October 2008 Archives

Clubs and Societies

Wednesdays

■ Chiswick Town Hall, Hogarth Hall, Heathfield Terrace. The Sing Anything! Club with Helen Astrid. Friendly singing club. Lyrics/music/tuition provided. £12.50/10 members. 8.30-10pm. Call 07710 245 904. www.singanythingclub.com.

We have been in discussion with the Chiswick House and Gardens Trust over what kind of access we will have to the Kitchen Garden during 2009, when works will be carried out there to restore paths, walls and so on.

We are pleased that this work is happening - as restoring the Kitchen Garden as a garden is part of the reason we exist.

Unfortunately, this work means that our access will be disrupted. The Trust has confirmed to us that for safety reasons they will not permit access by children starting in January 2009. They have also confirmed that adult drop-in sessions will not be permitted from January but that they will review in June whether those sessions can be restarted.

As part of our StoryStar writing competition judge and award-winning author Tabitha Suzuma gives you her top 10 tips on how to write a great short story.

StoryStar is a writing competition for young people in west London aged 4 - 18. All entries are published on www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk and the winners will receive books for themselves and their school from Random House Children's Books and see their stories printed in the paper.

A popular Chiswick restaurant has been fined by a government agency for their environmentally unfriendly behaviour.

Italian chain Carluccios, which has a store in Chiswick High Road, were forced to pay £15,000, on October 22, after it was discovered they dodged regulations requiring them to provide, paid for evidence, that they recycle their packaging waste.

Thursday 13th November 2008 at 8pm

Viewing from 7pm

Auction starts at 8pm

Milford Arms, 574 London Road, Isleworth, TW7 4EY

For more details please visit: www.haws-animals.org.uk

There will also be a raffle and a sales table where you can stock up on Hounslow Animal Welfare Rescue Cat Calendars and Christmas cards - all designed by our volunteers

Children from a Chiswick school created their own supermarket to raise money for the homeless.

Parents from Grove Park Primary School in Nightingale Close, Chiswick, visited the pupils' supermarket on October 17, with all the money spent being donated to The Upper Room in Sheperds Bush.

Hounslow Friends of Faith welcomed the Imam of Hounslow Jamia Mosque and Islamic Centre, Sheik Nisar Ahmad Hussain Suleimani, to address their annual meeting this week, during which he stressed the need to maintain strong family values and to live a balanced life.

In a talk entitled: "Islam in Britain: its contribution to the UK and to Hounslow", the Imam said that Islam can encourage people to be spiritual. People of faith need to study scriptures for guidelines on how to live.

The Anthony Nolan Trust and a Chiswick resident have launched an appeal for bone marrow donors to come forward to save lives.

Anne O'Farrel has supported the trust for over 30 years and set about organising a recruitment clinic, after hearing the sdhocking news that 16,000 patients are deperately in need of finding that life saving bone marrow donor.

Gigs

Sundays

■ The Bollo, 13 Bollo Lane. Live jazz. Free. 1-4pm. Call 020 8994 6037.

Celebrate the humble apple at Chiswick farmers and fine foods market.

Dukes Meadows trust are holding an Apple Day at their weekly market this Sunday from 11am-1pm.