Seven Kings Crucible Park NHW

There was a rather disappointing turnout at the Seven Kings Crucible Park Neighbourhood Watch, however those that came voted to inaugurate the group and a Chairman Eugene Martin from Christie Gardens was duly elected. We were joined by Phil Walby from the Redbridge ASBO Team, who provided support and guidance and agreed to cascade any concerns to relevant council departments or to the Police as necessary.

The main concerns that were raised at the meeting included:

• A food lorry parking in front of the school daily that was is causing a regular disruption to local residents and obstruction to the flow of traffic. It was agreed that I would ask the headmaster if he would be willing to allow the lorry to park in School ground to reduce these impacts.


• A motorcycle owner revving his engine in a back garden from within a property along Priestly Gardens (I have a full address), is to be asked to reduce the noise and scale of his activities.


• The school children littering within Crucible Park has continued since our last meeting with the Headmaster. To resolve the matter Phil Walby and I are to seek guidance from the General Cleansing Team, about whether a purge could be undertaken by their enforcement officers - penalty fines for littering can be administered to juveniles. We would hope this might activate a better response from local headmasters in trying to resolve the issue and might also deter children from continuing their practice of littering. The supply of bins in the park is more than adequate enough to cater for the needs of the children.


• I was asked to approach the headmaster again to request that sporting supplies be provided to children during lunchtimes to coax them to stay in school. Whilst also requesting the school to manage and monitor a permission only policy for leaving the school grounds at lunch time.

The group will be holding their next NHW meeting on the 10th September at Somerville Hall from 19:00. At this meeting they will also be selecting their priorities for the following roads who are to be included in membership:

• Priestley Gardens
• Manin Road
• Galsworthy Avenue
• Christie Gardens
• Arandora Crescent
• Primrose Avenue -( at both meetings no resident from Primrose has attended and this road may be removed if this figure does not change)