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Dear Resident
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Welcome to the second edition of Fulham Residents’ Journal. We were delighted with the positive response from residents to our launch edition and hope to continue to serve the community well with news, features and useful references brought to you with exquisite style. It’s September and back to school for many. I thought it an appropriate month to reflect on the legacy that so-called ‘ragged schools’ of the 1800s left on the Fulham education scene (page 4). Our usual Classroom spread on page 16 brings you up to date with 2012 local schooling news, in the form of exam result success and key diary dates. We celebrate Fulham’s arts and antique heritage in this edition with an interview with one bespoke designer of the King’s Road (page 14), before nodding to this season’s local design events (page 19, Streetwise). Our usual double-page spread dedicated to local galleries and a London-wide review tops it off on page 8. This month it seemed fitting to indulge in Tate Britain’s exhibition, Another London: International Photographs 1930-1980, since we’re all feeling so patriotic and the imagery revealed really stirred the blood. Indeed, as the Paralympic Games get underway we appreciate the history of this unique event and invite readers to enter a photography competition seeking images of Olympic and Paralympic spirit on the streets (Residents’ Culture, page 22). You could even end up on our front cover. Good luck!
We would highly value any feedback that you wish to email us with: editor@residentsjournal.co.uk; or telephone us on 020 7987 4320.
Illustration / Councillor Belinda Donovan Mayor, Hammersmith and Fulham Council by Russ Tudor
An Education
Bryony Warren looks at an early type of democratic schooling – ragged schools – and how it paved the way for Fulham’s excellent educational variety
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t was a simple enough career move on the surface of things. Following an accident that rendered his original career in shipping null, John Pounds decided to become a shoemaker. Time passed and in 1818, he began teaching Portsmouth’s poverty-stricken children – for free. Scooping the city’s destitute young off the street, Pounds went on to be cited by Scottish philanthropist Thomas Guthrie in his Plea for Ragged Schools, as the most influential figure in the development of education for the poor. Pounds, who became known locally as ‘The Crippled Cobbler’, had pioneered a system of free education from which Fulham benefitted directly at the time. Indeed, the cobbler’s plea struck a chord throughout a country where poverty and suffering were inescapable facts of life for huge swathes of communities. The workingclass districts of rapidly increasing industrial towns fashioned classrooms out of stables, lofts and railway arches, whilst local workmen dedicated their mornings,
evenings and Sundays to teaching the three Rs, in a drive to provide the next generation with the benefits of an education, no matter how rudimentary. The schools were called ‘ragged schools’, owing to the bedraggled clothing of the children for whom they were created, and they sprang up with an intensity powered by the great and the good of British society. Today, a busy main road runs through the corner of Daisy Lane and Broomhouse Lane. A residential area on the left and Sulivan Court on the right overlook the land from either side, rendering almost inconspicuous a striking nineteenth-century building that sits between the two. The rich red brickwork and gothic turrets of this construction belong to what was originally Fulham’s very own ragged school, designed by architect Horace Francis in the name of Guthrie’s plea for free education. Officially entitled The Elizabethan School, the institution was founded in 1885 by wealthy Fulham resident
Laurence Sulivan. A local gentleman and philanthropist, Sulivan’s family resided in Broom House, a property that sat opposite the school until its demolition in 1911, following the death of his daughter Charlotte. The architecture of the Grade II listed building is as arresting as its history, with a mock-Jacobean style and dominant central tower. Playgrounds can be found at the rear of the property and gardens at the front, creating at once a secluded yet spacious patch that calls to mind the character of Fulham in days gone by. The face of Fulham during this period would have been barely recognisable as the busy, urban hub we see today. Before 1900 and the first development of terraced housing, the area was a small village on the outskirts of London, whose farms and market gardens provided the city with fresh fruit and vegetables.
‘Charles Dickens’s visit to a ragged school eventually inspired “A Christmas Carol”’ Until recent years, there still existed a tangible sense of the civic duty and local pride that were at the heart of the building’s original use. The Elizabethan School became home to the Castle Centre for young people, a youth club run by the local council that provided constructive afterschool recreation for children between the ages of five and eleven, and for older teenagers in the evenings. In 2008, despite generations of adhering to Laurence Sulivan’s pledge that the ragged school remain a place ‘for the care of the children of Fulham’ and thus encourage opportunity and inclusivity, the building was sold to a private buyer and is now a luxury home. The creation of Fulham’s Elizabethan School had come roughly a decade after the ragged school movement as a whole had started to gain the structure and autonomy that made it an educational force capable of very real change. Between the years of 1844 and 1881, over 300,000 children in London alone passed through the doors of ragged schools, which were eventually grouped together under an umbrella organisation known as the Ragged School Union. Formed initially by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftsbury, the union established over twohundred schools in eight years. Shaftsbury was an aristocrat who dedicated his life to philanthropic causes that many of his class would have dismissed as irrelevant. He was particularly committed to affecting change through the reformation of lunatic asylums, the introduction of the ‘ten hours bill’ to improve
factory-working hours, the outlawing of the employment of women and children in mines and measures to help the plight of chimney sweeps. He remained president of the Ragged School Union for almost forty years and, in 1944, the union adopted The Shaftsbury Society as its title. Ragged schools relied heavily upon the financial and public support of wealthy and powerful sponsors, regularly attracting the attention of contemporary celebrities. In 1843, Charles Dickens visited the Field Lane ragged school in Clerkenwell and was simultaneously appalled by the conditions in which the children lived and impressed by the motives of the Ragged School Union. Charles Dickens’s visit eventually inspired his 1943 novella A Christmas Carol, and he donated money on several occasions subsequently. The legacy of the ragged schools revealed itself to be much more wide-reaching and long-lasting than John Pounds could ever have imagined when he humbly began to emphasise the importance of education to the children he saw playing in the streets. The popularity of the campaign – so keenly taken up by the rich and famous and which, more importantly, began to embed the process of learning into communities which had previously had access to no such thing – helped establish a series of educational reforms that paved the way for the state-school system that exists to this day. England and Wales formed school boards to administer elementary schools and, in 1870, public funding was provided for this level of education amongst the working classes. Demand for ragged schools inevitably declined following the 1870 Elementary Education Act which solidified and rendered compulsory the principles at their root. Schools in Fulham are amongst the best in the country, this one area alone offering establishments that cater for a huge variety of educational needs. It is all a far cry from the days of Sulivan’s Elizabethan School, when education in Fulham was a cause to be fought for rather than a privilege to be taken for granted.
Illustrations / Mai Osawa
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The Notebook A local news round-up for September
Through the keyhole Strictly business Fulham’s favourite business, as voted at the inaugural H&F Brilliant Business Awards this summer, is a dance studio in Imperial Wharf owned by Strictly Come Dancing winner, Karen Hardy. The awards paid heed to the vitality, vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit that local businesses bring to the area and made sure that the smallest of locally cherished companies received their share of the limelight. More than a thousand people voted for their favourite local ventures and the initial candidates were whittled down to a shortlist of forty-three before the final winners were announced and accolades awarded in front of a 120-strong audience at Brasa restaurant on the Fulham Road. The organisers, Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s economic development team, joined forces with big borough businesses including Kings Mall, Fulham Broadway Shopping Centre, Westfield and West12 Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush, in order to sponsor each of the five categories. Aside from Karen Hardy Studios, proving popular was Darlings of Chelsea, the Fulham High Street sofa store, which fought off tight competition to be named the business offering best customer service. The Best New Business Award went to pet-grooming shop, Bishops Bark, whilst community financial services provider H&F Credit Union won Best Business Supporter of the Community. Tim Fouracre of online accounting system Clear Books was named Best Young Entrepreneur for his time-saving book keeping system.
Fulham Palace will be hosting free tours around its nooks and crannies for one weekend only, whilst seven hundred of the capital’s architectural marvels usually kept under lock and key throw open their doors in tandem. Dominated by a Tudor courtyard with Georgian additions and Butterfield chapel, Fulham Palace was reopened after Lottery-funded restorations in 2006. Free tours will take in areas of the palace usually closed to the public and there will be architecture-related family activities in the Jessie Mylne Education Centre. September’s showcase of London’s most remarkable edifices will be marked by the release of a commemorative hardback book: Open House London: An Exclusive Glimpse Inside 100 of the Most Extraordinary Buildings in London by Victoria Thornton. Sunday 23 September, 11am-3pm Bishops Avenue, 020 7610 7169 www.fulhampalace.org www.londonopenhouse.org
Cycling fevrour must be met by better safety measures An increase in serious cycling accidents in Fulham has prompted local campaigners, the government and the council to readdress safety protocols, in order to protect bike riders pedalling the area’s roads. More bike rides reputedly take place in the borough than in any other London constituency and at least eight cyclists have been seriously injured or killed by traffic accidents in it since 2006. A collaborative project between Transport for London and Hammersmith and Fulham Council has outlined plans for a cycle superhighway, due to be unveiled next year. However local cycling campaign group, Hammersmith and Fulham Cyclists (the local branch of the London Cycling Campaign) believe more could be done, including the introduction of a 20mph speed limit in notoriously busy areas like Hammersmith Bridge, where an eighteen-year-old student narrowly escaped serious injury after being crushed against a lamppost in June this year. The group also questions the route proposed for the cycling superhighway, which they say would take the majority of cyclists on a detour through the area. If you feel strongly, you can attend the next Hammersmith and Fulham Cyclists’ AGM which takes place on 4 September at 7.30pm: www.hfcyclists.org.uk Image / Bikeworldtravel at Shutterstock.com
More the merrier
Fulham FC football fans can celebrate ratified plans to increase Craven Cottage football stadium by 4,300 seats. The stadium, historic home of the club since 1896, currently has the capacity to accommodate 25,700 fans but will soon boast 30,000 seats. The Riverside Stand will be partially demolished and a new upper tier will wrap around the current stand and encompass a new hospitality space, riverside façade and roof. In addition, the riverside walk along the Thames – currently only opened on match days – will be opened on non-match days, creating a pleasant waterside footpath for pedestrians travelling between Putney and Hammersmith. In an attempt to alleviate some residents’ concerns about the impact of the stadium’s expansion on the local community, Craven Cottage has agreed to donate £600,000 towards the restoration of Bishops Park. It has also agreed to ten years of annual contributions towards the park’s ongoing maintenance and to funding for improving CCTV as well as pedestrian and road safety measures in the area.
Council clamps down on traffic warden attacks Traffic wardens in Hammersmith and Fulham will become the first in London to be fitted with body cameras in a bid to help catch abusive motorists. The decision to introduce the cameras, which have been designed to sit in a harness attached to wardens’ high-visibility jackets, has come after a spate of increasingly violent assaults on civil enforcement officers. Stab-proof vests and GPS tracking systems may also be in the pipeline, to be issued over the next few months in a further attempt to control the number of verbal and physical attacks which have more than doubled since 2008. Whilst it is hoped that the sixty-five cameras due to be issued will help gather valuable police evidence in tackling the problem, the response to the decision by local residents has been mixed. Even though conceding that there is no excuse for violence against wardens, many stated the overzealous work ethic of traffic wardens, who are paid on a target basis, as a possible bone of contention. Others felt that motorists’ frustrations were exacerbated by confusing parking regulations, calling for an upgrade to the local paying systems, including pay-bytext facilities similar to those available in Wandsworth.
Park life It’s official: Fulham boasts some of the best parks and green spaces to be found anywhere in the country. This is the conclusion of environmental charity, Keep Britain Tidy. In recognition of the sweep of undulating parks and well-manicured community spaces dotted about the locale, our leafy postcode has scooped a grand total of nine Green Flag Awards. The borough’s best bucolic spots include Ravenscourt Park, Frank Banfield Park and Margravine Cemetery, which have all been honoured with the coveted Green Flag status for the fourth year in a row. Normand Park has picked up the award for a third time and St Peter’s Square in Hammersmith has collected a second Green Flag. Meanwhile, Hurlingham Park, South Park, Hammersmith Park and Norland North on the Edward Woods Estate have all won their first Green Flags, recognising our outdoor areas’ high standards and the way in which these, and a good deal of pride, are maintained across the board in the borough. The trophy cabinet-worth of Green Flags were awarded to safe, clean and well-maintained parks with excellent facilities, where residents were directly involved in looking after and improving their local stamping grounds in partnership with local authorities. Friends of South Park, a group of residents dedicated to enhancing South Park, was instrumental in recent improvement works and new children’s play area facilities installed there. Evidence of parks being managed in an environmentally aware manner, in order to conserve natural features, wildlife and historic buildings, also earned green spaces brownie points. On such a celebratory note, we feel a picnic coming on. So long as there are glimmers of sunshine, let’s make the most of our local outdoor blessings well into those upcoming days of autumnal breeze.
Words / Lauren Romano Illustration above / Russ Tudor Left / Michal Kowalski at Shutterstock.com
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Art Focus
The best of September’s local art and a wider look at the London scene too
Image / ‘Blueprint Tiger Regal’ by Nikki Stevens
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Tiger, tiger, burning bright Watercolour artist Nikki Stevens has captured big cats and safari animals that have a myth or superstition attached to them in her latest exhibition at Cricket Fine Art. Entitled Fierce Friends, Stevens’s leopards, tigers, zebras and horses, cast in their luminous pigments and fluid watercolour stains, look simultaneously fierce and cunning yet delicate and dangerously beautiful. Depicted in a range of predatory and playful poses, the hypnotic dots and stripes of their pelts propel their mythical status further and make a refreshing break from the mould of traditional wildlife art. 25 September-6 October Cricket Fine Art: 2 Park Walk, 020 7352 2733, www.cricketfineart.co.uk
A brush with still life Oil and acrylic paintings are the order of the month at Fulham Road’s Piers Feetham Gallery. Its autumnal exhibition roster kicks off with a retrospective of bright still life compositions by Pauline Hazlewood, whose bold sweeps of colour swirl and blend to shape intriguing abstract forms. An emphasis on lines and colour also weaves its way through Wendy Winfield’s oil on canvas works. Rolling rural backdrops and everyday scenes are rendered striking in a palette of mottled, light-flecked tones. 11-15 September (Pauline Hazlewood) 19 September-6 October (Wendy Winfield) Piers Feetham Gallery: 475 Fulham Road, 020 7381 3031 www.piersfeethamgallery.com Words / Lauren Romano Right / ‘Into the light’ (left) and ‘Ape’ (right) by Wendy Winfield
Image / ‘Bow Wave’ by Halima Cassel (BM Residency)
The winners of The Brian Mercer Stone and Bronze Residencies will display the end-results of months of chiselling and casting at an exhibition hosted by the Royal British Society of Sculptors. Halima Cassell and Kate McLeod were both selected to spend three months honing their sculpting skills, working with stone and bronze respectively, under the watchful eyes of master artisans in Pietrasanta, Tuscany. The autumn display at the studio gallery is a not-to-be-missed showcase of their collective flair, creativity and craftsmanship. Post-exhibition, Susan Forsyth’s impacting sitespecific work, ‘Jacobs’s Ladder II’, sits boldly in the beautiful Sculpture Forecourt and is also well worth a look. It is hard to miss; propped up against the side of the historic façade, the gilded geometric plane stands at eight metres tall and glistens in gold leaf, making an arresting focal point which challenges the traditional perceptions of sculptural practice. 27 September-2 November RBS Studio Gallery: 108 Old Brompton Road 020 7373 8615, www.rbs.org.uk
EXHIBITION REVIEW
London’s calling Bryony Warren jumps on the bandwagon of Olympic national pride, via photographic stimuli at Tate Britain
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ngland has not felt too comfortable about its patriotic status in recent years. We shy away from the brash, flag-waving of Americans and remark the superior haughtiness of the French. We lament the state of our country’s transport system, question the importance of our Queen and equate our flag with football hooliganism. Well, that was then. For, it would seem that we have collectively been living a lie. The Olympics awoke a sleeping lion of civic exuberance and one that could not have been forced. The time was ripe and London, as the scene of most of the joy, will forever be synonymous with the roar. A new exhibition at Tate Britain entitled Another London: International Photographs 1930–1980 taps into renewed British pride, showcasing photographs that demonstrate how palpable affection towards London goes above and beyond two brief weeks in August. The exhibition focuses on the work of photographers from all over the world, some of whom paid only a fleeting visit to the city, whilst others moved to England and adopted London as their home. The photographs of each of the fortyone artists featured demonstrate a version of London encountered by
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outsiders; a foreign perspective that often perfectly captures its vibrant eccentricity, pinpointing the interplay between tradition and novelty that defined much of the twentieth century. Bruce Davidson’s ‘Queen’s Guard Marching’ (1960), for example, zooms in on a peculiar London ritual that exists to this day. ‘English Nanny’, taken in 1965 by Polish-born photographer Jeanloup Sieff, achieves something similar. The austere black dress of the elderly lady in the foreground forms a stark contrast with the pretty, mini-skirted young girl behind her, encapsulating the way in which life for women changed dramatically during that era. The photographs do not shy away from depicting the more uncomfortable aspects of life in London over the twentieth century; often they are unflinching in their presentation of the disparities in wealth and lifestyle that have always existed in the city. Neil Kenlock’s ‘Keep Britain White’, for example, makes for rather uncomfortable viewing. Taken in Balham in 1972, it is a striking portrayal of the daily struggle against racism faced by many Londoners. Equally, Bill Brandt’s ‘Footsteps Coming Nearer’ offers an insight into a seedier side of city-living, as we see a man walking down a dingy backstreet to approach a woman waiting on the kerbside. Yet, the overwhelming feeling of the exhibition is very much in keeping with the resurgence of post-Olympic London pride, and how it has manifested itself
‘Palpable affection towards London goes above and beyond two weeks in August’ in decades gone by, too. Martine Franck’s ‘The Queen’s Silver Jubilee’ (1977) captures a little girl dressed head-to-toe in timeless Union Jack-themed party clothing and is endearing and patriotic in equal measures. The life stories of the photographers themselves are testament to the inherent warmth of our city. London became the adopted home of artists such as Felix H. Man and Dorothy Bohm as they fled persecution and intolerance in their native countries. The honesty, eccentricity and humour apparent in the photos exhibited are exemplary of the qualities that have long made London a city to be proud of. When looked at with this timeline of events and emotions in mind, the success of The 2012 Olympics seems somewhat a blast from the past and by no means a freak event. Top / Bruce Davidson’s ‘Queen’s Guard Marching’ (1960) © Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos Above right / Wolfgang Suschitzky’s ‘Lyons Corner House, Tottenham Court Road, London’ (1934) © W. Suschitzky Left / Martine Franck’s ‘The Queen’s Silver Jubilee’ (1977) © Martine Franck / Magnum Photos
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The Calendar
Diary dates for residents looking for the best in the local area’s events
Chardonnay rebranded If you’re not much of a wine connoisseur, trying to settle on a variety you can customarily order may prove thirsty work. Cue Vagabond, the independent wine retailer near Fulham Broadway. Its ingenious DIY bar, with one hundred different wines on tap, means visitors can try what’s on offer before thinking about their wallets. With 20ml samples priced from just 50p and glasses from £4, punters can sip their way through the wine list to find something that really appeals, without breaking the bank. Tasting events are also held regularly. On the agenda for September: an introduction to Sicilian wines (Thursday 6); a wine and charcuterie matching masterclass with Charlotte Harbottle (Thursday 13); a vodka tasting (Thursday 20); and a brilliant sounding reappraisal of Chardonnay, entitled ‘Chardonnay: Not a Footballer’s Wife’ (Wednesday 26). All classes kick off at 7pm. 18-22 Vanston Place, 020 7381 1717 www.vagabondwines.co.uk
On y va!
Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the annual Open House London weekend gives Londoners the opportunity to poke about behind the scenes at some of the capital’s most celebrated architectural gems. For Fulham’s Francophiles, a short trip to South Kensington is the closest thing to stepping into France this side of the Channel. This month, the Institut Français in the same neck of the woods will have particular appeal. The culturally curious – Gallic-blooded or otherwise – will receive the low-down on the building’s history, heritage and unique architecture thanks to a series of guided tours and an exclusive documentary, The Institut français: Behind the Scenes. For an additional soupçon of culture, take the opportunity to browse the copious fiction and non-fiction titles, DVDs and CDs on sale at greatly reduced prices, all part of a French book sale running in tandem. As a final incentive for a visit, one month’s free membership will be up for the taking for anyone crossing the art deco threshold of the edifice during Open House weekend. 22-23 September 17 Queensberry Place, 020 7871 3515 www.institut-francais.org.uk
Blood, sweat & beach
Locals looking to shape up for a late-summer getaway should take note of the BeachReady exercise sessions held outdoors on Eel Brook Common. Intensive, hour-long workouts involve tyre flipping to strengthen core muscles, kettle-bell swinging to tone the upper body and lap sprinting to envigour. Instructors arrange classes of up to twenty-five, or oneon-one personal training sessions are available in Hurlingham Park. If you appreciate the benefits of exercise with a Vitamin D boost (including that soaked up through the clouds), this is your organised answer. Wednesdays 7.15pm, Sundays 10.15am & 11.30am, 020 7291 4582 www.freedom2train.com
Give it a whirl
Lights, Camera, Algarve? The London Film Academy on Walham Grove is an exceptional resource for all budding filmmakers and anyone looking to master the hobby, alike. Throughout this month, those wishing to channel creativity in slightly more sunny surrounds than the four walls of a studio might well be tempted to take one of the short courses offered on location in the Algarve, Portugal. Participants can choose from one-day workshops designed to jolt aspiring screenplay writers into action; weekend courses on documentary filmmaking, practical filming, editing and distribution sessions; and two-week filmmaking foundation courses. Next courses on location in Faro, the Algarve include the following – ‘Documentary: Filmmaker’s Toolkit’ (2 days): 15 September, £250 ‘Writing: Screenplay in a Day’: 15 September, £150 ‘Documentary Foundation’ (5 days): 15 September, £595 ‘Acting for Directors’ (3 days): 17 September, £420 020 7386 7711, www.londonfilmacademy.com
Correct two left feet with a dance class at Karen Hardy’s Imperial Wharf studio, project of the Strictly Come Dancing and World Number 1 Latin American dance star. Whether you’re looking to perfect your salsa moves or just want to throw some shapes in a less haphazard fashion, book to learn the waltz, foxtrot, tango, Viennese waltz, quickstep, cha-cha-cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, jive or the Argentine tango. Lessons are suitable for all abilities, from the beginner to the more advanced mover, and personalised dance programmes combine private tuition with technical lessons in small groups, so participants progress faster. Regular lifestyle dance experiences, including the Sunday Rumba Lounge, mean members can enjoy a drink and practise their steps in a relaxed setting, with instructors on hand from 7pm until 9pm. If you’re unsure whether to opt for Latin or ballroom, book a free twenty-five minute taster session first. 10 The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf 0845 567 1155, www.karenhardystudios.com
In Full
Bloom
A gardener’s hands are never idle; the summer might only just be lulling towards its departure – taking its swathes of fragrant blooms with it – but the time for planting bulbs for next spring has already arrived. An opportune moment then, to pop over to Fulham Palace Garden Centre and pay attention to a spring flowering bulbs demonstration. Pick up horticultural tips and green-fingered inspiration, and (perfect for space-deprived gardeners, in particular) learn about which bulbs thrive best when grown in pots and window baskets. The team on hand will suggest plant and colour combinations which complement each other to ensure a prismatic array of bright shades on your particular patch all season long. Thursday 20 September, 11am-12pm Fulham Palace Garden Centre: Bishops Avenue, 020 7736 2640
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And in other news...
London-wide events of interes t for the discerning Fulham culture-vent ure 8-9 Sep: ‘Thames Festival’ betw
een Tower and Westminster Bri dges UNTIL 3 Nov: ‘King Lear’ at the Almeida Theatre 14-23 Sep: ‘London Design Fest ival’ ACROSS LONDON Until 28 Sep: ‘More London’ OUT DOOR AMPHITHEATRE FESTIVAL at The Scoop Until 14 Oct: ‘Serpentine Gall ery Pavilion 2012’ at Serpentine Gallery UNTIL 9 Sep: ‘London Live’ PARALY MPICS SCREENINGS at Trafalgar Square
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Parlour Talk
Alice Tozer meets Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham, Belinda Donovan, to find out what the day-to-day job calls for and what exactly motivates a woman to wear the borough’s chains
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elinda Donovan, 54, is still over-brimming with pride at her election as Mayor of Hammersmith and Fulham, some four months after being chosen for the role in May. ‘It is an absolute pleasure,’ she beams. ‘And it came as a great shock.’ Belinda was telephoned and asked if she would like to carry local mayoral colours on the day before the anniversary of the death of her brother, adding to the poignancy of the moment. She had previously been deputy mayor for a year. This is the usual order of play and – in a complete role reversal – Councillor Frances Stainton, who was mayor before Belinda, is currently her deputy. Belinda has taken the reins with zeal, publicising her desire to be here-there-andeverywhere at once. ‘It’s my residents who got me here, so it’s my duty to be there for them now with local issues,’ she says with generosity. Belinda was elected Councillor for Addison Ward in 2006 (an area sandwiched between Shepherd’s Bush Station to the north and Kensington Olympic Station to the south; falling to the west of both). There are thirty-three London borough mayors. It was Belinda’s grandfather who inspired her career. ‘It was his extreme dedication that marked me,’ she says of the man who, for thirty years, was an active member of Beaconsfield Council before rising to mayor of the same. ‘My aunt was a soloist with The Royal Ballet, so they moved to London for her eventually.’ It was here that Belinda was brought up, in the early 60s, in the Ladbroke Grove area. She might get the political bug from her upbringing but Belinda’s current mandate as mayor requires her to a-politicise herself somewhat; a fact I learn as I fish for an opinion on the local town hall’s transformation into a shopping centre. ‘I have to take off my political hat. Being mayor is very much a civic role,’ is her diplomatic response.
The mayor typically chooses a charity to represent but Belinda wanted to champion more than one cause, and raises funds for The Mayhew Animal Home in Kensal Green and West London Action for Children. ‘Dangerous dogs and abandoned animals are a real concern in the area. Domestic violence is also a big concern and one which crosses all boundaries and walks of life.’ Being mayor, and all the positive ambassadorial protocols it involves, accounts for one half of her working week. The other is spent carrying out the everyday Conservative councillor duties that her ‘other’ jobs involve, namely Cabinet Assistant for Crime and the same for Culture.
‘It’s my residents who got me here, so it’s my duty to be there for them now’ Appropriately, it is in the realm of crime prevention that Hammersmith and Fulham borough has really excelled, with its unique neighbourhood watch scheme. Lord Douglas, a resident, founded the initiative in 1983. In it, residents are actively involved in spreading the message that simple steps can be taken to reduce the opportunities for crime. Neighbourhood watches are based on streets and street co-ordinators within. Crime has fallen for six out of the past seven years in the borough as a result. Some have lamented in the past the ephemeral nature of the year-long tenure of mayor and the lack of real powers accredited to the role. Belinda sees her influence as one of ‘linking different groups together’ and she’s currently laying the groundwork for a French Society, to bring together the
Illustration / Russ Tudor
increasing number of French residents. Belinda has an entirely pro-active approach to her role as mayor. ‘It’s such a pleasure to see change. Housing issues are one area where I’ve been able to change peoples’ situations. To come across individuals who haven’t seen change for years and make something happen for them is just great.’ She seems a non-extravagant type and has made do with a bicycle to get around town for years. Boris would be proud. Thankfully, she only has to don the mayoral chains on official occasions. ‘It’s a real honour to wear the chains. They carry so much history.’ There is one chain representing Fulham and another for Hammersmith. Belinda laughs about how her ‘tiny shoulders’ found the weight a little difficult to bear at
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first, until she learnt a shoulder-shifting technique. Then there’s the pleasure of finding out all sorts about the area’s past. She remains fascinated by ‘the many hidden gems in the borough’. Belinda makes the role of mayor into a family affair, frequently taking her children (aged 25, 23 and 13) to events. The diary is evidently packed – ‘I do try to pop home for a cup of tea with my youngest when he gets home from school,’ Belinda says proudly. It’s a lifestyle choice, I get the sense. And one which Belinda has fully embraced. Being female may not be a novelty in the mayoral kingdom, but Belinda does agree that she brings different qualities to the role as a woman. ‘I get my children involved. I am a mayor and I am a mother.’
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Those inner qualities inteRIORS
When it comes to enviable interiors, it’s always that old chestnut – quality – according to William Heenan, director of furniture-design enterprise, Gatley. He spoke to Lauren Romano over coffee
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estled among the string of interior-design emporiums that line the King’s Road is the colonnade-style entrance to Gatley, showroom for the interiors world of William Heenan. The imposing façade is an indication of the timeless designs that await inside. ‘People tell us it’s our service that makes a difference, and I think it’s the quality of the products as well,’ says William in his affable Scottish accent as he guides me through a space bubbling with intricately-designed matter. Word has spread in the three years since Gatley opened on the King’s Road and the company’s reputation precedes itself. Heading up a design team duo as well as two first-class groups of fitters, Heenan has brought twelve years of experience in the bespoke furniture business to his latest venture, deciding on Fulham as a fitting location for his high-quality, beautiful, handmade furniture, which is manufactured in workshops in Kent and Yorkshire. Although kitchens account for around seventy percent of the business at Gatley, bedroom furniture and home cabinetry needs are also catered for. ‘We do quite a few libraries too and we’ve done a couple of media rooms,’
Williams reveals. The design options on offer range from exquisitely crafted hard wood to hand-painted furniture, notwithstanding contemporary stainless steel and high gloss touches. ‘I think people go for both,’ says Heenan when I probe him on whether modern styles are favoured over a more traditional look in the local neighbourhood. ‘A lot of people these days have a traditional house but they’re often after a more contemporary style.’ My eye is drawn to a traditional-looking larder cupboard painted in duck-egg blue, something which seems to confirm his point entirely, being simultaneously modern and reminiscent of period style. ‘Honestly, I don’t think we’ve done a kitchen since we’ve been here that hasn’t included some variation on that,’ William confesses. ‘There are a lot of companies out there that are claiming to be bespoke, but are not truly so; it’s all about attention to detail.’ The cabinets and units on display in the showroom are a compendium of this painstaking attention to detail; dovetailed joints abound and each cupboard and drawer houses a Mary Poppins-esque selection of hidden compartments, all innovatively incorporated for maximum
‘There are a lot of companies out there that are claiming to be bespoke, but are not truly so; it’s all about attention to detail’ functionality. After all, we are a generation of hoarders. From inconspicuous inner cupboards apt for hiding unsightly pipework to knife racks that are integrated into blissfully silently closing drawers, every conceivable flash of design ingenuity has been woven in, to cater for all the demands of a modern family in its modern home. Even the design process concerns itself with the minutiae of detail, and nothing is left to chance. ‘We talk to homeowners about what style they’d like and I work from architects’ plans, but I always like to go and visit the property too,’ Heenan says. ‘Even if the room has already been planned, it’s still good to visit in order to take note of factors such as where the natural daylight is coming from. It’s quite important to see how that will affect things – like oak, say; it’s going to age and change colour if it’s in direct sunlight.’ A tight-knit team structure also ensures projects are undertaken smoothly: ‘I’ve got two fitting teams which are very, very good. I’ve got one guy who I’ve worked with for years and people feel very comfortable having him in their house. Behind the scenes we have a fantastic bunch of people. I mean this is hand painted [he points me in the
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direction of a set of white kitchen units] and you cannot see a brush stroke.’ At the moment, Heenan and team are installing a kitchen in the basement of a Grade II listed property that has a vaulted ceiling; a relic of its former use as a fish smoking room. With a network of arches supported by rows of pillars, converting the space proved a logistical conundrum. The decision to take out the two middle pillars and put in a glass ceiling which will also serve as a striking patio in the garden above, has the happy effect of flooding the kitchen below with daylight. ‘It shows that we’re more than capable of working on listed properties and is further proof of our committed and experienced team,’ Heenan tells me, and I don’t doubt it. Some projects can be quite extravagant, but Heenan admits he has to reign himself in most of the time, even when presented with a substantial budget. He maintains that certain attributes are worth the investment, particularly the ability to wear well (‘all the insides of our cabinets come treated’) and being designed to fit. ‘You could spend between £10,000 and £15,000 on kitchen units at a high-street retailer or you could spend £15,000 to £20,000 with us for far, far superior quality,’ Heenan declares. Carpenters have come in here and commented on the quality, then recommended us on. ‘When your competition is buying the product, it has to be good.’ Although the majority of clients are local, Gatley’s expertise has far-reaching appeal too. ‘We have designed kitchens and sent them over to the south of France; we’re doing one now which is being made in Italy and then shipped over to Bermuda. Over there, wood tends to bend and buckle in the heat so we’re doing a stainless steel job.’ It’s this level of service and superior quality that has earned Gatley a loyal customer base. ‘They do come back,’ Heenan enthuses. ‘We did a library in a house just up the road about a year and a half ago and we’ve made two pieces for their hallway since. Having real belief and faith in your products being the best is essential. I honestly believe that.’ 586 King’s Road, 020 7731 1456 www.gatleylondon.co.uk
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The Classroom Key news and diary dates regarding your local schools
LatymerUpper on Exam Results High
For yet another consecutive year, Latymer Upper School is celebrating a fantastic set of A-level and GCSE results. Ninetyfour percent of A-level grades came in at A*, A or B with seventy-three percent of all papers graded at A* or A. On average, pupils achieved over 461 UCAS points each, a new record for the school’s leavers. Headmaster Peter Winter, who is retiring, said: ‘I am thrilled for our students. They have been a wonderfully talented year group and they have fully embraced the challenge of our new linear approach to examinations (taking all AS and A2 exams in the upper sixth), whereby we have sought to avoid constantly preparing students for the next test and to offer them a broad-ranging education beyond the sometimes constraining limits of the A-level specifications.’ He continued: ‘These results demonstrate that Latymerians can do outstandingly well in their examinations without a narrow and cramping focus on them, which for too long has been a curse of English education. These results are also very encouraging in the light of the government’s instruction to exam boards to be sparing with top grades, to counter any accusation of grade inflation. I have no doubt that my successor, David Goodhew, will lead Latymer to even greater heights in the coming years.’ The school’s GCSE results were similarly impressive, with 113 pupils achieving at least five A* grades, whilst ninety percent of all grades were A or A*. Above / Simon and Iona with their results
Schooling Agenda
Your reference for important upcoming dates SCHOOL
AUTUMN TERM 2012 START DATE
HALF-TERM DATES
AUTUMN TERM END DATE
OTHER DATES OF INTEREST
ARK Conway Primary 60 Hemlock Road 020 3249 1180
15 September
24/10/2012 -28/10/2012
16/12/2012
31/10/2012 | Inset day 07/11/2012 | Inset day
Eridge House Preparatory School 1 Fulham Park Road 020 7371 9009
6 September
22/10/2012 -02/11/2012
13/12/2012
22/10/2012 | Inset day 23/10/2012 | Inset day 06/10/2012 | Open day (9.30am - 1.00pm)
Godolphin and Latymer School Iffley Road 020 8741 1936
5 September
22/10/2012 -02/11/2012
19/12/2012
Hurlingham and Chelsea School Peterborough Road 020 7731 2581
3 September
29/10/2012 -02/11/2012
21/12/2012
Kensington Preparatory School 596 Fulham Road 020 7731 9300
6 September
22/10/2012 -26/10/2012
14/12/2012
19/10/2012 | Staff study day (no school)
Lady Margaret School Parsons Green 020 7736 7138
5 September | years 7, 12 and 13 6 September | all other year groups
29/10/2012 -02/11/2012
21/12/2012 (school finishes at 12 midday)
10/10/2012 | Inset day
Latymer Upper School King Street 0845 638 5800
5 September
25/10/2012 -02/11/2012
14/12/2012
30/11/2012 | Merit half-holiday 04/09/2012 | Year 7 induction, photographs and biometric registration (1pm- 4pm) 06/09/2012 | Parents’ Gild Officers lunch, Alumni event 08/09/2012 | Open morning (9am-13pm) 15/09/2012 | Parents’ Gild second-hand uniform sale (10:30am, Sports Hall)
L’Ecole des Petits 2 Hazlebury Road 020 7371 8350
6 September | Grande Section 7 September | Moyenne Section 10 September | Petite Section 7 September | 2nd Level 10 September | 1st Level
26/10/2012 -12/11/2012
19/12/2012
Parayhouse School New King’s Road 020 7751 0914
6 September
29/10/2012 -02/11/2012
20/12/2012
Sinclair House School 159 Munster Road 020 7736 9182
3 September
22/10/2012 -26/10/2012
07/12/2012
30/11/2012 | Staff inset day
Baccalaureate a worthy investment for Godolphin and Latymer One of the few schools in the UK to offer the international baccalaureate, Godolphin and Latymer, has again achieved very impressive results. The school has offered the IB since 2005, and has consistently been in the top ten highest-achieving schools. The year 2012 was no exception: the average point score amongst pupils was thirtynine, with the maximum score obtainable being forty-five (which, for the second year running, two girls did achieve). Similar success was seen in the school’s A-level results, which – going against the national trend – saw an increase in the percentage of A* grades achieved, with seventy-one percent of all grades at either A* or A. Indeed, the school’s A* rate of 32.5 percent compares extremely favourably with the national rate of 7.9 percent. Words / Bryony Warren
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Streetwise
On the much-coveted arts, interiors and antiques trails of Fulham
Provençal chic
The old and the new
An emporium of elegance and timeless, stopin-your-tracks furniture and trinkets, Maison Artefact is the local place to go for classic, continental styling. Rustic, artfully distressed looking French cabinets, tables and chests from the eighteenth to the twentieth century are beautifully presented together with ornate chandeliers, opulent foxed mercury mirrors and a wonderful array of knick knacks. Tableware and upholstery abound in whites, creams and taupes.
Whereas spring may traditionally be the opportune moment to de-clutter, September is that time of year to invest in new additions to the home. With a season of long, cold nights on the horizon, ensuring 273 Lillie Road abodes are fit for autumnal hibernation seems only sensible and Fulham 020 7381 2500 residents have not one but two fantastic interiors events to help them. For those who like to dabble in design, the Focus/12 event – taking place at the Design Centre at Chelsea Harbour – is a great way to stay ahead of the curve and engage with the very essence of the creative process. A beacon for designers For those looking to introduce a retro twist that’s stylish rather than and architects wishing to showcase their cutting-edge ranges, inspiration comes in kitsch, 52 meters deals in the sort of striking and unusual home the form of collection launches and ‘in conversation’ sessions with some of the most touches that will last the test of time. Specialising in twentiethdistinguished names in the business, including Rosita Missoni and Kelly Hoppen. century furniture and lighting, with an emphasis on the Meanwhile, for collectors, connoisseurs and those who like to follow their own instincts, minimalist clean lines and striking shapes of fifties, The Chelsea Antiques Fair (London’s longest running antiques event) provides a priceless sixties and seventies design, the lamps, mirrors and opportunity to source a one-off memento of a bygone era. The thirty-seven highly specialised armchairs make great statement pieces and would exhibitors setting up camp in the elegant Old Town Hall have been carefully selected to ensure the add a hint of yesteryear cool to both period and highest possible quality of antiques. This year’s highlights include rare Continental scent bottles and contemporary homes. glassware shown by Richard Hoppé whilst returning favourite, Roger de Ville, brings his 291 Lillie Road, 020 7381 1774 collection of early English pottery to the table. www.52meters.com Focus/12 – 26 September Design Centre: Chelsea Harbour, Lots Road Top Left / Exhibitor 020 7225 9166, www.dcch.co.uk stand of Gill Coe at
Nod to nostalgia
The Chelsea Antiques Fair – 19-23 September Chelsea Old Town Hall: Kings Road 01825 744074, www.penman-fairs.co.uk
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The Chelsea Antiques Fair Left / Focus/12 highlights Right / Thomas Hernandez, Shutterstock.com
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Food for thought Appreciating the local food scene
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Lauren Romano swaps greasy kebabs at 3am for 24/7 dining that carries no shame
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or three weeks this summer, Fulham’s late-night peckish partygoers had to make do with toast and tea at home to abate their early morning munchies. Meanwhile, after-hours dining institution Vingt-Quatre was performing the speediest of refurbishments. A nifty turnaround under the hands of Shoreditch-based designers ‘i-am’ associates and the bijoux restaurant now exudes a pinch of east London flair with its reflective mirror walls and red leather booths. Together with the revamped menu, the sleek transformation is a reminder that VQ (its new simpler moniker) doesn’t just dabble in hangover alleviating sustenance but is an altogether more discerning dining destination. Sitting down for a late lunch on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon, I’m slightly overwhelmed when I’m first presented with the menu. It covers a lot of ground: from eggs rustled up every which way to inventivesounding salads scattered with pomegranate jewels, butternut squash and honey roasted pine nuts; and from burgers to great hulking steak sandwiches. Fortunately the quality doesn’t suffer from this finger-in-many-pies approach. Eventually I decide to bypass the buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup, mixed berries and crispy bacon (a VQ classic) and am swayed instead into the path of the chicken Milanese (£11.50) with a side order of sweet potato fries (£4), a posh twist on chicken and chips. My companion opts for chargrilled swordfish served with caponata (Sicilian vegetable stew, £13.95). My breadcrumb-coated butterflied chicken turned out to be one of the least greasy variations of the dish I’ve sampled, and served with a simple garnish
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‘The banoffee pie, laced with toffee rivulets and crowned with cream is an indulgent affair’ of lemon and a salad of peppery rocket leaves and cherry tomatoes drizzled with a mustard dressing, it proved a comforting plate of food. The sweet potato chips, something of a revelation and a nice change from the traditional fried spud, made the dish just satisfying enough for lunch. The swordfish was the real winner though, with the meatiness of the fish offset by the tender and delicate compote of vegetables, a ratatouille of tomatoes, garlic and celery. As for the drinks, the wine list is short with just five reds and whites apiece and one solitary rosé but all are – conveniently – available by the glass, the carafe and the bottle. The fruity house red, Le Chêne Rouge 2011, France (£4.25 a glass) goes down just fine. The champagne options are a little more extensive and fizz lovers can quaff LaurentPerrier from £15 for a quarter bottle or splash out up to £79 for the whole hog.
With just enough room for pudding and spurred on by the recommendations of the lovely French waitresses, we select banoffee pie (£5.95) and chocolate brownie (£5.50) as the sweet dénouement to our meal, both of which are quite simply divine. The banoffee pie, laced with toffee rivulets and crowned with cream is an indulgent affair which will satisfy the sweetest toothed of diners. The brownie meanwhile, served warm, drenched in thick, molten chocolate sauce and topped with a blob of vanilla ice cream was everything it should be and more. The thing with VQ, I suppose, is you get what you get depending on the time you go. Pop in on a midweek lunchtime, like I did, and it’s a very relaxed affair: a business meeting was taking place over fluffy clouds of scrambled eggs and a few other people were hunched over Kindles or tapping away at laptops whilst taking advantage of the free tea and coffee refills. Swing by in the small hours of the weekend and inevitably you will witness the atmosphere approach high octane, with revellers hungry for double cheeseburgers all round, slow cooked beef ribs for the more patient among them, or just a few gentle night caps before bed. 325 Fulham Road, 020 7376 7224 www.vingtquatre.co.uk
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Residents’ Culture A forum for the Fulham resident’s daily concerns and activities
Dear Editor
Letters to The Editor
Many congratulations on your new Fulham Residents’ Journal − presented with great style, very interesting local stories and thankfully minimal adverts for expensive London property, unlike many other local freebies. Keep it going! What a great story about the first free Fulham boys’ school which will be a solid alternative for cash-strapped young families [...] giving their children every possible educational opportunity. I was drawn to this because I am a governor of the new Skinners’ Academy in Hackney offering the same vision. Kind regards Robert, St Maur Road resident
Dear Robert
It was a pleasure to read your letter. Thank you so much. We are thrilled with the response to our first edition. Keep reading! The Editorial Team
Dear Editor
I enjoyed reading the article in your recent edition about the Peterborough Estate, however it mentions that the houses in Studdridge Street from numbers 193 to 207 were designed to have shops on the ground floor and residential accommodation above. I live in Studdridge Street and the house numbers go up as far as 149 only. I would very much like to know which James Nichols lion houses on the Peterborough Estate were originally designed to have shops on the ground floor. I look forward to hearing from you. Claire, Studdridge Street resident
Dear Claire
We’ve looked into the confusion and have to apologise for a mistake, as you suspected. It was the New King’s Road we should have been referring to and not Studdridge Street; very well spotted! Apologies to all readers confused by the error. The Editorial Team
Dear Editor
I was so impressed to read your Fulham Residents’ Journal. As a Fulham local, it’s incredibly exciting to find a publication specifically tailored to the Fulham area. I particularly enjoyed the article on Eileen Bentley. I’m a daily visitor to Elizabeth King and her friendly face is very familiar to me. Kind regards Lindsay, Winchendon Road resident
Dear Lindsay
We are still trying to restrain ourselves from over indluging in Elizabeth King’s oversized meringues and general deli delights! Eileen was a pleasure to meet and we wish her many more happy years serving residents top-notch produce. The Editorial Team
The Mayor’s September diary I would like to start by thanking Fulham Residents’ Journal for inviting me to contribute this column to their new Journal. I was really pleased to read the first issue when it popped through my letterbox and thought it was such a good way of highlighting so many good things that are happening in our borough, as well as the wonderful heritage that we have locally. This month of course has been special for our borough because of the Olympics. As part of the occasion, it was fabulous to go to Fulham, to Shepherd’s Bush and also to the BBC where I was able to catch a glimpse of Bruce Forsyth as he took the flame. This was right near the finishing line of the 1908 Olympics in White City which gave the whole occasion a real sense of history. We were lucky enough to have the Olympic cycling race running through our borough – the huge bonus with this was that there was no price to pay for tickets! I noticed many people brought step ladders to get a better view; a very good idea as the crowds were really banked up. The atmosphere was great, despite some rain, and it was fun to wander into the beautifully renovated Bishops Park afterwards and see the big screen and stalls. Whenever I walk through Bishops Park I have to remind myself that I have not wandered into the gardens of some stately home by mistake; of course they were the grounds to the fabulous Bishops Palace, and they do really look extremely regal now. Recently, I was invited to Sainsbury’s on Townmead Road where the Paralympic torch was brought for a sneak preview before its journey began. It was a great opportunity for shoppers to have their photo taken with it. We should all be aware of the Olympic legacy for our borough – I had the great honour of opening the new netball and basketball facility at Ravenscourt Park; this allows completely free and open access, so anyone can go along to play either of these sports in this beautiful park. The funding came from business donors, which is wonderful news! Councillor Belinda Donovan Mayor, Hammersmith & Fulham Council
Image / The mayor and son Toby Lucas with the Paralympic torch
inspired
CLUB CULTURE
Spotlight on triathlon
Ful-On Tri is a triathlon club based in and around Fulham and operational since 2003. It reports a huge surge in demand for membership following the Olympics. We are delighted to be able to offer a platform in Fulham Residents’ Journal for publishing the club’s recent results and upcoming events. The club encourages participants from all levels, from beginner to elite, and in September it will have several athletes racing at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas. Something to aspire to indeed.
Selected club results from August’s competitions Henley Sprint Triathlon, 19 August: 750m swim, 18km bike, 5km run Name
Cat / Pos
Overall Swim Position
T1
Bike
T2
Run
Total
Fearghal Swords
Msen / 13
27
-
07:33:08
00:24:44
00:00:56
00:18:32
01:02:45
Joanna Greenfield
Fsen / 6
29
-
07:33:04
00:25:52
00:00:42
00:17:51
01:02:54
T2
Run
Total
Become to capture the 2012 Paralympic spirit by lens, having delved into its past... Residents’ Journal Photography Competition We invite Fulham residents to send us a picture representing community spirit during the Olympic or Paralympic Games 2012. Send to culture@residentsjournal.co.uk by 30 September. The winner will be announced in the November issue and selected images will be reprinted in the Journal, with the added possibility of becoming the front cover image.
Monster Middle Distance Triathlon, Ely, Cambridgeshire, 19 August: 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21km run Name
Cat / Pos
Pete Doubleday
M40-44 / 1
Overall Swim Position
Emma Partridge F35-39 / 1 Matt Bidwell
T1
Bike
5
00:27:32
00:01:09
02:21:48
00:01:27
01:29:25
04:22:52
14
00:29:12
00:01:21
02:35:59
00:00:53
01:27:23
04:36:20
00:31:41
00:02:39
02:45:04
00:02:19
02:23:08
05:46:51
M35-39 / 25 130
Upcoming events 15 September: The annual Legs of Steel cyclosportive in the Surrey Hills, covering many of the roads used for the Olympic Road Race. The proceeds from this event, which is a sell-out again this year, go to the Dave Aitchison Sports Aid Trust which raises money to fund the development of talented young triathletes in London. 29 September: The also-annual club relay triathlon at Dorney Lake. It ends the season light-heartedly, with an event in which teams of three variously swim, bike and run in turn.
Training times
Ful-On Tri uses Virgin Active on Lillie Road as its base. Thursday night is the main training night, with swim, run and spin-session options getting underway at 7.30pm. For sessions on other days see the club website. Members congregate socially at The Rylston on Lillie Road after Thursday sessions. www.fulontri.com
Meet the runners
Everyone’s got the Olympic athletics bug, haven’t they? Whether you’re looking for some company to start the sport, or are a seasoned runner new to the area, Fulham Running Club is the local answer. Started in September 2004 and fully affiliated to England Athletics, the club unites runners who meet every Wednesday at 6.45pm ‘at the modest looking gates in the north corner of Bishops Park,’ says club secretary and coach Charlie Craven, who adds that ‘as a guide to be comfortable on our Wednesday runs you should be able to run four miles (6.5km) in forty minutes.’ Wednesday group sessions offer a choice of two routes from 7k to 10k plus, and average forty-five minutes. Interval sessions to increase speed are on offer on Mondays at 7pm, for those seeking personal bests. The club also meets on the second Wednesday of every month in a local pub. Run along then! www.fulhamrunningclub.org.uk
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During the Second World War, neurosurgeon Ludwig Guttmann believed that for those who were injured or disabled, sports was the best therapy. This concept was put to the test for the first time in 1948 when he decided to launch a wheelchair competition to coincide with the London Olympics. Gutterman had imagined it to be a worldwide spectacle and twelve years later this became a reality. The first Paralympic Games were held in Italy, and involved four hundred competitors from twenty-three countries. In this year’s, there are 1,100 athletes and 147 nations. Designed to emphasise the achievements and not the disabilities of the athletes, contenders are put into six different categories, rendering similar their level of capability. These are: amputees, visually impaired, wheelchairs, intellectual disabilities, people with cerebral palsy and les autres which groups those whose disability doesn’t fit into any of the other groups. Two events are specifically for the Paralympics: boccia and power lifting. After some speculation, it was scientifically ruled out that having prosthetic limbs gave South African twenty-five year old double amputee victim Oscar Pistorius an unfair advantage, rather just minimising his disadvantage. This allowed his access into the able-bodied 2012 Olympics, making him the first double-leg amputee to be in the Olympics (in the men’ s 400m and the 4 x 400m relay). He will defend the Paralympic titles he won in Beijing in London, namely the T4 100 metres and the T42-T46 4 x 100m relay. Pistorius believes firmly, along with so many others, that the London 2012 Paralympics can change the world’s perception of disability. The prefix ‘para’ in the context of paralympics means ;alongside’. ’Parallel Olympics’ is the the intended meaning. Its motto was ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ until 2003, and is now ‘Spirit in Motion’. The Paralympics will continue until 9 September. Image / CHEN WS at Shutterstock.com Words / Caroline Oliver
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Planning &Development Urban development and changes to logistics in the Fulham area
A West London version of
the Shard
to be built in Shepherd’s Bush
Chelsea Football Club could remain at Stamford Bridge Chelsea supporters should take note that proposals to enlarge Stamford Bridge could well be on the cards again as the club’s move to Battersea Power Station looks dubious. Hammersmith and Fulham Council has made it known to The European Champions that they are willing to discuss the possibility of expanding Chelsea’s historic Stamford Bridge stadium, which has been home to the club for one-hundred-and-seven years. Chelsea’s hopes of a new multi-million pound stadium at the iconic Battersea Power Station look to be fading, after it was revealed that a joint proposal by Malaysian firms SP Setia and Sime Darby for a £400 million housing regeneration project has been confirmed as the winning bid. Presently Stamford Bridge, the eighth largest ground in the Premier League, has a capacity of 41,837 fans. Chelsea Football Club, however, is keen to generate extra match-day income so the club is able to compete with rival teams like Manchester United and Arsenal on a more even playing field. Last year, Chelsea’s bid to buy the freehold from current owners, Chelsea Pitch Owners, was rejected but Councillor Nicholas Botterill has urged the club to up efforts to expand the Stamford Bridge stadium. He said: ‘The Council remains committed to working with the club to explore all possible avenues for keeping the Blues here at their original home,’ adding: ‘The door is open and the council is again ready to sit down and discuss how Stamford Bridge can be appropriately upgraded.’
The West London skyline will soon be dominated by a skyscraper soaring to one-hundred-and-forty-one metres after planning permission was approved for a major new White City development. The regeneration of the White City former BBC site, which will be transformed into a new state of the art Imperial College campus, is expected to create over 3,000 jobs and deliver millions of pounds worth of community benefits. The 5.22-acre plot, known as the Woodlands site on Wood Lane, was earmarked by Imperical College for the second phase of an extensive regeneration project that includes research and teaching buildings, with a public school of health and a dedicated start-up space for new hi-tech businesses along with new homes. The academic campus will be joined by an underground car park and a hotel, built around a 4,000-square-metre public square. The benefits to the local community are expected to be considerable, and together with creating thousands of job opportunities, the development will bring £8 million worth of investment to the area, including £2.4 million towards the Crossrail project and £4 million for a proposed east-west London pedestrian link which is expected to be built under the West London rail line. The rest of the funds will be put towards local highways, crime prevention measures and green initiatives. Work on part two of the development will begin early next year as work on the first phase – over six hundred self-contained flats for post-graduate students, a new multi-use community facility and gardens – draws to a close this month, in time for students to move into the accommodation before the start of the new academic year. The thirty-five-storey skyscraper will form a visual pinnacle of the second development phase, and will bring many additional flats to the site, arranged over its imposing structure. Once built, the neck-craning tower will knock the 117-metre high Empress State Building off the top spot as the borough’s tallest building.
BUILDING COMMENCES
onFulhamWharf redevelopment
Work is underway to transform the derelict Fulham Wharf into a vibrant new district of restaurants, shops and apartment blocks, some of which will stand seventeen storeys high and command an impressive outlook over the urban cityscape below. Planning permission has been granted to building firm Barratt London and developers L&Q to revitalise the empty site with 463 flats, a Sainsbury’s supermarket (which will eventually replace the existing one in Townmead Road) and a lively hub of cafes, bars and convenient facilities for new residents, including a crèche and a gym. The redevelopment will strive to secure a number of eco-conscious credentials too, and a dedicated ecological habitat will be introduced to a large disused jetty in an attempt to attract wildlife to the area. A pathway running along by the river will also be created along a stretch of the Thames that has been inaccessible for years, so local residents will be able to fully appreciate the scenic waterside surrounds. The development will be undertaken in two phases, with priority given to completing the sizeable supermarket and half of the residential units in the first instance. The second stage of proceedings will see the existing supermarket demolished and the remainder of the several hundred flats built, with a proposed deadline for completion of 2017.
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Carnwath Road
Repair footway water leak
12-14 September
Thames Water 0845 9200 800
Elbe Street
Lay new gas piping
24 September-22 October
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
Estcourt Road
Piping works at nos.162-194
3 September-1 October
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
Fulham High Street
Valve replacement in footway
10-12 September
Thames Water 0845 9200 800
Fulham Road
Water meter installation at no.484
14-18 September
Thames Water 0845 9200 800
Fulham Road
Lay new piping at no.640
10-14 September
Fulcrum Pipelines Limited 0845 6413 010
Lillie Road
New connection installed in footway
12-18 September
Thames Water 0845 9200 800
North End Road
Install new phone lines
15-18 September
British Telecommuncations plc 0800 800 150
Rylston Road
New piping works
19 September-9 October
National Grid Gas plc 0845 605 6677
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That was
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Jamaican political leader and Pan-Africanism activist Marcus Garvey made his office on 2 Beaumont Crescent whilst bedding down at 53 Talgarth Road, his home until his death in 1940
When Lloyd George was not on the floor, the House was in recess, or the debates proved lacklustre, the twenty-five-year-old admirer of the cut and thrust of a good argument might soon wend his way to Hyde Park, drawn by the impassioned and irreverent opinions at Speaker’s Corner, that were not too far removed from the roiling arguments outside the rum shops of Kingston. To the uninitiated, this people’s parliament would appear the site of a dizzying array of competing voices, both toxic and benevolent. […] Commandeering a soapbox, Garvey energetically made his first faltering attempts at extempore public speaking, pitting himself against the regulars, vying for the attention of the curious, the committed and the cynics who gathered in great numbers each Sunday. Colour was his unique calling card; British citizens were largely ignorant about life in the outposts of empire. There were so few black people in England that they were considered exotic.[…] If the masses at Speaker’s Corner were to close their eyes as Garvey spoke, they might have imagined themselves in the presence of almost a gentleman – an English gentleman no less.’ The metropolis was a bewildering place to navigate, and the prospects for paid work among London’s black population was even bleaker than for the white working class.[…] Pride or luck seems to have intervened, though, because eventually Garvey found piecemeal work on London’s dockyard […] It was one of these brother seamen who
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tipped off Garvey about the intriguing prospect of alternative employment at the newly launched African Times and Orient Review. The paper was run by the Egyptian-born Dusé Mohamed Ali […]. After almost a year of fetching and carrying down at the docks, Garvey had been taken on by Dusé Mohamed Ali, and he could sense his luck was changing. It was an extraordinary piece of good fortune to have arrived at the birth of one of the most exciting journals to come out of London in decades. [...] At the end of May 1940, Marcus Garvey sat cold and forgotten in the tall and draughty rented house at 53 Talgarth Road in West Kensington, London. Recovering from a stroke which had left him partially paralysed, he was sorting through the newspapers that his secretary, Daisy Whyte, had placed beside his bed when he came across a headline which he knew could not be true: ‘Marcus Garvey Dies in London.’ He scanned the other papers, some of which also carried notices of his death. They were not kind obituaries. It took almost a week for many of the papers to issue corrections. By then, wakes and memorials had been held for Marcus Garvey in the Caribbean and the United States. […] Reading through the damning accounts, written by former friends and enemies, Garvey had suffered another massive stroke: he died two week later, on 10 June 1940. Extracts from ‘Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey’ by Colin Grant; pp 1-2 & pp 3638 & p 43; published by Vintage 2009
One day I was walking along North End Road when I met Marcus Garvey. He was from Jamaica. He was a big built chap and lived in Fulham. […] I went to his house a few times and chatted to him. There was a big corner house where the Post Office is in North End Road, and that was where Marcus Garvey lived. He was a nice chap. Very, very kind. But he knew what the English people were up to. He wasn’t treated with respect like I was because he said “The English are no good. No good, and I said: “But there are some good people in this world”. Then he told me he was going home to Jamaica and I never saw him again. Marcus Garvey was a middle-class gentleman, and didn’t make many friends in Fulham. He would say: “Good afternoon” and raise his hat to people but I wasn’t like that. I would say: “Hello love”, or “Hello mate”, because that was the way I was brought up. When I went shopping in North End Road market and met the costers they would say: “Hello Esther. How are you keeping? What are you having today, love?” But if you were middle-class they wouldn’t have a conversation with you. They’d just serve you and that would be that. Marcus Garvey was middle-class and the costers wouldn’t speak to him. It was a class difference. It didn’t matter what colour you were. We were working class. We had our own tongue. People like Marcus Garvey didn’t speak the same language as us. Extract from ‘Aunt Esther’s Story’ by Stephen Bourne and Esther Bruce; published by Hammersmith and Fulham Ethnic Communities Oral History Project, 1996
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DIRECTORY
A compendium of the area’s key establishments
Estate Agents John D Wood & Co 287 New King’s Road 020 7717 5152
Marsh & Parsons 105 Moore Park Road 020 7736 9822
Knight Frank 203 New King’s Road 020 7751 2400
Savills 191 New King’s Road 020 7731 9400
Belvoir! 632 Fulham Road 020 7736 2786
Strutt & Parker ‘Working in partnership with clients to deliver goals spanning residential, commercial, rural and property development.’ 701 Fulham Road 020 7731 7100
Fashion Essam Guenedy 273 New King’s Road 020 7736 3536
Iceblu 24A New King’s Road 020 7371 9292
Health & Beauty Barber
Crew Experience 911 Fulham Road 020 3010 1096
Dentist
Fulham Dental Care 516-518 Fulham Road 020 7610 9400
Doctors
The Fulham Medical Centre 446 Fulham Road 020 7385 6001 Dr S Jefferies & Partners 139 Lillie Road 020 7385 7101
Home Antiques
A&L Antiques 284 Lillie Road 020 7610 2694 Nimmo & Spooner 277 Lillie Road 020 7385 2724
Architects & Design Hogarth Architects Ltd 186 Dawes Road 020 7381 3409
Barroll Webber Architects Unit 8H Michael Road 020 7731 3094
Finishing Touches Artbeat (framer) 703 Fulham Road 020 7736 0337
Cologne & Cotton (linen) 791 Fulham Road 020 7736 92
Zaeem Jamal ‘Luxury hand-embroidered evening gowns decorated with radiant gem stones.’ 73 New King’s Road 020 7736 3536
Fitness Virgin Active ‘Gym with pool and spa, as well as club lounge.’ Fulham Pools, Normand Park Lillie Road 0845 270 9124 (enquiries) 020 7471 0450 (members)
Galleries
Piers Feetham Gallery 475 Fulham Road 020 7381 3031 Joanna Grigson Interior Design The Mews, Harwood Road 07803 008 514
Interior Design B Lowe 10 Atalanta Street 020 7381 9207
Marc Wallace 261 New King’s Road 020 7736 6795
Hair Salon
Gina Conway 612 Fulham Road 020 7731 7633
Spa
Amara Spa 18-20 Fulham High Street 020 7384 9111
Stationer
Perry’s 777 Fulham Road 020 7736 7225
Wood Flooring Bembé UK Ltd ‘German craft since 1780.’ 315-317 New King’s Road 020 7371 9090
Hotels B&B
Fulham Thames Walk B&B 91 Langthorne Street 020 7381 0198
Boutique
La Reserve Hotel 422-428 Fulham Road 020 7385 8561
Guest House
Fulham Guest House 55 Wandsworth Bridge Road 020 7731 1662
Luxury
Millennium & Copthorne Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road 020 7565 1400
Schools Chelsea Independent College 517-523 Fulham Road 020 7610 1114
Godolphin and Latymer School Iffley Road 020 8741 1936
Latymer Upper School 237 King Street 0845 638 5800
Eridge House Preparatory School 1 Fulham Park Road 020 7371 9009
Hurlingham and Chelsea School Peterborough Road 020 7731 2581
L’Ecole des Petits 2 Hazlebury Road 020 7371 8350
Fulham Cross Girls’ School Munster Road 020 7381 0861
Kensington Prep School 596 Fulham Road 020 7731 9300
Parayhouse School New King’s Road 020 7751 0914
Fulham Prep School 200 Greyhound Road 020 7371 9911
Lady Margaret School Parsons Green 020 7736 7138
Sinclair House School 159 Munster Road 020 7736 9182
The London Oratory School Seagrave Road 020 7385 0102 The Moat School Bishop’s Avenue 020 7610 9018 Thomas’s Fulham Hugon Road 020 7751 8200
Food & Drink Bakery Well Bread ‘A family-run bakery with three fully qualified and professional chefs. Makers of bespoke cakes to-order in any size, including birthday and wedding cakes with any picture or shape.’ 383 North End Road 020 7385 7474
Bars
Kona Kai 515 Fulham Road 020 7385 9991
Kosmospol 138 Fulham Road 020 7373 6368
Cafés
Drawing Room Café Fulham Palace, Bishop’s Avenue 020 7736 3233 Pottery Café 735 Fulham Road 020 7736 2157
Confectioner
Demarquette 285 Fulham Road 020 7351 5467
Greengrocer
Pots & Co 133 Munster Road 020 7384 0133
Pubs
Restaurants
Brasserie de l’auberge 268 Fulham Road 020 7352 1859
The Rose Pub 1 Harwood Terrace 020 7731 1832
Fabrella Eating House 786 Fulham Road 0871 971 7654
The Rylston 197 Lilie Road 020 7381 0910
Mao Tai 58 New King’s Road 020 7731 2520
The Hurlingham 360 Wandsworth Bridge Road 020 7610 9816
Vingt-Quatre 325 Fulham Road 020 7376 7224
Services Bookmaker
Cleaner
Motoring
Post Office
Charity
Florist
Newsagent
Printing
Childcare
Library
Pharmacy
Travel
Ladbrokes Plc 344 North End Road 0800 022 3454
Cancer Research UK 350 North End Road 020 7381 8458
Fulham Nannies 69 Stephendale Road 020 7736 8289
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Vanston Dry Cleaning & Laundry 1 Vanston Place 020 7381 3609
Town and County Flowers 131 Wandsworth Bridge 020 7736 4683
Fulham Library 598 Fulham Road 020 8753 3879
Triangle Garage 2 Bishops Road 020 7385 1193
Filmer Newsagents 14 Filmer Road 020 7385 2953
Palace Pharmacy 331 Fulham Palace Road 020 7736 3034
Fulham Road Post Office 815 Fulham Road 0845 722 3344
Paramount Press Ltd 129 Munster Road 020 7731 0900
The Ultimate Travel Company 25-27 Vanston Place 020 7386 4646 029
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1 A BRIGHT AND CHARMING LION HOUSE WITH POTENTIAL chiddingstone street, sw6 Reception room ø kitchen/dining room ø 4 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø 2 further bathrooms ø guest cloakroom ø cellar ø west-facing garden ø potential to extend (subject to planning permission) ø 231 sq m (2,486 sq ft)
Guide £2.3 million Freehold
Savills Fulham Justin Theobald jtheobald@savills.com
020 7731 9400
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1 SUPERB SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE CLOSE TO BISHOP'S PARK ellerby street, sw6 Double reception room ø playroom ø media room ø study ø kitchen/dining room ø 5 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø 3 further bathrooms ø guest cloakroom ø utility room ø garden ø 341 sq m (3,670 sq ft)
Guide £3.25 million Freehold
Savills Fulham Emma Stead estead@savills.com
020 7731 9400
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1 FANTASTIC CONTEMPORARY OPEN PLAN LIVING woodlawn road, sw6 Reception room ø open plan kitchen with dining area ø master bedroom suite ø 3 further bedrooms ø shower room ø guest cloakroom ø utility room ø landscaped garden ø 236 sq m (2,540 sq ft)
Guide £2 million Freehold
Savills Fulham Emma Stead estead@savills.com
020 7731 9400
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1 STUNNING SEMI-DETACHED BISHOP'S PARK FAMILY HOME cloncurry street, sw6 5 bedrooms (2 en suite) ø study/bedroom 5 ø double reception room ø media/ playroom ø contemporary eat-in kitchen ø family bathroom ø utility room ø guest cloakroom ø landscaped garden ø 261 sq m (2,809 sq ft)
£2,000 per week Unfurnished
Savills Fulham Sophie Curtis scurtis@savills.com
020 7731 2692
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Bovingdon Road SW6 £2,150,000 This exceptional property has recently undergone a complete programme of refurbishment and is beautifully presented throughout. Offering well balanced accommodation, the house includes a ground floor reception room, a kitchen/dining room complete with concertina doors leading out to a private patio garden, a further lower ground floor reception room, a large master bedroom with en suite shower room, five further bedrooms (one en suite) and a family bathroom. Freehold.
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Waterside Tower SW6 ÂŁ2,250,000 This stunning riverside apartment boasts uninterrupted panoramic views of the River Thames and London skyline. Located within the award winning development of Imperial Wharf on the Chelsea/Fulham border, this property comprises a sensational reception room, an integrated kitchen, a separate dining room, a master bedroom with en suite bathroom, two further bedrooms (one en suite) and a family bathroom. BeneďŹ ts include 24 hour security and a nearby train station. Sole Agents.
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Anselm Road SW6 ÂŁ1,250,000 This fabulous house is located on a popular residential street close to the transport links of Fulham Broadway and Earls Court. Beautifully presented throughout, this stunning terraced property comprises a modern open plan kitchen/dining room leading out to an attractive landscaped garden, a bright reception room, an open plan master bedroom complete with walk-in wardrobe and bathroom area, two large double bedrooms and an impressive shower room. Freehold. Sole Agents.
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Stokenchurch Street SW6 £1,950 per week This stunning ‘Lion House’ is presented in excellent condition, offering great living and entertaining space arranged over four floors. The property comprises a stylish double reception room, a kitchen/dining room with doors leading out to a private garden, a utility room and a guest cloakroom. The bedroom accommodation comprises a stunning master suite and five further bedrooms served by two family bathrooms.
FULHAM: 020 7736 9822 lets.ful@marshandparsons.co.uk
Knight Frank
Rivermead Court, Fulham SW6 River fronting corner flat
A magnificent river fronting corner flat in Rivermead Court which is a popular purpose built portered block of flats adjoining The Hurlingham Club. 3 bedrooms, bathroom, shower room, reception room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, communal gardens, 24 hour porter, parking. Approximately 153.3 sq m (1,650 sq ft). Share of Freehold Guide Price: ÂŁ1,725,000 (FLH120075)
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Bradbourne Street, Fulham SW6 A superb six bedroom house
A superb, elegant and unusual mid terrace house in one of the most sought after streets on the Peterborough Estate within a stone’s throw of the shops and restaurants on Parsons Green. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, dining room, kitchen, utility room, guest WC, storage areas. Approximately 263 sq m (2,832 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: £2,695,000 (FLH120086)
KnightFrank.co.uk/Fulham fulham@knightfrank.com 020 7751 2400
ELLERBY STREET, SW6 A semi-detached house offering superb proportions as well as the potential to extend further up to approx. 3,500 sq ft. (STPP). Wonderfully located for the newly renovated Bishops Park. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom, roof terrace. Freehold Guide Price £2,250,000
DONERAILE STREET, SW6 An elegant end-of-terrace house of wonderful proportions superbly situated next to the Vicarage providing the most wonderful green and private outlook. Potential to extend further (STPP). 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, double reception room, kitchen/breakfast room, south facing garden, cellar. Freehold Guide Price £2,495,000
FULHAM 020 7731 4223 ful.sales@johndwood.co.uk
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5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 shower rooms, 2 reception rooms, kitchen/dining room, garden. Freehold Guide Price £1,900,000
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Fulham | Parsons Green Sands End | Munster Village Barons Court | West Brompton
Hello! We would like to introduce ourselves as Fulham’s newest letting agent and property manager, Belvoir! With over 15 years’ experience and 145 locally-owned and managed branches across the country, we are an award-winning national network with the key benefit of local insight. The tree-lined streets of Victorian terraces, red brick mansion blocks and stucco townhouses all give our neighbourhood its distinct character and us our passion for property. We are proud to be the lettings specialist, offering a professional yet personal service to Landlords and Tenants. If you are thinking of letting your property or renting a property this year, please get in touch and give us the chance to show you what we can do. To book your free, no-obligation property appraisal and up to date rental valuation or register your property search requirements, please call us on 020 7736 2786 or pop into our Fulham Road office.
We look forward to meeting you!
Duncan Crossey Owner and Director Belvoir! Chelsea and Fulham
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Home Comforts Weighing up the options concerning the best of local property on the market
Terraced treasure Situated in conformist fashion in the middle of a row of terraced houses, this period property with a guide price of £2,350,000 is far from banal. Offered by Marsh & Parsons (the agency located on 105 Moore Park Road), renovations at the property have introduced light and space into the rooms, to an incredibly chic end. Spanning four floors, the family house was designed to an exceptionally high standard with two lower floors of commodious living space, including a sizeable reception room finished with a floor of solid walnut. A bespoke kitchen-dining room sits on the ground floor and an open-plan office and games room perch on the floor above. Two double bedrooms are fitted with en-suite bathrooms and share a kitchenette. The master bedroom suite features a balcony and a roof section that can be pulled back. Fulham Broadway and Eel Brook Common are within easy reach. Image / Immaculate interiors at the Moore Park Road property
020 7736 9822, www.marshandparsons.co.uk
Belvoir! is in town If you’re looking for a lettings agency with a little zest, Belvoir! Chelsea and Fulham (632 Fulham Road) is your local answer. It is a recent addition to West London following the initiative of former solicitor and Fulham resident, Duncan Crossey, who decided to put his legal and professional experience to a different occupational use, opening already nationally successfully Belvoir’s doors to those looking for property in his local area. Designers Brigid Stevens and Tom Dixon have ensured that the new Belvoir! is in possession of a particularly chic, red interior, making the offices far from inconspicuous. The company will be playing a very visible role in the community during the coming months, with sponsorship of various local causes, such as Twice Times Nursery School’s autumn fair and The Octavia Appeal for The Friends of Royal Brompton Hospital. Welcome indeed!
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Savills (191 New King’s Road) is offering the freehold to a discreetly placed property, built in the mid-nineteenth century. Sculptor Peter Induni (18931956) took up residency in the Grade II listed house with his family and remained there for several decades, working and producing his artwork in the property’s studio, which is now used as a spacious kitchen-diner. The house is reached by a path with off-street parking large enough to cater for two cars, and is slightly removed from the rest of the street by a private, walled garden. Built over two storeys, this is only the second time in around eighty years that the charmingly unique house has been featured on the property market. The ground floor retains many of the building’s original period features, from ceiling cornices to fireplaces, and the space offers scope for a variety of different living arrangements. The kitchen-dining room offers views of the generous rear garden, whose fruit trees create an orchard-like aesthetic, and the rooms upstairs will more than adequately meet the needs of a busy, growing family. Within easy reach of Bishops Park and Parsons Green tube station, the property is also perfectly situated for a wide range of family-centred activities and interests. The guide price sits at £5.2 million. 020 7731 9400, www.savills.co.uk
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Avalon Road | Fulham | SW6 948 sq ft (88 sq m)
An excellent three bedroom house on this cul de sac a few minutes walk from Chelsea. Drawing room | Kitchen/breakfast room | Three bedrooms | Bathroom | Garden Asking price ÂŁ1,100,000 Freehold
Fulham 020 7331 7100
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Burnthwaite Road | Fulham | SW6 1,066 sq ft (99 sq m)
A charming three bedroom house on this attractive road, moments from both Fulham Broadway and Parsons Green. Drawing room | Kitchen/dining room | Three bedrooms | Bathroom | Cloakroom | Garden Asking price ÂŁ850,000 Freehold
Fulham 020 7331 7100
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St. Maur Road | Fulham | SW6 2,217 sq ft (206 sq m)
A fantastic five bedroom house with excellent entertaining space, situated on this highly desirable residential street. Double reception room | Kitchen/breakfast room | Five bedrooms | Three bath/shower rooms | Cloakroom | Roof terrace | Garden ÂŁ1,750 per week Unfurnished
Fulham 020 7731 7100
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A new batch of potential buyers has just arrived. As Knightsbridge and Belgravia remain the prime destinations for overseas property investment, it continues to attract a wealth of international buyers. In the last six months, 75% of our registered buyers and tenants were from overseas. If you want to market your property now or would like to talk about how we can help you, do call either Charlie Willis, head of sales or Nina McDowall, head of lettings. 66 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9SH. Call 020 7235 9959 or email Knightsbridge@struttandparker.com today
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