Thought this bore repeating as in my original post I accidentally omitted the date. A minute or so later I up-dated it but it looks as if the post sent out by Formosa was the original one so for the avoidance of doubt: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7TH IT IS!!

Yes our annual Bonfire Night celebrations are now only days away: the place as ever is Formosa Garden, the date Saturday November 7th & the time 6.30 pm for the lighting of the bonfire & 7 pm for the firework display. Yet again that's in the capable hands of award-winning supplier Fireworks Crazy, who've done such an outstandng job for us for the past couple of years. People have been known to come to a standstill in neighbouring streets to enjoy the pyrothechnics even at a

Even if you haven't had to use its services you're sure to be familiar with St Mary's Hospital in Paddington which serves as one of London's four major trauma centres with around 160 acute care staff on duty at any one time. What you certainly won't know is that they currently share a single small staff room with little space to rest & recover away from the pressures of emergency care.. Now a charity has been set up called Caring for Carers which aims to fund a specially-buil

Our annual celebration always takes place on the Saturday nearest to Bonfire Night which means that this year it will be held on November 7th. But the important things don't change: as ever we can count on a fabulous display from award-winning supplier Fireworks Crazy; the bonfire will be lit at 6.30 pm & the fireworks will get under way at 7 pm. (The display in neighbouring Crescent Garden is once again handily timed for 7.30 pm so residents can enjoy both). Guests are encou

....Well we always knew that but now it has been formally recognised by the people at London in Bloom, who have just awarded Formosa the so-called Silver Gilt award in the Small Park/Enclosed Garden category. Entrants were graded on achievements in three main areas -- Horticulture: plant quality. garden design & maintenance; Environment: cleanliness, sustainability & bio-diversity & Community: local participation, involvement of volunteers & neighbourhood engagement. The acc

Wine lovers gathered last Saturday evening for a thoroughly delicious few hours of tasting, chatting, and rather a lot of happy sipping. The weather played beautifully to our favour too, with glorious sunshine making it the perfect occasion for an evening outdoors. The Winery brought a beautifully judged selection, and it's fair to say nobody left disappointed. The tasting opened, as any good tasting should, with a glass of Champagne — always a fine way to get things started.

Residents should be aware that there have been sightings recently of a black Range Rover & a black Mercedes parked up on Castellain Road with the occupants behaving suspiciously. According to local resident Giorgios Giannakopoulos over five consecutive days they have been driving up around midday & staying put for a few hours with their engines running. Today at a slightly earlier time they were joined by a silver BMW. Originally they parked at the bottom of the road near For

Yes the judges for London in Bloom, which Formosa has entered for the first time this year, will be visiting tomorrow afternoon to make their assessment! We're confident that the communal Garden is looking at its best & hopefully the many private gardens that back onto it as well. Formosa has also entered the London Squares Garden competition whose results will be known in the Autumn. Basically we don't see why Crescent should continue to have it all its own way!

......but with a small tweak to its name! It's now known as Little Red Pepper, in a nod to its Little Venice location. When the previous owner died last September it looked to be the end for this family business which had been a fixture on Formosa Street since the mid-1990s (& widely held to be purveyor of the best pizza in London...) Relatives didn't have the heart to continue & were set to give up the lease, but enter the unlikely pairing of local residents fashion designer

Dog owners are reminded that the longer dog hours which came into force at the beginning of November, allowing pets to be exercised off the lead until 10.30am, have now come to an end. Despite this some residents have been in contact with our Agents to report that a few dogs are still to be seen off-lead as late as 10.45am. Please will all dog-owners adhere to this new cut-off time of 10 am & remind anyone they might see in breach of it that the rules have changed!