Forum Topics

Delicious Sri Lankan Meal - £5

Treat yourself and your friends to a lovely curry on Saturday evening, 3rd July, between 6pm and 9pm.  You can either eat it there at The London Buddhist Vihara, The Avenue, Chiswick, W4 1UD or take it away.  Get your ticket at the door.I look forward to seeing you there.

Pat Smith ● 5942d0 Comments ● 5942d

Your Health 2010 - Come and join in the fun Saturday 3 July

Making this summer your healthiest everA brand new NHS health and wellbeing festival is taking place in Hammersmith’s Lyric Square and Theatre on Saturday 3 July.Your Health 2010 is running from 10am to 4pm and will be a mix of fun and serious debate on local NHS issues. With free drop-in health checks, interactive exercise sessions, and fun entertainment for children, the festival will be a one-stop shop for practical advice and information about health and wellbeing.Find out how to eat your way to better health, have your teeth checked, and get expert fitness advice. You can also drop in anytime to speak to local doctors, nurses, and health visitors about the NHS services in your area.There will be information on how NHS money is spent and the big plans for improving local services. If you have ideas about how to improve NHS care, you’ll be able to take part in a series of special workshops.  Leaders of the local NHS will be also taking part in an open debate giving local people a chance to ask questions about any aspect of the NHS. The debate starts at 1pm in the Lyric Theatre and will be chaired by Lord Victor Abedowale.Sarah Whiting, Managing Director of NHS Hammersmith and Fulham, said: “The festival is all about having fun, getting quick and easy health advice, and telling us what you think about the NHS and how we could improve. “Health is such an important issue and it’s vital that we get it right. Our plans to improve health in the borough need to be built on the views of residents and local doctors. This event is the start of a genuine discussion with local people about how to improve health services and address the financial challenges facing the NHS.”If you have a question you’d like to ask, or would like a free ticket to the open debate event at 1pm in Lyric Theatre, email communications@hf-pct.nhs.uk or telephone 020 3313 7254.For more information about the festival and the free workshops, click on www.yourhealthfestival.org.uk.

Louise Tweddell ● 5943d0 Comments ● 5943d

Send John Terry Home Today

Win or lose this afternoon from what I have seen over the last few days any hope that the England football team have of at least the sum of their parts rests on getting John Terry out of the camp. His unpopularity amongst fellow pros is well known and he clearly is at the root of all the difficulties the squad is experiencing at the moment. Still bitter at having the captaincy taken away from him by Capello he seems to be focusing on Shaun Wright-Philips who is Wayne Bridge's best friend. His abortive attempt to organise a 'team meeting' with Capello to try and force him to include Joe Cole in the team seems to have been thwarted by the lack of support from the senior pros such as Lampard and Gerrard. The problem is that the factionalism in the squad has clearly had an impact on the pitch.The man is poison and Capello probably would have got rid by now but for lack of available centre halves. With King, Ferdinand out and many of the possible alternatives such as Jonathan Woodgate and Curtis Davis ruled out before the tournament Capello's description of Terry's role as 'important' is based on necessity rather than enthusiasm.To me Terry has always been over-rated as a player and he regularly gets shown up in international football. He lacks pace, tactical awareness and ball distribution skills. The brave move for Capello would be to drop him and never pick him again - possibly too late for this tournament but if the current England team are to achieve anything it has to be done.

Ellen Kearney ● 5949d4 Comments ● 5944d

Drugs in Local Schools

It would seem that spending large amounts on your child's education gets you a better class of drug as well as a better class of pupil. The story of four boys from a local private school caught taking cocaine in a night club toilet (surprisingly unreported on this site) raises lots of interesting questions. Children from other schools seem to be harshly treated by the police for minor possession offenses yet no action seems to have been taken in this case which involved Class A drugs. Also expelling sixth formers on study leave but allowing them to take their exams is a totally meaningless punishment.

Karen Cooper ● 5962d4 Comments ● 5948d

Cleaning up the Borough

I saw a sign today that said "a brighter borough", I assumed it meant a tidier borough. May I suggest that if we want a tidier borough that, we get rid of all the bicycles that are haphazardly tied to trees and lamposts, not only are they an eyesore,they are also a danger to people with poor sight. One other thing which is totally unecessary are the parking signs, there must be a million in Hammersmith alone, think of all the enviromental pollution that is caused to produce these, also the effect they have visually on our beautiful streets (one every 5 metres). In France they do not pollute their environment in such a manner,whilst on this point,the people of France have pride in their local environment, the streets are clean and well presented, unlike Greyhound Road, which I walk down quite frequently, it is like a rubbish tip, and the street furniture which is put there by the council could do with a clean up.Sadly, in this borough there appears to no real effort by residents and council to make an effort to have pride in it's presentation.

David Field ● 5948d1 Comments ● 5948d

Love Your Street - Starch Green W12 June  26 11am to 5pm

As part of the London Festival of Architecture, for one day only June 26 from 11am to 5pm a group of local architects will gather on Starch Green at the junction of Goldhawk and Askew Rds to capture your ideas on how this area could be improved. There will also be a gaggle of geese (in a pen) a B B Q courtsey of the Eagle PH and music from students of the Royal College of music.

Annabel Clarke ● 5949d0 Comments ● 5949d

The Brutal Truth About Tory Hammersmith and Fulham

http://tinyurl.com/33tk85c

Karen Cooper ● 5998d7 Comments ● 5950d

Varicose veins in legs

Has anybody had surgery on these and was it ok?

Carol Burge ● 5954d0 Comments ● 5954d

Kew Midsummer Fete this Saturday

Don’t miss the first-ever Kew Midsummer Fete on Kew Green on Saturday 19th June from 11am to 6pm. It promises to be a great family day out, with a Victorian fairground, a craft marquee full of beautiful buys plus over 60 outside stalls, delicious local food (from the likes of Kew Grill and the Original Maids of Honour), a beer tent and Pimm’s bar, a dog show (registration from 12, show at 3.30), and local bands and live events throughout the day. Entrance is free and all the Fete profits will go to local charities. For more information see www.kewfete.org or Tel 020 8123 792.

Hilde Bysheim ● 5955d0 Comments ● 5955d

No Circle or Hammesmith & City line service from Hammersmith this weekend

This weekend 22/23 May there will be no Hammersmith & City line service from Hammersmith to Baker Street and no Circle line service. Customers are advised to use the District and Piccadilly lines instead.A replacement bus service will operate for local journeys between Baker Street and Hammersmith calling at Edgware Road - Paddington, Royal Oak, Westbourne Park, Ladbroke Grove, Shepherd’s Bush (Central line) and Shepherd’s Bush Green.This is due to track replacement work and Crossrail development work at Paddington.

Patrick Green ● 5982d2 Comments ● 5957d

National Smile Month

White Dental and Cosmetic Rooms is offering a complimentary check up as part of the National Smile Month to promote oral health. If you wish to take advantage of this offer please book your appointment soon as this offer ends on the 30th of June.Please look us up on www.whitedentalrooms.co.ukor call us on 020 87479933

Raffaella Gabassi ● 5957d0 Comments ● 5957d

Open Garden Squares Weekend – 12th and 13th June, 2010

The summer starts here as two gardens in Grove Park open their gates to the public this weekend as part of Open Garden Squares. A single ticket gives you access to many of the most beautiful garden squares in London, not usually open to the public, so why not start with one in your local area?Sutton Court, a block of Edwardian mansion flats just off Sutton Court Road in Grove Park W4 (south of the A4), is opening its gates for just one day, Saturday 12th June, from 10am until 5pm.Come along and discover the delights of this beautiful communal garden.  See how it looked when Sutton Court was first built in archive photos from the early twentieth century, and learn more about the garden, past, present and future. And in the afternoon you can enjoy tea and cakes, all made by residents, which will be served from 2-5 pm.Also, on Sunday 13th, the same ticket will get you into the recently restored Chiswick House walled gardens, open from 10am until 5pm.So if you’d like to enjoy a weekend visiting some of London’s most beautiful garden squares, why not make Sutton Court your first stop on Saturday and buy a weekend ticket from us?To find out more about London Open Garden Squares visit their website at HTTP://WWW.OPENSQUARES.ORG/

Kate Beard ● 5965d0 Comments ● 5965d

foster homes for cats/kittens urgently needed

As some of you know I foster cats for Hounslow Animal Welfare.  I have just had an urgent e:mail from the organisers which I have copied below.  If anyone can either foster or adopt a cat and/or kittens we will be most grateful.  Apparently there is major issue at the moment all over the UK with people irresponsibly NOT having their cats neutered and hence there being family after family of kittens needing homes.Fostering is a great alternative to adopting if you:a)  Don't own your own home and can't be sure you can give a cat a permenant homeb)  Don't have outside space and feel cats should have that access to the outdoorsc)  Travel alot on business (or pleasure!) as you can tell HAWs when you are not available to fosterd)  Can't adopt a cat for financial reasons (whilst fostering ALL vets bills are covered by the charity and if necessary they can supply you with food, litter and equipment to care for the animals)e)  Love to see kittens develop and play as you can have a succession of kittens forever!!!HAWs have a "no kill" policy but cannot take in any more cats or kittens at the moment due to a lack of foster carers and adopters, leaving the chances high of them having to be taken by other organisations who may well only keep them for 2 weeks before putting them to sleep as unwanted animals (yes, even kittens being put to sleep after 2 weeks).Here is the e:mail I received.  Please go to the HAWs website www.haws-animals.org.uk for contact information either for fostering or adopting.  In either situation you will need to be home checked but when I first offered to foster I was checked and had a cat within 48 hours - so, just think - by this weekend you could be playing with gorgeous kittens in your own home!!!!"There really is a crisis now with mothers and kittens all over the place and this is affecting all charities, not just ours.  We have mothers and kittens sitting in vets as we cannot find enough foster homes and we are aware of at least six mothers with kittens in gardens in Southall that neither Cats Protection nor ourselves can help at the moment.    We are not particularly asking if anyone could take a mum and kittens (although of course we would be ecstatic) but if you could take just one cat that would release a space for a family.Just for the record we recently attended the CatChar.org 10th anniversary party and both Celia Hammond and the lady who helps run Katz Castle said the whole welfare situation was almost out of hand (a lot of it due to people not neutering their animals) and could only get worse.So any bit of help would be appreciated so much   We can lend a pen if necessary."

Silvia Diaz ● 5969d1 Comments ● 5969d

Do you have difficulty breathing?

If you have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), asthma, lung fibrosis or bronchiectasis then NHS Hammersmith and Fulham would like to hear from you.  We are keen to find local people from all parts of the community with a long term breathing condition willing to share their experiences to improve local health services.Volunteers will form a user group and will be asked to give feedback about current services and plans for the future.  Carers for people with breathing conditions are also welcome to join the group.The first meeting will take place in June and anyone interested in joining the group should get in touch by Monday 17 May.  If you are interested in joining the long term breathing conditions group please call Frances Neate on  020 3313 7231 or email frances.neate@hf-pct.nhs.uk

Louise Tweddell ● 5997d2 Comments ● 5971d

Part time nanny

I am looking for a part time nanny for either 3 mornings a week, Monday, Thursday and Friday, or 2.5 days. I need someone to start on the 21st June. I have two children, a girl who's 8 months and a boy who's 2.5.If you are that person, or know of anyone who is looking for part time work, please let me know !Thanks,Kirsty

Kirsty Clark ● 5979d0 Comments ● 5979d

New NHS Hammersmith and Fulham Website

NHS Hammersmith and Fulham has re-designed its website.  Visit the site at www.hf-pct.nhs.uk to find how your local NHS can help you.The new design is the first step in plans to improve online information about local health services. Throughout 2010 NHSHF will be developing the site further. Plans for the future include:Performance information on GPs and other services. The ability to comment on and rate your local NHS services.  Community forums for local people living with long-term health conditions.  NHSHF would like to hear from you about extra information or functions you'd like to see on the site. Please email us any suggestions to communications@hf-pct.nhs.uk 

Louise Tweddell ● 5983d0 Comments ● 5983d

Nature can be so cruel!

For the past few weeks I have been enjoying seeing a pair of Mistle Thrushes (sure they were) creating a nest in a tree opposite my flats.  Must admit was a bit concerned as could see where they had made this nest was rather exposed, even more so as the trees are late in leafing this year.But last night could hear a lot of bird noise and when I looked out could see the pair frantically flitting from one tree to the other.  And then I saw it..........a crow making it's way to the nest.  And the worst thing happened, it flew away with a chick..........and then came back for another.  Now I know it probably has it's own chicks and crows are not called carion crows for nothing but these poor adult thrushes were doing their hardest to get the crow away from the nest.......all to no avail.  Part of me is now hoping they will now move to another nesting area as am sure now the crows know it is there they will be back.  Nature is a wonderful thing but can be so cruel sometimes.

Carol Burge ● 5989d0 Comments ● 5989d

Current disruption on the Piccadilly and District lines

At the moment there is no Piccadilly line service between Hammersmith and Green Park, due to emergency engineering work at Earl's Court. Additionally there is no service Richmond/Ealing Broadway - Earl's Court on the District line due to a person under a train at Barons Court. Please use alternative Tube lines and local buses where possible and check before you travel.

Patrick Green ● 5991d1 Comments ● 5991d

Tuesday afternoon life-drawing class.

I run life friendly drawing-sessions on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and have just begun a new Tuesday afternoon class at The Brook. Please email for full details if interested.Thanks, Becky.rebell-at-art.blogspot.combeckybellcabinetmaker.blogspot.com

Becky Bell ● 5992d0 Comments ● 5992d

Flag pole in Ravenscourt Park

Why is there what appears to be a flag pole sited in the area opposite the tea house?

Carol Burge ● 6067d10 Comments ● 5994d