Barons Court Library Closure ?

Hammersmith & Fulham is conducting a survey on the future

of the library service in the borough.
A survey form can be picked up in the library

or printed off from the document link below.
The consultation period runs from 
now until the 15th September 2010.
The main issue for LETRA is the possible 

closure of Barons Court Library.
It has been proposed for future closure,

in the documents released,  due to financial reasons.
For more information see below.

Letter from Councillor Greg Smith: 

Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services
Library Strategy Document ( with survey form )
Fulham Chronicle report

Hammersmith Today

Nice site for local news. Also, it has a handy events section with exportable information, just click the calendar tab (for google calendar users).

Hammersmith Events 

Too Much Sun At Pelham Play.

Pelham's new play area has had a serious case of sun burn. The new turf laid across the area has failed to grow. The combination of dry weather and heat has stopped the turf from binding to the soil underneath. Most of the new turf has now been lifted and rolled into stacks. It will be relayed later in the year, when the weather is kinder. The Play Area will not be opened until the work is finished. Hopefully that won't be too long. Any news on this will be posted here.

Play Day In The Park

For those of you with children the annual Play Day is happening on the 4th August. Its all taking place at Ravenscourt Park from 12 noon to 4pm. All types of fun entertainment will be there.

The park is situated at the far end of Hammersmith King street, nearest tube, Ravenscourt Park on the District Line.

Play Day At Hammersmith 

Impromptu Inspection

Met with Alan Hunter our new Housing Officer, from H&F Homes, this week. He came to see for himself, some of the issues concerning residents, at the Grange, particularly with the security problems and the condition of the outside sheds. On the issue of security some temporary measures have taken place, but the basic faults need to be addressed. He agreed to look into this and consult with management at H&F to remedy the situation. On the condition of the sheds, he agreed  the open units need emptying of rubbish and locking up.

We then continued with an impromptu inspection of the Lytton Estate, he wanted to get an impression of some of the issues raised by residents and the general layout of things. After, he said he was impressed with condition of the estate and the efforts residents had put into brightening things up.

Alan seems keen to help all residents on the estate, he has already resolved several outstanding cases. Although he warned, that because of cash constraints being imposed by the council, there will be less money to help with problems in the future

He will be at our next committee meeting held on the 15^th July, at 7.30 pm, in the Community Hall, all residents can attend if they wish.

Alan's contact email: Alan.Hunter@hfhomes.org.uk  

Committee Meeting

There is a committee meeting on Thursday, July 15th, at 7.30 pm. Alan Hunter, our new Housing Officer, from H&F Homes will be there to answer your questions. All residents are welcome to attend the meeting at the Community Hall.

Monthly Councillor Surgery

The TRA visited the councillor surgery held at Barons Court library. We spoke to newly elected Councillor for Avonmore and Brook Green ward, Joe Carlebach, about some of our concerns.

First up the good news, we asked him about the rumour that the Lytton Estate was part of the present councils redevelopment plans. He said that we were not included in these plans and that the Lytton was a good estate, so there wasn't a need to change it.

We then moved on to the problems residents are experiencing with H&F Homes, which covers a whole host of issues: slow or non-response from council office, repairs not being done, reporting those repairs, to issues with Lovell, the Decent Homes builder (difficulties reaching and communicating with Lovell, severe delays and lack of information). He told us that he had already passed on the last committee meeting minutes, of the Lytton TRA, to Nick Johnson, the Chief Executive of H&F Homes and understood our worries.

With the slightly separate issue of diminishing caretaker staffing numbers, see previous minute, he was concerned and going to look into it.

Some problems of the Grange regarding security and lasting repairs to access doors as well the condition of the outside sheds were discussed. He said he would try to get the work finished and the security tightened up as soon as possible.

Lastly, another piece of good news, he hoped to attend the opening of the soon to be completed Pelham play area.

The surgery is held at Barons Court library, for one hour from 10 am, every first Saturday of the month. All residents with issues or problems concerning them or the wider community should attend. It is a good forum to raise your concerns.

Contact:  joe.carlebach@lbhf.gov.uk

Directions To Lytton ?

Want to give someone directions to the Lytton Estate, well you can tell them one way is to Google 'Lytton Residents' Once we have been googled they can then go to our Blog (Here!) and just click the interactive map.Once on there make a printout of Lytton Estate Map page. They can even get a route to your house, by clicking directions in one of the interactive pop-ups. Alternatively, you can Email them the 'interactive' link by clicking send, top right on the map page.

Andy Slaughter MP To Be Our Guest Speaker

Andy Slaughter the recently re-elected MP for Hammersmith, has kindly agreed to be our guest speaker at the next open meeting, on the 16th September, at 7.30 pm, in the Community Hall.  To meet him sooner.