Follow us on Twitter @LovePaddington, to be the first one to find out what we’ve got in store for you on 7th of July at Westbourne Summer Festival 2013.
Over the next few weeks, we will be gradually revealing the acts that will be performing on the stage. And not just that! We will also be posting about the brilliant attractions, workshops and the beach decorations that will be appearing at the festival.
Get involved and find out everything through our Twitter page.
Westbourne Summer Festival is back this year with more fun for all. Expect live music, performance, activities for young and older, delicious food and plenty of local information. So put Sunday 7th of July in your diary, and watch this space for more details closer to the time.
This year’s festival will be part of series of events taking place in north Paddington, under the umbrella of Paddington Festival, which will combine film screenings, stand-up comedy, dance, music and much more over the summer period between 15th June and 31st of August. For more information and the programme of events check the website paddingtonfestival.co.uk
The redevelopment of the Torquay House site is progressing. The tower crane is erected and the work on the ground is nearly complete. The next step is the erection of a concrete frame.
To minimise work on the site, and hence disruption to neighbours, as many elements as possible will be manufactured off site. This will reduce construction time, deliveries, CO2 emmissions, noise and dust, however most days there will be a morning and an afternoon delivery to the site.
A banksman will be in the road directing the vehicles, which will not be allowed to wait in Torquay Street and will be asked to attend the site when they can go straight into the segregated unloading area.
If you have any queries please contact the Galliford Try Project Team on 020 7604 8830.
The latest phase of improvement work is just coming to an end at St.Mary Magdalene’s Church. English Heritage has provided the bulk of the funding for these major works to the Grade 1-listed Westbourne landmark.
The church has been given a complete new electrical installation, to replace the old system which was condemned as unsafe in the late 1990s, and a fabulous new lighting system, with custom-built Victorian-style chandeliers. The chandeliers, designed by church architect Colin Kerr, had to be approved by the London diocesan authorities as well as English Heritage before they were hand-made in a Soho workshop. The chandeliers incorporate uplighters which enable the church’s amazing painted ceiling to be seen better than ever before.
At the same time as the electrical works were being done, major drainage works were carried out on the north side of the church, to bypass Victorian drains that had become blocked or damaged by tree roots, and to carry away increasing amounts of ground water. The effect of the new drains has become obvious inside the building within weeks, as the north wall has begun to dry out. The drainage work was essential before any improvement work could be done in the crypt beneath the church, which had been liable to flooding.
The next phase of work at St. Mary Magdalene’s includes plans for a new building between the church and the neighbouring primary school, which will enable level access to the crypt as well as the main floor of the church, allowing the building to be used much more widely by the local community. A bid for funding for this next phase of the work is being made to the Heritage Lottery Fund this summer.
St Mary Magdalene is not just a church, but also a historic building of national importance, right in the middle of Westbourne beside the canal. PDT and the church are currently fundraising to create a new centre for arts and heritage, which would provide activities for all sections of the community in North Paddington.
We would like to invite you to take this special opportunity to see for yourself the splendid interior of the building, with a guided tour to explain its historical and architectural importance, and information about our plans.
Tea and cake will be served!
Everyone welcome.
Local charity, the Floating Classroom’s project On the Waterfront is through to the final of the People’s Millions! They are about to go head-to-head with one other project in a public vote. The winner has their project funded; the loser gets nothing.
If they win the project On the Waterfront will provide film-making workshops for children at four schools in North Westminster, including Edward Wilson School in Westbourne. The children will research the histories of their neighbourhoods and the canals that run through it and then shoot short films based on these stories. They will try their hand at script-writing, scenery-making, performing, sound recording and filming. The project will culminate in a community premiere to celebrate the children’s achievements.
A TV feature about On the Waterfront will be shown on ITV’s London Tonight on TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER between 6-6.30pm. Phone lines open at 9am and close at midnight on Tuesday 23 November.
You can vote 10 times from every phone line that you have. From a BT line it costs 10p per call which is a total £1.00 for 10 votes – a very small price for victory!
The telephone number to vote will be released on the morning of the 23 November- to find the number please check the website www.beauchamplodge.co.uk or http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2010-finalists/london/on-the-waterfront on 23 November.
Alternatively you can register to vote and will be sent the number to call on the morning of the 23 November.
There are four ways YOU can help:
1) Register to vote on the 23 November: please send your name, telephone number and email address to info@beauchamplodge.co.uk and they’ll contact you on the day to remind you to vote. Remember you can vote 10 times from any number!
2) Just vote on the day using any number you can call from – remember you can call up to 10 times from each number
3) Tell all your friends and family to either register to vote or watch the programme on the 23 November and then vote for us
4) Stay in touch by becoming a Friend of the Floating Classroom on Facebook or a Follower of @floatingclassro on Twitter.
The Floating Classroom really needs this funding to be able to continue offering exciting and fun learning activities to children in Westminster – please help them!
Westbourne Forum is launching a new initiative this weekend on Saturday 23rd October called The Breakfast Connection. Anyone who is interested in supporting the Forum’s campaign to continue working in the neighbourhood is welcome to come to the Stowe Centre Foyer at 258 Harrow Road, W2 5ES from 10.30 to 11.30 to find out how they can help. In addition to supporting the campaign, The Breakfast Connection will give the Forum a chance to pass on information that may be of interest to residents and for residents to tell the Forum staff about their concerns. Tea, coffee, juice and pastries will be served. From November The Breakfast Connection will be 10.30 – 11.30 on the second Saturday of the month at the Stowe Centre. Meetings will therefore be on:
Saturday 13th November 10.30 – 11.30
Saturday 11th December 10.30 – 11.30
Saturday 8th January 10.30 – 11.30
Saturday 12th February 10.30 – 11.30
Saturday 12th March 10.30 – 11.30
For more information please call Allison on 020 7266 8252 or email allison@pdt.org.uk
Crossrail is currently under construction to provide an East to West rail link across London using underground tunnels. The West London Tunnel entrance will be situated in Royal Oak. Crossrail staff will be available to answer questions at the Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, W2 5ES from 3 to 7pm on Tuesday 14th September. For an information sheet on how the works will be carried out please click on;
Everyone is welcome. To download the invite to the drop in please click on;
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/ny/pdf/Invitation_September_drop_in_EF.pdf
