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New Committee elected for 2010/11

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 Kevin Coyne
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140 people attended at the Marylebone Association Annual General Meeting which was held at the Marriott Hotel Marble Arch on Monday 21st June.

The Association said goodbye to Carl Upsall as Chair and to Charlotte Joseph, Diane Ward, Heather Acton who have now left the committee. There was a special mention of former committee member Danielle Barr who passed away last October

The Marylebone Assocition committee for 2010/11 was elected as follows :

  • Chairman, Stephen Quinn
  • Honorary Secretary, Kevin Coyne
  • Honorary Treasurer, Keith Evans
  • Infrastructure, Michael Bolt
  • Planning, Philip Vernon
  • Police & Licensing, Keith Stuart-Smith
  • Social & Cultural Events, Sheila Green & Patricia Neville
  • Traffic & Environment, Monica Perez
  • Members without Portfolio, Regina Kibel & Harold King

 

 

Chairman's Report April 2010

Monday, 12 April 2010 Carl Upsall
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KEEPING GREEN

As spring finally arrives we can appreciate the benefit of the trees in Marylebone, softening the hard landscape and absorbing both the sound and pollution of traffic on the busy main roads which run through and along the boundaries of our area.

So, we were concerned to see Westminster City Council classify Marylebone as an area of lowest priority for tree planting in Westminster in their recent consultation document (termed ‘treat with caution'). Not only would this mean no further planting for most of Marylebone but also ‘existing street trees that are inappropriate to their townscape context will not be succeeded, and consideration will be given to their removal. Consideration will always be given to replacing any loss, but it may not be in the same part of Westminster'.

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Chairman's Report 2009/10

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 Carl Upsall
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This is my last year as Chairman of the Marylebone Association, and I am very grateful to have had this opportunity to serve the local community in that role. Over the last three years I feel I have learnt much about the many volunteers working to improve the lives of others.

The Association is vibrant and financially sound because of the commitment of its volunteers - including officers, committee members, sub-committee members and those who help with events, clubs and communications.

The activities of the Association over the last 12 months are set out in our Annual Report. So I will limit myself to a few highlights.

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Inga Haag 1918-2009

Wednesday, 6 January 2010 Carl Upsall - Chairman, Marylebone Association
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Inga_HaagInga Haag, who lived for many years on Upper Wimpole Street died in hospital on Thursday, 10th December 2009. She was also one of the earliest members of the Marylebone Association; member number 9 according to our records. Inga contributed to the greening of our area by instigating the initiative to plant pear trees in Wimpole Street. This was a precursor of the current W1W tree-planting initiative.

Earlier in her life, Inga Haag was involved in more dramatic campaigns; none more so than that leading up to July 20, 1944.

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