Third call of the day is to Bowes Park Community Gardens where the local association is having a table top sale to raise a bit of cash for their activities. They are a very active and committed residents’ association – including fighting hard for Myddleton Road to be properly looked after. I remember so many promises from my time as a councilor made by Haringey Council about ensuring proper rubbish collection and action on the strange (and possibly unlawful) building that seems to go on behind closed shop fronts on this road. I will write to the Council to ask the status and legality of all the development that appears to have gone on here – as there were worrying tales of overcrowding and inappropriate and inadequate accommodation. I believe it is all privately developed – but the Council must have had to give planning permission – and if not, then their enforcement team must take a look.

The other big issue for the residents’ assoiation is the illegal left turns that traffic makes into Brownlow Road by Bounds Green Tube. It is extremely dangerous and needs to be redesigned with safety first. The residents are gathering a petition at the moment – and when done then we need to push this up the agenda. Promises about next year, sometime never aren’t really good enough.