Upcoming events

These are some of the events coming up soon.

Newsletter – Spring 2024 Welcome to the Spring edition of our seasonal Newsletter.

Over the last few months your committee have been busy rejuvenating and refreshing the publicity for the Stanmore Society, with revised leaflets and banners that you may have seen dotted around Stanmore recently. This is because we are keen to increase our membership and invite more participation in events and create closer connections with the local community. Please welcome your friends and families to join the Society, to help us continue to inform you about what is happening in the area, in the past, present and in the future. We are also encouraging more local businesses and other Societies to join the Stanmore Society and we are hoping our Summer edition of the Newsletter will feature a businesses and local organisations’ perspective of Stanmore. We have a number of vacant posts on the Committee, please join! We are also keen to get an understanding of what you would find helpful to know about. Please give us feedback on this. You can do this in a number of ways, through the Stanmore Society Facebook page, via our website (which has also been updated recently), writing in or sending us an email or voicemail. As well as keeping you posted on local environment and planning and policing issues, we will be organising 4 major events a year.

Easter Egg Hunt – held on 30 March this year. This is set to become a firm favourite annual event! This took place in Bernays Gardens, Stanmore and was organised in conjunction with RoboThink. Thank you to all who took part and helped out and hope you enjoyed the day? Look out for the next one in 2025.

Stanmore Summer Fair – Sunday 30 June at Bernays Garden This popular Fair will be back for another year and we hope you will come along and sample what is on offer from stall holders and take part in the raffle and …….

Autumn Street Market – September 2024 This is still in the planning and discussion stages and due to logistical constraints it may or may not happen, but we are hopeful and will keep you informed of this.

Winter Quiz Night – November/December 2024 Last year we held a successful and popular quiz night in Bernays Hall. More details on this year’s quiz to follow.

Bi-Monthly Afternoon Meetings – Tuesdays at 2pm In addition to the annual events, we - I say we, its actually our lovely President, Marilyn Raymond - organises regular afternoon meetings, usually held in Oakmead Court, East Lodge, Valencia Road. The next such event is on 17 April. STANMORE CALENDAR OF EVENTS April – June 2024 WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL at 2pm - ‘MURDER, MYTHS AND MYSTERIES’ Former DCS David Niccol from the Met. Police will be giving a fascinating presentation on his 43 years’ experiences and know-how in the Police Force. Covering such topics as: Is there an ‘easy’ murder investigation?; Do suspects ‘help the Police’ with their enquiries?; TV dramas v reality?!; Can the jury system cope with modern life? Etc… “David retired from the Metropolitan Police after 46 years’ service, finally attaining the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent. Initially pounding the beat at Paddington Green in 1967 he worked mainly in the CID at Marylebone, Chelsea and Holloway Police Stations and with several specialist units at New Scotland Yard, including Cheque Fraud, Drugs, Surveillance and Complaints. He was deputy head of the murder units for NW London, but spent his last 13 years developing the next generation of Senior Investigating Officers at Hendon. He has been married for 51 years, which is two life sentences, according to his long suffering wife. He has two daughters and two grandsons and has lived in the Stanmore area since 1972”. Venue: Oakmead Court, Valencia Road, Stanmore. ALL WELCOME.

THURSDAY 18 APRIL at 7pm – HARROW LOCAL PLAN This is a meeting with Councillor Marilyn Ashton and others from Harrow Council who will be talking through the proposed local plan that has been made public. This is an opportunity to discuss the proposals with the Council representatives and voice any concerns. Venue: Stanmore Library, Stanmore Hill. ALL WELCOME

TUESDAY 23 APRIL 6-8pm – HARROW COMMUNITY MEETING (Policing) Organised by the local police teams and leaders, this is an open meeting to hear more about community policing in Harrow and find out how the police are implementing the Commissioners New Metropolitan For London Plan. There will also be thematic discussions on Violence Against Women and Girls in Harrow. Venue: Belmont Community Centre, Fenton Lane, HA3 8RZ. ALL WELCOME

SUNDAY 30 JUNE 10.30am-4.30pm – STANMORE SUMMER FAIR Organised by the Stanmore Society this event will take place on a, hopefully, sunny day in the outdoors with local stalls of arts and crafts and holistic therapies. Something for all the family to enjoy. Please do come and support your local businesses and have some fun and relax in the sunshine and serenity of the local gardens. Venue: Bernays Gardens, Church Road, Stanmore. ALL WELCOME WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF YOU, IF NOT ALL OF YOU, AT THESE EVENTS.

From all the Committee Members of your Stanmore Society*

Chair: Virendra Adhikari President: Marilyn Raymond

Website: https://www.stanmoresociety.org.uk/

Email: enquiries@stanmoresociety.org.uk : Facebook: @stanmoresociety

Tel: Veena Lidbetter (07771 833843) , Address,Stanmore Society, 10 Coronet House, 62-66 Uxbridge Road, Stanmore HA7 3LL- Charity No: 294467