Fulham Residents' Journal April 2016 by Runwild Media Group

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Written for the residents of APRIL 2016 • Issue 42

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Don’t miss the ﬁrst signs of spring. Now’s when buyers and sellers alike come into bloom. In fact, a quarter of all property transactions take place between March and May. If you’re selling, it means more buyers. If you’re buying, more properties to look at. And Strutt & Parker has the pick of both (including hundreds of buyers from overseas). Drop by for the brightest deals and the sunniest welcome at any of our 55 offices, or at the all-new struttandparker.com.

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Dear Resident, Can you see that peek of yellow glow? Can you feel that slight tingle of warmth on your skin? Can you remember what those things are? Well, it’s spring, and it’s here in all its glory and it’s time to take off your gloves and put on your sunglasses – maybe. Although April is famed for its showers, we’ve got our fingers crossed that the sun stays high in the sky and the clouds stay hidden away as there’s so many exciting things happening this month. Bethan Rees speaks to punk-funk band ESG and its founding member Renee Scroggins ahead of the group’s show at Under the Bridge (p.7). Elsewhere, she says her goodbyes to the creative hub that is The Old Gasworks (p.13) and finds out what life as a sushi chef is really like (p.19). If the April showers do prevail, don’t panic. Emily Adams has the perfect book for the more philosophicallyinclined readers on page nine.

COVER: A headpiece by Fulham-based milliner Olivia Roat. Read more about her on page 14.

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SIREN CALL Have you ever wondered what really happens inside a fire station? Wonder no more, as Fulham Fire Station is opening its doors to the public this month. Take part in a variety of family friendly events, while promoting fire safety messages. Don’t miss your opportunity to see what really happens behind closed doors. 10.30-4.30pm, 23 April, Fulham Fire Station, 685 Fulham Road, SW6 5UJ, london-fire.gov.uk

Putney Bridge by Frooza Clarke

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NOTEBOOK

Keep your finger on the pulse with our round-up of local news SAVE THE DATE

The Journal’s favourite time of year is almost here; Chestertons Polo in the Park. We’re gearing up for the three day event in anticipation of horses and Pimm’s in Fulham. Make sure you book tickets to avoid disappointment. Ticket prices vary, 3-5 June, Hurlingham Park, SW6 3RH, 0844 248 5069, polointheparklondon.com

groove is in the art Local artist Frooza Clarke is exhibiting this month in the lobby of The Chelsea Harbour Hotel. Having lived and worked in cities such as London, New York and Sydney, this has contributed to her keen observation of urban life and her work often reflects this. Frooza works in a unique abstract form in mixed media, using oil and egg tempera. “As an artist and designer I have visited Chelsea Harbour many times and worked in a studio nearby which resulted in a body of work based on design, river Thames and culturally diverse themes. The Chelsea Harbour Hotel with it’s beautiful location, international visitors and contemporary, peaceful foyer was an ideal choice and I am delighted to be able to showcase my work on these themes in the hotel’s foyer over the month,” says Frooza. Until 30 April, The Chelsea Harbour Hotel, SW10 0XG, millenniumhotels.com / froozaclarke.com

Photography by Sara Lincoln

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SING YOUR HEART OUT Young songwriters aged 12-16 from Fulham and further afield wrote and performed their song at Wembley Arena last month, Right to Be Loved. The 11 Song Academy members’ song aims to remind the world that everyone has a right to be loved, has a right to belong and a right to a brighter future. They want to raise awareness of the difference that adoption and fostering makes in the world. To buy the single, visit iTunes.apple.com / songacademy.co.uk

Images courtesy of AntikBar

Ola Pepa & Co. Online boutique for Spanish childrenswear brand, Pepa & Co. is now taking its business offline. Luckily for us, it’s in Fulham. The private showroom just off the New King’s Road allows potential buyers to see the latest collections in person. Customers can book an appointment to view the showroom between 10am-5pm, Monday to Friday. Pepa & Co., 2 Michael Road, Cooper House, Unit 2T, SW6 2AD, 07583 366 032, pepaandcompany.com

Life is a roller-poster AntikBar, which specialises in original vintage posters and graphic prints, has just opened its doors to its new gallery space on the King’s Road. The open-plan space will showcase a vast variety of original vintage posters from around the world. From war propaganda to travel advertisements, cinema to sport, there’s something for everyone. The gallery will be open from Monday to Saturday and on Sunday by appointment. 404 King’s Road, SW10 0LJ, 020 7352 9309, antikbar.co.uk

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flora adorer

Head gardener at Fulham Palace Lucy Hart takes the Journal on a tour of the gardens ahead of some exciting events BETHAN REES

that story,” Lucy says. Walking around the gardens, there are hubs of activity, from forcing rhubarb in terracotta pots to cherry, peach and apple trees being planted to surround the walls. But which part is Lucy’s current favourite? “The Wisteria will be in full flower soon, with flower buds drooping down gloriously,” she answers. For more information on the events at Fulham Palace, call 020 7736 3233 or visit fulhampalace.org. Bishop’s Avenue, SW6 6EA

Lucy Hart; Top: Fulham Palace Gardens

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t’s a sunny day in the Walled Garden of Fulham Palace and the rays are beating down into the Vinery, making the glass enclosure feel more like St Tropez than SW6. Lucy Hart, head gardener at the Palace, arrives to begin showing me around the well-groomed and characterful gardens that are a testament to the team’s efforts. I’m here to discuss with Lucy some of the upcoming events at the Palace this month including the first of the Little Green Fingers gardening session, which aims to teach children about how vegetables and flowers grow. “It’s a new course we’re running for three-year-olds and upwards, accompanied by an adult, and I’m going to teach them how to sow seeds such as radish, carrots, lettuce and beetroot,” Lucy explains. The sessions that follow in forthcoming months will hopefully include thinning out, harvesting and planting new seeds such as courgettes, pumpkins and beans too.

The Reawakening of the Fulham Palace Garden event will tell visitors of Lucy’s experience restoring the gardens since she joined five years ago. “We’ll be looking at what work has been done since our 2011 Heritage Lottery Funding support such as finishing the glasswork, putting in a vegetable garden, the orchard and a beehive, as well as adding more trained fruit trees,” she says. Another highlight since the funding came into place is taking on apprentices for the garden – they each have a section to look after so there are eyes everywhere. “When I first came here, it was a little bit baron but now I think people are starting to recognise us as an official garden,” Lucy tells me. She also tells me that the gardens don’t just encompass the green areas clearly visible to visitors such as the Walled Garden and the Tudor Courtyard, there’s actually 13 acres to the site. Another focus for Lucy and her team is looking to improve the tree collection at the Palace. When Bishop Compton resided here, he was a serious botany fanatic and collected a lot of North American trees and grew them here, which gave the Palace garden world significance. In 1679, he sent Reverend Banister, also an able botanist, to Virginia to bring back seeds and cuttings, which he then grew in Fulham. “At the moment, we don’t really represent that part of history so it’d be nice to go back and tell

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DANCING QUEENS

Are you ready to get funky with punk-funk band ESG in Fulham? The Journal gets the low-down from founding member Renee Scroggins BETHAN REES

Which other artists influence you? James Brown, Queen and old school motown bands. How has growing up in the Bronx inspired your music? It helps give that Latin flair to our sound.

icture the scene. It’s the late ’70s in New York City – the south Bronx to be precise – and there’s a sound quite like no other coming from four sisters; Deborah, Marie, Renee and Valerie Scroggins. Their mother bought them instruments while they were still teenagers, supposedly to keep them out of trouble and they taught themselves how to play. Fast-forward a few years, and ESG, which stands for Emerald, Sapphire and Gold, was born. Fast-forward even further and ESG’s records are some of the most sampled songs in the industry, used by greats such as the Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang Clan, Jay Dee, Tricky and Gang Starr. With a sound that’s hard to pinpoint, you just have to look to one of their shows to see that it’s simply music that makes you want to tap your toes and feet, and luckily for us, the band is bringing its exciting live show to Fulham’s Under the Bridge venue, below Chelsea Football Club’s Stamford Bridge stadium. How would you describe your sound? It’s music to make you dance.

What are you most looking forward to at your show at Under The Bridge? Having a really great time with the crowd. What inspired the start of ESG? Watching Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (a television variety show that ran during the ’70s and ’80s). How has the band changed since it first started? We write a lot more lyrics now rather than just instrumentals. Also, the lineup changes sometimes unfortunately due to my sister’s health issues – at the moment I’m performing with Nicole Nicholas, Nicholas Nicholas, Leroy Glover and Anne Gallien

You’ve had some well publicised issues with people sampling your music without permission – is this becoming better or worse with the advancements of technology? It’s getting better, but it does still happen! Hell, even a rapper took our name! You would not have done that to The Rolling Stones or Queen, would you? What can an audience expect to happen at one of your shows? They can expect to dance! As women in the music world, has this become easier or harder? It is getting better, but there is still a way to go. What’s your songwriting process? I have the lyrics or bassline in my mind and start from there. What are your plans for the next year? Touring and working on our film.

How will you be spending your time in London? Performing and generally working on our band’s documentary.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? If you are happy with what you are doing, then go for it. Don’t let anyone discourage you.

What has been the highlight of your career so far? Coming full circle and working with our children.

£25, 7pm, 28 May, Under the Bridge, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road. SW6 1HS, 020 7386 3327, underthebridge.co.uk

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balancing the books A round-up of family literary offerings to look to forward to this spring

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The Emergency Zoo

By M.M. Vaughan, £7.99

By Miriam Halahmy, £6.99

Published by Alma Books, 21 April

Caramel Hearts

Published by Alma Books, 26 May

Ages 9-12

By Elizabeth Murray, £7.99

Ages 9-12

Join Parker and Emma Banks on their whirlwind adventure, where they try to solve the mystery of their father’s kidnap with the help of best friend Michael and an albino pig. The Banks family had moved from London to New York after the death of their mother where their father, a scientist, begins work on a new and mysterious job. Alerted to their father’s kidnap via E.F.E – a device invented to enable Emma, who is deaf, communicate telepathically with her family, the kids set out on their mission. This is a lively sci-fi story for children with a passion for exciting escapades and a big imagination.

Mammissima

Published by Alma Books, 19 May

By Elisabetta Minervini, £20

Ages 12+

Published by Bloomsbury, 5 May

Alma Books’ very own Elisabetta Minervini has brought the dishes from her home in Puglia to London, which are perfect for busy families who enjoy nutritious and traditional Italian dishes such as orecchiette pasta with broccoli, homemade pizza, stuffed peppers and octopus salad. Using simple ingredients to create some magnificent flavours, Elisabetta has carefully honed her favourite recipes down within the pages of Mammissima to offer quick, delicious and easy-to-prepare meals for the whole family.

With dad out of the picture and mum in a recovery centre for alcoholics, 14-year-old Liv Bloom already has quite a lot on her plate. This coming-ofage story sees her go through all the trials and tribulations of teenage life – love rivalry, school bullies, self-discovery and friendship, but there is an additional twist. One day she finds a recipe book in her mother’s handwriting which sends her on her own, very personal journey. Murray’s story is structured around delicious cake recipes and is a tale brimming with love and hope.

With Britain on the brink of World War II, best friends Tilly and Rosy are getting ready to be evacuated from London to the countryside. But in all the commotion and panic of war, what will happen to their beloved pets? On finding out that they can’t take their dog and cat with them, the two 12-year-olds hatch a plan. They hide their pets in a derelict hut in the woods, which flourishes into an emergency zoo as other children catch on to the plan. Their story is inspired by true events and is a powerful tale of camaraderie that highlights animal rights.

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to be, or not to be

The Journal gets philosophical as it reads Sarah Bakewell’s At the Existentialist Café EMILY ADAMS

icture a typical scene in the streets of Paris in 1933 where three friends are drinking apricot cocktails outside a Parisian café and putting the world to rights. Now imagine that those three friends are the well-known existentialist philosophers of the 20th century, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camus. That’s how author Sarah Bakewell pictures it happening – a group of the biggest names in philosophy answering life’s greatest questions. It’s an interesting concept and a refreshingly new approach to tackling what could easily be a very uninteresting topic. Instead Bakewell takes us back to a time when it was cool to be an existentialist; when it was a fashion and a mood as much as a theory. At the Existentialist Café takes you into the world of the philosophers and makes it more accessible to newcomers. “Freedom has come into the spotlight again,” Bakewell says. “We find ourselves surveilled and managed to an extraordinary degree, farmed for our personal data and, fed consumer goods but discouraged from speaking our minds,” she muses, instantly bringing the topic bang up to date. After a whirlwind history of the key players in existentialism in the first

chapter, I’ve wound myself up in an web of French names and baffling philosophies that have got me thinking “who am I” and “if I am, what does it mean to be?”, but luckily on page 33, Bakewell brings me back to round up everything. “What is existentialism anyway?” she asks, before giving us her own simplistic interpretation. She’s straight to the point and I’m ready to dive back in. Along the way, we meet Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers and Maurice Merleau-Ponty among other philosophers, playwrights and revolutionaries as they all meet at the so-called ‘Existentialist Café’. “There are so many conversations to overhear,” writes Bakewell, “one hardly knows which way

“Existentialist ideas and attitudes have embedded themselves so deeply into modern culture”

to wag one’s ears”, as though she’s sat observing the masters at work in 1933. This is not, however, a book for some light bed time reading, (it’s a fairly heavy read from the outset), but with witty bursts of Bakewell’s thoughts and interpretations. For those of you new to the existentialist scene, there’s a lot to take in, but Bakewell has a light and witty tone that makes it all a little less daunting, and having written How to Live: A Biography of Montaigne she is well-qualified to teach us about French thought. Maybe existentialism isn’t the coolest, newest idea around but as Bakewell concludes, “Existentialist ideas and attitudes have embedded themselves so deeply into modern culture that we hardly think of think of them as existentialist at all”. Indeed, I may have not identified with existentialism in any form before reading Bakewell’s musings, but it’s a much more relevant and up-to-date topic than I could have ever imagined. If you fancy adding something slightly different to your coffee table, I’d give this a go, or not; after all, you’re free to do and be whatever you want. At the Existentialist Café Freedom, Being & Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell, £16.99, published by Chatto & Windus

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! The Journal heads to where the cinematic magic happens on Walham Grove, the London Film Academy BETHAN REES

Anna MacDonald (left) and Daisy Gili

Methodist church isn’t usually the place you’d expect to find a film school. However, the London Film Academy isn’t exactly the type to go by the grain. Located on Walham Grove, just moments away from Fulham Broadway, the film school is what I can only describe as a Tardis. The Academy

is constantly buzzing with activity and regard; recently one of the guest tutors, Asif Kapadia, won an Oscar for his work on the documentary film Amy, alongside his team. Also, the school often opens itself to the public with screenings by Parsons Green Film Society, with April hosting showings of Le Cop and Buena Vista Social Club.

Sitting among the other houses on the quiet street, the converted church doesn’t look particularly sizeable – but I am incredibly incorrect. Home to a cinema room, two rehearsal and filming studios with stage sets, a library offering films, books and computers and a plethora of classrooms, I’m surprised to say the least as I’m toured

[CULTURE] around by joint principal and founder, Anna MacDonald. Into the basement, which was originally the church crypt, there are the classrooms with low ceilings, perfect for intimate discussions and one-onone meetings and then we spiral up to the top floor, which has an intense vaulted ceiling with a great light coming through its stained glass windows. Up here is a set that students are free to adapt as they wish for their projects. After my tour, we head to Anna’s office where I also meet Daisy Gili, joint principal and founder. Anna and Daisy met while doing a branding project together and discovered that they had the same values. “We clicked instantly,” Anna tells me with a smile. The idea was born after Daisy wanted to pursue filmmaking but didn’t have the time to dedicate three or more years to the cause, ergo the two collaborated and the London Film Academy was born. “Fifteen years later we’re still here,” Daisy laughs. For Daisy, it seems filmmaking was in her blood – her father was the esteemed Jonathan Gili who made many documentaries in his career, working mostly for the BBC. Also, as a born-andbred west Londoner, educated in Fulham at Lady Margaret School, she knows this area very well. “We wanted to create something practical, a one-year course that would

be a bridge into the industry, getting to know people at the top of their games – so we thought it was a great idea to create a platform for these people to meet, it was as simple as that,” Anna tells me. The London Film Academy offers a wide variety of courses including professional diplomas,six or 12 months long with a hands-on approach and options to progress to a BA or MA. These incorporate filmmaking, documentary, screenwriting and feature film development. However, if you’re just looking to enhance or be introduced to an aspect of filmmaking, it also offers short courses ranging from one day to six weeks. From an intensive two-week Filmmaking Foundation to a two-day Composing for Music in Film course, a Screenplay in a Day course to a two-day Directing Actors or Casting for Screen programme, there’s truly something for everyone there. On any education vocation, it’s crucial that the teachers, tutors and guest speakers are up to scratch and I can give them a big tick when it comes to this. Current and past tutors and guest speakers include director Nicolas Roeg, comedy writer Sam Bain and Danny

Boyle. “Our job is to find people who have amazing credits, but also the ability to teach,” Anna tells me. “If they need to go off and do a feature film though, they can go and come back, which helps,” Daisy adds. It’s not just the tutors who need to be of a certain calibre though; it’s also the students. “There’s a strict criteria – essentially we’re looking for tenacity and someone with a head for film. They don’t need to have experience necessarily in film but in art-related projects,” Anna explains. As collaboration here is such an integral part of the school, they need to be like-minded in some respect. And it’s through collaboration that gives

We wanted to create something practical, a oneyear course that would be a bridge in to the industry students such a well-rounded picture. “It’s important that they can realise someone else’s vision, so we get them to pitch for roles on each other’s projects,” adds Anna. One issue I’m intrigued to bring up before I leave is the matter of gender equality in the industry. As the only female-run film school in the country, I think Anna and Daisy are the ideal candidates to discuss this. “The ratio of male to female students here is 50/50,” Daisy says gleefully. “Equality is important to us. I think we personally do a lot of work to inspire and promote women and we hope it encourages them to do more,” she adds. Where can I sign up? For more information on courses and events, call 020 7386 7711 or visit londonfilmacademy.com. The Old Church, 52a Walham Grove, SW6 1QR

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GOODBYE TO THE GASWORKS As the tenants of The Old Gasworks prepare to leave the site, the Journal meets some of them to discuss their fondest memories

BETHAN REES

photography by Sammy Dent

itting in the shadows of the cooling towers at Imperial Wharf, just behind the New King’s Road, is one of Fulham’s most unexpected hubs of activity. In 1995, Cooper Developments Ltd took the lease on The Old Gasworks from British Gas. I always seem to find myself at the site, meeting and interviewing people of various trades; from an artist to a milliner, a fresh fish aficionado to a clock restorer – the beauty of The Old Gasworks is in its variety.

author: nigel cox photography by Sammy Dent

Each building is totally different in design – the Art Deco-style Cooper House sits next to the slightly-battered but beautiful blue box that is Capital House, whereas the 1927 building looks like it has been teleported straight from downtown Manhattan in all its red brick and double-height windowed glory. Set against the backdrop of the gasometers, this place is alive and full of character and it’s always buzzing with activity. At one point, The Old Gasworks boasted more than 300 different individuals and businesses, but this number is depleting as the site has been given permission for demolition and to be redeveloped with a series of new buildings, potentially 1,900 residential units and 15,000 sq m of mixed-use retail and commercial space. In light of this, I wanted to regale in some of the tales from the current occupants of The Old Gasworks.

photograph by Fin Fahey

Each building is totally different in design

Olivia Roat Milliner Olivia Roat has received international acclaim for her headpieces and gained her experience with the esteemed Philip Treacy. Creating decadent pieces for clients including Prince, her work references her background in sculpture and history of art, inspired by movements such as Italian Baroque.

I’d looked at other studios and the atmosphere here is so different

Julius Schoonhoven Julius Schoonhoven is a clockmaker, restorer and conservator working in The Old Gasworks. Originally from the Netherlands, Julius now lives in Fulham and his interest in clocks was sparked by his father who was an antiques dealer.

I really like the community of having likeminded people here “I really like the community of having like-minded people here. It’s really interesting with the variety of jobs. If you work on your own like I do, it can be lonely and very insular. I’ll miss the hub of having a lot of people around, its important to have people around you – you have to discuss things sometimes.”

“I’m the newbie here, but saying that, I’ve been here for six years. I was working from home before and it was so depressing. This place was my saviour. I’d looked at other studios and the atmosphere here is so different to any other – this is the most sociable I’ve seen. We’ve got a WhatsApp group with other tenants and go for lunch in The Depot Café car park, they’re my fondest memories. It’s that sort of routine that makes us feel like we’re in an office because essentially with our jobs it could be quite solitary so it’s really nice having that. I’d describe The Old Gasworks as creative, sociable, fun and comforting. When I arrived, I went to the café at lunchtime and there was a big circular table full of people. It was a bit like starting school all over again, but luckily everyone was really friendly!” oliviaroat.com

Dawn Reader Residing just down the road, Dawn Reader is an artist who has been in her studio in The Old Gasworks for 11 years. She paints vivid seascapes and coastlines and has exhibited everywhere from London to Dubai. Frosty Morning by Dawn Reader

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Sammy Dent

Hugh Beattie

Sammy Dent is an artist who was born in Scotland and studied art in New York, at Chelsea School of Art and Central Saint Martins. She has exhibited in both the US and the UK and has been included in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition twice. She describes her work as abstract expressionist and mainly deals with colour and subject matter, which is often organic.

Artist J Hugh L Beattie has juggled a military career, holding a post as a Territorial Army captain with his love of painting, for many years. His portfolio is extremely varied; from going on tours as a war artist to Afghanistan and Bosnia to painting portraits of personalities, including Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

“I’ve been here since 1999. Back then it was actually quite unknown and felt more derelict and unlived in. What I’m going to miss most about The Old Gasworks is knowing that there are loads of other people doing the same sort of thing in their little worlds in their studios. I also like the big skip outside – if you need any materials you can probably find it in there! There are treasures in there. I really love the community here too. I love the big windows, the big decommissioned gas tank, the height of my ceilings, the sliding doors straight outside my studio for my large paintings and I stretch my canvases out there.” Industrial Revelation by Sammy Dent sammydent.co.uk

Sir Winston in the Snow by Hugh Beattie

How long have you been at The Old Gasworks for? Nine years.

Would you describe it as a creative area? It has tones of creativity but The Old Gasworks is much more about entrepreneurship and craftsmanship. Homeward Bound by Dawn Reader

“I’m going to miss the people and the foxes mooching around – they lie on top of the gas tanks, it’s quite cute. It’s also a real sun spot here and at lunchtime I can discuss ideas with the other creative people, which I think is healthy. There used to be a restaurant opposite called The Gasworks and the choice was red or white wine, meat or not meat. It was a legendary place, the owner would smoke while she was cooking and it was filled with eccentric and creative people. It’s exactly what you would have expected to find near artists’ studios on the King’s Road. You could let your imagination run wild.” dawnreader.com

What are you going to miss most about the site? I will miss the friendships I have made here and the contacts and skills I can tap into.

Have you made some good friends here? Very good friends that will last long after The Old Gaswork are rubble.

Where will you go? I am building a new studio out in the countryside, north of Colchester, and I will still come in to London every week. I am also keeping The Old Gasworks together in an ‘e-scene’ on my website called Traditional English Artisans. jhlb.co.uk

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Make moving day easy

oving home can be an exciting and memorable time, but the process of actually moving your possessions from your old home to your new one can also be stressful. John Watson, managing director of UK Services of Royal Warrant holders Abels Moving Services, gives some tips on advance planning that could help make your moving day easier. Plan early: Research and contact three removals companies that are at least accredited and approved by the British Association of Movers. Visit their premises unannounced as this will give you an idea as to how they will manage your move. Tatty trucks and a warehouse will often transpire to tatty work practices! Home survey: For a full house move, a sales representative will visit to chat through your moving requirements and check the

– and benefit local charities too access for large removal trucks. A professional company will be flexible and mould its services to suit your needs. It is recommended that the same person meets each company representative to avoid conflicting instructions. Identify sentimental and high-value items: The surveyor can advise how the company will protect them so that special care and attention are given on moving day. Professionally pack everything / owner packing / part packing? Ask yourself whether you want the removals firm to take care of the entire move, in which case you may want to take a few days’ holiday. You may prefer to do some packing yourself – eg. personal clothing or paperwork. Packing materials: If you prefer to pack some or all cartons yourselves, the removals company can supply suitable packing materials. “Beware of buying low-cost materials from the internet,” warns John, “as these are often inferior quality and unsuitable for being stacked 9ft high.” Storage needed? Ask your mover about their

storage facility, check it has on-site security, fire prevention and your items will be stored in containers. Insurance required? For moves within the UK, your home contents insurer may cover you. For European and international destinations, your removals firm should offer comprehensive coverage. Be wary of extended liability insurance as it can leave you in a battle over whether damage was negligence should a claim arise. Delivery to your new home: Look at the access and advise your removals company accordingly. Charity donations for unwanted items: Ornaments, books, china and glassware must be in good condition, some white goods and upholstered furniture must have their fire-retardant labels. Abels has a brilliantly

simple solution: it will collect unwanted items free of charge and pass them on to two charities close to the company’s heart: the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) and the Big C Charity ( fundraisers for cancer equipment), for sale in their charity shops. As John says, “Everyone benefits from this kind of recycling. Our clients don’t have to worry about disposing their unwanted goods, and charities benefit financially.” Abels also supports East Anglian Air Ambulance, which depends on donations and saves the lives of hundreds of people each year. John Watson sums up the company’s philosophy by saying: “Giving something back to the wider community is very much part of being a successful company today.” Call Abels on 0800 626 769, email: johnwatson@abels.co.uk, or visit abels.co.uk

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My Sherry amore If you thought sherry was a drink reserved for grandmothers, think again. Vagabond Wines is hosting a sherry takeover for the entire month of April. Featuring six different sherries in a dedicated section in the famous wine dispensing machines, we recommend you try all the varieties from bone-dry Fino to sticky-sweet Pedro Ximenez. 18-22 Vanston Place, SW6 1AX, 020 7381 1717, vagabondwines.co.uk

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FOOD & DRINK

photography by Steven Joyce

Warning: the following may make you hungry and thirsty

Hip hip for Halva

Hard to cheese

The independent and Fulham-based bakery and patisserie Halva has now officially launched into Fortnum and Mason. It’s a huge deal for the French bakery, which hasn’t even been open a year as of yet, to have Fortnum and Mason as their first official stockist. The internationally renowned luxury department store on Piccadilly will supply Valrohna chocolate tarts, peanut butter and raspberry jam tarts, apple, cinnamon and peacan cake, lemon tart with crunchy meringue and its popular coconut, passion fruit and mango dome, all priced at £5.60 each. fortnumandmason.com

Farm Lane favourite Wahleeah has announced that it will be selling some of its own cheese. The restaurant prides itself from making everything from scratch meaning its cheese selection isn’t your standard Danish blue. Used in the dishes also, customers will be able to buy pickled beetroot cheese, horseradish cheese and bacon cheese, to name a few. We at the Journal are prepared to get nightmares for this. 18 Farm Lane, SW6 1PP, 020 7381 5769, wahleeah.uk

Review: The Simmons Life

TOM HAGUES Simmons in Fulham Broadway is a perfect blend of atmosphere, extensive drinks selection and stylish décor. Skipping down the steps from the door towards the bar, I’m met by smiling bar staff who present me with a drink with flourish. And, since they’re barmen, they recommend something a little bit special and we’re subject to their keen hand for some layered, dessertesque flavoured shooters. With tastes and skill that wouldn’t be amiss in a restaurant’s pastry kitchen, they produce something that leaves us feeling warm and content inside, if a little fuzzy in the head. Simmons is there for you after a bad day at work and it’s there for you on a Friday night when you want to have a little boogie – in fact you’ll find us in there whatever day of the week and whatever the occasion. 374 North End Road, SW6 ILY, 07874 767 442, simmonsbar.co.uk

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The (sushi) rolling stone

The Journal heads to Parsons Green to find out what life is like as head sushi chef at Koji with Rolando Ongcoy BETHAN REES Rolando Ongcoy

to London I worked at Benihana in St Paul’s, Buddha Bar and UNI, all before starting at Koji in January last year.

What’s your favourite thing about sushi? It’s very arty and really technical, to me, that’s what is interesting about it.

What is your favourite type of sushi to eat? I love Dragon Rolls and Maki. I also really enjoying making good Nigiri.

Where did your career as a chef start? I started working as a chef in the Philippines when I was 23 years old in a restaurant where my family was working. I saw an advert for a sushi chef job and I was really interested in it as I consider it an art.

Which restaurants have you worked in? I’ve worked in many. I worked at the Sheraton hotel in Manila in the Philippines and the hotel then sent me to train at the branch in Hong Kong. I worked with the head chef there who was Japanese, who was good but very strict. I learnt in the Robata kitchen and Teppanyaki-style of cooking but also learnt how to manage a restaurant. I also worked in Moshi Moshi in London, followed by Hana, which was a very classic Japanese restaurant. I moved to Asia de Cuba at St Martins Lane Hotel and also Ubon by Nobu before going to Norway for a year. After coming back

Is there any sushi you don’t like? If I make it myself, I like it!

What’s the best thing about working at Koji? It’s a really fun place to work in and also because dinner service doesn’t start till 6pm, I don’t have to wake up so early!

How do you plan your menus? I prepare them based on my experience, so usually I always already have a menu in my mind. Presentation is crucial to me – the plate must be totally clean.

What drink do you like to have when eating sushi? I usually like to have a cocktail such as a spicy mojito but I also think wine, sake or beer goes well too.

Who are the chefs that inspire you? My sous chef at Koji, Surez Maly, is a very good man. All the chefs here are really great.

What ARE your favourite ingredientS to use? I like using Japanese ingredients to create sauces and working with fresh vegetables. Also, the fish we source comes in live everyday from Scotland and Cornwall – I love to see the fish moving!

there is a view by some that women aren’t supposed to be sushi chefs, due to higher body temperature. what is your opinion on this ? I think only people in Japan might think that, but I don’t believe it.

What do you like to do when you have spare time? I play basketball and I love going bowling.

Have you got any TIPS ON HOW TO EAT SUSHI? Eat the pickled ginger that sushi is served with after you’ve finished, rather than as an accompaniment – it cleanses the palate. Koji, 58 New King’s Road, SW6 4LS, 020 7731 2520, koji.restaurant

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PIGGIN’ OUT

The Journal gets full to the brim of barbecue at Fulham Road’s latest southern-American inspired restaurant BETHAN REES

hen probed with the question: if you could only eat one animal for the rest of your time on earth, what would it be? Immediately I answer a pig. Why? Because, in my humble opinion, pork is the most versatile of all the meats. There are almost endless variations of our piggy friends adorning menus and in the shopping aisles, from sausages to bacon, pork belly to ribs, our oinking companions are almost a chameleon of gastronomic opportunities. Enter Porky’s; the latest barbecue joint to grace the Fulham Road, and there’s pig galore. There’s nothing too offensive or ground-

breaking about the interiors at Porky’s – but it’s a really lovely atmosphere, even on a Monday night. Wooden panelled booths and school-type tables and chairs host the customers, while a neon-shaped pig silhouette (that I would like to take home with me) illuminates the space and American-inspired art hangs on the wall – think Elvis and B.B. King. My guest and I start with a couple of cocktails; I opt for a bourbon and dubonnet-based drink, which gives me that kick-start I needed at the end of the first working day of the week; my guest goes for a Southern Blossom, with hits of Bombay Sapphire gin and rose and lime syrup. He tells me it’s delicious

and refuses to let me have a sip as it’s so good. (Note: I did sneak a taste when he disappeared to the bathroom and I was in accordance with him). We start off with barbecue wings with a blue cheese sauce. I should give you some context here: I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur when it comes to wings. The wings appear to be dry-rubbed; they’re sultry and smoky and I can’t get enough of them. After the wings have been inhaled, the blue cheese sauce that’s left lends itself my attention and I can’t help but think about finishing it off with my fork and nothing else. The mains offer a nicely succinct list of barbecued meats such as pulled pork that has been smoked for 18 hours and a basted chicken with Memphis rub, but also Porky’s serves burgers, sandwiches and hotdogs, or “hound dogs” as they’re listed. I choose the Memphis meaty belly ribs and sticky tips, which literally melts in my mouth, and I never use that phrase lightly, and my guest tucks into the pulled pork, which again he tells me is tasty but refuses me a try. One thing you must order is the mac and cheese – practically perfect in every way. All of this topped off with a banana cream pie with whipped cream that leads me to wail in delight; well you know what they say, dessert doesn’t go to the stomach, it goes to the heart. 343 Fulham Road, SW10 9TW, 020 8127 8240, porkys.co.uk

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THE MIRACLE MAKERS The Journal heads to the high street to meet the co-founder of design construction company, End Studio BETHAN REES at the prestigious Bartlett School of Architecture before he met Amir Mousawi, Erzsebet Csete and Reda Zakaria to form End Studio. “Our process can be seen primarily as a means to an end, which is customer satisfaction – we are very proud of that,” Marcos tells me. He says that End Studio can guide a client, but also he wants them to be as involved as possible, which means that he would host several workshops with them to find out their key objectives. “We are like tailors but instead of looking at your body we are looking at your lifestyle and your circumstances. It’s a very personalised process,” he says. “Projects take shape little-by-little based on our conversations with our clients, then the special software we use allows us to show them how these spaces would look as if they were walking through them. It’s a fantastic tool because it brings their involvement to a different level. It allows us to visualise different alternatives as we go along and allows them to make decisions on the spot because they can just see it.” Marcos explains that it is important to

find out even the smallest details of their clients daily rituals. Things that they like and their habits throughout the day at home, weekday or weekend. “I basically interview them. It’s a very insightful journey. By the end of the process I will know almost as much about them as their own partners,”he laughs. The atmosphere in the office is playful and efficient, with jokes and tips shared among the team, and with Marcos leading the workforce it’s not hard to see why. I ask him what kind of person do you have to be to work at End Studio. “Very professional, which doesn’t mean very serious.” I ask him to elaborate. “We work so hard and such long hours, the atmosphere has to be one you want to be in; we are like a little family.” But what is the most important thing to Marcos and End Studio? “When you bump into your clients around Fulham, which we do a lot, and they tell you how happy they still are. Nothing beats that!” 15 Fulham High Street, SW6 3JH, 020 7371 5050, end-studio.com

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arcos De Andres arrives at End Studio on Fulham High Street on his HarleyDavidson motorcycle. With dark hair and sun-kissed Spanish skin he brings instant energy to the office and he won’t do anything before he’s had his coffee. “If you hear a loud noise around Fulham it’s 100 per cent me, I go everywhere on my bike , I’m always moving,” he says. Marcos is one of the four founding partners at End Studio, a design and construction company that can take a project from its initial sketches to the final finished product; a jack of all trades one could say. As a RIBA chartered practice, their team is made up of architects and interior designers who are able to decipher its clients’ needs and collaborate with them to bring their perfect home to life. “We call our method ‘Design Led Construction’. It is very much a client-focused way of carrying out projects from the beginning to the end, from A to Z,” Marcos begins to explain. “We realised a long time ago that in a city like London many people are time poor so they need one point of contact that can take care of everything. It’s incredibly exciting to buy a house, but the process of turning it in to your home can be very stressful. Contractors are good at building but not so much at communication so we decided to create a formula that has the best of both worlds – Design Led Construction.” End Studio doesn’t only deal with residential clients, it is also behind the successful stories of commercial places such as the Fulham Osteopathic Care just a few doors down and Park Road Kitchen in Battersea too. Hailing from San Sebastián by way of Madrid, Marcos came to the UK 20 years ago to study architecture

YOGI FLARE Stretch your way into spring with this gorgeous new collection from Sweaty Betty, entitled Yoga Retreat. Inspired by chic holidaymakers of Rio’s past, expect to find bohemian shapes and mosaic prints galore. With a range of attire, from ’60s-inspired swimwear to flared yoga pants, jumpsuits to ponchos, look fresh all season long, on and off your yoga mat. The Yoga Retreat collection starts from £40. 833 Fulham Road, SW6 5HQ, 020 7610 8390, sweattybetty.com

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HEALTH & BEAUTY Keeping you looking and feeling your best this month

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT Summer is approaching, the gym is looming, what are you to do? For those who need life to be made that extra bit easier, Lomax, the fitness hub on Fulham Road, has just launched its new mobile app – you can almost exercise from your sofa. Available from the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android, the Lomax Bespoke Health app is free to download and also really easy to use. You can book classes in real-time, manage your schedule or personal training session blocks. With classes such as Cycle Blast and Tye Sets Calisthenics, what are you waiting for? Free, LOMAX Chelsea, 293 Fulham Road, SW10 9PZ, 08715 120 770, lomaxpt.com

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PRIMED TO PERFECTION All-round beauty guru and highly-regarded facialist Lisa Franklin has released her first product from her self-titled range and, it’s called, drum roll please: the ProEffect Luminescent Base. With more than 15 years of experience in the skincare and cosmetics industry, something tells us Lisa knows what she’s doing, and this soft, creamy primer gives flawless coverage. Whether you want to apply it as a pre-makeup base or simply smooth it over your skin for a gorgeous glow, the product is multi-functional. The nutrient-packed formula has unique ingredients that claim to work with every skin type. With its blend of diamond and platinum particles, frankincense and rose quartz, this base boosts the skin’s radiance and reduces redness. Also, Lisa has just opened the doors to her new clinic on Sloane Street – so give her a visit for one of the Journal’s favourite facials. £70, Lisa Franklin, lisafranklin.london

DOUBLE TROUBLE What happens when two health heroes of the area come together? A community duathlon is the answer. Transition Zone, located on Heathman’s Road, is a fitness hub dedicated to combining high-intensity training to transform the body and mind, and it’s teaming up with Ride Republic, a spinning studio just around the corner, to create this exciting event. The schedule is as follows: 30 minute strength and core session at Transition Zone, a short run to Ride Republic where you’ll then partake in a 30 minute spin session, run back to Transition Zone for stretching, a recovery brunch and a smoothie. Tickets £45, 11am-1pm, 16 April, Transition Zone, 17 Heathman’s Road, SW6 4TJ, 020 7736 2070, transitionzone.co.uk, Ride Republic, 709 Fulham Road, SW6 5UL, 020 7736 7495, riderepublic.co.uk

rEVIEW: AMARA SPA BETHAN REES Amara Spa is one of those places I’ve so often walked past and been intrigued by, with its purple frontage and welcoming staff waiting just behind the double doors – it’s always a very tempting option. I finally gave in to temptation and visited Amara Spa, and thank goodness I did. The word spa doesn’t really do this place justice – it’s so much more than that. Its state-of-the-art technology allows advanced treatments with revolutionary techniques to be carried out, such as 3D Lipo Non-Surgical fat removal and mesotherapy. However, I’m not here to try these treatments out – I’m here for the Complete Body De-Stress & Balance package. Beginning with a full body swedish massage using a nut-free oil base blended with geranium and clary sage and finishing with a 60 minute prescriptive facial using Dermalogica products and techniques, this treatment plunges me into pure elation and I leave feeling almost brand new. So next time, don’t walk past – pop in for a casual chat about potential treatments, browse the products to buy or if you’re anything like me, book straight in for that massage. Complete Body De-Stress & Balance package, £150 for 135 minutes, Amara Spa, 18-20 Fulham High Street, SW6 3LQ, 020 7384 9111, amaraspa.co.uk

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TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A TRIM The Journal heads to OS Barbers for a drink, chat and restyling TOM HAGUES

Co-owners George Oakley and Joe Steven (right)

S Barbers, starting out in Brighton, sits on the Fulham Road and lures in prospective clients with a great blend of free (cold) beer, chatty, personable barbers and a playlist designed to make you feel good while your trim is underway. I sit down in a salon chair late one afternoon, and am presented with the question: “IPA or lager?” I pause slightly, not knowing whether this is some trendy new shampoo/ conditioner fad, until I see Joe Steven, the owner and producer of the question, gesture to a beer fridge. “I can recommend the IPA,” he says. “It’s from Brighton.” I resign myself to his judgement and

am not disappointed – it’s a hoppy, refreshing drink that relaxes me instantly. After we’ve discussed the beer for a while, we remember that I am here to have my haircut, so attention turns to my blond locks. “What are you looking for?” Joe asks me. I tell him I’m happy to let him do whatever he likes with it, provided it doesn’t include the phrase “buzz cut” or “how do you feel about mullets?” We band around some ideas like two creative music producers formulating a new number one. We settle on a style and Joe deftly cuts, snips, trims and crafts my hair into a respectably trendy fashion with some well-trained

engineering thrown in too. “I’m going to do an undercut here, so this falls flat. What do you think?” I nod enthusiastically and the snipping continues. Eventually, as the last strand falls down to the floor

and my head is a finished product, the mirror comes out so I can see the back of my head. Observational comedians will delight in hearing that I was especially pleased with the way Joe had cut the hair at the back of my head. I leave and Joe tells me to follow the playlist on Spotify, which is updated regularly and features some great musicians – it’s almost like a special barbershop radio station. I leave the premises and wander down the Fulham Road hoping that everyone – particularly those walking behind me – is admiring my new hair. OS Barbers, 258a Fulham Road, SW10 9EL, 020 7351 0777, contact@osbarbers.co.uk

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Designs for

life

The Journal heads south to East Dulwich to meet Ian Dunn, founder of the eponymous cabinet making and woodwork business bethan rees

rom a garage in south London to a 7,500 sq ft workshop, office and new showroom in East Dulwich, Ian Dunn Woodwork and Design (IDW&D) has developed from a one-man band into a business at the forefront of bespoke cabinet making and design, employing 13 staff. IDW&D works with interior designers, architects and private clients from individual project to restorations, and full interior projects, which range from freestanding furniture to kitchens. Projects have taken the company from central London to Scotland and

further afield. Looking at some of IDW&D’s past projects, there are a wide range of design and finishes, showing just how bespoke each task is. “The benefit of having tailored designs is that the finished piece will be exclusive to you (the client),” Ian says. “It’s important for a client to be engaged in the process and that they put their trust in you to produce something wonderful– part of the excitement is at the end of the project when you have something tangible and a very satisfied client.” When it comes to a client’s brief do they know what they want? “Not always, but I think that’s part of the challenge. People are really good at expressing their ideas but as we have a real expertise on spatial awareness, 3D and proportions, we can help bring this to life,” Ian tells me. “The reason they’re coming to us is that they put themselves in our hands to deliver the brief all the way through the process, design, manufacture and installation.” “As a business that makes a reasonably traditional product by hand, one of the key things is keeping the business fresh,” Ian says. “We have the latest Apple computers that do everything on CAD (computeraided design and drafting) software. You have to be able to utilise the machines to get the best result,” he says. “Also, we include a lot of the latest

They can also see their designs being brought to life as they are handbuilt in the workshop technology in what we do – if there’s a new development in drawer runners, lighting or electronics we can include that. Our client base want a truly bespoke experience and unique and exciting outcome of the project.” For someone who studied medieval history at the London School of Economics, you may be a little confused as to how Ian Dunn found his way in to the world of cabinet making and furniture design. “I was always quite practical, but at my school we didn’t do very much in the way of woodwork – it was mainly Latin and medieval history. I left university and I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do,” Ian begins to explain to me in his bright and airy office space and workshop on Goose

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Green. “By coincidence I got a job in a small workshop in Chalk Farm where they made pine furniture. I went there as a labourer chopping up timber all day long. I enjoyed making woodwork and the ability to take a concept from a client and produce it.” Ian started his own British, independent cabinet makers and design studio company in 1981, working out of his mother’s garage, which has now evolved into the company that stands here today offering clients an individual

and tailored approach, creating quality and bespoke furniture. He then moved to a shop in Waterloo before heading to Kennington where he stayed for 18 years. Now in East Dulwich, there’s lots of movement happening – IDW&D is currently in the process of installing a brand new showroom in its headquarters that will showcase the work it does and give clients a whole experience of design, developing and manufacturing. Also, this gives clients more or a reason to come and visit IDW&D, where they can also see their

designs being brought to life as they are handbuilt in the workshop. In a reasonably competitive industry, IDW&D stands out due to the various awards it has won over the years. “We’ve never stuck our head above the parapet, but receiving recognition for what we’re doing feels like a real justification.” And quite rightly so; IDW&D has achieved recognition from the Wood Awards, which is an architectural award that recognises excellence in the industry. In 2009 and 2010 IDW&D won the award for two projects, in the private and outstanding craftsmanship category and was shortlisted for two further projects  in 2013. With all of this experience and design expertise IDW&D is sure to be able to realise the piece of furniture you’ve always wanted or the kitchen of which you’ve always dreamed, as they are at the forefront of modern living. 4 & 5 Goose Green Trading Estate, 47 East Dulwich Road, SE22 9BN, 020 8613 1781, iandunn.com

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DATE RECEIVED: 23 March ADDRESS: Rostrevor Road PROPOSAL: In the rear communal garden,

Important plans affecting your area

remove low branches of the Sycamore up to the height of the building and reduce crown by

Fielders Meadow‘s Future

20-25 per cent DATE RECEIVED: 24 March ADDRESS: Finlay Street PROPOSAL: Reduce the height of the lateral spread of a Hawthorn tree all round by one metre, remove the ivy down the crown break and remove deadwood Magnolia. In order to reduce back to the previous points of reduction, clean out crown and removed deadwood. Also, give the Olive tree a light trim to shape and contain DATE RECEIVED: 29 March ADDRESS: Purser’s Cross Road image © pbombaert

Fielders Meadow, the grassed area of Fulham’s Bishop’s Park, is set to be partly closed for two years while Fulham Football Club redevelops its Riverside Stand. The Friends of Bishops Park group says it’s having an ongoing dialogue with Hammersmith & Fulham Council, the football club and Church Commissioners on this issue and also says there are many questions regarding whether this is an appropriate use of the park, even temporarily. Residents who live near Craven Cottage were made aware of this proposition last month via a letter from the council’s director for Safer Neighbourhoods, David Page. In this letter, he announced that although it may not be an ideal situation for people who use the park, it will bring certain benefits to the park including £600,000 for improvements, but also £400,000 to cover maintenance over 10 years. Also in the letter he claims that if the plan is approved, a temporary path will be installed outside the hoarding to ensure a full loop of the park can still be undertaken. If the plan goes ahead, the council anticipates that the area may be used until the summer of 2018. For more information, visit lbhf.gov.uk

PROPOSAL: Erection of a rear roof extension involving an increase in the ridge height by 250mm

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