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HISTORIC PLAQUE UNVEILED AT ISLINGTON ESTATEThe plaque for Market Estate and Caledonian ParkThe plaque for Market Estate and Caledonian ParkSouthern Housing Group, currently undertaking the regeneration of the Market Estate and Caledonian Park, has funded an Islington Historical Plaque to mark the 175 year anniversary of the great march in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, which started on the site of the park.The1834 march through London to Kennington Common was the start of a campaign to persuade the government to return the Tolpuddle Martyrs who had been transported to Australia for seven years for swearing oaths as members of a trade specific Friendly Society. The campaign was eventually successful and the Martyrs repatriated. Newsletter Editions - Daily housing news for 20.03.09 HISTORIC PLAQUE UNVEILED AT ISLINGTON ESTATE The plaque for Market Estate and Caledonian Park

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SHG HAS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN BALANCE Southern Housing Group Limited Southern Housing Group Limited (SHG) has strengths and weaknesses in balance according to a report released by the Audit Commission.Audit Commission inspectors reached this conclusion following a short-notice inspection of how the London and South east based housing association is: responding to repairs that tenants report; involving tenants in decision making; and managing rent arrears accrued by those experiencing debt.This was because repairs reporting is tailored to tenants� wishes, diverse communities are informing service improvements, dedicated resources support the association�s commitment to involving tenants, services are easy to access and the management of arrears is reasonable.Hugh Boatswain, Audit Commission Lead Housing Inspector, said: �Overall, SHG is delivering a reasonable service which includes various means by which tenants can influence the servces they receive. It now needs to ensure consi

 

 

 

Support the Tolpuddle Martyrs - demo in King's Cross 21 April 2009 The full list of events is now up on the festival website: http://tolpuddlekx.wordpress.com/events/ Now includes details of tickets for Tolpuddle KX film night's showing of Comrades - get em while you can! Festival map showing where everything is, what tubes are nearest etc: http://tolpuddlekx.wordpress.com/map/ For bus, cycle, walking and otherroutes go to www.tfl.gov.uk and use the Journey PlannerUpdated list of festival partners: http://tolpuddlekx.wordpress.com/festival-partners/ Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Islington Environment Forum - Next Meeting When? Wednesday 1st April 2009, 6:30 - 8:30pm Where? Freightliners City Farm, Sheringham Road, N7 8PF (please follow this link for the location; http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=N7+8PF+&countryCode=GB#map=51.54773,-0.11139 |16|4&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:51.54776:-0.11143:16|N7%208PF%20|N7%208PF ) Agenda to follow. Please send any agenda items to me. Look forward to seeing you there, Jessica Robinson IEF Secretary Groundwork 12 Baron Street London N1 9LL Direct Line: 020 7239 1290 General Enquiries: 020 7278 1514 Fax: 020 7278 1515 e-mail: jessica.robinson@groundwork.org.uk www.groundwork-nl.org.uk Groundwork working in Westminster, Camden, Islington and Haringey Registered Office: 12 Baron Street, London N1 9LL Registered Charity no: 1043047 Registered Company no: 02897074 Please help to reduce the amount of paper you use by only printing this email if absolutely necessary.

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Debate over 393 bus route heats upMORE than 1,000 people have signed a petition to keep the 393 bus travelling along Leighton Road in Kentish Town.The signatures were handed over to London Assembly member Murad Querishi this week as the campaign to keep the service in place hots up.The route, which was introduced last summer,has split people living in Leighton Road. Some say the road is not suitable for a bus route as it is too narrow, has cars parked on either side and traffic islands down the middle. It already has a ban on lorries over seven and a half tons and many living there say the bus has caused traffic jams and is dangerous.But others say the route is a lifeline and has cut the numbers of cars on the streets.Janet Taylor, who livesin Torriano Cottages off Leighton Road, heard that there have been calls for the route to be moved south to Agar Grove instead of winding its way from Holloway to Chalk Farm. They say Agar Grove is in desperate need of an east to west bus service an

ISLINGTON64 - Of Hungerford and Pratt, plus St Mungo's homeless and Holloway's condemnedThere are two schools near the north end of York Way, a Camden primary school called Brecknock, on the west side, and an Islington primary school called Hungerford on the east side. Brecknock, named after the family seat of Lord Camden, opened in 1881. It was typical of Board schools (i.e. those set up by the London School Board under the 1870 Education Act requiring all children to be educated until they were 13) in that it had separate parts for boys, girls and mixed infants. Unusually, though, Brecknock also catered for blind children. Originally, a large building ran parallel to what is now York Way, and overlooked a terrace of houses opposite, behind which was the cattle market. It was replaced between the wars by the present building. During World War Two, the school was used as a fire station. The one-storey Hungerford infant school, on the east side of York Way, set among an area of