What happened in Putney during May 2004
All these items appeared in our weekly newsletters during this month - if you like to receive it click here
* Clarification on White Paper and proposal to end alternation at Heathrow *
The Department for Transport has clarified that the White Paper only mentions the end of alternation as one possible course of action...
http://www.putneysw15.com/community/issue3runway14.htm
* Garratt Park set to expand *
as Council plans for #1.5m facilities at Garratt Park School goes to Councillors next week
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/conchartfield07.htm
* Tony Colman MP talks to Putney *
on the much loved Routemaster families & media & more...
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/contonycolman53.htm
* Police Claim 'Spectacular Success' in the Fight Against Crime *
as Crime Rate in Wandsworth drops by 7.3%
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/concrime46.htm
Putney Property Prices up 10% on the year
Renewed interest in top end of market stirs recovery
http://www.putneysw15.com/property/stats7.htm
* Exotic birds in South West London *
as a Nightingale sings in the London Wetlands Centre
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/evwetlands02.htm
* Council hit back *
as yet more Post Office branches under threat
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/post02.htm
* On West Hill & stuck in a jam? *
Think how it would be to never be able to move.
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/rhndriversjam.htm
* Borough Commander responds to recent Crime Rate figures *
following report that Crime in Wandsworth has dropped by 7.3%
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/concrimejauch.htm
* Circle & District Lines Closed this weekend *
due to major engineering work on the tracks
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/contube07.htm
* Recycling figures up 7% on the year *
Council sets new target of another 7% for this year
http://www.putneysw15.com/community/issuerecycling11.htm
* No puff puff on the chuff chuff! *
Smoking ban on the South West Train network as of Monday
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/consra12.htm
* Putney man in the dock *
denies accusation regarding £25,000 cheque stolen from a Princess *
http://www.PutneySW15.com/info/concrime33.htm
* Got the best local bobby? *
Nominate him or her for Constable of the Year award
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/evpolicevote.htm
* Tony Colman MP writes to Putney *
with the 35th anniversary of the Sikh Gurdwara, the state of the NHS & the local PCT and much more..
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/contonycolman01.htm
* Think Gold! *
Putney landscapers Patio, Pots & Pergolas get their second Chelsea Gold medal
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/evrhs04.htm
* No more traffic surveys......reopen Robin Hood Gate *
Tony Colman met Lord McIntosh to back calls for the reopening of the gate
http://www.putneysw15.com/community/issuerp24.htm
* 'status symbols for people with too much money' *
Ken Livingstone's thoughts on 4x4s
http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&link=http://www.putneysw15.com/shared/conroad11.htm
* MP continues his fight against closures of Putney Post Offices *
as he meets the London Manager from Postwatch
http://www.putneysw15.com/info/post03.htm
If you feel there is a aspect of local life that we haven't given sufficient coverage to, let us know. Most of the articles listed above were not written by us but contributed by local people.
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