Park Street and District Residents Association
Although PARK STREET NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH is in no way part of the PARK STREET RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, being nice people we decided to give them a page on our web-site. Please note that any information contained on this page has been either written by or approved by the officers of PSNW and no responsibility is held by the PSRA for it.
The original Neighbourhood Watch began in the 1980's, but quietly and unobtrusively 'died' (for lack of popular support), sometime in the early 1990's. Some people believe that it does still exist and insist they remain members, but unfortunately they are wrong and the old Watch is superseded by the new!
Largely thanks to the efforts of our then 'village bobby', (PC Nigel Read, now retired), the present Park Street Neighbourhood Watch (PSNW) was formed following a public meeting in the Penn Road Baptist Church Hall in 1997. A committee was formed, a constitution adopted and the first volunteer road Coordinators were appointed in September 1997.
The PSNW has been active for almost one and a half years, has more than 620 member households (about 50% of the possible) and has recently arranged for the erection of "This is a Neighbourhood Watch area" road signs in the first 17 roads where membership exceeds 50% of households. These signs should be in position before this article is published, in the following roads: Acers, Balmoral CLose, Broomfield, Burston Drive, The Danes, Dell Rise, Fairway Close, Grovebury Gardens, Homestead Close, The Mall, Maplefield, Mulberry Close, Mount Drive, Park Street Lane, Penn Road, Seaman Close, Spooners Drive, Tippendell Lane and Wych Elms.
Other roads will be signed as membership increases, in one or more furthere phases. Members should be aware that street signs were purchased for the PSNW by courtesy of our local insurance brokers, Abbey & Bragg Insurance Services of Frogmore (tel. 873500), who will be pleased to quote for your household insurance at very competetive rates, especially dicounted for members of the Watch. You can save your modest £1 joining fee and £1 annual subscription many times over!
The PSNW wishes to cover all roads in Park Street (and eventually Frogmore); to do so we need first to recruit coordinators for the following roads: Alder Close, Branch Road, Birchwood Way, Baytree Close, The Beeches, Hawfield Gardens, How Wood, Magnolia Close, Old Orchard, Oliver Close, Pilgrim Close, The Rise, Upton Close, Sycamore Drive, White Beams, Wood End, Woodlands, Withy Place and Yew Tree End. (Many of these are small roads or cul-de-sac, but we feel it is important to include them).
Coordinators do not necessarily have to be residents of the roads listed above, but merely be willing to cover them as coordinators. We would also like to see a new coordinator from among the 8 or so PSNW members in the Frogmore Mobile Home Park since Eileen Hedges had to resign from that role for health reasons.
If you are willing to act as coordinator for any of the above (and it really takes very little time or effort), please contact the PSNW Group Coordinator, Mr. Phil Harris, on 874119, who will be pleased to hear from you and provide you with details. If you would like to join the PSNW, or just seek further information about it, phone either Phil Harris, the Chairman Dr. Donald Minter (872204), the Vice Chairman Mr. Mervyn Ramsey (875940) or the Treasurer Mr. Ken Wildman (872397)