Welcome to our Spring Newsletter. The tree that fills the view from my bedroom window went into full blossom last week; since then it’s been showering passers by with natural confetti in celebration of warmer and sunnier times. A windy day yesterday, and it’s emerged in a coat of emerald green leaves, to get on with the serious business of making the most of the sunshine (as should we).

May I introduce myself as your new editor, and send my regards to Peter Detre, the previous editor. My name is Anthony Leyland, aged 37, and a relative newcomer to the Hill. I joined the HHT shortly after moving to the Hill nearly three years ago, after seeing a request on the noticeboard for volunteers to help on the project to restore the King’s Head Gantry. I started as a researcher and am now responsible for Gantry “design”, as well as writing an endless stream of documents!

This project has been a joy to work on, primarily because of the warm and wise people I’ve met (in most of the Hill’s finest “venues”), but also through learning about so many issues, local history, conservation, local politics, planning, fundraising, etc. I could not have asked for a better introduction to the people and the place that is Harrow on the Hill. (I am perhaps the only person on the Hill with any reason to be grateful for the existence of the “flat-pack” gantry erected by the infamous last Landlord of the Kings Head Hotel, although I’ll gladly watch its removal).

I must confess that this is my first real experience of volunteering;

I spent the previous 15 years living in central London, working excessively long hours trying to “get ahead” as the director of a photo-graphic studio. I found, both in business and my home neighbourhood, a sense of community is scare. We made our decision to move from central London, to find a community where we could lay down roots. And I am delighted to say we found it.

I have learned that volunteering and community go hand in hand. For all its vagaries and practical flaws, the “big society” idea is not a moment too soon. Many will argue that it already exists and that it needs “Big” Government to support it. Others will argue that Big Government stands in the way. But all reasonable human beings (hopefully) agree that more needs to be done to support and nurture community spirit. Social capital is actually what makes the world go round, and without it, everything collapses.

I would say to anyone who hasn’t tried volunteering - just do it; you won’t regret it. And to all those that have been doing it for years, bless you and carry on.

I’d like to thank my predecessor once removed, Don Walter, for taking time out of his increasingly busy schedule to answer, in prose form (see page 3), my question about George VI. My curiosity was sparked by a photo I’d found (whilst researching the Gantry) of the Green decked out in spectacular fashion to welcome George V and, of course, that film. I’d also like to thank the boys of John Lyon for their contribution.

I welcome submissions from anyone interested in the Hill and its affairs, whether they be historical, heritage, environmental or community related. Please don’t hesitate to email hhtinfo@aol.com with your ideas.

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The same agenda but a new venue for our AGM this year – the Old Speech Room Gallery was refreshingly different and ideal for the size of our meeting with drinks afterwards. The arrangements were masterminded by Curator and Trust member Carolyn Leder, liaising with Jan Davies and Debora Catherall. No amplification was necessary, and we didn’t need our coats inside, unlike winter evenings in the Old Harrovian Room!

Our reports and formalities were over in the hour (see the new Committee line up inside this Newsletter). Barnaby Lenon then gave us reflections on his twelve years as Headmaster and some of the School’s aspirations for the development of their estate - perfectly timed and without a wasted word. One of his highest priorities, not surpris-ingly, has been improving road safety for a school that is bisected by a busy road, and he acknowledged the prog-ress made in improving the situation with the support of the Harrow on the Hill Forum. He said that personally he would like to see the through route over the Hill severed and personally I agree with him, but with so many losers as well as winners, I doubt it will happen before the oil runs out. (If you disagree, please don’t resign – this is NOT Trust policy!). Barnaby’s arrival at the School was a breath of fresh air, with his policy of reaching out to the community

through local schools and organisations like the Trust. The Trust thanks him for his openness and his presentation at the AGM and sends best wishes to him for the future.

Our best wishes also go to Peter Detre who stepped in to edit four editions of the Newsletter when Don Walter ‘retired’. Peter introduced a number of new features and widened its scope to become a billboard for local community events. Together with designer/proof reader Rose Allett, he transformed its look – now a full colour glossy – at about the same cost. Peter found that, added together, his various commitments required more than the hours in a day, so resigned after editing last autumn’s newsletter. Since then, some of you may have heard that he’s been unwell: he has indeed, but he assures me he’s in good hands and is back on the tennis court.

I’m sad to report here the passing of Robert Williamson, a stalwart of the Trust who for many years kept us on the straight and narrow. Our thoughts are with Norma.

We are very lucky to have already found a new volunteer editor, Anthony Leyland, who has already helped the Trust so much on Judith Mills’ team progressing the ‘Gantry Project’. So welcome to Ant (Anthony only if one is cross with him!) and welcome to this Spring 2011 Newsletter.

Chairman’s blog

Ted AllettActing Chairman

Anthony LeylandNewsletter Editor

Progress on the Gantry Project this season has been hard won; we have made some significant advances, in large part thanks to project leader Judith Mills, whose tenacity is unsurpassed.

Establishing ownership of the existing modern gantry is a prerequisite to funding, and also important to the submission of planning applications. It was erected by the last Landlord of the Kings Head Hotel in the late 1980s, but was not mentioned in the property deeds when the Kings Head was developed as private apartments in 2001. We believe that, despite the lack of paperwork, the Council and King’s Head Mews Management (who now own the build-ing) are close to agreeing a framework on this issue. We thank both parties for their perseverance.

We have not let this little obstacle prevent us from making advances with funding sources. Ian Wilson, our primary liaison at Harrow Council, informed us that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) are targeting Harrow, as it has received noticeably less applications from the area. We submitted a

“pre-application” to the HLF and met up with their London representative for a funding surgery. The HLF are primarily concerned with projects that “help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage”; they highlighted numerous opportunities for learning our project could provide; however, while they were supportive of the project, they were doubtful that the HLF would fund the actual gantry installation which, if seen as a replica, would not fit with their criteria.

We have approached an organisation called the Rose Foundation, a London-based trust that contributes between £3,000 - £10,000 to selected projects that involve “building work” (a refreshingly broad criterion). They like the project and we have been selected for their short list. The final decision is due at the end of April, by which time we must have resolved the ownership question.

We are in contact with the Harrow Heritage Trust, who provide advice and also distribute funding, for which we intend to apply imminently.

Some archaeology is required for planning and conservation consent. Furthermore, the Green is within an archaeologi-cal priority area, so designated by English Heritage. We are keen to extend the Archaeology to the green as a whole, by way of a community dig. EH will not oppose any works, and have asked to be kept informed of progress. They recommended Hendon Archaeological Society, who are experienced in running community digs, and who we are now in contact with. When the time comes (this summer we hope) we will invite Trust members and anyone else interested to take part. The area has been well trodden for many hundreds of years and should hopefully throw up some very interesting finds.

Finally, it is my sad duty to report that Ian Wilson succumbed to terminal illness recently; our thoughts and wishes go to his family, friends and colleagues.

The King’s Head Hotel Gantry Project

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Local historian Don Walter takes a break from completing a new all-colour edition of his “Harrow - Past and Present” to recall some memories of the stammering monarch.

Of all the questions I could be asked about our local history, I would have said that one of the least likely was “Did King George VI ever come to Harrow?” The Oscar-winning “The King’s Speech”, however, has changed all that, creating, as it has, a whole new level of interest in an often-forgotten man.

As it happens, the short answer is “no”. During his actual reign, George VI seems to have had no official engagements here: nevertheless, as Duke of York (his status at the beginning of the film) he and the Duchess made two visits to the Hill.

The first, following in the footsteps of so many earlier Royals, was an official visit to Harrow School in 1929. But the visit that grabbed the bigger headlines - and saw 130 extra police drafted into the town to handle the crowds - was two years later in May 1931.

This time, the Royal destination was the Cottage Hospital on Roxeth Hill, regarded as one of the best of its kind in the country, where at the then staggering cost of £37,500 a whole new wing of wards had been built in memory of a former Hospital President Mr J.N. Stuart. While the Duchess and the great and the good of Harrow watched, the Duke performed the opening ceremony which, with a nice symbolic touch, involved the use of a golden key.

Some eight years earlier, his brother, then the highly popular Prince of Wales, also came to the Hill for what appears to have been a largely private visit: indeed, I know about it only because, among my store of old photographs, I have a picture of him admiring the Peachey Stone in St. Mary’s Churchyard in company with the then Vicar of Harrow, Edgar Stogden.

Of the other Royals featured in the film, my favourite story concerns the Princes’ mother, the notably wilful Dowager Queen Mary who, one day in 1950, turned up at St.Mary’s Vicarage without a word of warning. The Vicar, then Geoffrey Woolley V.C. was apparently on the telephone when his wife passed him a note reading “Queen Mary wants to see you”. At first, he thought it was a joke but there she was waiting on the doorstep wearing one of the familiar toque hats forever associated with her later years and accompanied by a single lady-in-waiting.

They subsequently explained that the two of them had been visiting somewhere in the vicinity when Queen Mary had decided that it would be pleasing to revisit St. Mary’s. As a rather touching aside, she revealed that she had last been to the church in company with her late husband (King George V) on an official Harrow School visit some thirty-eight years before.

When the King’s Reach Extended to the Hill

Clockwise from above:

The Duke of York at the opening of the new wing at Harrow Hospital in 1931

The Dutchess, “inspecting the troops” at Harrow hospital

Queen Mary on an impromptu visit to St. Mary’s Church in 1950

The Royal couple meet some of the Hospital’s greatest supporters

Don Walter

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A Review of the Winter’s EventsA big thank you to Christopher English OBE. In November last year a select crowd gathered in St. Mary’s to hear all about the silver of Downing Street and the Silver Trust. The Silver Trust is an organisation that encourages the works of practising British silversmiths.

And the Christmas carols, a tradition for many years, was officially cancelled because of the snow last year. It was considered to be too unsafe for crowds to gather on the slippery ground and with the weather warnings, difficult for the Salvation Army to host. But hardy Hill folk braved the weather, and carols were sung despite the arctic conditions! More about the night from Mark and Mike:

Debora CatherallChair of the Community Relations Committee

Kids CommitteeThank you to those who attended our recent fun swim (kindly made possible by Harrow School). We all really enjoyed it and raised about £60 for Penniwells Riding for the Disabled in Borehamwood.

Jonathan Edwards has kindly agreed to lead local and interested children over the Hill finding points of interest for them which could be historical, goulish or just wierd! He plans to set off from outside Blues / Shaws at 2.30pm on Saturday 11th June for just over an hour of entertainment (children need to be accompanied by an adult). Please look at the website nearer the time for final details.

It would be really nice to have more children who live on the Hill coming to our events and to make this easier please email hhtinfo@aol.com with your contact details so we can notify you of any events.

The Christmas tree on the Green is a tradition that was started in the 1970s by Mike Miller and Mike Benwell and formed the centrepiece to the Trust’s annual Carols Around the Tree, which is usually held on the Sunday before Christmas, accompanied by the local Salvation Army Band.

Each year we erect the tree on the first Saturday in December, whether the weather is bright and crisp (as was the case this year), or gale force winds and horizontal driv-ing rain. The team is a mix of veterans and new faces who always enjoy themselves, regardless of conditions; extra helpers are always welcome!

This year, the snow during December added to the atmo-sphere on the green although it did create challenges for the carols, which still took place despite the Salvation Army being unable to join us as a result. Mike was in charge of arrangements, and recounts:

“There was a massive snow storm on the Saturday that cut the top of the Hill off from the rest of the world and left cars stranded around the green. Sunday was freezing and after inspecting the ground at 11am and 2 pm and talking to the Salvation Army, I decided to abort and set about phoning around to advise folks that the Carols were off. Stephen Woodward was snowed in with 80 mince pies.

“I went along to the Green at 4 o’clock to turn away the people who hadn’t heard about the cancellation. To my amazement by 4.30 there must have about eighty people gagging to sing. Rather than have a riot I distributed the carol sheets and selected an enthusiastic schoolteacher with good voice to conduct the unaccompanied carol singing.

“I made a little speech about the HHT, its good works and the Gantry project, apologised for the weather... And the crowds swelled to biblical proportions and the heavens were filled with the sound of music. The snow muted the ambient background noise and there was very little traffic so the sound of around 100 people singing was really quite moving. I think everybody there enjoyed themselves. Special thanks to Victoria, Mary and Tony.”

Mark Ellis & Mike Benwell

Right: the 2010 tree team. From L to R: Tony Dobson, John McDonald, John Campbell, Mark Ellis, Anthony Leyland, Chris McGeever and Paul Catherall

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Saturday 7th May, 6.30am (the Green opposite the Kings Head)

Dawn Chorus WalkGuided by Michael Robinson, this is a rare opportunity to experience Harrow School’s otherwise private nature reserve, Newlands Woods, and golf course to identify birds, mainly through their song. .

Sunday 8th May, 2.30pm (the Green outside Blues/Shaws)

Places of Worship, Part 2 A guided tour around St Mary’s Church by Jonathan Edwards in conjunc-tion with Churchwarden Pauline Chandler. St. Mary’s is probably Harrow’s most iconic feature, with a long and fascinating history.

Saturday 4th June, 1.30pm (the Green outside Blues/Shaws)

St Mary’s Characters A guided tour by Jonathan Edwards about a selection of characters associ-ated with St. Mary’s Church – a poet, a railway ticket inspector, a Victorian social reformer and others – in conjunction with the Church’s Summer Fete at the adjoining vicarage. Note that we’ll meet earlier than usual!

Saturday 11th June, 2.30pm (the Green outside Blues/Shaws)

Kids Committee walkSee Kids Committee (left) for details.

Sunday 10th July, 2.30pm (the Green outside Blues/Shaws)

Plaques on the HillA guided tour by Jonathan Edwards exploring the people of the plaques, and the events they commemorate.

Sunday 9th October, 2.30pm (the Green outside Blues/Shaws)

Schools of the HillA guided tour by Jonathan Edwards. Besides Harrow School, there are a number of other schools on the Hill. A walk/talk in conjunction with Rita Boswell, local educational archivist.

MusicSaturday 18th June

Harrow Symphony Orchestra concertThe programme comprises Mozart – Symphony no. 31 ‘Paris’, Mendels-sohn – Symphony no. 4 ‘Italian’ and Mozart – concerto no. 5 for violin. Visit www.hso.org.uk for details.

Saturday 9th July, 7.30pm

Harrow Choral Society concertHaving packed St. Albans Cathedral with their performance of Handel’s Messiah this Spring, Harrow Choral Society are moving closer to home for their Summer concert. At the Church of St. Edmund the King, Pinner Road, Northwood Hills, they will be giving a programme of favourite anthems by composers such as Mozart, Handel and Purcell. Tickets are available from Olwen Moss on 020 8863 7830 or visit www.harrowchoral.org.uk

Harrow Hill Trust Events ExhibitionsUntil 24th June

Clayton & Bell: Leading stained glass designersAn exhibition of sumptuous images. Founded in 1856, Clayton & Bell became the largest and most celebrated name in the field of stained glass and church decoration in the country, if not the world, a position of pre-eminence it was to enjoy for about a century. The show focuses on its achievements and its links with Harrow School. There are windows in the School by all four generations of the Bell family to lead the firm, which to date has sent five generations of its sons to Moretons.

2nd May – 1st July

Juxtaposition Two:Sculpture and ceramics by Ivan Stroud and Christopher SutherlandFollowing the recent exhibition devoted to the School’s watercolour collection, this new show comprises two artists’ responses to Egyptian and Greek antiquities on display in the Old Speech Room Gallery.

Both exhibitions are at the Old Speech Room Gallery wihich is open from 2.30 - 5pm every day during term, except Wednesday and exeat days. Occasionally the gallery is used by the School so check availability via osrgcurator@harrowschool.org.uk or 020 8872 8205.

Harrow School Events This is a big year for drama at Harrow. For the Old Harrovians it will be their 60th consecutive annual performance of a Shakespeare play in the Speech Room. 2011 is also the 70th anniversary of the commencement of the School Shakespeare Play and, thrown in for good measure, it is also the 100th anniversary of the birth of our greatest OH dramatist, Terence Rattigan.

In 1941 Mr Ronnie Watkins first ‘raised the curtain’ on his curtain-less Speech Room stage to present Twelfth Night. Eleven years later, a Harrow Master and two Old Harrovians turned the one play into a veritable season with the foundation of the Old Harrovian Players. Their inaugural production of the sombre Richard II in 1952 served as a counterpoint to the School’s charming A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Since then the School has performed a Shakespeare play in the Speech Room almost every year while the Players have a remarkable unbroken 60 year record.

This year’s Old Harrovian Players production was Macbeth on 29th-30th April. Apologies that this newsletter was out just too late to spread the word. To advertise any event here, email us.

Thursday 5th – Friday 6th May, 7.45pm (Speech Room)

As You Like It: Harrow School Shakespeare PlayDirected by Chris Deacon. Tickets are not required.

Every Tuesday during term time, 1.30pm (St Mary’s Church)

Harrow School music concert We are always delighted to welcome anyone who is passing or who lives in the area. It is free of charge so just turn up.

We also have many other concerts - all are welcome. Search for events on our website www.harrowschool.org.uk (use the School Calendar) or email music@harrowschool.org.uk for details.

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Seth BolderowJohn Lyon students Joseph Brennan, Michael Duncan and Krishna Swaminathan

question their new head of Sixth Form about his role and about his recent move to the Hill.

Harrow Agenda 21 is the Environmental Forum established by Harrow Council in response to the Rio Earth Summit. Rio established the principles of Local Agenda 21 – it recognised that local and national governments have the potential to organise our world more responsibly and sustainably, but that they need encouragement or political pressure to do this, which they will get if they see their citizens taking an active interest in the environment and acting sustainably in their own lives.

Harrow Agenda 21’s members are Harrow residents and organisations, and its aims are to improve and sustain the built and natural environment we have. It does this through its working groups which meet regularly, and would all welcome new members:

• The Education Group encourages Harrow’s young people to take a practical interest in their environment.

• ThePlanningGroupcampaignsonproposeddevelopmentsintheHarrow&WealdstoneIntensificationarea, and at Kodak.

• The Waste and Recycling Group comments on Harrow and West Waste’s proposed strategies, supports the Waste Hierarchy and encourages waste prevention.

We are also interested in consumer affairs, energy and transport and would like to recruit members with these interests so that we can do more on these topics.

For more information or to get involved, please contact Mick Oliver via www.harrowagenda21.org

Harrow Agenda 21: An introduction

Could you describe your current role? Well, looking after the sixth form – both the academic and the

pastoral sides. It’s mostly about making sure that the students are stretched and challenged, and ensuring that every student is ready for the world of work, and higher study.

And are you enjoying your new role? Very much! The great thing is that it’s been a really good move for me. It’s a sixth form that is already very strong, but with some visible areas for change where we can strengthen and develop.

What attracted you to life on the Hill? Well I originally didn’t plan to be on the Hill, but now that I’m here, I’d love to stay. I love the whole village feel, with the good pubs, great restaurants; but with London no time at all away on the tube. It’s a really attractive combination! It encompasses the greatest aspects of London without the hassles of city life, I suppose.

What else do you like about the Hill, now that you’re here? I’ve spent time at the White Horse, and time at The Castle, but it’s really how welcoming people are. I mean I’ve only been here two months, and already I feel part of a community. People see each other on the Hill and say hello. It’s not as anonymous as some parts of the city, definitely.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen on the Hill? I’ve never seen a commercial being filmed before! So seeing Freddie Flintoff filming for Morrison’s was particularly interesting.

What is your favourite Harrow on the Hill landmark and why? That’s a tough one – I’m tempted to say The Castle! It’s so close to home as well, I suppose that’s part of it. Whether it’s a drink with colleagues or bringing my friends there, it’s a great place to be. I love Incanto too. If I’m going up to watch the John Lyon football at Sudbury, it’s a great place to grab a sandwich on a Saturday morning.

So why are you planning to stay? Well I love the school, and being 20 yards away from your workplace is amazing. Some people don’t like living near their workplace, but I think what makes me want to stay is the fact that the Hill has the best aspects of London, with that idea that you’re somewhere smaller. I have friends in Islington and Archway, and the fact that I know and have time to talk to my neighbours is exceptional.

So if there was one thing you would change about the Hill, what would it be? I’d have to say the roads! I mean there’s nothing you can do, but getting my car out after school has to be a nightmare – the tiny roads make it impossible! Apart from that, I’d have to say it’s been a really good move for me, the shops, the atmosphere – it’s been brilliant so far.

To suggest someone you know and admire for a spotlight interview in a future HHT newsletter, email hhtinfo@aol.com

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Mark MillsCommunications

Manager

Personally, I am very pleased with the website – I update it every other week and am happy to include events from other organisations which are suitable and relevant to our membership. The website is currently having 100 unique visits per month, with an average of 3.5 pages being viewed – this is good, it isn’t just stopping at the homepage.

Do have a look at the website and the new way in which the Newsletter is shown, you can now read this online! Many thanks to John McDonald, our previous Treasurer, for his advice and guidance about this facility.

The website does need more content and updating, this is my constant challenge! I do intend to add links to other local useful organisations, I would also like to improve and increase the number of photos shown – “a picture is worth a 1,000 words”.

For all social events, I place posters strategically over the Hill whilst trying to not become a “fly poster” nuisance to the Environment Committee! Currently, I am using eight loca-tions – if anyone has any suggestions or gates that they are happy for me to use, please let me know. Paul Catherall, our esteemed Treasurer, very kindly gave the noticeboard a new coat of varnish – thank you Paul!

Hopefully you are on my email list that I use to send out notifications about key events such as the AGM, usually two weeks in advance. If not, email me so I can add you.

As Communications Officer I have recently inherited the role of distributor to the distributors of the Newsletter. I am sure that I echo everyone’s sentiments, but I would just like to thank all of those that volunteer their time to distribute the Newsletter to our local membership.

From the Communications Desk

On the south side of the Hill, local residents have been concerned about Orley Farm School’s plans for a major development on its site to provide better facilities, in particular a new dining hall and a new music school. The first planning application was made a year ago in March 2010. To the surprise of both School and residents, however, this application was rejected on the grounds that the School was in breach of a Section 106 condition attached to a planning permission granted in 1998, which limited pupil numbers to 470. At the time the application was made in 2010, actual pupil numbers had crept up to 493and the application proposed that numbers would further increase to 520. The Council’s view was that until the breach of this Section 106 condition was resolved, it could not deal with the new planning application.

Revised applications have now been submitted. In the view of the Trust and local residents, the revised application is in many respects an improvement over the first:

• the design of the proposed dining hall, which would be visible from South Hill Avenue, is now more in keeping with the ‘Arts and Crafts’ style of other buildings in the South Hill Conservation Area;

• a proposal for changing facilities on the sports grounds to the south of South Hill Avenue has been dropped; and

• since two temporary buildings are now to be demolished to make way for the dining hall, the School’s ‘envelope’ would not be enlarged.

The issue of concern to local residents now is a possible increase in traffic resulting from increased pupil numbers. Would more pupils significantly affect traffic? Can these effects be mitigated? These are matters that are now being considered by both the School and Harrow Council.

But the issue over pupil numbers does raise a wider question. To what extent should Harrow Council monitor Section 106 or other planning conditions that it has imposed? Clearly the School has some obligation to make sure it complies with conditions such as a limit on student numbers, but it seems odd that Harrow Council should impose condi-tions then do little about ensuring they are complied with.

A similar question has come up before in regard to temporary permissions. For example, in 2007 John Lyon

School applied for the life of a temporary classroom to be extended, but they did so some two years after planning permission for the temporary building had already expired. At the time I corresponded with the then Chair of Harrow’s Planning Committee whose view was that if a temporary permission had been granted once it would be granted again, so there was no point in monitoring the situation or enforcing the condition. Yet the personal experience of members of the Trust is that other local authorities certainly do monitor and seek to enforce conditions. In two cases, having granted time-limited permission for temporary educational buildings to be erected, the respective Councils (Wandsworth and Milton Keynes) monitored before the expiry date that the buildings would be demolished or a new application made. Doubtless other examples could be provided, but these two demonstrate that it is perfectly possible for local authorities to monitor what is happening.

When the Council imposes conditions or time limits on a grant of planning permission, surely it has a duty to ensure that they are complied with, otherwise they are letting down the local residents.

Planning Matters

Alan EvansChair of the

Planning Committee

Harrow Lawn Tennis Club Almost certainly founded in 1880, three years after the first championships at

the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Harrow LTC has a claim to be one of the very oldest in existence. Today it has 300 members, many of whom are social members and many more of whom are regular players. To satisfy our players’ needs, we enter teams into the Middlesex

League every year and have done so since 1970.

We offer coaching to both adults and juniors of all abilities. We hold open days and barbecues, quiz evenings and Pimm’s parties,

and more besides. We reside in the beautiful grounds of Harrow School and welcome new members. You can reach us via Garlands Lane or contact us

via our website:

www.hltc.netWe look forward to hearing from you.

Wendy Driver Harrow LTC President

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Van Dare Properties LtdProperty managers

50 Crown Street - 0844 806 8307

Residential sales, lettings and new developments104 High Street - 020 8864 4441

www.woodrow-morris.co.uk

Estate Agents

33-35 High Street - 020 8422 3333www.wilson-hawkins.co.uk

THAnK you To ouR CoRPoRATE MEMBERS:

Other HHT Corporate Members: CopperfieldsManagement, Roxborough Park, David Morgan & Co., 52 High Street, FW Computer Systems, 90 High Street, Mr D. Geraghty, West Street Police Station, J.E. Kennedy Solicitors, 59-61 High Street,

S.Mills,Copperfields, Roxborough Park, Shaw News, 82 High Street, Ian J Tait Properties, 27 West Street

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