Category: Events

  • Queen’s Park Book Festival returns to the park on 29th & 30th June 2019

    See qpbookfest.com for more memories of last year’s hugely successful return of the festival to the park after a pause of six years. The festival is affiliated to Queen’s Park Area Residents’ Association.

  • Queen’s Park Safer Neighbourhood Team warns residents about theft of catalytic converters

    Catalytic converters turn toxic gases into less harmful emissions

    Dear Ward Member,

    Protect your vehicle from catalytic converter thieves 
    We are working to apprehend them. You can help us by following this advice to protect your vehicle. 
    Consider installing a Thatcham approved alarm to your vehicle. Ones that activate if your vehicle is lifted or tilted are particularly effective.

    Use a catalytic converter protection device or marking system. 
    Fit protective coverings on catalytic converters, these can make it much more difficult for thieves. 
    Have your catalytic converter etched or forensically marked and put stickers in the windscreen to say this has been done.

    Where possible park a vehicle against a kerb, with the catalytic converter being closest to the kerb. 
    Once an unmarked converter has been removed from a vehicle it’s quite difficult to match it to that vehicle as there aren’t any distinguishing marks.

    Catalytic converters control and convert exhaust emissions from your vehicle into less toxic substances. If yours is stolen, you will know because your vehicle’s engine will sound different.

    If you suspect your catalytic converter has been stolen, report it to us immediately by calling 101. 
    Thieves simply cut the catalytic converter from the exhaust pipe of a parked car and sell them on to scrap metal dealers.

    Look out for people working under cars, if in doubt, call Police on 999 straight away, keeping yourself safe and give as much description as possible including any vehicle registration of vehicles they may be using. 

    Explain to the operator you have reason to believe someone may be trying to take a catalytic convertor. 

    Regards,

    Queens Park SNT

    Apparently Toyota Prius’ and Honda Jazz’s are the cars that are targeted. This video from Twitter shows them at work on a Toyota Prius.

  • Collectors needed for the Queen’s Park Carollers who will be singing in the streets around the park on 13th and 18th Dec

    Listen out for the Queen’s Park carol singers on the streets to the East of the park on Thursday 13th December and to the West on Thursday 18th December.

    QPARA members and their offspring are invited to knock on doors, so that residents can enjoy hearing the carols and at the same time collect money for our two local food banks and soup kitchens – Laurence’s Larder, Christchurch Avenue NW6 and SUFRA, Stonebridge NW10. No donation is too small.

    Volunteer collectors should meet at Summerfield/Kingswood junction at 7.30pm on Thursday 13th December or outside 7 Kempe Road at 7.30pm on Tuesday 18th December.

    Please let Liz Till know if you can spare an hour or two lizmtill@btinternet.com