STAN RONDEAU ON RADIO 2

Stan Rondeau is on Radio 2 as part of the Great British Faith programme on 5th April at 10pm

London is one of the three cities featured in this second series of Great British Faith and will include an item on the history of the Huguenot community in the East End of London. 

The programme will be presented by TV presenter and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, who will be interviewing Stan Rondeau one of our members.

Stan can also be found in a new book – Spitalfields Life by The Gentle Author, published by Saltyard Books.

ENFIELD COUNCIL SEEK VIEWS ON THEIR PLANS FOR SOUTHGATE CIRCUS

To read the proposals and fill out a form to reply to the council, click the pdf link below.

Enfield Council invitation for comment on Southgate Circus

NEW SOUTHGATE MILLENNIUM GREEN - TREE PLANTING

As part of National Tree Planting Week, the Trustees of the New Southgate Millennium Green arranged to plant two native trees on the Green on Saturday 27 November.

ENFIELD LOCAL HISTORY UNIT

Those who have tried, without success, to find our borough’s Local History Unit on its website, fear not! It hasn’t been disbanded. It closed down while the library was moved back to the renovated Enfield Town building at the beginning of March, but has now reopened.

Our treasured archives are safe and well in the room it has occupied on the first floor in Thomas Hardy House since relocating from the basement of Palmers Green library, and is open as before on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9.30am to 4pm. Ring 020 8379 2724 or 020 8379 2839 to make an appointment

TOWN PLANNING

Since my last report a further new Conservation Area has been designated, The Lakes Estate.  As with most of the others it has been more than 20 years since areas were highlighted and put forward for designation, but it has taken that long for an Enfield Council to manage to make it possible.  We are well aware of the cost of these new areas to the Council and we are grateful for the work that has been undertaken to create as much as they have in a short time. 

IMPROVING OUR PLACE WITH THE BROOMFIELD COMMUNITY ORCHARD

The 'Broomfield Community Orchard' is a new orchard created on an old bowling green in Broomfield Park by local people working in partnership with Enfield Council.

Over 30 people attended the inauguration of the orchard on the 5th December 2009, including five councillors and David Burrowes MP, at which Cllr Edward Smith planted a tree to celebrate the event.

NEW SOUTHGATE MASTERPLAN

On 17th March, the Draft Masterplan was launched by the Council, and is available for consultation until 9th June 2010. The beginning of the document explains why a Masterplan is being prepared:-

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Saturday 8th May 2010 at 2.30 pm
Walker Lower Hall, Christ Church Parish Centre, 7 The Green, Southgate, N14

The AGM is essential to the successful functioning of the Trust.  It gives members an opportunity to question the outgoing committee and to express their views, also to elect officers and the committee for the next year.  The nomination form for the new committee is on page 9.
 

ELECTIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2010/2011

The following members are willing to stand again:

President Audrey Kirby
Vice-Presidents Chris Howell
Secretary Jane Maggs
Treasurer Alastair Palmar
Social Secretary Janet Lane
Newsletter Editors Mary and Colin Barratt
Committee Members Irene Stone
Geoff Bone

We have received a nomination for the post of:

NEWS FROM CIVIC VOICE

Below are some of the topics raised in the last bulletin from Civic Voice.  If you would like more information, please let me know or visit www.civicvoice.org.uk.

Speculation grows on Government planning guidance for historic environment
The long awaited and much disputed new Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 15 on the historic environment may be squeezed through just before the General Election.