Local conservatives attend Remeberence Sunday in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

Today I remembered my family who fought and did amazing things for our country during the war sadly not with us today. I remember my Grandfather Priestley who was a rescue worker during the Blitz. I remember my Great Grandfather Vincent who fought for our Country in both 1st and 2nd WW. I remember great Uncle Reg who was captured by the Germans, tortured and survived after a special parachutte mission and I remember Uncle ted who worked in the Legal department for the Army.

http://www.towerhamletscemetery.org/

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (known locally as Bow Cemetery) is a historic Cemetery located in London's East End. The nearest tube station is Mile End (see maps and travel).
The Cemetery opened in 1841 by an Act of Parliament and is one of London's Magnificent Seven Cemeteries. The Cemetery closed to burials in 1966. It became Tower Hamlets first Local Nature Reserve in 2001. Near-by land was added in the mid-nineties, known as "Scrapyard Meadow" and Ackroyd Drive Green Link. Today it is 33 acres of "managed" mature, broadleaved woodland and meadow. It is also a educational resource to 7000+ school children every academic year who use the Park as an outdoor classroom.

The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park was set up in 1990. Who have a Constitution whose main objectives are to encourage greater use of this inner urban green space as a sanctuary for people, a place of biodiversity, while protecting and preserving the historic content.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is owned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH). The 'Friends' manage the Cemetery Park via a Service Level Agreement with LBTH Parks. They are responsible for the daily maintenance and litter duties for the Park, much of this work is carried out by volunteers through practical conservation events.

"Great Balls of Fire", the Council's annual acclaimed fireworks display this Saturday

Local Conservatives and Councillors at the Fireworks

"Great Balls of Fire", the Council's annual acclaimed fireworks display this Saturday 7th November.






Great Balls of Fire - Fireworks display
7.30pm - 8.15pm
FREE
Victoria Park, Grove Road, E3

Named the best fireworks display in London by Capital FM, Tower Hamlets pyrotechnic extravaganza is set to illuminate the skies above the East End, on Saturday 7 November.The critically-acclaimed annual display takes place in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets.Organised by Tower Hamlets Council’s Arts and Events Team, the breath-taking fireworks display is set to be one of the best in the country.Councillor Rofique U Ahmed, Lead Member for Culture at Tower Hamlets Council said: “Tower Hamlets is renowned for its stellar fireworks displays, and this year it’s set to explode into the stratosphere.”The fireworks display takes place between 7.30 and 8.15pm. The entrance is via Grove Road, and people are encouraged to travel by public transport. Limited disabled parking is available.For more information about Tower Hamlets fireworks display contact Tower Hamlets Council’s Arts and Events Team on 020 7364 7900 or email festivalsandevents@towerhamlets.gov.ukHow to get thereTo get there by bus take the 277 – Victoria Park, 339, 8 and D6 – get off at Grove Road junction with Roman Road, 338 get off at Grove Road junction with Victoria Park Road, 25 get off at Mile End stationThe entrance is via Grove Road and the nearest tube station is Mile End. There is no parking at the event however there will be limited disabled parking in the Grove Road car park. There is also a wheel chair accessible viewing area.

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/whats_on/great_balls_of_fire.aspx

Front Page Story in East London Advertiser

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/e-edition/

Today we hit the front page of the East London Advertiser with the dreadful crime that happened on Monday Morning along the canal path.

Looks like its time to question the Council on the issue of Crime along the Canal.

Putting Housing on the agenda with Tim Archer

Tim is the Conservative Councillor for Blackwall and Cubitt Town ward of Tower Hamlets and Conservative PPC for Poplar and Limehouse

Reservoir dogs style assault in Mile End

No CCTV and No Street Lighting Now this happens





A man lays critically ill in hospital on what looks like an attempted murder at 2.30am on Monday morning.

Fright night it was indeed in Mile End. The community is shocked and terrified that something so gruesome could happen along the pleasant canal path in an area which is meant to be improving and developing. As I have found out cycling on my way to work today, police tape and crime scene investigation staff are scrutinising the scene of what looks like a Tarantino style hit.

The area it happened in is right next to mile end park which at the weekend hosted the annual Park after dark Halloween Scooby-Doo, scary tours for children and their families. However this tour may have been slightly put to an abrupt halt had they known that on Monday the community would be really attempting to solve a bloodcurdling mystery within metres of the event.

As I was speaking to a constable near the crime scene this morning he told me that Mile End has a huge problem with assaults, however this is one of the worst he had seen in recent times. The gruesome details will all come out shortly.

This really demonstrates that more action needs to be taken by the police and the community working in partnership. We need police on the streets especially at the weekends and areas of hotspots for crime need to be tackled. Where this assault occurred there is no CCTV or street lights and it seems to be a hub of crime. As a Conservative counsellor candidate for Mile End East May 2010 election and local residents I intend to put crime on the top of my agenda. I do not want to walk on the streets and have to fear what could be happening just around the corner.

Caroline Kerswell Selected to Stand in Mile End East

I am pleased to tell you by an unanimous vote from the local association I have been chosen to stand in the next Council Election May 2010. In E3 postal code Mile End East!

Your support will be appreciated over the forthcoming coming months to help win popular support and help tackle all the local issues I see on a daily basis.