A baby born today will need £6.3 million to buy a one-bedroom London flat

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/todays-children-will-have-to-pay-6m-for-flat-in-30-years-9685455.html

22 August 2014
A baby born today will have to find £6.3 million to buy a one-bedroom London flat at the age of 34 if prices continue to rise at the current rate, according to research.
Even if they are lucky enough to have sorted out a decent deposit and a mortgage by the age of 25, the same property would still cost £3 million, online estate agent eMoov.co.uk calculated.

The current asking price for a one-bedroom ...

Beyonce in Regents Park!

Check out @catscommittee's Tweet: https://twitter.com/catscommittee/status/502444566763802624

Portobello Film Festival 2014 programme announced at the Pop Up!

Portobello Film Festival 2014 programme announced at the Pop Up!

PORTOBELLO FREE FILM FESTIVAL
THU 28 AUG – SUN 14 SEPT 2014ENTRY TO ALL EVENTS IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL OVER 18!

New London and UK movies (mostly shorts)
29 Aug Local inc “Ray Jones” & “Wild West 10” full programme
30 Aug London 1 inc “Castles Made Of Sand” full programme
31 Aug Art inc “The Gospel According To St Derek” full programme
2 Sept Animation inc “The Door” & “Cosmico” full programme
3 Sept Horror inc “The Legend Of The Charred Oak” full programme
4 Sept Comedy inc “Adieu Marx” & “Dylan Jones” full programme
5 Sept London 2 inc “After The Snow” & “Coke” full programme
6 Sept London 3 inc “Twelve” & “In Transit” full programme
7 Sept Love inc “Burn The Clock” & “Next Door” full programme
9 Sept Activist inc “The Land Bewteen” full programme
10 Sept Documentary inc “The American Adventure” full programme
11 Sept Thrillers inc “Driven” & “The Receipt” full programme
12 Sept UK Independent inc BFI/NFTS Film Academyfull programme
13 Sept Music inc “Countryman 2” & “looking For Johnny” full programme

14 Sept Grand Awards Ceremony. Open to all
After a greatest hits selection of this year’s Portobello Film Festival, the Festival team will present the shortlist and the prestigious Golden Trellick Awards to their favourite films of 2014.

For the Full Programme go to the Portobello Film Festival 2014 programme

It's a Dogs Life Street Party this Sunday 24th August at The Queens Head

Dont miss It's a Dogs Life  Street Party this Sunday 24th August at The Queens Head Chelsea Tyron Street! from 12am

Entertainment

Bring and Buy Stall

Prize Raffle

Bingo and Tombola

Fun and Games all Day!

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Happy Birthday to Gustave Caillebotte, French painter #bornthisday in 1848. Enjoy "The Parquet Planers" (1875)

Tweets by @saatchi_gallery

Police drop-in surgery tomorrow (Thurs 14th Aug) at Cafe Nero 174-176 Fulham. 3pm to 4pm . All welcome.

Check out @MPSKenChel's Tweet: https://twitter.com/MPSKenChel/status/499499769711308800
MPS drop-in surgery tomorrow (Thurs 14th Aug) at Cafe Nero 174-176 Fulham. 3pm to 4pm . All welcome.

1954. Street corner at World's End

1954. Street corner at World's End #Chelsea #London. pic.twitter.com/iimHpefjcX
— London (@GreatestCapital) June 16, 2014

Try These 10 Small Things Right Now to Feel Better About Your Life, Your Community, and the World

If everyone put forth a little effort towards making the world a better place, it would simply become a better place. If everyone smiled a bit more, opened doors for strangers, and helped keep our outdoor spaces clean, we would live in a brighter and friendlier world.

These little things may not seem like much, but collectively they can change the world. Pick two (or more) to do today and see how your perception of the world around you changes.

You help mold your environment.

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Neighbours are asked to smile as part of social experiment in UK communities

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/10/neighbours-asked-smile-experiment-local-communities?CMP=twt_gu

Do you smile at the people next door, pat their cats and dogs, take out their bins or know their names? If so, you are very much in a minority, as British people have been revealed as a reserved lot who don't know their neighbours.

According to new research, one in 10 UK residents can't name a single one of their neighbours, while less than a fifth of people know the names of even their immediate neighbours. But they would like to: almost two-thirds (65%) of people say their neighbourhood would be a "stronger" and safer place if people were encouraged to get to know each other better.

Chelsea FLEA MARKET Saturday August 16th

Chelsea

FLEA MARKET

Come and grab the bargains at At The Sunken Garden

behind Jane Ashers Teashop on

Cale street Chelsea  SW3 3QZ

From 10am -2pm

Saturday August 16^th

For more information and to book a table please call

07587 046256  or email sunkengardenclub@gmail.com or catscommittee@gmail.com

Have a great trip to Leigh on Sea today

The weather is looking good for the CATs trip to Leigh on Sea today! Have a great time!
Today's BBC Weather forecast for Leigh-on-Sea: Sunny Intervals. Max 22°C, min 15°C. Wind 14 mph WSW. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2644658

Sunken Garden Chelsea: Kittens Bill and Ben planted in new home during RH...

Sunken Garden Chelsea: Kittens Bill and Ben planted in new home during RH...: The Sunken Garden would like to wish everyone a Happy World Cat Day. Kittens Bill and Ben planted in new home during RHS Chelsea Flower...

Take an interactive journey back to World War One Britain with Then & Now

Take an interactive journey back to World War One Britain with Then & Now https://t.co/Mv2rL2Q9Af
— Rightmove (@rightmove) August 6, 2014

CATS Celebrate World Cat day

Sir Laurence Olivier with his favourite cat "New Boy" at his Chelsea Home in 1946
Check out @catscommittee's Tweet: https://twitter.com/catscommittee/status/497688538591535104

Down Brompton Lane: more houses and stories The Librairy Time Machine

Down Brompton Lane: more houses and stories

Holy Trinity Church 1820

By Dave Walker

This is another leg in our journey through Old Brompton in the first half of the 19th century when Brompton Lane (now Old Brompton Road) was a main artery linking Fulham with the Kensington Turnpike...READ More from The Librairy TimeMachine

Thursday family workshops Aug at the Saatchi

Thursday family workshops Aug at the Saatchi

7th August 21August workshops inspired by  current exhibitions Pangaea and Abstract America. No booking required, just drop into the education room to get involved. 

17th August Manga expert Samuele Falzone will be presenting a master class in creating Manga drawings. Participants will learn about the history of Japanese Comics before developing their own characters and storyboards. For ages 7+ 11am - 1pm £5 per participant

 31 August creative and crafty workshops exploring African designs through printing and sewing. All ages Drop in 10.30am - 3pm  FREE

More information Saatchi website
http://www.saatchigallery.com/a_bag_full_of_art.htm

No affordable houses available in the Borough

Friday, 18th July 2014

With the London property market enjoying a seemingly endless boom, buying a home has become a distant fantasy for most working Londoners. This is particularly true in Kensington and Chelsea where house prices increased by 14% over just one year (2012-13) and average well over £1million (according towww.rightmove.com).

Now a damning new report shows just how far out of reach home-ownership is for most of us living (and most likely renting) in the capital.

The report, published by the charity Shelter, reveals 99.7% of London homes are unaffordable for first time buyers. Shelter looked at the asking prices of thousands of properties for sale in the capital, on a given day, and compared them to mortgages that are affordable to average first time buyers capable of saving the standard 18% deposit. They found that, across the whole of London, only 86 homeswere affordable to the typical buyer, or 0.3% of houses on the market. READ MORE FROM KC&W Today

London's housing estates and the case for community control

 London's housing estates and the case for community control

Would the capital's social housing neighbourhoods work better if their residents had real power over how they are developed and run?

More from this blog at The Gaurdian... 

Sign the petition to save Earls Court

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-earl-s-court?bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1407231864

Sunken Garden Chelsea: Sunken Garden Chelsea: In the memory of Shirley

Sunken Garden Chelsea: Sunken Garden Chelsea: In the memory of Shirley: Shirley and Dorinda in The Sunken Garden  Sunken Garden Chelsea: In the memory of Shirley : The Garden Club and CATs mourn the recent pas...

LBHF to dig up North End Road with pneumatic drills during Lights Out hour

Very poor decision @LBHF to dig up North End Road with pneumatic drills during Lights Out hour. Photo from resident. pic.twitter.com/Np2Roi8HYd”

From Greg Hands Twitter Feed
https://twitter.com/GregHands/status/496590519758499840

Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Exercise Sessions at New Horizons 22nd August for Over 50's

Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Exercise Sessions

The New Horizons Centre 

Friday the 22nd August 2014

12.00-1pm followed by half hour support in the Cafe   

Supported by NHS Kensington and Chelsea, 

New Horizons helps people

over 50 to maintain active, healthy lifestyles and enjoy life to their full 

potential. This 8-week course gives breast cancer survivors the opportunity to regain confidence and fitness and to meet with like minded 

people. Taught by a specially qualified exercise professional, each session consists of 1 hour of safe and effective individualised exercise 

followed by a half hour of informal social time. The course is limited to 8 

individuals and participants must be referred by their specialist practice 

nurse or cancer unit.

The cost is £1.25 per session.

For more information, please contact the New Horizons Centre on 020 

75908970, New Horizons, Guinness Trust Estate, Cadogan Street, 

London SW3 2PF

More information

Coming Soon Portobello Film Festival 28th August – 14th September

Coming Soon Portobello Film Festival 28th August – 14th September

Sunken Garden Chelsea: 1WW Centenary Chelsea Physics Garden and its part ...

Sunken Garden Chelsea: 1WW Centenary Chelsea Physics Garden and its part ...: Wilfred Owen, often referred to as one of the greatest voices of WWI, spent one of his last afternoons in England in the Garden.  He visit...

1WW The lamps are going out all over Europe

The Times newspaper of the 5th August 1914 gives a sense of the emotion that gripped the country after Britain declared war on Germany on the 4th August. Crowds pack out Central London waiting for the announcement, and the atmosphere is electric: cheering, demonstrations, patriotic singing, and the royal family appears on the balcony of Buckingham … Continue reading


http://rbkclibraries.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/the-lamps-are-going-out-all-over-europe/

First World War 100 year anniversary.

First World War 100 year anniversary. CATS would like to take this opportunity to commemorate all of the soldiers in the 1st World War. A war that these men genuinely believed would be the War to End all Wars. Let's take a few moments today to reflect on this.

See this installation at The Tower of London's moat. “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,” Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper

This is my great grand dad Frederick Bardrick who lived in Markham Street Chelsea, and was posted  Mesopotamia in 1917. Do you have any images of your Chelsea friends or relatives we could post to our history pages?

CATs Facts Friday The Chelsea set and a question of class and The Sutton Estate - Telegraph

The Chelsea set and a question of class - Telegraph

SEAN O'NEILL asks the people of a London borough interviewing tenants from the Sutton Estate, at the centre of a unique property battle whether they think the old social structures still exist.
more from this article in The Telegraph 2002 Read more