On The Hill is five years old this month… Happy birthday to On The Hill! Your local magazine has been running for five years. I like to think that David Bowie would have sung ‘Five Years’ to us if he […]
Five Years
News & Views – July/Aug 2019
News, views and events for Primrose Hill. Cave Interiors in House & Garden Top 100 Interior Designers Cave Interiors has been included in House & Garden’s Top 100 Interior Designers for the second year running. Georgina Cave said, “It’s wonderful […]
Destruction of Trees in Adelaide Road Nature Reserve
A walk down Adelaide Road in early April would have been shaded by a thick row of mature trees lining the woodland area next to the nature reserve on the railway embankment. The same walk a week later was very different. Network Rail swiftly […]
It’s Been A Long Dry Spell… The Albert Returns!
By Phil Cowan. “The local” is an interesting concept. The term has connotations of community, convenience, conversation and camaraderie. “I’m off down the local” is a phrase embedded in British tradition that puts a smile on many faces and can […]
Mind That Child! (or Falling out of love with Mr Whippy)
By Phil Cowan. Spring was a welcome early visitor this year, making a surprise appearance in late February. While the unusually warm spell was short-lived, it ushered in an unexpected rush of budding trees, flowering plants, visitors to the area […]
Together We Did It!
As you may know, we have been looking to raise £250,000 for the acquisition of a 25-year lease of the Community Centre, to ensure that the building remains in the community’s hands for the foreseeable future. It gives us great […]
Disappearing Bar Stools
By Matthew Wright. It started off with a simple question. All I said was, “Where’s Leonard*?” I’d walked into one of our area’s many wonderful pubs ‒ I don’t want to name names, it’s not my intention to cast aspersions […]
News from Primrose Hill Surgery
Lease Negotiations on new 15-year leases on both premises in Regent’s Park Road are progressing after a visit from the District Valuer and should be finalised before too long. The practice is looking at the possibility of a grant to […]
Crime on the Hill
Article by Micael Johnstone. Primrose Hill residents have been experiencing an unsettling crime wave in recent months. Micael Johnstone investigates. Primrose Hill prides itself on being an oasis of calm, despite being located just minutes from the centre of our […]
Citizens’ Assembly on Community Safety
By Maggie Chambers. Due to rising levels of knife crime, Camden and Islington Citizens’ organisations met in April at St Mary’s Church to discuss the challenge and make plans to tackle it. Churches, mosques, schools, colleges and youth services sent […]