Check what is happening locally on Monday 8 April

Come to the general meeting on Tuesday 24 November

The time of the meeting has been returned to 7:30 pm from 6:30 pm because it will not now begin with a discussion with Councillor Paul Convery.

The recipients of the donations for filming suggested so far are:

• Copenhagen Youth Project
• Shelter from the Storm
• Prospex
• Repairing the railings around the Park
• Gardening in the Park

Your chance to make your mark on the Cally Bridge

Cally Colour Chart is to be a lighting display under the Cally Bridge that interacts with the traffic. A colour will emerge, while the name of the colour will appear on a screen. Passing vehicles and trains will make the colour fade into the next one. There can be over 200 colours.

You can choose and name the colours at the Cally Colour Chart web site until 5 July.

Islington Council has commissioned the work with funding from Transport for London. You could recently have seen other work by the artist, Phil Coy, at the Whitechapel Gallery or the South London Gallery.

Walk in the woods on Saturday 28 March

Discuss the tough choices facing Islington on Thursday 29 January

The return of the railings

More than two years ago a large ash tree fell at the edge of Thornhill Square Gardens, destroying other trees and three metres of railings. New trees (Tulip Tree, Tibetan Cherry, Sweet Gum and Red Maple ‘Red Sunset’) were chosen and planted in the following winter, after discussions with residents; now the railings have been reinstated, using copies of the original ones (which have their own grade 2 listing from English Heritage). The reinstatement was delayed for various reasons; most recently, Metalcraft, the company that provided the railings, had to find a second foundry when its first choice went out of business.

Metalcraft was selected following the suggestion of residents (especially Patrick Firebrace), who obtained quotations for the work that kept the original design but that nonetheless were much better than those made to Islington Council.

Of course the railings elsewhere around the Gardens need restoration, but that is too much to contemplate in these straitened times.

Celebrate the life of Edith Garrud on Saturday 30 June

One of the people’s plaques chosen in the vote in 2011 was for Edith Garrud (1872-1971), the suffragette and jujutsu teacher who lived at 60 Thornhill Square. Wikipedia has an account of her life.

The plaque is to be unveiled outside 60 Thornhill Square at 1:00 pm on Saturday 30 June. After the unveiling there will be a reception at St Andrew’s Church, a short walk from the house.

The house was later occupied by Lisa Pontecorvo (1944-2008), who is commemorated here.

Take part in community gardening in Thornhill Square and elsewhere