All Around the World…

We’ve been getting website and facebook visitors from the far-flung corners of the world including Barbados, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines,Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ethiopia, Benin, Nigeria, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lithuania, Norway, Finland, Sweden…. to name a few! We hope you like our pages and you’ll come back again – along with our friends closer to home.

Arnold Circus Bandstand – Weathervane

Diamond Jubilee Holiday Information – 2nd to 5th June 2012

The central weekend of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations isn’t far away, so we thought we’d better let you know about our holiday closures:

Saturday 2nd June – Normal Opening Hours

Sunday 3rd June – Closed

Monday 4th June – Closed

Tuesday 5th June – Closed

To find out more about the events taking place over the jubilee weekend visit the Diamond Jubilee website. To find out about transport arrangements visit the Transport for London website.

Although Sunday is not an official Bank Holiday it is the day when most major public events are taking place, including the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant and the Big Jubilee Lunch with street parties, we didn’t want to stop any of our staff from having the opportunity of taking part in any events or having to negotiate the disrupted transport and closed roads in the area. Besides, they deserve a rare weekend day off!

Andy Warhol – Queen Elizabeth II. © Tate Gallery

It’s Official…

We want to say thank you again to the 227 people who voted for us in the Creme of Nature 2012 Community Action Awards. It was a sterling effort by some great supporters and friends yesterday that meant we got an amazing 72 votes in less than 12 hours. The second prize award of £5,000 is going to make a huge difference to the launderette and everyone who uses it. We are now going to replace the large washing machine that has been broken for more than a year, and we hope to use this award as a step towards other funding. We will keep everyone informed about the timetable for the work. You can see our bid and the bids of all the other wonderful finalists here.

Thank you all!

You Did It!

THANK YOU! You lovely, lovely people helped us to rush into second place and secure a £5,000 prize. We will be able to replace the broken machine with a large, modern one. Watch this space!

WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT… PLEASE HELP!

We are still just 60 votes short of 2nd place in the Community Action Award, which could win enough to replace the broken-down machine and so improve the launderette for everyone who uses it. This is the last day of voting, we know you’re probably tired of us going on but please, if you haven’t already, vote for us now it will cost just one text.