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News in Brief

Short excerpts of our recent news with links to the full stories

E-scooter trial, King St

Cycleway CW9 and E-Scooter Trial

Over the last year or so, we’ve been participating in the Council’s resident-led  Cycling & Walking Commission, via our membership secretary, along with residents including representatives of one or two affected resident’s associations, such as affiliates SPRA & SBRA. Due to the pandemic, meetings were …
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/ Affiliations, Consultations, Council, Cycling, Environment/Streetscape, News, Transport/TfL
OPDC local plan

Old Oak & Park Royal Local Plan

A further consultation stage ended on 5 July. This was made necessary because the Car Giant section of the OPDC area was ruled to be “undevelopable” for the duration of the Plan (as a result of no agreement with Car Giant) – so the quantum …
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/ Local Plan, News, OPDC, Transport/TfL
BrianThome

A Practical Zero-Carbon Home

Zero carbon homes are very much on-topic with the COP26 summit approaching in November, but to date rather more discussion has been around standards for newbuilds, downplaying the fact that by most measures 70-80% of the planned “net zero homes of 2050” are already built, …
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/ Air Quality & Climate, Environment/Streetscape, Government, News, White City
HS2 Construction [shepherdsbushw12.com]

HS2 – Muddled Thinking?

If you saw the HS2 story on last week’s Newsnight, you might be surprised at how so much money has been spent, and how much digging done, including in this borough with parts of Wormwood Scrubs being churned up to break ground for Old Oak …
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/ Government, News, OPDC, Parks/Open Spaces, Transport/TfL
Cllr Colin Aherne

Colin Aherne

Councillor Colin Aherne, a long serving member of the Council’s Labour Group, has died after suffering a heart attack last month. Colin had a remarkable record of public service with LBHF: he was councillor for White City & Wormholt, and served on both the planning …
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/ Council, News, White City

Rearranging deck chairs – again

We’ve been alerted to new proposed changes to the parliamentary constituency boundaries, and there’s a distinct feeling of deja-vu.  Checking the annals, it was in 2017 when the last proposal surfaced. At the time, Tom said that the “changes to parliamentary boundaries seem bizarre” – …
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/ Consultations, Council, Government, News
Openreach fibre digging

Gigabit Broadband – coming to a front garden near you ?

Her Majesty’s Government has decided that Gigabit broadband (FTTP) will help overcome recent economic woes, bridge the digital divide, and level up, and has declared £5 billion public funding for the first million homes and businesses. Initially, it correctly prioritises those most in need – …
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/ Affiliations, Conservation, Environment/Streetscape, Government, News, Ravenscourt
Hammersmith Affordability 2020

Property Prices & Development: A 25-year review

So-called property porn continues to make up a good percentage of the TV schedules 25 years after Changing Rooms started Building the Dream in a Location, Location, Location for The Poshest Sleepover in Millionaires’ Mansions, then over to The Great Interior Design Challenge, creating some Grand …
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/ Council, Environment/Streetscape, Government, London Plan, News, OPDC, Transport/TfL, White City
Mike Cartwright

Michael Cartwright

The Hammersmith Society very much regrets the recent death of Alderman Michael Cartwright, Councillor for Hammersmith Broadway ward from 1992 to 2018, Deputy Leader 2014-2018, and Mayor 2017-2018. A diligent public servant, Mike became Deputy Leader of the Council in 2014, leading the Administration to …
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/ Broadway, Capability Brown, Council, News, Society/Awards
Open House 2021

Open House 2021

Open House has celebrated London’s amazing architecture for the last thirty years, starting just two years after our own Awards. There’s always been an eclectic selection of Hammersmith buildings in Open House, featuring some of our Award Winners over the years. Open House 2021 …
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/ Consultations, Environment/Streetscape, News, Society/Awards

Hammersmith Bridge – History on repeat

We’re pleased to see that a ferry operator has finally been appointed, and conversely disappointed at a low proposed (peak) capacity of 800/hr. total, i.e. 400 each way, cost – not free – £1.55 proposed, though included in hopper & concessionary fares, restricted operating hours of …
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/ Conservation, Council, Hammersmith Bridge, News, Riverside, Transport/TfL
181 Talgarth Road - 2021 proposed scheme

West London Magistrates Court redevelopment – Update

In April last year we reported on the hotel development proposed for the former West London Magistrate’s Court site at 181 Talgarth Road, a proposal which would include two hotels:  a 442-bedroom, 23-storey luxury hotel, and a 440-bed, 10-storey tourist hotel. Permission for the development …
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/ Broadway, Consultations, Council, Major Developments, News, Town Centre Masterplan, West London Magistrate’s Court
Ravenscourt Park Tea House - front

Ravenscourt Park Tea House

The Ravenscourt Park Tea House, a popular stopping point in the park, has been in a dilapidated condition for some time, and been a concern of the Friends of Ravenscourt Park, as well as being on Historic England’s Buildings At Risk register. It closed in …
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/ Conservation, Council, News, Parks/Open Spaces
Smilers scrap metal merchants, Atwood Road

The Garage – an endangered species

Garages are an endangered species, locally and across London. Where once council flats would have had rows of garages below – often beloved of British spy and detective dramas where exclusively bad stuff happens – new developments are mandated not only to have bicycle storage, but …
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/ Conservation, Environment/Streetscape, News, Society/Awards
Foster & Partners bridge proposal

Hammersmith Bridge update

It’s now just over six months since the Bridge was closed to pedestrians and cyclists, and over 22 months since it was closed to traffic, yet there is neither a Bridge repair contract nor an alternative crossing facility in place. Repair work will not progress …
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/ Conservation, Government, Hammersmith Bridge, News, Riverside, Transport/TfL
Bridge anchor

Hammersmith Bridge – better repairs ?

We’ve made several meaningful and thought-through suggestions in the half-dozen articles, and as many letters to the main bridge protagonists in the last year, from simple widening the pathways to make the bridge more accessible, and to improve public safety, to ways to invisibly fix …
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/ Conservation, Hammersmith Bridge, News, Riverside, Transport/TfL
 
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Our History

The Capability Brown Statue
Capability Brown Statue unveiling
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, described by Horace Walpole as ‘Lady Nature’s Second Husband,’ created landscapes on an immense scale that have endured for over 250 years ...
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The Hammersmith Study Group 1969-70
Exhibition: Hammersmith Flyover
Our president Hans Haenlein remembers the Hammersmith Study Group... ...which I set up in 1969 with my students from the Polytechnic of Central London (now ...
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Notable Achievements
Environment Award
1960s
  • The Society is set up in response to the damage done to Hammersmith by the widening of the A4
  • Stops a six-lane bridge ...
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50 Years of the Hammersmith Society: An Edited Review
Hamsoc AGM 2012
Hans Haenlein remembers some early successes of the 1960s and 1970s The Society’s job is to be actively interested on behalf of all Hammersmith residents ...
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50 Special Places: Images of Hammersmith
Houseboats, Lower Mall
The images are also available as an online montage or downloadable (large, 40M) pdf montage ...
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