While trying to find a decent pic of Ickenham Village Hall for our Twitter account and the header of this site, I found myself in contact with the Swakeleys Home Guard (1944) Association. Its members meet at the back of the Village Hall. I’ve added them to the Useful Links page, along with a lively Facebook group we mentioned recently called ‘Ickenham… it’s just the best village’.
Planning updates 11-07-2016
This week’s crop of new applications are in postcodes UB10 8… then HG, LF, LW, QD, QU, RH and SA. Map link.
Breakspear Road South closure
This has just come in from Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch:
Breakspear Road South will be closed from Breakspear Road to the junction with Swakeleys Road for six weeks from 20th July until 4th September for major GAS work.
This will obviously have a major impact on traffic flow in the area.
[ And something that HS2 could learn much from – Ed ]
Planning updates 04-07-2016
This week’s crop of new applications are in postcodes UB10 8… then BD, EG, EH and EU. Map link.
Ickenham pix from 40 years ago
Follow this link (from Barbara Busst onFacebook’s Ickenham… it’s just the best village) to see Robin Scagell’s snapshots of Ickenham today and 40 years ago.
HS2 threat to our heritage
As you know, part of the Colne Valley is in the western reaches of Ickenham. The proposed HS2 works will bisect the valley and cause considerable environmental harm. The following documents tell you all you need to know about a planned action day on July 17th:
Planning updates 27-06-2016
This week’s crop of new applications are in postcodes UB10 8… then DP, EH, EU, HE, HU, NR, QA, QZ, RA, RW, SD and SZ. Map link.
Planning updates 20-06-2016
This week’s crop of new applications are in postcodes UB10 8… then BG, DS, HT and SZ. Map link.
Beware of university grant emails
Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch is warning of fake emails that appear to come from your chosen university which offer you a grant from the Department of Education. Don’t click on anything: full explanation here:
http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/phishing-attack-targeting-university-students-may16
Want to share your Ickenham pix?
We received a pic from South Swakeleys Neighbourhood Watch of its Queen’s birthday celebration. This made us wonder whether to share it and your own pix here. With the Festival Week closely following the Royal celebration, June seems like a perfect month to try the idea out. Here’s the SSNW pic:
Thanks to Diana May for this one.
We welcome good quality pix, ideally 500px wide. (It keeps the mail attachment reasonably small.) We won’t accept anything overtly commercial (but a collection of people seated outside, say, Maison du Soleil would be okay). As long as there’s a community-interest aspect to it.
You obviously need to own the rights to any image used and give us permission to use them.
Start rummaging and snapping. For simplicity, send them to ickpic@tebbo.com
We look forward to hearing from you!
Ickenham Residents' Association 