January 2009 Archives

A PIZZA shop is hosting an awards party and giving away free pizzas to celebrate being named Pizza Delivery Chain of the Year 2008.

Papa John's, in Joel Street, Northwood Hills, will be sending out free slices of pizza tomorrow (31) and it will also be opening its doors to host free pizza making master classes.

The store received the accolade from the Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association.

SCOTTISH dancing will be the theme for a women's club next meeting.

Northwood Area Women's Club will be learning basic steps to the dance style at their meeting at St John's Reformed Church Hall, in Hallowell Road, Northwood, at 7.30pm on March 5.

For more information email northwoodnawc@hotmail.com, write to PO Box 46, Northwood, Middlesex , HA6 1XN, or go to www.northwoodareawomensclub.co.uk.

THOUSANDS of school pupils have been given the opportunity to listen to a Holocaust survivor speak about their experiences as part of a four-day event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD).

Around 2,000 students from 36 secondary schools in Hillingdon, Harrow and Hertfordshire are taking part in this year's Northwood Holocaust Memorial Day Events - the largest event of its type in the UK.

The successful event is organised by Northwood United Synagogue, in Murray Road, and Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue (NPLS), in Oaklands Gate, to mark HMD yesterday (Tues).

Bob Kirk, 83, of Northwood, was just 13 years old when he had to leave his parents in Germany to move to England by himself in 1939.

He has spoken about his experiences every year at the Northwood event since it started eight years ago.

He said: "I do the talks because I think it's essential that the next generations know what happened and I think it has much more impact listening to someone who was there rather than reading about it.

"My wife and I have the same view on this and we owe it to our parents to explain as much as we possibly can."

The chosen theme for this year's event, which finishes tomorrow (Thur), was Kristallnacht - the turning point which many believe marked the beginning of the Holocaust.

Senior Rabbi at NPLS, Aaron Goldstein, said: "This year we actually commissioned our own 10-minute film about Kristallnacht because it's the 70th anniversary and we couldn't find any films about it that could help children understand what it was.

"We wanted people to see that it was not only Jews affected by the Holocaust. Different people were victimised and many of the children who watched the film could actually identify with that.

"The event provides children with this incredible opportunity to meet and hear a survivor because we're only going to have them for a few more years."

THE London School of Theology is hosting its annual Open Day.

The school, based in Green Lane, Northwood, is holding the event on February 28 and throughout the day there will be stalls exhibiting the courses on offer, mini and departmental lectures and tours of the school.

The school is open to committed evangelical Christians and it offers university validated undergraduate courses in theology; theology, music & worship, and theology and counselling.

No booking is required for the event.

A SPRING concert is being performed by Northwood Choral Society.

Works to be performed at the concert will include St Cecilia Mass by Gounod, Ave Verum Corpus by Elgar, Ave Maria Bach/Gounod and Panis Angelicus by Franck.

It will be held on March 7 at 7.30pm at St John's United Reformed Church, in Hallowell Road, Northwood, and tickets cost £8 for adults and £4 for under 16s.

They can be bought in advance from Sally Rogers at 11 Gatehill Road, Northwood, by calling 01923 827 752 or by emailing rogers01@aol.com.

A SEMINAR about disputes in the workplace is being held by two guest speakers at a business networking meeting.

Northwood B2B is holding its next meeting at Batchworth Park Golf Club, in London Road, Rickmansworth, on February 9.

Email annick@therooster.co.uk to book a place or for more information about the group.

A CAR was stolen and later found abandoned on fire outside Ruislip Rugby Club.

The red Ford Fiesta was taken from near Mount Vernon Hospital in Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, at 7.15pm on Saturday.

It was found on fire by the London Fire Brigade outside the rugby club in West End Road at 7am yesterday.

GUN-wielding men held up a bank in Northwood before making off in a car with the money they stole.

The incident happened just before 4pm at NatWest in Green Lane last Tuesday (13).

It is believed a man wearing a balaclava entered the bank with a grey gun and started demanding money from the staff.

Another man wearing a balaclava also entered the bank but stood by the front door.

After being handed the cash they both ran out of the bank and made off in a silver Volkswagen Golf hatchback towards Northwood Hills.

The first suspect is described as white, 6ft, well built, about 30 years old, and was wearing a black balaclava, black gloves, and a light grey tracksuit with light blue stripes on the arms and legs, a zip at the front and a hood.

The second suspect is described as white, 5ft 9ins, about 20 years old, and was wearing a grey hooded top and a black balaclava.

No one is believed to have been injured during the incident and no arrests have been made.

Anyone with information should call the police on 0208 247 7941 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

TWO gun-yielding men held up a bank before making off in a car with the money they stole.

The incident happened at about 4pm on Tuesday (13) at NatWest in Green Lane, Northwood.

The two men were wearing hoodies when they entered the bank with a gun before stealing the money and driving off in a silver Volkswagen Golf towards Northwood Hills.

More information to follow.

A FLOWER demonstration is being held in Northwood.

Ruislip Northwood Flower Arrangement Society is presenting the demonstration of flower arranging by area demonstrator, Shirley Perkins, entitled Any Old Iron on February 3.

It will be held at Northwood College, in Maxwell Road, Northwood, at 7.30pm.
For more information call 01923 829 621.