[original post May 10th 3.30pm] [updated May 12th 10.30pm] [updated May 15th 3.30pm] If the retail landscape hadn’t changed enough with the knocking down of the strip of shops opposite the post office, this week’s seen four units close on … Continue reading →
A water main burst last night on West End Lane by West End Lane Cars. Many people south of the stations either have no water or low water pressure. The latest estimate from the workmen carrying out the repairs is … Continue reading →
Dennington Park Road is the place to be on January 30th. One one side of the road, the Conservatives are holding their US-style primary to determine who will be their candidate for Hampstead & Kilburn in the next general election. … Continue reading →
It was a fluke. I happened to see a tweet whizz through my timeline. It referred to a blog written by a widower. I thought it might have been the return of the chap in his 90s who’d briefly blogged … Continue reading →
You may have heard that Gerry Anderson, the creator of Thunderbirds, died on the 26 December 2012. What is less well-known is that he grew up in West Hampstead, in a ‘squalid house’ off West End Lane, according to his … Continue reading →
Today, police released three CCTV images from the night of November 10th. That was the Saturday of the car crash that killed Desreen Brooks and severely injured Amy Werner. Police believe these are all vital witnesses in their attempt to … Continue reading →
Yesterday was topped and tailed by two road traffic accidents at either end of West End Lane. In the morning there was a collision involving a police car at the junction with Dynham Road (right by where the fatal car … Continue reading →
Last night around 4.30pm, smoke was spotted seemingly coming out of the ground outside Sainsbury’s on West End Lane in West Hampstead. About the same time, a few businesses and residents across the road reported a power cut. Perhaps unsurprisingly … Continue reading →
[updated 2.15pm] Following heavy twitter activity about a major police incident on Goldhurst Terrace yesterday afternoon, it transpires that an 18-year-old German man has been arrested in connection with an unprovoked assault on a 60-year-old man who was found unconscious … Continue reading →
I spoke today with Rich Werner, father of Vermont student Amy who was so badly hurt in the car accident on West End Lane a couple of weeks back. Rich sounded more upbeat and the news that many of you … Continue reading →
