harrow people - september 2016

Harrow people

September 2016 issue l www.harrow.gov.uk

InSIden Musical youth n Back to school n Heath Robinson homecoming

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Inside this issue

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Editor Simon HornsbyDesign Sarah Kenning

Harrow People is published five times a year by Harrow Council as part of keeping local people informed. It is distributed to every home in Harrow and all local libraries. Comments, products and services publisheddo not necessarily carry the council’s endorsement.

Cllr Sachin ShahLeader of the Council

This edition has something of a culture and learning theme and confirms that Harrow is bright and buoyant and offers a lot. A new cultural institution, the Heath Robinson Museum, will become our latest local asset when it opens its doors in October. It’s the first purpose-built museum in London for 40 years, and it’s in Harrow. The project is a real people power story, so well done to all those volunteers who have made it a reality. Of course it’s back to school time and, for some of our younger pupils, the return to learning means new facilities and new classrooms.

By the end of the year our school expansion programme will have added almost 5,000 new places, as all our primary schools have grown to meet demand. Grimsdyke, Longfield and Priestmead are the latest to be upgraded – you can see their progress on pages 16 and 17. Some of our young people will be making fresh starts having completed their GCSEs or A-levels – congratulations to them. Harrow remains one of London’s most academically high-performing boroughs – we’re a bright lot with a bright future!

Tweet your views to @harrow_council or like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/lbharrow

Building a Better HarrowCatch up on the latest developments in our school expansion programme

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18A walk in the parkOn the trail with Harrow Health Walks

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A beautiful new timber frame building is slowly emerging at the site of this local treasure, home to 1,200 years of history.

Currently looking a bit like an upside-down longship, the new building complements the latest phase of the manor’s refurbishment and, when it opens next April, will house a new visitors centre, café and shop.

See page 25 to find out how you can go behind the scenes at the museum and see for yourself how

this latest refurbishment work is progressing.

Things are also changing too at Headstone Manor Recreation Ground next door, which recently won £1.4million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money will be used to restore woodlands, introduce new nature trails, clean up nearby Yeading Brook and improve local flood defences. The cash injection will also be used for a clean up of the manor’s famous moat – the only one in Harrow!

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Was your child born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013?

They will start primary school in 2017

Was your child born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006?

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What’s happening

With...?Have you seen those ‘Criminals Beware’ signs on lamp posts? They advertise MetTrace – a project from the Met Police to stop burglary. Police are stepping up operations in these areas and using Smartwater – a dye only visible under UV light, that helps reunite people with stolen property.Smartwater can be used to mark items such as jewellery, phones, and tools. Criminals hate it and, where its use is advertised, it’s a great deterrent.Uniformed officers are visiting 12,000 households in Harrow to explain how it all works and to give out free Smartwater kits – so look out for them on your street.

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... headstone manor museumWe’ll be giving this estate in south Harrow a new lease of life, replacing 282 out-of-date council properties with 549 modern houses and apartments for affordable rent and private sale. Hundreds of people attended the estate’s family fun day in July. Harrow Radio provided the soundtrack to the event, organised by the Grange Farm Resident Steering Group and sponsored by the council and consultant team. Trampolines, face-painting, games and a bicycle-powered smoothie machine all went down well and there are calls to make it an annual event. Cllrs Sue Anderson, Glen Hearnden and Kairul Kareema Marikar are pictured at the fun day. The renewal of the estate is expected to take at least five years, aiming to start in 2017.

A great new scheme in Harrow is tackling two social problems at the same time. Homeshare matches older people who want some help around the house or some company, with younger people who are unable to meet the cost of rent or get on the property ladder. In return for an affordable place to live, the younger person agrees to give 10 hours a week of practical help around the house, such as cleaning or gardening. Both

pay a small monthly fee to the scheme’s pioneers, Novus – a consortium of London care centres, of which our own Harrow Carers is a member. Novus do all the matching, interviewing and checking that’s required to make such an ingenious scheme work – they provide lots of support and already have a growing network of happy home sharers.

Visit www.novus-homeshare.org.uk to find out more.

reputation for bizarre contraptions has established ‘Heath Robinson’ as a term for improvised, make-do-and-mend innovations, but visitors will also find more serious works that go to confirm his reputation as an accomplished and versatile artist. l Follow the museum’s

progress as it prepares for opening day on the website www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org or via Facebook and Twitter @hrobinsonmuseum.Find out how to become a patron and help the museum achieve its final funding target at mydonate.bt.com/charities/heathrobinsonmuseum.


All a bit Heath Robinson...London’s first purpose-built museum in 40 years is about to open in Pinner, providing a permanent exhibition for the

brilliant and baffling work of a former resident; the artist, cartoonist and illustrator William Heath Robinson...

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The Heath Robinson Museum’s opening brings to an end to the long wait

to find a home for nearly 1,000

artworks, which have long been in the care of the Heath Robinson Trust. Their vision for a dedicated museum is now at hand thanks

to a Heritage Lottery Grant of £1.3million and an ongoing fundraising effort.

Cynthia Wells, acting chair of the Trust, said: “The trustees have been working for 16 years to build this new museum for the community. It’s hard to believe that our dream of bringing the Heath Robinson illustrations to Pinner is at last about to be realised. We look forward to welcoming our very first visitors – I know they’re going to love it!”

You’ll find the new museum in the beautiful surroundings of Pinner Memorial Park – not far from where Heath Robinson lived and worked during some of his most productive years. With building work now coming to an end, the museum’s on track to open its doors to visitors in mid October. Inside you will get to tour Heath Robinson’s absurd world of mad invention, improbable machines and peculiar people. His

The amazing volunteer staff, including Cynthia Wells, and builders on site ahead of the opening

An artist’s impression of the museum featuring some of Heath Robinson’s illustrations

Ahead of his time? Some Heath Robinson inventions we’d like to see... + don’t stress out at work! With the Health Robinson combined bath and writing desk “for business men”, you can have a relaxing soak and power through the paperwork at the same time! + Beat the crowds in comfort with the Heath Robinson Royal wedding viewing platform – fits all common lampposts – auto confetti-flinger comes as standard! + Keep the streets rubbish-free with the Heath Robinson super sticky steamroller litter picker.

Left, deceiving The Invader As To The State Of The Tide, which will feature in the museum’s opening exhibition ‘Heath Robinson At War’

Illustrations and photo © The William Heath Robinson Trust

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tackle the big issues. Its founder, Matteo Bergami, became the third winner of our Business Den competition back in March and has never looked back. For his prize, Matteo received a package of support, including a mentoring programme, that’s helped take his business to the next level.

Self-styled as ‘The voice of the next generation’, the company’s commitment to bring the debate on national and global issues to young people really impressed our judges. “It’s easy to feel

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The website shoutoutuk.org is the heart of the business – with an open contribution policy and commitment to free speech, it’s buzzing with news and comment on politics, arts, travel and money.

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Matteo said, “It’s been an incredible journey. At 24 and doing this on my own for the first time is challenging, but entering the Business Den competition was the best decision. The mentoring programme has been fantastic - having someone experienced give you advice is priceless.”

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Up your street Mollison Way

Mollison Way, Edgware – it’s long, it’s straight, it used to be… a runway!

No, really. It was once the very heart of Stag Lane aerodrome – former home of famous aircraft manufacturer De Havilland.Today it’s hard to guess that this bit of our borough had such an interesting past and yet there are clues. Some place names give it away – De Havilland Road for instance, and Amy Johnson Way, named after the famous aviator who was a frequent visitor to Stag Lane and broke air records for fun in the 1930s.

Mollison Way itself is named after Jim Mollison, another record-breaking aviator who married Johnson in 1932. It’s said that Mollison proposed to Amy Johnson in mid air after only knowing her for eight hours.Together they were one of the most glamourous celebrity couples of their day and were dubbed ‘the flying sweethearts’ by the press.

They enjoyed a competitive rivalry for aviation records and also flew together, notably in an unsuccessful attempt in 1933 to fly non-stop to New York, which ended in a crash-landing after their plane ran out of fuel.

l You can find a clip of these famous aviators at Stag Lane on YouTube by searching for ‘the greatest air adventure’.

Flying sweethearts... to heartless fly-tippers

Unfortunately one of the things that Mollison Way has become known for more recently is fly-tips. We regularly have to clear illegally dumped waste from the area behind the shops in north and South Parade, at great cost to the taxpayer. In fact, in the last 12 months we’ve removed 97 fly-tips from these areas.

Many were on private land and not our responsibility, but we still took action.In all we spend more than £300,000 a year removing fly-tips. When an illegal dump is reported to us we go

out, investigate and remove it within 48 hours. Lee and Torray are out clearing them just about every working day. We always

prosecute where we have the evidence to do

so, but progress through the courts is often slow and complex.

An ordinary residential street in Edgware hides a glamorous past...

Lee and Torray clean up; inset, before and after the clear-up of the service road at north Parade

Aviators Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison early in their flying careers

We hate fly-tips as much as you do. They’re disgusting and criminal.

Help us to tackle them by reporting online at

www.harrow.gov.uk/flytipping


Building a Better Harrow

Priestmead Primary School in Kenton is halfway through a whole-school rebuild as a part of our Building a Better Harrow programme. When the children return to the site after Christmas they’ll be moving into their new school buildings. To mark their last day, the children buried a time capsule under what will become

their new nursery play area. Pupils who uncover it in 50 years’ time will be amazed to find inside ancient items such as pencils, printed photographs, books and a movie on a USB stick.

Priestmead pupils look to the future

Mayor of Harrow Cllr Rekha Shah joins children from Priestmead Primary to see the time capsule burial at the site where the school is being rebuilt, pictured far left

Back to school...Primary school children will soon be

enjoying new learning spaces and classrooms, thanks to our school

expansion programme. Almost 5,000 places will be added in all. This summer Longfield Primary, Grimsdyke First and Middle School and Welldon Park Infants School became the latest to undergo expansion works, making sure

every Harrow child gets a fair start at a good local school. Welldon Park is merging Infant and Junior schools – the extension will see new nursery and reception classrooms, group learning spaces, toilets and offices. Children will start to see the changes this month. All works are due to be finished by October half term – and the kids can’t wait!

Before the schools broke up for summer, children from Longfield put on hard hats and high-vis jackets for a guided tour of the building site that will soon become their new classrooms. The new extension will include

a new nursery space, six new classrooms and a lift. A new drainage system is also being installed and was tested earlier on this summer when we had heavy rain fall which previously would have seen the school flooded.

Building blocks of educationgrimsdyke School, another undergoing expansion, has been looking seriously at the issue of transport.

Located in a residential area, it wasn’t designed with the school run in mind – so as it grows, what’s the answer?Well, the school’s been working with parents and pupils on travel initiatives such as Walk

on Wednesdays and Park and Stride. And they’ve had a real impact that’s led to a 13 per cent reduction in local traffic. And when they’re old enough, it’s hoped that some of these grimsdyke kids will bike their way to school too.

Grimsdyke gears up

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Health

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Now the warm weather has finally

arrived it’s a great opportunity to get out and about and discover some of our parks and open spaces – we have over 60 in the borough!Fatima Nurmohamed from Hatch End is one of the 300 regular Active Harrow walkers. She started walking this summer to help manage her

diabetes and high blood pressure: “I really enjoy the walks – it’s a great

opportunity to get fit and to meet new people.

I now go for a walk twice a week – I feel more active and it’s a great way to start the day. Anyone thinking about

coming along to a walk should

– there’s so many health benefits, you

meet new people and find out about your local area.”Dr Nizar Merali leads an Active Harrow walk at West Harrow Rec on Sundays at 9.30am, said a little exercise can go a long way.He added: “Most of us would benefit from being more active

– even something as simple as walking to the shops or getting off a stop earlier on the tube can make a difference. “Everyone is welcome to join, there’s no need to book in advance, just turn up in comfy clothing with a bottle of water.” l For more details of park walks see our What’s On pages (page 25-27).

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and challenging repertoire – our director of music and lead conductor, Mark Gooding, is to thank for that – there aren’t many youth orchestras taking on [contemporary composer] Mark-Anthony Turnage, for instance.

“The HYM committe have worked hard to make HYM financially stable, and now it’s on its own two feet, there’s no stopping us. I’ve recently re-established links with

the Peter Hinkley Trust, which offers bursaries for lessons – that gives us something new to offer. And we can help with the cost of instruments too.

“We now also welcome young people from outside of Harrow – I’d say, as long as you can play something, anything really, regardless of level, and have enthusiasm and a desire to play, then we’d like to hear from you.“We hold informal auditions every Saturday from 10am at Hatch End School – come along and have fun – you’ll soon see that HYM is more than an orchestra, it’s an extended musical family.” l Visit www.hym.org.uk or email [email protected] to find out more.

Bareen Shah is a consultant breast and thyroid surgeon and chair of Harrow Young

Musicians (HYM), the acclaimed local orchestra for seven to 19 year olds, based at Hatch End School.

We met Bareen, her daughter Ucheena and son Yasar, on GCSE results day. “All three of my children have been in HYM”, Bareen said. “With my husband too, it’s a very musical house...apart from me, but I’m a very good groupie!

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It’s a spirit reflected in the orchestra’s music, which takes in jazz, classic, soul, steel and more. “Take the Royal Academy or Guildhall School of Music”, Bareen said. “They put enormous emphasis on soloists, but HYM is a collective – we work together. And we have a massively varied


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””‘It’s a very musical house...apart from me, but I’m a very good groupie!’

– Bareen Shah, Chairman of Harrow

Young Musicians

UcheenaNow at the end of her HYM career, Ucheena has played trumpet with the orchestra for 10 years. Ucheena is about to start studying world music at the School of Oriental and African Studies – congratulations, Ucheena!

Bareen Shah, centre, with Ucheena and Yasar Cohen-Shah

Mark gooding, director of music and lead conductor, with HYM at the Chapel of San Rocco on a trip to Venice

YasarYasar plays the organ, trombone and violin. Best recent gig? São Paulo Symphony Orchestra at the Proms. With GCSEs now sorted, Yasar’s taking on A-levels in History, Music, Maths, Further Maths and Physics.

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OPen HOUSe WeeKend: 17-18 SePTeMBeROPen HOUSe AT HeAdSTOne MAnOR & MUSeUMSunday 18 September | 10.30am-5pm | FREESite tours at 11am, 12pm, 1pmn Free outdoor tours of the Grade I* listed 14th century Manor House. Maximum 15 people per tour (limited access). Plus, storytime for kids with local author Beth Shepherd, at 1.30pm and 3pm. Beth will read from her book about adventurous snail Ernie Gonzales. There will be wind-up snail races and crafts. Kids are invited to come in snail fancy dress, with prizes on offer for best costume.

HARROW CIVIC CenTRe Station Road, Harrow HA1 2XYSaturday 17 September 10am-5pm. n Regeneration Walk and Talk with hourly presentations from officers of local regeneration projects, followed by site tours. Last tour 4pm. Maximum 30 people per tour.

Other Open House locations in Harrow”Saturday 17 Septembern Zoroastrian Centre for Europe (Former Grosvenor Cinema): 11am-5pmn Kenton Library: Sat 17 September | 9am-5pm | Tours by John Pennells of the Grade II listed librarySunday 18 Septembern The Church of St Lawrence, Little Stanmore: Tour Guides available from 2pm-5pmn Museum of Harrow Life at Harrow School | 2pm-5pmn Fourth Form Room at Harrow School | 2pm-5pmn Old Speech Room Gallery at Harrow School | 2pm-5pm

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A free celebration of history, architecture and culture

BenTLeY PRIORY MUSeUMbentleypriorymuseum.org.uk

Thursday 8 Septembern Free tours of this wartime nerve centre at 11am and 2pm. Book on 020 8950 5526 or email [email protected].

HeAdSTOne MAnOR & MUSeUMharrowmuseum.org.uk

Sunday 11 September | 10.30am-5pm n Screening of the The Great Barn Restored documentary – showings all day. Headstone Manor restoration tour on the hour

between 11am and 4pm.

ZOROASTRIAn CenTRe FOR eUROPeAlexandra Avenue, Rayners LaneFriday 9 & Saturday 10 September | 11am-5pmn Tour the European home of Zoroastrianism, an art deco treasure and former cinema, pictured.

ST geORge’S CHURCHPinner View, HeadstoneSaturday 10 September | 10am-5pm

n Guided tours of this large early 20th century community church at 11am and 3pm. Organ recital 12pm. Piano recital 4pm.

ST MARY’S CHURCHHarrow on the HillSunday 11 September | 2pm-5pmn Harrow’s iconic church throws open its doors to all

HARROW On-THe-HILLMeet on the green outside the old King’s HeadSunday 11 September | 2.30pmn A great guided walking tour of Harrow’s historic heart

THe CHURCH OF ST LAWRenCeLittle Stanmore, Whitchurch LaneSunday 11 Septembern Guided tours of this exceptional 18th century baroque church are available between 2pm and 5pm

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It’s a great month for culture in the borough, with Heritage Open days, Open House Weekend and Pinner Arts Week in September alongside our usual arts, film and community events.

What’s on What’s on


HeAdSTOne MAnOR MUSeUMwww.harrowmuseum.org.uk

Tuesday Talks Every Tuesday | 2pm-3.30pm13 September – Beauty and the Beast: The History of Yellowstone national Parkn Guest Speaker: Karen CochraneUsing photographs from her recent trip, Karen will explore the landscape and wildlife of the national park.

27 September – Brothers grimm: The Reality Behind the Fairy Talesn Guest Speaker: Charlotte BaldwinThis talk will explore the unusual lives of two of our best-known storytellers.

HARROW ARTS CenTRewww.harrowarts.com

TheLaughSocietySaturday 1 October | 8pm | £9 early bird

(limited)/£15adv/£17 doorn Hosted by Marlon Davis, pictured inset, and featuring Curtis Walker. The Owl and the Pussycat’s Treasury of nonsenseMonday 24 October| 2pm | £9/£7 concs | Ages 3+ n Soap Soup Theatre present a collection of some of Edward Lear’s most loved poems in a feast for the eyes, ears and imagination. The Big draw WorkshopSunday 30 October | 12pm-4pm£8 / £30 for a family of 4n The Big Draw Festival is for anyone who loves to draw, as well as those who think they can’t! www.thebigdraw.org

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Midsummer night’s dream17 September 3pm and 7pm £6 adults £4 Senior Citizens and U16n Open-air family-friendly fun modern version written by Geoff Bamber. Performed by The Hill Players. Tickets

available at www.hillplayers.co.uk

USURP ART gALLeRYwww.usurp.org.uk

Of Love, Lust and Liabilities

Friday 9 September | 7.30pm | £10-£12, includes one free drink n Professional Indian storyteller Seema Anand will enchant audiences with a series of stories celebrating love and lust. Suitable for age 16+ only. Bring cushions and slippers.

BenTLeY PRIORY www.bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk

Sunday OpeningSundays in September 10am-5pm n Bentley Priory will be open on Sundays this month to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Standard

opening hours and admission charges apply.

HARROW LIBRARIeS www.ccslibraries.com

Pinner LibraryThursday 8 September 3pm-5pmn Book your one-to-one meeting with the Leader of the Council Cllr Sachin Shah on 020 8424 1897 or email [email protected]

Kenton LibraryThursday 8 September 10am-12pm

n Drop-in event: Talk to library staff about what improvements you would like to see at the library.

Stanmore Library Thursday 22 September 6pm- 7.30pmPoetry Open Mic eveningRead a favourite poem - or one of your own. Or just come along to listen. All ages welcome. Free admission.

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Harrow Health Walkswww.harrow.gov.uk/getactiven Active Harrow offers free guided walks every day of the week in Harrow, for all abilities. Here are just a few:

MONDAYS: South Harrow circular: meet 10.30am in Roxeth Park, South Hill. One hour.

WEDNESDAYS: Northwick Park Wanderers: Meet 10.30am at Northwick Park tube station ticket Hall. One hour.

SATURDAYS: Wealdstone: Second Saturday of every month. Meet 2pm at Harrow & Wealdstone Station (Wealdstone exit). One hour. Edgware: Every Saturday, 11am at Chandos recreation ground near Gym area – suitable for all.

n 3-11 September: Walkabout Festival – join one of our free guided walks.

wHat’s on MUSIC

Buddy Holly and the CricketersThursday 27 October | 7.30pm£18Elliott Hall

n 24 Years of Rock ’n’ Rolling the World! This internationally renowned tribute to Buddy Holly is guaranteed to have everyone singing along and dancing in the aisles. Featuring hitsincluding That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue and Heartbeat.

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HATS, STORIeS And A BIg gIRAFFen Story-telling, hats and giraffe-making will feature alongside An Vrombaut, writer of the TV series 64 Zoo Lane and Disney’s Florrie’s Dragon. For children two and a half upwards (and parents).Methodist Church, Saturday 1 Oct 2pm-3.30pm | £6/£3 under 12

SIng FOR YOUR LIFe n Grammy nominated singer and

academic Vivien Ellis will lead an instant all-age choir. All abilities welcome. Pinner Parish Church Hall. Saturday 24 September 1.30pm-3.30pm |£6/£3 (under 16)

MY PInneR n Bring a picture of Pinner that has a special meaning to you to the library to be included in an exhibition More details at pinnerartsweek.com Pinner Library, Saturday 24 Sept – Saturday 1 Oct | Free – all ages.

HARROW YOUng MUSICIAnS WITH WeST LOdge CHOIRn An evening of baroque, celebrating the work of Bach, Handel, Purcell and Albinoni, joined by the choir from West Lodge School.Pinner Parish Church Monday 26 September, 7.30pm-9.45pm | £10, (free for under-19s)

ZOOMn Exhibition and print sale from 15

local photographers.Upstairs Gallery at West House, Pinner Memorial Park, 23 September – 2 October | Free

TOM HARVeY SCULPTURen The Mayor of Harrow will unveil a sculpture in Pinner Memorial Park. Thursday 29 September, 11.30am-12.15pm

n For tickets and information on all events visit pinnerartsweek.com

Stanmore Choral Society – ‘Come and Sing’ MessiahSaturday 29 October, rehearsal workshop 11am-4.30pm. Performance at 7pm | St Mary the Virgin Church, St Leonard’s Avenue, Kenton HA3 8EJn A wonderful opportunity to participate in this hugely popular oratorio by Handel. www.stanmore-choral.org.uk

St Luke’s Hospice Colour RunSaturday 17 September, 10.30-3pm | Bannister Outside Sports Centre, Uxbridge Road HA3 6SW n St Luke’s Hospice would like groups of friends and families to join them in their first ever 5km sponsored Colour Run at Bannisters Sports Centre, to raise funds hospice care. www.stlukes-hospice.org/colour

Harrow Women’s CentreCharity Autumn FairSaturday 17 September, 12pm-5pm. n Arts and crafts, face-painting, free health checks, children’s and baby clothes, entertainment, games and prizes and much more. Proceeds support vulnerable women in Harrow. www.harrowwomenscentre.org

Roxbourne Park Family Funday and Fun dog Show Sunday 18 September, 1pm-6pmn Retro games, including egg and spoon and sack races, hook a duck, and hoopla, stalls, music, fun fair and a dog show www.forp2016.org

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Harrow Deals


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15% off for schools

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The offer ends December 2016 and is only open to schools that have not commissioned the course before.

Shout Out UK is offering Harrow schools a 15% discount on its Political Literacy Course The course is supported by examining board AQA, and has an emphasis on people skills (public speaking, debating etc). It also supports the school in giving a well rounded experience to the student as the course improves a students’ self-esteem, confidence and emotional resilience.

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Lupton Bowling ClubCanons Park, Donnefield AvenueHA8 6RHTel 01442 392480www.luptonbowlingclub.co.uk Harrow Bowls ClubHarrow Recreation Ground, Roxborough Road, HA1 1RR020 8863 6600

Harrow Weald Bowls ClubRecreation Ground, Boxtree Lane, HA3 6JR Tel 020 8861 3618 Herga Indoors Bowls Club 184 Christchurch Avenue, HA3 8NWherga.bowlsclub.infoTel 020 8863 [email protected]

Pinner Bowling ClubPinner Memorial Park, West End Lane, HA5 1AETel 07583 517297 Stanmore Bowls ClubStanmore Recreation Ground, Dennis Lane, HA7 4JRTel 020 8933 [email protected] Wealdstone Bowls Club Byron Park, Peel Road, HA3 7QX Tel 07975 [email protected] West Harrow Bowling Club West Harrow Recreation Ground, Shaftesbury Avenue, HA2 0ANTel 020 8422 [email protected]

Sport


Super bowls

Roy and elaine Wake have 15 years’ bowls experience between them. “A friend got me into it”, Roy said. “I joined Harrow Bowls Club and got free coaching, which improved my game no end. It’s a great sport and very sociable. We have two big trips away each season – next year we’re going to play in Portugal.”

Harrow’s eight bowls clubs are always looking for new members. experienced players

and newcomers are equally welcome

and many clubs offer training sessions, where you can get a feel for the greens and meet the people behind this thriving social and sporting scene...

Your chance to give it a go:l eastcote Bowling Club: every Tuesday evening from 6.30pm until the end of Septemberl Herga bowls club: coaching for new bowlers September to April

l Lupton Bowling Club: club night every Friday – all welcomel Stanmore Bowls Club: Sunday morning tasters throughout Septemberl West Harrow Bowling Club: casual roll-up day, 18 September

Roll up!Roll up!

Harrow Bowls Clubin action

harrow people - september 2016

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