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1 Changing of the guard Let me start by announcing that our editor of old, Don Walter, is moving on to pastures new and that I am your new editor, Peter Detre. More anon. Don’s other work as Chair of the Joint Community Relations and Environment Committee is now held by Debora Catherall and Communications Director for the Trust has been assumed by Mark Mills. I hope you will like the other changes in this ‘new feel’ edition, focussing on the people who make the Hill and the Trust so special. I would welcome any feedback and comments, so please contact me at [email protected] In this season’s newsletter you’ll find: Photos on page 3 Events on page 4 Profiles on page 6 Don Walter, champion of the Hill, retires Well, nearly... If there were a competition for the best-known citizen of Harrow on the Hill, it would be no contest. Don Walter has followed in the best tradition of Lord Reith; he has been educating, entertaining and informing residents of the Hill for well over 40 years, but as many HHT members already know, he has now stepped down from the Trust’s committees on which he has been a stalwart member for all that time. With apologies to the copywriter of the advert for the famous butter substitute, I can’t believe Don’s 80. Chatting to him for this publication, I was increasingly impressed by his instant memory for names, places and people. Don became actively involved with the Trust’s affairs in the mid-1960s. Since then, he has had an unbroken record, most recently with the Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Environmental/Community Relations Committee. During this period he has written all but the first few Trust newsletters, acted as question-master at over a dozen quizzes, helped to organise more social events than he can recall and, perhaps most memorably, escorted thousands of visitors on walks around the Hill. He has also seen the then novel idea of a Christmas Carol concert around a tree specially planted on the King’s Head Green grow over the decades into one of the best- loved, best-supported Hill traditions. An advertising man by profession, Don credits his second career as a local history writer to his involvement with the Trust. “When I first joined the HHT,” he told us, “Elizabeth Cooper was already giving walks as a means of raising awareness of the Hill’s historic heritage. Although my first job was to publicise her efforts, I very boldly decided to take a walk myself.” The harrow hill TrusT Caring for the heritage of the Hill and its future SPRING 2009 The Dramatis Personae of the HHT Committees Acting Chairman – Ted Allett Hon. Secretary – Mary Dobson Hon. Treasurer – John McDonald Hon. Membership Secretary – Paul Catherall Chair, Planning – Alan Evans Chair, Social & Environment – Debora Catherall Communications – Mark Mills Newsletter – Peter Detre You can contact any of the above at [email protected] Put your Trust in your window As part of our campaign to promote ourselves and encourage new members we have produced a sticker, similar to that other well known Trust... Please find your sticker on page 7 and display in your car or house window to show your friends and neighbours that you are proud to support the Harrow Hill Trust. If your sticker is missing from this newsletter, please email [email protected] for a replacement.

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Changing of the guardLet me start by announcing that our editor of old, DonWalter, is moving on to pastures new and that I am yournew editor, Peter Detre. More anon. Don’s other work asChair of the Joint Community Relations and EnvironmentCommittee is now held by Debora Catherall andCommunications Director for the Trust has been assumedby Mark Mills.

I hope you will like the other changes in this ‘new feel’edition, focussing on the people who make the Hill andthe Trust so special. I would welcome any feedback andcomments, so please contact me at

[email protected]

In this season’s newsletter you’ll find:

Photos on page 3

Events on page 4

Profiles on page 6

Don Walter, champion of the Hill, retiresWell, nearly...

If there were acompetition for thebest-known citizenof Harrow on theHill, it would be nocontest. Don Walterhas followed in thebest tradition ofLord Reith; he hasbeen educating,entertaining andinforming residentsof the Hill for well

over 40 years, but as many HHT members already know,he has now stepped down from the Trust’s committeeson which he has been a stalwart member for all that time.

With apologies to the copywriter of the advert for thefamous butter substitute, I can’t believe Don’s 80.Chatting to him for this publication, I was increasinglyimpressed by his instant memory for names, places andpeople.

Don became actively involved with the Trust’s affairs inthe mid-1960s. Since then, he has had an unbrokenrecord, most recently with the Executive Committee andas Chairman of the Environmental/Community RelationsCommittee.

During this period he has written all but the first few Trustnewsletters, acted as question-master at over a dozenquizzes, helped to organise more social events than hecan recall and, perhaps most memorably, escortedthousands of visitors on walks around the Hill. He hasalso seen the then novel idea of a Christmas Carolconcert around a tree specially planted on the King’sHead Green grow over the decades into one of the best-loved, best-supported Hill traditions.

An advertising man by profession, Don credits his secondcareer as a local history writer to his involvement with theTrust.

“When I first joined the HHT,” he told us, “ElizabethCooper was already giving walks as a means of raisingawareness of the Hill’s historic heritage. Although my firstjob was to publicise her efforts, I very boldly decided totake a walk myself.”

The harrow hill TrusT

Caring for the heritage of the Hill and its future

SPRING 2009

The Dramatis Personae of the HHT Committees

Acting Chairman – Ted Allett

Hon. Secretary – Mary Dobson

Hon. Treasurer – John McDonald

Hon. Membership Secretary – Paul Catherall

Chair, Planning – Alan Evans

Chair, Social & Environment – Debora Catherall

Communications – Mark Mills

Newsletter – Peter Detre

You can contact any of the above at [email protected]

Put your Trust in your windowAs part of our campaign to promote ourselves andencourage new members we have produced a sticker,similar to that other well known Trust...

Please find your sticker on page 7 and display in yourcar or house window to show your friends andneighbours that you are proud to support the HarrowHill Trust. If your sticker is missing from this newsletter,please email [email protected] for a replacement.

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From that initial walk when, as he admits, he knew verylittle more than the people he was escorting, has grown aprogramme of walks which consisted of up to 16 routesin each spring/summer season at its peak, often with anadditional walk on New Year’s Day. Needless to say, Donis delighted that this great tradition is now being ablyupheld by Jonathan Edwards.

While in more recent times, knee problems haverestricted Don to shorter tours of St. Mary’s Church andits environs, he has turned many of his original routes intoa series of highly successful illustrated talks fondly knownas Armchair Walks. The sixth was given only last year.Despite the knees, Don is still playing squash.

Don says he hopes to write more of these for the Trustonce he has finished his current (and tenth) book. Underthe working title, An Outsider’s History Of Harrow School,this ambitious work of at least 50 chapters looks at thefamous school from the viewpoint of the town where it hasbeen located since Tudor times or earlier.

Don also claims to have dragged himself into the 2lstcentury by devising, writing and part-recording a tour ofthe Hill which visitors can now download as a podcastfrom Harrow Council's tourism website. Later this year, hehopes to devise a second such podcast, this timeexclusively inspired by the history of the parish church.

Alastair Lack, a previous chairman of Harrow Hill Trustwho knows Don well, commented:

“Don is a man of great industry, enormous Harrow Hillknowledge, wide contacts, stout heart and above all, anability to write a lively, interesting, accessible newsletterthat even made wheeliebins not without interest... and hiswalks were always fun and illuminating, making us allinterested to live on the Hill and proud of its history. WithDon, ‘the style is the man’.”

Asked which Trust events he recalls with special affection,Don cites two of the more recent. Firstly, the photo-surveyThe Hill At Century’s End for which he persuaded KodakLtd to give 50 free disposable cameras to Hill residents,tradespeople and scholars to record their day-to-day livesimmediately prior to the turn of the Millennium. Not onlydid this form the basis of two widely attended exhibitions;it was also officially lodged in the Borough’s Archives forthe interest of future generations. Don also speaks fondlyof the Church Fields picnic-cum-concert which he andfellow Trust members organised to mark the Queen’sGolden Jubilee in 2002.

Happily, such enthusiastic support for the Hill in particularand the Borough in general has not gone unnoticed anda few years back, Don was one of the few recipients ofthe Borough’s 50th Anniversary Achievement Awards.

It was only appropriate therefore, that when asked to saya few words at his recent 80th birthday party at HarrowSchool’s Shepherd Churchill Hall, Don chose to proposea single toast. It was, of course, a toast to “The Hill”.

Environment Committee newsCourtesy of Deb Catherall

Following some heavy duty correspondence with theCouncil trying to get them to rationalise the Hill’s streetsigns and remove as many as possible to reduce clutter,it has become obvious that the Council simply has nobudget available to make any of the necessary changes.

On a more optimistic note, Barbara Miller is still inregular talks with the Council about the environmentalissues that are unearthed when the team audits the Hill.We hope to be able to give a progress update in the nextnewsletter, particularly about the public green areas thatare sadly lacking attention, such as the crossing pointat the top of Roxeth Hill that would benefit from moreplanting.

Many people have expressed irritation at Google’s StreetView and the loss of privacy. If you key in West Street,for example, you can clearly see the properties 34, 43and 51 as you click on the white arrow in the middle ofthe street. The number plates of the cars cannot be read.This is not a matter for the Trust, but Google is receptiveto requests to have certain shots removed.Peterborough Road has already been removed.

For information on how it works and the benefits visit:

www.maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/faq.html

If you want to report anything inappropriate or lodge acomplaint, simply click How can I report a Street Viewimage? at the link above.

Planning newsIs schadenfreude allowed on The Hill? Or should we justraise our eyes to heaven and say ‘thank you’?

The Harrow College project has run into a spot offinancial bother; the Learning and Skills Council has runout of funds. There is a moratorium on support for all itsprojects, at least for the moment. Moreover, when thenumbers on the Wealdstone site had been re-crunched,the valuation concluded that its possible sales value haddropped to £13m from £19m. That would suggest thatthe Harrow College project is on the backburner. Let’shope it stays there for the foreseeable future. Not thatwe’re against a new College for Harrow – far from it –just not on the Lowlands recreation ground!

Some of you may have noticed that the large privateresidence on the corner of Tyburn Way and Grove Hillopposite Grove Hill Road has been boarded up.Demolition/construction had started when the Councilwere alerted. No consent had been issued by theCouncil, so they intervened. Allegedly, the developer ‘didnot know’ that planning consent was required. When willdevelopers think up an original excuse?

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Photo competitionOrganised by Mark Mills

To celebrate the Hill and what it means to you, the HHT held a photo competition, with Junior and Adult categories. The Trust is most grateful for the support of both the innovative Incanto (www.incanto.co.uk) and the well-known and much-loved tea house The Doll’s House On The Hill (www.dollshouseonthehill.co.uk) for donating the prizes.

The winning Junior Photo, TheHeadmaster’s Sculptures, was takenby Charlotte Dobson who won a £45voucher for the Dolls House, donatedvery generously by Katina.

Charlotte Dobson enjoying her prizewith friends at the Dolls House.

Mario Jude took the winning AdultPhoto, The Night Street, and won a£45 voucher from David at Incanto.

(I shall say a personal thank you when I comeand get my weekly ice cream David. – Ed.)

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Future HHT eventsOpen gardens, plant swap and plant saleSunday 21 June 3–5pm

Shenagh Hume, previous garden competition winner andthe chief architect behind the gardening success ofNumbers 2, 4 and 6 Waldron Road, is hosting an opengarden at the Meadow Neighbours Terrace, WaldronRoad. Bring spare plants to swap. All proceeds in aid ofSt Luke’s Hospice (www.stlukes-hospice.org).

Second summer walk: Poets associated with the HillSunday 26 July 3pm

Meet at St Mary's Church, top of Church Hill, finishing withtea at Byron House, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs TDobson. Weather permitting. This walk and talk highlightsfive poets, some better known than others: Lord Byronwho attended Harrow School; Sylvia Townsend Warner,the daughter of a Harrow schoolmaster; Matthew Arnoldwho lived on the Hill, at the location of our tea venue, andtwo others who both wrote poems entitled Harrow on theHill – Hester Thrale, dating from the 1760s, and the otherby future Poet Laureate John Betjeman, recalling theearly 20th century. Fear not – this talk will not be acontinuous recital of poetry, but will concentrate on thefascinating, and in some cases unconventional, lives ofthe individuals concerned.

Autumn walk: Philanthropists associated with the HillSunday 13 September 2.30pm

An escorted Hill Walk by Jonathan Edwards. Meet at StMary’s Church, top of Church Hill. The full 'line-up' is yetto be decided, but will include the social reformer AnnieBesant.

Other events in HarrowSt Mary’s Church Summer FeteSaturday 13 June 1–4.30pm

A fun-filled event in the Vicarage Garden, Churchyard,Bell Tower and Church Roof. Expect to enjoy all the usualactivities like delicious teas, handbell ringers, Morrisdancers, donkey rides, grand raffle, archery, games ofskill, tombola, cake stall, children’s stall, bookstall, bric-a-brac, plant stall, home-baked goods and preserves. Fordetails, please email [email protected].

Music for a Summer Evening Thursday 18 June 8pm

Organised by Friends of Harrow School in the VaughanLibrary. Pre-concert drinks at 7.30 pm on the terrace,weather permitting. Tickets £12.50. Please contactGertrude Porter on 8864 6728. Please note this event ismainly for Friends of Harrow School, so tickets may be inlimited supply to non-members. (Congratulations toGertrude on her impressive time in the London Marathon!Bob was unable to run this year.)

Harrow Symphony OrchestraSaturday 27 June 7.30pm

The HSO (www.hso.org.uk) will play at St. John'sGreenhill in aid of the Harrow branch of the NationalAutistic Society (www.nas.org.uk). Read about the latestHSO concert on page 5.

Harrow Lawn Tennis Club finals day Sunday 12 July 10am

Come on down to cheer your favourites. More informationat www.hltc.net.

Looking back: recent HHT eventsThe well-attended talk by Christopher English OBE on the subject ofsilverware at Number 10 Downing Street was much appreciated and peoplefound it fascinating. Visit www.silvertrust.co.uk to see images of thesilverware so eloquently described by Christopher.

Lead by Jonathan Edwards, the Forgotten Pubs walk in January was enjoyedby many and featured afterwards in the Harrow Observer. Many thanks toJonathan and we look forward to his future walks this year, see above.

The Trust received a bequest of £257.60 on behalf of MrBrian Huntley of South Harrow who passed away on 26September 2008. We were told by his wife Wendy that“Brian had always held Harrow on the Hill in deepregard.” Brian had happy memories of his time as a choirboy and bellringer at St Mary’s. A painting of the churchby his sister Brenda had pride of place in his lounge.Brian is much missed by his wife, three children and fourgrandchildren.

In the pipeline...There are some other future HHTevents being planned as you read,including:

London Open House weekend (September)

Armchair walk by Ted Allett about St Pancras Station (November)

Christmas Carols Round the Tree(December 20)

The HHT AGM (January 2010:please note the new month)

For up-to-date details about all eventsvisit www.harrowhilltrust.org.uk

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Harrow’s got talentHarrow Symphony Orchestra

Harrow’s best kept secret is The Harrow Symphony Orchestra which has been inexistence since before the Second World War and is currently conducted by the talentedMichael Teychenné, a retired banker (pictured). Their latest concert was on 28 March atSt John’s Greenhill, in the heart of Harrow, with a programme that mixed classical andromantic styles.

Stunning performances by local girl Stef Ayton proved government and gloom-mongers wrong that there is no goodnews under the sun. The highlight was undoubtedly Stef’s performance of the Trumpet Concerto by Hummell, who livedin the 18th century at the time of Mozart. Ms Ayton’s trumpet playing was a sheer delight to hear, blessed with a secureand melodious tone. The slow movement was beautifully delivered, and in great contrast, the virtuosic fireworks of thelast movement were served up with panache by Stef. No wonder she received huge applause from an appreciativeaudience, sadly a little too small to warrant such an achievement. You should have been there!

The rest of the concert was drawn from the romantic repertoire. Smetana’s From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields servedas the overture. This piece comes from Ma Vlast (My Country), the same suite as the more popular Vltava. The orchestraincludes lesser-known works in its concerts, which can both intrigue and delight its audience.

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony brought the concert to a close. This large work, popular with and well-known to audiences,is something of a challenge. In this case the orchestra followed its conductor, Michael Teychenné to a man and woman,to give a performance that was exciting, beautiful and flexible. Aided by the warm acoustics of St. John’s this was a mostaccomplished performance. If only the orchestra had been blessed with more string players it would have been worthyof a far more prestigious band. The orchestra is a Community Orchestra and so is open to all Harrow residents. Newmembers are always welcome and rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings at the Northwood Hills United ReformedChurch, Joel Street.

Their next concert will be on Saturday 27 June: see the website at www.hso.org.uk for more details.

...And digital talent tooOur website has been upgraded by MarkMills and looks really great:

www.harrowhilltrust.org.uk

It’s easy to navigate and containsinformation about HHT and other localevents, planning and local businesses.

If you have any friends or neighbours whomight like to become members of the Trustplease ask them to visit the site which willshow them how to join.

The homepage of the site reads:

Our belief is that Harrow on the Hill is arather special place in which to live, work or visit. The Harrow Hill Trust, founded in 1960 as a charitable Trust, is devotedto the needs of the Hill as a whole, and takes a wide view of the local scene. In its work the Trust is careful to avoid thepath of narrow conservationism, seeking to enhance the Hill as an exciting and pleasant place to live.

It is a matter of pride that fifty years on over 1,000 members support the Trust’s aims and objectives:

to stimulate public interest and a sense of community,

to promote high standards of planning and architecture,

to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest, and

to protect and improve the environment.

The Trust also believes in maintaining the special community spirit on the Hill and supports this by holding social eventsfor members and their guests, such as Hill walks, Christmas carols, the Christmas tree and the newsletter.

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Barnaby LenonHeadmaster of Harrow School

The new boarding house

The new House is being built in Garlands Lane on the siteof an existing Harrow School house which has beendemolished. The House is being built in order to reducethe size of The Head Master’s House in the High Streetwhich, at 90 boys, is far too big by modern standards.

The House was designed by Andrew Reed of Kenneth WReed Associates in Harrow and then handed over to ADP-Architects for a design-and-build project. The buildingwork has begun and will be finished by June 2010. Thelocal residents have been consulted and amendmentswere made to the original design to incorporate theirviews. However, there will of course be disruption toeveryone during the building process and we are sorryabout that.

The new House will be called Lyon’s, named after thefounder of the school, John Lyon – a local farmer. Wehave yet to select the House’s colours or song.

Tree planting at Harrow School

In the Autumn the school will be planting several hundredtrees on the Philathletic cricket ground off Lower Road.This will improve the appearance of the fields and alsohelp with drainage.

West Street derelict houses

All residents on the Hill must be very disappointed withthe failure of the local authority to deal effectively with theeight derelict houses in the middle of West Street. Weknow that this has been the subject of a disputed will, butthe properties have now been derelict for eleven years!They are an eyesore and of course their presence lowers

the value of other houses in the area. What is more, theylie absolutely at the heart of the old village.

The recession

Despite the recession, demand for places at Harrow ishigher than it has been at any time in the 400 year historyof the school. There are four applicants for every place.

Of the 800 pupils, 96 have their fee reduced because theirparents cannot afford the full fee. 23 boys are on free (oralmost free) places and many of these live locally.

Stephen WoodwardEstate agent and chartered surveyor

Stephen Woodward has been part of Harrow on the Hilllife for over 20 years and established his own estateagency at The Old Fire Station in 1993 with the CharteredSurveying practice following in 2000.

“I love the ‘London Village’ atmosphere on the Hill, whichis similar to where I worked previously for Chestertons inHighgate, but I would say The Hill is more intimate. It isalways a thrill introducing new people to the area andseeing them really buy into this special community”, saysStephen.

“I was very fortunate to have been introduced to DonWalter early on and serve under his stewardship on theCommunity Relations Committee of the Harrow Hill Trust.This also led to our annual participation in Carols on theGreen at Christmas time, sponsoring The Green andtaking part in many other Hill activities.”

Stephen lives in Hertfordshire with wife Samantha, twochildren, Olivia (ten) and Toby (eight), and Bonnie theborder collie. “It seems only yesterday that I was at Don’shouse for an annual Hill Trust Sunday Drinks with a verynew Olivia in a buggy. I recall saying to Sam afterwards

Views from the HillIn each edition, we shall invite representatives of Hill ‘institutions’ to say something about activities in their own areas,adding personal views on what they think are the good (and not so good) things about living or working on the Hill. For this season’s edition, we spoke to Barnaby Lenon and Stephen Woodward.

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that such an event really demonstrated what a wonderfulcommunity Harrow on the Hill is.”

Of his business Stephen says, “I love architecture andbuildings, both Period and Modern. With my friendStephen Cornish, who is Managing Director of oursurveying practice, we sometimes spend a couple of daysaway exploring the architecture of towns such as Oxfordand Stratford-upon-Avon. It’s just in our blood.”

“But the real delight of my career is that property isforemost a people business and matching people withproperty is what we do best. Especially in the challengingeconomic times such that we are all experiencing atpresent. People need honest and accurate advice toachieve their goal of moving home and that is exactlywhat we give them. Integrity in business is so important.”

And outside of work? “Well, there isn’t a lot of time leftafter the long hours at work and a busy young family life,but I do enjoy being an extremely poor sailor. With myfriend Nick Churton, who runs the Mayfair Office, we saila small traditional Yawl in South Devon, when we get thechance. Otherwise it’s all work and homework. I am verylucky to have a career I enjoy so much and share withcolleagues who I include as friends.”

Finally, what are Stephen’s ambitions outside work? “Nota fair question,” says Stephen. “Building the businessremains my main ambition. Not multiple offices, but asingle centre of excellence for property related serviceson the Hill. But otherwise, off the top of my head, I wouldsay finishing other than in the bottom half of a Yawl raceand taking a flight in a Spitfire, to experience theexhilaration that my late father so often spoke of. Thatwould be fun.”

Stephen’s office is at 90 High Street, or you can contacthim through his website: www.woodward.co.uk

In the next edition of the HHT Newsletter, the profileswill be of Ted Allett and Barbara Miller.

Finally, let me introducemyself, your new editor,Peter DetreMy family moved to Harrowon the Hill in 1986 to beclose to Orley Farm whereour three boys spent manyhappy years initially under Justin Daviesand later under his very competent and popularsuccessor Ian Elliott. As our garden backed onto theHarrow School golf course, we could not have beencloser, so a few eyebrows went up when we chose tosend the boys to Ampleforth in Yorkshire instead ofHarrow. Call us Catholic masochists if you like.

The boys learned to swim in the School’s pool. Itwould be an exaggeration to claim that I learned toplay tennis on the School’s tennis courts, the HarrowLawn Tennis Club, which is short of grass but hasbeen a great club in which to practise for over 20years. My then wife Suzan delivered this newsletteraround the Hill for several years, and I also lookedafter the Tennis Club’s pennies as the Hon. Treasurerfor 11 years, at the end of which we were still solvent.Together with Alastair Lack, then President of theHLTC, I got a new corporate identity designed whichis proudly displayed on all the garments of the tennisplayers. Alastair researched the origins and foundevidence that it is the third oldest tennis club in thecountry founded in 1880.

I have been a management consultant for the last 15years helping companies to grow faster. Before that Iused to work for a living, running companies likeJuliana’s (discotheques and fitness centres all overthe world in five-star hotels) and The Walt DisneyCompany’s Consumer Products in the UK. (MickeyMouse became a good friend of my boys.)

I am currently running two online businesses, one ofwhich, www.maturemd.com, provides a service ofonline recruitment of mature managing directors,chairmen and NXDs to companies who value a bit ofgrey hair and decades of experience. I have beentrying hard to enlist the help of Tony McNulty MP(Labour Harrow East) to spread the word toemployers, commercial and public sector in Harrow,but no luck so far. I am not holding my breath.

I feel honoured to be allowed to sit in the editor’s chairand am aware that Don is a hard act to follow. So, Iwelcome your comments and suggestions please; myemail address is on page 1. Finally, let me say a bigthank you to Debora Catherall for her creative inputand to Rose Allett for the proof reading and layoutdesign, but the content is my fault.

Put your Trust in your windowYour HHT sticker should be here!If it is missing, please email us:

[email protected]

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In addition, all the following hold Corporate Membership to the HHT:

Copperfields Management (Harrow) Ltd, Roxborough Park – Cygnet Hospital, London Road – Fifth Dimension, 36 Byron Hill Road – D. Geraghty, West Street Police Station – The John Lyon School, Middle Road – J.E. Kennedy Solicitors, 59-61 High Street – S. Mills, Copperfields, Roxborough Park – NIM Design, The Old Bank, 92 High Street – Roxeth Mead School, Middle Road –

Shaw News, 82 High Street – J. Ian, Tait Properties, 27 West Street – Tea at Three, 3 West Street – Thomas Clive & Co., 104 High Street – Waitrose Ltd, 140 Northolt Road – Wilson & Hawkins, Estate Agents, 33-35 High Street

Alex HairdressersDasso, Alex’s son, is pleased to be

contributing to the neat appearance ofcustomers who live on the Hill and have been coming to Alex for some 30 years.

152 Greenford Road, opposite the new BootsTel 020 8422 1349

Caroline VersallionBeautiful evening dresses and bridal attire,

exclusively designed and made for you.

Tel 01525 234 [email protected]

Craig GoodmanChartered Accountants.

Small business specialists.

Tel 020 8864 [email protected]

Harrow on the Hill MotorsMOT, servicing, tyres, exhausts, brakes,

steering, suspension, clutches, electrical work,diagnostics and bodywork estimates.

Tel 020 8422 4220Fax 020 8422 5999

Harrow SchoolBoarding school for boys aged 13-18

General enquiries 020 8872 8000Admissions (registrar) 020 8872 8007

Harrow Welsh Congregational ChurchLower Road (Middle Path), HA2 0DE

Tel 020 8954 2907

Croeso Cynnes I Bawb

Incanto Delicatessen and Restaurant62 seat fine dining Italian restaurant and

delicatessen on the High Street. A charminglocation, impeccable cooking, the freshest

produce and friendly staff all combine to bringyou the true essence of Italy.

41 High Street, Harrow, HA1 3HTTel 020 8426 6767www.incanto.co.uk

I-Realise LtdMicrosoft .NET Software Solutions

Providing cost-effective, quality-drivensoftware for Microsoft Windows and the web.

[email protected]. i-realise.com

Ireland Abrahams SolicitorsPurchases, sales, mortgages of houses and flats, commercial leases, propertydevelopment, wills, probate and tax,

business and company matters.

23 High Street, Harrow, HA1 3HTTel 020 8864 5557Fax 020 8864 5558

www.irelandabrahams.com

Lysiane Bysh AssociatesConsultants in Human Resources and Training

Assessment and selection, performancemanagement, coaching and customer care.

Tel/Fax 020 7431 8230

Marketing Image LtdAn integrated marketing communicationsgroup, committed to providing strategic

solutions and creative excellence acrossconventional and new media arenas in design,

advertising and web development.

64 High Street, Harrow, HA1 3LLTel 020 8426 5000

[email protected]

MLP Private FinanceSavings, investments, mortgages, insurances.

100 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 5JDTel 020 7423 6402Fax 020 7423 6399

Regulated by the FSA and Mortgage Code Compliance Board

Musik OdisseyAudio visual specialists for your home or

community centre, Supply and installation ofhome cinema, multi-room audio, aerial and

satellite systems, one-touch remote control. Allwork personal, customised and guaranteed.

23 Wickham Road, Harrow Weald, HA3 5PNEmail Tony Cox at: [email protected]

Tel: 020 8427 7965 / 07860 791492www.muzikodyssey.net

Orley Farm SchoolDay preparatory school for boys and girls aged 4-13

South Hill Avenue, HA1 3NUTel 020 8869 7600

www.orleyfarm.harrow.sch.uk

S.R.M. Plastics LtdPlastic Injection Moulders

73 West Street, Harrow, HA1 3EHTel 020 8422 9607

Saks Hair and BeautyGreenford Road, Sudbury Hill, UB6 0HX

Tel 020 8422 4002www.saks.co.uk

St Dominic’s Sixth Form CollegeMount Park Avenue, Harrow, HA1 3HX

Tel 020 8422 8084www.stdoms.ac.uk

Stephen J Woodward LtdResidential and commercial estate agentsoffering sales, lettings, building surveys,

valuations, estate management, structuralreports, lease extensions and rent reviews.

The Old Fire Station, 90 High Street, HA1 3LPTel 020 8864 8844

www.woodward.co.uk

Van Dare Properties LtdProperty Managers

50 Crown Street, Harrow, HA2 0HRTel 0844 806 8307

Woodrow Morris Estate AgentsResidential sales, lettings and new

developments. Free and no obligation property valuations.

104 High Street, HA1 3LPTel 020 8864 4441

www.woodrow-morris.co.uk

Our Corporate Members

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