Wildlife Circus

  Say 'Goodbye' to our public buildings Enclosed into gated estates, Hawks Road Clinic at the cusp of demolition, where a developers paradise awaits. Where neighbourhood kids had their growth checks Met Nitty Nora , zapped veruccas and warts. Health staff wafted asbestos mothballs, & essence of Jeyes Fluid with old farts. Long - winded ante - natal classes with their throw-name, cushion-games; ground down the room. Praise for the wisdom of the iced - finger glove the new babes created a free contraceptive clinic boom. On the tarmac no more mammogram pantechnicon. No more recognition song for the spires of Jack - in - the - hedge. Trees gone, stump - ground, dissappeared  by attrition Blackbirds no longer crave subterfuge. I say 'Goodbye' they say 'its only 2 buses to the clinic in Surbiton'.    see also hawks-road-clinic 2021

      Hawks Road Clinic Planning Consultation  Hawks Road Clinic is  the place where many of us have just had our vaccinations. It was also the place where 39 years ago my  son was weighed and had all his health checks. In fact we have had virtually everything checked at some stage including podiatry, dental and eye checks.   A developer wants to build 122 flats on the site of the Clinic. The tallest building, near the corner of Hawks & Cambridge roads would be 13 storeys. Public consultation starts around 21 October, ahead of planning application expected in March. Lets remind ourselves of the environment before the site was made development ready. The photo below is of cuckoo flower aka Jack in the hedge or ladies smock; the grass is often covered with it in the Spring. Cuckooflower, is a pretty,  perennial of  damp, grassy place. It likes wet meadows, ditches and riverbanks, as well as roadside verges and for the time being, it grow...

  Purple defines Area Deficient in Open Space or AoD GiGl 2020 Enclosure like a Bonaparte let not a thing remain No rest until it’s torn apart, the landgrabbers’ claim John Clare    Between 1750 and 1850, approximately 4000 Enclosure Acts were passed converting common land into the private property of  large landowners. These acts destroyed a way of life that had sustained families for centuries.   Our open space is still sequestered from the public for the benefit of the private gain. Its appearing on the local agenda as the paths and alleyways of Norbiton, that  separate us from the traffic, are destined to be  developed to provide private courtyards for new residents. Our peaceful and informally vegetated routes for getting to the shops, the cemetery, or the bus stop will be replaced  when the Cambridge Road Estate is redeveloped. This will mean losing almost 1 km of paths, in an area that has the worst acc...