Want to know what the raffle prizes are at whampgather? Well, I’m going to tell you anyway: The “Streets of West Hampstead” book (courtesy of me) 4 free tickets to a night at the Good Ship Comedy ClubThe Bake-a-boo cookbookA bottle of champagne courtesy of Dass on Mill Lane 2 bundles of promotional CDs and […]
It was a short week this week, and the final hurrah of the summer holidays for many people, so another quietish few days for West Hampstead news fiends. But there are still a few morsels to tide you over. Media news aplenty as the Ham & High’s West Hampstead correspondent Georgia Graham defects to the […]
Last night Tom and I decided it was Our Duty to check out Broadhurst Garden’s newest restaurant, Spiga. It was opening night so I wasn’t really expecting to review it as there were bound to be first night issues and it’s not really fair to give a definitive verdict on such an occasion. As it […]
It’s a hive of activity on Broadhurst Gardens at the moment. New Italian restaurant Spiga opens tonight (I know we’re all waiting for the verdict from Tom’s Diner), and Cocoa Bijoux opened with a soft launch at the end of last week. Senses of course closed a while ago (no great surprise), so there is […]
This week the world said goodbye Gadaffi and Goodnight Irene, but what were the comings and goings in West Hampstead? On Tuesday night there was a major police incident on Sherriff Rd. Jobs are at risk at Netherwood day care centre. Sgt Timms from the West Hampstead Safer Neighbourhood Team will now also be leading […]
Now it seems that order has been restored to the streets of London after the rioting and looting of a couple of weeks ago, Camden council has set up three public meetings to discuss the borough’s response. Camden Town and Chalk Farm were the worst affected parts of the borough. Nevertheless, as we know, the […]
I’d spotted last week that the Jubilee Line had more weekend closures scheduled for September and October. I was a bit confused, because I was fairly sure that the upgrade work was complete, we were now getting an incredible three trains more an hour (yet I still had to wait more than 5 minutes for […]
I got sent a fantastic link via Twitter this morning. It was to a photograph taken in 1965 of the State building on Kilburn High Road. The photograph is interesting, but the history site that it’s part of turned out to be a treasure trove. Click on any of the seven photos of Kilburn taken […]
Get your barometers out whampers!. On the 25th and 26th August, Orange (the phone people) will be driving round London with an ice cream van handing out… well, ice cream. The only real question is which ringtone they’ll use for the van. Anyway, London is a big place right? And the van is only in […]
It’s been a week that started with more hand-wringing and has ended with major world news. But has it been silly season in West Hampstead? There was finally a report on the stabbing in Kilburn from the week before. The local Somali asylum seeker family got a lot of coverage. The man who attacked someone […]
If you raise your eyes ever so slightly to the menu of pages under the logo, you’ll spot a new one: “Tom’s Diner”. Not, obviously, my personal homage to Suzanne Vega (we all know Luka was a better song anyway), but the gastronomic musings of my new Food & Drink correspondent Tom. Many of you […]
A guest blog by Charlotte, who needs your help: My friend Kathleen recently turned 100. “What’s your secret?” I asked as we tucked into tea and cake at a special party to celebrate her landmark birthday. “I always eat wholemeal bread,” came the reply. Kathleen is one of nine elderly people I really enjoy chatting […]
You may recall that at the end of June I was invited to join a “place shaping” workshop organised by Camden council. I wrote it up, but explained that the full report would be available later. That later is now. I received the document this morning. It’s quite long so, although I feel it’s a […]
I confess to being very (pleasantly) surprised at the speed at which Whampgather tickets went. All the tickets have been snapped up in less than 24 hours. We are now at the legal limit of the Priory Tavern, so I can’t release more even though a) I know that not everyone will turn up and […]
Not sure whether you heard about this, but there was some rioting and a lot of looting on the streets of England this week. There may have been other news in places like… ooh, I don’t know, Syria and East Africa, for example. But mostly the news was about stolen PS3s and a “visible police […]
It’s that time again… no, not Hammer Time; not even “business time”. It’s whampgather time. If you’ve been knocking around the world of whamp for a while, you’ll know the drill. Every few months, we organise a large get together. It used to be a tweet-up, but tweet-ups are a bit passé these days, and […]
In case you wonder where Tom gets his apprecation for food from, this attack by his mum on underwhelming restaurant salads should make it crystal clear: I have now given up ordering side salads as they tend to be just a small straggle of limp, bitter undressed leaves from one of those endless supermarket packets. […]
On Monday morning I found myself in Hackney Wick – bit out of my usual patch. I was there with @BarnetEye to contribute to the Londonist Out Loud podcast, hosted by the hugely likeable and professional N Quentin Woolf. It was a strange time to be talking all things London. The riots of Sunday night […]
West Hampstead residents are fairly used to seeing horses clip-clopping their way down West End Lane. As most of us know, we are home to one of the Metropolitan Police’s eight stables. Almost every day the horses are taken out for a stroll around the area. Although this is primarily for exercise, it’s not uncommon […]
West Hampstead and surrouding areas escaped Monday night’s widespread rioting and looting relatively unscathed. Despite the rumour mill working overtime when it came to Kilburn the actual damage there was limited to the Vodafone shop on the High Road. This was broken into and stock was stolen but apparently the police were on the scene […]
It’s been a busy evening on Twitter. Naturally, I have a search set up for “Kilburn” in my timeline and from late afternoon it seemed that every other message came from someone suggesting that riots were going to kick off in Kilburn. It became increasingly hard to determine fact from speculation from deliberate fanning of […]
It’s August – traditionally the quiet news month. So we’ve just had the US’s credit rating downgraded, financial market meltdown, and riots in north London. Wake me up when there’s some real news. Have things been livelier in West Hampstead and surrounding areas? Well, actually it’s been extremely quiet in the ‘hood this week The […]
As the US teeters towards financial doom, are things any less partisan in NW6? West Hampstead’s community centre (yes, we have one) is in jeopardy after substantial council funding was withdrawn. The play service for Camden kids is also being scaled back. There was a good turnout for the opening of Billy Fury Way. The […]
The path from West End Lane to Lithos Road was named Billy Fury Way last year following a poll. Billy Fury – one of Britain’s original rock & roll stars – recorded regularly at Decca Studios on Broadhurst Gardens. On Friday, the path was officially opened and a new mural was sprayed on at the […]
It’s been a strange week, starting with farcical scenes of the Murdochs under mild interrogation and ending with tragedy. And it rained a lot. And I was on holiday. And it rained a lot on my holiday. Local councillor Andrew Marshall has been single-handedly cleaning up the mean streets of South Hampstead. First there was […]
A couple of weeks ago, a small group of us were guests of Merlin and Lucille – owners of the Priory Tavern on Belsize Road. They had asked us to roadtest their menu, and who were we to say no.* When the couple took over the pub last year they opted for a fairly straightforward […]
So, the Euromillions winner may not have lived in West Hampstead but did we have other winners in NW6this week? Well, West Hampstead men’s first team won England Hockey’s Club Team of the year. Kilburn’s hurling team won an international tournament back in Ireland. Adrian Hall – the Iverson Road garden centre – is closing […]
Loyalty, written by Sarah Helm, is set during the run-up to the Iraq war, and around the period of the inquiry into it. She brings a unique insight into the machinations of government at this time – she is the wife of Tony Blair’s chief of staff Jonathan Powell. She is also an experienced Middle […]
I received an e-mail yesterday: “I heard today that Adrian Hall Garden Centre on Iverson Road, right next to the new Thameslink station entrance, is to close at the end of the month. The staff only heard two days ago. Apparently Network Rail sold the land at the point when Adrian Hall would have needed […]
You’ll recall that on July 2nd there was a “Community Planning Day” to discuss the plans for the site adjacent to the tube lines to the west of West End Lane currently being used by the car wash, limo company, motorbike dealers and retail services such as Peppercorns and Café Bon. The report back was […]
We may have lost one Sunday paper this week, but fear not – WhampNews lives on thanks to its fearless strategy of listening to people’s conversations on Twitter. So what scurrilous scandals have we unearthed and what litigious licence have we taken with the truth this week? Nicholas Kent, the Tricycle’s highly regarded Artistic Director, […]
While Wimbledon drew to an inevitable conclusion and people went on strike – but they weren’t French – what happened in West Hampstead? It was actually a fairly quiet week. The Railway had a second break-in within a month – turned out to be the same guy both times. One of The Wet Fish Cafe’s […]
Wednesday’s Place Shaping meeting was very hands-on, so I wasnt able to take copious notes. There’ll be a full report produced by the independent facilitators, which naturally I’ll let you all know about. [update 18/8/11: that can now be found here] Perhaps the most revealing moment came when the various sub-groups we’d been assigned to […]
Some of you may be aware that the triangle of land west of West End Lane between the underground and overground lines is jointly owned by Network Rail and a company called Ballymore Group. This is where Mr Pink’s car wash, the motorbike shop and of course the parade of shops that includes Café Bon, […]
Tonight I’m off to a Camden meeting about the future of West Hampstead no less. Heavens. Perhaps more alarming is that I’m supposed to be representing a different slice of the West Hampstead population from those people who normally get invited to meetings like this. Yep, I’m there on behalf of you lot – the […]
We managed to find the short sunny window of this fairly dismal summer for the Secret BBQ on Sunday. Just over 50 people turned up to a flat on the edges of West Hampstead on the hottest day of the year so far. Chris very kindly opened up his house to a whole bunch of […]
There’s been whimsical weather at Wimbledon, and whooping or whingeing over Olympic tickets. But what’s been happening in and around West Hampstead this week? The plans to develop Gondar Gardens have been rejected. As have the plans to convet The Luminaire on Kilburn High Rd into flats. The Finchley Road branch of Habitat looks likely […]
On Saturday and Sunday, Fortune Green plays host to the annual Jester Festival – West Hampstead’s very own “village fete”. Here’s what’s on (click for full-size version):
The rain and perhaps Andy Murray on Centre Court meant a slightly below-par turnout for last Monday’s West Hampstead and Fortune Green Area Action Group meeting. On the plus side, when Cllr Keith Moffitt asked whether anyone was attending because they’d read about it on Twitter a few hands actually went up. The evening kicked […]
Are you a regular Overground user? If so, then this guest post by Ed Fordham is for you. Ed sits on the London Overground Passenger Board – the user group that discusses issues relating to the Overground network and in particular the North London Line: “Being a frequent user of one part of the line, […]
On July 4th, WHAT (West Hampstead Amenities & Transport) will host a debate about the proposed NHS changes.
More crap weather in the run up to Wimbledon and Glastonbury, but aside from dodging showers what else have we been up to in this part of London? Crime is still big news. There was a well-attended meeting in Kilburn ward on Monday that focused on crime and safety. There were assurances about the local […]
Alicia, a local mum, is organising a “Tots and Toast” social morning for local parents and carers with tots in tow at LoveFood on Monday mornings. The aim is to provide parents with a relaxed, grown-up but child friendly place to relax and have a proper coffee. There’ll be an area for parents to sit and chat, […]
Last night’s Area Forum for Camden’s Kilburn ward focused heavily on crime & safety. Here’s the “transcript” based on Mike and Jen’s tweets during the meeting. [View the story “Kilburn ward Crime & Community Safety meeting” on Storify]
What West Hampstead news have you missed while you were sheltering from the rubbish weather? There was a triple bomb scare on Finchley Road, with the O2 centre, Waitrose, and Marks & Spencer all targeted. A spectacularly local thunderstorm struck on Friday morning causing an electrical surge as everyone tweeted about it. It had more […]
If you’re interested in all things West Hampstead – and lets face it, if you’re not then you may be on the wrong blog – perhaps you should consider joining WHAT. What? Yes, WHAT. The jokes are almost endless* WHAT stands for West Hampstead Amenities and Transport and has been going for more than 30 […]
On Monday evening, the Transition Town West Hampstead initiative kicked off. Sadly I couldn’t make, it but guest reporter Suzie was on hand to tell us more: It was a good turn out for the inaugural West Hampstead TT meeting. Around 30 people gathered at St James’ Church to find out what the Transition Town […]
The world news this week has mostly been depressing, so is there anything a bit more light-hearted in West Hampstead to report? Well, not really. If you’re concerned about crime in the South Hampstead / Mortimer Rd / Abbey Estate area, there’s a meeting on June 13 to put in your diary. Most burglaries in […]
It’s been a funny old week. President Obama came for a visit, Cheryl Cole came home, and Lionel Messi came to show us how to play football. But what about the comings and goings in West Hampstead? Much of this week’s local news has revolved around the neighbourhood shops. Gustoso is turning into Lena’s restaurant […]
On Thursday evening, 30 West Hampstead fashionistas descended on The Private Space on Mill Lane for Whampstyle – an evening of fashion, food and free wine! After the all-important mingling and sampling of some delicious food provided by West End Lane’s newest restaurant Ladudu, we gathered round to hear stylist Zahide Ozkardesler discuss this season’s […]
Things happened this week, but I can’t tell you what they were or to whom they happened. I can tell you that the consequence is that everyone’s very bored about footballers’ affairs. No superinjunctions preventing full disclosure of this week’s West Hampstead news though. Another weekend of Jubilee closures caught a few people out, although […]
If you like fresh ingredients, but find it hard to pop to the shops every couple of days, then a new delivery service could be for you. Red Apple will bring a wide variety of seasonal fresh food to your door and has just added NW6 to its distribution area. Very kindly, it sent me […]
Last night a group of whampers decided to combine a night of comedy at The Good Ship with a test of the new burrito joint that’s opened directly opposite, Burritos Juan. It’s only been open a couple of weeks and was empty when we arrived. From the front it looks a bit unprepossessing, but inside […]
While Jedward and Blue slugged it out in Düsseldorf and Stoke and Manchester City slugged it out at Wembley what was happening in West Hampstead? Fortune Green councillor Flick Rea celebrated 25 years in office. Councillor Abdul Quadir has taken over from Jonathan Simpson as Mayor of Camden. Here’s an architect drawing of the plans […]
The eagle-eyed among you will have spotted the Secret BBQ on the calendar. What gives? A very generous whamper – Chris – has volunteered to host a barbecue after being converted to the delights of the whamp community at a whampreview a while back. So, between the two of us, we’re bringing you #whampgrill! And […]
The welcome from Wali at Ariana II is extremely warm. It’s quite hard not to think of all the clichés of the famed generosity of Afghan hospitality at this relative newcomer to the Kilburn High Road. Ever since Time Out gave it a glowing review, it has piqued the interest of NW6ers so it was […]
After a decidedly unsuccessful first season, finishing dead last in the Fortune Green 5-a-side league, West Hampstead Wanderers FC disbanded, splitting into two separate teams for the start of the new season. Dan reports on their first encounter. Despite the new teams – West Hampstead Athletic and Soldiers of Fortune (Green) – maintaining a core […]
As superinjunctions rained down, and Scottish Salmond rejoiced, what was happening in good ol’ West Hampstead? Camden was one of just 10 places in the UK to buck the trend and vote Yes to AV. Across the Kilburn High Road some historic licence was taken with polling cards. Talking of history, Ed and Dick dug […]
Some of you will and some of you won’t have heard of WHAT. WHAT stands for West Hampstead Amenities & Transport. It’s a campaign group that’s been around a long time and has been very active in issues such as the West Hampstead interchange project that was a credible proposal some years ago. Anyhoo…, it’s […]
Really very hard to think of anything at all that happened this week – either domestically or abroad. No. I got nothing. Luckily, there’s plenty of local news to keep everyone occupied. Local resident and travel writer Peter Moss was killed in the Marrakesh café bomb. Many tributes were paid to him. A 16-year-old appeared […]
Early spring sunshine has already got locals busting out their summer fashions. But are you up to date with this season’s trends, and do you know how to tailor your look to best suit your personal style? The right clothes need the right hair – perhaps you’re looking for some top tips of how to […]
On Wednesday this week, Father Andrew Cain at St Mary’s church hosted Camden’s only hustings debate on the upcoming referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) system. In favour of AV were local councillor Andrew Marshall – going against his Conservative party line – and Times journalist David Aaronovitch. On the No side sat former Hampstead […]
Vietnamese café/restaurant Ladudu opened today on West End Lane. I popped in at lunchtime to see what was on offer and was given a very friendly greeting. As some readers might know, it has a problem with gas for cooking – namely there wasn’t any being piped in. Previous occupant Glo clearly wasn’t that fussed […]
As people gorged themselves on chocolate and temperatures and referendum rhetoric soared, what was happening in West Hampstead? Kilburn features prominently in this short film promoting the Yes to AV campaign. It also features in this film that launches the South Kilburn Studios. On Wednesday night two young men were stabbed on the West Hampstead/Kilburn […]
As the country began to go a little bit Royal Wedding crazy, what was happening in West Hampstead this week? We found out that US daytime TV programme The Rachael Ray Show will be filming at Bake-a-boo next week. About the Royal Wedding. Lymington Road residents association is holding a street party. Indoors. For the […]
The first whampgather was unequivocally a tweet-up. That was back in October 2009. A year and a half later and whampgather is a broader – and much bigger – event attracting blog readers, Facebookers, and of course tweeters (and their friends). This was the sixth one and took place again in The Lion on West […]
The team was already consigned to the bottom of the table, but was able to salvage some pride in a 5-a-side match that suggests next season’s league (revised to 5-a-side from 6 this season) could be much more competitive. Tim reports: Matchday 12. Monday April 4. KO 7.20West Hampstead Wanderers 11 – 9 The Gym […]
It’s been a relatively quiet week in NW6 but, as always, here’s some of the local news you might have missed. It’s been a bad week for the Cock Tavern Theatre: right after it received some great publicity from the BBC, it was forced to close down. Mark Riley gave @WHampstead a shout out on […]
Earlier this week, the popular and very highly regarded Cock Tavern Theatre in Kilburn was forced to close temporarily when it was discovered that the pub above which it operates didn’t have a licence for “upstairs entertainment”. It was hoped that this could be resolved quickly using a series of Temporary Event Licences while a […]
Hard to believe this will be the sixth local get-together, but ’tis true. On Thursday April 14th, come along to The Lion on West End Lane from 8pm for a great night of catching up with old friends and making lots of new ones. There are always plenty of new people at each event, so […]
While protests gathered momentum in Yemen and India beat first Pakistan and then Sri Lanka to clinch the Cricket World Cup, what was happening closer to home? The PC who tackled last summer’s knife wielding man in West Hampstead received a bravery award. Sadly, due an off-duty stabbing, he was unable to attend the ceremony. […]
Here’s the breaking news of the day – just before midday [View the story “Today’s breaking news” on Storify]
Kilburn’s Cock Theatre – fresh from its victory at the Olivier Awards – is currently staging back-to-back Tennessee Williams plays as part of the centenary celebrations of his birth. As a bit of a fan of TW (due in no small part to the smouldering tension between Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on […]
After alerting twitter followers to the possible demise of West End Lane’s Oddbins, as the company faced receivership, the air was filled with “helpful” suggestions. They evolved something like this: [View the story “If we lose Oddbins….” on Storify]
While people marched in London and we bombed Libya, what was happening in leafy NW6? New arrivals on West End Lane included Rock Men’s Salon and the almost-open West End Charcoal Grill. New arrivals on Twitter included The Alexandra & Ainsworth Estate, Nail Suite and (after advertising it for months) LoveFood. On April 13th, a […]
For the first #whampreview of 2011 we decided to check out West Hampstead’s Gung-Ho. Despite having been in the area as long as most locals can remember, a surprising number of people had never heard of it. Tucked up the forgotten bit of West End Lane, just before it joins the Finchley Road, Gung-Ho claims […]
With three weeks left until the end of the season, the Wanderers needed a win and other results to go their way if they were not to be destined to finish bottom of the league. Thom reports Match day 10. Monday 21st March. KO 6.30West Hampstead Wanderers 9 – 10 Abacus Athletic A solid start […]
Obviously a lot of very major international news this week, but I was in the US all week where the media seemed concerned largely with the potential radiation fallout in the Tri-State area. And St Patrick’s Day. So what was happening closer to home? After all the hullabaloo over Sainsbury’s opening, you turned out to […]
The season is starting to draw to a close and, as in the Premiership as in the Hampstead 6-a-side league, teams beginning with W are struggling. Tal reports on the Wanderers’ latest outing: Match day 9. Monday 14th March. KO 7.20West Hampstead Wanderers 3 – 10 The Gym Utd. After a few disappointing defeats the […]
Although most of the world’s attention was focused overseas this week, here in NW London Arsenal were losers and Spurs were winners. But what happened in West Hampstead? There are still only fairly limited details being released about last weekend’s sword attack (which came exactly a year after a man was arrested with swords on […]
As everyone knows, because the sign is so brightly lit that aircraft are now using it as a navigation device, a new Sainsbury’s Local opened on West End Lane on Friday where Best One used to be. It’s fair to say that this caused a fair amount of Twitter traffic. The story unfolds below Congratulations […]
So what exactly is going on with local libraries? Amid accusations that closures have been pre-determined, a consulation process that has triggered some fierce criticism, and the very raison d’être of libraries evolving, I thought it was time to try and make sense of it all. First the facts. Camden, like every other council in […]
Academy-award nominated Murray Schisgal’s play is something of an oddity. For a start it’s only 40 minutes long. Daniel Dresner is Marty, a man returning to the home of his Brooklyn youth. Nathan Clough is Joseph, the current tenant of 74 Georgia Avenue and the son of the janitor of the neighbourhood’s old synagogue that […]
The third outing of the NW6 derby game saw league leaders Kilburn Wizards notch up another win although as in the previous encounters, the Wanderers weren’t so far off the pace despite being without player/manager Nick. Matt reports: Match day 8. Monday 7th March. KO 7.20West Hampstead Wanderers 4 – 8 Kilburn Wizards The Wanderers […]
You’ll have noticed that Network Rail’s works on Iverson Road are progressing well. What you may not have yet realised is quite how big an impact the pavement widening is going to have. I’d seen the plans and noticed the extra space, but if you walk a few yards along and peer over the fence […]
While Charlie Sheen was “winning” and everyone gave books away (a bit like a library), what were the good folk of West Hampstead up to? Charlotte Louis De Canonville was made Camden’s PCSO of the year for her work in transforming West Hampstead’s neighbourhood watch. The West Hampstead safer neighbourhoods base is the most expensive […]
Another week, another match. The Wanderers were facing Abacus Athletic once again in the league. Would the team be able to restore some pride after last week’s drubbing. Dan reports. Match day 7. Monday 28th February. KO 6.30West Hampstead Wanderers 5 – 11 Abacus Athletic After last week’s resounding defeat at the hands – and […]
While the Irish kicked their government and the Libyan ‘government’ kicked its people, what was happening in the leafy lanes of NW6? There was shop news aplenty. Atlanta Food & Wine on West End Lane is for sale. TKMaxx is coming to Kilburn. And Peacocks may be moving in to the old Woolworths’ site on […]
Pentameters Theatre (the little one above The Horseshoe pub in Hampstead) has a Noël Coward double-bill on at the moment. In 1935, Coward penned a series of short plays in a series called “Tonight at 8.30” and two of them – Red Peppers and the more famous Still Life – are directed by Aline Lewis […]
Cancer Research UK is looking to form a fundraising group in this area but needs your help. As a Fundraising Group, you would decide to organise what fundraising events you want, how often you want them and you will be supported by Cancer Research UK every step of the way. It might be a gala […]
It was another outing against The Gym Utd for West Hampstead Wanderers last night. A couple of tweets after the match suggested things hadn’t gone the Wanderers’ way. Nick reports: Match day 6. Monday 21st February. KO 7.20West Hampstead Wanderers 2 – 17 The Gym Utd With previous outings against the Gym Utd being close […]
While you were all receiving a dozen red roses and gambolling in the still public forests, what did West Hampstead have to say for itself? Local actress Jessica Hynes joined the campaign to save Charteris Sports Centre. There’s a Kilburn Book Club launching: first meeting is March 3rd at the Black Lion. Initial reports of […]
Derby day again in the 6-a-side league as the Wanderers took on top of the table Kilburn Wizards on a cold February 14th evening. David reports: Match day 5. Monday 14th February. KO 7.20West Hampstead Wanderers 3 – 8 Kilburn Wizards This didn’t turn out to be the Valentine’s Day massacre that many feared – […]
While Egypt revolted and Rooney revolved, what was happening closer to home? The West Hampstead & Fortune Green area forum took place on Monday. Netherwood daycare centre could be a victim of the cuts. Camden’s library consultation document was published – let them know what you think. A Free School in Hampstead could affect the […]
Monday night is football night here in NW6, and this week’s clash saw the West Hampstead Wanderers take on Abacus Athletic in a rematch of the first game of the season, which the Wanderers lost 7-11. But in a rich vein of form, could they steal the points in the reverse fixture. Dan reports: Match […]
Monday night saw the latest area forum for the combined wards of West Hampstead and Fortune Green. Maygrove Road resident Matt went along to find out more: About 75 people braved a chilly February evening to attend this month’s area forum. Through some geographical anomaly Maygrove Road counts as Fortune Green, so this was a […]
While Torres headed down the M6, checking the new police crime map (hint: the circles will be smaller in Chelsea, Fernando), what was happening in NW6? The week got off to a great start with the West Hampstead Wanderers recording their first win. Much of the rest of the week was marred by tube disruptions. […]
Before the season re-started, The West Hampstead Wanderers had played The Gym United. It was the team’s first competitive match and they lost. Quite badly. Now, with the league properly underway and the Wanderers’ form improving with every game, it was time for a rematch. Thom Hoffman reports. Matchday 3. Monday 31st January. KO 6.30West […]
While Egyptians rioted because Andy Gray asked Richard Keys to “tap his phone”, what comical misunderstandings were happening in West Hampstead? The Ham & High reported that neighbourhood watch is alive and twitching in West Hampstead. Twitter, of course, is a sort of real-time neighbourhood watch, and reported an attempted break-in at the rear of […]
Matchday 2 of the 6-a-side season was a close-fought NW6 derby game as the West Hampstead Wanderers took on the Kilburn Wizards. Sadly the Wanderers couldn’t find enough tricks to unlock the Wizards’ defence. Dom Christie reports: Match day 2. Monday 24th January. KO 6.30West Hampstead Wanderers 3 – 6 Kilburn Wizards West Hampstead Wanderers […]
