SAINSBURY’S PARKERS FACE £70 FINES / CRYSTAL PALACE BAGEL / EVENTS IN UPPER NORWOOD LIBRARY (AND WHY FIONA WILL BE A-MAZE-ING IN AUGUST!) / PLANNED CRYSTAL PALACE DEVELOPMENT / HOSPICE STAFF IN BIKE CHALLENGE
SAINSBURY’S PARKERS FACE £70 FINES
MOTORISTS STAYING for longer than three hours at the Sainsbury’s car park off Westow Street could face fines of £70.
Drivers will also face fines of £70 if they:
- park in a disabled bay without a valid blue badge
- park in a parent and child bay without being accompanied by one or more children up to the age of 12
- do not park in marked bays
Sainsbury’s says the fines apply to both the outside and inside car parks.
A new sign has been installed which records the number plate of the vehicle arriving and gives them a three-hour time stay.
Leaflets have been handed out at the store in Westow Street, Upper Norwood SE19 which declare: “Parking at your store is about to get easier”.
A Sainsbury’s spokesman told News From Crystal Palace: “We offer three hours free parking and the system is designed to make parking easier for all our customers. “Charges may apply if drivers overstay beyond the three hours or, for example, park in disabled bays without a blue badge.
“The automatic number plate recognition system covers both our surface and multi-story car parks” he added.
Historically, the outer parking area was a council car park and has been used as a public park since the development was completed. (The site, prior to redevelopment in the early 1980s, included a much larger council car park).
NFCP understands that Croydon sold this off in 2000 among 2,000 pieces of land borough-wide but we have not yet been able to confirm this.
CRYSTAL PALACE BAGEL IS THIS WEDNESDAY
If you run a trade or service of any kind and want to connect with your business community this is the place to do it. FREE ENTRY FOR JUNE AND JULY (just pay for your tea, coffees and or food) Normal cafe prices apply.
Wednesday July 16th. Time 9am.
Venue:
Casa Cuba Bar & Restaurant
99 Church Road
Crystal Palace
London
SE19 2PR
Said a Bagel spokesman: “It’s good to connect with local businesses and it can be a great way to meet new trading contacts. “The Business Bagel is the place to do it.”
EVENTS IN UPPER NORWOOD LIBRARY (AND WHY FIONA WILL BE A-MAZE-ING IN AUGUST!)
Until Saturday July 26th during library opening hours: Exhibition: The Triangle in the Sixties
Photographs taken of the Upper Norwood Triangle and surrounding area from the 1960s from the Norwood Society archives. For more information about and to join the Norwood Society, please visit: www.norwoodsociety.co.uk
From Tuesday 15th July: Summer Reading Challenge
Amaze friends and family by completing the Summer Reading Challenge: to read six books of your choice over the summer holidays. This year the theme is Mythical Maze and we have lots of fun things for you to do, as well as rewards for each book you complete, topped off with a certificate, medal and an invitation to our award winners party in September. You may sign up at the library from 15th July.
Age: 5 – 10 year olds
Charge: Free
Saturday 19th July at 10.30 – 11am: Saturday Waggle and Hum
This is an opportunity for working parents to waggle and hum with their babies at this ever-popular song and nursery rhyme session with puppets.
Age: 0 – 2 year olds
Charge: £1 per baby (or more, if you wish)
Saturday 19th July at 10.30am – 4.30pm: Usborne book fair
Kate O’Sullivan comes to the library approximately once a month to sell her popular Usborne titles. The more Kate sells the more free new Usborne books we receive for our children’s library.
Saturday 19th July at 2 – 4pm: Get Connected – Intergenerational Wellbeing
This is the second in a programme of five community wellbeing events run by Nicola Kelly and Bronagh Heaney of MWAH CIC, and LCF. Come along to share stories, get acquainted and take part in fun activities.
Age: All ages
Charge: Free
August
Saturday 2nd August at 2.30 – 3.30pm: Book Club
The fifth UNL Book Club title is Solar by Ian McEwan. Come along for lively debate and good company. There are several copies available at the library and don’t forget, The Bookseller Crow on Westow Street offers £1 off a standard paperback edition of our title of the month.
Refreshments will be available.
Age: Adults
Charge: Free, but donations for the library welcomed.
Monday 4th August at 10am – 12pm: Stitch Pitch: patchwork and quilting workshop
Fiona will be teaching patchwork and quilting. Work will be done by hand, but if you have a PAT-tested sewing machine you may bring this along. Fiona’s sewing machine may be used on occasion, when required. Refreshments will be served.
Age: Adults
Charge: £3 per session
In the Crystal Palace Park maze at 11am – 12pm and 1 – 3pm: Mythical Maze stories
Every Wednesday in August work your way through the maze at Crystal Palace Park to find Fiona, who will reward your heroic effort with the following tales:
Wednesday 6th August: Dinosaur legends
Wednesday 13th August: Egyptian myths
Wednesday 20th August: Greek myths
Wednesday 27th August: Legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Age: 5 – 10 year olds
Charge: Free
Saturday 16th August at 10.30 – 11am: Saturday Waggle and Hum
This is an opportunity for working parents to waggle and hum with their babies at this ever-popular song and nursery rhyme session with puppets.
Age: 0 – 2 year olds
Charge: £1 per baby (or more, if you wish)
Saturday 30th August at 2 – 4pm: Get Connected – Intergenerational Wellbeing
This is the third in a programme of five community wellbeing events run by Nicola Kelly and Bronagh Heaney of MWAH CIC, and LCF. Come along to share stories, get acquainted and take part in fun activities.
Age: All ages
Charge: Free
Website: http://uppernorwoodlibrary.org
PLANNED CRYSTAL PALACE DEVELOPMENT
From Mayor of London’s’s Question Time:
Caroline Pidgeon:
What discussions have you or TfL had with the developer Arup regarding the transport impacts of the proposed development at Crystal Palace?
Written response from the Mayor
TfL has met with Arup to discuss the potential transport implications of the proposed development at Crystal Palace. Arup has not been commissioned to carry out a transport assessment for this development proposal and therefore there is no information available as yet on the potential impacts on the local transport network.
If they are commissioned by the developer to carry out this work they will work closely with TfL staff to ensure a thorough and robust transport assessment is provided.
Caroline Pidgeon is Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, Deputy Chair of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee and Deputy Chair of the Police and Crime Committee. Caroline leads for the Group on Transport, Policing and Education issues in London.
HOSPICE STAFF IN BIKE CHALLENGE
Hot on the heels of the Tour de France through the streets of London, a team of seven St Christopher’s hospice nurses and staff have been working harder than ever this summer, training to take part in the St Christopher’s ‘Cycle for Life’ bike challenge on Sunday 20 July.
All the team are based at St Christopher’s hospice, Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, but have been using their precious time off to train for a bike challenge through the Kent countryside – although some have been training harder than others, according to one member of the team.
Ward administrator Pat Rose,said: “We decided to take up the Cycle for Life challenge back in March, as a great way to get fit, have some fun, and of course raise some money.
“We’ve entered the 40km route, and are aiming for a time under three hours. “Two of the team have now completed a 12km training ride, but I think everyone else will be relying on will power alone!”
“The inaugural Cycle for Life event proved very popular last year and this year already more people have pre-registered for the event than before, with even greater numbers expected on the morning.”
Events fundraiser Sarah Coughtrie says: “Cycle for Life is a great event as it offers a brilliant range of routes to suit all abilities, from families who may want to enjoy the 10km ride, to cycle club members who might want to take on the 100km route.
“Last year we had a wonderful event on the hottest day of the year, and all the money that we raise allows the hospice to keep providing specialist palliative care and family care services, in our local community, free of charge.”
The first routes on the Cycle for Life event begin from 8am, and cyclists start and finish their routes at Goddington park, Goddington Lane, Orpington, Kent BR6 9DH.
Participants can choose the route that best suits their experience. The 10K or 20K routes offer scenic views through the Kent countryside and are ideal for families wanting a day out in the fresh air, whilst helping raise money to fund the work of the hospice.
More aspiring cyclists, which last year included several cycle clubs, can choose to tackle the 40K distance or even the 100K ‘Wheel of Steel’ route which is an ambitious and unique course across the countryside, including challenging hills.
Entry for the challenge is free for children under 15. For adults (16 years and over) entrance is £15 for the 10/20km routes and £20 for the 40/100km routes. Participants can register in advance at http://www.stchristophers.org.uk/fundraising/event/cycle-for-life and will be sent a sponsorship form, enabling them to raise money for St Christopher’s.
Meanwhile, refreshments will be available throughout the day for supporters at Goddington park where the Mayor and Mayoress of Bromley are expected to visit at 10am.
Dr Bike, from the road safety cycle team at Bromley council, is offering visitors FREE bike checks, including a free MOT, safety checks and minor repairs. In addition, Bromley police safer transport team will be doing FREE bike marking and registering from 7.30am – 1pm.
Cycle for Life start times are as follows:
100k – From 8am to 10am
40k – From 9am to 10.30am
10k and 20k – From 10am – 12pm
About St Christopher’s Hospice
St Christopher’s Hospice is a charity and was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders as the first modern hospice.
St Christopher’s combines care, education and research to provide skilled and compassionate support to people approaching the end of their lives.
St Christopher’s serves a diverse population of 1.5 million in five south London boroughs – Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
Each year St Christopher’s cares for 2,000 dying people 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The inpatient unit has 48 beds and on any one day a further 750 patients are cared for in their own homes.
It costs £17.9 million each year to deliver these services free of charge to patients. Around a third comes from the NHS which means approximately £12 million must be fundraised.
St Christopher’s Candle Project supports over 250 children and their families each year and has worked with the MOD and the Met Police to provide specialist bereavement training. It is the only dedicated bereavement service for children and families in the boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham, Croydon and Bromley