Local and European elections take place on May 22nd. Eager readers have already been checking out the West Hampstead Life election pages, which give a detailed rundown of each of the four local wards, as well as explaining why it’s … Continue reading →
Up from the depths, 30 storeys high…. breathing fire all over the sky… Ballymore. GODZILLA Thursday May 15th is the opening day of Godzilla and before the screening sells out completely we dived in and got the best 24 Odeon … Continue reading →
It’s Whampgather XIII tonight, celebrating the fifth anniversary of @WHampstead on twitter and thus the start of the whole #whamp community project. As always at whampgather, we’re raising money for The Winch. The Winch is a long-standing youth charity based … Continue reading →
It’s not been an easy process to jump through all the loopholes to move West Hampstead’s main post office into St James’ Church on Sherriff Road, but now it’s full steam ahead inside the cavernous building. West Hampstead Life went … Continue reading →
At the time of writing, a 48-hour tube strike is planned for this week, starting on Monday at about 9.30pm. TfL intends to run a reduced service on many lines, including the Jubilee and Metropolitan. Full details here. Maygrove Road … Continue reading →
It’s an eight day news special this week! Regular drinkers at The Railway turned out to protest on Monday afternoon even though most of them seemed unsure what exactly it was they were protesting about. A student “predator” at the … Continue reading →
Plans were approved to convert the upper floors of The Railway into office space and flats – but one employee has other ideas. The new greengrocers on West End Lane has got pulses racing. An eviction on Lymington Road on … Continue reading →
Last week, Camden approved plans to convert the upper floors of The Railway pub into six flats, and to reduce the size of the pub’s floorspace by converting the raised seating area into a cycle storage facility for residents. One … Continue reading →
Finchley Road was closed for about an hour on Thursday after a package sent to the JW3 building was deemed suspect. In fact its contents were anything but sinister. Ballymore’s chosen authors with a local connection for the names of … Continue reading →
It’s been a long time coming, but Ballymore has finally announced the names of its tower blocks, following the competition West Hampstead Life ran back in August. Only the first five blocks have been named so far and Ballymore hasn’t … Continue reading →
