Well no it isn’t, actually. But before a contract is signed for the River Centre and enabling housing the people of Twickenham will get the chance to make their wishes known at the ballot box. At the end of a meeting of the full council on 20th October, LibDem Council Leader Serge Lourie made an announcement [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Richmond Council’
Twickenham Riverside saved?
Posted in General Interest, Local Politics, tagged Richmond Council, Save Our Riverside, Twickenham on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Funeral for Twickenham Riverside
Posted in Local Politics, tagged Richmond Council, Riverside, Save Our Riverside, Twickenham on June 3, 2009 | Comments Off
An extraordinary event took place in Twickenham yesterday. Prior to a council meeting at York House, at which the Conservative opposition sought to have the Riverside decision-making process reviewed, members of the Save our Riverside group took part in a mock funeral for Richmond Riverside. There follows a selection of photographs of the event. There’s [...]
Save our Riverside
Posted in Local Politics, tagged Richmond Council, Riverside, Save Our Riverside, Twickenham on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Friday 24th April about 200 people gathered on Twickenham Riverside to protest against the Richmond Council plan to put houses and offices on Twickenham Riverside. Long-standing residents will know the troubled history of this site. Many will have longed for “something to be done” about it. Well, the trouble is, the “something” that Richmond [...]
Terrace Gardens – Richmond
Posted in Parks and Open Spaces, tagged Richmond, Richmond Council, Terrace Gardens on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a hill beside the silver Thames Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems. Steeply the thickets to his floods decline. Robert Bridges – Poet Laureate There won’t be much text in this post. [...]
