FROM THE CHURCHES’ REGISTERS

Baptism at St Giles’
July 24th            Millie Ella Lamerton

Wedding at St Giles’
June 25th            Nicola Lucy Russell and James Patrick Carroll

Blessing at St Giles’ (following Civil Ceremony)
July 2nd            Gillian Mary Dowling and David Charles Woodhouse

Cremation at South West Middlesex Crematorium, Hanworth
July 4th              Vera Isles, aged 97 (after service at St Giles’)

Cremations at Breakspear Crematorium
July 7th            Colin Head, aged 92
July 14th          Stuart Smith, aged 61 (after service at St Giles’)
Aug 2nd          Hannah Kelleher, aged 78 (after service at St Giles’)
Aug 3rd          Jean Cockerell, aged 90 (after service at the URC)
Aug 4th          Carol Hunter, aged 61 (after service at St Giles’)
Aug 5th          Gail Chandler, aged 72 (after service at St Giles’)
Aug 10th        Marjorie Bailey, aged 82 (after service at St Giles’)
Aug 11th        Patricia Sparke, aged 88 (after service at St Giles’)

 

WELCOME TO ICKENHAM!

Well, we’ve upped the print run for ICN and we’ve prepared a special Welcome Leaflet. It’s all because Ickenham Park, on the old US Air and RAF bases, is growing fast! 

The development, which will eventually add nearly 500 dwellings to the village, is divided into two areas.  South of Aylsham Drive will contain around 100 private homes, and most of these are well advanced.  On the North side there will be a mix of private and social housing, but it’s mainly social housing that is being worked on there first. 

Colette McLaughlin, Cala’s Sales Negotiator for the South side, tells us that around 50 of the homes there have already been sold, with nearly 40 now occupied and a further 30 or so under construction.  But the final houses here, the largest five and six bedroomed ones, won’t become available until 2013. 

Rishi Popat has recently moved into Storey Close (on the South side).  He previously lived in Ealing and chose Ickenham Park after viewing several properties elsewhere.  He was impressed by the excellent road and rail services available to Ickenham.  “I’ve only met a few neighbours so far and they all seem very pleasant.  The builders, too, have been very friendly”, he said. 

Ickenham Park North is being overseen by Project Manager Tony Bone.  He explained that 158 units are under construction – 140 social and 18 private.  ‘Cottesmore House’ (pictured), which contains 20 ‘age restricted’ and 48 ‘assisted living’ apartments, has come on apace, and should start to be occupied in October.  It will be run by Paradigm Housing for Hillingdon Council.  The remaining units (72 apartments and 18 houses) are due to be handed over between November and April 2012. 

Part of the North side has been acquired by Explore Living (for private build) and McCarthy & Stone (for retirement living) but they have yet to make a start on site. 

We hope all our new readers settle in well and find Ickenham to be a friendly place.  There’s lots going on – just check out the pages of ICN!  Come along to our church services, or to any of the events taking place in our halls or on the forecourts.  We’d love to have the chance to say hello.  As the leaflet says – Welcome to Ickenham!

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