Residents Fight Reservoir Housing Plans
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Local News is our Aim THE www.glh.co.uk Professional Sales & Lettings 020 8883 5000 AT COMPETITIVE RATES 020 8444 5222 CARS & COURIERS eastfincleereleafco ARCHER September 2012 No. 226 20p ISSN 1361-3952 where sold A community newspaper for East Finchley run entirely by volunteers. Residents ight reservoir housing plans By Mandy Rabin Residents, Tetherdown School and the Fortis Green Community Allotments Trust are busy defending a plot of land from housing development. The site, north of the houses. allotments by the covered Almas Bavcic, the pro- reservoir and behind 2-16 ject’s architect, told me that Lauradale Road, has been in the building work would Paprika. Photo by Tom Bowles dispute for many years, after take 14 months, which would being sold off by Thames mean a long period of noise, Water to a property devel- dust and plant traffic next to oper. Tetherdown School. Paprika at EF Arts Festival The current application to The building application By Betti Blatman build two three-storey houses was submitted on 19 July, On Thursday, 11 October at 7.30 pm, East Finchley Arts Festival is featuring “Paprika” is the latest in a series of a day before the end of the in All Saints’ Church, Durham Road, East Finchley. I’ve seen this band many times, proposals which have been school term, making it very always admiring their fabulous performances of traditional Gypsy music from the successfully defeated by the awkward for Tetherdown Balkans and Eastern Europe plus Classical and Jazz tunes. local community. School to respond. “Paprika” is led by the ence for the audience. eastinchleyartsfestival.org.uk 2011 rejection Local residents are leaflet- brilliant violinist, Bogdan Tickets available from and www.paprikamusic.com. Many feel the houses ing the community to post Vacarescu, whose passion and 02084444717 or 02088835631 Turn to the back page for the would harm the land’s open objections to the planning speed on the violin is unbeliev- Further information: www. full Arts Festival programme. nature, with the proposed application and are develop- able! The two accordionists, buildings reaching over ing their campaign. Milos Milivojevic and Zivorad one metre higher than those Details of the application Nikolic, also play solo and Party in the park already on the site, and can be found, and comments duet which is an added treat. The Muswell Hill Festival takes place on Sunday 9 Sep- would act as a precedent posted, on Haringey Coun- Vladimir Strkalj on guitar, cil’s web site at www.tinyurl. James Opstad on bass and tember from 12-6pm in Cherry Tree Wood, the eighth for additional building on year the event has been in the park. reservoir land. In fact, the com/85woodside Rastko Rasic on percussion For further information complete the band who will New this year will be As always there will be an total building mass in the Muswell Hill’s Got Talent, a eclectic mix of stalls from the current proposal is little about the campaign see http:// ignite their iery music and www.85woodside.com/ ensure an unforgettable experi- competition for local talent with local community, plus fun and different from an applica- the prize of a recording session games in the kids’ zone. The tion rejected in September or equivalent at BonaFideStu- popular miniature steam train 2011 by Planning Inspector dio in Muswell Hill, along with ride, organised by the North Peter Willows. He reported VICTORY AUTO SERVICES all the usual donkey rides, the London Society of Model then: “The dwellings would popular monster veg competi- Engineers, costs £1 for a return give the site a more built- tion, a dog show and live music. journey. up appearance. 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We are looking at Could you spare 30 minutes A Christmas festival for THE dates in either late November once a month to deliver the High Road is being ARCHER? We have a number Friends ight on planned. Do you want or during December. Noth- By Daphne Chamberlain ing is set in stone. We want of roads where a delivery to get involved? This is round is either coming free Friern Barnet is still with- winter approaches it’s clear your chance. and need people’s ideas so that that situation can’t The East Finchley Com- do please come along on 19 or where the newspaper out a library. It was closed September and together let’s doesn’t currently reach. by Barnet Council five continue. munity Trust has decided Local people are sup- to organise a Christmas build a winter East Finchley We’ll bring the papers to months ago, but local festival to match our summer your door every month and you people have not given up ported by Councillors Festival. To make this a suc- across the political board, cess and to gauge if there one in Cherry Tree Wood.” can deliver them in your own their ight to have that and are furious that their is sufficient interest from Send us your ideas and time. Please email us at the- decision overturned. proposals to set up a vol- both traders and residents, thoughts about a Christmas [email protected] or leave a festival before the meeting message by calling 0844 579 Friends of the Library unteer community service, we are organising a public at eastfinchleyfestival@gmail.