food costs for FiSH to make and Our Town Centre Manager Emma Ginger’s electric cargo bikes used by deliver over 120 Christmas Day Robinson took on the job of collecting new local online shop, Mytown Shops. lunches to elderly residents in the area. and co-ordinating (350+) volunteers ☞ BCA tech appeal ☞ WhatsApp groups for the local vaccination programme, We launched an appeal for laptops Do you know your neighbours? with patients praising it for its stream- and tablets to be re-purposed for Chances are you do, following the lined efficiency with a smile. local school children to use to access BCA’s scheme, set up during the first ☞ A bevy of bikes! much-needed educational resources. lockdown to connect local residents BCA Trustee Raphael Zachary- We were inundated with generous do- with others living on their street, so Younger set up a cargo bike delivery nations from across our community, that the more vulnerable could receive scheme last year to collect prescrip- making a real impact in combatting help and support, and to increase com- tions from local pharmacies and this local digital poverty. munity engagement. We know that has gone from strength to strength. ☞ Christmas Day lunch over 85 groups have been formed since Meanwhile Emma Robinson has A procession of Barnes Runners and our launch and reports are that these successfully won a grant for a new supporters successfully completed groups continue to grow - some streets electric cargo bike which several local and/or donated to our annual BCA are planning post-lockdown street businesses are using for their home Turkey Run, raising money to cover parties to put faces to usernames!

2 Springin Barnes The BCA Prospect team share what's special about spring in Barnes and which local treats they hope to receive from the Easter bunny...

Charlotte Sharpe-Neal Find out more

Prospect & BCA Barnes Fairs Organiser about our new BCA Dog Walk "Longer days mean longer dog walks and our favourite Sunday morning stroll takes us along on 24 April! the river, where we admire the precariously (See page 6) balanced heronry in one particular plane tree. We continue up to Hammersmith Bridge, cross back down Queen Elizabeth Walk and stop at Barnes Express for the Sunday papers and a croissant.

What I’d really like for Easter... For Easter I will happily settle for a Creme Egg from Natsons and one of these silver leaf print scarves from Bazar, in duck egg blue - appropriately."

Julia Bebington Prospect contributor & BCA Office Manager "Spring is a time when everyone starts coming out of hibernation! So it’s always a good time to meet up with friends over a spot of lunch and a bottle of wine - government restrictions allowing! There are so many lovely local eateries - though the black spaghetti with prawns at Arte Chef is one of my favourites - I missed it so much during lockdown!

What I’d really like for Easter... I would love a bunch of white hyacinths. Or a big bunch of tulips - my favourites are parrot tulips in a fresh spring white or a vibrant pinky red. Sun Inn Flowers sells a wonderful selection."

3 Farrah & Pearce Sophie Farrah & Tom Pearce Prospect designers & contributors "We are huge animal lovers and springtime in Barnes is wonderful for wildlife spotting. We're lucky enough to have lots of birds in the garden (who often nest in our electricity meter box!), we love going to the Wetlands Centre to see the otters, ducks and more, and of course all the new life on the pond is just lovely to witness.

What we’d really like for Easter... We'd love some freshly-baked hot cross buns from GAIL's or The Parish Bakery, and some delicious loose leaf tea from Orange Pekoe. A match made in heaven!"

Leyla Hutchings Prospect subeditor & BCA Membership Secretary "I am always cheered by the rows of brilliant daffodils on Barnes Green - courtesy of the BCA Greenkeeper and his team of bulb-planting volunteers. Such an uplifting sight as we leave the winter behind us.

What I’d really like for Easter... I shall be treating myself to a Ginger Spice fresh juice from Dolce Crema - its sunny colours will echo the golden flowers and hopefully counteract the Easter chocolate!"

Emma Robinson Town Centre Manager and co-ordinator of the amazing volunteer efforts for the Barnes Covid-19 vaccination centre "I just love spring in Barnes. For me it is about longer days, spring flowers, warmer weather and Easter treats. We are privileged to have so many gorgeous walks to enjoy where we can watch nature come to life. I also love St Michael’s services at Easter time with the children. Don’t miss the BCA Virtual What I’d really like for Easter... Duck Race on For me, Easter is about chocolate. I love to Easter Saturday pluck Lindt bunnies bought from Londis (see page 14) straight out of the fridge!"

Events Introducing the BCA Barnes Dog Walk! Leads at the ready! The BCA is launching a new community fundraising event, and your four-legged friend is invited too...

We hope that Barnes’ dog lovers Clinton Dylan image: Dog will support our new community fundraising event and book a place on the new BCA Barnes Dog Walk! This fun event will take place on Saturday 24 April and starts with registration at the BCA gazebo at Vine Road Recreation Ground. The All money raised will go to supporting At Tideway Yard, there will be Friends of Barnes Common will the work of the BCA (see page 2 for complimentary coffee and water for be selling coffees and refreshments details) - due to the cancellation of dogs - and hopefully a Prosecco Bar! throughout the day from their café in all our fundraising events last year we We are delighted that the Barnes the Vine Road pavilion. hope this one will be a big success! Goldens (pictured below), a group of This will be a socially We are very grateful for the local golden retrievers, will be making distanced event and support of our sponsors an appearance at our event and look you can book your Marston Properties, forward to seeing them there. place and choose (marstonproperties. your registration co.uk) and our walk time online at will officially end Impawtant barnes-ca.org/events. at Tideway Yard information Registration takes place (pictured above), one every half hour between 10am of their three local Date: Saturday 24 April and 2.30pm. properties. Marstons Time: 10am - 2.30pm Entry is £10 per dog and each also own The Old Entry: £10 per dog inc. doggy bag (human) participant will be Power Station and Register at barnes-ca.org/events given a doggy bag with a specially Foundry Mews and have been working in SW designed route map plus dog treats Drawing by and entry into our BCA raffle. Seren Adams London for over 125 years. (aged 5) Image: Farrah & Pearce

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All the latest from in and around Barnes More Barnes groups Well done! The list of Barnes groups featured The BCA congratulates Simon in the December Prospect is still Danciger, OSO Chairman on his available on our website, barnes-ca. recent MBE, awarded for services to org. Other local groups to note include the community. For OSO info, see Barnes Cycling Club at barnescycling- osoarts.org.uk club.co.uk who are always looking for new members and BYT Experimental Meet Mercer Theatre Group - they work out of Castelnau Community Centre and This long-established family business, based locally in Foundry Mews, is can be contacted at [email protected] behind the White Rabbit book but Support the Vine they also work on all kinds of other publishing and advertising projects Road project including photography. Run by Simon White rabbits and Zoe Mercer, you can contact them The Friends of Barnes Common have at mercerdesign.com recently applied for a grant from It is 10 years since Barnes' White the Mayor’s GLA Resilience Fund Rabbit, aka local artist Spike, and are now crowdfunding to show appeared on the streets of Barnes, at local community support for their BCA events and, occasionally, sitting development plans. Funding will on the wall by the Thames. In help test some elements of celebration, local business the plan which includes Mercer Design has more outdoor seating Got a story? produced a book with for the café, an outdoor quirky contributions Email us at classroom and a tem- and quotes from locals [email protected] porary pump track for with ideas for and fans from further skateboarders, scooters future issues afield, including Russia, and roller bladers. Show Serbia and Japan. The 10 your support by registering chapters are individually at Vine Rd Project, Engaging the themed and the book will be Community (spacehive.com) - you can available locally - for info and to also comment, volunteer and make a follow the antics of White Rabbit, go Turner's view pledge for as little as £2. The campaign to facebook.com/barneswhiterabbit or will be live until May. instagram @barnes_white_rabbit An 1827 painting by Turner shows the Thames viewed from Mortlake Terrace where Tideway Yard and The Old Power Station were built in 1901. These two historic buildings are owned by Marston Properties and were converted into 50 award-winning offices in 1986. A community of creative and enterprising businesses, including Rick Stein, Barnes are based there. Marstons are the BCA Barnes Dog Walk sponsor and they have a few offices available at the Old Power Station and Foundry Mews and ask anyone interested to get in touch at [email protected] 7 Notices

Notes of spring festival patron, an opera by Barnes Barnes Music Festival, 17-30 May composer Stephen Dodgson, plus has a varied programme of music piano and guitar recitals, beautiful and theatrical events planned at chamber music and a family matinee different local venues. The Festival of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes has a storytelling theme and includes and Marvellous Music. For tickets and a event with Gyles Brandreth, the info, see barnesmusicfestival.com

BCA Events 2021 Sadly we have had to cancel this year’s Barnes Fair, but we hope to stage an expanded Barnes Food Fair on Saturday 18 September. This will include some of our favourite Fair ex- hibitors together with the small foodie Enlightened local Home sweet home businesses that the Food Fair always celebrates. It can only take place with business UK charity Refugees at Home are permission from Richmond Council always looking for new hosts to help Rather than throwing out your used so keep an eye on barnes-ca.org to look after refugees and asylum seekers check on progress. candles, these beautiful candles and hope to work with more Barnes from local business Pott can be residents. If you have a spare room and Vi interessa la storia refilled. The pots are hand-thrown are interested, see refugeesathome.org at Wimbledon Art Studio and filled for details. Emergency help is needed dell'arte Italiana? with a custom-made sustainable for a short period but they need help natural wax that lasts about over a longer term basis too - the If so, then you might be 60 hours. Candles cost £45 interested in a 4-week on- charity also needs volunteers and and refills £20 but Pott is professional home visitors. line course to learn about offering Prospect readers a the mysterious Etruscan 25% discount - there is also a Crack the code! civilization which lovely 'MatchPott' for storing flourished in central Italy matches. Order at The BCA now has its own QR code - between the 8th and 3rd pottcandles.com, quoting see below. It takes you directly to the century BCE. The course LOCAL25. Products will be membership page of our website so is delivered in Italian so delivered to SW13 for free. now it’s even easier to join us. you can also brush up on the language - for more info, contact [email protected] Quick reactions Congratulations Farrah & Pearce, Prospect designers, for creating a website for local business Sun Inn Flowers virtually overnight after the stall was closed due to the lockdown - you can now order beautiful bouquets and vouchers online at suninnflowers.com. If you need a website or other design work, speak to Sophie at [email protected] 8 Barnes Town Team Follow Emma on Instagram at and her remit is to help @tcmbarnes Barnes map attract new, independ- hits the street! ent shops to Barnes, make local shops more popular with The new Barnes map is set to residents, build on the image of be installed at five locations Barnes as a tourist destination (as a across Barnes over the next way of increasing shoppers’ footfall) few weeks. The new map, which has and to work with traders to fight for been commissioned by the BCA from their interests. Matched funding Barnes Fair regular Holly Francesca Emma Robinson became the Town for the Town Centre Manager’s and funded by a grant from the Centre Manager in 2012. Her work in this essential community Council, aims to guide visitors to key area of responsibility extends from service is provided by the BCA and attractions in Barnes. North Barnes to White Hart Lane, the Council.

Image: Andrew Wilson New businesses come Drinking fountain to Barnes Barnes Bridge Despite the retail crisis, new business- update es seem keen to open in Barnes. feasibility study Following the success of our During the last few lockdowns Last year we were successful outdoor cinema fundraiser, we welcomed a number of new in applying for a grant to assess and with the help of our businesses including SW Ski the feasibility of our ambitions to fabulous little fundraiser Sophie and WOS to key sites on the restore the original Barnes Bridge to Smedley, we have finally managed High Street and Church Road. community use as a green walkway. to secure the funds we need for our We are also soon to welcome We have commissioned Network Rail- shiny new fountain (pictured) a new Indian restaurant, approved contractors to carry out this and have secured the agreement Chakra, to White Hart Lane. work and are waiting for their report. of the Council for its new home Whilst this positive trend Once we know how feasible our plans on Barnes Green. Our new defies the gloomy national are, and how much restoration and drinking fountain will be in- prospect, it doesn’t mean installation of access will cost, we can stalled next to the OSO in time that we won’t lose businesses over plan next steps with the Councils for the warmer weather (and hopefully the coming months. It’s been really either side of the river. we will all be able to use it!) tough for many of our businesses, the majority of whom have been closed now for much of the year. They need our support more than ever to keep them going. Please shop local where you can and particularly do what you can to support the businesses by Hammersmith Bridge. Image: one-world design one-world Image: Image: Dylan Clinton

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Electric cargo bike High Street We have welcomed a shiny new improvements electric cargo bike to Barnes, the result of a successful grant application Following the High Street to a scheme supported by Richmond consultation, Raphael, our Council and funded by TfL. The Environmental lead, and I bike is being lent to local businesses met with Council officers and for their home deliveries. Londis has councillors to discuss next steps. The consultation showed strong objection

Image: Dylan Clinton already jumped at the opportunity to take its daily home deliveries from car to the removal of all the parking bays Essex House’s to cargo bike. Over the next few weeks on the north side of the High Street so the bike will also be used by &Feast we have agreed to reinstate a number Covid-19 vaccination and Sun Inn Flowers. of bays to support businesses with loading and to provide some pedestri- hub success an refuge. The scheme has now been approved by the Council’s Transport I have been busy co-ordinating volun- Committee and so moves to the next teers for the vaccination programme stage. Watch this space! at the Essex House hub. It takes 28 volunteers to support a one-day clinic but there is no shortage of help from For updates from Emma and to the community. Over 15,000 vaccines sign up to receive her quarterly had been delivered by the amazing Town Centre Manager bulletins team at Essex House at the point of visit barnes-ca.org going to press. London Central It’s time to see things differently. Clerkenwell & City Kensington Knightsbridge We do things a little differently at Winkworth – we see the Notting Hill Paddington & Bayswater things that other agents miss; the things that make a house a Pimlico & Westminster IT’S NOT THAT South Kensington home. Quite simply, whether you live in the country or central St John’s Wood London we’d love to tell you more about what we’d do to sell or West End West let your home and provide you with a free market appraisal. Chiswick Ealing & Acton Fulham WINKWORTH Just give your local office a call and we’ll pop round at a time Fulham & Parsons Green Hammersmith that suits you. Kensal & Queen’s Park North Kensington Shepherd’s Bush Winkworth. See things differently. South Barnes HAS MORE Battersea Beckenham Blackheath Cheam Chislehurst Clapham Crystal Palace Dulwich THAN 180 Greenwich Herne Hill Kennington New Cross Putney Richmond Southfields Streatham YEARS OF Surbiton Surrey Quays Tooting Lincolnshire West Norwood Wimbledon Bourne Worcester Park Grantham Lincoln North Barnet HISTORY… Sleaford Nottinghamshire Borehamwood & Elstree Colindale Newark Crouch End Nottingham Enfield Norfolk Finchley Poringland Golders Green Harringay Harrow Cambridgeshire Hendon Highbury It’s that we have 60 offices in Market Deeping Highgate Islington Kentish Town London and over 100 offices Kingsbury Hertfordshire Palmers Green Gloucestershire Willesden Green London Colney nationally and internationally… Cheltenham East Bow Buckinghamshire Hackney North Somerset Berkshire Beaconsfield Shoreditch

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2 Barnes High Street, SW13 9LB [email protected] London Central It’s time to see things differently. Clerkenwell & City Kensington Knightsbridge We do things a little differently at Winkworth – we see the Notting Hill Paddington & Bayswater things that other agents miss; the things that make a house a Pimlico & Westminster IT’S NOT THAT South Kensington home. Quite simply, whether you live in the country or central St John’s Wood London we’d love to tell you more about what we’d do to sell or West End West let your home and provide you with a free market appraisal. Chiswick Ealing & Acton Fulham WINKWORTH Just give your local office a call and we’ll pop round at a time Fulham & Parsons Green Hammersmith that suits you. Kensal & Queen’s Park North Kensington Shepherd’s Bush Winkworth. See things differently. South Barnes HAS MORE Battersea Beckenham Blackheath Cheam Chislehurst Clapham Crystal Palace Dulwich THAN 180 Greenwich Herne Hill Kennington New Cross Putney Richmond Southfields Streatham YEARS OF Surbiton Surrey Quays Tooting Lincolnshire West Norwood Wimbledon Bourne Worcester Park Grantham Lincoln North Barnet HISTORY… Sleaford Nottinghamshire Borehamwood & Elstree Colindale Newark Crouch End Nottingham Enfield Norfolk Finchley Poringland Golders Green Harringay Harrow Cambridgeshire Hendon Highbury It’s that we have 60 offices in Market Deeping Highgate Islington Kentish Town London and over 100 offices Kingsbury Hertfordshire Palmers Green Gloucestershire Willesden Green London Colney nationally and internationally… Cheltenham East Bow Buckinghamshire Hackney North Somerset Berkshire Beaconsfield Shoreditch

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www.barnespantry.co.UK www.barnespantry.co.UK Events Duck race goes digital A little different this year, but we're delighted to bring our Duck Race to your homes this Easter. Here's how...

In these uncertain times, we have decided to stage our pop- Ducks are available for £5 from our website, and each ular Duck Race virtually this year so that we don’t risk one will be allocated a number so we can identify a large crowd gathering alongside Beverley Brook. winners.

Barnes sales and lettings agents Laurent We are delighted to be working with the Residential, laurentresidential.co.uk, has Barnes Film Festival team who will be generously agreed to sponsor this putting together the film of the race so you can event which will take place in follow the winners and enjoy the excitement! private for viewing online via our Last few ducks available! website, barnes-ca.org, on Easter The first three placed ducks will Saturday, 3 April at 12 noon. £5 each - sales end 31 March. be awarded Easter prizes. Please Visit barnes-ca.org support the BCA and get to buy yours! quacking...we look forward to some community Easter fun!

Photos from the 2019 BCA Duck Race Lal Laurent and Barnes' White Rabbit

14 Create an Easter feast at home Everything you need to make a celebratory meal to remember, and all available on your doorstep! By Sophie Farrah

1. Add honey to soy sauce in a bowl and whisk to combine. Carefully separate the eggs and add the yolks to the To eat mixture, allowing enough Pea risotto, room so that they are not touching. Cover and leave in charred fridge for at least 2 hours (the longer you leave after that, the asparagus & harder they will become). soy cured yolk 2. In a large frying pan add a splash of olive oil and allow to Ingredients get smoking hot. In batches, 350g Arborio rice char the asparagus so you get 300ml dry white wine a nice colour but it doesn't 75g butter cook through. Set aside on a 2 shallots (minced) baking tray and season to taste. 2 garlic cloves 3. Melt 50g butter in a heavy bottomed pan 1.3L veg stock on a low heat. Add the shallots and garlic and 400g frozen petit pois cook until translucent (about 10 mins) stirring 50g parmesan + extra for garnish (or vegetarian occasionally so they don't catch. equivalent) 4. Add the rice and stir for a few seconds so it is 2 tbsp double cream coated with butter. Pour in the wine and turn the 1 large bunch asparagus heat up, stirring until the wine has evaporated. (trimmed and halved All 5. Turn the heat back down to low and slowly add lengthways) the stock a ladle at a time, letting each completely 50ml dark soy sauce ingredients absorb. Continue cooking like this until rice is 2 tbsp honey available tender and has a creamy consistency (about 20- 4 eggs locally! 30mins). Season with salt and pepper to taste. 1/2 lemon Handful of pea shoots 6. Meanwhile, melt the remaining butter in a Handful parsley small saucepan. Add the petit pois and on a low temperature gently defrost. Add cream and allow to cool slightly before puréeing in a food processor or with a hand blender. 7. Finish cooking the asparagus in a pre-heated oven at 180° for 2-5 mins depending on texture preference. They should still have a slight bite to them. 8. Stir in grated parmesan, zest and juice of the lemon and pea puree right before serving. Arrange asparagus on top and create a small well in each portion in which to carefully place a cured yolk. Finish with grated parmesan, peashoots and chopped parsley. Recipe provided by Michelle and Adam at &Feast andfeast.com Easter feature

ToWine drink pairing SetFresh, seasonal the flowers always lookscene (and smell!) Derek Dornan, manager at Lea & Sandeman on Barnes High Street, has this delicious beautiful on the table - tulips, freesias, hyacinths suggestion... and more are all available from Barnes' wonderful florists: Sun Inn Flowers, Blue Lavender and The "The wine I have chosen to go with this dish is Flower Room. Zuani Vigne Bianco 2019 - a white wine from the Collio Hills in the North East of Italy, which is the spiritual home of risotto! This wine is palest gold in colour, with brilliant flavours of pears, crisp green apples, hints of musky melon and a clean refreshing citrussy lemon finish."

£19.95 per bottle (case price £17.95) leaandsandeman.co.uk Beer pairing

Barnes' very own brewery, Jeffersons, has a perfect springtime beer to complement Beautiful glassware, table linen and candles can this fabulously fresh dish. be picked up locally from stylish stores such as Caroline Bloomfield, The Lost Corner, Nordic "Pea and asparagus are delicate Style, Tobias and The Angel, JK Collectables flavours that do not need to and more. For homemade craft inspiration, see be overloaded by something like a hoppy IPA. page 20 for details of how to make your own Instead, our Blossom NZ Pilsner is very refreshing Easter wreath and pretty painted eggs to complete - Nelson Sauvin and Motueka hops bring together your Easter table. white wine-like characteristics with gentle notes of white grape, gooseberry and lime."

£18 for 6 x 440ml cans. Available at Riva on White Hart Lane or online at jeffersonsbrewery. co.uk - use 'BCA10' for 10% off! Cocktail o'clock!

A perfect apéritif, Olympic Studios have created the ultimate springtime cocktail in a bottle. ExtraDon't forget to pick up atouches few fun Easter decorations from gorgeous local gift shops such Their elderflower martini mix is as Shop Nina, Oh Darling! and Presents. And made with Absolut Elyx vodka Easter wouldn't be Easter without a chocolate egg and St Germain elderflower or two - available in Natsons, McColls, Barnes liqueur, which gives a fresh and slightly floral Pantry (formerly known as Londis - see page 13!), flavour. All you need to do is add ice! Sips & Bites, Arte Chef, and more!

£20, serves three. Pop into the Olympic to Sophie Farrah is a food and drink writer and purchase olympiccinema.co.uk journalist who lives in Barnes. @sophiefarrahwrites Spring is just around the corner

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Chris Carney Amy Skeet Sales Director Lettings Associate Director 020 8748 8833 020 8748 7733 [email protected] [email protected] Nature Nature's news Russell Greaves has been the BCA Greenkeeper for the past 16 years. We sprung some seasonal questions on him about the local habitat...

What are the biggest changes and goldcrest - the smallest bird in the you’ve seen on Barnes Green since UK - in evergreens. you started? It has been difficult to watch the Can we expect to see any frog- steady loss of mature trees to disease, spawn in Barnes pond this year? What projects are you working storm damage, and environmental Yes, hopefully. In the last on now? stress. Luckily the maturation of the decade the local frog popu- I’m hoping to plant a new 30m plants we planted by the pond has lation has decreased from hedgerow to support hedgehogs resulted in welcome growth to an estimated 90 breeding and other native species and make up for this a little. pairs to around 20 (es- also to plant up some of the timated by counting eroded parts of the pond. I’m What is your favour- spawn clumps) so also working with Richmond ite Spring flower on please leave space Council, The Friends of Barnes Common and South East River’s Barnes Green? in your gardens for amphibians - just a pile of rocks Trust on a large project to renovate I am a big fan of Snake’s or a brush pile in a shady corner and improve our beautiful Beverley Head Fritillaries (pictured) can be an important refuge. Brook. as they are so delicate and colourful - as well as being popular Have there been any Do you need volunteers? with pollinating insects. newbies this year? Once restrictions ease, we hope to run a monthly volunteer What else should we be looking The Egyptian geese session on Barnes Green to out for this Spring? hatched their first brood of the year on 21 work on various projects If you look closely around the pond December 2020 - the including the pond and The margins, you might see native shortest day - and they Crescent hedgerow. If you’d like wildflowers like the frothy still have 10 young Image: to get involved, please email me at: pink ragged robin or remaining. Dylan Clinton [email protected] or the greater spearwort [email protected] (pictured) with its tall How has lockdown affected yellow flowers. Barnes Green? In the garden What is the most It has been great to see the For BCA Chairman, Nicki unusual bird you have seen Green so well used but the huge increase in foot traffic has led to Urquhart, a keen gardener, on the Green? problems with waste levels and March means mulching after A siskin (pictured) - one of the littering, degradation of grass areas, putting in supports, pruning, smallest finches in the finch family. and trampling of vegetation. The wet lifting, dividing and replanting Over the years I’ve also seen com- weather hasn’t helped either, turning in preparation for the new mon sandpipers, snipes, sedge lots of patches into mud-baths for the growing season. warblers, redpolls and, more local canines! Hopefully with the often, a kingfisher! At the arrival of spring, we’ll see a lot of “Never have I looked forward to moment you can spot regeneration. spring so much, and I’m hoping winter migrants such as there will be many more gardens the colourful fieldfare eligible for a BCA Front Garden thrushes and redwings Award this year after so much in tree-tops or open areas lockdown gardening.”

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We're going on an egg hunt Make an Easter wreath It's always fun to organise an Easter egg hunt. You’ll need: tissue paper, cardboard, scissors, glue You can do it in your own garden if you have one and ribbon for hanging and a bow. Cut a wreath or on an area of the Common or parkland. It's a out of a paper plate or light-weight cardboard. A good idea for one adult to go first and set it up cereal box would work well. Trace a dinner plate before inviting another down with the children. for the outer circle and a smaller bowl for the Colourful signs, as per the picture above inner circle. Cut lots of squares of tissue paper and can be made to help guide children crumple them up - kids love the sound of crushing toward their eggs. One idea is to and squeezing. Stick them to the cardboard include tiny toy chicks or bunnies wreath and finish with a hanging ribbon and - these can always be put higher up staple a bow to the bottom for a final flourish. on low branches. Choose pretty pastel shades for an Easter feel. How to empty an egg Try and find eggs with white shells if possible as they take the colours better. Wash and dry an egg and then using a large needle pierce both ends of the shell. Wiggle the needle around in a circular motion to widen the hole at one end. Holding the egg over a bowl, blow into the large opening at one end to force the white and yolk out of the egg. Once emptied, immerse in water and let it semi fill, shake it and let the water empty out. Pat with a towel and let dry completely before decorating. Dyeing eggs Cover a table with layers of newspaper to soak up any spills. Create a drying rack by sticking pins into a sheet of thick foam board. Mix 7-8 drops of food colouring in a cup of hot water and stir in ¼ cup of vinegar. For more intense colours use small amounts of professional Supplies can be sourced locally quality food colouring in shops such as Natsons, gels or pastes. Store Presents, The Hardware Store, finished and dry eggs mytownshops.com and more in empty egg cartons.

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Alison Macleod, vaccine Ray Beard, teacher at Barnes programme co-ordinator Primary School and the BPS and office manager at Essex team House Surgery All the schools in Barnes have had to Alison and the team at the four respond with agility and creativity to local surgeries, plus a HUGE host of radically redesign their educational offer local volunteers (collected and co-or- to ensure that local children remain dinated by the BCA Town Centre engaged and educated. Manager, Emma Robinson) put together Ray says “One lovely moment a streamlined process for whizzing through vaccination targets! during lockdown was discovering that an oak tree on Barnes Common Alison says “We were inundated with donations which is special to my family was in of time from many local volunteers (over 350!) fact the special tree of a few other local and helpful items from local groups. I loved seeing families. It showed me how connected we shielded patients arrive at the clinic, knowing that this are with our environment and each other locally.” had been achieved by the community working together.” Karine Pengelley, long- Lisa, Fiona, Mark, Simon time FiSH volunteer and and team at Barnes the FiSH team Foodbank / Castelnau The FiSH team swapped their Community Centre usual varied social whirl to focus In 2020, the Richmond on providing elderly locals with Foodbank delivered four times transport to medical appointments, the amount of food to people’s shopping services, virtual classes homes compared with 2019 - feeding over 5,000 people. and deliveries of cream teas and Christmas lunches! Lisa says “A lot of people are really struggling now - one woman wrote to us saying that she was overwhelmed Karine says “It must be something about being tucked with gratefulness when she received her food. Nobody in up in a loop of the Thames, but Barnes has always Barnes need go hungry - just call us on 0751 693 5655.” felt very special. A rewarding lockdown memory for me was delivering some of the cream teas to Pratik Patel, owner of residents and seeing what pleasure it gave them.” independent supermarket iLocal, and his team YOU! In January we appealed for laptops and The team focussed on delivering to tablets to be repurposed for the three local vulnerable groups, discounts local primary schools of Barnes. Our for local community workers and a lovely Office Manager Julia kindly charity-generating pay-as-you-like offered to receive the steady flow of scheme. devices to our Rose House HQ. Pratik says “Every Thursday we’d come out and clap for the NHS and noticed that our neighbours We also had a very generous donation of 50 brand new tablets from Amazon Prime Video to Lowther School would raise their hands in our direction too. students. Recipients confirm that your donations have A local lady sent us a card spelling that out. literally changed lives - thank you!! It made every single second worthwhile.” 22 brand identity graphic design If you or someone website design you know needs help, product design please contact our packaging Helpline 020 8876 3414 photography We are a small creative consultancy based in If you’d like to help, Barnes. We specialise in producing compelling and thoughtful products, branding and you can volunteer or graphics, and provide a service that is competitive, friendly and forward-thinking.

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