Story archive - 2009
Kensington Housing Trust has now submitted its full planning application for the demolition and renewal of the Wornington Green Estate. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will consider the application in Spring 2010
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The Golborne Forum is opposing plans drawn up by an organisation called Urban Eye to put glass reinforced polyester cladding on the Golborne Road Railway Bridge
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Mark Atkinson has been working as the Markets Development Officer for both Portobello and Golborne since June. His job is to ensure that the markets thrive, and that local people have a say in how that happens
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Based on Golborne Road, just by Trellick Tower, the MyGeneration Job Club is a free service for young people aged 16 and over who are looking for training or a job
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Set in the former offices of the Portobello Business Centre at 2 Acklam Road, The Rock & Roll Public Library is a kind of museum of the life of Mick Jones, the man who started the Clash with the late lamented Joe Strummer in 1976
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Locally based Liane Lang is the latest artist to display her work as part of the Portobello Road Arts Project. The project uses the long stretch of wall along Portobello Road, leading to Golborne Road, as an outdoor art gallery
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A free Book Break group has recently started at Kensal Library on Wednesday mornings. Book Break is a reading group with a difference – all the stories and poems are read aloud
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The Golborne Forum has been responding to key planning documents. Forum Chair Susie Parsons highlights some of the critical planning points for the future of Golborne
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Golborne was on the edge of its seat on the 13th June as 100 young people abseiled down the side Trellick Tower’s 31 storeys. The dramatic fundraising event was organised by youth charity MyGeneration
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has published its second draft planning brief for the redevelopment of Wornington Green and is inviting feedback from residents
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Two design students from Kensington and Chelsea College on Wornington Road are winners in this year’s ‘Inspired by the V&A’ competition. Shahin Zare-Azirani won the Jewellery Prize for her gold bangle (pictured) and Cathryn Shilling won the Glass Prize
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The fiftieth anniversary of the tragic murder of Kelso Cochrane on Southam Street, off Golborne Road, is to be marked by the unveiling of a commemorative Blue Plaque on Sunday May 17th
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has launched a new arts programme in Golborne called The Portobello Wall Arts Project. Artworks will be displayed along Portobello Road between Cambridge Gardens and Golborne Road
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The park on the Swinbrook Estate, on the corner of Wornington Road and Malvern Close, has been upgraded with some exciting new play equipment that is proving a big hit with local children
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Popular TV show The Apprentice always features a luxury home where the contestants are boarded during the show. For this series, the house used is the penthouse flat at Portobello Lofts on Kensal Road
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New shop Constructive Lives arrived with a splash of bright colour on the corner of Portobello and Golborne Roads last October. Clocks, maps, phones, Trellick mugs (a top seller) – they’re all there and they all have a quirky style of their own
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Recently opened El Camino is tucked under the flyover on Portobello Road, across the road from the Westway tent. The menu includes nachos, tortillas, quesadillas, corn on the cob and deep-fried crispy-coated jalapeno chillies
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Golborne Road Festival 2009, attended by 3,000 people, was a great success with live music, food from around the world and children’s entertainment. Take a look at photos from the day
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Martyn Freeman took over as director of the Westway Development Trust two years ago. We asked Martyn to describe future plans for the Westway Trust land that lies in Golborne Ward
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Sam Harley has been running the Cloth Shop at 290 Portobello Road for 17 years. His stock includes antique Swedish rag rugs, Indian silk shawls and cashmere blankets
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Joseph Young became London’s first Towpath Ranger six months ago, and part of his patch is the section of the Grand Union Canal that runs along the northern boundary of Golborne
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Golborne’s best-known landmark, Trellick Tower has now been immortalised on a series of mugs, plates, bags and tea towels. A company called People Will Always Need Plates has used the iconic image
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