Launching EatMeet
In early July, we’ll be launching EatMeet – an opportunity to meet up with fellow residents and eat out at some local restaurants. Our first EatMeet in July will be held one evening in a restaurant somewhere very close to us and we’d love for anyone who is interested to come along and join us, try the food and get to know their neighbours. It’s an open invitation to all Willoughby House residents and it’s the first of what we hope will become a regular event.
First date and venue to be announced soon. Keep an eye on the Podium-level noticeboards and our web page at willoughbyhousegroup.com.
Susan Hosking
Summer Party, 15 July
Our ever-popular Willoughby House summer party will be taking place on 15 July. There will be food and drinks on the lawn of Speed House Gardens in the evening. Note the date in your diary today – we hope to see you there.
New to Willoughby?
If you have recently moved in to Willoughby House, I wish you a warm welcome on behalf of Willoughby House Group. You will soon discover that the Barbican is one of the best examples of an urban village to be found anywhere, and Willoughby House is, in our view at least, one of the nicest streets to live on in our village.
The eccentricities of living here may already be apparent to you – it can be mystifying how things work here or what to do if there is a problem. Make sure you have obtained a copy of the Residents’ Handbook from the Barbican Estate Office, which is full of useful information. You can easily obtain one by contacting our House Officer, Helen Davinson on 020 7029 3963, or by sending an email to barbican.estate@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
We, in the House Group, would also like to hear from you. You are entitled to be a member if you live here (regardless of whether you rent or own your flat), and there is no charge for membership – we simply need to know your name and the number of your flat. You are also welcome to join us for any of the committee meetings as these are open to members and are advertised on our notice boards.
Tim Macer
Don’t be a Sack-slacker
A perennial complaint to the House Group concerns a small minority of residents who leave refuse and recycling bags outside the doors to their flats during the day, and especially at weekends, awaiting the next rubbish collection. This is inconsiderate to other residents: not only is it untidy for residents and their guests, it can get unpleasantly smelly. If you have missed the daily collection time, please don’t dump rubbish outside your door for others to step over all day – please take the short walk down to the bin or recycling store on Willoughby 03, by the vehicle entrance into Moor Lane.
Please use the locker for your rubbish wherever possible. If you are not placing rubbish in your locker, only place it outside your door either late at night or in the morning before the daily collection has taken place at around 8am. Remember, there is no refuse collection on Saturday, Sunday or at Bank Holidays.
Tim Macer
WHG Committee 2009
Our AGM took place at the Old Dr Butler’s Head, Masons Avenue, on 17 March, and was very well attended. There is one change to the committee for the current year: Dafne Ter-Sakarian decided not to seek re-election, and instead, Nik Mehta offered himself for election. All nominees were then elected by default. We welcome Nik to the committee, and are grateful to all those who attended the meeting.
Since that meeting, Dafne has been elected as a member of the Barbican Association General Council at the BA’s AGM on 24 April. Willoughby House is therefore particularly well represented at the Barbican Association because, in addition to Dafne, Tim Macer is an elected member of BAGC, and Simon Ebbins has taken over Dafne’s position as WHG’s nominated representative on the BAGC.