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WELCOME to the website of the Raynes Park and West Barnes Residents' Association, designed to inform you of current local issues and to provide a brief history of the local area and the Association.
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Meetings and diary dates 2012
We are pleased to announce our meeting dates for 2012.
Residents' Association meetings are held at the Tennis Pavilion at 129 Grand Drive, starting at 8pm, unless otherwise noted. All members are welcome to attend the Open Meetings as listed.
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| Tues 17th Jan 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (committee members only or by invitation) |
| Tues 14th Feb 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (committee members only or by invitation) |
| Wed 21st March, time TBC | AGM (open meeting). Location TBC. All welcome. |
| Tues 8th May, 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (committee members only or by invitation) |
| Tues 12th June, 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (open meeting TBC) |
| Tues 10th July, 8;00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (committee members only or by invitation) |
| Tues 11th Sept, 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (open meeting TBC) |
| Tues 9th Oct, 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (committee members only or by invitation) |
| Tues 13th Nov, 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (committee members only or by invitation) |
| Tues 11th Dec, 8:00pm | Residents' Association committee meeting (open meeting) and Christmas Party |
Using TfL's Bus 'Countdown' service online (or on smartphones)
TfL has now launched a live bus tracker system, which is available online or through an SMS text service from your mobile phone. You can use this across London and it is updated minute-by-minute.
WEB AND SMARTPHONE UPDATES: To access the information from any web-connected computer or your smartphone while you're out and about, simply navigate to this link and search for your stop. For example, you can type your home postcode to see the stops closest to your home address, select the ones of interest (you can also filter by routes to view the route you use) and then click "add to my stops" to view them in future. You can then access an instant real-time update at any time for all of these stops by returning to the website.
TEXT UPDATES: Simply send a text to 87287 with your bus stop code and you will receive a reply with real time bus arrival times for that stop. The bus stop code is a black, five-digit number on a sign above the timetable. Texts cost the standard network rate, plus a 12p charge to receive the response for UK mobiles.
There is a video and further information about the service here on the TfL website.
West Barnes Library in 2012
Have you
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joined the library?
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used the library?
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joined the Friends group?
New members still needed
To keep the West Barnes Library open, more people must use it. Please remind all your friends that it’s free to join the library and that each time they visit to take out a book or DVD they will be helping keep it open. To reach its current target, the library needs to attract 250 more ‘active’ users by the end of March 2012. Please help.
Merton joins London Library Consortium
In December, Merton becomes the 15th member of the London Libraries Consortium (LLC), offering the borough’s library users access to six million items across the member authorities through the shared library catalogue, a brand new website and online catalogue.
The new catalogue allows members to borrow items and return them to any of the 15 boroughs in the consortium. From next month, all users can renew books and make basic enquiries via a dedicated 24-hour phone line. More details on the Merton Libraries website: www.merton.gov.uk/leisure/libraries.htm
Key news and updates
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