RIDDLESDOWN
RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
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O M E P A G E)
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION...
Founded in 1937, the Association's objectives were established then as:
"The objects of the Association shall
be, inter alia, to promote the well-being of the community resident in
the Riddlesdown locality for such purposes as may by law be deemed to
be charitable and in particular by associating the Local Authorities,
voluntary organisations and residents in a common effort to further
health, advance education, and to foster a community spirit for the
achievement of such purposes as aforesaid."
Your Committee nowadays interprets the above
statement as a mandate to:
Keep watch on the Riddlesdown environment, and to act where possible to maintain it to a high standard - this to cover general appearance and tidiness, roads, pavements, verges, footpaths, street furniture, lighting, traffic and road safety. In doing this, to liaise with Council, police, traffic agencies/companies, schools, churches, Corporation of London Keepers.
Monitor and try to improve local services including refuse collection, street cleaning, trains, buses.
Monitor planning applications and to support or oppose as necessary in the interests of the community.
Hold social functions that foster a community spirit - sports/fun days, children's party.
Maintain good relations with local traders and enlist their support where beneficial.
Publish the Recorder and use it to report our activities and to encourage local participation.
Build reserves that will finance our activities and prepare for any unusual contingencies that may arise.
THE ASSOCIATION
The Riddlesdown Residents Association covers approximately 1350 households from 27 roads (see below). This means that at least 2500 people are likely to be within the membership.
The Riddlesdown Recorder, our magazine, is delivered twice yearly to all households. This magazine endeavours to publish information and articles of interest to residents. The editor (see Committee Page) is always interested in considering for inclusion articles by residents. The magazine includes Community Pages designed to hold small pieces about local associations, activities and events. No charge is made for these. Space is limited so please get your contributions in early. New material is required for each issue. All contributions are required by the last days of February and August for the April and October issues respectively.
Subject to space being available, we also display local and other advertisements for a fee based on size and location. Please send in ad designs to the Editor. Note that local advertisers (ie. resident in the RRA area) take priority over others.
Delivery of the Recorder and of other material is done by our band of road stewards who perform a very worthwhile and often unsung service for the community. They also collect the annual subscription of £3.00 (concessions are available for senior citizens). The road stewards are recruited and organised by John Rapp, Membership Secretary. Apply to John (8660 9531) or any Committee member if you wish to join the Association.
We are always in need of road stewards to replace those that unfortunately leave, or to lighten the burden of those with large patches. Please contact John if you can help.
We organise annual events including the Children's Fancy Dress Party in January/February, and a Summer Fun Day usually in July and subject to weather. Please watch out for details in the Riddlesdown Recorder and on the four notice boards around the area. These are situated outside Riddlesdown Pharmacy/Wessons (the Post Office in Lower Barn Road), outside P. & P. Saban, (confectioners and newsagents in Mitchley Avenue), near the main entrance of St. Edmunds Church, on the church green at the Mitchley Avenue end of Lower Barn Road. Sometimes we use the Message Board in Riddlesdown Station Waiting Room.
Please see details of the Committee by clicking here or on The RRA Committee link on the left of this page.
The following map shows the roads (those within the blue boundary) that
lie within the Riddlesdown
Residents' Association area.
These roads are:
Barn Crescent
Borrowdale Drive
Brancaster Lane Nos 57 to 142
Buttermere Gardens
Coombe Wood Hill
Copthorne Rise
Coxley Rise
Dalegarth Gardens
Dalton Close
Derwent Drive
Downscourt Road (Top end section)
Dunmail Drive
Eskdale Gardens
Grisedale Gardens
Hill Close
Holmwood Avenue
Honister Heights
Hyde Road
Ingleboro Drive
Lower Barn Road
Mitchley Avenue Nos 1 to 159
Mitchley Hill (part)
Rectory Park Nos 1 to 49A
Riddlesdown Avenue
Riddlesdown Road Nos 79A to 188
Tandridge Gardens
Rydal Close
Westfield Avenue
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PART OF THE RRA AREA
This photograph, which shows the junction of Brancaster Lane, Riddlesdown Avenue and Lower Barn Road in the bottom right corner, may be purchased from the following website:
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You may write to
Riddlesdown
Residents' Association
at any of the following addresses:
66 Westfield Avenue, Sanderstead, CR2
9JU
37 Buttermere Gardens, Purley, CR8 1EJ
44 Riddlesdown Avenue, Purley, CR8 1JJ
or you may email the Association at:
or you may use the
Message Board - click
here.