September 2008 Archives

SEVEN year old Kyle Stocker beat R.Croft 10-7 from Scotland in his finals match at Raynes Park. He was awarded his trophy by Andy Murray, the current world number tennis four.

Some 75 David Lloyd clubs took part with a representative from each club playing a regional then national final.

Kyle plays at Excel Pro tennis in Eastcote and is coached by Glen Norman. He attends Newnham Jnr School in Eastcote

BURGLARS broke into a charity shop and stole a donation box.

The RSPCA shop in Field End Road, Eastcote, was burgled between 6pm on Wednesday, September 24 and 8am on Thursday, September 25.

Staff returned to the shop on the Thursday morning to discover the break in.

The front door was smashed and had been forced open and the donation box and some other money had been taken.

OWNERS of a stationery shop in Eastcote which was completely destroyed by fire are opening a temporary shop.

Anil and Mina Patel, owners of Hammond Roberts in Field End Road, are expecting to have a temporary shop open by Friday, October 3.

The shop was destroyed by a fire, which started because of an electrical fault, on September 7.

The temporary shop will open at 106 Field End Road, a former carpet shop near the Post Office.

Mr Patel said: "We are sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused to all our customers. We will be reopening the old address as soon as the shop is refurbished."

OWNERS of a stationery shop in Eastcote which was completely destroyed by fire are opening a temporary shop.

Anil and Mina Patel, owners of Hammond Roberts in Field End Road, are expecting to have a temporary shop opened by Wednesday, October 1.

Hammond Roberts was destroyed by a fire on September 7 and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The temporary shop will open at 106 Field End Road, a former carpet shop near the Post Office.
Mr Patel said he is hoping to reopen Hammond Roberts by Christmas

PUBLIC toilets are being built in Eastcote.

An application to install a twin cubicle free-standing public toilet in Devonshire Lodge Car Park, Abbotsbury Gardens, was approved at the North Planning Committee of Hillingdon council.

It will have a disabled toilet, a unisex toilet with a baby change area and a service room, and it will be located in the car park behind Budgens.

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of jewellery was stolen in an overnight burglary.

Hooded thieves broke into VS Foster Jeweller in Field End Road, Eastcote, on Thursday morning and stole about £10,000 worth of diamond stud earrings and silver jewellery.

The owner, Steve Foster, 56, said: "My alarm went off at 1.40am so I got a phone call from the alarm company straight away.

"The guy who lives above my shop heard the banging and crashing and he phoned the police.

"Apparently they had a car waiting round the back.

"They broke into the back of the shop by forcing the windows open.

"They had enough time in the shop to do enough damage. They smashed into the front side window and obviously I can't take everything out at night, so they took everything that was left in there. It works out at about £10,000.

'I was closed on Thursday and Friday and I was partly open on Saturday and Monday. I can't really do much because not only did they take the stock they also broke other displays and took a lot of the displays.

"They cleared the silver counter as well.

"They didn't clear the stock from the gold counter because it had a lock on it and they probably didn't have time to get into it.

"They mainly stole 18 carat and 9 carat diamond stud earrings.

"The CCTV doesn't run at night because it's too dark and they didn't leave any finger prints.

"It's a bit of a nightmare."

Mr Foster opened the shop 20 years ago and has only been robbed twice since 1990.

He said: "In October last year I had a guy who robbed me with a 10 inch knife. He came in as a customer and was asking to look at the jewellery and when I got a particular ring out he grabbed it out of my hand.

"It was a £3,000 ring and I had CCTV of it, but they still haven't managed to catch the guy."

Both the suspects are white, about 5ft 10ins and were wearing dark clothing with their faces covered by hoods.

Anyone with information should call PC Aggarwar on 0208 246 1854.

EASTCOTE and East Ruislip will be a cleaner and greener place after a day is spent tidying up the ward.
Hillingdon Council will be hosting a community clean up day in the area as part of this month's Streets Ahead event on September 25.

Community members, businesses, schoolchildren, and council officers will join forces for the tidy up, carrying out litter picks at parks and clearing rivers.

The Streets Ahead programme focuses on engagement, education, and enforcement and takes place on the fourth Thursday in a different ward each month.

Other activities will include truancy sweeps, graffiti removal, community litter picks and car park and street cleansing.

For more information visit www.hillingdon.gov.uk/streetsahead, email streetsahead@hillingdon.gov.uk or call the Council's Street Scene Locality Team on 01895 558 342.

A GARDENING session has been oganised to clean up the walled garden in Eastcote House Gardens.

The clean-up is part of Hillingdon Council's monthly Streets Ahead event, which is coming to Eastcote on September 25 .

It will start at the walled garden in High Road, Eastcote, at 9.30am and run until 1.30pm.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer on the day please call 01895 250 118.

The Friends of Eastcote Coach House and Gardens is also being formed to facilitate the application for a grant to replant the walled garden.

A BABY was among the three people treated for smoke inhalation at the fire in Eastcote.

The London Ambulance Service were called to the fire at Hammond Roberts in Field End Road at 5.40am yesterday (Sunday) and sent one ambulance.

A stationery shop in Eastcote has been completely destroyed by fire.
The fire brigade were called to Hammond Roberts in Field End Road at 5.25am yesterday (Sunday) and 17 people had to be rescued from the flats above the shop.
The fire is still under investigation, but it is believed arson has been ruled out and an electrical fault could be the cause.
The shop has been open for 44 years, making it one of the oldest in the high street, and Anil and Mina Patel have owned the shop for six years.
Mrs Patel said: "We found out from the alarm company because the fire brigade had to break in.
"We went straight there and we thought it was arson at first, but we don't know the cause yet.
"The fire was quite big and it has destroyed quite a lot of the shop. Virtually everything is destroyed.
"It's the most popular stationary shop around, not only in Eastcote. It's like a community shop and it's very well known.
"We have to do something quickly for the customers so we might open a temporary shop in the high street until we can reopen this one."
Four fire engines and around 20 fire fighters were sent to the blaze.
The 17 people in the flats above had to be rescued by fire fighters wearing breathing apparatus and three people were treated for smoke inhalation.
The fire was under control by 7.05am.
More updates will follow.