As from 11pm, Friday 31 Jan 2020 the UK has officially left the European Union.
Friday 31 January 2020
Tuesday 7 January 2020
Advice from Camden Council
The mouthy one who lives in flat above me comes in this evening, shouting her mouth off as she gets near her door, which is near my door - about the communal light being on - i knew she was talking about me. She goes in still shouting.
I shouted back a few words I admit, she shouted some more I shouted some more back.
Oh the joy of living in a Camden council converted house with people I don't want to be any where near. I go out of my way to avoid her really I do, I have to hear her though everyday.
I shouted back a few words I admit, she shouted some more I shouted some more back.
Oh the joy of living in a Camden council converted house with people I don't want to be any where near. I go out of my way to avoid her really I do, I have to hear her though everyday.
Monday 23 September 2019
2. Drug Wars in Camden
WORK IN PROGRESS
An earlier post from 2014 HERE [1. Drug Wars in Camden] which ive found the article the CNJ wrote up - it from 2003 and the murder of Jason Gibson 29 stabbed to death in a flat in Gospel Oak, LB Camden.
I've also included Aliyah Ismai 13 who died from an overdose at an address in Camden Town 1999
Sunday 22 September 2019
Missing - Lana Purcell and Robert Duff
Lana Purcell 26, 17 Jan 2011
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/uk-lana-purcell-26-kentish-town-london-17-jan-2011.427437/
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/uk-lana-purcell-26-kentish-town-london-17-jan-2011.427437/
Robert Duff 37, 12 Jan 2013
Sex and Drug parties
Thursday 16 November 2017
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Saturday 21 September 2019
Sacked Employee £100,000 payout
19 Sept 2019
http://camdennewjournal.com/article/town-hall-ordered-to-pay-sacked-council-employee-100000
____________________
Mr J Thornhill v London Borough of Camden: 2200088/2018
Employment Tribunal Decision HERE
http://camdennewjournal.com/article/town-hall-ordered-to-pay-sacked-council-employee-100000
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Mr J Thornhill v London Borough of Camden: 2200088/2018
Employment Tribunal Decision HERE
Friday 13 September 2019
'Evil Blogger - 2010
June 2010
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/evil-blogger-who-flouted-court-order-is-spared-jail-term-6475988.html
some excerpts below
16 Oct 2023
Thought i'd write some stuff about this period in time and put my side of things across.
Writing 'hurtful' things about a cancer sufferer was what got me in trouble and my reaction to being arrested.
In my defence I could have used depression/anxiety and how they affect me but I didn't and I very much messed up big time when it came to the police and the court hearing at the Magistrates. A month or so later my mother was diagnosed with bowel cancer, she didn't live for much longer.
What lead up to the above is that I over-reacted to DR and some other CASP people and how they behaved. I didnt know how participation with Camden Council via tenant groups could be so distasteful - humans, relationships, not my greatest trait. I was very niave and I think some may have taken advantage of that.
When I saw the article about DR cancer I didn't taken it in, I just saw it as another tactic being used to give them an advantage. I reacted and wrote things that looking back on I shouldn't of written. I didn't know how the myeloma affected DR etc.
I wasn't physically violent as it was suggested nor did I threaten it and I hadn't gone anywhere near them: I had stopped going to tenant meetings some years before - that's a tactic used by some to make things look worse that they where. A few untruths here and there, local politic's stinks. I don't have the stomach for it, some seem to thrive in it.
What was said about David Rodgers, I apologize for that and any genuine hurt. Sticks and stones etc etc but I know that they can at times hurt.
I do though think that the tenant participation scene wasn't [still isn't maybe] a nice place for some people to be, but I guess that's life and one just has to get on with it and learn from your interactions with others.
Thursday 5 September 2019
Camden Council Constitution
Camden Councils Constitution on their website HERE
last updated 11 July 2019 and direct links below to each part
PART 1 SUMMARY & EXPLANATION
Article 1 Summary & Explanation
PART 2 ARTICLES
Article 1 The Constitution
Article 2 Members of the Council
Article 3 Citizens & the Council
PART 4 - PROCEDURE RULES AND STANDING ORDERS
PART 5 - CODES AND PROTOCOLS
PART 6 - MEMBERS' ALLOWANCE SCHEME
PART 7 - MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
DELEGATION SCHEME
last updated 11 July 2019 and direct links below to each part
PART 1 SUMMARY & EXPLANATION
Article 1 Summary & Explanation
PART 2 ARTICLES
Article 1 The Constitution
Article 2 Members of the Council
Article 3 Citizens & the Council
Article 6 Scrutiny
Article 7 The Cabinet
Article 9 The Standards Committee
Article 10 The Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB)
Article 11 Pension Board
Article 12 Joint Arrangements
Article 13 Officers
PART 4 - PROCEDURE RULES AND STANDING ORDERS
PART 5 - CODES AND PROTOCOLS
PART 6 - MEMBERS' ALLOWANCE SCHEME
PART 7 - MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
DELEGATION SCHEME
Monday 22 April 2019
Tampering with the Post
Last Aug [2018], on my birthday, someone took from the communal hallway, a birthday card that was addressed to me. One or 2 other b/d cards that been delivered on previous days where thankfully untampered with.
They took the card, opened [tampered with it] it at the side [to have a look in it] and they stole the money that was inside of it. They then put the card back in the communal area under some other post that was addressed to me. The post was on a small bookshelf someone had years ago put in the communal hallway near to the stairs.
The card was from my sister and I had to tell her about what had happened, and I felt bad about what had happened, upset about the fact that the money was a gift to me from my sister and some thieve had stolen the money and then had the cheek to put the card minus the money back in the hallway under other letters.
This was the first time in all the time I have lived here that the post had been tampered with in such a way.
It wasn't until later that night when I went downstairs to put rubbish out that I had a look to see if I had any letters. I had 3/letters and saw the red card I knew was a b/d card. I went upstairs and then noticed the side of the card had been opened and I had a look and saw only the card and no money. Oh I thought, my sister always lets me know beforehand if sending money [in case I don't receive it, or it gets lost on the post sort of thing]. I contacted my sister and told her what had happened to the card. I hated having to tell her but I had to in case the thieving happened again in the future.
I didn't think it was worth it reporting the matter to the police as I didn't actually see who stole the money, and it wasn't a large amount of money, but I did report it to my landlord Camden council, who didn't do anything, not even a letter sent to tenants in property about the matter.
I believe I know who stole the money from the card. It was something I saw this person doing in a garden on the same day the card was tampered with that made me strongly suspect this person.
update 15 July 2019
as the saying goes 'come here, theres more ...'
other things like when one summer day I saw a neighbour at the bush in the shared front garden, spraying it, neighbour went inside when neighbour saw me. It wasn't until the following year when the bush didn't grow back did I realise what the neighbour had done. The bush had been poisoned.
Later on the neighbour was to get current b/f to totally cut back what was left of the bush. The neighbour had previously tried to take over the front garden, a shared garden and didnt think to consult me or the other tenant as required and neighbour wouldn't stop when I politely asked.
There is a small area in the front garden that has wild flowers growing [some may say they are weeds but I disagree] there was even a young tree growing there and is the only place my cats have of their own so to speak to rummage about in, as cats do. They had all been ripped up. Bearing in mind the neighbour has exclusive access to the back garden I thought it wasn't on, that it was greedy and selfish.
It was only when I asked tenant if the council knew about the b/f living there that the neighbour gave me some rather lame excuse [I thought] and even put the tears on [no actual tears though] and seemed to back of.
The b/f went back to his own flat when the council had the 'key amnesty' in 2013 HERE I think one of his immediate neighbours must have contacted the council about him not living there, only picking up his post sort of thing. Boyfriend wasn't working so would have been claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit. I'd say it was around 4 years he wasn't living in the flat the council gave him.
More recently the 2 black wheelie bins that where in the front shared garden disappeared.The first one went into the back garden of a neighbour, I don't know what happened to the 2nd bin.
Therefore, there where no blk bins to put the 'normal' rubbish in - so I put carry bags i'd usually put in the wheelie bins, [no food in them as I use other little bin for food waste] in the same spot where the bins once where.
One day a neighbour came out, saw the bags and said loudly 'what has she done now - rats rats'.
Not long after, a used blk wheelie bin appears in the front garden so I moved it to where they usually are placed. Not long after that a little black wheelie bin appears right in front of the steps leading up to the front door. Its for the tenant with the back garden [as marked with white paint or whatever].
Later on a big black wheely bins appears on the pavement in front of house, and there it has been since. The little bin isn't put out to be emptied, neither was the big black bin that went in the garden.
The epic saga of the disappearing council wheely bins.
oh theres more .....
Update Thursday 18 July 2019
you'll never guess ?..... the big blk wheelie bin that appeared on the pavement [against the wall] outside house has ......... disappeared*gasps* - its bin empying on Thursdays around here.
They took the card, opened [tampered with it] it at the side [to have a look in it] and they stole the money that was inside of it. They then put the card back in the communal area under some other post that was addressed to me. The post was on a small bookshelf someone had years ago put in the communal hallway near to the stairs.
The card was from my sister and I had to tell her about what had happened, and I felt bad about what had happened, upset about the fact that the money was a gift to me from my sister and some thieve had stolen the money and then had the cheek to put the card minus the money back in the hallway under other letters.
This was the first time in all the time I have lived here that the post had been tampered with in such a way.
It wasn't until later that night when I went downstairs to put rubbish out that I had a look to see if I had any letters. I had 3/letters and saw the red card I knew was a b/d card. I went upstairs and then noticed the side of the card had been opened and I had a look and saw only the card and no money. Oh I thought, my sister always lets me know beforehand if sending money [in case I don't receive it, or it gets lost on the post sort of thing]. I contacted my sister and told her what had happened to the card. I hated having to tell her but I had to in case the thieving happened again in the future.
I didn't think it was worth it reporting the matter to the police as I didn't actually see who stole the money, and it wasn't a large amount of money, but I did report it to my landlord Camden council, who didn't do anything, not even a letter sent to tenants in property about the matter.
I believe I know who stole the money from the card. It was something I saw this person doing in a garden on the same day the card was tampered with that made me strongly suspect this person.
update 15 July 2019
as the saying goes 'come here, theres more ...'
other things like when one summer day I saw a neighbour at the bush in the shared front garden, spraying it, neighbour went inside when neighbour saw me. It wasn't until the following year when the bush didn't grow back did I realise what the neighbour had done. The bush had been poisoned.
Later on the neighbour was to get current b/f to totally cut back what was left of the bush. The neighbour had previously tried to take over the front garden, a shared garden and didnt think to consult me or the other tenant as required and neighbour wouldn't stop when I politely asked.
There is a small area in the front garden that has wild flowers growing [some may say they are weeds but I disagree] there was even a young tree growing there and is the only place my cats have of their own so to speak to rummage about in, as cats do. They had all been ripped up. Bearing in mind the neighbour has exclusive access to the back garden I thought it wasn't on, that it was greedy and selfish.
It was only when I asked tenant if the council knew about the b/f living there that the neighbour gave me some rather lame excuse [I thought] and even put the tears on [no actual tears though] and seemed to back of.
The b/f went back to his own flat when the council had the 'key amnesty' in 2013 HERE I think one of his immediate neighbours must have contacted the council about him not living there, only picking up his post sort of thing. Boyfriend wasn't working so would have been claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit. I'd say it was around 4 years he wasn't living in the flat the council gave him.
More recently the 2 black wheelie bins that where in the front shared garden disappeared.The first one went into the back garden of a neighbour, I don't know what happened to the 2nd bin.
Therefore, there where no blk bins to put the 'normal' rubbish in - so I put carry bags i'd usually put in the wheelie bins, [no food in them as I use other little bin for food waste] in the same spot where the bins once where.
One day a neighbour came out, saw the bags and said loudly 'what has she done now - rats rats'.
Not long after, a used blk wheelie bin appears in the front garden so I moved it to where they usually are placed. Not long after that a little black wheelie bin appears right in front of the steps leading up to the front door. Its for the tenant with the back garden [as marked with white paint or whatever].
Later on a big black wheely bins appears on the pavement in front of house, and there it has been since. The little bin isn't put out to be emptied, neither was the big black bin that went in the garden.
The epic saga of the disappearing council wheely bins.
oh theres more .....
Update Thursday 18 July 2019
you'll never guess ?..... the big blk wheelie bin that appeared on the pavement [against the wall] outside house has ......... disappeared*gasps* - its bin empying on Thursdays around here.
Tuesday 26 March 2019
District Management Committees - Revisited.
Notes from DMC meetings through the years :
NB the DMC's where at one time until around 2001, sub-committees of the councils then Housing Committee. They had council tenant reps as chairs and registered members.
When the new statutory governance arrangements came in re The Local Government Act 2000- Part 2 s HERE the dmc's where no longer council bodies, but the council allowed them to carry on - with the same name but as tenant bodies mainly as consultative groups, who like to claim they are advisory bodies to the council, which is debatable.
The council also allowed the tenant groups to allocate 2 pots of money from the Housing Revenue Account - to themselves to spend on good, works and services on behalf of the council.
This set up continues today without their ever being any proper review of the dmc's.
9 JANUARY 2001
NB the DMC's where at one time until around 2001, sub-committees of the councils then Housing Committee. They had council tenant reps as chairs and registered members.
When the new statutory governance arrangements came in re The Local Government Act 2000- Part 2 s HERE the dmc's where no longer council bodies, but the council allowed them to carry on - with the same name but as tenant bodies mainly as consultative groups, who like to claim they are advisory bodies to the council, which is debatable.
The council also allowed the tenant groups to allocate 2 pots of money from the Housing Revenue Account - to themselves to spend on good, works and services on behalf of the council.
This set up continues today without their ever being any proper review of the dmc's.
" 6. DMC COMMENTS
It was noted that all five DMCs considered the motion from the Camden Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations concerning the withdrawal of budget from the Community Involvement Team. The motion was passed by Hampstead, Holborn, Kentish Town and Gospel Oak DMCs, but had not been supported by Camden Town DMC.
11. DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES BUDGETS
Consideration was given to a report of
the Director of Housing as attached at
APPENDIX E
The proposal to devolve budgets to DMCs was considered a good idea. Members felt that the local community often had a better idea about where money could and should be spent
27 FEBRUARY 2001
13. CAMDEN TOWN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BUDGET
Sharon Calvey (District Manager) tabled an updated Budget Report, together with an information pack asking TA Representatives to fill out the request form with their bids. This would then be submitted to the DMC on 12 September 2001 for ratification.
18. ORAL REPORT FROM THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE
The DMC received and welcomed an oral report from the Chair of the Housing Committee
1. Councillor Brian Weekes (Chair of the Housing Committee) stated that a special meeting would be held on 14 June 2001 to discuss
“ How to improve the recruitment of TA’s”.
2. Reorganisation of Camden Council in September
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Councillor Weekes stated that Camden was behind schedule with regard to Democratic Renewal because they had resisted the change for a long time. However, he said that when the changeover came into effect September, the law has required that decisions taken by the Executive Committee, should be made in public, which would give people the opportunity to comment and participate in the decision making process.
3 DMC’s
- would continue but in a different format.
More duties would be delegated to the districts. Consultation would be taking place on how the DMC’s would best operate.
Councillor Weekes stated that the changeover would be a whole new process, and would therefore not be entirely adequate at first. However, there would be plenty of opportunity to review and change what was necessary.
30 May 2001
Thursday 21 March 2019
Noise Nuisance Camden Council
Camden Councils advice on Noise [nuisance] for tenants
HERE
And some guidance for tenants on how to reduce the noise they may make.
HERE
And some guidance for tenants on how to reduce the noise they may make.
I am still getting a lot of noise disturbance from flat above me, still at night/early morning and it still causes me a lot of distress. Some things are better than they where but thats only due to me literally having to do battle with the tenant who if contacted by housing doesn't take much notice. I have approached tenant in the past about the noise but she doesn't seem to understand the affect it has on me or seems to even care. tenant still continues to bang things about, stomp about and of course I have to hear the loud noises tenant makes when having an orgasm when with one of her 'boys'.
I know that some noise is unavoidable and I accept that but what I don't accept is that even at night tenant still bangs things about and still walks very heavily about her flat. Tenant can't get out of bed at night without the stomping about. I don't accept having to and I mean having to as one can't not hear, her orgasms.
I don't understand it myself how someone can make so much noise unless its deliberately done to cause me distress and annoyance.
Update 22 March 2019
Tenant was making a right racket earlier on in the day with the banging about but has quietened down this evening other than the 'accidental' dropping of heavy objects on floors of kitchen and living room. A handtrick for the bedroom, maybe- when Im having a lie down or trying to sleep? letting the toilet seat bang down, moving about of heavy things? and what is it with the toilet and water pressure [pipes run up through my living room and along ceiling and make a racket at times and I can't seem to get it sorted] and the banging about that is connected to it?
update 23 March 2019
related to this is the present situation with the communal hallway not having any lighting [3 weeks now approx] due to the light bulbs downstairs and upstairs having blown and none of the tenants wanting to report it to landlord or replace the bulbs.
update 15 July 2019
Slamming shut the front door: its a nuisance here as well. At times though the front door expands and the door does need to be closed with more effort causing more noise but usually the door can be closed without much noise.
still no lighting in the communal area. someone from the council said they would send someone round about it but ive not heard anything but oddly enough report a non existent water leak and people in the council seem quite willing to go along with it.
still no lighting in the communal area. someone from the council said they would send someone round about it but ive not heard anything but oddly enough report a non existent water leak and people in the council seem quite willing to go along with it.
Mon 12 Oct 2020
Tenant above has been making a lot of noise these last few days ie heavy footsteps and banging of heavy things - the usual banging of her flat door which is opposite mine continues and slamming the main front door when she comes and goes.
22 Sept 2022
Reading through this post I realised I should explain a bit more about the entries above to do with no lighting in the communal area due to light bulbs [blowing/not working]
In regards to the communal stairs and landing areas that come up to where flats B and C are [mine and tenant upstairs who makes lots of noise], there where 2 dangling light sockets in the ceiling, which when one of the light bulbs blow, I was 99% the one who changed it for a new one.
I got fed up with doing this so I stopped and waited to see how long if ever, C would do it which resulted in the communal stairs usually not having lighting [ though I think mostly the downstairs area had lighting.
As it was flat C who usually had visitors at night I figured she would at least put a light bulb in for their safety [at least] but only once did this happen and she got the visitor to put the light bulb in.
Saturday 8 December 2018
Hampstead Satanic Hoax
Anyone familiar with this HERE
Police investigations launched into Hampstead Satanic child abuse ‘fantasy’ from March 2015 and have been following the case will know that a woman named Sabine McNeill is currently on trial on various charges to do with the case. I can't remember all of them, breaching a Restraining Order [Binding Over] a few times is included.
Though Ms McNeill is currently in prison [when not brought to the court for the trial] she lived in Camden, near Finchley Road tube station. She was, maybe still is, involved with a group calling themselves the Association of McKenzie Friends who have become quite [in]famous in recent years namely to do with the Holly Grieg case and then the Hampstead case.
She says she worked for CERN and is into software design. She is then [im guessing] very intelligent - in some ways but seeming not so bright in others, as is I suspect the case with most/many very intelligent people. I've been down the 'not so bright' path myself and take no satisfaction in her being in the situation she finds herself in, particularly at her age. Maybe taking up knitting would be a less troublesome hobby? But maybe the lady would be bored doing something like that and needed a bit of danger, and intrigue in her life.
Anyway the Hoaxstead Research site I have linked to has been doing a daily write up of the proceedings [sounds exhausting]. Interesting stuff. The satanic hoax hunters seem a force to reckon with.
Maybe there is a lesson to learn here: about getting too involved in other peoples horror stories, as I also have experience of.
Sometimes the force of the pull is so great you can't fight it. You can be pulled in, ground down, then spat out. A hard lesson to learn.
You don't know what you are dealing with until its too late and you are hooked. Not that I'm saying one shouldn't try and help someone, others in need of help, just be careful and learn from others mistakes, and your own ones.
update 19 Dec 2018
I don't know if any of the reported cases to do with Camden based teachers had anything to do with the above case. A case reported in Jan 2014 HERE
" Ian Clarke, 56, of Fortess Road, Kentish Town, hoarded hundreds of films and images of the sickening abuse of children as young as one."
In an earlier case 27 Sept 2012, HERE a teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child but isn't named, to protect the child.
Police investigations launched into Hampstead Satanic child abuse ‘fantasy’ from March 2015 and have been following the case will know that a woman named Sabine McNeill is currently on trial on various charges to do with the case. I can't remember all of them, breaching a Restraining Order [Binding Over] a few times is included.
Though Ms McNeill is currently in prison [when not brought to the court for the trial] she lived in Camden, near Finchley Road tube station. She was, maybe still is, involved with a group calling themselves the Association of McKenzie Friends who have become quite [in]famous in recent years namely to do with the Holly Grieg case and then the Hampstead case.
She says she worked for CERN and is into software design. She is then [im guessing] very intelligent - in some ways but seeming not so bright in others, as is I suspect the case with most/many very intelligent people. I've been down the 'not so bright' path myself and take no satisfaction in her being in the situation she finds herself in, particularly at her age. Maybe taking up knitting would be a less troublesome hobby? But maybe the lady would be bored doing something like that and needed a bit of danger, and intrigue in her life.
Anyway the Hoaxstead Research site I have linked to has been doing a daily write up of the proceedings [sounds exhausting]. Interesting stuff. The satanic hoax hunters seem a force to reckon with.
Maybe there is a lesson to learn here: about getting too involved in other peoples horror stories, as I also have experience of.
Sometimes the force of the pull is so great you can't fight it. You can be pulled in, ground down, then spat out. A hard lesson to learn.
You don't know what you are dealing with until its too late and you are hooked. Not that I'm saying one shouldn't try and help someone, others in need of help, just be careful and learn from others mistakes, and your own ones.
update 19 Dec 2018
I don't know if any of the reported cases to do with Camden based teachers had anything to do with the above case. A case reported in Jan 2014 HERE
" Ian Clarke, 56, of Fortess Road, Kentish Town, hoarded hundreds of films and images of the sickening abuse of children as young as one."
In an earlier case 27 Sept 2012, HERE a teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child but isn't named, to protect the child.
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