30 November 2006
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Residents regularly receive leaflets asking for items of clothing and household goods to be left for collection.
It is estimated by the Association of Charity Shops that the potential value of donated clothing and other items ‘lost’ to legitimate charities as a result of these bogus ‘charities’ collections amounts to over £1 million per annum. Many genuine charities rely on such doorstep collections for a substantial proportion of their shop sales.
Not All Alleged Charities are Registered
If unsure the number on the leaflet can be checked with The Central Register of Charities on 0845 3000 218 or online at www.charity-commission.gov.uk.
THE EGG MAN COMETH
It’s panto time again (oh yes, it is!), and audiences young and old will flock for an evening of Christmas magic and mirth as some of theatre’s best-loved characters don their makeup and tread the boards.
Among perennial favourites in the panto calendar is original egg-man Humpty Dumpty, and this year there’s no need to shell out a fortune on train fares (oh no, there isn’t!) to witness the fun.
From 7th to 16th December the Richmond Shakespeare Society stages this evergreen Xmas classic right on the doorstep at the eggscellent Mary Wallace Theatre beside the Thames at Twickenham, and so the youngest fans don’t miss their bedtime, there’ll be two Saturday matinees, not one.
Remember the Fancy a Good Sing article? Well, despite being short a few tenors — hint, hint — the recently formed choir are ready for a Christmas concert at Richmond College.
The concert features choral, chamber music and jazz, performed by the Music Students, Community Choir and Jazz Band of Richmond upon Thames College. Works to be performed are by Monteverdi, Pachelbel and Mozart. Also choruses and solos from Handel’s Messiah and a Jazz Programme.
The PTAs at St Stephens Junior School and Orleans Infant School have joined forces to produce a cookery book to raise funds for their schools. Comprising 65 recipes from parents, governors and teachers at the schools, Come and Get It is lavishly illustrated with children’s drawings and is published on Friday December 1st.
If you would like to order a copy of Come and Get It the St Stephens and Orleans Infant Schools cookery book email Sherralyn on sherralynrainey@aol.com for purchase details. The book retails at £12.
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The fight against alcohol and drugs misuse will be highlighted at a seminar in York House on 12 December.
The event is being organised by the Richmond upon Thames Community Safety Partnership, a crime fighting alliance comprising Richmond Council, the police and numerous other agencies.
Sadly there will be no Christmas Fair in Crown Road this year. The St Margarets Traders Association, who normally organises the event, has decided to take a year off from hosting the event. The fair is an enormous amount of work for the Traders Association and requires coordination with the traders, local school PTAs, Richmond Council, Met Police, fun fair people, craft stalls, bands, street performers, street closure, insurance, lighting and clean-up to name a few. Hopefully next year the tradition returns.
The consultation for the proposed Controlled Parking Zone [CPZ] in St Margaret’s village will not start until late January at the earliest. The Council’s Cabinet plans to decide at its meeting on Monday, 15 January 2007, on the details of its new charging scheme for CPZs, which is currently out to consultation (see Consultation on emission based charging for parking permits and note the deadline for receipt of completed questionnaires and comments is 15 December 2006.)
If all runs to plan, the consultation will start as soon as is feasible after January 15 and will contain full details of the charges that will apply if a CPZ is created. A legal challenge to the new scheme (unlikely but possible) will delay matters further.
Art Deco London written by local resident Colin Hines with photographs by Paul Riddle and Keith Cheetham is the first ever guide book to the 20’s and 30’s deco delights of the capital. Its 60 pages contain 110 superb colour photographs and shows where in London magnificent examples of art deco can be found, eaten and quaffed in, slept in, shopped in, and campaigned for. Its deco delights range from ‘palaces of the people’ cinemas (many saved thanks to bingo), theatres, hotels, homes, shops, museums, a deco hospital and even a ‘decover and out’ crematorium.
Local deco delights include Twickenham Bridge, Mortlake Crematorium and the authors own ‘Miami in Middlesex’ 30’s home.
The book would make an excellent Christmas present for anyone interested in architechture — think mini-coffee table book.
Details
Currently running, there is a new joint exhibition featuring recent paintings by local artists, Idun Eustace and Jane Butcher.
Curator of Orleans House Gallery Mark De Novellis said: “This is a very accomplished exhibition of work by local talent.”
The show runs through 14 January 2007.
December will be ushered in with a special Shooting Start Winter Party at the Turks Head on Friday 1st December in aid of The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice. This will definitely put everyone in the mood for a festive Christmas period before getting bogged down with all that Christmas shopping.
With four terrific local Twickenham bands playing a wide range of music, from Motown to Glamrock, it promises to be a fun-filled evening. The headline act is “The Shooting Ska Allstars” playing their highly infectious blend of Reggae and Ska music. “The Funk Bomb Detonators” kick off the evening with 60’s Soul and Motown numbers and St Margarets’ very own “Doghouse” will be playing a great selection of hits from across the years. Glitter and platform heels will be the order of the day as Glamrock band “Bulge” go on stage, celebrating 10 years since they debuted live for the first time, at the Turk’s Head.
Tickets are £5 on the door and the music starts at 8.00 pm
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