Glass Painting/ Coffee Morning Burnt Ash Library

Coffee Morning with a short talk by Sally Adcock about her glass painting hobby.

There will be an opportunity to “have a go”.

 All welcome, refreshments available.

Burnt Ash library Thursday 16th May 11-12.15pm

Events this week

Burnt Ash Library Reading Group 25th April
The next meeting of the reading group at Burnt Ash Library is on Thursday 25th April 2013 at 2.15 pm and everyone is welcome. The book to be discussed is Grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck.


Thursday 25th April at 7.00pm
The Plaistow and Sundridge Safer Neighbourhood Panel will hold their Annual General Meeting at
Burnt Ash Primary School, Rangefield Road Bromley.
All visitors welcome.

Ending Saturday 28th April.
Tony Isbitt Photography is offering "Kids for a quid!"
Babies to Teens portrait sittings for just £1. As a taster he will give you a 7x5 print as well. 
Book it now on 8460 5710 and mention you saw it Facebook (and on the LERA web page).
See the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TonyIsbittPhotography

Thursday 2nd May 2013
The Annual General Meeting of the Links Estate Residents' Association will be held at in St Andrew's Church, Burnt Ash Lane at 7.30pm. After the meeting there will be drinks and nibbles and a chance to meet people and chat.

All Saints Concert Band performance 28th April Postponed

All Saints Concert Band Concert at St Andrew's on 28th April has been postponed until a new date can be fixed.

The All Saints’ Concert Band is a friendly and social wind band based in Crystal Palace, south London

Members have been entertaining audiences for 30 years with a range of musical styles.  Here are some of the pieces we play at present: Pirates of the Caribbean, Oliver, Abba Gold, Carmina Burana, Queen in Concert, Sandpaper Ballet, Grease, Les Miserables, Over The Rainbow, Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Palladio, Singin’ in the Rain, and Copacabana.

The ethos of the band is to enjoy making music and to ensure our audiences are entertained.

They currently have vacancies for clarinets, euphonium, trombone, and horns. If you are interested please contact
Robert Mason Mobile: 07816 888871 Email: rob@mitreprize.co.uk
or
Debbie Grainger Mobile: 07786 238310 Email: jr.grainger@btopenworld.com

More details are available on their website at : http://allsaintsconcertband.co.uk/

Mottingham Plant Fair and Open Day 27th April

You may have received a card in this week's NewsShopper inviting you to the Mottingham Plant Fair and Open Day to be held at Hadlow College on Saturday 27th April from 10.00am to 3.00pm.
The card has been reproduced below and mentions that if you bring the card on the day you will receive a free packet of seeds. I'm not sure they will do that if you print out the first picture but it might be worth trying.

The Community Fun Day is Back!

Community Fun Day

In Kings Meadow, Burnt Ash Lane

On Saturday 13th July 2013

We will be holding another fun day this year as people said they enjoyed last year's event.
This year the weather will be fine!

If you can help or would like a stall or put on a demonstration then please contact:-
Revd Elizabeth Davis 0208 460 4672 or email irwin.davis@gmail.com

What do residents like about living in the Links Estate

At the last meeting of the LERA committee we discussed how the residents' association could improve what it offers its members. We thought we could start by asking you what you like about living on the estate.

Someone who has recently had to move away from the estate sent us the following message :-

A few years ago we decided to sell our one-bedroom flat in another part of London and move into a property big enough so we could start a family. We liked Bromley as our friends lived there and also we got more for our money in this area. It was an easy commute for my husband to the City, and Grove Park has fast and frequent links into Central London. Bromley has very good schools and a small parade of shops nearby as well as a library and park. We bought a house in Treewall Gardens and loved it immediately even though it required some modernisation and a good lick of paint. We were welcomed into the lovely, quiet cul-de-sac with Christmas cards from some residents, invites to a bonfire party down the road and drinks and nibbles from our wonderful next-door neighbour. 

Everyone was always very friendly and considerate. I remember once a resident knocked on our door to let us know we had accidentally left our car lights on. I also became friendly with the lady a few doors down who had also just had a baby, so it was nice to pop over to see her for a coffee and a chat. Our time there was a happy one and I really cannot think of any unpleasant experiences. 

Last year, although we enjoyed living on the Links Estate, we decided to move back up to another part of London to be nearer family who could help us with childcare. If we could have moved the house and street too, we would have.

We would like to hear from any of our members who has any similar views about the estate. Please enter your words in the "comment" box below. If the "comment" box is not showing then click on the heading at the top of this message to open it or send us an email by clicking on the little envelope icon next to the words "no comment". 

Funeral of Baroness Thatcher

Central London Wednesday 17th April 2013

The funeral of Baroness Thatcher will take place on Wednesday 17th April.

To facilitate the security operation for the funeral procession and service there will be road closures in place from early that morning.  The route of the funeral procession from Trafalgar Square to St Paul’s Cathedral will be lined with barriers.   

Large numbers may attend, and there is the potential that this may include some protest groups. 

Road closures will be lifted as soon as is possible but this may not be until after 12noon so please pay attention to TfL information. 

It is advisable that people travelling to and around London plan their journeys as their normal routes to work may not be accessible at certain times. Check with Transport for London for the latest travel advice.

Keep up to date with these events by the following methods:

·        Sign up to Neighbourhood Link at www.neighbourhoodlink.met.police.uk

·        Follow the MPS updates on Twitter @metpoliceuk    or     @MetPoliceEvents

·        View our website for updates    www.met.police.uk

Travel updates can be found on the TfL and National Rail websites.:

·        www.tfl.gov.uk

·        www.nationalrail.co.uk

Reminder of Classic Film Club showing of Vertigo at St Andrew's Church

The Classic Film Club is showing Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo at St Andrew's Church on Thursday 18th April.

For details see the following link.

 http://leralink.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/classic-film-club-st-andrews-church.html

Toads in our pond Monday 15th April.

It is obvious that Spring is here at last. After months without seeing any toads or frogs the toads appeared yesterday.

Today there are an even larger numbers of male toads but just one female who is the centre of attraction from at least eight males.

Have you seen any frogs or toads in your pond? Please let us know.

Burnt Ash Library Reading Group 25th April

The next meeting of the reading group at Burnt Ash Library is on Thursday 25th April 2013 at 2.15 pm and everyone is welcome.

The book to be discussed is:-

Grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck.

Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, this novel tells the story of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision; an eloquent tribute to the endurance and dignity of the human spirit.

Every one is welcome.

For more details visit the library or contact the librarians on 020 8460 3405 or by email at burntash.library@bromley.gov.uk

For details of other activities at the Burnt Ash Library see the following link:-

http://www.bromley.gov.uk/directory_record/34386/burnt_ash_library

Reminder of Free Property marking at Burnt Ash Library

Saturday 13th April
Free Property marking at Burnt Ash Library
10.30am to 12.30pm
Bring along your valuables: Phones, Laptops, Bikes Etc.
Advice on security and crime prevention also available

Troop Aid Doorstep Collection - A Warning from Trading Standards

We have received an enquiry regarding the charitable collections being made for Troop Aid.
The bags are apparently marked to say that the Company collecting on their behalf is D & P Textiles Ltd, however on verifying that information via the charity’s website there is a warning not to provide items for that Company to collect as they do not act for them.

Troop Aid did have a relationship with D & P Textile Ltd (who have since liquidated), but after a breakdown of their relation the Company was no longer permitted to collect for them.  There remains some confusion as the charity themselves are reporting use of the bags to their local Trading Standards and Police, but collectors for the charity have been confronted in another part of the UK, and it appears that the charity themselves may still distributing bags bearing D & P Textile Ltd’s information.

Trading Standards would therefore advise you to act cautiously if you choose to donate to this charity.  Clearly D & P Textile Ltd of Aldridge, Walsall are no longer trading, however it remains unclear whether the charity are allowing old bags to be used, or whether the collections are fraudulent.

Anyone wishing to make a donation through house collections should do the following:

* Check – Legitimate charity collection bags will clearly state what organisation(s) funds are being raised for and feature a registered charity number. Check these details with the Charity Commission.

* Look for the tick – As with any fundraising appeal, you can look for the FRSB tick logo indicating that the charity is signed up to fundraising regulation and to industry standards.

* Call – A legitimate collection should include a working landline telephone number for you to call. Call this or your local council to query the collection.

* Report - After making these checks, if you think that a collection is not legitimate, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or visit www.actionfraud.org.uk.

Should you have concerns about the house collection bag left on your door step please feel free to send it in to Trading Standards (our address is below), or email us at the following address –Trading.Standards@bromley.gov.uk with the information on the bag, or even a photograph/scan of the bag itself, and we will do our best to confirm the details before the collection is to be made.

Kind Regards

Samantha Phillips
Trading Standards Officer

Upcoming events for April

Tuesday 9th April
The Plaistow and Sundridge Safer Neighbourhood Team will hold the next drop-in surgery at Cafe Clementine, Burnt Ash Lane from 11.00am to 1.00pm


Monday 8th April to Saturday 28th April.
Tony Isbitt Photography is offering "Kids for a quid!"
Babies to Teens portrait sittings for just £1. As a taster he will give you a 7x5 print as well.
Book it now on 8460 5710 and mention you saw it Facebook (and on the LERA web page).
See the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TonyIsbittPhotography

Saturday 13th April
Free Property marking at Burnt Ash Library
10.30am to 12.30pm
Bring along your valuables: Phones, Laptops, Bikes Etc.
Advice on security and crime prevention also available

Thursday 25th April at 7.30pm
The Plaistow and Sundridge Safer Neighbourhood Panel will hold their Annual General Meeting at
Burnt Ash Primary School, Rangefield Road Bromley.
All visitors welcome.

Sunday 28th April
All Saints Concert Band will perform a concert in aid of The Friends of St. Andrew's
in St Andrew's Church at 3.00pm. Tickets £5.00 (children free if accompanied by an adult)
Tickets from Anne Dulley on 020 8325 7656

Classic Film Club St Andrews Church, Burnt Ash Lane 18th April

Vertigo (1958)

     Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak directed by Alfred Hitchcock

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's much-younger wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Thursday 18th April 2013

 Doors open at 6.45pm film show at 7.00pm

Cost £2 minimum 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

Why not come and enjoy a local evening out?

Burnt Ash Drama Association (BADA)

Click on the image to enlarge it

BADA's next play is Charles Dickens' "Hard Times", adapted for the stage by Stephen Jeffries and directed by 
David Evans. 

It will be performed in Saint Andrew's Church. The production will start at 7.30pm on the evenings of 4th, 5th and 6th April.

It is BADA's entry to the Bromley Theatre Guild Full Length Play Festival 2013.



BADA's box office phone number is 07961 023174.
Tickets are £8 to include a programme and tea or coffee.

For more details of BADA and their membership scheme you can view their website at :- http://www.burntashdrama.org.uk/

Burnt Ash Library Coffee Morning 18th April

You are sure of a warm welcome

at

Burnt Ash Library's Coffee Morning

Cabbages and Kings

Join Chris for an armchair walk 
from Charing Cross to Covent Garden.
Meet market traders, actors and 
developers on the way.

Thursday 18th April 2013

11.00 am - 12.15 pm

Admission Free.
Refreshments available. 

All welcome - why not bring 
a friend or two?

Borough Commander's Newsletter April 2013

During the last month we have held two major days of visible coordinated activity to cut crime and disrupt those who cause harm to our communities. Borough officers have been joined by specialist colleagues to carry out arrests, search warrants, licensing enforcement, ANPR operations, high visibility patrols and a range of other activity in the widest ranging operations of the year to date.

Officers from every part of the Metropolitan Police have been mobilised during these operations - Dog Support Unit; Mounted Branch; Territorial Support Group; Firearms Command; Trident and Gang Crime Command; Air Support Unit; Royal Parks Command; Traffic Unit; Special Constabulary; Police Cadets; Safer Transport Command - and have been out and about on the streets tackling the crimes that affect your neighbourhood.

These operations – Operation Big Wing and Operation Hawk - are about showing residents that we have listened to their concerns and we are committed to taking robust preventative and disruptive action to stop this criminal activity and make our communities safer. It’s also about warning those intent on breaking the law and engaging in criminal activity that we will be doing everything we can to stop them, and wherever possible we will be putting them before the courts.

We hope this activity will be one way of showing some of what we do every day to make Bromley safer for our communities. These operations both reinforce what we do on a daily basis in targeting criminals head on and provide further public reassurance to residents across the borough through visible, high-impact policing.

30 people were arrested across Bromley in Operation Big Wing at the end of February, with 9 uninsured vehicles also being removed from the boroughs roads. The arrests were for theft, motor vehicle crime, robbery, domestic violence, assault, harassment, drugs, handling stolen goods, absconding from prison, immigration offences, weapon offences, criminal damage, driving whilst disqualified and breach of ASBO. The operation was so successful that Bromley's Custody Suite was full at one stage in the day. Drugs, stolen goods and a stolen motor vehicle have been recovered during the raids and officers arrested a man on suspicion of absconding from prison after he was found hiding in a loft at a house in Beckenham.

Officers also raided a cannabis factory and seized 80 plants. Op Hawk nets 26 arrests across borough

A major Police offensive against street level drug dealing and cannabis farms led to the arrest of 26 people across Bromley on 27th March. Sixteen raids took place throughout the day as hundreds of Safer Neighbourhoods officers, supported by specialist colleagues, set to work to execute drugs warrants in direct response to community intelligence. Cannabis factories were found at addresses in Augustine Road in St Pauls Cray (350 cannabis plants & £5,000 cash), Sherbourne Road in St Mary Cray (100 cannabis plants), Blythe Hill in Orpington (70 cannabis plants), Rushdene Walk in Biggin Hill (25 cannabis plants and a quantity of Class A drugs).

A further cannabis factory was found at an address in Tudor Court in Dartford, linked to the Augustine Road address raided earlier in the day (110 cannabis plants) Drugs were also recovered at addresses in Cattistock Road in Mottingham and at Blandford Road in Clock House. A stun gun was recovered from an address in Brewery Road in Bromley Common. The street value of the drugs recovered totalled nearly £560,000.

Police also took enforcement action against two brothels operating on the borough, in partnership with the UK Border Agency. 6 Uninsured vehicles were removed from the borough's streets during the operation.