News from Rickmansworth Liberal Democrats - Three Rivers, a Lib Dem Run Council

Welcome to this edition of 'Rickmansworth This Week e-news', Ann Shaw writes and Les Mead writes, edits and circulates this newsletter.

Armistice Day, Prayer of Remembrance and Thanksgiving. On 11^th of November, at 10.45am, a simple service will be held at Rickmansworth Town War Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard. During the short service, the names recorded on the War Memorial are read aloud, prayers of Remembrance and Thanksgiving are offered and a 2 minute silence is kept. All are welcome to attend

BT is planning to remove 25 public pay phone boxes in Three Rivers. Usage has declined by 90% over the last decade. There is a consultation period ending on 16^th January, see http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultation/uso/statement/removals.pdf

You can respond to btp.authorisation.team@bt.com

Local communities are being offered the opportunity to adopt a traditional red heritage phone box and make it an asset that local people can enjoy ! This is simple to do and costs £1. If you want to know more visit http://business.bt.com/phone-services/payphone-services/adopt-a-kiosk/

A traffic survey was carried out on Scots Hill last week. It was not carried out by HCC, the highway authority. Does anyone know who was involved/ authorised this project ?

Three Rivers has 4 Service Level Agreements financially supporting local organisations who provide services for our community - CAB (£257,340) , Roundabout Transport (£6K) provides low cost minibus service for community groups, Home Start (£4.8K) organises trained volunteers who visit families who need parenting help, and Abbots Langley Youth Project (£2K).

On the Road - Hertfordshire traffic volumes are up 3%.

Accidents have decreased by 4.7%, casualties have decreased by 5.9%.

Those killed or seriously injured have increased by 3.3%

Highway fault reporting - www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/faultreporting

TRDC supports Dial-a-Ride. Most district councils have stopped funding Dial-a-Ride, but TRDC has decided to continue to allocate £40,000 each year to the scheme.

It provides door-to-door transport for older people and those with mobility problems or a disability which makes it difficult to use regular public transport, so they can still get out and access local facilities. The two buses operating in Three Rivers have been upgraded with new accessible low doors to make boarding easier. For more information ring 01992 556771

You may be interested to know that Three Rivers rates at 19^th place in the Top Places in the UK prosperity Index.

Dates for your Diary

• Thur 17 Nov Friends of Watersmeet Film Society present 'Money Monster' 2.00pm & 7.45pm
• Wed 16 November. Rickmansworth and District Horticultural Society. Open Evening at St John's Parish Centre, Berry Lane, Mill End. The talk is A Bug's Life by Andy Sands, a local naturalist and photographer. Andy will support his talk on insect life styles with stunning pictures. There will be a raffle and interval for tea/coffee. All welcome. Start 8 pm. Admission: members £2, non- members £3.
• Thur 17 Nov Rickmansworth Evening Townswomen's Guild meet at St. Mary's Church Hall at7.30pm. The speaker will be Alison Wall - Public Health and the History of Plague Cottages. All are welcome.
• Fri 25 Nov Rickmansworth Winter Fayre Join the Town Team in a celebration of our brilliant town at our annual pre-Christmas event. Funfair, festive and food stalls, singing & dancing, Santa's Grotto, Punch & Judy - come and join the family fun. 5pm till 9pm - Rickmansworth Town Centre. Museum open 6 - 9pm

Ongoing

• Future Friends of WatersmeetFilm Society films - Wed 11 January 2017 'Anthropoid' - Thur 19 Jan 'The Girl on a Train' 2.00pm & 7.45pm
• Three Rivers Museum in Basing House next to the library, have displays featuring the Great War & Ancient Order of Foresters - Museum open Mon to Fri 2-4pm, Sat 10am to 4pm. Support your local museum. www.trmt.org.uk videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ThreeRiversMuseum/videos
• Adult oil painting class given by local artist Andrew Schofield:- Monday evenings 7pm to 9pm at the Mill End Community Centre. Tuesday daytime 11am to 1pm at the Croxley Sports Guild. All abilities, beginners welcome, I will guide you thorough the oil painting process and after the first class you will have an oil painting you can be proud of. All equipment provided. In my opinion oil painting is the easiest and most forgiving medium to paint with and I hope to prove this to you. Contact me for details ArtAndrewArtist@gmail.com 07908 832834
• Rickmansworth & District Art Societyin the reception area of Three Rivers House (the Council Offices) Mick Currey will be displaying his work for the Month of November.
• The Mill Photography Club has produced its programme for the second half of this year. Visit their website www.millphotos.com. The club meets Fridays, fortnightly at The Mill, Berry Lane Methodist Church. All welcome, any standard, no fees.
• Croxley Camera Club is known as the friendly photographic society for Three Rivers District. They have photographic advice available from specialists in many genres including nature, landscape, and studio. Meet on Thursdays in the Croxley Green Community Centre at 7:45. New members of all abilities are always warmly welcome. http://croxleycameraclub.com/
• Watford Mencap hold a Coffee Morning every 3^rd Tuesday in the month at their Head Office in The Town Hall, Rickmansworth High Street from 10.30am to 12.00 noon. Apart from it being a social opportunity for our clients and their carers to meet and catch up over refreshments and cakes, one of the aims is to raise local awareness of the charity and how they support people with learning disabilities. Anyone is welcome to join us if they are passing.
• Ricky Folk meet at 8.15pm in the back bar of the Conservative Club, Bury Lane on the 2nd Tuesday of every month.You can sing, play or both or simply come and listen. No entrance fee and drinks are at club prices. In exchange for the facilities they entertain members of the Club at summer events each year and participate in other local events.
• A full list of forthcoming events at Watersmeet - click link http://www.watersmeet.co.uk/whats-on/
• Ricky Green Social are a group from Rickmansworth who meet on the first Saturday every month to socialise and work on greening the area. Meetings take place at the Cafe in the Park at the Aquadrome - 11.00am to 1.00pm.
• Police Officers from the Local Neighbourhood Team would like to hear from residents if they have any information about drug use or crime. To report any information, intelligence or suspicious behaviour. Please phone on 101, or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555111 or email Neil.CANNING@Herts.pnn.police.uk
• Herts County Council fault reporting https://www.hertsdirect.org/faultreporting/

The small print. This newsletter started ten years ago in February 2006 and is sent to more than 550 local people - it is now distributed by Mailchimp. Ann Shaw is a local Three Rivers Councillor. Les Mead is a Trustee at Rickmansworth Waterways Trust and Vice Chairman of Three Rivers Museum Trust.