The Stanmore Society is holding its annual general meeting tomorrow at 8pm at Stanmore Library, in Stanmore Hill, Stanmore.
News about Bentley Priory - particularly the threat to the future of the proposed Battle of Britain museum there - will be just one of the items discussed.

SIX historic walks arranged by the Harrow Heritage Trust are taking place this weekend as part of the Mayor of London's 'Story of London' Festival.

Meet at 10.30am on Saturday, June 6, at one of the following stations: Pinner, Hatch End (for both the Grimsdyke and Hatch End trails), Stanmore or Harrow-on-the-Hill.

THE Stanmore Society is hosting an 'Any Questions' public meeting on Thursday to discuss issues concerning the town, such as Stanmore Tube station and the future of Bentley Priory.
Tony McNulty, Labour MP for Harrow East, and Navin Shah, Labour councillor and London Assembly member for Harrow and Brent, will be present at Stanmore College, Elm Park, Stanmore, for the 8pm event.

RESIDENTS who oppose the proposed 324 bus route between Stanmore and Brent Cross are holding a public meeting on Sunday.
They believe that it would be unsafe for buses to use Old Church Lane and Abercorn Road - streets that would be served by public transport for the first time if the new route is introduced by Transport for London.
Those campaigners, including Councillor Manji Kara (Con), will be meeting at 11am at Bernays Memorial Hall, The Broadway, Stanmore.

FIFTEEN volunteers are needed to pick up a paddle and take part in dragon boat race to raise cash for the UK's only specialist hospital for colorectal disease.
St Mark's Hospital Foundation, which supports St Mark's Hospital in Watford Road, Harrow, has entered a team into the 12th Rotary Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday May 17 but the original scheduled participants have had to pull out.
Dragon boat racing involves a crew of around 20 sitting two abreast in a long canoe-like boat and paddling in synchronism to the sound of a drum beat.
The races will take place on the River Thames at the Docklands Sailing Centre located at the Millwall Outer Dock in south-east London between 10am and 3pm.
An entry fee of £10 per person is required along with a minimum guaranteed sponsorship of £100, and all participants get a T-shirt.
n For more information and to register, call Maxine McNeil, the foundation's fundraising manager, on 020 8869 2371 or email maxine.mcneil@nwlh.nhs.uk

RESIDENTS are being asked their views on a potential new bus route linking Stanmore and Brent Cross.
The 324 would call at Stanmore and Kingsbury Tube stations on the Jubilee line and Hendon Central station on the Northern line, Kingsbury Community Hospital and Stanmore College.
In doing so, it would bring a bus service to the Stanmore roads of Old Church Lane, Abercorn Road, St Andrews Drive and Culver Grove for the first time.
London Buses propose that buses would operate every 20 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays.
Peter Bradley, London Buses' head of consultation and engagement, said: "We believe the proposed introduction of route 324 would greatly improve transport links in the local area as well as providing a bus route for areas which were not previously served by buses.
"During the consultation London Buses will be listening to the views of local businesses, schools, community organisations and residents and I look forward to hearing their opinions."
The consultation runs until June 12 and leaflets will be sent to properties along the proposed route.
n Find more information at tfl.gov.uk/busrouteconsultation or at local libraries.

A CONCERT to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel was held at the church where he was once composer in residence.
Andrew Benson-Wilson gave an organ recital devoted to the 18th Century musician's compositions at St Lawrence Church in St Lawrence Close, Canons Park, on Sunday.
The performer - who was the first organist to perform on Handel's old organ after it was restored in 1995 - drew on his research into the work of Handel, who died in 1759, and eighteenth century organs.
The event was organised by the Friends of St Lawrence who are raising money for the restoration of the Church paintings.
Handel was composer in residence to the Duke of Chandos, who had the church rebuilt in 1717.

THE body of an "older man" was found at the scene of a fire in a house in Watling Avenue, Edgware, on Sunday morning.

Ten firefighters - five from Stanmore and five from Mill Hill - made the grisly discovery during the 20 minutes it took to tackle the blaze, which broke out at just before 10.10am.

A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Thirty people signed a petition objecting to an application to turn an empty estate agents in Honeypot Lane, Stanmore, into a minicab office.
The submission to Harrow Council was made by applicant Kumarsamy Indrachith, who said that three permanent jobs could be created along with 10 self-employed driver positions.
A decision will be made on Wednesday March 25 by the authority's development management committee.

In the latter half of last year more passengers were paid refunds for journeys delayed by late-running trains on the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines than on any other underground lines.

Figures obtained by the Observer under the Freedom of Information Act show Tube bosses doled out £118,447 for 26,273 claims relating to the Met line between June and November. Jubilee Line passengers received paybacks totalling £73,907 for 19,369 claims in the same period.

Travellers can apply to Transport for London (TfL) for a reimbursement equivalent to a single fare if their journey is delayed by more than 15 minutes.

Performance figures for roughly the same six months reveal the District line suffered the most late-running trains, an average of 28 a month.

The Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines held the second poorest record with 24 delays each a month, followed by the Central line's 22.

Those using the Jubilee line experienced an average of 13 services a month in which arrival was more than a quarter of an hour overdue.

However, these are absolute numbers and do not take into account the total number of services run on each line.

There may be a number of reasons why TfL pays out more to Metropolitan and Jubilee line passengers than any other.

Statistics show travellers using the Met have the longest average journey time of any line - around 41 minutes.

This, combined with the fact the line stretches from zone 1 to zone 9 and therefore a typical fare may be more expensive, could explain why a Met passenger would be more inclined to seek a refund than someone who hops on the Northern line for a handful of stops within two or three zones at relatively low cost, for instance.

Furthermore, long sections of the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines run on the surface, especially in north-west London, so are susceptible to the impact of bad weather compared to, for example, the Victoria line, which is entirely underground.

Anthony Wood, chairman of the Harrow Public Transport Users' Association, attributes the large number of claims on the Metropolitan to three factors.

He said: "One, the average journey on the line is longer for each person, so the fare is higher. Two, the line has the oldest trains on the system so there's more failures, and three, the signalling system is the oldest on the network, so there are more faults.

"These are the main failures but these are being sorted within the next seven to eight years - a much longer period than we were originally told."

He added: "There are a large number of passengers who know the customer service charter and are quite rightly making claims."