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27 January 2012

NO INCINERATORNEAR PEOPLENO INCINERATORNEAR PEOPLE

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This Shirley poppy grew on Rev. Wilk’s grave in St. John’s graveyard , Shirley

Marzia Nicodemi-EhikioyaEditor, linguist, outspoken campaigner

on local and national issues. Loves opera,

books and libraries.

Russell ElliottPassionate believer and advocate of

alternative - Just ‘cos something has

always been done a particular way

doesn’t make it the best!

Andrew PellingFormer Shirley resident, Councillor,

London Assembly Member & MP.Investment Banker & commentator

for insidecroydon.com

Robert DilGraphic Design Consultant and

Co-owner of TD Studio in Addiscombe.

Loves playing music & diving.

Giovannan RicciardelliTravel Consultant specialised in Events.

Loves entertaining, swimming, cooking

Italian food. Seriously interested in

architecture and interior design.

Andrew DunsmoreTop London photographer, runs

Picture Partnership in his Shirley

Studio or on location. He helps

you take better pictures.

NOG aka Neil O’GormanEcologist and charities champion.

Stuart CollinsShirley resident, former Mayor of

Croydon and Councillor. Loves

music and cats.

Nadia NazirIT Consultant and Interior

Decorator, loves to sew, knit and

bake.

Peter Howard72 this year, in Shirley since 1971. My

interests are politics and Elder Abuse. I

believe in holding politicians to account.

This does not endear me to them. Oh

dear!

Helen Campbell-McDonaldPractitioner of alternative medicine

and regular contributor to

Alternatives page.

Jill LatterMiniaturist, Shirley resident for

more than 50 years, makes

beautiful cakes.

Tom DunsmoreFamily man. Retired engineer. Has

worked abroad. Speaks Spanish.

Enjoys travel.

Interested in

being part of our

online magazine?

Please contact us

on

[email protected]

Charles Park

of Planning Partnership Ltd, Shirley.The man to look for if you want

something special for your home.

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ContentsShirley Life 5

Elder Abuse Campaign by Peter Howard 9

We love Croydon... 12

A chance to stop being frustrated by Andy Bebington 11London Assembly Sketch by Andrew Pelling 13

Good news from Croydon Council Planning Department 16

Which consultation are we talking about? 17

Giovanna’s New Column 18

Hall Grange 20

No Incinerator near People 26

Customer Service by Tom Dunsmore 29 The Great Book Sale 33

Shirley Community Centre 34

Farewell, Liz by Marzia 37

Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign 38

About Andrew Dunsmore of Picture Partnership 40

Shirley Library: January Activities 42

Lobby for Libraries over Literacy Timebomb 43Princess from Wickham Studio, Shirley 48

Front Cover: No incinerator near people

Editorial Team Tom Dunsmore, Jill Latter, Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya (Editor),

Andrew Pelling, Russell Elliott (Advertising Consultant), Robert

Dil (Graphic Design Consultant) and Nadia Nazir (Website Administrator).

Contacts T: 07940 415532 • E: [email protected] • W: www.shirleylife.com

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Is Life too short to do-it yourself? • Garden maintenance & grass cutting

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• Changing of light bulbs • Garages and sheds cleared

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Shirley Life is 1 year old. Time hasflown and we are growing steadily. We

are inviting new contributors to come

forward with ideas in the coming months.

It is raining consultations in Croydon

One is labelled “negative” when one

expresses concern about the place one lives

in and where one pays Council Tax for

services. It is somewhat worrying thatCroydon Council seems to believe that

everybody is online and dishes out one

consultation after another. The result is that

too many residents, especially in Shirley, are

excluded from the democratic process of

consultations.

Even when one is online, it takes an incredible amount of time to read/study and

research the paperwork in order to return an informed response. Quite honestly,I doubt that the wishes of Croydon residents are taken into consideration by the

incumbent administration who is pushing its own agenda. I am particularly

worried by the new plan for Croydon for the period up to 2031 - the Local

Development Framework (LDF) - because, once adopted, this will become the

suite of documents setting out the Council’s approach to spatial planning in

the Borough and will be used to determine planning applications.

Very few seem to like Tall Buildings in a town that looks more and more forlorn

with umpteen empty buildings. These phallic symbols will not enhanceCroydon: Altitude 25 in East Croydon is looking tired already and work in the

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IYLO tower, (elliptical in plan comprising two equal halves which 'slide' past

one another!) in West Croydon came to a grinding halt many moons ago.

Croydon Council is obviously disappointed that there are difficulties with the

latter development as it is disappointed that Nestlé building will leave another

empty tall buildings. Regeneration or nightmare?

Libraries: a painful charadeI received an email from a Shirley resident that sums up this painful charade:

“I was in the library for the talk the other day and we noticed how bare the book

shelves were. I asked the librarian why this was and she said it was the

council's new policy: “Less is more”. Apparently they feel that people will be

more inclined to look at the books if there are less there! I was talking to the

librarian at Upper Norwood Library today and she said she is hearing this about

other libraries too. I guess the council are getting ready for privatisation by

selling all the stock off? Disgusting. I have written several mails to Gavin B (ondifferent subjects) and no reply - not even an acknowledgement.”

Please read the article on page 43 and join us lobbying Parliament at midday

on 13 March, Central Hall, Westminster.

Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign

Is something moving in the right direction? Will the David Lean

Cinema be reinstated in the Clocktower? Read about it on page

38 and show your support by turning up at the Council meeting

on 30 January. United we are stronger.

The incinerator

Shirley Life will publish a series of articles written by different authors and

anybody is welcome to contribute to the debate. We are starting with excerpts

from http://ukwin.org.uk/oppose-incineration/ .

I have been a life-long opposer of incineration and cannot understand why

people are prepared to justify the risks posed to their health by saying

that savings are made because less waste goes to landfill. We may

be saving money in the short term but it will cost us much more than

money and the NHS, if indeed it will survive, a lot of money in the long

term. We must learn not to waste as much as we do.

What next? If one does not make one’s voice heard, the incumbent

administration will impose an incinerator in Beddington Lane although they said

on 3 May 2010: “But we have made it absolutely clear that Croydon

Conservatives do not support incineration at all and will absolutely not have an

incinerator in our borough or support one close to our borders.”

Do not go and handcuff yourself to railings but take part in debates and sign one

of the petitions against the incinerator. In fact, there should be only one petition,

super partes, as we will all suffer because of the incinerator. Editor

http://ukwin.org.uk/oppose-incineration/


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You are warmly invited

to attend

Friday Peer Group Sessions

every Friday between 2 and 5pm at

The Shirley Community Centre

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SHIRLEY , SURREY

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We aim to create a welcoming place for Older Adults

to meet with their peer group, and make friends,

socialise, play games

(Bingo sessions and other games),

listen to music, sing along and reminisce.

We also plan to offer health advice and information,

exercise classes, and ComTea(relaxed computer basic training) sessions.

Free tea, coffee and snacks

Call us on 8776 2562 or

07590 202547

for further details.

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Elder Abuse CampaignDear All , About 3 years ago, whilst on Croydon Police Committee,

I brought up the subject of WHY the Elderly have nospecific legislation protecting them unlike children, or

victims of racial or homophobic crimes. I was told that

there is, within the court system, a "Memorandum of

Understanding". I asked WHY, if that was sufficient,

do the other offences require specific legislation?

100 years ago animals were protected by law. 33 years later children were

protected too. Need I say more! With the help of my colleague Tony Vass,

Croydon Unison, Rob Beeston et al of the Greater London Unison RetiredMembers Committee, we set about trying to get the legislation on track.

We received little or NO help from religious leaders, or personalities or the press,

and MPs, with the exception of Sir Michael Parkinson and Tony Robinson aka

Blackadder. This is a non political petition, aimed at protecting some of the

most vulnerable in our society: the elderly. We have, through the auspices of

Unison, presented an e-Petition asking Parliament to consider making Elder

Abuse in all its forms a specific Criminal Offence, and would ask that you

support this worthy cause. For those of you who may oppose Trade Unions, let

me, as a Conservative voting member of Unison and retired Police Inspector,

assure you that this is not political in the least.

Thank you on behalf of those less able that I am, at 71 and a half!

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/27208

This petition has come from the Retired Members of UNISON, but you don't have

to be a trade unionist to sign it. It affects everyone and is non-political. The lawregarding elderly vulnerable people needs changing for you, and for your family:-

• Due to mental/physical incapacity many older people are as vulnerable as a

baby. There would be public outcry if politicians opposed legislation for care

of children as hard as they oppose legislation for care for the elderly.

• There are specific laws protecting children, animals and domestic violence,

but only regular laws to protect the Elderly.

• We are calling for the introduction of Elderly Abuse Protection Legislation as

a matter of urgency.• As with child abuse, and racial or homophobic hate crimes, incidents of

neglect and ill treatment that specifically targets an older person should be

a specific criminal offence with additional penalties. JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN.

Peter Howard



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A chance to stop feeling frustrated ... Are you fed up with everyone knowing Croydon only as “the place with the

riots”? Are you fed up with people saying that young people are a “lost

generation”? Do you want to do something about helping young people to

learn about values, teamwork, trust, effort and reward?

Shirley Community Centre Association is working with Surrey Clubs for Young

People (SCYP) to carry on youth work in the Centre following the withdrawal

of Council youth workers. The intention is that SCYP will kick-start the

process and will recruit local people to be the youth leaders we need to keep

the ball rolling.

The initial plans involve six weeks of dodge-ball and six weeks of cheer-

leading; by the time these have finished we should be half-way through the

school term and looking to the Easter break and the financial year whichstarts on 1 April. Financial help is being sought for some equipment so that,

when the twelve-week project comes to an end, the youth work team will

have something to work with.

The old-fashioned youth clubs are no longer the only way in which young

people can be engaged in what might be called (in old-fashioned terms)

“wholesome activities”. The two six-week sessions mentioned are just the tip

of the iceberg – young people will be asked what they would like to come to,

from a whole raft of potential activities – a film-making session, drama,

mountain-biking, board games, ten-pin bowling, dancing; the options are wide.

What’s more, there is a suggestion that to add “spice” to some activities,

there could be a competition between youth clubs across a range of events

– perhaps ten events such as chess, cycling, football, table-tennis – from

which each club chooses their best eight achievements for a pan-Croydon

Youth Clubs Challenge trophy.

All this means you – you may look upon the idea of working with young people

with fear and loathing; but you might be the best chess teacher we could

have, or the ideal leader for a mountain-bike challenge, or whatever – which

means there’s no need to commit to forty or fifty weeks a year. The cheer-

leading session, for example, lasts six weeks, which isn’t too much to ask.

If you’re interested in investigating further, please contact Joyce Quinnell of

SCYP (Surrey Clubs for Young People) at [email protected] for more

information. Or if you would prefer a more structured involvement with youngpeople, try GirlGuiding UK or The Scout Association (contact Liz Bebington

at [email protected] for more information). Andy Bebington

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London Assembly Sketch by Andrew Pelling

Even Conservative colleagues could not

stop themselves from teasing our local

London Assembly Member SteveO'Connell at the latest Mayoral Question

Time up at City Hall.

Steve, whose previous job was to sell

mortgages, asked the Mayor, Boris

Johnson, how it was possible for him to do

such a remarkable job.

Guffaws all round at the patsy question asBoris did his best to patronise the Kenley lad

in the best Old Etonian fashion mockingly welcoming such penetrative

questioning.

Rather more sharp witted Conservative London Assembly Member Brian

Coleman followed up the ponderous and fawning O'Connell question

with the stinging remark that his questions would show that the art of

keen scrutiny was not dead on the Tory side of the Assembly horseshoe.

It's possible that O'Connell was tired as he admitted that he had

commuted back from the Palace match at Cardiff City stadium.

O'Connell's hyperbole about Palace being the strongest team in London

rather undermined his previous upbeat claims about the Mayor.

“Londoners feel safe going about their business in London” boasted

O'Connell unconvincingly. Can't the local Assembly Member recall therecent Croydon riots?

O'Connell was concerned though that there was nothing in the budget

papers about Boris' promised extension of the tram to Crystal Palace.

When he got into Mayoral Office Boris axed the preparatory work on the

extension to Upper Norwood started by his predecessor, Ken

Livingstone. He said there wasn't the money to get the idea off the

drawing boards.When Livingstone promised that he would restitute the scheme if

returned to power in May 2012 Boris was quick to go back down the

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track and match Livingstone's pledge. After all Boris had been given the

keys to office backed by strong support in Outer London, especially

Bromley Borough where the extra tram stops would be, so he was not going

to allow himself to be outflanked by the canny Ken.

So it was only last March that O'Connell and the blond one were pictured in

front of a tram at East Croydon station with a mock Crystal Palace destination

board with Boris promising delivery. He even complemented the former

mortgage salesman O'Connell on his effective lobbying skills.

O'Connell at the time gushed “I am delighted that Boris has approved the

extension”.

“He [the Mayor] has made the announcement and it is now up to people to

get on with it.”If Boris gets back it looks like Upper Norwood residents will continue to have

to use the tortuous 468 bus route.

It also looks like another broken promise and another lobbying failure for the

Croydon Conservatives after losing the £71 million local regeneration funding,

the enterprise zone, the battle to keep 1,000 Nestle jobs after 5 years notice

of Nestle's desire to find better Croydon accommodation, MP Gavin Barwell

failing to deliver on his promised extra government jobs and not even bidding

for the latest tranche of Outer London Fund monies from the Mayor.

There is money coming to the existing Croydon tram. £16 million has been

spent this past few months and there will be another £10 million spent this

year but then only another £7 million to 2015. This money is dedicated to the

buying of six more trams and adapting the junctions and platforms to run

with the new design of trams.

O'Connell was chastised by the Chair of the Assembly for referring to the

upcoming elections but frankly everyone was at it.

Boris'introduction of his budget perhaps revealed that his Australian

campaign manager Lynton Crosby had got the normally scatter-gunning

Boris better focused on the job in hand - getting re-elected.

Boris' boasts were that he had introduced value for money at City Hall and

now had a budget to take London out of recession. The East London Line

had been completed on time and there was an extension to Clapham

Junction underway. He had laid off 2/3rds of Transport for London's senior

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staff. There had been a 30% cut in bus crime. He was adjusting the budget

to use £30m of fire service money and hoping to get £55m of extra

government money to protect police officer numbers. There would be an

Olympic legacy and £30m was going into grass roots sport. No expensive

first class air tickets to Havana, subscriptions to the Morning Star or dodgy

London Development agency schemes now.

And remember Ken's two previous broken promises on fares - the election

lines were being trotted out.

But it was downhill from there as Mayor Johnson interrupted most

questioners before they could pose their questions. It was getting as bad as

Croydon Council bear-pit style meetings. No exquisite and pertinent Latin

quotes just bawling down the microphone. At one stage the chair of the

Assembly said they might as well just give up.

Lib-Dem Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon, sporting an especially severe

Servalan haircut joined in the shouting match.

Green Mayoral candidate and Assembly Member Jenny Jones protested that

she wanted answers not political responses from the Mayor pretending that

she was a political naif.

Commissar John Biggs said that Boris should sleep in a cardboard box when

he took the trip to Davos later that day. Boris said he did not like hob-

knobbing in Davos but it was a burdensome task he'd take on for the good

of Londoners. Go to Dalston not Davos was the advice of the east London

Biggs peering mean-mindedly through his small rimmed glasses.

Police numbers were an ever present concern and you'll hear more of this up

to May. Labour Assembly Member Joanne McCartney said that there were

now 1,000 less police officers than in the last budget that Livingstone

bequeathed to Johnson for 2008-9 and that there are 1,700 less than the

peak in police numbers. Boris retorted that there were 1,000 more officers

than in 2007-08. All these figures are true.

But it was mainly just shouting now with Boris calling Labour “fare dodgers”

for proposing a 7% cut in fares.

It all seems so different since Boris playfully tripped as he mounted thepodium in City Hall on his first day in office and joked light-heartedly.

This was just plain ugly.

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Good News from Croydon

Council Planning Department Application No:- 11/01999/P

Details of Application: Erection of buildings to

provide up to 50 assisted living shelteredapartments for the elderly with associated

landscaping and parking at: Triangular Land

r/o 2-26 Shirley Avenue, r/o 9-33 Valley Walk

Shirley Road, and land adj and r/o 179-189 Shirley Road, Croydon, London,

CR0

With reference to the correspondence about the application described

above, I write to inform you that the Council has reached the followingdecision on the proposal:

Decision: Permission Refused

Reason(s) for refusal :-

1. The proposal would involve development on a Site of Nature Conservation

Importance and Local Open Land and as such would be detrimental to

nature conservation interests, trees and the open character of the area,

and as such would be contrary to Policies NC1, NC4 and RO8 of theCroydon Replacement Unitary Development Plan (the Croydon Plan) 2006

Saved Policies, and Policies 7.18 and 7.19 of the London Plan (July 2011).

The Green Triangle and the bees are safe for the moment. The

implementation of this planning application is a prime example of what

could happen if the Neighbourhood Planning lark were to go ahead.

Please refer to the Shirley Life article last month.

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It is raining consultations in Croydon1. On 22 December 2011 at

16:47:16, I received an email

addressed to me under a hat I had

discarded long ago, so it was pure

chance that I read it. Councillors,MPs, Residents’ Associations and

groups were copied in an

interminable list. It looked as if

somebody had realised that the

email should have gone out a month before and wanted to get rid of the hot

potato three days before Christmas.

The Housing Strategy Manager was “consulting” until 23 January 2012. The

consultation had started on 28 November 2011 but nobody seemed to know inproper “Croydon style consultation”. I did contact quite a few of the addressees.

2. In partial response to the civil unrest on 8 August 2011, Croydon Council is

currently reviewing the existing Shopfront Security addenda to Supplementary

Planning Guidance No.1 (SPG No.1) to align with the Council’s policy

requirements, reflect new shopfront security technology and innovation and

provide greater clarity regarding acceptable forms of shopfront security. This

document will be adopted as supplementary planning guidance to Replacement

Unitary Development Plan (RUDP) policy UD4 of the Croydon Plan (2006).

You are invited to make representations regarding the proposed revision to

Shopfront Security addenda to Supplementary Planning Guidance No.1 (SPG

No.1) between 16th January and 27th February 2012. Please visit the website

to download the document www.croydon.gov.uk/spgn.

3. The Local Development Framework – Proposed Submission Core Strategy

Development Plan Document- Publication. Policies CS2 (Affordable Homes),

CS4 (Tall Buildings) and CS5 (Health and Wellbeing)Croydon Council is currently developing a new plan for Croydon for the period

up to 2031 - the Local Development Framework (LDF). Once adopted, this will

become the suite of documents setting out the Council’s approach to spatial

planning in the Borough and will be used to determine planning applications. In

light of updated evidence on the viability of affordable housing and

representations received on the Proposed Submission Core Strategy tall

buildings policy and community facilities policy, the Council is proposing revisions

to Policies CS2 (Affordable Homes), CS4 (Tall Buildings) and CS5 (Health andWellbeing) of the Proposed Submission Core Strategy. You are invited to make

representations the proposed revisions to Policies CS2, CS4 and CS5 between

16 January and 27 February 2012.

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Giovanna’s Column

New year and new column about international

food. Food has now become a national past time

in the UK. We could perhaps organise a Shirley

Life International Food Festival in summer withdishes from all the countries represented in our

area. So, send your recipes. I will choose a

savoury recipe and a sweet a month. Here we go!

Polipetti al pomodoro, basilico e peperoncino

Baby octopus with tomato, basil and chilli

Prep time: 30 minCook time: 15 min

Serves: 4

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

2 red chillies, deseeded and chopped

400g baby- octopus, cleaned and cut intosmall pieces

3 tbsp plus 1 tsp white wine

2 tomatoes, peeled and diced

4 tbsp tomato sauce

10 basil leaves

4 slices Tuscan or other Italian bread, toasted

Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and chillies,and gently fry for a minute or two without letting them burn.

2. Add the octopus and fry for few minutes, turning once, until white.

3. Pour in the wine and simmer briskly to allow the alcohol to evaporate.

4. Add the diced tomatoes and the tomato sauce and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper, then add the basil leaves and simmer for 2

minutes more.

5. Place some octopus and the sauce in the middle of each plate. Drizzle with

olive oil.6. Set the toasted bread on the side and serve.

P i c t u r e

b y

P i c t u r e

P a r t n e r s h i p ,

S h i r l e y

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Castagnaccio, recipe by Giorgia M

The castagnaccio is a chestnut flour cake

(castagna in Italian means chestnut) with raisins,

pine nuts, walnuts and rosemary. There is no yeast

nor baking powder, nor sugar. It was born as a

poor man's meal: everybody could go and pick up

chestnuts and make flour. The origins might go

back to the Romans, when castagnaccio was

made out of coarsely ground chestnuts, and stuffed in bags.

The castagnaccio is not really a sweet, but something in between a savoury

bread and a cake and it is easy to make. You can find a variety of chestnut

flours on Amazon, some of them from Italy. Good chestnut flour is very sweet

when you taste it raw (and this is why you do not need to add sugar to the

castagnaccio). Taste your flour before using it. If you find it sour, this can be the

result of two things: the flour is of poor quality or the flour is too old and has

gone stale. Chestnut flour doesn't keep well and I only make castagnaccio in

November-December, as the flour is prepared in October/November.

Ingredients (for 8 people)

250g chestnut flour

2-3 cups of water (500-700ml) - it depends on the quality of the flour

75g of raisins

50g pine nuts1 tsp olive oil

20-30 needles of rosemary (fresh)

Method

1. Pass the flour through a sieve and put it in a bowl.

2. Add water to the mix, slowly, while mixing. You want the batter to be soft

enough to fall from the spoon, but not too liquid. Normally 600ml is the

perfect amount of water, but you may need more or less.

3. Add olive oil, pine nuts, raisin and mix them well together.4. Oil a pan large enough so that the poured mixture is 1cm thick.

5.Throw the rosemary needles on top of the batter. Do not stir: you want the

needles to be visible.

6. Bake the castagnaccio at 200 Celsius for 30-40

minutes. The castagnaccio is NOT ready if there are

no cracks appearing on the surface: the cracks

means the cake is perfect.

7. Take it out, let it cool and enjoy it. You can eat it onits own, or with fresh ricotta, which is how it is

traditionally eaten in Tuscany.

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Hall Grange and The WildernessThe proposed re-development of Hall Grange was announced locally but

no reference was specifically made of the two Locally Listed Buildings

which will be demolished as part of the upgrading and redevelopment of

the existing outdated care facilities on the site. It might be fair to say that

residents might have taken more notice of the application if the demolitionhad been mentioned. It is also fair to say that the onus of care for their

environment and heritage lies with individual residents.

Our area needs the care home proposed by the MHA Care Group because

the needs of the many elderly residents must be addressed. On the other

hand, Ray Wheeler, our local historian, wrote that the demolition of the old

house: “would be a great pity as it is part of Shirley's heritage being

closely linked with Rev William Wilks. Its original name was The

Wilderness having been built as Wilks's retirement home in 1912 - the

mortgage being paid for by the Royal Horticultural Society. Wilks's died

in 1923 after a few years the house was bought by Alderman George

Lewin with the intention of housing development. However, he and his

wife decided to make it their home. They were members of the newly built

Shirley Methodist Church. After the 2nd World War the Lewins through

their friendship with the Rev Walter Hall (hence Hall Grange) sold the

property to Methodist Homes for the Aged and built a bungalow next door

to which they transferred the name The Wilderness.”

Shirley Life is in touch with Hall Grange to obtain a photo record of the

buildings, fixtures and fittings.

Background information

The two buildings in question, Hall Grange and The Wilderness, had been

Locally Listed by the Local Authority since the last unsuccessful planning

application was refused in July 2006.In February 2006, English Heritage had inspected Hall Grange and advised that

the building did not contain sufficient architectural or historic interest in a

national context to merit Listing. The developers, MHA Care Group, point out

in their Heritage Statement, that the Wilderness, which is a bungalow built in

1953, was not inspected by English Heritage and no reference to it had

appeared in their report.

‘The 1912 part of Hall Grange comprises a large Queen Anne style house of brown brick with red brick dressings, some chequered stone work on the

entrance front, hipped slate roof with tall moulded and channelled brick

chimneystacks and mainly multipane sash windows. The north or entrance front

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was a pediment with oculus

between two giant pilasters,

chequerwork stone and

brickwork between outer

pilasters and a wooden

porch with curved pediment. The western part

of this front has been

obscured by a clumsy link

block to the 1970’s

purpose-built care home.

A tall north chimneystack

to the original drawing

room as been removed.The west elevation is little

altered with a two storey

canted bay window with

a panelled parapet

unusually projecting

above the eaves level.

The south front of the

main house comprisestwo identical full-height

canted bays. Early

photographs shows

that the south and

west fronts originally had wooden veranda’s. A

ramped brick wall divides the main house from the service wing to the east

which is of lower elevation and has a flat-roofed 1970s brick extension on the

ground floor. The main interest to the east or service front is the large stained glass window lighting the main staircase. Attached to the west in the 1970’s

care home of two storeys; brick in stretcher bond with tiled roofs and angled

corridor join which obscures part of the 1912 north front.The interior of the 1912

house had four rooms on each floor and large staircase to the east. The

staircase-hall has a strapwork design lincrusta ceiling and floral frieze, tapering

wooden piers, some full-height panelling and panelled doors with original

ironmongery including ornamental fingerboards. The front lobby has later doors

inserted into the segmental arch. The oak staircase has diagonally-placed stick balusters and square newel posts with elaborate Jacobean style knops. At the

top of the staircase is a hipped rooflight with ornamental leaded lights. The

western ground floor room retains a mahogany fireplace with eared architrave

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and metal interior with swag decoration and an ovolo-moulded cornice. Bay

windows retain the original folding wooden shutters but many of the original

rooms have had later partitions inserted and there are some flush doors on the

first floor.’

Hall Grange was first established as a site in 1904 when the Reverent W Wilks

of Shirley’s St John’s Church purchased the 7 acres of Shirley Common. He setabout constructing his retirement home and converting a large part of the land

that was once covered in short heath and furze into his ‘wild flower garden’.

Choosing not to plough or cultivate the land, Reverend Wilks introduced a wide

range of native flowers to his gardens, aptly named ‘The Wilderness’ by him.

His gardens have attracted national interest and have often been recorded in

the horticultural press.

After the Reverend Wilks’ death in 1923, Councillor George Lewin, a mayor of

Croydon, lived in the house until 1953, when he moved into a purpose builtbungalow next door, subsequently called The Wilderness. In 1955 he gave the

original house and much of the land to the Methodist Society to use as an old

people’s home. The whole site then became known as Hall Grange. This

marriage of housing for the elderly and the exceptional beauty of the natural

gardens of rare and revered specimens represented the ideals and impetus of

British Society of the time.

Recognising the Reverend Wilks’ work, the Methodist Society conserved the

natural character of the landscape, employing gardeners with special interests,

and developed only the north of the site.

Hall Grange has remained a residential home since then, providing care and

shelter to the elderly in a setting that has consistently captivated national

interest. Methodist Homes, established in 1943, took over Hall Grange to

continue and build on its success as a residential home, whilst maintaining the

natural landscape.

The present buildings comprise the original house with its later extensions,

originally called The Wilderness but renamed Hall Grange; the bungalow then

called The Wilderness; and various additions built to increase capacity to fulfil

demand. These also include 37 Shirley Church Road, a bungalow which was

converted from the garage and outbuildings, and 15 Shirley Road, a small

detached caretaker’s house.

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It should also be noted that it is proposed to retain

certain key features from Hall Grange and to

incorporate them into the new buildings, and these are

shown on the application drawings, as follows:

i) 9 panels of stained glass from window to main

staircase to be salvaged and installed to windows to

main staircase of the proposed care home and

secondary access doors to close care apartments

shown on drawing number 4745-DE-08.

ii) Rooflight from landing to main stair to be installed to

1st floor hall to close care apartments drawing

number 4745-DE-05.

(i) Internal wall panelling from entrance hall of Hall

Grange to be recovered and installed to main

entrance hall / foyer of new care home.

Methodist Homes conclude that it is reasonable to

demolish Hall Grange and The Wilderness in the

interest of the proposed redevelopment for the

following reasons:

• The buildings are only Locally Listed and The

Wilderness has no historic significance

• English Heritage declined to List the buildings

nationally

• The issue of demolition of the existing buildings was

not raised in the previous Planning Refusal

• Alternative proposals to retain the existing buildings

have been fully investigated and are not feasible

• The current Policies have been taken into account

• There is general local support for the overall

proposals

• There is a potential for re-using specific features

from the existing buildings

• The SMNIC designated landscaped area is retained

for the benefit of the public and this is the real

legacy of Reverend Wilks

Methodist Homes also state that the redevelopment proposals are superior

architecturally to the existing buildings, both of which have beensubstantially altered and compromised over the years. They argue that no

one can therefore see any objective reason for their retention in this context.

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• There are alternatives to incineration which are cheaper, more flexible, quicker

to implement and better for the environment. Rather than incinerating waste,

local authorities should focus on maximising recycling. Recyclables andbiodegradables should be separated from the small amount of residue material.

This residue should be stabilised by composting and then sent to landfill.

Incineration reduces our ability to reuse or recycle potentially valuable discarded

material.

• Waste PFI contracts that include incineration depress recycling rates. In

Nottinghamshire it would appear that Veolia see it as more profitable to fall

short of recycling targets, as their planning application for a waste incinerator

to be built in Sherwood Forest indicates that Nottinghamshire’s recycling will beeffectively capped at less than 47% for the next 25 years!

• Incineration involves the release of high levels of CO2, the main climate warming

gas. Accounting for recovered energy, incineration is accompanied by twice or

more the CO2 per unit of power than the same energy (as electricity or

combined heat-and-power) produced from fossil fuel. Studies show that for

electricity-only incinerators (incinerators that do not optimise the use of the heat

they produce), energy production is so inefficient that, from a climate change

perspective, incineration is worse than gas- or coal-fired power stations!Incineration is often forced through against strong public opposition.• Incineration is not the way that householders want their discarded material to

be managed. Defra Guideline 6 states: “Proposals should demonstrate that

other relevant authorities, the public, and interested parties have been

consulted and that there is a broad consensus supporting a recognised long

term waste management strategy which is reflected in the proposed solution”.

• Incineration relies on exaggerating future quantities of waste instead of

strongly increased recycling and composting. Many Waste PFI contracts areentered into as a response to predictions of huge increases in the quantity of

household waste (often calculated five to ten years ago) when in fact

household waste has actually fallen in many areas. According to Defra

statistics, the average annual increase in municipal waste from 2001/02 to

2006/07 was just 0.2%, far short of the 3% year on year rises that were

predicted. These flawed and exaggerated predictions are still being used to

try to justify the building of unnecessary incinerators.

• Operators also say they could always “top up” with commercial and industrial

(trade) waste to make up for any ‘shortfall’, although in practice this has been

shown to cause operational efficiency problems.

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Incineration creates toxic emissions and hazardous ash• While everyone agrees that incinerators do not improve air quality, there is a

great deal of controversy over that extent and nature of the harm resulting

from releases into the air (and indeed releases to land and water). Although

incinerator fumes pass through expensive filter systems, modern incinerators

still emit significant levels of NOx and of ultrafine particles. The latter includes

nano-particles which are of great concern because they can pass through thelung lining, causing internal inflammation and penetrating to organs (even to

the foetus in a pregnant mother).

• Dioxins are still an issue: officially these most toxic products are restricted to

very low emission levels by incinerator filters. But studies overseas show that

high levels are emitted during start-up and close-down when dioxins are not

monitored in the UK.

Incineration poses significant health risks

• UKWIN calls for the adoption of a more precautionary approach while betterscientific research is conducted into the extent of the damage to human and

animal health (and to ecosystems and fragile habitats) caused by the release

of these harmful toxins. The scientific evidence is quite sufficient, UKWIN

argues, to trigger the precautionary principle. Government and regulators

should compel the waste industry to measure, assess and suppress all of

their suspect emissions of harmful toxins. There is plenty of evidence that

emissions from incinerators and their ashes are potentially harmful. The

licensed emissions of NOx and particulates cause a level of harm that isincluded in the EU assessments of industrial and traffic emissions. Incinerators

also have emissions unlimited by license, during start-up and close-down,

and from ash dispersing during transfer to landfill or construction sites.

• 5-7% of the mass of incinerated waste becomes “fly ash” (also known as

APC). The fly ash is trapped by filters, and is classed as hazardous waste.

Because fly ash is strongly alkaline and also high in dioxins and heavy metals,

it has to be transferred to landfill. The Bishops Cleeve hazardous landfill site

in Gloucestershire takes fly ash from many incinerators; the residents see theash literally blowing around. UKWIN believe residents are fully justified in

fearing the health impacts. Indeed, the health risks have been shown as

significant by an official study (Duarte-Davidson et al.).

• Grate-ash (bottom ash) forms another fraction, 25-30% of the mass of

incinerated waste.This ash also contains levels of dioxins and metals.

Because of their commitment to incineration, the authorities are encouraging

the use of bottom ash as construction fill and as an aggregate substitute. But

some of this ash spreads around during construction, and the toxins leachinto groundwater. During new construction, in decades to come, the metals

and dioxins will get into the environment.

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Customer Service by Tom Dunsmore

“Don’t you know there’s a war on?” – an ubiquitous phrase that became

the stock answer that many of our older readers will remember when

requesting anything not in stock, in short supply or a little extra service

like delivery or assistance.

How things have changed. For some time many large establishments

close for a few hours each week for “Staff training” – which presumably

includes what the older generation expected as common courtesy – and

“Sorry for keeping you waiting” has become an automatic greeting at

some checkouts. But credit where it is due; staff generally help much

more nowadays, taking you to the requested shelf in a supermarket

rather than a curt “Over there” with a vague nod of the head in a general

direction, or checking in the stock room for an item which has run out on

the shelf.

However, good Customer service is not the prerogative of the multiples.

Recently I went shopping for a particular brand of whisky (Highland Park,

actually) for a particular occasion (a 90th birthday, actually) and searched

unsuccessfully in Wickham High Street and continued in Wickham Road,

Shirley ending at the ROYAL BOOZE (no. 180) in the Shirley Inn Parade.

After I had scanned the shelves, to no avail, the conversation went

something like this: -

“Do you stock Highland Park whisky?”

“No, but I can get it for you, sir.”

It was Saturday and I wanted it for a present the next day.

“I need it to-day for a present tomorrow.”

“Can you hold on for 5 minutes?”

He then made a short ‘phonecall and continued

“I can have it for you within

the hour and will deliver it to

you if you live locally, sir.”

It took slightly longer – about

an hour and twenty minutes –

but it was delivered to mydoor as promised. A special

journey had been made to

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the supplier to collect it. On

returning a few days later to

thank the owner for the

excellent service, it was clear

that he considered it as

normal customer service andreassured me that he is

always willing to deliver

orders locally. I have since

returned twice for similar gifts

and understand that he is going to stock it in future. Top marks to

ROYAL BOOZE.

On another aspect of good customer relations, on two occasions Irecently received good, unbiased, professional advice from tradesmen in

the course of which they turned down work but enhanced their

reputation and created customer loyalty. In the first, the sealant in some

of the joints of my conservatory required renewing and I contacted W. J.

RICHARDSON GLAZING Ltd. of West Wickham, who had previously,

some years ago, satisfactorily carried out some work at my previous

home. They came to inspect prior to giving a quote but would not carryout the required work during the then damp weather conditions as the

sealant would not set properly and recommended leaving it till the spring.

I will certainly contact W. J. RICHARDSON GLAZING Ltd. then.

There is a water softener installed in my home, the operation of which is

suspect, so I contacted WATERWAYS, water specialists (120 High

Street, West Wickham), arranged an inspection and agreed the call-out

charge plus any parts. The day before the visit was due WATERWAYScontacted me to say that they had checked their records and that the

previous owner had had the unit disconnected due to some fault. They

did not think that a repair could be effected, but would have to charge

the call-out fee if they came; did I wish to cancel the visit? Another trader

whom I will recommend for honesty in their dealings and whom I will

contact for my future requirements.

Yes. We should expect honest dealing from all – and they should expectit from us - , although it doesn’t always happen as there are a few

(hopefully very few) rogue traders about and these generally touting at

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the door, and so it gives me pleasure to be able to spread good news

like the foregoing about our local traders.

Tell us of your experiences on the Forum page of Shirley Life

Addendum from Marzia

My brother had emailed me from Tuscany because he wanted some Ardbegwhisky. I could not buy it anywhere but ROYAL

BOOZE got it for me.

Few distilleries have a story like that of Ardbeg

(pronounced: ard-BEG) over the past fifteen

years. It has transformed from a forgotten

Kildalton relic, loved secretly by a few but largely

unknown, into one of the biggest whisky cults inthe world.

It has also become one of the most controversial

and frustrating ‘brands’ in the whisky world.

However there can be no denying that behind all

the frustration and blether lies a relatively small

scale distillery that has been responsible for some of the most glorious

whiskies ever bottled.http://www.whisky-online.com/a-to-z-single-

malt-whisky/ardbeg.html

Highland Park is made today with the same

enduring belief and integrity, to the same

exacting standards, as it has been since 1798.

The established attitude at Highland Park is one

of custodianship rather than management, of tradition rather than novelty. That’s not to say the

distillery is stuck in the mud – far from it – but innovation is only used

when there is a genuine benefit to the whisky not, as is often the way, a

benefit to efficiency or profitability. This approach accounts in some way

for the appeal of Highland Park; there is much more to how the remote

site of an illicit still became The Best Spirit in the World*. This accolade

was no fluke, as we managed to repeat the feat in 2009; it was based

on an unbroken tradition of whisky-making stretching back over 200

years. Highland Park is arguably the most respected single malt in the

world. http://www.highlandpark.co.uk

http://www.whisky-online.com/a-to-z-single-malt-whisky/ardbed.html


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The Great Book Sale takes place in March. Please help us during

January & February by sorting out your unwanted Hardbacks,

Paperbacks, Children’s Books, Records, CDs, & DVDs (No VHS

videos).

If possible, please deliver to one of the following collection points:

• Wednesdays, 10am – 12pm ONLY

Shirley Methodist Church, Eldon Avenue

• 90 Devonshire Way Stephen Hunt 020 8777 4700

• 72 Hartland Way Jonathan Baxter 020 8777 3158

• 109 Shirley Avenue Bob Wakefield 020 8654 3318

• 42 Ash Road Dave Bateson 020 8777 7141

Collecting stops 29th February.

We cannot accept items after that date.

The Great Book Sale takes place Sat 10th

March 2012,10am to 4pm, Shirley Methodist Church, Eldon Avenue

Further information at www.greatbooksale.org.uk

Many thanks.

Steve Hunt

(on behalf of the GBS organising committee,

Shirley Methodist Church)

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ACTIVITIES at the Centre

AM PM

Monday AVAILABLE Youth Activities 7.30-10pm

Tuesday AVAILABLE Zumba with Emma 6-7pm

Tenshin Tsunami Ryu 7 - 9pm

Bible Study Group 7.30-8.30

Wednesday AVAILABLE Racquet Club 4 - 5pm

Shirley Table Tennis Club 7.45 - 9.45pmThursday AVAILABLE Fit ’n Funky 2 - 3pm

Racquet Club 4 - 5pm

AVAILABLE 6 to 7pm

Legs, Bums & Tums 7 - 8pm

Road Cycling Club 8 -10pm

Friday AVAILABLE GKR Karate 5.30- 7pm

Saturday AVAILABLE AVAILABLE

Sunday SCF AVAILABLE

The Committee Room is available Monday to Saturday

Care Direct UK and Living Hope Project are now running activities

for Older Adults in the south end part of the Centre each Friday

afternoon. Please contact them on 8776 2562 or 07590 202547 for

further details.

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What the Centre offers... The main hall is complemented by a well equipped kitchen, there are

two other rooms, and a separate room suited to smaller committee

meetings.

Where to find us...We are at 28 Shrublands Avenue, Shirley CR0 8JA.

These premises are ideally placed in a residential area and are well

served by two bus routes, 194 and 198.

There is some on-site parking.

Availability... The Centre is available most mornings, the early part of each afternoon

and some evenings. It is also very popular for private parties atweekends.

To hire the Centre, please contact 020 8777 4298 from Monday to Friday

between 9.30 and 11am or email [email protected].

For any other purpose, please email [email protected].

There is also a website, www.shirleycca.com, to keep you abreast of

events.

Charges...Midweek charges are:

£10 per hour until 5pm and £12.50 thereafter (£40 for a whole morning

or afternoon, £50 for a whole evening)

Private Parties

£250 on a Saturday or £350 on a Sunday or Bank HolidayChildren Parties on Saturdays £70 + caretaker’s services

The cost of hiring the Committee Room is £5 per hour at any time. It is

ideal for small business or committee meetings.

The Shirley Community Centre is

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Farewell, Liz

I was saddened when I heard that Liz Reeves

had passed away. We had crossed swords

many times but, in the last few years, we hadreached a tacit understanding of each other and

we worked together on many a project. I would

often pick her up to go to meetings together.

Shirley will greatly miss a passionate advocate

who would demand what was due from the

Council and would get it. She championed the

Shrublands Estate and residents counted on

her. Liz had clear cut views and called a spade a spade. On 4 July 2011,

she had been re-elected unopposed as Chair of The Tenants and

Leaseholders Panel and she retired later in the year because of ill health.

I was always telling her to give up smoking but did she enjoy her fags!

She laughed at me with her distinctive laughter.

Alan Roach, Chair of the Shirley Community Association, arranged for

her final farewell to be at the Shirley Community Centre, where she spent

so much of her time working for the community.

Councillor Tony Newman said: “Liz was a dedicated advocate of both her

local community and for the Tenants of Croydon. She will be sorely

missed and the legacy of the work she has done will benefit generations

to come.”

Councillor Mike Fisher commented: “Liz was a very selfless person and

always put others before herself. She never once asked me to interveneon her behalf, but would champion the causes of others. She gave of

her time freely and served the community in many ways, through the

Residents Assoc, the Shirley Community Centre and as Chair of the

Tenants and Leaseholder panel to name but a few. I will miss Liz and I

know a good many people of Croydon will do so as well.”

Andrew Pelling wrote: “For many years Liz Reeves personified

Shrublands to the powers that be. She was a robust and positive

advocate for the community's needs. I was grateful for her kind words

of encouragement throughout my time as the local MP.”Marzia

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Firstly, I know that many of you have supported the Save The David Lean

Cinema Campaign, so it is good to see that now there is light at the end of the

tunnel, with the Council now showing a real interest in the proposals being

made by a group which plans to re-open the whole of the Clocktower complex

as an arts venue for Croydon. The Campaign's petition is being presented to

the Council at the meeting on 30th January by Cllr Maggie Mansell, the shadow

cabinet member for Arts and Culture. The more signatures on the petition, the

more pressure on the Council to respond to this initiative, so please sign if you

haven't yet done so .

It is also possible to help the Campaign by attending the Council meeting on

Monday 30th January. Supporters will assemble by 6.45pm outside the Town

Hall in Katharine Street for a photo, and then go to the public gallery for the

meeting at 7pm. The petition should be presented soon after.

The Campaign is also spreading the word by holding its own screenings of aseason of David Lean films on Tuesdays at the Spreadeagle, which is next door

to the Clocktower. Still to be shown are:

31 January: 'This Happy Breed' (1944)

14 February: 'Hobson's Choice' (1954)

28 February: 'Blithe Spirit' (1945)

All films are shown at 2.30 pm and 8.00 pm. Admission is FREE - all you have

to do is buy a drink and take a seat in front of the screen upstairs. Specialthanks are of course due to the Spreadeagle for their help and support in

making this initiative possible.

Bernard Winchester

Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign

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This Happy Breed marked Lean's solo directorial debut. Opening shortly after World

War I, the film focuses on landmark events in the lives of the working class Gibbons

family after they settle in a new home in Clapham in South London. The household

includes Frank, his wife Ethel, their three children — Reg, Vi and Queenie — his

widowed sister Sylvia and Ethel's mother. Living next door is Bob Mitchell, who served

with Frank in the army. Frank finds employment in a travel agency. As the children

grow up and the country adapts to peacetime, the family attend a number of events,such as the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley in 1924. Reg becomes friendly

with Sam, a staunch Socialist, who is attracted to Vi. Queenie is pursued by Bob's sailor son Billy, but she

longs to escape the suburbs and lead a more glamorous life elsewhere. During the General Strike of

1926, Reg is injured in a brawl in Whitechapel Road. Vi blames Sam, who had brought her brother to the

area, but eventually her anger dissipates and she agrees to marry him. In 1928, Charleston dance mania

arrives in England, and an enthralled Queenie exhibits her fancy steps at the local dance hall. As all of

London is swept up in the Jazz Age, news of new German chancellor Adolf Hitler begins to appear in the

newspapers. Reg marries Phyllis and Billy proposes to Queenie yet again, but she confesses she is in love

with a married man and soon after runs off with him, to the great distress of her mother, who says shecannot forgive her and never wants to see her again. As time passes, Aunt Sylvia discovers spiritualism,

Reg and Phyllis are killed in a car crash, and Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists, tries

to stir up anti-Semitic sentiment in the city. Stanley Baldwin becomes Prime Minister, King George V dies,

and Ethel's mother passes away. Billy, home on leave from the Royal Navy, announces he saw Queenie

in France. Abandoned by her lover, she opened a tearoom to try to make ends meet, and she deeply

regrets having left home. Billy reveals they are married and he has brought her back to London and she

and Ethel are reunited when her mother forgives her for her indiscretion. With World War II on the horizon,

Queenie has a baby, which she leaves in the care of her parents when she joins her husband in Singapore.

Frank and Ethel, faced with an empty nest, decide to sell their house and move to a flat.

Willie Mossop (John Mills) is a gifted, but unappreciated bootmaker employed by the

tyrannical Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) in his moderately upscale shop

in 1880s Salford. Widower Hobson has three daughters. Maggie (Brenda De Banzie)

and her younger sisters Alice (Daphne Anderson) and Vicky (Prunella Scales) have

worked in their father's establishment without wages and are eager to be married

and free of the shop. Alice has been seeing Albert Prosser (Richard Wattis), a young

up-and-coming solicitor, while Vicky prefers Freddy Beenstock (Derek Blomfield), the

son of a respectable corn merchant. Hobson doesn't object to losing Alice and Vicky,but Maggie is far too useful to part with. To his friends, he mocks her as a spinster "a bit on the ripe side"

at 30 years of age.

Her pride injured, she bullies the contented, unambitious Will Mossop into an engagement. When Hobson

objects to her choice of husband and refuses to start paying her, Maggie decides that she and Willie will

set up in a shop of their own. For capital, they turn to a very satisfied customer for a loan. With money in

hand, they get married and, between her business sense and his shoemaking genius, the enterprise is

very successful. Within a year, they have taken away nearly all of Hobson's clientele. Eventually, Wiilie and

Maggie fall in love. Finally, at Maggie's urging, Mossop goes into partnership with Hobson, now an almost-

bankrupt alcoholic, on condition that Hobson take no further part in the business.

For additional updates, film presentation reminders, etc,

please follow the Campaign on Twitter: @SaveDavidLean

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About Andrew Dunsmoreof Picture Partnership, Shirley

CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY

Katie Melua, the Georgian vocalist and musician, who produced an album with

such hits as “Call off the Search” and “Nine Million Bicycles” was to complete

the final stages of her first concert tour at Fairfield Halls in Croydon.

I decided to seek permission to photograph her during it. On these occasions,

very strict rules are applied such as :

• pictures may only be taken during the first two or three numbers;

• no “flash” to be used by photographers, only available light (although one

frequently has to compete with flashing lights and strobes on the set);

• do nothing that could upset the smooth running of the show or distract the

audience.

So, from my inconspicuous position on the side, I had about 8 minutes to get

as wide a variety of shots of Katie as possible. I tried to capture the mood of

the occasion and the prevailing atmosphere, and all within the restrictions

placed upon me, by using a wide angle lens to include the stage, setting and

audience, and managed to get a selection of Katie standing, sitting, singing,accompanying herself on her guitar, and talking to the crowd.

For the close-ups and portraits, where one can almost hear her sing and see

the guitar strings vibrate, I used a long 300mm f2.8 lens, a fast one to take

advantage of the limited light, yet still using a fast shutter speed to prevent

camera shake.

I love the simplicity of this portrait of Katie in full voice, seated on a stool, holding

the guitar on her crossed legs and just singing for pleasure, hers and that of the

audience, who have deliberately been excluded from the photo to concentrateon Katie and her beautiful voice.

I can almost hear her singing now, can you?

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Now Online at www.shirleylife.comand very soonin print

SAVE OURLIBRARIESand make yourvoice heard!!!

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I f y o u s t ay s i l e n t

C L O S E D

February 2012

Teen Reading Group If you would like to join this fun

nd exciting group, come in and complete a form to let us

know what day and time would be best for you to attend.

Monthly Adult Reading Group meets on 2nd or 3rd

Monday in the month from 7pm. The group will discuss

Little Stranger by Sarah Walters on 13 February

Rhymetime Singing for babies and their parents andarers on the following Fridays: 3, 10, 17 and 24 at 10am

Wiggle and Jiggle stopped and no longer runs

Storytime Stories and crafts for 3-7 year olds on the

ollowing Thursdays: 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 2.15 to 2.45pm

Once upon a Rhyme A mix of rhyme, stories and craft

on the following Saturdays: 4 and 18 at 10am

Stories and Craft Sessions For 4-9 year olds and their

arents and carers on the following Saturdays: 11 - FurryFriends and 25 - In the Jungle from 2.30 to 3.30pm

Chatterbooks is a fun, monthly reading group for those

n Years 3 to 6. Make new friends and chat about the

ooks you have read as well as taking part in games and

uizzes. Thursday 9 February from 4 to 5pm

Games Club Do you like playing cards, dominoes, chess

nd other board games? Come and join us on Tuesday

3 from 2.30 to 4.30pmCraft Workshops: Games Club on Tuesday 7 and

Card Making on Tuesday 14 from 2.30 to 4.30pm

Stitch, Knit and Natter Get together with other knitters

or a cup of tea and a chat. Beginners welcome. Friday

0 and 24 from 2.30 to 4.30pm

Ancestry Library Edition for beginners One off, one to

one sessions will be offered on Thursday mornings from

9.30am-10.30am

Computer sessions for beginners Learn to set up an

mail account, use Facebook, shop online, use Word,

Excel and Powerpoint or improve your typing skills on

Monday and Saturday mornings. Please contact the

brary for further details

O ne yea r o n, we

s t i l l do no t k no w

w ha t w i l l ha p pe n

to o u r L i b ra r ies!

PO L IC E S U R

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T he S h i r le y Sa fe r Ne ig h bo u r hood

Tea m ’s D ro p - i n S u rge r y o n T uesda y

1 4 f ro m 11a m to 1 2 noo n a nd

Sa t u rda y 25 Fe b r ua r y

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Free monthly talk – Ian Porter will give a talk about The Suffragettes on Monday 27 February from 2 to3.15pm. Please contact Fiona or Irene on 020 87266900 ext.14300 or email [email protected]

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LOBBY FOR LIBRARIES OVER LITERACY TIMEBOMB

UNISON, the National Federation of

Women’s Institutes (NFWI), Voices for the

Library, The Library Campaign, Campaign

for the Book and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

(CILIP) have announced that they will hold

a joint lobby of Parliament calling on

politicians to protect vital library services.

During the lobby, on 13 March, the

campaigning group will highlight the

importance of libraries in providing access

to learning and as a vital lifeline for manycommunities.

The lobby will take place at:

Midday

Tuesday 13 March

Central Hall

Westminster

Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said:“Cutting libraries is not an easy solution for councils to save cash - it is a

literacy time bomb for deprived communities.

Community groups are being held to ransom by Government plans to force

them to take over the running of services, or lose them. These groups don’t

have the time, skills and resources to take over the jobs of experienced

library staff.

A shocking 30,000 children are leaving primary school with a reading age of

seven or below and libraries are a vital lifeline for community groups. We need a national vision of a modern library service, as an investment in the

future generation.”

Ruth Bond, Chair of the national Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI), said:

"The NFWI is delighted to support the lobby of parliament. A threat to local

library services is a threat to a community’s education and, as champions of

libraries for the past 96 years, WI members are gravely concerned that so

many local authorities are riding roughshod over educational resources whilethe Government watches in silence. It is simply not good enough to assume

that volunteers will step in to continue providing services previously supplied

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by professionals; the Government cannot rely on community-minded

individuals to step into the breach to bridge the gaps, and the loss of

professional expertise is irreplaceable.

Local libraries are a fundamental information and education resource. Whilst

in their essence, libraries facilitate access to books and resources, they play

a much wider role in promoting shared knowledge and equality of

opportunity, facilitating community cohesion, and enabling life-long learning

and literacy from cradle to grave."

Abby Barker, from Voices for the Library, said:

“Voices for the Library are urging anyone concerned for the future of the

library service in the UK to get involved on March 13th. This is your chance

to tell your MP how vital your local library service is, and to ask them to call

the Secretary of State to task over his noticeable lack of involvement. The

1964 Museums and Public Libraries Act very clearly puts public librariesunder the superintendence of the Secretary of State, however, Jeremy Hunt

has yet to intervene on any level, even in the most extreme cases."

Andrew Coburn, Secretary of The Library Campaign, said:

“Public libraries still have a wide-ranging role in encouraging literacy and

education as well as providing literature for leisure and information. MPs

need to know what a real 21st century library service can provide – so that

they can join the thousands who are trying to prevent their branches being

closed and services mutilated.”

Alan Gibbons, Author and Organiser of Campaign for the Book said:

“A reading child is a successful child. The National Literary Trust has found

that a child who goes to a library is twice as likely to read well as one who

doesn’t. The UK currently stands at 25th in the PISA International Reading

ranking. Libraries are vital to improving this position. We have to fight for the

defence and extension of public library services.”

Annie Mauger, Chief Executive of CILIP, said:"The professional skills and expertise of library staff are core to providing

the public with a quality library service. Volunteers should supplement and

enrich a professionally led service, not replace the knowledge and skills of

staff. We are concerned that public library services in England are being

damaged; the impact will be felt now and in the long term. We urge the

Secretary of State to use his powers of intervention where there is clear

evidence that the Public Libraries & Museums Act (1964) has been

potentially breached. It is wrong to view public libraries solely as a cost; by

providing opportunities for learning and literacy development libraries are

an investment in communities, families and individuals.”

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