November 2009 Archives

LAST Sunday (29) marked the 10th anniversary of Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue's thrice-yearly Blood Donation Day.

The event, a collaboration between the synagogue, in Oaklands Gate, Northwood, and Northwood United Synagogue, in Murray Road, attracted more than 125 people, with 110 donations taken.

It is estimated that 2,500 people have given blood to the project since it started.

Monthly beat surgeries will take place for residents of Moor Park and Eastbury to raise concerns about policing priorities in the area.

The first sessions, lasting 45 minutes, will take place on Friday, December 18, at Westbury Road (mobile police station) from 11am; Peerglow Industrial Estate Cafe from 12noon; Moor Park Golf Club (mobile) from 1pm; Eastbury Avenue (mobile) from 2pm and North Approach (mobile) from 3pm.

Contact your local officers PC Sharon Hill and PCSO Chris Bignell on 01707 354192 or 0845 33 00 222.

A competition to reveal the hidden talent of staff, volunteers and supporters of Michael Sobell House will take place on Sunday (6).

MSH's Got Talent will feature singing, belly dancing and poetry. A panel of judges will choose the winner.

The event takes place at 6.30pm at Olwen Bettesworth Hall, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, HA6 2RN. Tickets cost £5 with all proceeds going to Michael Sobell House.

Call 01923 844152 for more information. To enter the competition, email Carol Weston on c.weston519@btinternet.com.

A PENSIONER is celebrating the festive season by decorating his house with 15,000 Christmas lights for charity.

David Edwards, 76, of Lancing Way, Croxley Green, has been observing the tradition for 31 years, earning him the reputation of Mr Christmas.

This year's illuminations, which are in aid of the Hertfordshire Air Ambulance Service, were turned by a pilot on last Friday (27) at 6pm.

More than 400 people visited what has become known as the Christmas House for the switch-on, prompting police to close the road.

A CHOIR singer who beat John Lennon in the race to the Christmas number one in 1980 is bidding for a second shot at stardom.

Eileen Brown, 40, from Northwood, is reforming St Winifred's Primary School Choir with 13 original members to launch a 2009 version of There's No One Quite Like Grandma.

The single knocked the former Beatle's song, (Just Like) Starting Over, off the top spot on December 27, 1980.

This Christmas, the choir will go head to head with rivals including Robbie Williams and the much anticipated X-Factor winners.

A NEW initiative will help drug users released from prisons in Hertfordshire to kick their habit.

The scheme, Through the Gates, has been launched this month as part of the ground-breaking Drugs System Change pilot from Hertfordshire Drug Partnership - which includes the county council, police, probation and health services.

A BAKERY is celebrating after being named one of the best food shops in the country.

Cinnamon Square, in Church Street, Rickmansworth, was one of 50 businesses on a prestigious list compiled by the Independent.

The bakery spends 150 hours making one of its specialities - sour rye bread.

Police are hunting two men in connection who stole a solar panel from Rickmansworth Aquadrome, in Frogmoor Lane.

The theft happened on Monday (23) at 4pm and the men drove off in an unknown direction.

One is described as of large build and in his 20s. The second, also in his 20s, is of stocky build and was wearing a light coloured top and hooded jacket.

Anyone with information can call Hertfordshire Police on 0845 330 0222.

A large mechanical digger was stolen from under the noses of construction workers on the M25 last week.

The bright yellow JCB, which was secured but unattended, was taken from a site at junction 17 on the busy motorway between 6pm on Tuesday, November 17 and 5pm on Thursday, November 19.

It is unclear how the thieves got away with the vehicle. Police are investigating the incident.

YOUNG people in Northwood and Rickmansworth will have the chance to learn, perform and run their own talent showcases with leading hip hop experts.

A series of workshops will begin across Hertfordshire in January, thanks to a £30,000 grant to the county council from Arts Council England.

They will be hosted by some of the UK's top professional hip hop artists and will offer budding Eminems aged 13-19 the chance to learn skills including dance, beat boxing, song writing and MC-ing.