Willesden Sports Centre by moonlight, 2009

Photo, 2 November 2009

Temporary closure of Chamberlayne Surgery following vehicle collision

Local News

GP Pathfinders’ Chamberlayne Surgery, located at 124 Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, North West London, is temporarily closed after a car crashed into the front of the building in the early hours of Tuesday morning (3^rd June).

Staff from GP Pathfinders are currently contacting all affected patients to reschedule their appointments at one of GP Pathfinders other surgeries:

 

• The Eagle Eye Surgery in Alperton
• Hazeldene Medical Centre in Wembley
• The Crest Medical Centre in Willesden

 

Patients with scheduled appointments, who have not yet been contacted, are encouraged to get in touch with GP Pathfinders as soon as possible on 0208 902 4792.

 

The surgery is expected to reopen within the next 24 hours following essential cleaning and the installation of a secure temporary frontage. Builders are already on site carrying out the necessary repairs before a full rebuild of the front begins.

Deborah McBeal, Chief Officer of GP Pathfinder Clinics, said:

“We are in touch with patients who had appointments at our Chamberlayne Surgery and urge anyone we haven’t yet reached to contact us directly. Patients requiring urgent care will be seen at one of our other locations. We understand how disruptive rescheduling can be and are doing everything we can to meet our patients’ needs during this time.”

 

No staff or patients were present at the time of the incident.  The police were called and we are not aware of any injuries.

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Maybe see you on Tuesday evening in Willesden?

Programme. More info (Twitter)

Invitation to Short Story event, Willesden Library, Tues. 8 Nov.

• Facebook event listing
• The Library at Willesden Green
• Liars' League
• More details (previous post) 

Results event and book launch, Willesden Green Library, Nov 8

Entrance to the new Willesden Green Library Centre, London NW10

The Performance Space, Willesden Green Library

Tues. 8 November 2022, from 7pm to 8:30pm

Who will take the one-off mug inscribed “The Willesden Short Story Prize 2022”? We’re going to have fun along the way with excerpts from stories, saving the results till last. With Katy Darby and Liars’ League.

This is also the book launch of New Short Stories 12. So there will be books [I hope – Ed.] A night to remember.

Event listing on Facebook

Fire at the Lexi Cinema

28 September 2020: Bad news, northwest London's own Lexi Cinema is closed due to a fire that happened overnight in the foyer.

We are devastated to announce that in the early hours of this morning there was a fire in the foyer of the cinema, the cause of which is still being investigated.

We will be closed for the foreseeable future.

Full statement below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/dW34JdLrqA

— TheLexiCinema (@TheLexiCinema) September 28, 2020

Brondesbury Park, Willesden

London Plane

Closing event in the Westwords festival

Monkey business in Willesden Green

The launch of the Willesden writers workshop anthology, The Monkey's Typewriter* was great fun. As well as rip-roaring tales, gems of poems, and masterful and hilarious compering by Nii Parkes, there was food and some particularly excellent bottles of wine. (I wish I'd noted the labels.) Nii Parkes also read his brilliant short story "The Smell of Petrol" (excerpt here) which keenly evoked a sense of life in Ghana with a mixture of wabi-sabi and keeping up appearances, of pride and tragicomedy.

*Soon to be available in Brent libraries and local bookshops. "Gerry Boysey's Human Circus", a wacky bit of nonsense by yours truly, is the last piece in the book.

Ossian