A restrictive covenant on your property within the HCERA area requires you to obtain prior written consent for alterations. But who do you ask for consent? The leases say it is the…
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HCERA AGM
The HCERA AGM will be held on Tuesday 15th October beginning at 7.30pm. We hope to have a speaker to give a short talk at the start. Notices will be sent out…
THE SUMMER PARTY
The party was held a little earlier than usual, on 8th June. Thank you to Ken and Michelle Hickling for the meat BBQ and to Mark and Josephine for the vegetarian option….
SCARECROW COMPETITION
Sadly, the Scarecrow Competition was cancelled through lack of interest. A couple of people were disappointed. Perhaps there will be more success next year when combined with Open Gardens Day.
TREE REPLACEMENT
Last summer, one of Himalayan birches on the green in Bassett Green Road very unexpectedly died. It had been planted in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day. In mid…
FOODBANK – CONTINUED EFFORTS
by Peter Martin, 52 Ethelburt Avenue We are now entering in our fifth year of this great effort by you all. Thank you for your continued support. This is very important since…
MOCK COLLINS HOUSES
by Robert Williams Is imitation the greatest form of flattery? I recently visited the large North Stoneham housing development at the northern end of Stoneham Lane, and was intrigued to see the…
A CENTENARY AHEAD
The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd. was founded in November 1925 by Mr R. Claude Ashby, a local businessman and youth club worker, Mr Fred Woolley, an accountant and civic leader (mayor 1931…
YET ANOTHER REMINDER
If you still have not paid your £5 for HCERA membership and for residents of Ethelburt Avenue, £35 for road repair, please do so now. It does save street reps spending their…