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Magical Lantern Festival � Christmas Shopping in Chiswick � Children’s theatre � Help for the Homeless in Hounslow � Cycle Superhighway CS9 � Sports upgrade for Dukes Meadows � Chiswick Timeline unveiled
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CONTENTS Regulars
Features
4 Letter from the Editor & Editor’s Tips 8 Hen Corner Sara Ward 27 Business Matters Hounslow Chamber of Commerce Member News and Events
5 Chinese Magical Lantern Festival Chiswick House & Gardens 10 Christmas at Watermans Children’s theatre & adult cabaret 12 Christmas present ideas Great gifts from Chiswick shops
14 Cycle Superhighway From Olympia to Brentford 18 Dukes Meadows Plans for better sports facilities 21 Chiswick Timeline The mural is put up
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to the December / January issue of Out & About. The Chinese Magical Lantern Festival returns to the gardens of Chiswick House with a glorious mix of Western and Chinese mythology. Father Christmas and his reindeer sit quite happily with the ancient city of the Song dynasty in a park filled with enormous brightly lit lanterns. Until 1 January. Page 5 The Nutcracker is presented with a new twist at Watermans. Blending theatre, dance, music and puppetry, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King features evil mice intent on stealing your sweets, 9–30 December. Erica Weston interviews the Director of Watermans’ Christmas theatre production for children and introduces the January cabaret programme for grown-ups. Pages 10–11 Looking for ideas for Christmas presents? Chiswick has some great independent shops: the newly opened homeware store Greige, long established family business Wheelers Garden Centre, Butcher & Deli Hammonds by Kew Bridge and the Devonshire Rd emporium of all things beautiful in ceramics, textiles, wood, glass and jewellery, Frivoli Gallery to name but a few. I asked twelve shops for suggestions from their most popular ranges. Pages 12–13 Christmas is not all happiness and joy though. It’s miserable for some. Sara Ward of Hen Corner introduces a couple of the organisations in the borough of Hounslow which are there to help. Page 8
to make more people get on their bikes. The latest, CS9, is proposed to run from Olympia to Brentford, but there is stiff opposition locally. Page 14 Similarly Hounslow council leader Steve Curran has a vision for Dukes Meadows of top-of-the-range sports facilities available to all. The proposals, in the early planning stages, also involve a general upgrade of the public areas of common land. Pages 18–19 Chiswick Rugby Club are to receive huge investment from the RFU for a fourth-generation artificial, all-weather pitch. See this and other business stories in the Hounslow Chamber section. Page 28 onwards At the end of January the Chiswick Timeline will be unveiled. All are invited to the street party in Turnham Green Terrace on Sunday 28 January when the panels showing historic maps of Chiswick and work by the area’s best known artists goes on show for the first time. Page 21 Happy Christmas and a happy New Year
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After Christmas of course we start thinking about losing weight and getting fit. The Mayor of London has a plan for a healthier city, which involves Cycle Superhighways designed
EDITOR’S TIPS • Christmas Music You can’t beat a good carol service, even if you’re not a church regular or even a Christian. None better than St Michael & All Angels Church, Bath Rd, Chiswick, which provides music at a very high standard (church and secular) all year round. Nine Lessons & Carols, Sunday 17 December at 6.30pm. • Christmas Parties Syon Park puts on Roaring Twenties parties by the ‘Best Parties Ever’ company. The theme is a Chicago speakeasy with jazz band, themed bars, roulette and blackjack. Enjoy a four-course dinner while watching an aerial display of acrobats. Parties of six or more only, on 6/15/20/22 December.
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• Musical Museum Christmas Spectacular The Musical Museum in Brentford stages a popular annual Christmas show. This year's theme is 'Music from the Movies', so expect lots of popular classics as well as seasonal favourites, with Chris Barber at the Mighty Wurlitzer. • Cruising Into Christmas River cruise to Westminster from Chiswick Pier with dinner on board. 7.30pm, Tuesday 12 December. Call 0208 742 2713 or book online at www.chiswickpier.org
Cover Image Welcoming Christmas into your home. Image: Shutterstock
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LOCAL EVENT
CHINESE MAGICAL LANTERN
Festival
Chiswick House & Gardens
Chiswick House and Gardens was voted the People’s Choice in the London In Bloom award for the best park. Not only is it free to enter and immaculately kept with beautiful Georgian architecture and interesting displays of plants seasonally, but it has a year-long programme of fun events. The Magical Lantern Festival returned to the gardens of Chiswick House in November. Weli Creations have put on Magical Lantern festivals here twice before, but both have been to mark the Chinese New Year with the emphasis on the culture and history of China. This festival is a celebration of Christmas, with life size and larger than life lanterns in all shapes and forms, including Santa and his reindeers, but it also features brightly lit sculptures inspired by Chinese culture, such as the ancient city of the Song dynasty. There is plenty of food and drink on offer, a Santa’s Grotto and a funfair. The festival runs until 1st January 2018.
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COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS! at the Treaty Centre As well as home to lots of festive family fun this Christmas and to meet Santa in style, the Treaty Centre is also the place for this year’s must-have toys and games, festive fashions and great value gifts of all kinds. For seasonal style there is so much to choose from with great party wear stores such as Debenhams, River Island, New Look, H&M and Next – all part of the great fashion offered at the Treaty Centre. Wear more red than Santa this season with the great selection of top-to-toe outfits in the fiery shade which will guarantee you make an entrance. If shoes are your thing you will love the choice of comfortable yet glamorous styles at Schuh. Every season there are a few must-have pieces that will instantly dress an outfit up to party standard and our stores feature all the key looks. Over the festive period accessories will be your best friend, adding versatility to your key Christmas looks that will last you into the New Year. For sparkling gifts there is gorgeous jewellery in Pandora, Ernest Jones and F Hinds. Don’t miss the exclusive Disney collection in Pandora or the LeVian Chocolate range in Ernest Jones – both are sure to dazzle. For the top fragrance and beauty picks try The Perfume Shop, Makeover and Beauty Base. Keep the kids happy on Christmas morning with our range of gifts including the Star Wars Blade Builder from Debenhams, a JoJo Bow from Claire’s or sweet-smelling stationery from Smiggle as well as many more in stores such as The Works, Wilko and JD. You can take a break from Christmas shopping and enjoy a bite to eat in Treaty Kitchen, the centre’s food court. There is plenty of seating and you can choose from Burger King, Telepizza, Chopstix and the truly scrumptious bubble waffles at Minoffles. Treaty is also home to Subway, Patisserie Valerie (within Next), the Mall Café and Debenhams Café. Treaty Hounslow has its own multi-storey car park with secure parking for over 600 cars and has been awarded the Park Mark Safer Parking award for the past ten years – so you can park in confidence over the Christmas period. Pop TW3 1ES into your satnav to find our car park with ease.
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REGULAR FEATURE
HEN CORNER Sara Ward offers some ideas for both giving and receiving As the coldest, darkest days of winter approach, it’s good to know that there are good organisations in Hounslow which are supporting less fortunate members of our community.
The Shelter Project Hounslow
The Shelter Project Hounslow offers dinner, bed and breakfast to local homeless men throughout the coldest months. Using church buildings up and down the borough as bases, volunteers set up, cook, welcome, serve, befriend and clear up, providing a lifeline for those in need of warmth and comfort. The focus is very much be on the quality of service to guests: welcome, hospitality, inclusivity and a non-judgemental approach. Project Coordinator Nicola Spencer would love to hear from you if you are able to help: Mobile: 07340 929325 Email: coordinator@tsph.org TSPH.org (The Shelter Project Hounslow)
Refugees Welcome Hounslow
Fundraiser
Refugees Welcome Hounslow are an open group of local residents organising resources and people to welcome Syrian refugee families into our communities. They are looking in particular for landlords who are willing to rent out one and two bed units. The families are in receipt of benefits and are able to pay the Local Housing Allowance. The tenants are supported by the Council and Refugees Welcome. If you are able to help them in any way, contact them though their Facebook page: Facebook.com/RefugeesWelcomeHounslow
Carols in the Park (Mon 18th December, 6.30pm) is raising funds for both these projects. Organised by Friends of St Paul’s Rec, Brentford, this is a fabulous community event where you can meet the shepherds’ sheep, Mary’s donkey and join in the carol singing warmed by mulled wine and mince pies. Facebook.com/groups/FriendsofStPaulsRec
Our courses make great presents!
If you're looking for inspiration for Christmas gifts that don’t need dusting or storage space, have a look at the variety of courses we run at Hen Corner. Each can be booked in advance or you can buy gift vouchers so the recipient has a choice of what new skills they’d like to learn. We also have our Christmas range of cakes, hampers and treats available from the Bakery each Friday.
Full details on the website: HenCorner.com
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Christmas AT WATERMANS!
Erica Weston on Watermans’ theatre programme for children and cabaret for grownups
The 2017 Christmas show is The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, inspired by the story made famous by Tchaikovsky’s ballet. The play is brought to Watermans by WinterWalker, an up-and-coming young company based in Derby. It’s a beautifully produced show with buckets of charm and laughter… and rather a lot of sweets! So it’ll be sure-fire hit with the kids.
What's the thing that kids love most about the show?
The evil mice are a big hit – they’re cheeky and silly, and they’re after your sweets! Children also really respond to the relationship between Pearl and Pat, the two sisters telling the story – they have to compromise and work together, and I think that’s something that resonates with most brothers and sisters.
We talked to WinterWalker’s artistic director, Kitty Winter, about the inspiration behind the show and her love of children’s theatre. What inspired you to make this show?
All the best Christmas stories have magic in them, and the story of the Nutcracker is one of the most spectacular. We wanted to take the classic story and the music from the ballet, that so many people have enjoyed through the years, and make something new, funny, and of course magical!
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Why did you get into children's theatre in the first place?
I was lucky enough to see amazing theatre for children when I was young, and I’ve always loved the way it can be so inventive and mix together different performance elements. WinterWalker is run by a director/choreographer and a composer (myself and Wayne Walker-Allen) so all our shows blend theatre, dance and music, often with puppetry too – whatever best serves the story we’re telling. What do you want for Christmas?
As a parent to a very small boy, I’d like a lie-in! The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (suitable for ages 3 and over) is at Watermans 9–30 Dec. Tickets from £10–£12 (family tickets £36–40). The new children’s season starts on Sunday 21st January with Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Little Angel Theatre, an alternative take on the classic story – about two misfits who just want to fit in.
Something for the grown ups
The autumn season’s Friday night cabaret has been really popular with our audiences who have loved seeing something a bit different on their doorsteps. We launched The Outer Limits, a new variety night hosted by awardwinning trailblazer Dusty Limits, who brings the best of the cabaret scene to our stage. The Outer Limits will become a regular feature of our programme, and judging by this autumn’s show, something to look forward to! Cabaret is back in February with three more acts to cheer the cold winter nights. First up is notorious cabaret reprobate Joe Black who evokes the spirit of the infamous 1920's Berlin nightclub in Meet Me at the Eldorado. Then Miss Hope Springs, a hilarious tale of an aging showgirl in The Devil Made Me Do It. An absolute highlight is Grammy-nominated American pianist, vocalist and songwriter Judy Carmichael who will arrive at Watermans via the Jools Holland Show. Her show Swing Time is a celebration of the great American songbook: Gershwin, Cole Porter, Fats Waller and more. The New York
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Times called her ‘astounding, flawless, captivating’. She’s a fantastic talent, and not to be missed! Cabaret Nights from 2 Feb 2018. Watermans.org.uk The Outer Limits, Friday 16 March 2018.
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CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
What CAN I GET THEM
FOR CHRISTMAS?!
A few ideas from some of the best businesses in Chiswick
Paddle boarding vouchers
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Instant Camera
A gift voucher for paddle boarding. £65 for one person or £110 for two. Three hour lesson redeemable until October 2018. Email: info@active360.co.uk / Ring 0208 825 5360 / Buy online at www.active360.co.uk
Instant Camera
Restaurant vouchers
Annie's vouchers
A gift voucher for Annie’s restaurant at Strand on the Green. Any amount from £20 – £300 available. Redeemable by the end of May 2018. Buy online at www.anniesrestaurant.co.uk
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Prosecco candles £12 each from Decorexi, 58 Chiswick High Rd, W4.
Armchair and Footstool
Handcrafted Cheeseboard
Cheeseb
The Fujifilm Instax SQ10, an instant camera that also records to a Micro SD memory card and has a built in LCD screen, meaning that for the first time you can choose whether to print an image instantly, print multiple copies and edit before you print. £249 from Chiswick Camera Centre, 4 Chiswick Terrace, Acton Lane, W4.
A beautiful cheeseboard, handcrafted in the Lake District from Scottish Elm, from Bayley & Sage, 33 Turnham Green Terrace, W4. Buy on its own for £45.00 or save £15.00 when you purchase a kilo of any mixture of cheese.
This very patriotic Union Jack chair and footstool. Armchair £495. Stool £395. Decorexi, 58 Chiswick High Rd, W4. Armchair & Footstool
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CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
Hampers
Hampers
Handbag
Lovely hampers from Hammonds Butcher & Delicatessen, 8 Kew Bridge Road, Brentford, TW8. They come in three sizes: Small £12 / Medium £16 / Large £50 with a gorgeous selection of handmade chocolates and biscuits, Kew honey and wine.
Stunning black velvet beaded evening bag from Becksondergaard. £70 from Damsel Boutique, 11A Devonshire Rd, W4. Handbag
Danish tin houses for tea lights. Sizes range from 10cm to 45cm high. Prices £11.50–£69. Different shapes and sizes can be placed together to create your own little street. From Greige Lifestyle Boutique 1 Bedford Corner, South Parade, W4.
Flowers
Flowers
Christmas flowers you can keep – a mixed pot of flowers from Wheelers Garden Centre, Cato’s Yard, Turnham Green Terrace, W4. Different sizes, prices from £15–£50.
Tealights
Winter Woollies
Woolies
Vases Cheerful ceramics from a selection of hand thrown porcelain at FRIVOLI, by Ali Tomlin. Prices range from £35–£245 Frivoli Gallery, 7a Devonshire Road, W4T.
Warm winter woollies from Cotswold Outdoor. You can buy this lovely Aigle Lofoty 100% lamb’s wool women’s jumper for £99 from Cotswold Outdoor, 323-327 Chiswick High Rd, W4.
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LOCAL NEWS
CYCLE SUPERHIGHWAY Proposals receive a mixed reception Transport for London is proposing to create a Cycle Superhighway (CS9) from West Kensington through Hammersmith and Chiswick to Brentford town centre to make cycling and walking ‘easier, safer, and more appealing’. London’s Commissioner for Walking and Cycling Will Norman told a public debate organised by The Chiswick Calendar that London is going to see “extraordinary population growth” over the next period, that we have an “inactivity crisis” as people are not doing enough exercise, and we already have problems with air pollution, all of which meant that we needed to find ways of making the city cleaner and less congested and its population healthier.
Chiswick High Rd plans controversial
While most people accept the importance of those aims, TfL has received a huge amount of critical feedback on its proposals for a number of different and specific reasons. The most controversial part of the plan is a two-way segregated cycle track on the south side of Chiswick High Rd, which opponents feel is at the expense of pedestrians and would ruin the ‘village’ atmosphere of Chiswick, where people like to stroll on the wide pavements and sit outside the cafes. There is concern about the safety aspect for pedestrians crossing the cycle route; the Catholic Church says it will affect weddings and funerals and businesses are worried about access. Residents groups have expressed concern about the effect on traffic congestion at British Grove, where traffic arrangements are being changed, and at the other end of the High Rd where the closure of Wellesley Rd and Stile Hall Gardens as exits to the South Circular will add more traffic to Chiswick roundabout. TfL themselves admit that the proposals are likely to add several minutes to journey times along the High Rd for vehicles at peak times.
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Sky and GSK back the plans
In Brentford the proposals are less controversial, with a cycle route planned along the riverside through Watermans Park. Two of west London’s biggest employers Sky and GSK have come out in favour of CS9. Bella Vuillermoz, director of Osterley-based Sky, said: “Like many organisations in London a growing number of Sky’s employees cycle to work, but an even larger proportion of our employees would cycle to work if they felt comfortable and safe on the roads”.
Cyclists divided
A fair amount of hostility has been directed against cyclists during some of the public debates but cyclists themselves are also divided on the issue, with Hounslow Cycling Campaign in favour but others expressing the view that the money could be better spent improving the roads for cycling in other ways. Quite a lot of criticism is about the route, with many saying the A4 option has been dismissed too easily. TfL will now consider the feedback and a report will go to the participant borough councils: Hounslow, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea as well as TfL’s own board before further action is taken.
You can see the proposals here: consultations.tfl.gov.uk
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In an age where kids are glued to smartphones and tablets for entertainment, a family start-up company based in Isleworth is reintroducing the charm of board games. Shalin and Tressy Pinto set up the company two years ago, seeing the benefits to families of playing together: “As a parent, when you play board games with your kids, you get to spend a lot of time with them and teach them the importance of bonding together as a family”. OMNI GENEius™ are innovators, coming up with ideas for family board games, strategy board games and toys, working both in London and Hong Kong.
They say playing board games stimulates curiosity. It introduces children to the discipline of following rules, develops patience and encourages children to think proactively, as they are trained to anticipate the moves of the other players. Playing board games also helps children deal with failure – to see setbacks as stepping stones to success rather than disasters. “When you play board games with your kids, you get an opportunity to teach them that it is alright to lose in
life sometimes. Kids will learn not to repeat their mistakes. These games will teach your kids to lose gracefully”. They also maintain that children who are introduced to board games at an early age are better able to concentrate and that learning to work in tandem with other people teaches them to be good team players. To see the range of products for all age groups, children and grown-ups, visit their website at
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Andy Eddy, Head Gardener at Osterley Park and House shares with us some of the highlights to look out for on your next visit to Osterley Park. Osterley Park's formal gardens were transformed during a six-year-long project from an overgrown wilderness back to their 18th century grandeur of herbaceous borders, roses and ornamental vegetables beds. There is plenty to see all year round in the gardens at Osterley. Mrs Child's Flower Garden provides a relaxing walk and colourful beds in summer, but is still perfect for a stroll on a crisp winter’s day. In the Ornamental Vegetable Garden, winter displays some final bursts of colour, the canary yellow obelisks standing proud amongst the last purple cabbages and chard of the year. Or for a shaded woodland walk, stretch your legs with a stroll around the Long Walk, admiring the Charolais cattle grazing the ancient meadow behind the House and past the forgotten boathouse. The winter sun throws long shadows on the lawns and the bare trees show off their slender branches against the grey skies. The ever-evolving Winter Garden provides bursts of coloured bark, fabulous leaf shapes and seed heads to showcase the architecture found in our gardens at this time of year. Covered in a thick haw frost, every branch and berry is defined. We are also delighted to welcome dogs in the formal gardens and café this winter so you can explore and enjoy all Osterley has to offer with your four-legged friends. Don’t forget to pop into the Stables Café afterwards and warm up with a hot drink and a tasty treat from the winter menu.
Osterley Park and House 25.11.17 - 23.02.18
Film and Video Umbrella presents CHANGING PLACES, a series of exhibitions showing contemporary artists’ video at historic sites across the country.
From 25 November at Osterley Park and House, Jersey Galleries Open daily 11am - 4pm Last entry 3pm
A Film and Video Umbrella touring exhibition, supported by Arts Council England, Canal & River Trust, National Trust, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Phoenix Leicester, Feltech, Links Signs and Heritage Lottery Fund. Curated by Mariam Zulfiqar.
LOCAL NEWS
Upgrade SPORTS
Proposals for the development of Duke’s Meadows
A major upgrade in sporting facilities at Dukes Meadows is being proposed by Hounslow Council. The area of unspoilt common land between Chiswick Bridge and Chiswick Pier is home to the Tideway Skullers rowing club at one end and Chiswick Pier Trust at the other, with Chiswick Rugby Club, Old Meadownians Football Club and Chiswick Cricket Club in between as well as three more rowing clubs, Barnes & Hounslow Hockey Club, two multi-sport centres: Virgin’s Riverside club and the Dukes Meadows Golf & Tennis club and the sportsground for a private school, King’s House, most of whom lease the land from the council.
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The sporting facilities share the area with a large number of allotments and the Duke’s Meadows Trust, which runs an adventure playground and paddling pool, a Sunday morning food market and artists’ studios. There is also a pretty bandstand by the river, an area popular for weekend picnics.
New pitches
The proposals are intended to keep the unspoilt nature of the place but at the same time improve sports facilities. They include ‘public realm’ plans to do things like tidy the bushes and put in better lighting and signage as well as renovating the bandstand, and sports investment proposals to redevelop Chiswick Boathouse, provide a new artificial grass pitch for rugby, with an extension to the rugby pavilion for both rugby and hockey, refurbish the hockey pitch, provide a new football pavilion and two 3G artificial grass pitches for football as well as improvements to the grass pitches for both football and rugby.
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Where’s the money coming from?
In a series of consultations throughout October and November the council has met the clubs. It is proposed that the money should come from third parties such as the FA, the RFU and British Rowing, but not all the clubs are wholeheartedly on board. Old Meadownians FC has serious concerns over the proposed project costs and has voted not to accept the proposal of investment they have been offered through the Football Association Parklife Programme because they say the new facilities are not guaranteed and they may end up worse off than they are now. The majority of the sports clubs are happy with the proposals.
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Others have expressed concern at the increased number of parking spaces and the expected increase in traffic generated by the improved sports facilities. The next stage is for the Parks department to apply to the Planning department for planning permission early in 2018 and then to raise the funds.
The proposals can be seen on the council website www.hounslow.gov.uk/consulations
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CHISWICK TIMELINE Karen Liebreich on the Installation of Chiswick's History in Art and Maps The Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps is a major new artwork for Chiswick, to be installed on the bridges under the Piccadilly and District lines outside Turnham Green tube station. The enormous mural – consisting of two large panels, each measuring 27metres long x 3metres high – presents a series of historic maps tracing Chiswick’s history from 1593 to the present day. Overlaid on these maps are artworks showing Chiswick landmarks by 23 artists including William Hogarth, Eric Ravilious, William Turner and others. Exclusive artworks have also been commissioned from Chiswick’s artistic community: Sir Peter Blake has collaged Chiswick High Road’s Empire Theatre, while Jan Pienkowski, children’s illustrator, has created a haunting image of the Russian Orthodox Church in Chiswick. Marthe Armitage, famous for her hand-drawn lino blocks, and Martin Rowson, political cartoonist, complete the list of living artists whose work will be featured. The panels are created in vitreous enamel, a process that combines both modern and traditional techniques. Each map is prepared digitally before being manually screen printed and baked colour by colour. The project has been crowdfunded locally and is created and project managed by Abundance London, a small environmental and arts group, led by myself, Karen Liebreich and Sarah Cruz. Support for the installation has come from
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Transport for London, London Borough of Hounslow, Ealing Council, Fuller’s Brewery and many other local businesses and individuals. As part of the fundraising, Jan Pienkowski has signed a limited edition of prints showing The Three Wise Kings arriving at the Russian Orthodox Church in Chiswick. These are currently available via chiswicktimeline.org Subject to final confirmations The Chiswick Timeline will be installed during January 2018. There will be a major launch party on Sunday 28th January. This will be a celebration and participatory art event, where visitors will be invited to Put Your House on the Map in ceramic, or link your family origins to Chiswick without Borders in textile. There will also be an art trail, commemorative book and other activities.
Further details nearer the time on Chiswicktimeline.org.
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CHAMBER NEWS Brand management on the slant When you live and work on a houseboat everything changes, all the time. It’s not just that when you wake up you are at a different level than you were when you went to bed; the tide has gone in or out so the view out the window is completely different, but that your working environment is tilting – one way or the other, depending on the state of the tide – and that once a day loud creaking and the grinding of 75 tons of metal on clay and stone announces that you have gone aground. Simon Cohen, who runs his own branding design and strategy company Simon Inc, has his office aboard Whim, a Humber keel boat built in 1918 which was converted into a houseboat 15 years ago. Moored at Ferry Quays, where the River Brent joins the River Thames, he and his wife Emma bought the boat five years ago (on a whim) when they were looking around for a home which represented better value for money than the rented apartment they shared in Hammersmith. Simon is a designer who helps national and global companies build their brand identity and express their values and personality through environmental graphics. His business is a “virtual agency” model, where creative teams (both large and small) work together on local, national and international projects, but based within their own individual workplaces. At the centre of things is the houseboat. Their customers include commercial developers such as Capital & Regional plc, which operates, buys and manages large commercial properties such as shopping centres, as well as architects, a law firm in New Zealand and the Lloyds Banking Group. This colourful hoarding at The Mall Walthamstow is an example of their work.
Most of Simon’s work is done on computer. When he needs to do large scale work he decamps to an office in the centre of London, but for the most part the Whim provides a large, light airy space in which to design and an interesting place for clients to come. Typically the clients work in central London and welcome the opportunity to visit a houseboat and enjoy the change of scenery, not to mention the attention of Sid, the very photogenic 11 year old mongrel.
Simon can be contacted by email at info@simoninc.co.uk 0208 568 3867 | simoninc.co.uk
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CHAMBER NEWS Chiswick Rugby Club to get 4G pitch Chiswick Rugby Club looks set to benefit from £1.3m worth of funding from the RFU to build the latest generation of artificial, all weather pitch at Duke’s Meadows. The club, which has some 500 members, currently fields four senior teams in addition to the Minis, 200 girls and boys aged 5–13 who practise there on Sundays. After the 2015 World Cup the RFU announced more than £50m investment which they promised to deliver over four years to provide 100 artificial grass pitches across England in order to grow the game. “Over the past four years, RFU data shows that wetter winters are having a serious impact on the rugby season, resulting in more games and training sessions being cancelled," said RFU Rugby Development Director Steve Grainger. "In February 2014, 1,766 adult games were lost over two weekends due to bad weather and over 600 natural turf pitches were unplayable for three weeks as a result”. Chiswick Rugby Club met their criteria so the RFU has offered to install the new pitch, which will be lit, enabling the club to play at night as well as in all weathers. The RFU will own the pitch, ring-fencing 12 hours a week for the club and renting it the rest of the time at a reduced rate to others wanting to play rugby. The Dukes Meadows club currently has three grass pitches. They will keep the remaining two, as the four senior teams practise on Tuesdays and Thursdays and play on Saturdays. The First team plays currently in London Division 2, Second team in Middlesex Merit Table 1, Third team in Middlesex Merit Table 4 and Fourth team in Middlesex Merit Table 6. They hope to develop a women’s rugby team in the near future. The Minis play many local teams and there are now more than 20 parents who have taken RFU coaching courses which have allowed them to play an active role on the pitch as well. This comes at a time when Hounslow Council is proposing an upgrade of sporting facilities generally at Dukes Meadows. Having held a public consultation, the plans now go to the Planning committee, before bids go out to third parties for funding. Chiswick Rugby Club are ahead of the game.
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CHAMBER NEWS Continental Hotel refurbishment The Continental Hotel in Hounslow is undergoing a total refurbishment. The hotel, used mainly by business people, has seen a transformation over the past year, with the 70 bedrooms shedding their rather gaudy but shabby look for a clean, modern look with 42” or 55” TV screens standard in all the rooms. The past year has also seen a change of staff and significant upgrade in its kitchen, going from microwaved ready meals to freshly produced food home-made on the premises, with all the normal fare – fish and chips, pies, burgers and a range of Indian dishes and few fancier Fusion dishes. The hotel used to be infamous as a hang-out for prostitutes, with a constant stream of women who didn’t know the name of the person they were visiting seeking access late at night. General Manager Ashley Sutherland says they’ve worked with the local police to minimise the extent to which prostitutes operate in the hotel. Unless the clients are very discreet, they’re turned away. The Continental is benefitting from the renewal of Hounslow centre and the all the development going in in the area. The Civic Centre is moving to new premises and a new
cinema complex is being built just down the road. The hotel also boasts a huge gym which attracts locals as well as guests. A franchise of Golds gyms, the facilities are on a par with Virgin or David Lloyd, with a 20 metre swimming pool, large Jacuzzi and his ‘n hers steam rooms available to members for only £25 - £35 per month. As part of the hotel’s new look, all the gym equipment is being replaced at a total cost of £2.5 million. The refurbishment has been reflected in the prices, with a drastic increase in room rates, doubling from £50 per night for a standard double to £100, but guests are getting a hugely improved standard for their money. Phase two of refurbishment is due to begin early in the new year, with the whole ground floor being transformed into an open-plan space incorporating the bar, restaurant and reception decked out in black, silver and chrome. In fact a whole new hotel.
The Continental Hotel is at 29-31 Lampton Rd, Hounslow TW3 1JA. Tel: 020 8572 3131 www.thecontinental-hotel.com
EVENT SCHEDULE 6th December
8.30 – 10.00am
Chiswick Park Business Breakfast Moot Bar, Chiswick Park, Building 3, 566 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5YA £5 for networking, coffee and breakfast
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Hounslow Business Lunch The Indian Gymkhana Club, Thornbury Ave, Osterley TW7 4NQ
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Hounslow Business Lunch The Indian Gymkhana Club, Thornbury Ave, Osterley TW7 4NQ
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Business Breakfast at the Bulldog 556 London Road, Ashford, TW15 3AF (large car park!) £5 for a full breakfast including tea and coffee Joint event with Ashford Chamber, Spelthorne Business Forum & Surrey Chambers over a full English breakfast
If you would like to attend any event please contact Sally Smith on 020 8326 6416 or sallysmith@hounslowchamber.org.uk or visit www.hounslowchamber.org.uk
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HOUNSLOW BUSINESS AWARDS 2017 Russell Finex wins Best Business Award This year’s Hounslow Business Awards, run by the Hounslow Chamber in association with Hounslow Highways, showcased the huge amount of hard work, energy and enthusiasm behind some extremely successful businesses in the borough.
Best in Customer Service
Winner of Best Business was Russell Finex, a good oldfashioned engineering firm, still continuing to manufacture sieving and filtration equipment in Feltham after 83 years, long after other firms have relocated abroad to a cheaper workforce.
Best Business for Marketing & Social Media
A company run for the benefit of its workers
Winner – Farah Qureshi Highly Commended – Consolidated Logistics Ltd Commended – In Your Face Advertising
Managing Director Ray Singh says they have maintained their manufacturing base here in the UK because they value their workforce tremendously: "the skillset that we have in our workforce is very, very difficult to find". The company is owned by its own pension fund, so there are no outside shareholders and instead of paying out dividends to shareholders the company is run for the benefit of the current and past employees. Everyone working there is investing directly in their own future. Perhaps because of this, Russell Finex has continued to grow at an amazing rate at a time when other firms have been shedding jobs. It now has four overseas sales subsidiaries, in the USA, Belgium, India and most recently in China. They also picked up the award for Best Business for Social Media and Innovator of the Year award, for a refinement in the technique of 3D printing.
Winner – So Energy Highly Commended – Clayton Hotel Chiswick, De Lacey Montessori School Commended – Jungle VIP Winner – Russell Finex Highly Commended – Love Give Ink Commended – UENI The Green Award
Winner in Customer Service So Energy
Winners
The gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Hilton London Syon Park Hotel, on 12th October, was hosted by Torin Douglas MBE, formerly the BBC’s Media Correspondent. “What struck me was just the great range of businesses” he said, “nurseries, entertainment for children, designers of jewellery and stationery, then of course you’ve got Chump Productions – Jeremy Clarkson’s company for The Grand Tour – just a fantastic range of businesses and a very good event”.
Winner Best International Business Mapmechanics
Here are the winners in all the categories:
Winner Best Business Russell Finex
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Winner Best New Business Chump Productions
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Winner – Chump Productions Highly Commended – Banana Moon Day Nursery Hounslow Commended – Vix Best International Business
Winner – Mapmechanics Highly Commended – Russell Finex, Chump Productions Commended – Fashionizer
Winner Best Eatery Jackson & Rye
Best Small to Medium Business
Winner – Love Give Ink Highly Commended – AST London Commended – Beyond Migration Best Charity
Winner – Spark! Highly Commended – Brentford FC Community Sports Trust, Cultivate London Commended – EACH Counselling and Support
Logistics Business of the Year Consolidated Logistics Ltd
Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner – Waqas Iqbal, Vix Highly Commended – Bakshi Sidhu, Banana Moon Day Nursery Hounslow Commended – Donna Schoenherr, Ballet4Life Innovator of the Year
Employer of the Year Jungle VIP
Winner – Russell Finex Highly Commended – Vix Commended – Omni Genius Ltd. Logistic Business of the Year
Winner – Consolidated Logistics Ltd Highly Commended – AST London Employer of the Year
Winner Best Charity Spark
Entrepreneur of the Year Waqas Iqbal, Vix
Winner – Jungle VIP Highly Commended – Vix Commended – Banana Moon Day Nursery Hounslow Best Eatery
Winner – Jackson & Rye
The Green Award Farah Qureshi
Best Social Media & Marketing Love Give Ink
Hounslow Chamber CEO Stephen Fry said “We need to shout out and shout out loudly that this part of west London is where the real business is done”. Martin Clack, Service Director, Ringway Hounslow Highways said: “We’ve been very impressed with all the entries in to these awards, particularly the passion and enthusiasm that all of them have shown and really how they contribute to the development of Hounslow as a business area”.
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