The Friends Committee
The committee of the Friends of Battersea Park is current comprised of the following local residents.
Frances Radcliffe OBE (Chairman)
Vicki Barker
Mike Bates (Web)
Brian Botting FRICS FCI Arb (rtd) (Planning matters)
Steve Bunn
Jimmy Burns (Editor)
Virginia Darbyshire (Treasurer)
Christopher Davies (Dogs)
Claire Elliot (Membership)
Ruth Forrest
Angela Grant
Laura Hayes
Elizabeth Hood (Secretary)
Tom Maxwell (Horticulture matters)
Michele Marriott
Sally Orman (Advertising)
Annie Whicker
Philip Wright OBE
EX OFFICIO
Jerry Birtles (Chief Parks Officer)
Joanne Taylor (Fund Raising Officer)
Alison Smith (Events Manager)
John Bannerman (Chief Officer)
Sergeant Steve Biggs (Parks Police)
Albert Bridge Closing
On Monday 15th February the Kensington and Chelsea Council are closing Albert Bridge to motor traffic for major refurbishment. The work is expected to take 18 months, but Park users will still be able to walk across. more...
Sign for All Seasons
Within the frozen Park today,
A ”caution” sign was half-witted.
Warning of ice was quite OK.
Why “No BBQs permitted”?
Please those on duty another day,
Before warnings are transmitted,
By signs or any other way,
Use words that are better fitted.
Philip Wright, January 2010
I have a sign to warn of ice
Because to fall would not be nice
Oh where to put it, what to do
Oh here's a sign, No BBQ
On which I'll mount it, by the gate
Not centred, quite deliberate.
It may bemuse, it may well rile?
I hope, at least, it made you smile.
replies Jerry Birtles, Park Manager
Popular with Photographers
The Park is always popular with photographers and websites are popping up where their work can be seen, such Flickr...