I was married in Woodside ward. It was at Haringey Civic Centre in April 1992. 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.
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.
We are currently campaigning for regeneration to Wood Green High Road. The High Road is a great place to shop, but there’s always more than can be done, from making sure that the council sort out dumped rubbish promptly, and making the road more pedestrian and cyclist friendly. There has also been a massive increase in litter since the Labour Council introduced fortnightly rubbish collections.
More news
- Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone is continuing her efforts to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of Turnpike Lane’s famous Banksy piece. On Saturday, the artwork was unexpectedly removed from the wall of the Poundland shop on Wood Green High Road. The authentic Banksy piece has subsequently appeared for auction in [...] read on
- Lynne Featherstone MP is making investigations into the disappearance of a Banksy piece from the side of a building in Turnpike Lane. The piece, which was confirmed as genuine, appeared on the side of a Poundland store just before the Jubilee last year, and depicted a young boy using a sewing machine to make Jubilee [...] read on
- Lynne Featherstone MP last week visited the Asian Centre in Wood Green to see the services it offers to the local community. The MP for Hornsey and Wood Green was given a tour of the Centre and told more about the Centre’s activities, which range from yoga classes to computer skills lessons. There is also [...] read on
- Lynne Featherstone MP last week met with Oxfam volunteers, local school children and community organisations at the Oxfam shop in Wood Green. The Liberal Democrat MP was invited by local Oxfam campaigner Katrina Gajevska to discuss some of the issues affecting her constituency, Hornsey and Wood Green, and to comment on Oxfam’s GROW campaign. The [...] read on
- 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
- 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
- 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
Lib Dems formally criticise Mayor’s decision on police stations
The Lib Dem opposition in Haringey have slammed the decision by the Mayor to close the front counter in Muswell Hill and reduce opening hours at Hornsey and Wood Green police stations. Lib Dem councillor and crime spokesperson, Martin Newton has written to the Deputy Mayor of London objecting to the decision and calling on him [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP takes part in Wood Green Hunger Banquet
Lynne Featherstone MP last week took part in the Wood Green Hunger Banquet, organised by Oxfam volunteer Katrina Gajevska. The event is part of the ‘Enough Food for All – If’ campaign – which aims to visualise the unfair distribution of food around the world. The MP for Hornsey and Wood Green opened the banquet [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP meets Banksy building owners
Lynne Featherstone MP last Friday met the owners of Wood Green Investments Ltd. The company owns the property on which street artist Banksy painted his ‘bunting boy’ piece last year. During the meeting, the representatives of Wood Green Investments said that the piece was taken without their knowledge, yet they would not be reporting the [...] read on
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