I was married in Woodside ward. It was at Haringey Civic Centre in April 1992 – yes I am that old! I had no premonition when I stood there taking my vows that one day I would re-enter the very same building as a local politician and later as Member of Parliament. I was divorced by post!
Haringey Council has fancy new offices right in the middle of Wood Green at River Park House but the old Civic Centre is still here and being used for council meetings of all sorts – including full council – and weddings and citizenship ceremonies.
Needless to say the Labour administration wanted to sell it off (in the teeth of a recession when they would get tuppence for it) and move into another council building – without even consulting properly the great community groups who were already in that other building. The scheme was dropped after the users and the Lib Dems combined forces. Haringey Council also tried to close the FAITH plant centre – which is one of the very few places where people with learning difficulties can work and be trained.
One of the key assets in this ward is the New River Community Sports Centre with its excellent facilities and coaching for young people from the area. Tottenham Hotspur players do some coaching there.
More news
- Local Liberal Democrats have this week asked how much Haringey Council has spent correcting road signs after it emerged that a sign in Woodside ward was incorrect, with the road name spelt wrongly. The error was spotted in a week when many local councils have been criticised for using hundreds of pounds of taxpayers’ money [...] read on
- Liberal Democrats in Woodside ward have this week launched a campaign to bring a local park back to life. Local residents are being asked what improvements the Council should make to White Hart Lane Recreation Ground, also known as ‘Pond Park’. Local Liberal Democrats are concerned that the park, which has declined in recent years, [...] read on
- Following a successful campaign by Liberal Democrats to improve police services in Wood Green, the local police have agreed to re-open Wood Green police station 24 hours a day. The news was revealed in a question to Liberal Democrat crime spokesperson, Councillor Ron Aitken, in this week’s Full Council, after Lib Dems expressed concern about the High Road police station front counter only being open [...] read on
- What’s happening with Wood Green police station? As my film shows, it’s not all good news… (Also on YouTube here.) read on
- I sent out an email to my email list to inform local people (hard copy will follow more widely) of the threat to close or reduce services at the Whittington A & E and about the threat to the North Middlesex A & E too. Both contain petitions for people to sign up to: The [...] read on
- As part of CSV Make a Difference Day, the UK’s single biggest day of volunteering, Lynne Featherstone MP last week helped out at FAITH Plant centre, the Wood Green based garden centre where adults with learning difficulties volunteer and gain essential life skills. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP joined service users Merle and June [...] read on
- I went to the Faith Plant Centre (Faith Plant Centre, Palm House, Wolves Lane, Wood Green N22 5JD) – the one that together with local users we saved not that long ago when it was under threatened closure by withdrawal of funding. There is a most remarkable jungle area, desert area and rain forest area [...] read on
Liberal Democrats meet Woodside luncheon club users in continued fight to save services for older people
As part of the Liberal Democrat campaign to save Haringey’s older people’s day centres, drop-in centres and luncheon clubs, Liberal Democrats yesterday met with elderly residents at Woodside House. Lynne Featherstone MP and Cllr David Winskill met with users of Woodside luncheon club at a consultation meeting organised by the Council who are planning to [...] read on
End to dangerous drivers using Wood Green park as cut through following successful Liberal Democrat campaign
Motorists will soon no longer be able to use a Wood Green park as a cut through between two busy roads, to the delight of local residents, thanks to a successful campaign by Liberal Democrats. Newnham Green, located by White Hart Lane, has for years been used by motorists as a cut through to get [...] read on
Wood Green police station: latest plans
Here’s my latest column for the Ham & High: The police are planning to expand their presence in Wood Green – keeping the existing police station in use but also moving the front counter to the Fishmongers Arms (right next to the Civic Centre, closer to the centre of Wood Green, closer to where people [...] read on
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