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Newsletter October 2009

Posted on September 19, 2009 by gillpyrah

Directors and notices

Mary Dwyer Radnoti 1945 – 2009

The very sad news is that our chairman, Mary, died suddenly and unexpectedly on July 29th. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her on the garden. Mary was a thoughtful and patient chairman who handled even the toughest challenges with tact and fairness. She had been a resident for many years and often commented on the changes she had seen in her time at Castellain Road.  She will be missed by her many friends, one of whom, Harriet Crawley, has written a moving obituary for our website:  www.formosaamenity.co.uk/news.  

There will be a new bench in the garden in Mary’s memory. If you would like to contribute, please make your cheque to ‘Pembertons Residential Ltd Re Formosa Amenity’ and put ‘Mary Radnoti’s bench’ on the reverse. Send it to Archi Minhas, at the address below. Thank you. 

Garden directors

Ian Laming’s fellow directors are delighted he has agreed to take on the often onerous position of chairman of the Amenity’s board. He has already thrown himself wholeheartedly into the role. If you have any concerns about the garden, please let the board know straight away, for the best chance of resolving any problem. And, if you could volunteer to help us in some capacity – perhaps by sharing your professional expertise, or by getting involved with one of our events, such as Fun Day or Bonfire Night – the directors are also keen to hear from you.  They are: 

Ian Laming, Chairman
30 Castellain Road
London W9 1EZ
Natalie Barb
44 Warrington Crescent
London W9 1EP
 Harriet Crawley
20 Castellain Rd
London W9 1EZ
Jacki Hass
36H Warrington Cres
London W9 1EL
Gill Pyrah
40 Warrington Crescent
London W9 1EL  
Arabella Van Niekerk
48 Warrington Crescent

London W9 1EP

Your contact for management matters is Archi Minhas, Formosa Amenity Ltd, Pemberton’s Residential Ltd, Station House, 9-13 Swiss Terrace, London  NW6 4RR, telephone 0207 586 7676. Email (link removed as this information is no longer current) , or through the website: chose the “Pembertons” drop-down on the contacts page. If you are thinking of making any changes whatsoever to the outside of your home, you must apply to the board for planning permission. You can email through the website: www.formosaamenity.co.uk/contacts. Chose “The Directors” from the drop-down list. Or write to Ian at his address above.  A guide to the architecture of the garden is being prepared. It should be an invaluable resource for residents and architects and it’s hoped will save time and possibly unnecessary expense. 


The website: formosaamenity.co.uk The garden is a community and we’d like the website to reflect that. Susan Wright has volunteered to make the site more useful to residents and to bring it up to date. She is already planning improvements and any suggestions will be very welcome. If you don’t yet know Susan to speak to, please email her via “Newsletter Editor” on the drop-down list on the contacts page or directly at susanwright57@yahoo.co.uk. 

The garden The beds and lawn have looked wonderful this summer, which is all due to Mike Stratford and his team. Here’s a big thank you to the gardeners for their great work.  The gardeners have asked, however, that everyone with toddlers and young children should take care the children aren’t shovelling up gravel and piling it onto the grass – and if they do, please put it all back onto the path. The lawnmower can throw up stones and gravel chips with enough velocity to be very painful, even dangerous, to anyone in the line of fire.There have been no other complaints and thank you to the children themselves for that.   Unfortunately, not all adults have been so considerate. Drunk partygoers have been observed urinating in the bushes and shrubs, even up against residents’ garden walls. Please, DON’T DO IT. Go home. Even if you think you’re unzipping discreetly, your antisocial act will leave a lingering and very unpleasant stench. 

Residents are reminded – and should please remind each other – that parties in the garden of more than 10 must ask the board for permission in advance. It’s unlikely to be granted a second time, if your guests can’t hold their drink in; and larger parties without permission may be asked to disband. 

Satellite dishes, air-con units and extractors The directors will use their powers, under the Rentcharge Deed, to refuse permission for TV aerials or satellite dishes to be installed, unless they are installed on the roof. We will automatically assume permission is granted for satellite dishes but only to the extent that they are installed on roofs – to be crystal clear, on roofs only. If you put a satellite dish anywhere else on your property, the covenant will be enforced and you will be asked to take it down. This applies to existing dishes, as well as future installations.           

If you want or need to put an extractor fan or air-conditioning unit on the outside of your building (as some types of business, for example, are legally obliged to do), you must apply to the board, giving your reasons and details of the unit’s type, size and intended location. Permission may, in exceptional circumstances, be granted but it is highly likely this will only be if the unit is a silent type. Existing extractors or units which are a nuisance to neighbours must be soundproofed, replaced, or removed.  

DogsThanks are due to most dog owners for understanding and abiding by the (still experimental) relaxation of the garden regulation which now states that dogs must be on leads at all times except between daybreak and 9am. For details and dog-registration, see the Rules page.            

Newcomers to the garden may not be aware of the time restriction, or of the requirement to register a dog before bringing it into the garden. So, if you see a dog off-lead after 9 a.m., please do talk to the owner, if possible, and let one of the directors know straight away if there’s a problem.

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Remembering Mary Dwyer Radnoti (1945-2009)

Posted on September 10, 2009 by gillpyrah

by Harriet Crawley

It is with great sadness that we must report the sudden death of the chairman of the Formosa Garden Committee, Mary Radnoti Dwyer, on July 28th 2009. Mary had many friends and I was fortunate enough to be one of them, and have been asked to write a personal tribute.  Mary and I first met in 1987 when we both moved into Castellain Road, she to no. 28 and I to 20. However, it was during the past five years that we became close friends and saw a great deal of each other. For this tribute I have drawn on memories of those who knew her better and longer than I.

We all agree on one thing: Mary Dwyer Radnoti was one of the most impressive women we have ever met. She had a rare combination of goodness, compassion, gentleness and grit. Mary was no pushover. She was tolerant of human weakness, but only to a point; she was slow to judge, quick to praise. Most important of all, she was an optimist, believing in the goodness of man which could and must be achieved through relentless effort. 

Mary took on the chairmanship of the Formosa Garden Committee in 2008 and served the garden and all those who use it, to the very best of her ability. She gave up a huge amount of her free time to bringing method and order into the affairs of  the Committee with its wide ranging responsibilities. Central to her philosophy was the idea that human beings owe to each other civility; the only way to reconcile differing points of view is not aggression but, civility; civility is the mark of civilized man.

Mary Dwyer was born in Southern Ontario , Canada on February 28th 1945. She was the eldest of six sisters. Both parents (Dwyer on her father’s side, and Crowley on her mother’s) were of Irish Catholic descent who left Ireland in the 1840s to settle in Ontario. Mary was a sixth generation Canadian. Her life was full of unexpected twists and turns. She grew up in a religious atmosphere, and, perhaps not surprisingly, (according to one sister, “It was expected”) in 1962 at the age of sixteen she became a postulant nun while finishing high school and teacher’s college. Two years later, in 1964, at the age of nineteen, she took her vows and joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a teaching order in Ontario schools. She read English at the University of Waterloo where she was awarded an undergraduate degree. Mary stayed in the convent for six years. In 1970, at the age of twenty five, she left.

This dramatic change of life demanded a change of country and she came to London where she got a job with Help the Aged; it was here in 1972 that she met her great friend Judith Middleton. After several years in London as a “Young Commonwealth Visitor” she was obliged to leave England and had to apply to re-enter and settle. In the interim she went to France, ostensibly to teach English to a French radiologist who lived in Rouen; in fact, the doctor was too busy to study English so Mary learnt impeccable French. The timing was perfect: she met a Total Oil and Marine employee who persuaded her to apply for a job helping with the company newsletter, “Tom Tom”. Mary got the job, and for the better part of twenty years she worked at Total, starting out as a temp, and ending up as a senior Public Relations official in the Paris Head Office. At Total Mary met Douglas Edwards and his Russian wife, Lyudmilla who stayed lifelong friends. Another key friend entered Mary’s life at this time: Heather Burwin.  In 1982 Heather, who was studying at the bar, became Mary’s lodger for a year. “Mary and I always felt we were fated to meet,” says Heather. “I had an immediate sense that there was something very unusual and captivating about Mary; an aura of absolute goodness.”  In later years Mary would talk about her “English sisters”, meaning Heather and Judith. 

In the early 1980s Mary met a Hungarian journalist, Zoltan Radnoti, who worked for the BBC World Service programme, “The Voice of Hungary”. In 1956, at the time of the Russian invasion of Hungary, Zoltan had escaped to London and was given a government grant to study at Cambridge where he read Economics. He then went on to work in the city where he did a stint at Lazards. In 1987 he and Mary married. I met Zoltan, only once, when he and I were on the Formosa Garden Committee. He and Mary were just married and we sat together on the only garden bench, staring at the great expanse of grass (we had no flower beds in those days!) discussing how nice it would be to have more colour in the garden. Zoltan was an extremely cultivated, amusing man with perfect manners. Mary and he were wonderfully happy together. In 1991 Mary moved to Aberdeen as part of a Total management move, and Zoltan, who was partly retired, commuted from London.

Tragically, on January 8th 1999 Zoltan died quite suddenly of a heart attack.  This was a devastating blow to Mary, from which she never recovered, but with great courage she faced her life alone and continued working for Total who promoted her to the Paris Head Office where she had a top Public Relations position dealing with the Foreign Press. Mary had her own flat in Paris and commuted weekly on the Eurostar. It was exhausting. She hinted at retirement but Total turned a deaf ear: she was indispensable. Eventually and with great reluctance in 2006 they let her go.  

In her retirement Mary was more active than ever. She threw her considerable energy into three charities: a school for Romanian children (The Clinical Science and Education Foundation), a string quartet (The Chamber Domaine) and a charity for brain injured children (The Child Brain Injury Trust.) But it is as a friend that I shall remember her, and I suspect this is true for many of you who loved her. She was a very special sort of friend: she radiated warmth and not surprisingly she drew people to her, from all walks of life. You felt, instinctively, that she had thought deeply about the human condition, and that she had deep within her, a rare wisdom. I never left Mary without feeling all the better for my visit. She was always ready to commiserate with problems, but even more ready to celebrate the joys of life. She loved the arts, but not indiscriminately; she was very discerning. At the drop of a hat would invite her friends to a play, or an opera or a concert, or just to dinner or a drink. She thrived on human contact. For those in some kind of difficultly or dealing with great sadness, Mary was quietly by their side. She had an old-fashioned delicacy: she never intruded, but watched and waited until she saw the opportunity to help or to suggest a diversion. She was infinitely subtle, infinitely kind. Nothing was too much trouble.  In April this year I had to go on a business trip to Russia when my son, who had broken his leg playing football, was at home studying for his final university exams. I did not want to leave him alone at such a critical time but I had no choice. In my absence, Mary cooked him breakfast every morning in her kitchen, asking beforehand how he liked his eggs. Later my son told me how greatly he had enjoyed Mary’s company; they had talked about politics and history and her beloved Zoltan. 

Mary was devoted to her family; every one of her sisters came to London for her funeral, a testament, if one was needed, to their  closeness. She loved each one of her sisters, their husbands and their children; her nephews and nieces, who were, in many ways, her surrogate children since she had none of her own.  I had the pleasure of getting to know her younger sister Maggie Dwyer, a distinguished writer of whom Mary was so proud. In April this year Mary’s mother died at the great age of 95 and Mary flew back to Canada, where she was reunited with her entire family, as it turned out for the very last time. 

I remember her beautiful voice, rich, warm, and her flawless skin, and the brightness in her laughing eyes.She was intensely practical and, in the event of her death, had arranged for all her organs to be donated, which they were, and the Hospital in Brighton was deeply grateful.  A doctor told Judith Middleton: “Your friend Mary has helped so many people by this, her last generous act.”  Mary’s funeral was held on August 6th and was attended by several hundred people, including (as I have already mentioned) her five sisters from Canada. I had the pleasure of showing them round our beautiful garden, and one of them told me, “Now I understand why she loved her London flat.”

Mary became chairman of the garden committee in 2008, because, as she told me, “No one else wanted the job”. She tried to reconcile the interests of dog owners and parents of small children by implementing her humanist philosophy. It was not easy, as those of you who attended the last Garden Committee AGM, in June of this year will recall. Various shareholders were strident, even belligerent in voicing their opinions, which baffled and upset Mary, but which she countered their complaints with her habitual patience, good humour and gentleness, pleading as always, for that most subtle of human virtues: civility. Let us hope her legacy endures.  

POSTSCRIPT: Mary’s friends would like to remember her, in the garden, and so we are collecting money for a garden bench with a plaque to commemorate her life.  If you would like to contribute please email harriet000@yahoo.co.uk.

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Mary Dwyer Radnoti

Posted on August 7, 2009 by gillpyrah

The very sad news is that our Chairman, Mary, died suddenly and unexpectedly on July 29th. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her on the Garden. Mary was a thoughtful and patient Chairman who handled even the toughest challenges with tact and fairness. She had been a resident for many years and often commented on the changes she had seen in her time at Castellain Road. Mary was a good friend, and a discreet one, to many who mourn her loss.  

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Newsletter May 2009

Posted on May 20, 2009 by gillpyrah
 Thursday 4th June – Formosa Amenity AGM

The AGM will be at 7.30pm at St Joseph’s School, at the Tesco end of Sutherland Avenue, entrance on Lanark Road.  All residents, freeholders and leaseholders of homes around the garden are invited to attend. Shareholders may vote. Proxy forms have been posted to freeholders and, if used, must be returned by 2nd June. Do bring questions and ideas to put to your directors and committee. They are responsible for seeing that the Rent Charge Deed is observed but are open to suggestions wherever possible. The Rent Charge Deed can be read in full on this website.   

Saturday 6th June – gate key change

For security reasons, the lock to the garden gate is going to be changed and, if you are eligible to have a key, you will need either to exchange your old one or apply for one. There is no charge if you hand in a current key. Archi Minhas will be at a table inside the gate from 10.00am to 1.00pm on 6th June. New keys will be issued to qualifying residents only for £60 (cheques please, not cash), £10 of which is non-refundable. If you are unsure whether your address qualifies, or want a key after the change, contact Archi at Pembertons, 9-13 Swiss Terrace, Swiss Cottage, 020 7586 7676. To collect a key:  

Ø      You must show personal photo ID and matching proof of residence, e.g. utility bill, whether you are applying for a new key or exchanging one. Please don’t send a child to swap the key.  

Ø      Before you are issued with a new key, you will be asked to read and sign the garden rules (see Rules page).

Ø      You must not give or lend the key to anyone outside your household. It is your responsibility to ensure that anyone from your household who uses the key is aware of the garden rules.

Ø      Misuse of the garden could lead to confiscation of your key. 

Sunday 14th June – open garden

As part of the Open Garden Squares Weekend, organised each year by London Parks and Gardens Trust, Formosa Amenity will be one of over 190 private gardens and squares to be opened to the public. Our garden will be open from 2 till 5 on the Sunday only. See www.opensquares.org for general information about the weekend. If you have specific questions about this garden’s involvement, contact David Lubin. See "contacts". By the way, some new benches are being bought for the garden this summer. If you feel strongly that one should, or perhaps should not, be positioned in a particular spot, do let David know.  


Saturday 27th June – family fun day

Fun day organiser Natalie Barb writes:

HELP WANTED      We need volunteers in the morning to help set up marquees, hang up decorations and set out tables and chairs. We also need volunteers to help clear away the tables and chairs and pick up any rubbish the next morning. If you've half an hour to spare on either morning, please let me know.  We'd really appreciate your help. 

THE DAY’S EVENTS        It all starts at 2:30 pm. Loads of fun and mostly free: there’ll be bouncy castles, a football shootout, rodeo bull, two slides, an assault course and a coconut shy. Balloon modelling and face painting will be £2 each.At 3:30 pm Magic Marty will entertain. In the evening from 6:30 pm the jazz musicians Ruthie Culver and the Jazzberries will be performing.  

FOOD AND DRINK     There will be an ice cream van at the fun day and also a Pimm’s tent (£2 per glass/ £15 per jug with £5 deposit). In the evening, there’ll be a Hog Roast on offer: £3.50 for pork, bread and salad. It’s really delicious and we recommend it. However, if you are thinking of doing your own barbecue, please remember that no barbecues are allowed on the grass and also be considerate if you are lighting  your barbecue on the path.

SAFETY     There will be security on the gate on Castellain Road. Additionally, we have booked staff to man the inflatables and rodeo bull. However, parents are responsible for their children’s safety and behaviour on the bouncy castles. We may introduce age limits on some of the equipment, to allow children to play in a safe and comfortable environment. So come along for music, laughter…and sunshine (the only one we can’t guarantee). 

Please also remember that

Ø      No golf or other hard-ball games are allowed in the garden, for obvious safety reasons.

Ø      You must ask for, and have received, permission from Pembertons before inviting any group of more than 10 into the garden, or have a party there.  Permission is seldom refused but it has to be clear who is in charge of any group, as well as how many parties are planned for a particular date.  You will be held responsible for your guests’ behaviour, so please make sure they keep the noise down; take home any rubbish; and clear up broken glass.

Ø      Barbecues on the shingle path only please, never on the grass. Think about neighbours before lighting. Please take all picnic remainders, foil trays and wrapping away with you.

Ø      Planning permission is essential before you make changes to the structure of your home. As well as applying to Westminster Council, you must have separate permission from the Formosa Amenity Directors. Some addresses also require Listed Building Consent. Before making changes to your house or flat, it is important that you or your architect contact the committee for guidance as to what would be permitted; and subsequently submit formal plans and drawings for consideration by the committee, well before building works are planned to start. If your plans have not been approved in advance, you may have to have doors, windows, paint colour, etc reinstated at your own expense.  The written decision of the directors overrides any other approval you may have. See "contacts". 

Ø       Only registered dogs are allowed in the garden. See amended regulations.

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Rentcharge Deed, Articles of Association and Memorandum

Posted on February 2, 2009 by gillpyrah

Content of post removed – documents can now be downloaded from the “History” page on this site.

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September 2008 newsletter

Posted on September 14, 2008 by gillpyrah

The annual Gardens bonfire party will be on Saturday 1st November

bonfire lit at 6.30 pm (gate closes 6.55 pm) fireworks start at 7pm

You can help to make it a great party by:bringing burnable wood for the fire to the mound from

18 October (no nails or screws and no plastic, please!) and by building the fire, or being a steward on the night

Contact David Lubin: 07766 313 636, davidlubin@yahoo.com

Have fun and take care. For safety's sake, please stay outside the fencing and cooperate with your stewards.

DOG owners please act NOW – the following  notice is important

 Your dog MUST be registered by 10 October 2008

Unregistered dogs may not use the Garden

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Following an alarming incident earlier in the year, when a child was viciously bitten, the Directors and Committee of Formosa Amenity have been under pressure to ensure that the rule requiring dogs to be on leads at all times in the Gardens is strictly enforced. With the aim of also accommodating dog owners' wishes, for a trial period there will be several hours each day when:

Residents' dogs, providing they have been registered, may be exercised off the lead and under close supervision, FROM DAYBREAK TO 9am ONLY

AT ALL OTHER TIMES  DOGS MUST BE SUPERVISED ON LEADS.

 

No unregistered dog may be brought into the Gardens from 10 October 08.

The directors have the right to ban individual dogs from the Gardens.   

We are asking responsible owners to cooperate and to encourage others to comply with the rules in the interests of all. If dog owners do not cooperate with the registration scheme and with off-lead times, Formosa Amenity's Directors will consider, with regret, banning dogs from the Gardens entirely.

If you have a dog to register, please apply immediately to Archi.Minhas@Solitairegroup.co.uk, 0207 586 7676, or copy the form, below. You will be required to provide your name, address, phone numbers and email address (if any) as well as the dog's name, breed, description and a digital photograph – which we can arrange to take for you, if necessary. There is no charge for registration. The Directors will subsidise this compulsory registration out of Garden funds, as it is in all our interests that the register is complete.

Please also note:

  • NO visiting dogs may be exercised in Formosa Gardens at any time.
  • Garden keys must not be lent to non-residents.
  • It should go without saying: dog owners must clean up after their pets.

Formosa Amenity – Dog Registration Form

First Name:………………………………  Surname:……………………………

Please circle as appropiate:       Owner   /    Tenant                                                    

Address:…………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………….

Emergency Telephone Number: ………………………………………………..

Emergency Email Address: ……………………………………………………..

Name of Dog:……………………………………………………………………..

Breed of Dog:……………………………………………………………………..

Colour of Dog:…………………………………………………………………….

Please attach a photograph of your dog.  Contact a committee member for help if you don't have a photograph 

Print Name: ……………………………………………………………………………

Signed: ……………………………………………  Date: …………………………..

Please return this completed form to:

By Post:                 Pembertons Residential Ltd

                                Station House

                                9-13 Swiss Terrace

                                Swiss Cottage

                                London, NW6 4RR

By Fax:                  020 7586 6399

    

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Honey bees in the Big Tree

Posted on May 29, 2008 by gillpyrah

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On 27 May, a swarm of honey bees settled in the garden for a few hours. According to the following information from the London Beekeepers' Association, they'd be splitting up their colony and so were in the process of looking for a home:

"Swarms of honeybees usually occur in the spring and early summer, as colonies divide. This is the bees' natural process of reproduction which has been happening for millions of years, to both wild and domesticated bees. A swarm forms when the old queen and up to half the bees in a colony leave to find somewhere else to live, leaving a new queen and the remaining bees in the original hive. The swarm of honeybees will form a tight cluster, somewhere between the size of melon and a pumpkin.

Once they have left their home, they are vulnerable to the weather and to predators, so they cluster to keep warm, dry and safe. Swarms can buzz alarmingly, but this is usually the bees 'shivering' to keep warm. This cluster will usually find somewhere to hang, a branch, the eaves of a house, a fencepost or even a porch. The swarm will remain in its temporary position for a few hours, perhaps days, while scouts go out to seek a suitable new permanent home. Eventually a consensus is reached on which of various possibilities they will go to, at which point the whole swarm will "make a bee-line" for it."

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Formosa Amenity AGM 2008

Posted on May 17, 2008 by gillpyrah

Please be advised that the  

Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Formosa Amenity Limited 

will be held at 7:30 pm on Tuesday 10 June 2008 at St. Joseph’s School, Maida Vale (entrance on Lanark Road, just off Sutherland Ave).

Formosa Amenity Limited is the corporate body that owns and maintains the Formosa Garden. Each freeholder owns one or more shares in Formosa Amenity Limited. The formal AGM will be followed by an informal meeting.  All residents are welcome to attend both parts of the meeting, but please note that only freeholders (or duly appointed representatives) are entitled to vote during the formal AGM. If you have any queries about the AGM, please contact Pembertons on 0207 586 7676. 

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Formosa Summer Fun Day Saturday July 5th 2008

Posted on May 17, 2008 by gillpyrah

Have a fantastic day in the garden & bring family and friends

on Saturday July 5th from 2pm

Children will have loads of free things to do:

Bouncy Castles, Assault course, Gladiator jousting, Giant slide, Junior Striker, Sumo wrestling – yes, that’s for adults too. Also: Surf simulator (£1), Face painting (£2)
At 3pm magician Mr Lollie entertains
The Pimms tent will be open to anyone of 21 or over. If you look younger, then sorry, you’ll have to show ID. But every age can enjoy the ice cream van!  

      AND IN THE EVENING: from 6pm to 9pm LIVEMUSIC.
        Bring a picnic supper (there’ll be tables and chairs) even better, enjoy roast pork baps,   £3 from the hog on a spit   

 

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Newsletter May 2008

Posted on May 17, 2008 by gillpyrah
Formosa Amenity Limited is the corporate body that owns and maintains the Formosa Garden
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) forFormosa Amenity Limited will be held at 7:30 pm on Tuesday 10th June 2008
at St. Joseph’s School, Maida Vale(entrance on Lanark Road, just off Sutherland Ave) 
The formal AGM will be followed by an informal meeting.
All residents are welcome to attend both parts of the meeting, although only freeholders (or their appointed representatives) are entitled to vote during the formal AGM. (Each freeholder owns one or more shares in Formosa Amenity.) Freeholders, leaseholders and current residents are invited to raise garden-related issues. If you have any queries about the AGM, please contact the managing agents, Pembertons, on 0207 586 7676

SUMMER FUN DAY
Have a fantastic day in the garden & bring family and friends

on Saturday July 5th from 2pm

Children will have loads of free things to do:

Bouncy Castles, Assault course, Gladiator jousting, Giant slide, Junior Striker, Sumo wrestling – yes, that’s for adults too. Also: Surf simulator (£1), Face painting (£2)
At 3pm magician Mr Lollie entertains
The Pimms tent will be open to anyone of 21 or over. If you look younger, then sorry, you’ll have to show ID. But every age can enjoy the ice cream van!  

      AND IN THE EVENING: from 6pm to 9pm LIVEMUSIC.
        Bring a picnic supper (there’ll be tables and chairs) even better, enjoy roast pork baps,   £3 from the hog on a spit   
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Do have a look at the website whenever you have questions about your garden, or want to post some information for others. Meanwhile, as summer is on its way, these notes and reminders of the garden rules might be useful:  

  • The Garden is meant for the enjoyment of all who are eligible to use it (see the full rules). To apply for a key, contact  Pembertons Residential Ltd, Station House, 9-13 Swiss Terrace, London  NW6 4RR,  0207 586 7676. Key deposit must be paid by cheque, not cash.
  • Noise or behaviour which may annoy neighbours is forbidden. Please keep this in mind if you have an early morning trainer who “encourages” you by shouting!
  • Parents or guardians are responsible for their children at all times in the garden.  Football, cricket or other games may only be played by children in small groups.  Kites and model aircraft aren’t allowed, nor private fireworks. No barbecues on the grass – and please take all your rubbish away with you after picnics. Private parties of more than 10 people are only permitted if permission is asked in advance. Contact Pembertons for details and permission. 
  • Any external alteration to a property adjoining the garden needs prior permission from the Directors of Formosa Amenity Ltd.  Applications should be submitted to Pembertons. Jacki Hass (j.hass@btinternet.com) can give you informal guidance as to what is likely to be approved before you pay an architect’s fee.
  • The garden gate must be kept closed at all times.  You are responsible for builders and contractors.  Before any work is done, you need to contact Pemberton's to arrange a security deposit.  You should not lend or give your key to anyone outside the garden, including contractors.
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