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email: [email protected] The Voice of the Community www.ucra.co.uk & CRANHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Planning Consultation for Cranham Parking Charges Residents in the Moor Lane area recently received notification from Cratus We have pointed out a number of Communications, advising them of the launch of a Community Consultation times your local Residents Association Event on Tuesday 17th September 2019, 3.30 pm-7.30pm at The Old Chapel, Councillors voted against the Sacred Heart of St Mary Girls’ School, St Mary’s Lane, Upminster, , RM14 introduction of the £1.50 initial parking charge and we fought to keep the 30 2QR. minute free parking period. Conservative Councillors pushed The consultation was to share their outline proposals for the green belt land through these changes, please see below to the south of Kerry Drive on behalf of Inland Homes. This is a privately a message from Peter Jones pointing out owned plot of land adjacent to the Brickfields Local Nature Reserve, behind the that the various Charity Shops are also properties in Heron Way. losing out.

The proposals included: “ Most of my disregarded household and • A mix of house types with an emphasis on traditional family housing personal reusable items were given to • Dedicated parking spaces for every home with additional visitor parking on charity— No More— site We now get charged £1.50 each time we drop them off at the local charity shops!! • Public realm improvements and better pedestrian links to Cranham Shame on Havering Councillors who Brickfields Nature Reserve voted for the increases !

Residents were invited to view the proposals and to speak to members of the Peter Jones” project team. Residents that were unable to attend the event are invited to contact: [email protected] – telephone: 020 8629 7210 Free Parking Increased in There is currently no requirement to submit letters of comment as this was just Redbridge a consultation process. Your Resident Association Cranham Councillors will keep residents briefed on any Redbridge supports their local applications that may come businesses as Havering fails theirs – free forward as a consequence parking increased to one hour. The Leader of Redbridge Council, Cllr of this consultation. If Jas Athwal said: “We are committed a subsequent planning to supporting residents and local application is submitted to the businesses and by doubling the free Council, Councillors will call a parking allowance on Redbridge high public meeting to go through streets to an hour - it will make it much the application in detail. easier for people to visit our local shops and help businesses grow.“ continued on page 2

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the members. Our current programme Bell Corner Charity Barn Old Chapel runs from September to the beginning of December. Please call/text Terry A while ago some concrete was Dance Upminster Tea Doyle on 07880770324 or email spilt at this corner, which was never [email protected] . satisfactory removed. It has been Barn Dance for The Brain Tumour & Talks Charity - The Judy D’cruz Fund on checked and confirmed that while not Saturday 12th October 7:30 – 11:00 at Talks at the Old Chapel, St Mary’s pleasant to look at it is not dangerous. Cranham Community Centre, 115a Lane, Upminster. To remove it the carriageway would Marlborough Gardens, Cranham, Weds 9th Oct - Lois Amos - Parking Problems have to be broken away at a high Upminster RM14 1SR. Civic Society cost. We will keep pushing for this, Waitrose will be providing some Weds 13th Nov - David Williams - Please note the following Council but accept that other issue must take snacks & refreshments but please City of Guide numbers if you have your drive blocked priority as far as the budget goes. bring your own drink and snacks and All start at 10.30am. etc. Office Hours 01708 432787, Out of dress up as much as you like and we Office Hours 07946 738495. Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN will provide live music and all the guidance you need to have a great evening !!! Interested in PRIZES FOR BEST DRESSED Art Exhibition Poppy Appeal COWBOY & COWGIRL !! Art ? Janet and Terry Doyle have a new Tickets Just £10 and can be bought If you like painting and drawing exhibition in Upminster Library from Update by making a donation of £10/Ticket or would like to start a new hobby, Monday 21st October to Saturday 2nd at www.judydcruz.com. Choose Upminster Art Society currently has The Upminster & Cranham Royal the buy tickets option and be sure November. All paintings will be for vacancies for new members. We are British Legion are delighted to to leave your name so we can save sale. Please go along and take a look. a small friendly group who meet announce that to date the local your tickets. Alternatively contact us Contact 07780 770324. 2018-19 Poppy Appeal has raised on 07896 724 768 or judyandwin@ at Cranham Community Centre, £30,030.78. We would like to thank ntlworld.com . Thank you to our Marlborough Gardens, Wednesday local businesses, schools, community sponsors Bells Blinds & Touch of evenings from 7pm. We have a groups, churches and the public for Glass due to their generosity all programme covering all aspects of A Huge Thank You their help and generosity over the proceeds raised are going to The painting and drawing, demonstrations We would like to take this opportunity last 12 months. We are very grateful Brain Tumour Charity - The Judy by visiting professional artists, in thanking all our Bulletin deliverers to all our volunteer collectors and D’cruz Fund. The Judy D’cruz Fund workshops, social evenings and and subscription collectors. has been set up specifically to support Subscriptions remain at £2 per with the 2019-20 Poppy Appeal fast children and their families living exhibitions of members work. approaching we are now seeking household. with a brain tumour diagnosis and We have artists of all levels and we We really appreciate your additional collectors. If you are currently stands at £41,699.34. support each other in developing as interested in helping, please email tremendous support. Please join us for a fun night raising painters, so don’t worry if you are out If you can ever help collecting subs or money for a great cause. Please get [email protected] or telephone of practice or just starting out. If you delivering bulletins please contact us. our Club on 01708 220494 for further your tickets in advance as there will Our contact details are on Page 22. be limited space. are interested in joining, why not come information. along for a “taster evening” and meet Many thanks. continued on page 3

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2 funding and the installation of Art Exhibition Parking charging points, to enable the Mini Golf conversion of fleet vehicles to electric. Recently we were honoured to be Enforcement This is a Corporate issue and one Challenge invite to the preview of the art and which applies really to all Council sculpture exhibition at Thames Vehicle Vehicles (albeit that the CCTV On a lovely sunny August afternoon, Chase. vehicles engine has to continuously 14 novices and 2 pros enjoyed the The exhibition, held in the education We reported earlier this year that our be running).” comraderies of a friendly mini golf barn, featured many paintings by Residents Councillor Chris Wilkins challenge at Hall Lane. A fun time local artists and catered for all Tastes. had taken up with the Council “why Chris is chasing this up.. Local buildings, Essex villages and the CCTV enforcement vehicle is was had by one and all and many abstract paintings were on show. We stationary with it’s engine running surprised themselves with their found the sculptures of particular especially in Corbets Tey Road and Congratulations hitherto unknown golfing skills and interest made from recyclable St.Marys Lane.” abilities! It will be a tragedy if this materials and discarded waste, as a Not doing our environment any beautiful and tranquil site, integral example an eagle wings were from car favours especially when the Council Our best wishes go out to local to the character of Upminster, is lost sparking plugs, caught our attention. are promoting the slogan “Cleaner, students on the magnificent to housing development so please do Safer,Prouder Together “. examination results this year. There support the Friends Group and other were some fantastic grades achieved Please see the reply Chris has resident associations in their fight to received: locally. “ Dear Cllr Wilkins Many have just started their first save a valuable community asset. The Thank you for your email, which I year in Uni. A number are taking up course remains open at weekends forwarded to Highways, Traffic and apprenticeships, others are starting until the end of October so there is Parking for their further attention. I work or going to college or sixth still time to discover whether or not have been advised that regrettably Form. Do enjoy every minute. you’re a budding Tiger Woods or certain moving traffic contraventions To all those starting school we hope it Annika Sorenstam! can only be enforced using CCTV goes well. enforcement vehicles. The CCTV Good luck to you all ! Kevin Kilbey vehicle must be left running whilst it In the photo above, we are shown is carrying out enforcement/patrol with a large size turtle - all made from duties as to do so otherwise the CCTV Tree Roots flotsam discovered on the banks of computer would drain the battery the . with the possibility of not being We sometimes get complaints of We regularly feature in able to restart the vehicle. However, highway tree roots damaging walls, the Bulletin. Havering Council is in the process driveways and even houses. If you are Their centre off Pike Lane, Cranham of changing our CCTV enforcement affected, then the burden of proof lies is well worth a visit and has a great vehicles to electric vehicles as, a with the resident, and you are advised café . way of reducing the impact on the to provide pictures, and put your Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN environment. We hope to launch concerns in writing to the highways Cllr RON OWER these electric vehicles in 2019. team, Cllr CHRIS WILKINS Please note we are currently awaiting Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN

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7 8 October – children’s half term Please call Shirley Ward 01708 227884 feature music from the silent film era, Thames Chase activities. Please see the website for or e mail [email protected] talkies with the great Hollywood box more details. to Book all trips. office stars. Community Forest Saturday 26th October – Spooky Admission to all programmes is walks around Broadfields from 5.30 free but we do ask for a nominal As autumn, the season of colours and to 8.30pm. Explore the woodland Wednesday contribution to interval refreshments. fruitfulness, progresses we begin the at night as you follow the stars to All the music is from recordings busy period of forest maintenance discover a lost necklace. Entrance Music Evenings played in high quality sound and planting. At the Centre we will be strictly by ticket only. Tickets are equipment. The programmes working hard to re- invigorate our tree available from the Visitor Centre, Wed 2nd October - Tribute to Alan commence at 7.30pm ending by nursery both for supplying stock for £6 each or £20 for a family of 4. The Tomlin 9.30pm and are held in the 1st Floor fresh planting throughout the Forest evening will also include Havering The team have put together a tribute main meeting room, Hornchurch and as a facility for all ages from the Astronomical Society , children’s programme based on the music Library, North Street (buses 165, 256 community to get involved to learn activities and a magician. Spooky food chosen by Alan in his programmes & 370 stop nearby). For any further about native trees, new skills and help and hot drinks available from the cafe over the past decade until his information contact Stephen Raindle to provide stock for fresh planting. We throughout the evening. untimely death earlier this year. 01708 470670 or email sraindle@aol. are now seeking a dedicated team of For more information on all our Personal memories of Alan will also com volunteers to help build and develop events please contact enquiries@ be recounted. the nursery. If you are looking for a thameschase.org.uk or visit the Wed 16th October - Balalaikas, new interest such as this, please get website www.thameschase.org . Bagpipes & Oompah Kennel Cough in touch at the Forest Centre or on Pah George Saddington girdles [email protected] the globe with music played on Kennel Cough is more properly called The Centre is also busy with our Shirley Ward traditional instruments so you can Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease annual events programme including expect to hear the sound of bagpipes, (CIRD). It can be caused by many Apple Weekend and Spooky Walks Tours balalaika, bouzouki, oompah different bacteria or viruses. evening. bands, Dutch fairground organs in Coughing is a protective mechanism Friday 18th October – Apple Cream November 29th/30th Friday/ a programme that will also embrace to prevent irritants from getting Tea from 2.30-4.30pm (Booking Saturday: Thursford Xmas Parisienne café chanson, Argentine into the lungs. It is for this reason essential) Spectacular Show. Overnight stay tango, cowboy melodies, Spanish that we do not recommend cough Saturday 19th /Sunday 20st and evening meal after matinee flamenco, New Orleans marching suppressants in uncomplicated cases. October – Apple Weekend, our show at Heacham Manor Hotel, bands, Neapolitan love songs and The cough is typically harsh and is annual celebration of regional Hunstanton plus free time in Norwich maybe even some gypsy violin music. often described by owners “as if he’s diversity and country traditions, next day: £189 per person, S/S £15 pp. Wed 30th October - Hooray for got something stuck in his throat”. with locally grown English apples December 19th Thu Hollywood Direct dog-dog contact is not to taste and buy, country craft stalls Royal Albert Hall Friendship More than just film music with necessary, however, as pathogens and demonstrations and children’s Matinee 3:30pm. Guy Bakers Big recording of the stars, film themes can survive in droplets in the air activities from 10am-4pm each day. Band Christmas Show. and some borrowed classical music. infecting the next dog that breathes Free admission. Cost £5 with a £2 donation to Shirley Presented by Harry Newman who will Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd tours. continued on page 11

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10 them in. In most cases the condition round, valid to 31 December, good performances on the pitch. Club is self-limiting and after a few days the may be collected locally. Please spokesperson Jonn Bairott said “I Messy Church cough subsides. contact Annie: 07517 856571, really like the houses Hunters have Occasionally the cough will persist and can’t wait to get about that pitch. What is it? A fun and messy time Penny: 07703 676989 or MAA exploring God stuff together. often in very excitable dogs or in older Eyecare, Avon Road: 01708 259889 dogs it is possible that the infection Thanks Niall!” What will it involve? Craft, games, will gain entry into the lungs leading - thank you to everyone for your music, stories and a meal to pneumonia, although this is quite continued support. Who is it for? Messy Church is an event rare. Havering designed for families (not just children) If you suspect your dog has “kennel including parents, grandparents, cough” here are some handy tips for Hunters Singers Concert carers and friends. All children must be helping them recover. First keep them Sponsorship accompanied by an adult. away from other dogs, protect them November 16, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. How do I sign up? You don’t have to as much as possible from the cold air. This will be a special evening. With sign up to be part of Messy Church, just Pictured with club Chairman and Jonathan Rathbone at the helm, we come along whenever you want to. Rest is important, and you can try ice vice-captain (Kane Ward, left) as well lollies or honey and lemon to soothe will perform Brahms German Requiem Where is it? Moor Lane Church, Moor as club captain (Ross Fisher, right); accompanied by two excellent pianists Lane, Cranham, RM14 1HN. the throat. Niall Hebron of Hunters Hornchurch You should contact your vet if the at the same piano keyboard. Described When is it? Fridays 4.30-6.30pm (3rd was presented with a framed Old as four hand piano accompaniment Friday in month), 18th October and cough persists for more than a few Cooperians Football Club shirt to days or if your dog shows other signs we are delighted that Tim Smith and 15th November 2019. say thanks for their sponsorship and Leo Nicholson will be undertaking this If you would like to know more such as being unwell. It is important support for the upcoming season. to seek veterinary advice if your pet is exciting performance. It will challenge contact: Liz and Lauren, Children older or has other medical problems. your preconceptions about how this and Families Team, St Luke’s Church, There is a vaccine available against work should go. Cranham: 01708 222562 or email: two of the commonest causes of this The venue for this concert will be [email protected] condition. Holy Cross Church, Hornchurch Rd, For more advice please telephone Hornchurch RM11 1PX. Lawton and Stoakes 01708 384444. Upminster Author Tickets for this concert will be £13, discounted to £11 if bought and paid Upminster indie author Peter Larner Adventure for in advance from the website (by will publish his thirteenth novel Wednesday 13th November). Tickets in October. His bestselling books Island Tickets for children and students aged 5 – 17 Harpoon Force and Deathbed Speaking directly to The Bulletin, will be £5. Sponsor Patrons of Havering Confessions featured his Essex-based Half price Adventure Island Niall said “Hunters are delighted to Singers will receive their usual hero Jack Daly, but his latest book (£16.50 Blue / £13 Red) and less have the opportunity to support a discount. Pawns introduces two endearing local football team and will definitely than half price Sealife Southend characters in Josh Milton and Kellie be along to a few of the home games!” Chadwick. The story opens on 31st tickets (£6), available all year https://www.haveringsingers.org.uk OCFC are keen to repay Hunters with continued on page 13

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20 roads (or act as a cover deliverer involved, so come along and have a The Council will and do prosecute The Upminster in other areas) please contact go! All experience levels encouraged. offenders. John Tyler on 07982 962 925 or All coaches are DBS checked and & District [email protected] . IRB Rugby Ready trained. Horticultural To get in touch please email: Adult Society Springfield [email protected] Badminton Our season’s lectures begin with Gardens The Hall Mead Friends Association Cranston Park are looking for new adult badminton our Charity Evening on Tuesday 8th Following us complaining to October 2019. Come and hear the members for their “pay as you the Council that the footpath Tennis Club play“ sessions at , story of the Pemberton and Bentall replacement needed to be completed Roses which were bred at Havering- Marlborough Gardens, Cranham on a in Springfield Gardens, as I write Come and play tennis in Upminster at Monday evening in Hall Mead Sports atte-Bower. Laura Hill and Andrew this, at long last this is being finished. Bentall will give a joint talk and all the friendly and welcoming Cranston Hall. Monday evenings 7:30pm to Sadly six trees were also removed as Park Lawn Tennis Club! New Head 9:30pm (term time only), £4 a session. monies raised from the entrance they were dead or diseased. fee of £3 will be shared between St Coach, Lee Duncan, of the Coniston For more details please email jhand@ We wrote to the residents following Avenue club writes, “We boast hallmeadschool.com Francis Hospice and Jack’s Place news from the Council’s Tree Officer Charity. eight brand new fully floodlit tennis on this. Flowering cherries have a courts, a great clubhouse, lounge The lecture takes place in the New shorter life span than some of our Windmill Hall, St Mary’s Lane, area, kitchen, changing rooms and Upminster Wine native trees. I am pleased to say that showers. And a bar with club prices!” Upminster. The start time is 7.45pm these will be replaced by flowering with a finishing time of 9.45pm. There From absolute beginners to improvers & Social Club cherries, which will help this road be to playing socially- and representing will be an interval for tea and biscuits. restored to it’s former glory. You can find out more about our competitive teams - from ages four We are a Social club that was first We receive a large number of to ninety-four. There are Mini, Junior society by visiting our website www. comments on how nice the roads formed in 1965. We meet at 8p.m. upminsterhorticulturalsociety.co.uk and Adult coaching programmes, every third Thursday in the Month looks when the trees are in flower! holiday time camps; and Lee offers at Cranham Social Hall, Front Lane, individual coaching. Lee has exciting Cranham. Deliverers Cllr LINDA HAWTHORN plans to expand our programme. We are a lively friendly group with He said, “We also have Quiz nights, an interest in wine as our roots were Needed barbecues and tribute acts! Come from a Home Made Wine and Beer and get fit, enjoy playing tennis and club. We have a wine of the month New Players for meeting new friends at your premier The Upminster and Cranham to taste each meeting and an invited local tennis club!” . Enquiries: speaker. The talks are varied and Residents’ Association rely on a large Rugby Club [email protected] number of volunteers who give up a embrace many different topics. Upminster Rugby Club are looking to All other enquiries contact Lee at Other Social activities include two small amount of their free time once a [email protected]. month to deliver the Bulletin to local grow their small but successful under dances held each year, as well as homes. In Cranham we are currently 10’s team for the 2019/2020 season. outings to places of interest, theatre seeking help to deliver to Isis Drive, Training is held between 10:30-12:00 trips, London Walks and weekend Blyth Walk, Plover Gdns, Avon Rd every Sunday and 18:45 - 19:45 on Fly tipping and mid week holidays. (Shops & flats above only) and Front Wednesdays at the Upminster Rec. For more information please contact Lane (one side north of Roseberry The season has just started so plenty Sadly we still get regular fly tipping in John Robson on 01708 744023, Gdns). Each of these rounds takes of training and matches ahead of our car parks. Margaret Murray on 01708 470240 or around ten minutes. us, and with the Rugby World Cup We are constantly contacting the simply come along on the night. You If you can assist us in one of these starting shortly its a great time to get Council who then clear the rubbish. will be most welcome. continued on page 22

21 Barn Dance Upminster Gardener Barn Dance, 26th October 2019, New Expands Business Windmill Hall, Upminster, RM14 2QH, at 7pm. Tickets £10.00 each. In A local Upminster gardener is aid of Cancer Research and Help for expanding his round and if you Heroes. Please bring your own nibbles would like him to keep your garden drink and glasses. Phone Carol Vine tidy, please contact Chris Power on 01708 223634. 07913 230576 or 01708 640006. Speeding Firework Over the years your Residents Councillors and the Association has Display pursued the Council to introduce a wide range of projects to reduce The Upminster School Annual speeding in the area. Whilst the Firework Display will be taking place on their school field on Saturday amount of vehicle ownership in 2nd November. The display starts the area has gone through the roof at 6.30pm with the gates opening at with Havering having the largest car 5pm and closing at 6.20pm. Tickets ownership in London. Many front are priced at £6 for adults, £4 for gardens disappearing to make way children (4 and over) and £1 for for the cars and a number of local pre-school children. A family ticket roads also having record numbers (2 adults and 2 children) is also parked in the road. available at £18. Tickets will be on Also a number of roads looking like sale on Saturday 2nd November outside the school entrance next to ASSOCIATION COUNCILLORS the Ideal Home Exhibition with Superdrug (between 10am and 2pm) Upminster Ward Cranham Ward builders vans etc parked up. or on the gate (subject to availability) However, we your Councillors from 5pm. The ticket price on the day Linda Hawthorn 01708 225451 Gillian Ford 01708 641317 receive regular requests to look is £7 for adults and £5 for children at further measures to reduce and £1 for pre-school children. A speeding. family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) With this in mind as reported in the is also available at £22. Please do Bulletin a number of times we have try and get your tickets early to reported roads where we have asked avoid disappointment. If you have any questions please contact pa@ [email protected] [email protected] the Police to man speed checks and upminsterschoolsparents.co.uk” they have confirmed when they can Ron Ower 07721 780372 Linda Van Den Hende 01708 223761 further checks will happen. We have held a number of meetings A Night of Magic and site visits to pin point particular problems. A night of magic in aid of The Not The stretch of St. Marys Lane from Forgotten Association is on Saturday Wantz Bridge to The Thatched 5th October 7 for 7:30pm at Top Meadow Golf Club, , [email protected] [email protected] House Pub is an area already in the Councils programme for RM14 3PR. Magicians will amaze Chris Wilkins 07960 059195 John Tyler 07982 962925 further action whilst humps were you, after entertaining you at the introduced some time back local tables there will be a Show. Tickets residents have requested further £21 including knife and fork buffet. action. Contact Shirley Mclean on 01708 Council Officers have put down 220096. equipment to check speed levels [email protected] [email protected] in the Argyle Gardens/ Park Drive where again measures had been Cranham Ward introduced and in Cranston Park Avenue and Gaynes Park Road. Meeting Dates ASSOCIATION CONTACTS Following this and the introduction Do you have an issue or concern you of a 20 MPH limit in Bridge Avenue Editor Commercial Advertising would like to raise with a Cranham and Acacia Drive the Council are Bruce Nicholls 07505 289568 Martin Flower 07785 244212 Ward Councillor? Why not come along looking at a scheme to extend this [email protected] [email protected] to, Cafe4You, 99 Front Lane, Cranham area and we are hoping that an (below the Cranham Social Centre) Upminster Organiser Cranham Organiser & Residents’ extensive report will be going to Association Website between 11am-12 noon on: Chris Wilkins 07960 059 195 this months Highways Committee 2019 - 17th Oct, 21st Nov and 19th Dec. [email protected] John Tyler (07982 962925) for their agreement to proceed to www.ucra.co.uk 2020 - 16th Jan, 20th Feb, 19th Mar, public consultation. 16th Apr & 21st May. We will keep you in touch on this. Sadly these projects take considerable time to put into effect and of course finding the cash has Upminster Ward to be found to fund these at a time Meeting Dates when the grant levels assistance we get is diminishing and of course Please note the Upminster ward with other areas in the Borough meeting is on Wednesday 2nd 7.30pm competing for similar works. at St. Joseph’s Hall, St.Marys Lane. We are hoping that with the high number of schools in the area and Our October surgery will be at The pedestrians we will get funding from Huntsmans & Hounds, Corbets Tey the (Greater on Monday 14th at 11am. London Council ) for this. Our contact details are on page 22 if you need to contact us before then.. Cllrs LINDA HAWTHORN, RON OWER, CHRIS WILKINS

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