CPRA NEWS SPRING 2023 www.carpendersparkresidents.org.uk [email protected] CPRA -CommunityConversation
In this Issue Dean Russell MP .................................................38 County Councillor’s Report INTRODUCTION Reena Ranger.................................................41,42 FROM THE CHAIRWOMAN .................................. 3 Parish Councillors' Report...................................44 AROUND CARPENDERS PARK District Councillors' Report ............................44,45 Carpenders Park Events.................................... 5,6 Neighbourhood Watch .......................................48 Carpenders Park Community Hall........................ 7 Hertswise Memory Hub......................................43 Carpenders Park Ladies’ Club .............................. 9 PCSO—Ross Huegdon....................................50,51 Carpenders Park Horticultural Society............... 13 Citizen Advice Three Rivers.................................52 Pavilion Bowls Club, Green Lane Oxhey............. 15 ABOUT CPRA Oxhey Bowls Club .............................................. 17 Residents Feedback Survey ................................53 Carpenders Park Church .................................... 19 Treasurer Report ...........................................54,55 All Saints’ Church ............................................... 21 Copy for the Next Issue ......................................31 FAMILY & WELLBEING CPRA Newsletter Disclaimer ...............................31 Carpenders Park Baby & Toddler Group............ 23 CPRA Committee ................................................56 Michelle Lake - Woodhall Primary School .... 25,27 Local Elected Representatives ............................56 Healthy Hubs ..................................................... 31 FROM THE AUTHORITIES Advertiser index ACORN ....................................................... 37 M.K. GINDER & SONS ................................ 43 ADAMS EYE CARE ....................................... 47 MRK PLUMBING & HEATING ...................... 35 ALL LOCK SECURITIES ................................. 27 OPTICIAN CALL ...................................... 39,40 ALPHA WASTE SOLUTION........................... 15 P.A. BARHAM LTD....................................... 36 APOLLO BLIND............................................ 49 PEACE HOSPICE CARE ............................ 33,34 ASCEND ...................................................... 14 REGENCY ROOFING SOLUTIONS LTD.......... 37 BELL CARPENTRY & JOINERY...................... 18 ROOTS HAIRDRESSERS ................................. 6 BUSHEY DRY CLEANERS.............................. 12 SABAT ACCOUNTANTS ............................... 30 CARPENDERS PARK CARE ............................. 8 SAJIDA CHANDOO ALTERATIONS ............... 35 CARPENDERS PARK NURSERY .................... 10 SPICERS CARPETS AND BEDS ...................... 22 COACH AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPY T.J. WATSON............................................... 24 Ilioara Ormenisan.................................. 45,46 TARRANTS TIMBER LIMITED....................... 36 COOK FLORIST ............................................ 18 TERENCE SPINKS......................................... 24 DB JONES PHARMACY ................................ 26 TOE-TAL FOOTCARE...................................... 7 DEFINITION................................................... 4 TREVOR WARNER ....................................... 20 FOCUS EYECARE ......................................... 16 U-FLORIA .................................................... 11 GEM TREE MANAGEMENT SERVICES .... 28,29 VJG ROOFING SPECIALIST............................. 3 KEN HODSON COMPUTERS........................ 23 WALSH AND MCGRATH FUNERAL .............. 48 KP ROOFING ............................................... 32 M.C.P. ELECTRICAL APPROVED CONTRACTORS ........................................... 19 2 www.CarpendersParkResidents.org.uk — [email protected]
From the C h a i r w o m a n INTRODUCTION Chairman: Margaret Stanley Email: [email protected] Phone: 07905 397 297 Hello and welcome to all our neighbours and enjoy this event, so let’s make it the best one Happy New Year to all. Hope you all enjoyed yet. a Happy peaceful Christmas. Please attend the AGM on the 15 April 2023 – We have had some excellent new events last 10.00 to 12.00, at the Carpenders Park year and hope to continue and have more this Community Hall, Station Approach. It is also year. attended by local Police, Councillors and Neighbourhood Watch, it is a very We have had some lovely feedback for the informative event. Get involved in your toddler group, long may it continue. We have community and let’s make it an even better fabulous volunteers “Thank you!” to them. place to live together. Our history talk of Carpenders Park by Neil If you can, please look out for elderly or Hamilton was received very well and had vulnerable neighbours in these times of great feedback from those that attended. This energy costs etc. Just pop next door say hello included a walk around the local area with and ask if they are OK. Let’s look out for each Neil. Thank you to Neil for giving his time. other, we are a small community, we can and The Scarecrow trail, Halloween Scavenger should look out for each other. Hunt and Advent Calendar windows were enjoyed by all ages. Looking forward to Spring and warmer and hopefully better weather. The Horticultural Show was very well attended and hopefully this year even more Take care and I hope to see you at the AGM. residents and children will participate and Margaret Stanley Vaughn Gatrell Mobile: 07985 359543 Tel: 0208 386 0426 19 on the hill, WD19 5ds. Carpenders Park Specialists in: REF: 1M024262 • Tiles & Slates Replaced • Gutter Cleaned, Repaired & Renewed CPRA NEWS 3 • Re-cement Work of Chimneys, Stacks, Hips & Ridges • Flat Roofs Renewed & Repaired • Moss removal from tiles and moss repellent applied
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Carpenders Park AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Events History Walk and Talk – 11th September In the past 12 months the Carpenders Park 2022 Residents Association have hosted four events: the Scarecrow trail to coincide with The History Walk the Horticultural Society show, the History and Talk took Walk and Talk, the Halloween Scavenger place on the 11th Hunt and the Christmas Advent Calendar. September 2022. We were lucky The Scarecrow Trail – 3rd September 2022 enough to have Neil Hamilton, ex- The Scarecrow Trail Carpenders Park Policeman and all- took place on the 3rd round history buff, deliver the Talk. September, 23 The Talk covered Carpenders Park as a houses took part and settlement right up to the present day. Following the Talk and refreshments the displayed group were taken on a guided walk around the area. Neil showed us many artefacts Scarecrows in their which still exist from before the housing developments and recounted stories told to gardens, there was him by former residents who were first time homeowners in the area. even a Scarecrow at We hope to run this event again in the future. the allotments. The If you would like copies of the map so you event spanned can take your own walking tour, please email us at [email protected]. Carpenders Park and South Oxhey and 65 people participated despite intermittent rain on the day. The winner of Scarecrow competition was “Freddie and Jack” who won a bear and a £20 voucher for the Dick Whittington. At the second place we had “The Witch” and at the third place “All Good Gifts…” We hope to repeat the trail this year in early September. CPRA NEWS 5
Halloween Scavenger Hunt – 30th October Christmas Advent Calendar – December 2022 2022 The Halloween Scavenger Hunt took place on The Christmas Community Advent Calendar the 30th October 2022. Sixty people registered took place throughout December. Twenty- four houses volunteered to display a for the event which was a huge success. Christmas Advent number in their window. A list was published on the CPRA Community Homeowners volunteered to be stops on the Conversation FB page. Thank you to all those who took part, the event was a great success. trail. Games, sweets and refresh- ments were We are planning offered at each to host more of the stops and events in the participants future. If you received a have any ideas goody bag at for events or would like to volunteer and the last house on the trail. support events then please email us at This year we hope to plan a slightly different [email protected] We always need Halloween event. More details will be available in September. help and events are a great way of bringing people together to make this a vibrant community. Nuala • His & Hers, Cut & Blow Dry • Hi-lights, Low-Lights • Semi-Permanent Colouring, Tints, Perm • Styling for weddings & Special Occasions CHILDREN WELCOME! Call us 020 8428 6862 4 The Parade, Carpenders Avenue, Carpenders Park, Watford WD19 5BL 6 www.CarpendersParkResidents.org.uk — [email protected]
Carpenders Park AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Community Hall Graham Spendlove MCFHP, MAHFP For all the family, for the treatment of Corns, Callus, Ingrown or Thickened Nails, Nail Trimming and other complaints. For an appointment in your own home at a time to suit you, book now on 07799 033974. CPRA NEWS 7
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Carpenders Park AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Ladies’ Club will be entertained by a Guitar Group ‘Senior August 2022 called for a special celebration, Moments’, led by Roy Coulson. when the Club celebrated its 50th anniversary In March, Dermot Burke, an expert on with an afternoon tea party. (Please see Hatfield House, will be speaking to us on the photographs of our Committee and ‘History of Hatfield House’. Colin Smith is celebratory cake.) our speaker for April and his subject is ‘Coffee - from Tree to Cup’. Our May event We ended the year with another visit from has not yet been finalised. ‘Just A Capella’ singers, who gave us a magnificent performance. In June, Colin Oakes, an archaeologist by profession, will be giving us a talk ‘Never In January we do not have a Club Meeting Had It So Good’ and in July, John Crawford but we are looking forward to our will be our speaker and the subject of his talk New Year Lunch at the Blue Check is ‘Sailing My Boat from London to Restaurant in Bushey. Birmingham on the Grand Union Canal’. In February we will be holding our Our Meetings are held in the Community Hall AGM when Ann Cox will be on the first Monday afternoon of the month, stepping down from her role as except on Bank Holidays. We look forward Chairman and Tena Digweed will to welcoming new members. Please give me be succeeding her. Ann has been a call if you are interested. Chairman for a number of years and we thank her for her leadership. She Angela Tongue – Admin Secretary will be remaining on the 020 8428 4552 Committee, which will stay the same, plus an additional member Diane Bowerman. Before the business part of the Meeting, we CPRA NEWS 9
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Carpenders Park AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Horticultural Society seeing the first signs It was with some trepidation that we started of spring appearing. preparations for our annual Show in Jobs for February September, knowing that many local groups Pruning Clematis (not the early flowering and societies had had significant drop in ones) and separating Snowdrops after they have flowered to create new colonies. numbers or had to close Transplant deciduous shrubs growing in the wrong place, while they are dormant. Pot up completely. Having containers with hardy spring bedding, such as primroses, wallflowers and forget-me-nots. missed two years because Prune fruit trees and soft fruits, including apples, autumn raspberries and blackcurrants. of COVID-19 restrictions If you are lucky enough to have a greenhouse you can and cancelling last Year’s start growing bedding plants from seed. Show we wondered if Jobs for March CPHS was going to have Prune bush and climbing roses. Cuts should the same fate. What a be no more than 5mm above a bud and should slope downwards away from it, so that water difference a year makes, the Community Hall does not collect on the bud. Plant shallots, onion sets and early potatoes. Refresh was full of exhibits both from stalwarts of containers by replacing the top layer of compost. You can start mowing the lawn on past shows but also a dry days if required but don’t cut the lawn too short. Weeds will start to grow so start to hoe significant number from and mulch areas to keep one step ahead. Tidy up perennials and cut new members. The them back before the new growth gets too advanced. children’s classes were particularly well supported with some excellent exhibits and lots of enthusiasm. The Hall looked amazing and lots of residents came out to and support us, with barely space to move. So, thank you to all the Committee, members and visitors for helping to make an excellent community event. This Year’s Show we hope will be on September 2nd so this gives you plenty of time to think about planning your entry for this Year! Hopefully the worst of the winter will be over when you get this news letter and we will start See you at the Show in September. Robert Tunwell CPRA NEWS 13
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Pavilion Bowls Club AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Green Lane Oxhey PAVILION BOWLS CLUB, GREEN LANE, OXHEY, WD19 4LU Hello everyone, hope you all have coped with (UP PASSED THE Tennis Courts) the challenging winter!!!, which is now To learn more = Contact: Ann Cox, Club behind us and looking forward to the Spring Secretary on mobile 07852 369935 or and summer and our new bowling season landline 0208428 9460 starting on Friday 28th April, 2023. We are holding our OPEN DAY on SATURDAY 29th APRIL 2023 11am- 4pm/5pm for you to come and try a new relaxing, friendly, enjoyable, sociable sport, all we ask is you wear flat shoes or trainers. Equipment will be available for your use. Add the date to your Diary, calendar, phone please. Come try!! ALPHA WASTE SOLUTIONS WE LOVE THE RUBBISH YOU HATE NO JOB TOO SMALL FULLY LICENSED HOUSE CLEARANCE SPECIALISTS CHEAPER THAN A SKIP 07513 659442 CPRA NEWS 15
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Oxhey AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Bowls Club We are a friendly outdoor Bowls Club based to coach you – for free! behind Watford Heath, near The Royal Oak pub. We have 90 members (mostly players We will be holding Open Days on Sunday but some social members) with an even spread 14th May, Sunday 4th June and Sunday 2nd of men and ladies. Some are still working, but July 2023 from 10am to 4pm. Coffees and many are retired. bites will be available, and the bar will be open all day. From April to September, we play most days. Our bowls green is located behind the houses We run informal roll-ups (all members are on the South side of Watford Heath, next to welcome), a variety of friendly internal the tennis courts. There is a free car park, a competitions, ladies county and league fully stocked bar at club prices and a warm matches, mixed friendly matches against other welcome. local clubs, regular men’s vets matches (over 62 years), skills days and several fun days each season. So if you are looking for something new, a good way to keep fit or make new friends, then come along and try your hand at playing We always try to involve as many members as bowls. possible in the matches and work hard to make newcomers especially welcome. We will show you how to play for free! All Various social events are held on a regular we ask is that you wear a pair of flat shoes. basis. During the winter this includes card games, craft sessions etc. And throughout the For more information check out our website: year we hold a range of social events, from www.oxheybowlsclub.co.uk summer barbecues to Xmas parties. Oxhey Grange Playing Field, Watford Heath, WD19 4EU If you are looking for a new activity, why not come along on one of our Open Days and try Phone : your hand at lawn bowls – it’s fun! Or give us Marion: 01923 443869 or a ring to arrange another time that suits you to have a go. Our members are always available Ken: 0208 428 6917 CPRA NEWS 17
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Carpenders Park AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Church Throughout the autumn, Carpenders Park resurrection. Church continued to meet for Sunday worship Today, because we know what happened, twice a month in St Meryl School Hall. Good Friday doesn’t engender quite the same Congregations of 30-40 sang, prayed and emotional turmoil. For us, Easter gives hope: learned together. We introduced a short something in short supply in our world today. discussion time after the sermon to consider We’d love it if you joined us on Easter how we might apply what we had learned to Sunday, 9 April 2023 and shared the hope and our every-day lives. joy. In fact, we’d be delighted to welcome At Christmas, we held a well attended you to any, or all, of our Sunday Services. We Community Carol Service in the Community can promise you a warm welcome. Hall. This celebration of the birth of Jesus As mentioned above, we meet in St Meryl was enhanced by the support of the St Meryl School, Hall on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the School Choir. Our grateful thanks to the month. Refreshments are served from school, the children, and their parents. 10.40am and the services run from 11.00am Christmas is now a distant memory. In the to 12.15pm. church, our eyes are turning to Good Friday, when we remember Jesus’ shameful death on For further details contact Brian Taylor a Roman cross. An execution which left his 07751455276 followers bereft and fearful: all their hopes and dreams shattered. Despite being warned Carpenders Park Church: Registered Charity in advance, they had no idea what would No. 294977. happen the following Sunday: Jesus Looking For An Electrician? M.C.P. Electrical Approved Contractors 24 hour Emergencies - Rewires - Fault Finding Immersion Heaters - Showers - Cookers - Sockets Lights - Fuse Boards - Telephone Points FREE Visual Inspections and Quotes Any Size Job Welcomed Special Rates for Senior Citizens Garden Electrics - Storage Heaters Mobile: 07958 402371— 07943882412 CPRA NEWS 19
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All Saints’Church AROUND CARPENDERS PARK Oxhey talents! If you are Hello from All Saints’ Church and, more interested in helping especially from me, the new Vicar! out with our Easter/ Although the Parish of All Saint’s is formally called ‘Oxhey, All Saints’, it serves Christmas Craft Carpenders Park as well. Through our annual cycle of prayer, we pray for every road in the Workshops for children, let me know! Parish – on both sides of the railway track and, from Easter onwards, you may see Services at All Saints’ are open to all. The groups of people loitering somewhere along style can best be described as ‘relaxed your road as we will be going ‘on formal’. Rather like the dress code of the walkabout’, praying for the people of the same name, simply come as you are: we’ll be Parish. If you’d like to know who we’re glad to see you. We have Services every praying for on any given Sunday and Thursday Services at 10:30am week, you can sign up to and both are followed by refreshments. receive our weekly All Saints’ News which will give you the I have already been asked by latest information. Send an people about weddings etc. email to : [email protected] Baptisms? Yes, we do these. or phone, 07470 929 670. If Weddings? Yes, we do these. you’d like us to be praying for Funerals? Yes, we do these you, let us know. too. I’ve recently become Vicar of All Saints’, having moved I am also very happy to come over from the Parish of to do House Blessings if you Rickmansworth where I was are new to the area. I can offer Vicar for 15 years. It’s always good to have a good listening ear if you are a new challenge and it’s good to have in need of one of those. If you already met various people from across the are unwell and would like a local area as I get to know this part of the visit, let me know. And, if like Diocese of St Albans – the diocese in which so many people, you are wondering what this All Saints’ lies. My interests have over the faith stuff is all about, drop me a line or years have been around music and schools. phone me and we’ll find a time to talk. Having been a primary school music teacher before ordination, I am keen to find ways to For the latest information, visit the website: support schools locally – particularly through allsaintsoxhey.org.uk. Remember, the Parish assemblies and music. Art is also important of All Saints’ spreads far and wide – just like to me, so look out for news of Arts Festivals the all-embracing love of God. The people of or Craft Fairs where locals can share their All Saints’ Church – along with me – will be very glad to meet you. The Reverend Deborah Snowball Vicar of Oxhey, All Saints’ CPRA NEWS 21
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Carpenders Park FAMILY & WELLBEING Baby & Toddler Group It has been a very long wait after COVID-19, triplets or even more - the Baby and Toddler but finally the toddler group is Live! Groups are for everyone. They aren’t just for mums; dads can also go and enjoy sessions, We have been introducing different activities for babies and as can grandparents and child- toddlers (Age 0-5) during our minders. sessions. The toddler group is running on every Thursday 9.30 to We are running this group at 11.30 am. Term only. Carpenders Park Community Hall, just near the train station. We have We also provide snacks, juice, free parking spaces on the venue fruits and hot drinks for children and outside of the venue. and parents. If you have spare hours a week When you have a baby, it can feel rather and would like to be involved, we are always lonely at times. Going out to a baby and looking for volunteers. toddler group can help motivate you to get out of the house and meet other parents with Please contact : babies. Whether you have baby, twins, Neha Shah ([email protected]) Ken Hodson Computers Computer Hardware and Software Repairs PCs and iMacs Upgrades and Advice for Home and Business No fix, no fee all repairs - you have nothing to lose. Low hourly rate. Most repairs carried out in your home If not, the computer will be picked up and delivered back to you [email protected] Telephone: 01582 794723 Mobile: 07974 156743 CPRA NEWS 23
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Michelle Lake FAMILY & WELLBEING Woodhall Primary School Time flies, and here at Woodhall School, the personal development. During the two days, children are already busy with their Spring inspectors visited many lessons, talked to Term learning. At the beginning of each new children, talked to parents, and held Term, each class holds a ‘WOW DAY’; a discussions with teachers, leaders, governors day packed full of exciting and engaging and our Hertfordshire school advisor. They ‘hands-on’ activities to ignite and inspire looked at children’s books, curriculum fascination for the Term’s topic. Our Year 4 documents, school policies and our website. and Year 5 class, for example, have just spent a day in ‘Maya Priest School’, where We are really pleased to say that they had to complete several tasks including Woodhall Primary School is a solid creating a Maya head dress, becoming GOOD in all areas! experts on some of the Maya deities and making as much percussive noise as possible Comments from inspectors included: whilst performing a sacred dance on the ‘temple’ steps! ‘Parents are overwhelmingly positive about all that the school provides.’ In November 2022, an Ofsted Inspection took place at Woodhall. Two inspectors ‘Pupils are polite and well mannered… visited our school and carried out a very they behave well in lessons and around thorough inspection of all aspects of school the school…pupils enjoy learning and life; leadership and management, playing together.’ safeguarding, the effectiveness of the curriculum, the quality of education, our ‘High aspirations are promoted…strong Early Years provision, the behaviour and pastoral provision is in place.’ attitudes of children and the things that we do at Woodhall to support the children’s ‘Leaders’ high ambitions for pupils begins in the early years.’ ‘Staff are proud to work at the school.’ We are so proud that the hard work of the whole staff team, governors, children and parents has resulted in this excellent report CPRA NEWS 25
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and recognition of Woodhall for our unique FAMILY & WELLBEING provision: we are an inclusive, family- oriented community school where positive Resilience, Responsibility, Passion and relationships are valued, children are Inclusivity – to life. We are especially nurtured and high aspirations are promoted looking forward to a whole-school workshop for all. from the brilliant ‘Electric Umbrella’ group, an exciting day of Chinese/Lunar New Year If you would like your child to attend our arts and crafts and the annual World Book fantastic school, they would be very Day. You can catch up with us via our welcome at Woodhall! Please get in touch website: www.woodhall.herts.sch.uk or our via telephone (0208 428 3447) or email Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ ([email protected]) - we would woodhallprimaryschool be very pleased to show you around. Until next time, the staff, children and Back to Spring Term, and we have got lots governors at Woodhall would like to wish all of exciting events coming up. These are of you a very happy and healthy 2023! carefully planned to extend children’s learning and life skills; and to bring our Michelle Lake Woodhall Values – Family, Aspiration, Headteacher www.woodhall.herts.sch.uk www.facebook.com/woodhallprimaryschool ALL LOCKS SECURITIES We offer a complete service from non-destructively gaining access to covering locks on windows, doors, garages, safes and outbuildings. We open, supply, fit, replace and repair any types of locks ensuring the security of your property or premises, 24 hours a day 7 days a week, providing you with all round peace of mind. • 24 hour Rapid Response • Gaining Access • Lock Repairs • Burglary Repairs • Lock Fitting • Glazing • Insurance Work • Double Sealed Units For FREE quote please call: Office 020 8386 1036 Mobile 07973 638006 Special Rates for Carpenders Park Residents CPRA NEWS 27
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Healthy Hubs FAMILY & WELLBEING Oxhey Library Healthy Hubs in Three Rivers are a “one- reduction. stop shop” where residents can get help, information, advice and guidance to boost Three Rivers council tax, revenue and their physical and mental health to help them benefits advice stay healthy, happy and well. Three Rivers District Council Council’s Tax Our Healthy Hubs work with a range of and Revenues and Benefits Officers will be professionals who can help residents get the providing advice and support with claiming right service or activity for their needs. You housing benefit, Council Tax support, can drop in without an appointment or disabled relief, single person’s discounts. access services/activities by phone or email. 9.30am-5pm - 16 March 2023| 20 April 2023| 18 May 2023| Three Rivers Housing Advice We will be running workshops, Three Rivers Housing Options events and inviting guest and advice Officers are on hand speakers for Three Rivers to provide advice and assistance residents to access. to anyone homeless or threatened with homelessness to You can find us at the Oxhey enable you to understand all the Library, Bridlington Road, South options available to you. Oxhey. WD19 7AG. Every Thursday 10am-2pm - 23 February 2023| 23 March 9.30am-5pm 2023 Other partner services available are: Keep up to date with our upcoming plans via NHS Health Checks our social media channels or website: Those who are aged 40 - 74 are being www.threerivers.gov.uk/healthy-hub. For offered the opportunity to have a free health more information on the Three Rivers check. This will assess personal heart health, Healthy Hub please con- cholesterol levels, blood pressure and risk of tact [email protected] or call diabetes. Your personal advisor can also 01923 727239. help with information on diet, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, and risk Alice Tomkins Healthy Hub Coordinator Copy for the next issue We are always happy to hear from the residents. Deadline for next submission is: Saturday 8h July 2023 Submissions should be sent to [email protected] CARPENDERS PARK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER DISCLAIMER Neither the Committee of the Carpenders Park Residents' Association, nor the editors of this newsletter accept any responsibility for the views by contributors or for the content of the advertisements within or any services provided by the advertisers. CPRA is a non-party-political Association. Any opinions expressed here are incidental and should not be deemed to associate the Association with, or stand particularly against, any political Party. CPRA NEWS 31
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Reena Ranger FROM THE AUTHORITIES Hertfordshire County Councillor’s Report I hope you have all had a Merry Christmas Please report any potholes online via the and wish you a happy New Year. I hope HCC Fault Reporting System (https:// 2023 brings much joy. www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/ highways-roads-and-pavements/report-a- *Cold Weather and Highways* problem/report-a-highway-fault/what-type- of-fault-are-you-reporting.aspx ) or contact In early December, we had a cold snap! one of your Councillors. It needs to be Road surface temperatures remained below reported to be known about and looked into zero constantly between the evening of 7th for attention - thank you for your help in December and the evening of 18th keeping things smooth! December. Falling to a lowest point of exactly -10, and including 6 consecutive *W19 Bus Service* nights below -5. The W19 service, mostly HCC carried out a total of 22 commercially-operated by Red gritting runs during this 12 day Rose Travel, was set to be period, which included 3 runs withdrawn from the 26th per day on multiple days. That’s December. around 40% of the overall number of runs that they might I am pleased to advise that expect to make across an entire ‘typical’ winter season. We are Hertfordshire County Council grateful to the crews and their hard work! (HCC) and Three Rivers District We will likely now see an Council have agreed on a increase in pothole damage due to the cold wet weather. Most funding package for roads are made up of layers. The top layer is meant to repel water but can get worn down continuation of this route by traffic, extreme weather, and heavy use. This can cause cracks in the road, which without any gap in service. This allows water to get in where it would normally be repelled. Water then goes into has meant a large increase in the the cracks and when the temperature drops - freezes and expands. This causes the crack contribution from HCC but the W19 was to widen, allowing even more water to seep in and freeze during the night. This constant considered of strategic importance to freeze-thaw cycle weakens the road surface. As the material breaks down, a pothole is residents in the area, particularly those in formed. Carpenders Park. The service will be at the same level as is operating currently, with the exception of the withdrawal of evening journeys after around 18.30. This was deemed a necessary measure in order to contain the cost of support. The service will also be re-numbered from the W19 to the 346 and 346A, to denote the clockwise and anti-clockwise routeings CPRA NEWS 41
via Carpenders Park respectively. In the past, to cross (not comment has been made that calling all route necessarily being diversions the W19 caused confusion for a formal ) then an intending passengers and this will help offence would be alleviate this, but residents will need to look committed under out for the new numbers. S86 TMA 2004 to park a vehicle This revised timetable is to be registered on that facility. I imminently and details will appear as soon as have been possible on the Intalink website advised that this (www.intalink.org.uk). is covered under contravention County Councillor Chris Allley (who is the code 28 and can be enforced by the District Council. County Councillor for Ashridge in the The pedestrian survey I had commissioned at Carpenders Park ward) and I are grateful to Delta Gain was done and showed the majority of the footfall was at the “Chemist” end Hertfordshire County Council who have crossing and not by the pub. Therefore the evidence leads us to look at a potential listened to concerns that we have raised and solution at that crossing. grateful to District Councilors Grewal, The next step is to look at potential designs and costs. This is where we are at the moment. Coltman and Maru who themselves made With constraints on resources (both manpower and financial) we (myself and District robust Councillor Rue Grewal) are looking to see if we can work together to find suitable funding submissions on avenues to look at what may be possible and designed. the importance of I am working with Hertfordshire County the route to the Council officers and Rue with Three Rivers District Council officers. We will update residents of residents as and when we know more. Carpenders Park. Should you need me, as ever, I am contactable I’m grateful to on [email protected] and County Cllr Alley on [email protected] Councillor Alley Please keep up-to-date with what I am up to for setting up at www.facebook.com/CllrReenaRanger meetings with the bus operators and HCC on our behalf. *Delta Gain* Cllr Rue Grewal contacted me about people parking across this crossing in Delta Gain Where either the kerb has been lowered, or carriageway raised to facilitate pedestrian / cyclist crossings (formal and informal), such as this, or vehicular crossings then a vehicle parked on that facility would be in breach of section 86 TMA 2004. So, if a road hump, is also a place designed for pedestrians / cyclists 42 www.CarpendersParkResidents.org.uk — [email protected]
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Parish Councillors’ Report As it is the Authority closest to the people, posted on the Parish Notice Boards Parish Councils are invariably the first-place approximately two weeks before the Meeting. people will go to with concerns or ideas, and Members of the public are invited to attend for this reason they are a vital part of any these Meetings to help understand what is community. By becoming a Parish Councillor, going on in your area. you become someone your community will look to for help, guidance and support. We should like to remind residents that the Parish instigated a taxi voucher scheme for As part of a local Council, you will have retired and disabled residents who do not have responsibility for running local services which access to a vehicle. Also, the Parish offers a may include: open spaces, play areas, and freshly cooked two course lunch every potentially much more. Tuesday at the Over 55’s Lunch Club for £3.50 for Parish residents and £5.00 for Carpenders Park has 4 Parish Councillors; people outside the Parish. Please contact the they are elected every four years and live Parish Office for more details on 0208 428 within the Parish. The next Parish Council 0449 Monday to Friday between 9.00am and Elections will be on 4th May. If you have 2.00pm or email: admin@watfordrural- thought about becoming a Parish Councillor pc.gov.uk and want to know what is involved and how you could make a difference in Carpenders Councillors’ contact details: Park, please contact one of us (our details are Valerie Coltman below) and come and have a chat with all the 07887 550 758 team. Donna Duncan 07534 080 736 The Parish Council meet on the first Angela Arnold Wednesday of each month at the Parish Hall 07951 031 806 in Oxhey Drive, WD19 7SB. The Agendas are George Hallam-Attree District Councillors’ 07596 543 524 Report Christmas and New Year were reasonably photograph when it flooded in September quiet this year. However, we must not forget 2016. This highlights the fact that we must be that COVID-19 is still out there and we hope vigilant in our continuous fight against the dreaded lockdowns are a thing of the past. developers who are constantly harassing our Green Belt. There have been several cases of local flooding recently in Delta Gain and The Sadly, the perimeter wall of the privately Mead, Alva Way and most recently alongside owned car park in Delta Gain and The Mead Penrose Avenue, as it runs parallel to Oxhey suffered a tumble, as you can see in the Lane, the same stretch of road shown in the photograph. However, Hertfordshire County 44 www.CarpendersParkResidents.org.uk — [email protected]
FROM THE AUTHORITIES Council were called out and quickly cleared voters must show photo ID before being the area. We are constantly in touch with the issued a ballot paper in Polling Stations at UK management Company of the car park and Parliamentary Elections, Local Council hopefully it will be repaired shortly. Elections and Referendums in England and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections in The team of County, District and Parish England and Wales. This will also apply to a Councillors are forever keeping an eye on our proxy voter, someone voting in person on much-loved community and your concerns someone’s behalf. This means photo ID will are duly actioned ASAP. apply in the District and the Parish Council Elections on 4th May. There will be District Council Elections on 4th May. If you have thought about becoming a Councillor’s contact details: District Councillor and want to know what is involved and how you could make a Cllr Rue Grewal difference in Carpenders Park, please contact [email protected] one of us (our details are below) and come and have a chat with all the team. Cllr David Coltman [email protected] Please note under the Elections Act 2022 passed by Parliament in April 2022, 07775 696 087 Cllr Shanti Maru [email protected] 07400 414 344 CPRA NEWS 45
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Neighbourhood place in your road. You need to report to 101 Watch or online search “Herts Police contact” as I cannot report issues on your behalf and have The fundamentals of Neighbourhood Watch no access to the reporting system - that is the haven’t changed over the years – look out for only way that your local police resources are your neighbours and do what you can to allocated to investigate your issue. prevent yourself from becoming a victim of Looking out for your neighbours during these crime. cold months and difficult financial times is still so important - a simple thing like moving I was surprised to see an email exchange a neighbour’s dustbin back onto their drive where a resident objected to an OWL after the refuse collection might help to message suggesting that leaving items of prevent your neighbour being burgled. Please value in their vehicle might tempt a thief: The think how your home can have a lived-in look resident felt that it was up to the local police even if you’re out. teams to patrol more regularly and prevent To become a Neighbourhood Watch member more crimes. please visit www.owl.co.uk and choose the ‘Join a Watch’ option. The reality is that scarce police resources need to be targeted effectively. Although you Thank you. might think you don’t often see police that doesn’t mean they don’t visit your Derrick Sweeney streets. Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) Watch Liaison Officer through OWL messages helps you to stay safer, be less concerned about the fear of Email: crime and offers reassurance on what you can [email protected] do. As NHW members you can have a part to play in reporting anything you feel is out of 48 www.CarpendersParkResidents.org.uk — [email protected]
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Ross Huegdon PCSO My name is Ross Huegdon, I work as part of How does my job differ from that of a the Oxhey Safer Neighbourhood Team and Police Constable? have been the local officer for Carpenders There is not a major difference between both Park for almost five years. I started my role roles, there are some powers in the role that I back in March 2018 at South Oxhey. I briefly can use that a Police Constable cannot use worked at Rickmansworth Police Station and vice versa. I do see my role as a Police working in Croxley Green during my service Community Support Officer as the person to before returning to Carpenders Park in late build bridges, between the residents and local 2019. associations, with the Police. I have had the I work with a team of Police Constables, joy of working in Carpenders Park for a few fellow PCSO’s and our Police Sergeant at years now. In that time, I have been able to Oxhey Police Station. The Local build strong links with local schools, Neighbourhood Team, covers Carpenders residents, and the local Council to help Park, Oxhey Hall & Hayling, South Oxhey, address their concerns and offer support, Moor Park and some areas of Northwood. guidance, and reassurance to all when needed. A day in the life of a Community Support What crimes happen in Carpenders Park Police Officer (no information as to identities of victims) It has been said each day is different, you can Carpenders Park like other places in the never predict how the day will go. I can be country does suffer from a range of crime. taking part in a community event, leaving a Statistically Carpenders Park overall has seen positive impact on the residents and others, a reduction in crime, these covering or, I can be attending a live 999 emergency burglaries, thefts of all kind and vehicle crime call and assist locating a missing person or to name a few. Last year there was a total of arresting criminals. You can never know how 266 crimes recorded in Carpenders Park. the day may pan out or if you will finish on Currently as of writing, this has reduced with time. But the results are always rewarding. 222 crimes recorded as we near the end of 2022, though we would like to see a 50 www.CarpendersParkResidents.org.uk — [email protected]
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