On the Southend Arterial Road, Upminster on Saturday October 8 at around 2.40pm an Upminster garden centre was ablaze and burning for many hours, and only after the 24th hour was it totally under control.
2011-10-13 16:41:57 « back to top »
The 2012 bowls season sees Gidea Park Bowling Club celebrate its centenary with a series of special events that will run throughout next summer from May 1 – September 30 - and beyond!
The bowls club begins its 100 birthday season with a special Edwardian Day, when members will don the fashions of yesteryear to play a special match in the clothes worn by erstwhile members back in 1912. This will provide an opportunity for a rare media photo-call at 2pm on the May Day Bank Holiday May 7.
On Friday June 1st the club will challenge its neighbour Gidea Park & Romford Cricket Club to a “double header” limited overs/ends cricket/bowls match. The idea is to play 20 ends of bowls and 12 overs of cricket to celebrate the bowls club’s centenary. It will provide another media photo-call opportunity.
In addition the club has organised a series of VIP club matches with the likes of the Chelsea Pensioners, the Royal Household at Windsor Castle, Yeoman Warders Beefeaters at The Tower of London and a representative team from the Essex Bowls Association. These matches will be played throughout the 2012 season and will provide regular media photo opportunities.
The club is currently seeking sponsorship from selected local companies. The club’s special project, that it hopes will attract sponsorship support, is a Portakabin extension for new Visitors’ changing rooms.
The club is researching a number of historical issues that will add local colour to the centenary celebrations. It is liasing with Romford Museum and local historians, whilst researching historical material about the club’s growth over the decades. One of its members, Prof David Edwards a published local author, is compiling a brief history of the club and the surrounding area of Gidea Park.
The club is also planning local School Open Days to attract future bowlers and build on local community links.
Throughout the centenary year the club intends to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society and the Haven’ House children’s cancer Charity.
The 2012 centenary season will culminate in a special Centenary Dinner/Dance to be held at Romford Golf Club in October, to which we will invite our patron, Andrew Rosindell MP and other local VIPs another media photo opportunity.
2011-09-29 08:38:56 « back to top »
Havering Handmade Craft and Farmers Market is back! We are running on September 10th and November 12th, 10-1pm, with all your favourite stalls, and some new ones too! We have a great variety of Crafts and Food lined up, Free Entry to all, and a friendly atmosphere. Come along and show your support, and pick up some truly original Christmas gifts too! Please contact Kirsty on thelittleblackcatuk@googlemail.com/01708373574 for details. Harold Wood War Memorial Hall, 53, Gubbins Lane, Harold Wood, RM3 0UP.
We are also running a Craft and Farmers Market in Gidea Park on October 1st, would it possible to get this one in too please?
Here is the info:
Havering Handmade Craft and Farmers Market will be at St Michael's Church, Main Road, Gidea Park RM2 5EL, on October 1st, 10-3pm, with a great variety of craft and food stalls, face painting, hog roast, dance troupes and cafe! Free Entry to all and ample parking. Pop along for a spot of Christmas shopping, a bite to eat and carols in the church! Please contact Kirsty on thelittleblackcatuk@googlemail.com/01708373574 for details.
2011-08-15 14:25:19 « back to top »
As you may have heard we have too been hit by these continuing riots plaguing our country. Romford Debenhams was last night attacked by mindless neanderthals with no respect and a mob rules mentality.
Please young folk of Romford “do not join this pathetic idealism of mob rules”. This is not how civilisation was created and it is not how you maintain it.
It is claimed for the royal wedding of Kate and Wills London had 5000 police on duty for the “London Riots” we have 1700, if this is true then we have a lot to learn about policing in this country, far to soft.
2011-08-09 08:24:49 « back to top »
X Presents... would like to invite you to our upcoming exhibition of Harold Hill Photo Booth and Peter Worley, local artist and photographer. The show opens Thursday 7th July, 6-9pm and drinks and snacks will be available. The exhibition will then run until Saturday 23rd July.
The photo booth will also be installed in the space where we will continue to take photographs of visitors, which will be added to the exhibition throughout its duration.
Hope to see you all there!
2011-07-12 15:07:54 « back to top »
The Visual Arts Centre is pleased to announce the return of BASH (Big Arts Submission Havering) an open submission for Havering Artists.
Applications are welcomed from individual artists and art groups in all creative disciplines. Artists must be based in the London Borough of Havering.
BASH will run throughout August 2011 offering four artists the opportunity to have a weeklong show in the Visual Arts Centre.
To apply please send some example images of the work you would like to exhibit (no more than 6 images) with dimensions and a brief statement about the work to djh_fbs@yahoo.co.uk.
Or on CD to:
Deborah Weston
Community Partnership and Events Manager, The Visual Arts Centre, Frances Bardsley School, Brentwood Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 2RR
Applications must be received by Friday 10th June 2011. Applicants will be informed of selectors decision by Friday 17th June 2011. If you require further information or wish to make an appointment to view the gallery please do not hesitate to contact Deborah Weston on 01708
447 368 ext 238 or email djh_fbs@yahoo.co.uk. The selectors will be:
Artist Denise Hickey, Deborah Weston, Community Partnership and Events Manager and Jacinta Appleby, Visual Arts College Director.
2011-06-10 10:11:29 « back to top »
X presents...Exchange Studios and choir master Davide Di Blasio invite you to take part in the first ever Harold Hill Complaints Choir! This fun project takes the complaints of local people and turns them into an impressive choir song to be performed to the local community and council.
Come and join us and have your voice heard! - No singing skills required - Participation free - Everybody welcome!
We want to hear any complaints you have related to Harold Hill! Please submit your complaints to us via email, post, Facebook or in person by Saturday 11th June 2011.
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School scoops ICT prize worth over £2,000
A talented Romford youngster is celebrating today after winning more than £2,000 of ICT equipment for her school.
Ten year old Verity Walker, from St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School in Collier Row, took first place in the nationwide Happy Art Competition, after her artwork was selected from more than 7,800 entries. Verity bagged her school a brand new ClassBuddy™ laptop charging trolley from LapSafe® Products, complete with five netbooks for her classroom and her artwork displayed as a graphic on the doors. The artistic pupil also won a netbook to take home for herself.
To enter the contest, run by ICT charging and security specialist LapSafe® Products, based in Essex, Verity had to draw something that made her happy. Verity impressed judge, and current Colchester District Business Woman of the Year, Mahila Samarbaksh, with her drawing of a diverse and happy planet Earth, uniting different nationalities and abilities.
Mahila, who is also Principal of Lexden Lodge Kindergarten in Colchester, picked Verity’s drawing from a total of 7,844 entries and was overwhelmed by the level of thought and detail that went into her artwork. Mahila presented the prize at a congratulatory assembly attended by Verity’s teachers, parents and classmates.
Mahila said: “Verity’s artwork is special because of the effort she has taken to produce it and the message it conveys. She has really thought about what makes her happy and shows us that true happiness is created when people work together. The standard of entries has been exceptionally high, with the artists’ personalities shining through in their drawings. Verity has done incredibly well to come first out of so many children.”
Olivia Paton, headteacher at St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, said: “Our school is a very happy place, full of very happy children and staff. Our children are enthusiastic learners, ready to embrace the wonders of the world, including all that new technology has to offer. Winning this competition will certainly provide our pupils with greater opportunities to use their ICT skills in a cross curricular way and make our children even happier!”
Verity, who is very artistic at home, said: “I am so excited to have won and very pleased with my picture. I’m really looking forward to using my new laptop!”
Denise Cole, director at LapSafe® Products, enjoyed looking at the children’s artwork and wishes to congratulate Verity on her success. She said: “We’ve had a phenomenal response to this competition and would like to thank all of the pupils who entered. The children of the UK are clearly very talented, but Verity’s artwork is exceptional in terms of thought and creativity. We hope the children and staff of St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School enjoy their new netbooks and the quality, mobility and safety features of the ClassBuddy™.”
The Happy Art Competition was open to all primary school and SEN pupils across the UK to celebrate the launch of the ClassBuddy™ storage and charging trolley, a safe, secure and cost-effective solution to manage mobile ICT in schools. The ClassBuddy™ trolley is part of a new range of laptop storage and charging cabinets that enable LapSafe® Products to provide a mobile ICT management solution to meet every need and budget.
2011-05-18 10:31:42 « back to top »
Fran Copeman, our artist in residence, who has produced a series of portraits of local personalities.
Lizzy Rose, our researcher in residence, who has created slides of the local area including Dagnam Park, Hornchurch County Park and The Golden Lion Pub.
A group exhibition of work produced by Havering College foundation students, curated by Charlotte Trower and Ian Price, students on the course themselves.
