{"id":3045,"date":"2015-04-04T09:33:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T09:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2015-04-04T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T09:33:53","slug":"historic-village-threatened-by-3rd-runway-opens-its-doors-to-the-press-and-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3045","title":{"rendered":"Historic village threatened by 3rd runway opens its doors to the press and public"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ancient village of Harmondsworth, which originated as a Saxon manor and is now facing demolition if a third Heathrow runway goes ahead, will be staging an Open Day on Sunday 12th<\/sup>\u00a0April to give the media and members of the public a chance to see what would be destroyed\u00a0(1).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The focus of the event is the re-opening of the celebrated 15th-century Great Barn for the first time since the completion of major repairs by English Heritage (2)<\/strong>. \u00a0The Barn, described by poet Sir John Betjeman as \u201cthe cathedral of Middlesex\u201d, was saved from developers by the intervention of a group of determined villagers, who will be available to talk to visitors. It will be open from 11am until 4pm.<\/p>\n

A huge mural, especially created for the occasion, will illustrate the proposed airport boundary cutting through the heart of picturesque Harmondsworth.\u00a0 It will be unveiled at 1.30pm<\/strong> providing a photo-opportunity on the village green outside the historic Five Bells pub. \u00a0This will be\u00a0followed by a visit to the newly-planted trees on the Recreation Ground\u00a0which demonstrates that the community intends to fight to preserve its historic roots for future generations to enjoy, rather than watch it obliterated by further expansion of the airport\u00a0(3).<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be Morris dancing at various times throughout the day\u00a0(4).<\/strong><\/p>\n

SHE (Stop Heathrow Expansion) worked with the Friends of the Great Barn to organise the Open Day. Neil Keveren, the chair of SHE, said, \u201cThis is a great opportunity to see the unique\u00a0village\u00a0of\u00a0Harmondsworth.\u00a0 But it is also a chance for us to show to the world that we are utterly determined to fight for our homes and our community.\u00a0 We will not be going anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWe are thankful for the backing we have received from Hillingdon Council and from Harts, the community arts project\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Airports Commission has been examining potential sites for new runways in the South East and\u00a0is expected to publish its final report in June.\u00a0 It will recommend either a separate third runway at Heathrow,\u00a0a third runway at Heathrow added to the existing northern runway (5)<\/strong> or a second runway at Gatwick.\u00a0 The next Government will consider the recommendation but is not required to endorse it.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Notes for editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>(1).<\/strong>\u00a0Flyer:\u00a012th Apr flyer complete v5<\/a><\/p>\n

(2).<\/strong>\u00a0The Barn is a Grade I listed building. It is essentially unaltered since it was built in 1426 and over 95% of its structural timbers are original. It is owned by English Heritage who bought it in 2011 to add to the National Heritage Collection, and is managed for them by the Friends of the Great Barn. For more details see: http:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/harmondsworth-barn\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(3) <\/strong>The tree-planting is part of a council-backed project to re-forest the villages threatened by a third runway.\u00a0 It is a collaborative project between SHE, Transition Heathrow and Harts, the arts network based in the villages: \u00a0http:\/\/www.communityharts.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(4).<\/strong>\u00a0Datchet Border Morris will be at the Great Barn at 12.00pm; outside the Crown pub at 12.45pm; outside the Five Bells pub at 14.00; and back to the Barn at 14.30pm.<\/p>\n

(5).<\/strong> This runway would not require the destruction of Harmondsworth.\u00a0 It would mean the demolition of properties in Poyle, west of the airport.<\/p>\n

For further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neil Keveren, 07850904677<\/p>\n

Christine Taylor 0208 564 8345; 07960490831<\/p>\n

Justine Bayley (for info on the Barn), 020 8759 1874<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ancient village of Harmondsworth, which originated as a Saxon manor and is now facing demolition if a third Heathrow runway goes ahead, will be staging an Open Day on Sunday 12th\u00a0April to give the media and members of the public a chance to see what would be destroyed\u00a0(1).\u00a0 The focus of the event is … Continue reading “Historic village threatened by 3rd runway opens its doors to the press and public”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}