Page 2 - HGS Suburb News 149 - March 2022

Photo: Michael Spiro
Bishopswood Bowling Club ready to roll

MICHAEL SPIRO chance to take part in a variety of This year we will once again be the club offers. We are hoping this are friendly and welcoming, and
activities including puzzles, card holding Open Days over the last growth will be repeated this year. all are invited to learn about the
fter what seems to be a very playing, scrabble, Rummikub and weekend of May in conjunction Subject to the weather and game and have a go.
long winter, Bishopswood backgammon mornings. Some with and at the same time as the the state of the green, the club is Generally, the club will be
A Bowling Club, located continued to bowl through the national initiative of Bowls England. aiming to re-open on the Easter open in the mornings from 9:45
within the Lyttelton Road Playing winter period at the indoor bowls Last year club membership weekend (mid-April), but at all through to late afternoon, with a
Fields, is getting ready for the club off Summers Lane (by the grew by over 40% with new and events, by the early May bank midday break. All are welcome.
2022 summer outdoor bowling Hollywood Bowl, Finchley). younger members experiencing the holiday weekend (April 30 - May 2). Please visit the club website
season. During the past months, Nevertheless it is the bowling in joy that the sport has to offer on Anyone interested in trying at bishopswoodbc.co.uk for more
when outdoor bowling was not the fresh air and natural sunlight so many levels including fun/social their hand at the sport can pop in information, or you can contact
possible, the club continued to that members of the club are playing, competitive playing and, at any time whenever the gates them on 020 8058 2212 or email
offer a hot drink, a snack and the really looking forward to. of course, the social environment are open. The club and the members to: info@bishopswoodbc.co.uk.

Lest we forget … shops in one area, offices in cycling will be easy options. It’s and says “We are going to create a
Brent Cross Town (continued from front page)

another, houses in yet another. effectively future proofing design. very friendly neighbour for the
Brent Cross Town will be a mixed Energy saving initiatives are already Suburb.” As many HGS residents
use design. in place, such as replacing the will know, Argent Related is a
There will be neighbourhoods usual steel and concrete with sponsor of the Proms at St. Jude’s
but the edges will be blurred with timber. The well-being of residents and sees the Suburb as a shining
a sprinkling of high streets, and visitors is paramount. This is example of community. He hopes
squares and other communal property development with a very HGS residents will enjoy visits to
areas. The developers are using human angle. Brent Cross Town with all that it
On the 27th January International Holocaust Memorial Day the natural geography and So what will Brent Cross Town has to offer.
once again commemorated the murder of the six million Jews topography of the area to create look like? “Mixed architecture and Why Brent Cross Town? Nick
interlinking spaces and buildings. very green,” says Nick. “It will have explains the name was chosen to
during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people
Argent Related understands a look and feel of it’s own. You’ll contextualise what it is, namely a
killed under Nazi persecution and in genocides that followed the importance of facilitating a know when you’re in it, it will have community on the scale of a town
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. low carbon usage lifestyle and has its own character but it will still – not a sprawling city. A town has
27th January marks the anniversary of the liberation of pledged a commitment to net feel like part of London.” Sounds a smaller sense of scale but large
zero carbon emissions by 2030 - rather a lot like Hampstead enough to encompass more
Auschwitz-Birkenau. Garden Suburb Community Library
well ahead of the government’s Garden Suburb? diversity and choice. Community
hosted a moving presentation given by Jacqueline Luck about target. Nick envisions car sharing Speaking of HGS, Brent Cross with a capital C is at the heart of
her grandmother, Lela, a Holocaust survivor (see opposite). schemes plus plenty of electric Town will practically be on our the project and Argent Related are
car charging points. Walking and doorstep. Nick is aware of this already supporting community
initiatives and local groups.
Nick and his team are clearly
passionate about this project and
excited about designing living for
the future. Watch this space.
For more information go to
www.brentcrosstown.co.uk.

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