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Halloween competition
A COMPETITION for the best Halloween costume at the Maple Cross Youth Centre in Old Uxbridge Road on Friday, October 27, will be judged by leader of Three Rivers District Council Mrs Ann Shaw. The competition will be held from 1pm to 3pm. October 23,
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'Our little miracles'
Three miracle babies last week returned to the hospital which helped keep them alive. IAN LLOYD spoke to their proud mums about the highs and lows of the last year. Cate, Georgie, and Isobel together weighed barely the same as two bags of sugar when they
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'Greedy' office plan is thrown out
A PLAN to build three office buildings in Denham Way, Maple Cross, has been rejected. The decision was made by Three Rivers District Council's development control committee on Thursday, October 11. The application, by Kvaerner Construction, would have
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Hospital supporters pledge to fight on
THE fight to keep Harefield Hospital open has only just begun was the message that came loud and clear from the first Heart of Harefield campaign meeting since health minister John Hutton announced the hospital would close and move to Paddington. Harefield
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Anti-war campaigners plan demonstration
PEACE campaigners in Watford are organising a demonstration to show their opposition to the US and British bombing of Afghanistan. The protest is organised by Watford Stop the War Coalition (WSWC) and will take place from 2pm onwards outside HMS Warrior
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Memories of Slaters bakery
A PICTURE we published a few weeks ago of the old ovens of Slaters bakery, still visible in the Copperfields clothes shop, have prompted memories from Mrs Beryl Carrington. "Tom Slater cooked his cakes and pastries there, and also ran the dining rooms
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Save your energy to save pounds on bills
PEOPLE could be losing money by not having their homes insulated, Three Rivers District Council has warned this week. The local authority is doing its bit for National Energy Efficiency Week with a display on the subject at Three Rivers House in Northway
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Lights refuse to go out for council
LIKE a bad penny, plans for a large illuminated sign at the new Tesco in Bushey, keep turning up. And no matter how many times councillors sitting on Hertsmere Borough Council's planning committee slay the beast, it lives to fight another day. At a meeting
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Richard dancing his way to success
A WATFORD teenager has been selected out of 80 boys to star in the National Youth Ballet 2001 production of Toad, a spin-off from Wind in the Willows. Richard Read, 15, from Watford Grammar School in Rickmansworth Road, will be dancing the role of Weasel
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Drugs stolen
POLICE are appealing for the safe return of five bottles of tablets taken from a bag in Warner Village Cinema in Woodside Leisure Park, Garston on Friday, October 19. The drugs include diazepam a tranquiliser sodium valporite and olazaphine which are
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Herts to get £1.7m to free-up beds
The Department of Health has awarded Hertfordshire Council an extra £1.7million to help reduce the number of elderly patients waiting in hospital beds. The county has been identified as one of 50 councils with the most severe cases of 'bed blocking' and
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Boy locked himself in car
TWO fire engines were called out when a child locked himself in a car in Runcie Close, St Albans, on Friday, October 19. The boy was trapped inside for more than half an hour while firefighters attempted to free him, after pushing down the car's locks
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Making sure the fireworks explode safely
SOME firework displays are being cancelled this year following the atrocity at the New York Trade Center. But in St Albans the Abbey display will go ahead - as you might expect when its organiser is a former major in the Territorial Army. "To cancel would
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Call for everyone to sign petition
A PETITION to save maternity services at Hemel Hempstead Hospital was launched by St Albans MP Kerry Pollard on Friday. Standing outside St Albans City Hospital, Mr Pollard was joined by St Albans District councillors Robert Donald, Susan Carr and Dreda
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Half Marathon money urgently needed
AN urgent appeal is being made to runners in the Review Half Marathon to hand in their sponsorship cash as soon as possible so that local charities will not suffer following postponement of the event. Celebrating its 21st anniversary the road race was
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Health chiefs face shouting and tears
JIBES and shouts filled Dacorum Borough Council offices in Hemel Hempstead on Thursday, October 18, as health chiefs came face-to-face with public opposition to their decision to move the town's maternity services to Watford. Chaired by health watchdog
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Spartan South Midlands League: Round-up
Premier Division LONDON COLNEY continue to raise the ceiling on their performances after demolishing Letchworth Town 4-0 away in Saturday's, October 20, FA Vase tie. The result followed a 0-0 between the two sides in a league fixture four days earlier
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Good start to life
My wife Justine gave birth to our first child, Simon, at the Edgware Birth Centre (EBC) on the morning of October 11, 2001. I am writing to express our sincere thanks to all the staff at this midwife-led facility housed at Edgware Community Hospital.
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Plans look great
I have just seen the plans and artist's drawing of the new proposed stadium for Barnet FC. I am very much for the new building. Not the brick monstrosity according to some sources but a modern building which Barnet can be proud of and which can be used
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Stay out of it Mr Coleman
Councillor Brian Coleman, Greater London Authority Member for Barnet and Camden, was quick out of the political traps and running nine days before Barnet FC had deposited their plans for a new site to the south of Underhill. "I am keen to see the club
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West Herts League: Kings lose ground
AFTER their 18-goal exploits the previous week, Kings Sports lost potentially vital ground in the Premier Division championship race when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Agrevo Sports. Glenn Dimmock was on the scoresheet for Kings, but Keith Hammond's
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Sarries handed hard lesson by champs
SARACENS were given an example of the strength in-depth required to reach the Zurich Premiership summit when they were beaten 36-10 at the hands of defending champions Leicester. With both sides weakened by international call-ups and, Saracens in particular
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Ward a hell hole
My father stayed in a hell hole ward earlier this year after a stroke. It was a good thing he was too ill to be aware of where we had to leave him Barnet Hospital. What a disgusting, disgraceful place. Black bin bags and rubbish bins littered the entrance
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Ratings so unfair
The Barnet Hospital breast unit headed by Rashid Qureshi is a small but effective centre of expertise (Surgeon says hospital's poor rating was a blip', October 11). As a patient of Mr Qureshi since 1988 and having been successfully treated, I have always
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Motorcycle memories
MR PERRY, of 30 Kenilworth Drive, Croxley Green, continues his memories of moving to Croxley Green. My thoughts turned towards a real motorcycle. The old orphanage behind the junction station (now a housing estate) was the venue every Sunday morning to
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News Analysis: Last attempt to keep the Bees in Barnet
Barnet FC has unveiled plans which it says are its last chance to remain in the borough. KEVIN BURCHALL checks out the proposals. Welcome once again to the great stadium debate. Last week Barnet FC unveiled plans for a new £12million stadium with a 9,200
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Halloween competition
A COMPETITION for the best Halloween costume at the Maple Cross Youth Centre in Old Uxbridge Road on Friday, October 27, will be judged by leader of Three Rivers District Council Mrs Ann Shaw. The competition will be held from 1pm to 3pm. October 23,
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Latest St Clare Hospice news
WELL, the summer holidays, for most of us, seem to be in the long and distant past. However, a good home in fundraising for any unwanted foreign coins and notes, stamps and postcards can be found. Over this year alone, hospice funds have been boosted
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Sunshine dance
THERE will be a dance at St Clement Danes School in Chenies Road, Chorleywood, on Saturday, November 10, from 7.30 to 11.30pm. The Mixtures, a 60's, 70's and 80's band, will be playing. Tickets are priced £10 with proceeds going to the Friends of Sunshine
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Police warning over anthrax hoaxers
A SENIOR police officer has issued a "don't panic" plea following anthrax scares in Essex all of which have turned out to be unfounded. The sorting office in Chelmsford where mail for most of the county is handled was evacuated last Tuesday evening. Essex
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Beer festival
WETHERSPOONS in Bridlington Road, South Oxhey and High Street, Rickmansworth will be offering a wide selection of real ales from Wednesday to Sunday, November 4, inclusive. Some of the beers on offer at the beer festival include Oakhill Black Magic Stout
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Bazaar to raise rescue centre funds
AN animal rescue centre will be holding a fund-raising autumn bazaar at Watersmeet Theatre in High Street, Rickmansworth, on Saturday, November 10, from 10.30am to 2pm. Ms Juliet Morton, owner of Rickmansworth Animal Rescue off Uxbridge Road, Rickmansworth
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Chingford clean sweep for Barnet & District
Barnet and District AC achieved a stunning result in the third Chingford League cross-country fixture of the season, winning all four team categories and providing both individual winners. Keith Turner stormed to his first league victory and the second
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Floods return to dampen town's businesses
FLOOD warnings were issued across Hertfordshire on Monday with Bishop's Stortford one of the worst affected areas, according to the Environment Agency. It reported 65 flooded properties in the Bishop's Stortford area following Sunday's torrential rain
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Caylor puts shine on fine away day
Old Merchant Taylors 11 Barnet Saracens Elizabethans 25 London League Division Three (North-West) A brace of tries from Mark Caylor and deft kicking by Richard Perkins gave Barnet Saracens Elizabethans an unexpected but well deserved win over Old Merchant
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Aaron's grand plan starting to take shape
Aaron McLaughlin produced a magnificent performance to take the 55kg category bronze medal in the World Cadet and Junior Karate Championships in Athens. It was a significant step towards fulfilling his prime ambition to represent Britain at the Olympic
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Fundraising for Andrew
Parents, friends and pupils of Pope Paul School in Potters Bar are rallying round in a bid to help the school's former deputy headteacher with his battle against cancer. Andrew Delaloye, 42, who taught at the Baker Street school for eight years, was diagnosed
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Get tough on Tube pests
Barnet Council and British Transport Police have spoken out against a "light" sentence given to a homeless man who has been hassling people at the borough's Tube stations. Hendon magistrates could have imprisoned Selwyn Wright, 37, for five years and
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Disney-style comes to Radlett
FANTASIA will come to Radlett when a house likened to something from a Walt Disney film is built in Newlands Road. The huge house complete with servants' quarters was described by the Radlett Society and Green Belt Association as intrusive and oversized
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Readers thanked for Home Guard anecdotes
MR DAVID BALLARD, of 46 Thirlestane, Lemsford Road, St Albans, wrote in on the subject of Croxley Green's Home Guard unit. Further to my letter asking for photos and anecdotes of Croxley Home Guards 1939 to 1945. I have received quite a nice response
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History talk
AN illustrated talk entitled The Crystal Palace 150th Anniversary Lecture is being put on by Friends of Chorleywood Library at 8pm on Friday, October 27, at the library in Lower Road. The event will be presented by Mr John Greatrex, a founder member of
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Sunshine dance
THERE will be a dance at St Clement Danes School in Chenies Road, Chorleywood, on Saturday, November 10, from 7.30 to 11.30pm. The Mixtures, a 60's, 70's and 80's band, will be playing. Tickets are priced £10 with proceeds going to the Friends of Sunshine
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Beer festival
WETHERSPOONS in Bridlington Road, South Oxhey and High Street, Rickmansworth will be offering a wide selection of real ales from Wednesday to Sunday, November 4, inclusive. Some of the beers on offer at the beer festival include Oakhill Black Magic Stout
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News Analysis: Last attempt to keep the Bees in Barnet
Barnet FC has unveiled plans which it says are its last chance to remain in the borough. KEVIN BURCHALL checks out the proposals. Welcome once again to the great stadium debate. Last week Barnet FC unveiled plans for a new £12million stadium with a 9,200
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Tenants conference
THE next Three Rivers District Council tenants' and leaseholders' conference will be held on Saturday, November 3, at Three Rivers House in Northway, Rickmansworth. It will be open from 9.30am to 2.30pm and lunch will be provided. Inspector Shakil Qasim
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Bazaar to raise rescue centre funds
AN animal rescue centre will be holding a fund-raising autumn bazaar at Watersmeet Theatre in High Street, Rickmansworth, on Saturday, November 10, from 10.30am to 2pm. Ms Juliet Morton, owner of Rickmansworth Animal Rescue off Uxbridge Road, Rickmansworth
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Council offers hand of friendship to Muslim community
MUSLIMS in Three Rivers will be invited to a special event intended to unite the community after the terrorist attacks on America. Speaking at a meeting of Three Rivers District Council on Wednesday, October 17, leader of the council Mrs Ann Shaw asked
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TIMES SOAPBOX: Fighting back
The Government must ensure our civil liberties are not exploited by terrorists or their supporters, writes Sir Sydney Chapman, MP for Chipping Barnet On this occasion, I want to turn our thoughts from local to international events. After the appalling
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Do you recall pop group from the 1960's?
DOES anyone remember a local group called The Cortinas, who used to play at Sandridge Youth Club on Tuesdays in the 1960's? The group members were two brothers, Paul and Nigel Griggs, and two others, Rick and Garry, whose surnames are lost in the mists
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Looking back at 1940's village
NOSTALGIA turns to Sandridge, with ex-shopkeeper Eric Darby's memories of the village in the late 1940's. In these days when so many villages don't even have one shop, it seems incredible there can have been so many but then they obviously didn't mind
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Who recalls cycle speedway thrills?
Does anyone remember the sport of cycle speedway in the St Albans area? In the early 1950's there were at least four local teams in the Hertfordshire league In 1951, E.A.C. Hawks from St Albans came first and Harpenden Aces came last. The others were
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Teens win skate debate as park gets night lights
WITH the final piece of the jigsaw now in place, a rubbish dump will be transformed into a facility for the whole community. Plans for floodlights at Riverside Park have been given the go-ahead which means the new skate and ball park at the site will
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Bill's on the agenda
Times Group local government correspondent Bill Montgomery found himself in the unusual position of receiving compliments from all sides of Barnet Council at last week's meeting. A resolution was passed paying tribute to his contribution towards the coverage
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False alarm at the Abbey
THE St Albans Abbey was evacuated on Friday, after fire alarms in the knave went off. Two fire engines with a platform from St Albans and two extra engines from Hemel Hempstead attended the incident and firefighters inspected the area, before declaring
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Apples in their element
APPLE enthusiasts were in their element at the weekend when Apple Day was celebrated with a number of events paying homage to the humble fruit. Friday, October 19, saw a day of apple pressing at St Albans County Hall, using fruit produced in local orchards
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Demands for action on dangerous driving
AN AGREEMENT has been made to look into the ways traffic problems can be reduced and safety improved on the A5183 road through Park Street. Residents met with members of the Hertfordshire Constabulary and the Highways Partnership to discuss the long-standing
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Copthall hope
Following the Picketts Lock debacle the Government has promised to give £40million to grassroot athletics. A substantial amount of this is earmarked for London which should be good news for Barnet. Council leader Alan Williams and the MP for Hendon, Andrew
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Kickboxing: Young fighters sweep the board
THE WATFORD FREESTYLE CLUB came back from the Combat World Open Championships held in Chesterfield recently with its reputation for developing young talent considerably enhanced. The juniors returned home with three medals including a gold for the highly-rated
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Build your stadium where quality of life won't drop
I am writing to object to the proposed plans for a new 10,000 all-seater football stadium on the grounds of Barnet Cricket Club. As we live opposite the cricket club, my family and I are concerned about the noise, pollution, traffic and parking problems
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No development
Your piece on the Barnet Copthall consultation (Edgware & Mill Hill Times, October 11) contains a serious inaccuracy. The article states the aim of the consultation was to "provide potential developers with a set of parameters before they submit an
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He saved my life
I was saddened to read the article about Barnet Hospital's breast unit underachieving (Surgeon says hospital's poor rating was a blip', October 11). I personally owe my life to lead surgeon Rashid Qureshi because he dealt with my cancer very early before
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Funding needed
The article 'Barnet Hospital Worst in London' (Times Group, September 27) did absolutely nothing for Barnet Hospital, but then I suppose that wasn't your intention. If a person or institution is repeatedly criticised demoralisation sets in. Has anyone
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Staff do their best
Recent newspaper reports may cause your readers some concern as to their possible treatment at Barnet Hospital. Just over two years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. Almost immediately, I was operated on in the new part of the hospital, and as a result
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Unity records hunt
MR ALEC CUTLER, of 8 Robert Crescent, Lemon Tree Passage, NSW 2319, Australia, asks: I am curious about where the records of what was known as the Unity Workhouse are being held. I know it definitely did exist during the late 1800's, as a birth certificate
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Memories from the footplate
W CHESHIRE, of 9 Mendip Road, Bushey, writes on various nostalgia questions. HAVING read your questions with reference to at least five of your listed items, my information is as follows: Searching for information about the Watford/Rickmansworth Line.
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Crossword answers
Solution to crossword 755 Across: 1 Slattern; 6 Cosy; 8 Futile; 9 Mantua; 10 Get through; 12 Reason; 14 Damask; 15 Straitened; 19 Tickle; 20 Dugout; 21 Here; 22 Mandated. Down: 2 Lout; 3 Thing; 4 Everton; 5 Nymph; 6 Conform; 7 Sluggish; 11 Beatrice; 13
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History talk
AN illustrated talk entitled The Crystal Palace 150th Anniversary Lecture is being put on by Friends of Chorleywood Library at 8pm on Friday, October 27, at the library in Lower Road. The event will be presented by Mr John Greatrex, a founder member of
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Two men held over body find
TWO men have been arrested by police following the death of 21-year-old Daniel Selvon whose body was found by an ambulance crew at an address in Parsonage Leys, Harlow, on Sunday morning. A post mortem carried out at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
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Charity stables welcome near-record legacy
ONE of the biggest ever legacies to be left to the Ada Cole Memorial Stables at Broadley Common, Nazeing, will allow work to go ahead on at least one major project. Edna Barclay, a long-time supporter of the rescue stables, left £100,000 to the charity
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Bannister and Hunt off to a great start
Dominic Bannister and Emma Hunt gave Shaftesbury Barnet a double in the first Reebok Cross Challenge series at Liverpool on Saturday. Champion for the past three years, Bannister got off to a splendid start in his bid for a fourth title in a row. Seeing
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Awful second half finishes Finchley
Imperial Medics 25 Finchley 14 London League Division Three (North-West) Finchley appeared to be heading for a comfortable win when they led 14-3 at half-time, following some positive, attractive rugby. But that was followed by a poor, thoughtless performance
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Council vacancy
HERTSMERE has a vacancy for a casual member of staff with Hertsmere Borough Council's Fifty Plus team. Experience of working with the over 50s is preferred but not essential as training will be given. Applicants must be friendly, conscientious, and physically
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Area forum
THE next meeting of the Rickmansworth Area Forum will be held at Eastbury Farm JMI School in Bishops Avenue, Eastbury, on Tuesday, October 30. It will start at 7.30pm and will discuss issues relevant to Rickmansworth residents. October 23, 2001 11:38
