This posting just misses the exact 25th anniversary of the opening of the M25. I am grateful to Stephen Joseph, head of the Campaign for Better Transport, for reminding me of the anniversary last night.
Margaret Scissorhands, as Iain Sinclair memorably described Margaret Thatcher in his book London Orbital, cut the tape on 29 October 1986. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bricket Wood'
M25 at 25 – should we be celebrating?
November 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Tags:Bricket Wood·Campaign for Better Transport·Drinks for Democracy·Helioslough·London Orbital·M25 opening·Stephen Joseph·White Hart Holywell Hill
Bricket Wood’s very own Calendar Girls
September 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Keech Cottage Children’s Hospice is a thoroughly worthy cause. I have seen in my own family the comfort hospices bring to the dying and the bereaved. They depend so much on volunteer fundraising.
Wendy Berriman in Bricket Wood has for several years organised an annual garden party to raise money for Keech Cottage. This year’s event [...]
Tags:Bricket Wood·Calendar Girls·hospice·Keech Cottage Children's Hospice·Oakwood Road
All that is needed for evil to triumph…
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
I don’t always quote Conservative philosophers in my speeches. But I did quote Edmund Burke in my speech at the demonstration against the Helioslough freight terminal application organised by STRiFE outside the Alban Arena on Saturday. All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
There must have been a [...]
Tags:Alban Arena·Bedmond·Bricket Wood·Chiswell Green·Colney Heath·French market·Helioslough·How Wood·London Colney·Park Street·St Albans·St Albans Civic Society·St Albans Clock Tower
Bricket Wood is special
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Bricket Wood has always had a very powerful sense of its own identity. So it was no surprise to see such a large attendance at the 50th AGM of the Bricket Wood Residents’ Association last night in St Luke’s hall. I counted around 60 in the audience, and they have 1800 members covering [...]