June 2008 Archives

by Amelia Offord and Simran Jangra (Year 5)

On Thursday 26th June a group of Sixth formers from The Heathlands Secondary School became teachers for the morning. They came to Spring Grove Primary School to teach French the fun way to pupils in Years 5 and 6.

By the end of the lesson the children were able to talk about rooms in the house and the furniture that can be found in those rooms.

Gigs

Monday, June 30
■ Coach and Horses, 183 London Road. Live jazz with host Trevor Tompkins. Free. 8.30pm. Call 020 8560 1447.

Wednesdays

■ The Red Lion, Linkfield Road. Red Lion Jam Band. Short set followed by guest musicians and poets. Perform solo, with Jam Band backing or bring own backing. Free. 8.30pm until late. Call 020 8560 1457. See www.red-lion.info

Spring Grove School is holding a summer fair on Saturday from 11.30 - 2pm at the site in Star Road.

There will be the usual summer fun including a bouncy castle, food and drink and stalls.

Osterley Park's annual community fun day is on Sunday June, 29.

There will be free activities and entertainment for all the family. Including music and dance, Art in the Park, face painting, craft activities and much more.

Dedicated Isleworth youngsters who set up the first Duke of Edinburgh award on a housing estate have scooped a top honour.

The clean-up project on the Worton estate will receive a bronze award from the Capital Clean-Up campaign for being an 'outstanding project'.

Families are furious that a housing company ignored their pleas for the safety of their homes to be improved for a full eight weeks.

Residents of Osterley Chase in Wood Lane, Isleworth, moved into their brand new accommodation on April 21, only to find that none of the windows had safety locks on them.

Gigs

Monday, June 23

Coach & Horses, 183 London Road. Live jazz with host Trevor Tompkins. Free. 8.30pm. Call 020 8560 1447. Saturday, June 21

Coach & Horses, 684, London Road. Harry Dolan sings the songs of Frank Sinatra & Bobby Darin. Free. 9pm. Call 020 8570 3587.

A grandfather from Isleworth has been honoured with an MBE after 45 years of voluntary service to education.

Peter Clare, 75, of Woodlands Road, spoke of his pride after being included in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours, announced on Friday.

The Blue School in Isleworth had a summer fair with a difference on Saturday.

Organisers decided on an Olympic sporting theme and thought they would go the whole hog and get a synthetic ice rink that both parents and pupils enjoyed.

Get the Hounslow Chronicle on Thursday to check out all the pictures.

Cheers rang out as controversial plans for five-a-side pitches at a disused sports ground were rejected last night.

Families claimed floodlights and noisy players using 10 football 'cages' at the former Centaurs RFC ground in Oaklands Avenue, Isleworth, would make their lives unbearable.