Lambeth’s trial ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhood’ scheme has been in place for a few weeks now. The reaction of TARA members seems to be either positive or neutral (with some reservations about the effectiveness).

It’s been reported that the scheme is getting quite a lot of kick-back against it. Judging from the comments on the scheme’s feedback site, these seem to be mostly from people who don’t live in the triangle. The exception is people on the Mursall estate whose narrow access roads have become the new rat-runs.

Anyway, if you want to give your own feedback, there are several ways you can do so. In fact, there are several ways you should do it, not just one 😀:

1. Give your own feedback using the form on the LTN scheme’s site

This is trickier to do than it should be, so you might have to persevere a bit to figure it out. The site is at ovalltnproposals.commonplace.is/schemes/proposals/tell-us-how-the-temporary-scheme-is-affecting-you/details

2. Support other people’s comments if you agree with them

This is worth doing. Again, it’s more difficult to find than it should be.

1. Go to: The site is at ovalltnproposals.commonplace.is/schemes/proposals/tell-us-how-the-temporary-scheme-is-affecting-you/details
2. Click on the second ‘Menu’ button on this page (not the one at the top of the page)…
3. … and then ‘All comments’
4. Click on the ‘thumbs up’ icon below any comments you agree with.

3. Email your MP and let her know your thoughts on the scheme

Florence Eshamoli’s email is florence.eshalomi.mp@parliament.uk

4, Email your ward councillors

Stockwell ward

(Tradescant Road, Walberswick Street, Meadow Place, southern end of Old South Lambeth Road, south side of Dorset Road)

Councillor Lucy Caldicott

• Bus. phone: 07542 943 508
• Email: LCaldicott@lambeth.gov.uk
• Twitter : @LucyCaldicott

Councillor Dr. Mahamed Hashi

• Bus. phone: 07712 236 226
• Email: mhashi@lambeth.gov.uk

Councillor Mohamed Jaser

• Bus. phone: 07542943532
• Email: mjaser@lambeth.gov.uk
• Twitter : @MOHAMEDJASER3

(Please also email Oval Councillor Claire Holland Deputy Leader of the Council (Sustainable Transport, Environment and Clean Air) at CHolland@lambeth.gov.uk as she has been the driving force behind the LTN)

Oval ward

(Heyford Avenue, northern end of Old South Lambeth Road, northern side of Dorset Road)

Councillor Claire Holland

Deputy Leader of the Council (Sustainable Transport, Environment and Clean Air)

• Bus. phone: 07920 547 829
• Email: CHolland@lambeth.gov.uk
• Twitter : @clairekholland

Councillor Jack Hopkins

Leader of the Council

• Bus. phone: 020 7296 1167
• Email: jhopkins@lambeth.gov.uk
• Twitter : @JackHopkins_Lab

Mayor Philip Normal

• Bus. phone: 07542943513
• Email: pnormal@lambeth.gov.uk
• Twitter : @philipnormal

This is John.

John won the TARA Stay-Home Pub Quiz on Friday by scoring 14 out of 20.

John won a toilet roll and a bag of flour for his efforts.

John was thrilled.

Can you beat John?

The TARA Stay-Home Pub Quiz using the same questions John answered will be repeated Wednesday 29 April at 07:30 PM Join via Zoom here: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74881212743 – don’t be late. Be better than John.

It’s a 40 minute virtual pub quiz just for fun. Pit your wits against your neighbours on 20 general-ish knowledge questions with a local bent to them. How well do you know your neighbourhood? Let’s find out…

TARA residents are working together to help out during the coronavirus crisis (for more information, see this flyer we distributed around the neighbourhood on 20 March 2020).

Please get in touch:

• If you need help because you are self-isolating or ill. For example, help with shopping,  prescriptions, errands (all subject to restrictions!), or just want to chat with someone on the phone (no restrictions!)
• Or if you want to help provide support to other people

You can:

• Use the form below
• Email tara@tradescant.net
• Call or text or WhatsApp TARA on 07311 605 858

TARA is thrilled to be one of the community groups selected to help re-home plants from this year’s RHS Hampton Court flower show.

Big thanks to the House of Wayward Plants which is the Official Reuse Partner for the RHS and has helped millions of plants to get a new life after being used at Chelsea, Hampton Court etc.

We don’t yet know what we’re getting or how many of them, but that’s part of the excitement.

We’re picking the plants up on Saturday morning (13 July 2019) at 9am and expect to be planting them by 10:30am or so. If you want to pitch in and help, come and find us – we’ll base ourselves at the ‘pocket park’ on Tradescant Road near St Stephen’s Terrace. Bring a garden fork if you have one.

The plants are for use in the pocket parks, build-outs and planters in our streets, so if you have one near to you that you think merits attention in the form of fresh planting, feel free to come along and bag some plants for it.

Andrew

PS: There was an interview with House of Wayward Plants on the BBC’s flower show coverage last Friday. You can still catch it on the BBC iPlayer for another few weeks (interview starts at 50:30):  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006ny8/hampton-court-palace-garden-festival-2019-episode-4

Save the date for our Hallowe’en Ceilidh at the Wheatsheaf Hall. Ticket info available soon.

Saturday 26 October 2019. Doors open 7pm. Dancing from 7:30pm