Newlands Hall fight featured in Guardian

The Wandsworth Guardian today covers the fight to save Newlands Hall on the Putney Vale estate. Reporter Chloe Lambert has been out talking to residents of Frensham Drive and Stroud Crescent - in particular the senior citizens who are among the Hall's most regular and active users and who would be hardest hit by its demise - especially as it's such an isolated part of the constituency.

Sadly, one of the area's Conservative Councillors is quoted excusing its closure: call me old fashioned but I always thought the job of councillors was to side with their constituents when the council gets things wrong; but evidently this isn't a view shared by the Tories.

This same councillor also tried to dismiss the petition we collected of over 150 signatories on the basis that it contained names of users who lived outside the estate, so I'm really pleased that the Guardian report focusses on the pensioners for whom Newlands Hall is vital.

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