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 SOLD £10,750,000 GUIDE PRICE LONSDALE ROAD, BARNES, LONDON, SW13 9JP Arguably one of the best properties to come onto the market in Barnes. This double fronted Victorian house of merit, has been totally refurbished to the highest standard and the interior designed by Paolo Moschino for Nicky Haslam, with the added benefit of a large three bedroom coach house. 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!" 4 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 Dog image: Dylan Clinton 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.