October 23, 2009
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Woodhouse Players have kindly given FARA a pair of free tickets for the Saturday 7 November performance of a great new production. ‘The Lark’, a play about Joan of Arc by Jean Anouilh, mixes high drama with comedy. It presents Joan’s life in a series of flashbacks as she fights for her life before a politically-motivated Church Court. This production is the world premiere of a new English translation by a member of the Woodhouse Players.
Anyone living in the FARA area is eligible to enter our prize draw to win these tickets. Simply email your name/address with ‘Theatre Tickets’ in the subject line to info@fara-leytonstone.org.uk. First entry out of the hat on Saturday 31 October wins the tickets.
More about the play at www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk
October 13, 2009
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Good news – the Leytonstone Community Council has awarded FARA £150 worth of funding towards next year’s photo competition. We hope to make it the best one yet!
October 11, 2009
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If you are a permit holder for the CPZ covering Davies Lane, please be aware you need to renew it by 6 November. Last year quite a few residents missed the deadline and received parking tickets, so make sure you don’t get caught out this year!
July 26, 2009
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July 11, 2009
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The FARA photo competition exhibition was held at Davies Lane Primary School today. Nearly 100 people came to see the entries and vote for the winners, who were:
Junior Prize: Jessie Moore
Junior Prize runner-up: Marie Campbell
Best Buildings: Brian Hopson
Best Buildings runner-up: Hilary Douse
Green Spaces joint winners: Flash Bristow and Brian Hopson
Hidden Gems joint winners: Wendy Brickell and Adam Brown.
The winning photos will be on show at the Epicentre next Saturday 18th July as part of ‘Leytonstone Day’ which runs from 1-6pm. We hope to also get all entries displayed in Leytonstone Library windows in due course.
To see the winning photos online, and pictures of the exhibition and voting, visit www.faraphotocomp.fotopic.net.
We’d like to thank everyone who submitted photos, the people who came to the exhibition, Cllr Marie Pye for coming along to announce the winners, and Davies Lane School for hosting the event.
May 15, 2009
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Did you witness an accident on Thursday 9th April (that’s the Thursday prior to Easter weekend) at 9.30am? An elderly man was walking on the zebra crossing on Leytonstone High Road, near the Methodist Church. He was hit by a rider of a motor scooter and left seriously injured.
If you have information please contact DS Blackshaw or DC Rehman at Chingford CID on 020 8345 3035 quoting crime reference no. 4908562/09. Or call Crimestoppers free on 0800 555 111.
May 10, 2009
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Artists have until 15 May to register for this year’s Leytonstone Arts Trail. The Trail runs from 27 June to 19 July and involves many different visual arts events, from photography to painting to sculpture to textiles. The aim is to get art into as many venues as possible, so that artists can show their work, and venues can benefit from added custom.
More information on the Arts Trail website, http://www.leytonstoneartstrail.org/
Download a registration form from the website, and if you have any questions just email mail@leytonstoneartstrail.org
April 28, 2009
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Keep your car and its belongings safe!
Over the last week, residents have noticed break-ins to cars on Davies Lane. Youths have also been seen looking into vehicles.
In order to deter criminals, don’t leave valuables on show. This includes removing the front panel from your stereo, and if you have sat-nav you should also remove the sucker, and ensure there is no sucker mark on your windscreen. Keep your car locked, even if you are just leaving it for a minute. Display a “no valuables inside” sign.
If you are unfortunate enough to suffer a break-in, always report it to the police. This is important so that they can be aware of hot-spots and allocate their resources to target problem areas.
To report a crime (after the event) or for more information, call the Cann Hall Safer Neighbourhoods Team on 020 8721 2036.
If you see a crime in progress, call 999 immediately.
If you would like leaflets from the police on vehicle crime – including bike or caravan – please contact Flash Bristow at 1 Davies Lane on flash@gorge.org or 07939 579090.
March 30, 2009
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Today a compromise was reached between Trust Inns (owners of Lincolns) and the Council, Police and FARA members, at the licence appeal hearing. There were also representatives present from the hostel in Davies Lane and from Bushwood Area Residents Association (BARA).
Trust Inns had been appealing the revocation of the licence for Lincolns. They presented a proposal under which Lincolns will remain closed for six months, be refurbished and rebranded, and then reopen as a traditional style pub.
This pub would cater for the immediate local community, selling real ales and running events such as quiz nights.
A number of conditions were imposed on the pub and many of these were specified by FARA representatives. One of the rules is that Trust Inns must hold quarterly meetings with the local residents, the police and the council. They must also be directly answerable for the pub – the licence must remain in their hands rather than being passed on to a third party tenant.
We feel that the compromise is workable and hope that Trust Inns are finally committed to changing the nature of Lincolns for good.
March 10, 2009
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Unfortunately, there was a mugging in Davies Lane this morning. It is thought that it may have been an opportunistic attack as there was nobody else in the street at the time.
Therefore please be aware there may be a “chancer” in the area, and take care when out and about at quiet times of day.
If you require any advice about personal safety, please contact the Safer Neighbourhoods Team on 020 8721 2036.
