| Membership You are invited to become a member of TLERA. A single annual subscription of £5 per household is charged, regardless of the number of adults in the household. As a member, you will be represented on a day to day basis by your Road Representative and by a Committee elected at the Annual General Meeting. You will be kept in touch with what is happening on and around the Estate, through newsletters, social events and leaflets. Renewal envelopes have now been distributed to every household, please return them to your road representative. If you've lost the original, any with your name and address will do.
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Tewkesbury Lodge AGM Tuesday 15th June (revised date)All residents are invited to The AGM which will be held in the Dutch Barn at the Horniman Gardens AGM Tuesday 15th June (6:30pm for a 7pm start)
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Summer Festival at St Augustine, One Tree Hill
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Golden Jubilee year for TLERA!Fifty years ago, the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Residents’ Association (TLERA) was formed by local residents to oppose the construction of a tower block of flats on the summit of the Hill, the site now occupied by Horniman School. At the time of its formation, a large proportion of the residents were original occupiers of the many 1930’s houses built as the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate. The area was pleasant, and the houses had lovely gardens and wonderful views over London.As a result of a well organised campaign by the Association, London County Council (LCC) refused planning permission for this development, but there then followed a series of further applications by various developers. It was not until 1966 that the Education Authority finally acquired the site to build the school. Soon after the first planning application for the Horniman Road site, came another high rise development proposal on the site of what was Honor Oak Station in Wood Vale. Although not able to prevent flats being built, the Association was successful in getting the height of the blocks reduced from fifteen storeys to eight. In 1960, local people thought the character of the Estate was clearly worth preserving, and this view has been passed on to their successors over the years, with preservation of the character of the area remaining a major objective of TLERA. Following the early successes opposing undesirable planning developments, the Association’s objectives rapidly broadened to encompass the protection of both the built and the natural environment. Since our formation, we have continued to take a keen interest in proposed developments in the area as well as other issues such as traffic management, crime and policing, and broader environmental issues such as re-cycling). As one of the largest lobbying group in the Borough we have a long record of co-operative contact with Lewisham’s Planning and other Departments, the local Metropolitan Police team, and the Horniman Museum. TLERA also organises highly successive social events for members and has a thriving gardening club. An update on some of these activities are reported in this newsletter, and over the next few editions we will be focusing on some of the more recent key successes of the Association, including a successful four year campaign to stop an extensive development of the old reservoir site enclosed by Canonbie Road, Horniman Drive and Liphook Crescent, and another long running campaign to reduce electro-magnetic radiation (EMR) output from the high powered radio transmitters on the mast in Horniman Drive which culminated in an 80% reduction in EMR in the area in which we live, and our children go to school. None of this would have been possible without individual members of the Committee taking up traffic, planning, policing, and other matters on behalf of members. It also relies on the support of our members. With your help over the coming years, the Association can continue to maintain the community in which we live – perhaps for another 50 years? |