tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56665412336829376352024-09-09T22:43:52.999-07:00News and opinion from the Winstanley Estate, BatterseaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666541233682937635.post-56690132953562284672009-08-15T07:06:00.000-07:002009-08-15T07:44:41.257-07:00

Here's a former Winstanley resident tipping the scales at just over 42 stone. Fortunately it's just actor Timothy Spall in make-up and a fat suit while he films ITV comedy drama The Fattest Man in Britain this week in Manchester. One onlooker, told the Daily Express: “The suit made him so big he could hardly walk. They had to take him from the make-up

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666541233682937635.post-91843843642769817992009-08-13T14:09:00.000-07:002009-08-13T14:15:55.379-07:00

The council's anti-litter squad dished out 25 on-the-spot fines this morning to people who were caught red-handed dropping litter on the pavement outside Clapham Junction station.The town hall's street care team joined forces with the police in this morning's rush hour to catch people who have turned entrances to the station into litter hotspots.In little over an hour and a half, 25 fixed penalty

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A middle-aged man who used his dog to terrorise visitors to parks and open spaces has been banned from stepping foot inside Battersea Park or on Clapham Common for five years.Harold Hirst, aged 42, from Montefiore Street in Battersea used his Rottweiler to intimidate and harass other park users.As well as being banned from these open spaces, he is also now prohibited from exercising any dog on

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666541233682937635.post-13037664259305371752009-08-03T15:40:00.000-07:002009-08-03T15:44:02.259-07:00

Trading standards officers in Wandsworth are warning residents that fraudsters are using a sophisticated new council tax scam to try and steal from them.Con-artists are using the promise of council tax rebates to obtain residents' bank details and other sensitive personal information. Armed with this important data, the fraudsters are then able to empty their victim's bank accounts.Their latest

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666541233682937635.post-89538362457345209662009-07-24T11:57:00.000-07:002009-07-24T12:06:39.759-07:00

Many residents will be aware of a recent planning application for the site of Griffon House and Lanner House.The proposal is for: 'Redevelopment of site involving demolition of existing buildings and construction of new building between 9-11 storeys to provide 452 self-contained studio rooms for use as student accommodation together with associated car and cycle parking, landscape treatment,

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666541233682937635.post-61636991947246034132009-07-21T15:36:00.000-07:002009-07-21T15:46:08.399-07:00

There are some great pictures of the Winstanley on photo website Flickr - here is a selection. Check out the wonderful sixties shot with the car!{"pipe_id":"vHeCTUZ23hG7OZ_0McohGg","_btype":"image","width":"400","height":"600"}

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Most of the blocks on the Winstanley Estate are named after prominent local people. You might be interested to learn about the impressive woman who lent her name to Ganley Court: thanks to wikipedia, here is the low-down on Caroline Ganley.Caroline Selina Ganley, née Blumfield, CBE, JP (16 September 1879 – 3 August 1966) was an English Labour and Co-operative politician. Ganley was born in

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Dog control officers have chipped or registered more than 1,300 dogs since the start of the council’s new microchipping policy, figures reveal. This includes 340 Staffordshire bull terriers, or ‘Staffies’.The figures have been released following the end of the council’s programme of dog chipping ‘roadshows’ at estates around the borough. The figures include dogs chipped at roadshows and at home

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