Jun 2, 2021

FN newsletter - 02-06-2021: the latest news, planning and licensing

By Fitzrovia News • Issue #6 • View online

Please be aware that there are Covid-19 restrictions in London and these could change. Follow the latest NHS advice, and the latest Government advice. Visit Camden Council’s coronavirus web page or Westminster Council’s coronavirus web page for the latest local information.

Our latest quarterly printed newspaper FN161 is now out. This is a two-sided A4 sheet in miserable black and white. You can collect a copy from outside Fitzrovia Centre, 2 Foley Street or view it online along with our archive of papers going back to 1973 here.

We plan to produce a full-size printed newspaper (FN162) in mid-June. This will be a full colour paper with mostly features including some which have appeared online since last June.

As always, thanks to all our contributors. If you have an idea for an article, please get in touch. Have a good summer.

– Linus Rees, editor

The latest news, features and comment

Toy museum looks to a brighter future

When Pollock’s Toy Museum and Shop opens its doors again this week after a successful fundraiser to see it through the pandemic that has ravaged its trading, it will do so with a view to a brighter future.

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From Rathbone to Conway – Fitzrovia streets renamed

We tend to think of the streets on which we live, work or walk as embodying permanence, but the reality is that they are in a state of continuous evolution.

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‘Made in Fitzrovia’: Roberts Radios

The family Blundell bought its first transistor radio in 1964, and of course it was a Roberts. Fast forward to 2021, and my new radio has just been delivered. It’s another Roberts.

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Fitzrovia galleries, May 2021

As London’s commercial art world begins to fall into some semblance of normality, it is clear that some things have changed for good.

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Fund to raise awareness of Windrush schemes

Funding for projects to raise awareness and take-up of the government’s Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme is available to community organisations working with members of the Windrush generation.

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Planning, licensing, and public consultations

Consultation on Conway Street and Whitfield Street ‘streateries’

Camden council is asking for people’s views on proposed outdoor drinking and dining on the public highway at Conway Street and Whitfield Street in Fitzrovia.

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Licensing application: Kings Arms, 68 Great Titchfield Street

An application has been made to Westminster Council for a minor variation of the premises licence of the Kings Arms at 68 Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia.

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