Bogus Charities Continue to Operate in Our Area

This one is almost convincing. “Helping Arms” make claims to support University College Hospital. The company is registered with Companies House, not once but twice having previously been dissolved and only registered again in January 2010. According to the “Helping Arms” site they have applied to register the charity but there is no record on the charity-commission.gov.uk website. They have rulings against them by the Advertising Standards Agency and complaints from other parts of the country. For more information check out my original posting on this website

by Madeleine Menzies-Racionzer

15 March 2010 | Category » news | Comments [0]

'F' is for Flooding

boats on the River Crane

Those of us who live along the banks of the tidal River Crane in north St Margarets love our river. We build decking and jetties alongside it, our children paddle in it, we delight in the wildlife that lives along its banks. We keep small boats on it and every year in the summer we gather as a community to clean it out. We enjoy our river, and yet…

…when exceptionally heavy rain is forecast or high tides expected we begin to worry. We worry about the weight of the water racing down to the Thames and we worry about the incoming tide that is waiting to meet it. We worry about the 4 or 5 times a year when the river overflows into our gardens and covers our lawns with a thick layer of silt, plastic rubbish and grass clippings. Most of all - and even though it hasn’t happened in living memory - we worry about the possibility of our houses being flooded.

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12 March 2010 | Category » around town | Comments [0]

St Margarets Fair 2009 Charity Beneficiaries

Last October we told you that how 50% of the £14,000 profit from July’s Fair on Moormead was distributed between the four local schools. We asked you to nominate local charities who you thought might be deserving of sharing the…

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12 March 2010 | Category » news | Comments [3]

The Marathon De Sables: 3 weeks to go

I’d firstly like to say a big thank you to all those who have kindly sponsored me to do this mad race, please if you would like to help me raise money for F.R.O.D.O. then please visit my just giving…

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10 March 2010 | Category » around town | Comments [0]

Marble Hill Playcentres Annual General Meeting - 18 March 2010

Marble Hill Playcentres are having their AGM at 7.00pm on Thursday, 18 March. It will be held at the One O’Clock Club in Marble Hill Park. We would welcome all parents to come to the One O’Clock Club to see…

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10 March 2010 | Category » news | Comments [0]

Lawrence Dallaglio Visits St Margarets

Last weekend Lawrence Dallaglio was in the St Margarets Tavern enjoying the local hospitality and taking a short break following his hectic few days in Twickenham as part of his mega 1,800 mile cycle ride from Rome to Edinburgh…

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10 March 2010 | Category » news | Comments [0]

Mothering Sunday - 14 March 2010

Mothering Sunday is traditionally the day we show our Mothers that we appreciate them and love them and that we are thankful to have them in our lives. Mothers Day came to be celebrated in UK in 17th century…

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9 March 2010 | Category » around town | Comments [0]

St Margarets Alliance and the North St Margarets Residents' Association

The North St Margarets Residents’ Association’s committee resolved on 23 February that the Association should withdraw from participation in the St Margarets Alliance with immediate effect. Laurence Mann Secretary…

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28 February 2010 | Category » news | Comments [10]

Richmond Council's School Place Planning Update

The Richmond Council will send this leaflet to all parents of school age parents tomorrow [PDF] outlining the current state of the issues around school places and the two options they are currently considering. Option 1 Highlights Orleans Infants remains…

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25 February 2010 | Category » | Comments [6]

This is a Food War!

Dig for Victory

“Those who have the will to win,
Cook potatoes in their skin,
Knowing that the sight of peelings
Deeply hurts Lord Woolton’s feelings.”

Seventy years ago, on the 8th January 1940, the wartime government introduced food rationing - a control that was to remain in force for the next fourteen years. All over the country people started tightening their belts at the sobering news that their personal weekly food ration would be:-

Butter or Lard: 4 ounces
Sugar: 12 ounces
Raw bacon or Ham: 4 ounces
Eggs x two
Cooked Bacon or Ham: 3 1/2  ounces

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25 February 2010 | Category » around town | Comments [0]

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