Merry Christmas

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Christmas Lights in Portland Road

This cheers the spirit on a damp, cold night

Community Day - "Going for Gold" - 14th July 2012

Crimes reported in the Links Estate area from 2nd Sep to 27th Nov

There have been two burglaries reported in New Street Hill on 12th October 2011 and on 1st November 2011

For a full list of crimes reported in the surrounding areas see the Safer Neighbourhood Team Page at:-

Your Safer Neighbourhood Team Page

Trading Standards Institute warns of dangerous energy saving scam targeting elderly

Trading Standards Institute is urging consumers to be aware of rogue telephone cold callers offering energy saving devices after trading standards up and down the country reported hundreds of complaints.
Trading standards are currently dealing with more than 200 complaints about people claiming to be their energy supplier or working in partnership with them, offering a plug in device which they say can save them 40 per cent off their energy bills.  Trading standards have had a number of the items tested which not only failed to satisfy electrical safety standards but do not deliver any tangible energy saving


For more details of this scam see the Plaistow and Sundridge SNP Blog at :-

Plaistow and Sundridge SNP

Libraries Update

From the Agenda for the Renewal and Recreation Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 13 December 2011 7.30 pm

Item 10 on the agenda recommends the following:

Members agreed that:

● the Executive be recommended to agree that there be no reduction in the hours of
operation of the Borough’s library service without further consultation with staff, their
representatives, ward Councillors and library users and the opportunities to generate
income also be investigated and a further report be submitted back to Members on the
outcome;

● it be noted that the options regarding closure of any library will be the subject of further
consultation with staff, their representatives, ward Councillors and library users and the
completion of an Equality Impact Assessment prior to a further report on this option being
submitted to Members;

● the Executive be recommended that the option as set out in the report to implement
charges for the People’s Network is not supported and should not proceed; and

● the responses received from staff and their representatives to date regarding entering into
a “shared services” arrangement with the London Borough of Bexley be noted and the
Executive be recommended to agree that the option of transferring a shared service into a
trust as set out in the report be investigated further recognising the urgency involved in
order to achieve savings on business rates.

This report updates Members on the ‘Trust Option’ for Libraries. In particular, the report
identifies that as a consequence of the Government determining the baseline for rateable values
earlier than predicted, that it would not be possible to establish a joint Libraries Trust with
Bromley and Bexley within the necessary timescales.

The full agenda for the meeting is available at

Agenda for meeting on 13th December

Road works on Burnt Ash Lane

The road works we were told were planned for the section of road outside the shops in Burnt Ash Lane on the 27th November did not happen.

We are now told that they are due to start on Monday morning (5th December?) and last for three days . We have also been informed that letters have been dropped to inform the residents about scope of these repair works. Watch this space.


Information from :-

Naeem Ahad

Project Engineer

Highway Network Management

020 8313 4237


Monday 11.30 am Two JCBs, many cones, one man cutting the road surface and creating lots of dust, 8 men in high vis jackets watching. They've started the road works!

Activities at Burnt Ash Library

  Thursday 8th December 
 Christmas Coffee Morning
            10.45 - 12.00 noon
with carols by Parish Primary School
       A warm welcome awaits


Burnt Ash Library Reading Group
           the next meeting will be on :-
     Thursday 5th January 2012
             at 2.15pm
This session is a Lucky Dip occasion
For more details visit the library or contact the librarians
 on 020 8460 3405 
or by email at burntash.library@bromley.gov.uk

Classic Film Club St Andrews Hall, Burnt Ash Lane

White Christmas 

Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye 
and Rosemary Clooney

Monday 5th December 2011.

Time 7.00pm doors open 6.45pm

Cost £1 donation per person is suggested to include refreshments at the interval.

For more information ring:-
Brian at James Harper 020 8464 0080
Rev'd Angela King      020 8313 3434
Rev'd Liz Davis           020 6460 4672

All welcome