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Short excerpts of our recent news with links to the full stories
Heat and buildings strategy – Building back greener
We mentioned the government’s long-awaited Heat and buildings strategy in the article about zero carbon homes a couple of months ago. Now published ahead of COP26, the direction of travel is a little clearer. Here we summarise what it says, looking at …
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Farewell To Melanie Whitlock
Our vice-chair, Melanie Whitlock and her family have recently decided to move to Edinburgh after living in Hammersmith for a long time, Melanie has been a stalwart of the Society for at least 38 years. She has been on the committee since …
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2021 Awards Evening and AGM
We were pleased to announce our 2021 Awards at the AGM at Riverside Studios on Wednesday 29th September, introduced by committee member Derrick Wright and presented by our patron, Cllr P J Murphy, Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham. The large number of …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
The bridge reopened on the 17th July to some small fanfare. This was after the council’s appointed engineers had blast cleaned the cast iron pedestals so that they could be fully examined for cracks, and the case for continued safe operation could …
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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 …
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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) – …
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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” …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Our Diary
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Committee meeting
Mon 13th Dec | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Olympia construction update tour
Tue 14th Dec | 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Pillar Hall W14 8UX (Map)
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Olympia construction update tour
Wed 15th Dec | 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Pillar Hall W14 8UX (Map)
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On Twitter
66 Hammersmith Road (adjacent @olympia_london) about to be redeveloped also. Meanwhile plans to celebrate LEO history on the hoardings. So much better than your average hoarding! Thanks @mountfordpigott @leocomputers51 Planning: public-access.lbhf.gov.uk/online-applica… @sbcalling @lbhf
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 1 day ago
Does you business have a computer? I expect it does! You can trace it back to the machine switched on in a cake factory in Hammersmith, 70 years ago this week.
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 3 days ago
Thanks to our £4m investment + work of engineers & @LBHF, the bridge remains open to pedestrians + cyclists & it's clear a ferry service is very unlikely to be needed. The decision was therefore ratified for @TfL to cease preparations for a ferry service at this time. (2/2)
— Hammersmith Society @(HammersmithSoc) 1 week ago
Our History
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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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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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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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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The images are also available as an online montage or downloadable (large, 40M) pdf montage ...
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