SUMMER A ROUND R UISLIP

Mayor Shirley Harper- tion ents’ Associa O’Neill is congratulated Resid for winning the standing ier on a skateboard medal Town Cr during the skateboard park’s 5th anniversary “jam”. (see p 5) The Voice of Ruislip Residents September 2009

Sunday, 6th September, was the day to Help the Heroes . All sorts com- pleted sponsored laps around and, with other attractions on Willow Lawn, including a bouncy castle and a display of military vehicles, Inside this issue: more than £13,000 was raised for the charity. Well done everybody!

Despite the very serious intent behind the event, a good time was had by all. And when someone shouted “the pub’s open”, General Meeting well, the race was on! Community Notice Board

Chairman’s Round-up Harrumph!...why didn’t anyone tell me I had to do running? Better take my tie off... Warrender School Reports Top Marks

It may have only been a day or two, but when the History: summer appeared, didn’t we make the most of it! The Ruislip Residents’ Associa- Lido, the beach and its water playground (pictured) tion 1919-2009 could easily have been mistaken for a coastal resort! And there were visitors from all over, not just Ruislip. Planning Matters How wonderful it would be to bring the lake back into safe leisure use.

Mr Health Matters ...you wait years for Take a look at the back cover for more of what went os- Right, then two prop on around Ruislip this summer. Ah well! It’ll soon nce! enough be next year….. als come along at o Appeal to Members Pictures courtesy of ...and this is me when I Michael Nolan was 6... This year your Ruislip Residents’ Association will have been serving our community (not the same committee I assure you!) for 90 years. Summer Around Ruislip

APPEAL TO MEMBERS 

Ruislip Residents’ Association Which day(s) would you usually be available to attend a general meeting: General Meeting & Open Forum Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday 19th October 2009 at 7.45pm

Winston Churchill Hall Which are your top three local topics/issues Guest Speaker: Sqn. Ldr. Richard Willis (1)

e encourage you to come to hear Sqn. Ldr. Richard Willis, Media & Commu- (2) W nications Officer, RAF / talk on "Recent Developments at RAF Northolt". There have been very great changes on this site over the last few (3) years that are now approaching conclusion, with massive expenditure. It will be interesting to hear what we are getting for our money and to ask questions. Thinking about local issues, who would you be most likely to attend a meeting to hear speak or to answer questions. Please list your top three. It is hoped that our MP, Nick Hurd, will also be on-hand to say a few words and (1) take questions. This will depend on business in the House on the day.

There will then be an “OPEN FORUM” . We expect that some of our local Council- (2) lors will be present together with members of your committee. This is your chance to ask questions on matters affecting planning, health, traffic, transport, police, etc. (3)

[Light refreshments will be available] Any other suggestions or comments (please use separate sheet if needed)

APPEAL TO MEMBERS from the Chairman and your Committee

Tell us how we are doing!

At present we primarily concentrate on planning applications, health, traffic, police and green spaces, but we would like to know what really matters to you?

What would bring you to your General Meetings ? We have three per year – aver- age attendance 60 – from a membership of well over 3,000 homes.

Where are you? Is the day inconvenient (meetings often held on a Monday)? Have you paid your subscription this year? How could we improve the content or format of our meetings? Why not send it now, with your response. Who would you like to hear speak, answer questions and on what topics? Return to Hon. Secretary (see address page 3) or email us on Please respond by returning the completed back page portion or emailing us on [email protected] [email protected] Page 2 Page 15 

HEALTH M ATTERS (Joan Davis) NHS INSIDE T HIS I SSUE OF T HE T OWN C RIER

New Chairman Community Notice Board 4 illingdon PCT is now known as Hillingdon PCT is one of eight PCTs H NHS Hillingdon. Mike Robinson forming the new NW London Commis- Chairman’s Round-up 5 has been seconded to The Hillingdon sioning Partnership, which will commis- Metropolitan Line Update 5 Hospital NH Trust as Interim Chairman sion for 1.85m people. It expects to Treasurer’s Report 6 and Mike improve healthcare and to use its size Whitlam is to reduce costs by about 15%. How- Warrender School Report 7 ever, PCTs will retain legal responsibil- now Interim History: 90 years of Ruislip Residents’ Association 8-10 Chairman of ity for local NHS performance. Planning Matters 11 NHS Hilling- National Targets don. n 2008-09 Hillingdon PCT failed na- Health Matters 12-14

Mike Robinson I tional targets for Chlamydia, staff Crime Prevention 15 satisfaction, and teenage pregnancy. PCT Commissioning It under-achieved for stroke, dental Appeal to Members Response form 15 2009-2010 commissioning has been access, early intervention services, Around Ruislip this Summer Back Cover based on 2008-2009 activity, but A&E primary care access, cardiovascular plus Urgent Care Centre attendances mortality and childhood immunisation. are up by 16% in the first 15 weeks OFFICERS AND C OMMITTEE OF Y OUR R UISLIP R ESIDENTS ’ A SSOCIATION The ambulance response times target compared with last year. The PCT is was failed too. studying why patients attend the Ur- Officers Committee gent Care Centre, rather than their Balanced Scorecard – all GPs can Chairman: Peter Lansdown Peter O’Brien Sue Seagroatt GP. assess their own performance Vice-Chairman: Joan Davis Elma Hutton Mike Hodge Two new systems are now established This benchmarks GP practices on a range of measures in detail. Four key to encourage provision of out-of- Treasurer: John Perkins Ian Cantley Ivor John hospital services. The Referral Man- areas are currently used - chronic dis- Keith Allsopp John Williams agement Centre processes 40,000 GP ease indicators (diabetes, heart dis- Secretary: Penny Rutherford referrals annually, sending patients to ease + palliative care) / accessibility Chief Road Steward: Brian Cowley vacancy vacancy a community or hospital service or (open hours + appointments) / clinical Deputy Ch. Rd. Stwd. vacancy vacancy vacancy back to their GP. The Clinical Assess- cost effectiveness of prescribing ment and Treatment Service in derma- (statins + other drugs) / quality clinical Contact us: tology offers quicker consultant ap- outcomes (cervical screening, child immunisations, flu and pneumonia Mrs Penny Rutherford, Honorary Secretary pointments in the community, including 9 College Drive, Ruislip, HA4 8SD Saturdays – but other CATS have not vaccinations). 25 of Hillingdon’s 49 GP practices were rated as having poor 01895 636193 yet been launched. These initiatives email: [email protected] access. have not led to financial savings. www.ruislipresidents.org.uk

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COMMUNITY N OTICE B OARD HEALTH MATTERS (Joan Davis)

tients for the changes. We are as- RUISLIP CHRISTMAS EVENT No ambulance station in Ruislip? rd th sured that the excellent standard of Monday 23 to Saturday 28 November nursing care at Mount Vernon will be embers will recall that Ruislip has

he Ruislip Chamber is pleased to announce a maintained for these patients in their M lacked an ambulance station for T week-long event to get Christmas off to the best new homes. There will be no staff many years but that planning permis- possible start! redundancies, but change is change sion was given to build one behind and can be daunting. shops in Pembroke Road. In the ab-

For the children - once again there will be a treasure sence of any activity, the Community Mount Vernon Car Parking Voice wrote several times to the Lon- hunt for children up to 11 years of age with some p to now car parking at Mount super prizes to be won. The treasure hunt will start don Ambulance Service seeking an U Vernon has cost a flat fee of £2.70 update, to no effect. Finally, it asked on Monday 23 rd November and continue right per visit. From some time in Septem- through to Saturday evening 28 th November giving Hillingdon LINk to use its statutory ber a new “Pay and Display” system is powers and subsequently the Hilling- everyone a chance to enter. Entry forms will be to be introduced with variable fees with local primary schools and many High Street shops. don LINk Officer reported that: related to time and clamping as the

Saturday sees the arrival of Santa who will be greeting children in his Grotto inside ultimate deterrent for those who fail to “I have spoken to Margaret Vander of John Sanders. For the very small children there will be a number of rides along the pay. Up to 30 minutes will cost £1, the regard- High Street and as dusk falls the Christmas lights will be fully on for the first time. then fees rise in steps up to £3.30 be- ing plans for a permanent station for tween 2 hours and 10 hours, then £6 ambulances in Ruislip. The need for a For the adults - many of the shops will be giving away tickets with purchases dur- for up to 24 hours – a scale of fees permanent ambulance station has ing the week to win super prizes, watch out in the High Street for more information matching the charges at Hillingdon been obviated by a change in deploy- nearer the time. Someone is going to have a very Happy Christmas! Hospital. ment approach, instigated two years ago. The LAS now deploy roving am- VICTORIA ROAD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS The Community Voice, of which Ruislip bulances across the borough, as well Residents’ Association is a member, as cycle and car paramedic teams. he Christmas Lights in Victoria Road, will be switched on at protested about the new system to Teams are sited at spots where re- T 4.30pm on 14th November by the Mayor, Cllr. Shirley Harper-O'Neill . David McVittie, Chief Executive, but he search shows that accidents and inci- During the day the Christmas spirit and entertainment etc will start at 11.00am and sent reassurances that in a similar dents are most likely to occur, and pro- finish at 6.00pm. There will be many trade, charity and information stalls, children's system at the back of Hillingdon Hospi- vide a fast response coverage across fairground rides, dancing, choirs, various displays in the library and a fancy dress tal no patient or visitor who purchased the borough.” competition. A variety of international cuisine will be on sale together with the a ticket and was then delayed in the Is this a satisfactory response? Origi- usual hot dogs and hamburgers. (RMCC) hospital had been clamped in the past year and that clampers are briefed to nally the Community Voice was work- be considerate to patients and visitors. ing with LAS to help it find a site but MAKING A DIFFERENCE DAY when the LAS changed its strategy it The main car park at Hillingdon Hospi- n Sunday 31st October, volunteers are needed for planting wild flower bulbs tal operates a pay on exit system but treated local people with disdain. Even O alongside the River Pinn, High Road . Nick Hurd, our MP, is heading the charges will, from September, be now we have only a verbal message the project and arranging funding. For details email: [email protected] similar in all the Trust’s car parks. through an intermediary.

Page 4 Page 13 H EALTH M ATTERS (Joan Davis) C HAIRMAN ’S R OUND -UP (Peter Lansdown) The Hillingdon Hospital Trust recent Care Quality Commission Re- s you will be only too well aware, n a brighter note, the skateboard view. Additional training for staff treat- A there are a number of on-going O park last month celebrated its fifth Firstly money ing children outside the main paediatric house building projects in Ruislip, anniversary with a “Jam”! This took he Trust ended July with a sur- area is being introduced and also more which together add up to over 1000 the form of a number of competitions T plus of £269k and it now forecasts training in paediatric pain manage- new homes. The four major sites in, or for BMX riders and skateboarders. ending the financial year next March ment. Changes are being made to en- abutting, our area are RAF Eastcote, The event was opened by the Mayor with a surplus of £1.65m. So, it ex- sure that consultants have appropriate RAF West Ruislip, Bishop Ramsey and it was a very successful afternoon. pects to meet its statutory require- volumes of paediatric activity to main- Lower School and Mill Works in Bury So much so that it may become an ment to break even, and to meet the tain skills and expertise. Street. annual happening. The RRA spon- requirements of NHS London. How- sored the event, covering the insur- European Working time Directive When one considers the numerous ever, the Trust expected and wanted ance cost. Janice Andrews worked he requirement for junior doctors to other developments of around 14 units to have a bigger surplus, to allow very hard with the organisation, helped work no more than 48 hours per each and the already inhabited apart- greater flexibility if problems T by Andy Fyfe and some of the boys. arise. Why are its profits down? In- week has now been met. This was ments in Kingsend and Pembroke patient activity was low in July, oper- achieved only by recruiting an addi- Road, this will put an enormous strain Metropolitan Line ating costs continued to grow at a tional orthopaedic Senior House Offi- on the local services of health, educa- ew trains will be introduced next faster rate than income and planned cer and by a dispensation that two tion, traffic, police, etc. year. They will have 30% fewer efficiency savings were not General Surgery rotas be allowed to N Your committee is very concerned seats than the current trains, which achieved. To combat these issues work up to 52 hours per week. about the apparent lack of strategic means a loss of over 1,000 seats at and to meet the cost of paying for the planning by the London Borough of peak times. new Mount Vernon Treatment Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital Hillingdon to take account of these promised more trains and faster jour- the Board resolved to reduce use of aniels Ward, a continuing care changes. In the immediate future, ney times when the new trains entered agency staff and to avoid working D ward for long-stay patients is to be traffic is a particular problem. Our service, but this now seems unlikely. A outside normal hours. roads are already becoming clogged closed. Some staff members have new signalling system is needed first, Infections? Mortality rates? worked there for over 20 years and without the imminent very significant and that is at least four years away. Good news on both these issues – at some patients have been there for increase from the above new resi- the end of July the Trust had had only many years too, so the prospect of dents. And looking outside the area The Mayor of London has deferred two MRSA bacteraemia cases since change is traumatic for all of them. covered by your Association, develop- disabled accessibility work at Harrow- 1st April, so it was well within its an- However, this is one of the few old ments at RAF Northolt and in Ducks on-the Hill station, which was due to nual target of maximum 12 cases and fashioned wards still open in this coun- Hill Road can only exacerbate the start in 2010. Other similar projects try and it has been long overdue for situation. along the line have been put on hold. its standard mortality rate of 69.5 was way below the average of 100 for closure. It is hoped that long-stay pa- If members wish us to get further in- The Association is represented on the hospitals in . tients will benefit from more appropri- volved with this, we need your help. Federation of Metropolitan Line Users’ ate surroundings and we are promised Please contact me with your thoughts Committees, which meets regularly Children’s services that great care will be taken to involve and offers of support relatives in selection of appropriate with Metropolitan Line managers. An action plan is in place to address ([email protected]). training problems highlighted by the nursing homes and to prepare the pa- (Peter O’Brien) Page 12 Page 5

TREASURER ’S R EPORT (John Perkins) PLANNING M ATTERS (John Williams & Mike Hodge) shill Developments have acquired 100 Sharps Lane: A retrospective ur expenditure in the present year is expected to be in the region of £6,000. the old EMI factory at Mill Works, planning application to retain a single As shown in the chart below two thirds of this is in respect of our ‘new look’ A O Bury Street and are proposing to build storey self-contained flat where we magazine which has proved most popular. 84 homes. They have recently ar- supported residents’ concerns was Assuming that our ranged consultation meetings with local refused under delegated powers by the Expenditure membership remains residents and your Association. We local authority and the decision notice at the 2008 level understand that as a result of the com- issued on 23 July. (3,354) we will have ments received Ashill are making some 16 and 18 Kingsend: An application 6% 2009 income of ap- modifications to the scheme, including 8% to convert existing dwellings to provide proximately £5,000 a slight reduction in the number of Tow n Crier 3x1 bedroom and 8x2 bedroom flats 8% homes. Following further consultations which will result in a was refused by local authority planners Hire of rooms £1,000 deficit for the Ashill expect to submit a planning ap- on 27 August. Donations plication in late September. 11% year. Insurance 157-161 High Street : An appeal at- Miscelleneous 67% However, we have Following the refusal of an application tended by your Association was heard reserves of over earlier this year Ruislip Baptist by the Planning Inspector on 26 August £8,000 which will Church in Manor Way is now applying in respect of the Council's refusal of a amply cover this for a part two storey, part single storey proposed new development for 13 resi- small deficit. side and rear extension involving dential units fronting onto Pembroke demolition of rear and side elements of Road. The inspector's decision is ex- For 2010 it has been agreed that subscriptions are increased by 50p to £2 with a the existing building. pected within the next week or two.

£1.00 concessionary rate. Provided that we can maintain our membership we In the High Street decisions are should have a surplus in the region of £500 for next year. awaited on Ablethird’s proposal to

Many Road Stewards who have given invaluable service over the years are now move the Amusement Arcade from retiring. As a result the collection of subscriptions is becoming more difficult. If you Nos 70 - 80 and at Nos 56-58 KFC’s Did you Know ? have any spare time and are prepared to deliver our magazine to neighbours, how- revised application for new shop front ever few, three times per year and to collect annual subscriptions, our President sign. A problem with your neighbour’s and Chief Road Steward, Brian Cowley, would be most pleased to hear from you. high hedge? Appeals have been lodged against the elp could be at hand. Under re- Council’s refusal for development at H cent legislation the Council can Treasurer Required 173 West End Road and 157 – 161 Our Treasurer, John Perkins, after 10 years in the job, has given notice that he now act as a mediator or adjudicator in High Street . disputes between neighbours where will be leaving the Committee in December, at the end of the current financial In both cases we have written to the year. We need a volunteer to replace him. an evergreen hedge obstructs light or Planning Inspectorate supporting the a view. Full details of the scheme are If you are interested, please contact our Chairman, Peter Lansdown on 01895 Council’s decision. available from the Council’s Trees and 623355, or e-mail [email protected]. Landscape Team at the Civic Centre.

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HISTORY : RUISLIP RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 1919-2009 W ARRENDER H ISTORY : SR CHOOLEVENGE (Paul K ILLING Lake, Head IN R Teacher)UISLIP left of Copse Wood, and Mad Bess terspersed and surrounded by open arrender School has made excel- Quality of teaching Wood was purchased for public use in spaces to provide healthy living condi- W lent progress this year. In terms We support our teachers in constantly 1936 – the latter by Compulsory Pur- tions - should be suffering a sustained of teaching and learning, children’s trying to develop new skills, and chase Order. The Association onslaught from developers. Houses well-being and their spiritual develop- teachers are observed by myself or prompted negotiations that led to the with gardens where children can play ment, we have worked hard to improve Mrs Tucker each term. This year’s acquisition of the Lido by RNUDC in in safety and large enough to grow fruit the quality of our provision. observations show over 75% of les- 1951 to prevent its exploitation by com- and vegetables, in King’s End, Sharps sons graded as good or above. Last Assessment mercial interests and opposed similar Lane, Wood Lane and Pembroke term’s Annual School Review report We have been working very hard on threats in the early 1990s. Road, are being replaced by flats, and said: the way we assess children’s progress. incorporating the much–vaunted The overall grade for teaching is Good From Y1 to Y6 teachers are using the Manor Farm has recently been beauti- ‘landscaped’ car park. from the current observation evidence. national Assessing Pupils’ Progress fully restored, after much work by the The Association, along with some scheme (APP) to highlight every child’s Spirituality Manor Farm Working Party (set up in councillors and other groups, has been achievements and identify the next We organised assemblies from a vari- 1993) on which representatives of local working to modify the effect of this steps they need to make in reading, ety of faith groups during Community societies sat. trend upon suburban Ruislip and re- writing and maths. Learning targets Week, and I have also made a useful Early Twenty-first century: cently helped to promote the extension from this process are shared with the link with Father Lawrence from Bishop the Garden Suburb under threat of the Ruislip Village Conservation children every term, and are discussed Ramsey School. In addition, Miss It is ironic that ninety years on, the Area to include the roads between the with parents at our termly Parent Con- Miranda – who leads RE for the whole concept of the Garden Suburb - High Street, Sharps Lane and Wood sultations. school – has worked with a Religious attractively-designed houses with gar- Lane to protect the early Twentieth Education advisor to review and im- Last term’s Annual School Review re- dens standing in tree-lined streets, in- century vision of Ruislip as a semi- prove our RE curriculum – a brand port from the Hillingdon inspection rural/semi-urban idyll. new scheme of work will be launched team stated: with the children in September. Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History Society The school has made good progress Lecture programme 2009 – 2010 here, with systematic records and evi- Children’s well-being Meetings held at St Martin’s Church Hall, 8:15pm. Visitors welcome. dence set up for each year group. The In April we achieved national Healthy Headteacher has implemented a very School status: this has involved a 19 October The More: Cardinal Wolsey's Heather Falvey effective system of monitoring. wide range of consultation with chil- dren, parents and the local community Palace, Rickmansworth History Researcher Our excellent work has been recog- to ensure our children are happy and 16 November Whitefriars Glass: Mike Beech nised by Hillingdon, who have ap- a Concise History WG Researcher/Collector healthy. We have established a wide pointed us a Lead Assessment School . 21 December Ian Tait's Ruislip in the 1920s Eileen Bowlt range of initiatives to support chil- This means we will be supported next Chairman RNELHS dren’s well-being 18 January 40 Years at Kodak Tony Earle year in extending our own work and in Kodak R & D Scientist working with other schools to develop This is impressive progress in less their assessment systems. than a year: it is the result of a great 15 February Researching Manor Farm Geraint Franklin English Heritage deal of effort on the part of our staff and children. Page 10 Page 7 H ISTORY : RUISLIP RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 1919-2009 HISTORY : RUISLIP RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION 1919-2009

Ninety years serving the community. UDC area and set the King’s College ers, who saw their jobs gradually disap- Changing concerns –‘improvement’ by Eileen M. Bowlt Plan at its heart. pear as land was swallowed up by to ‘conservation’ builders, were less happy. Farmers, he Ruislip Residents’ Association ‘Ancients’ and ‘Squatters’ T was inaugurated in February 1919 some of whom owned their farms, were At first the Association had concen- as the Ruislip & Eastcote Association. By 1919 the total population of the also displaced, but compensated to trated on improving urban amenities - Eastcote residents formed their own Urban District was some 9,500, mostly some extent by the money they re- cheaper gas from Pinner Gas Com- group in 1930. It seems scarcely credi- resident in Northwood where develop- ceived from developers. pany, electricity from Northwood Elec- ble that 30 years have passed since I ment had started in 1887, following the tric Company and water from the Colne first wrote in the October 1979 Town opening of the Metropolitan Line Sta- Unification (or absorption) by 1935 Valley Water Company - local busi- nesses which the Association hoped to Crier about the early years of the Asso- tion. Of the 4000 living in Ruislip and The Advertiser and Gazette (3 May be able to influence. Residents were ciation to celebrate its 60 th birthday. Eastcote, some 3000 were newcom- 1935) remarked that ‘the relationship concerned about damage to trees and There was another essay in February ers, living in roads built on the Park between the “squatters” and the shrubs, heavy lorries on the High 1994 for the 75 th anniversary. I still be- and King’s End estates, and around “ancients” was put on a happy basis, Street, the state of the flower beds at lieve that the saving of the woods and Eastcote and Northolt Junction Sta- largely through the agency of the Ruis- Ruislip Station. They particularly de- Manor Farm is the Association’s great- tions between 1906 and 1914. lip Association’. The ‘ancients’ had sired ‘a proper Post Office’ to replace est achievement. been absorbed into suburban life and the one at Hailey’s shop (now These ‘squatters’, who ‘ran to the sta- by 1935 shared the aspirations of the Early 20th century: Garden Suburb Blubecker’s). The present building tion each morning with the shaving dominant group. The young village dates from 1926, but in 2009 events The Association was formed in February lather still on their faces’, had well and women had found work as maids (often have turned full circle and the post 1919, as life was just beginning to return truly swamped the ‘ancients’, the sur- living–in) at houses in King’s End, office has been relegated once again to normal after the Great War. The Pro- viving rural inhabitants. It is quite clear Church Avenue, King Edward’s Road vost and Scholars of King’s College, from early minute books that it was the and even in more modestly-sized to the back of a shop! Cambridge, who were Lords of the squatters who had formed and were houses like the first Prowting house in The Town Planners had intended to Manor, were determined to continue the running the Association in pursuit of Howletts Lane, built in 1912. Their sweep away the whole of Manor Farm development of Ruislip as a Garden their own interests – beautiful and spa- mothers worked as chars and did laun- and the old cottages at the end of the Suburb, as laid down in the College’s cious houses, rural charm, tranquillity dry and sewing for the newcomers. High Street, despite featuring them in detailed Town Planning Scheme for their and fresh air, within easy reach of There was so much domestic work advertising literature meant to attract demesne lands, in 1910. The demesne Town. What did the natives think of available that girls from depressed ar- buyers, and build throughout Park and consisted of Copse Wood, Park Wood these immigrants who had irrevocably eas, such as Wales and the North-East Copse Woods. The sudden felling of and Manor Farm, the lands of which changed the old way of life? Some also came to Ruislip. In his book elm trees bordering the High Street in extended south almost to Northolt Junc- accepted the changes unquestioningly. ‘Flutes of Autumn’, Peter Levy fondly 1927, prior to a Prowting development, tion (now Station) and Others embraced the expansion of remembered the Rigg sisters from galvanised the Association into more pasture land called Wythycrofts between their horizon in the way of better edu- South Shields who ran the Levy house- militant action, which ended in the Road and Wood Lane. Ruis- cation and the opportunity to work hold at 63 King’s End. Building sites in preservation of Park Wood and the lip-Northwood Urban District Council’s elsewhere. Those hay dealers, wood West End Road and south of the rail- handing over of Manor Farm to the Town Plan of 1914, covered the whole dealers, smallholders and farm labour- way line were constant sources of em- people of Ruislip in 1932. What was ployment for the men. Page 8 Page 9