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The 4 Seasons Photography Competition |
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Sponsored by the Ham & High, and Photocraft of Hampstead
Whenever you walk on the Heath take your camera with you. Then send us the 2 best shots. The winning photographs should express the photographer’s creativity in capturing an aspect of the seasonal wild and natural beauty unique to Hampstead Heath. Entries will be displayed in the photo gallery on the Society’s website. Each month one image will be selected to appear in the Ham & High and on the Society’s notice board in Flask Walk with up to 30 of the best photos exhibited in Burgh House early in 2009. Competitors must be members of the Heath & Hampstead Society – it takes just a few minutes to join and costs only £15, £10 for seniors. You may submit two photographs for each of the 4 seasons. |
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Society wins historic ruling safeguarding fringes of Heath |
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After a four year battle the Court of Appeal has finally kicked out plans for a major development on the edge of the Heath.
Hailed as one of the greatest victories in the Society’s 110 year history the judgement safeguards Metropolitan Open Land, the equivalent of green belt land in urban areas, not just in Hampstead but throughout England and Wales. |
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Hampstead Chainsaw Massacre |
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In March of this year one of the finest trees in Hampstead was chopped down in Church Row, despite an arboriculturalists’ report saying the tree was fine and posed no threat. Next door in Frognal a further eight trees have been chopped down. And at least 51 trees have been chopped down by the developers at Sarum Chase, West Heath Road.
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Six New Cycle Highways blocked but the war goes on. |
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‘A step in the right direction’; ‘Cycle routes get the boot’; the headlines are easy to write but they disguise a frightening truth: the people behind the campaign to open up the Heath to commuter cycling have very deep pockets and they’re ready to play the long game.
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Membership has its privileges |
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