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Members of the community are invited to stand as a representative on the forum. Applications for nominations can be made by online or by post (see contact us page). Nominations accepted up to 31st March 2010.
New members wanted.
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Planning 08/09 Crayford Action Plan
- The town hall planning proposal was passed and we are awaiting the developers starting work until then the Town Hall remains empty.
- Electrobase Wolsley Bridge proposal withdrawn due to political and local pressures relating to bridge access.
- Barnes Cray School proposal being heard in July
- Samas Roneo proposal is still in consultation with Bexley Council.
Details of Council plans for Crayford can be found by clicking:
(i)
Vision for the Future
(ii)
Action Plan
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The Crayford Crest
The Crayford crest which was hung in the lobby of Crayford town hall has been removed and taken into safe keeping.
The Town Hall, in Crayford Road, Crayford, is to be turned into a restaurant as part of a major regeneration project for that area of the town. To make sure it is preserved for the future, the crest was taken down and will be kept in the Bexley Museum store.
Bexley councillor Peter Catterall, cabinet member for leisure, arts and tourism, presented the crest to the Crayford Town Archive for safekeeping and it will stay in the museum store until a suitable new location can be found to display it, following the redevelopment.
Cllr Catterall was fulfilling a promise he made to the Friends of Crayford Library and Archives that the crest would be taken care of until it could be put on public display again.
The crest was granted to Crayford in 1949. Its white horse rampant is from the arms of Kent and was also the standard of the Saxon chieftain
Hengist, who reputedly defeated the Britons at Crayford. Two wavy blue lines represent the rivers Thames and Cray, and the falcon recalls the
first heavier than-air-flying machine, constructed by Sir Hiram Maxim and flown on rails in a field in Crayford in 1894.
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Waterside Park Reopens
Bexley's newest park was unveiled as townspeople turned out for the opening of their revamped community space.
Waterside Gardens, on the edge of the River Cray in Crayford town centre, has been transformed as part of the regeneration plans for the town. With cash from the Homes and Communities Agency, it has been landscaped and modernised, using a public art theme reflecting the town's industrial and cultural past.
It includes a new main entrance, decorative canopy, interactive water feature, performance space with amphitheatre seating and a remembrance area. A new footbridge has been installed over the River Cray, and the river habitat has been improved. The park building has been refurbished, and a new coffee shop will open soon.
Guests at the opening included Bexley's mayor, Councillor Bernard Clewes, David Buurma from Mor Design which designed the revamp, and Ian Clement, deputy mayor for London and former Bexley council leader, who lives in the town.
Father Anthony Lane, from St Paulinus Church, led the dedication of the remembrance area and pupils from St Catherine's and St Columba's Catholic schools in Bexleyheath, performed a celebration dance.
Also dancing was ViBe Dance Nights a local dance company which meets at the VCD Sports Club in Old Road Crayford, on Wednesdays, and who gave
a display of modern jive.
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Crayford Fun Day
It was certainly no weather for ducks as hundreds of people enjoyed this year's Crayford fun day bathed in sunshine. Organised by Crayford Rotary Club, the 5th annual event was held at the newly revamped Waterside Gardens in the heart of the town.
Highlight of the day was the five duck races on the River Cray which runs through the gardens. The ducks were numbered one to 100 in each race and people bought numbered tickets corresponding to those on the ducks. There were prizes for those with the numbers of the top three ducks in each race.
Other activities included: Punch and Judy shows, balloon modelling, stalls, circus skills, singing by children from local primary schools Barnes Cray and Mayplace, and dancing displays by Rhema Arts and Sylvera School of Dancing.
The fun day raised around £1,000 for a variety of local charities, including to provide equipment for a sensory room at the newly rebuilt Barnes Cray Primary School in Iron Mill Lane.
The forum had a stall at the event and raised £262 for the Forum selling homemade cakes and teatowel depicting the old historical site of
Crayford over the years.
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Neighbourhood Policing
The Neighbourhood Police Link
The local police have started the new web based neighbourhood link this updates residents with all crime and disorder within Crayford, click on www.neighbourhoodlink.met.police.uk to sign up for this service.
Message from the Crayford Safer Neighbourhoods Policing Team
Two new neighbourhood watches have been set up in Crayford, Wolsley Close and Orchard Hill. There are now nineteen neighbourhood watch schemes in Crayford and I would like to thank all those people that have taken part in setting up and maintaining these schemes.
They are a fantastic way to help reduce crime and disorder in your neighbourhood and build a community spirit.
If you would like to know more about Neighbourhood Watch, or for any other policing query, you can speak to a member of the policing team on 0208 721 2584, or you can email us at crayford.snt@met.police.uk.
Other Contacts
Remember in an emergency always call 999, for all other calls to the Metropolitan Police Service please dial 0300 123 1212.
For more news from Bexley Police & your Safer Neighbourhoods Team visit www.met.police.uk/bexley
Crimestoppers
If you have any information about crime in your area and would rather not speak to the police, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on
0800 555 111. Just tell them what you know, not who you are.
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