Agenda for the AGM

1 Election of officers
2 Thorpes street party – Sunday June 3rd
3 Local crime
4 Sydenham Road improvements
& Thorpes road calming
5 Sydenham Arts Festival:
Visual Arts Trail in the Thorpes
6 Any other business

Visual Arts Trail – open houses in the Thorpes

The highly successful Visual Arts Trail is once again part of this year’s Sydenham Arts Festival (1-15 July). If you are an artist and would like to take part, or if you would like to act as a ‘host’ to local artists as part of the trail, please get in touch with Bruce Harrison: harrisonbruce@hotmail.com; 077269 09808
or Pippa Stacey: pip.stacey@googlemail.com; 020 8778 9160 for more details.

Thorpes Street Party

Earlsthorpe Road will be hosting a street party on June 3rd – and everyone who lives in the Thorpes is welcome! The idea is to use Earlsthorpe Road as a base for a day of entertainment and fun for all of the Thorpes. It’s a great way to meet your neighbours and help strengthen community spirit. As well as street barbecues there will be musical events, fancy dress and games for all the family.

Crime on the Thorpes

At the AGM we will be discussing the recent rise in burglary and street robbery in the neighbourhood. Although this remains a low-crime area we all need to take extra care and be on our guard. At the same time, the Metropolitan Police are considering closing Sydenham Police Station, home of three local Safer Neighbourhood Teams, and relocating them to Catford. The Thorpes Residents Association committee are very concerned about this possible closure and urge all residents to sign the online petition at:
www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-sydenham-police-station