Festive fun at the URC

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The URC will be making a full contribution to Festive Community Night on Friday 9th December, with a seasonal display in the church, stalls of Christmas decorations and presents, a CLICK Rukiga stand, hot drinks and mince pies in the Oasis coffee shop and a raffle.

There will also be books, mainly our high-end stock and ones with a local or Middlesex connection, such as Morris Hughes’ The Story of Ickenham, which is hard to find these days.

We will be there from 6pm to 9pm and again on Saturday 10th from 10am to 12 Noon for a Coffee Morning with homemade cakes, and the church and the stalls open again.

Admission will be free throughout.

If you have items to donate please bring them to the church on the Friday afternoon between 2pm and 6pm or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection.

We look forward to seeing you!

RICHARD PIPER

Proposed closure of surgery

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We are sure you are aware of the issues with St Martin’s Ickenham surgery as, according to our informant, “It rarely seems to be open with daily closure notices posted on the door.”

We have been informed that some registered patients received information by text on 2nd Dec of two consutation meetings on the proposed closure of this surgery. Apparently, not all patients have received this notification.

The details are as follows:

Thursday 8 Dec 22 consultation meeting is in St Giles Church Hall 10:30am to 11:30am.

Saturday’s is on 10 Dec 22 in the Ickenham Village Hall (33 Swakeley’s Road) also 10:30am to 11:30am.

The PPG Chairman and Deputy Chairman will attend both meetings.

If you have any more information please let us know and circulate this as far as possible as we cannot afford to lose a GP sugery from the village.

Calibration flights tonight

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FROM RAF NORTHOLT

Note: This evening the Air Traffic instrument approaches will be undergoing calibration. To that end a light aircraft will be conducting several flights over the airfield up until 0115. While within hours it may be deemed unusual activity and more persistent than our normal transient visitors.
 
 

Greenway allotments/Harvil site works

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From HS2:

1 HS2 Works Notification: Thames Water Works update

We are writing to update you on the Thames Water works on the allotments near The Greenway in Ickenham.

We are progressing well with our work on the allotments, and now need to bring the new sewer into use. To ensure this work is completed by Christmas, we need to work weekends from 3 – 18 December 2022.

2 Notification
Extended hours for the construction of the TBM treatment area
We are writing to update you on our works at our Gate 1 site.

What we are doing
Works are ongoing at our Gate 1 site on Harvil Road, to build the TBM material treatment area. Some of these works will need to take place during extended working hours.
We will use this area to treat the soil that will be removed from the West Ruislip portal tunnels before it is placed in its final location.

Our preparation to build the TBM material treatment area is progressing. We will start working on the construction of the treatment area from 11 December 2022 until 28 May 2023. Some of these works will need to take place during extended working hours.

We will use this area to treat the soil that will be removed from the West Ruislip portal tunnels before it is placed in its final location.

These works will pause on 23 December 2022 and restart on 3 January 2023.

For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/extended-hours-for-the-construction-of-the-tbm-treatment-area/

We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.

We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.

Duration of works
11 December 2022 to 28 May 2023
Monday to Sunday 8am to 6pm
We may be on site for an hour before the start and/or end of the shift

What to expect
Extended working hours for portions of the work
Additional staff on site outside of core hours

What we will do
Continue to monitor our working methods and minimise disruption to the local community
Advise our staff to be mindful of our neighbours

HS2 operatives’ car park at West Ruislip

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From HS2

Car park construction at Ruislip Golf Course

We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out at Ruislip Golf Course.

From 12 December 2022 to 28 January 2023, we will be carrying out work to construct a new car park for staff in the Ruislip Golf Course.

This has been approved by the London Borough of Hillingdon to assist with the reduction of operatives parking on local streets.

The car park will be in place throughout the duration of the construction project and will be restored as part as the golf course redesign.

We will be stripping away the topsoil and replacing it with a thin layer of stone.

These works will pause on 23 December 2022 and restart on 3 January 2023.

For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/car-park-construction-at-ruislip-golf-course/

We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way. We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.

Blooper in our winter newsletter. Sorry.

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If you are a recipient of the Association’s newsletter, you’ll find that the link provided in the current issue’s Health Report is incorrect.

If you wish to take part in this consultation about a new way of organising orthopaedic care for adults please use this link: https://www.nwl-acute-provider-collaborative.nhs.uk/key-projects/elective-orthopaedic-centre-consultation-survey

Should you be unclear where Central Middx Hospital hospital is located this is the link to the hospital website: https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/central-middlesex-hospital/

Night flights tonight

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FROM RAF NORTHOLT

The flight checker aircraft will be operating at Northolt this evening until the early hours of tomorrow morning (22-23 Nov until ~0100L). This may potentially extend into tomorrow evening/Thursday morning (23-24th, similar timings).