Street advent calendar 2012

In the run up to Christmas, we organised our own street advent calendar. Every day, a new number appear on someone's window, the game is to spot it. Here are the pictures we managed to gather. If anybody has a picture of number 17, please get in touch.

Apologies for the one I've missed. Number 24 was on the street Christmas tree (this is last year's picture but we did decorate it this year too!).

Playing out... in the street

As many of you will have seen, On Sunday October 10th afternoon, Sulina Road was closed so the children could play in the street, and they loved it!

You could sense the liberation as they zoomed up and down on an assortment of bikes, scooters and a mini go-kart, lending them all to each other so everyone could have a go. They developed lots of games without any need for suggestions from adults, showing how inventive they can be. Children of all ages mixed together and shared the space, and they chalked their names in huge letters plus messages such as 'Road Closed' and 'Watch out for People!'

Many thanks to Hen for organising this, and to the other parents for support. And also to the residents who were all very considerate about driving around slowly and only if they needed to.

Here's what playing out in the street looked like...

Street party 2012 - The pictures!

Last Sunday saw yet another fantastic street party. It was great to see so many people there with family and friends, and we welcomed several new residents who'd just moved in as well as neighbours from streets nearby. Lots of delicious food was brought, with a particularly extensive cake section, the barbecue was on the go all day, the amazing Street Party Band entertained us with all styles of music, the Olympic Hopping Match got lots of people on their feet.

The theme this year was "Celebrating London" because it's London's big year in lots of ways - this can involve London history including the Dickens bicentenary, the Olympics and Paralympics, multicultural London...

A really big thank you to all the people who helped organise and to the local businesses for their support. Here are some pictures of the day. A really big thank you to Roger Kynaston for the photos.

The local band

 

The Hopping Match... 

...in Clapham Common in 1827...

...and in Sulina Road in 2012.

Cakes a-plenty

Neighbours and friends

And we are looking forward to the next Party already!

All photos by Roger Kynaston.