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Archive for November, 2008

Mayor calls on Londoners to vote to ‘Help a London Park’

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Ten London parks are about to benefit from a major makeover and one of them could be Spring Gardens.
The Mayor of London is giving ten grants of up to £400,000 to London’s most needy parks to make them cleaner, safer, greener, and nicer places to visit. Londoners are now invited to vote for which parks [...]

New Street Lighting in Bonnington Square

Friday, November 21st, 2008

For those of us who are in the dark about what’s happening, the latest update from the David Webster Limited, the main contractor appointed by Lambeth Council, is that service connection to the new columns is programmed for February 2009.  The start date should be 14 February and all works should be completed by 22 [...]

Watch out! Burglars about!

Friday, November 21st, 2008

There was an attempted burglary during the daytime last Wednesday 12 November in Pippins Court in Vauxhall Grove.
The police confirm that there has been a spate of burglaries in surrounding streets in last the few weeks and that between now and Xmas we can expect more of the same.  Same thing last year when several [...]

A Spring Splash of Colour

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Jimmy (Fraser), one of our resident gardeners and a Viva Vauxhall committee member, thought it would be a nice idea to plant some spring bulbs around the area.  The committee agreed and next spring should see loads of daffodils popping up in the tree plots around Bonnington Square, Langley Lane and Vauxhall Grove.  Something to [...]

Halloween: some more pictures

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008