A community website from WCRA - the Westfield Common Residents' Association - based in Westfield, Woking, UK » Local Media http://www.westfieldcommon.org Information on community events, developments in our area and common sense advice for residents of Westfield Common. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:43:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Common Land protesthttp://www.westfieldcommon.org/2011/01/27/common-land-protest/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2011/01/27/common-land-protest/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:22:49 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://www.westfieldcommon.org/?p=1672 A protest by WCRA residents has been featured on page 4 of the Woking News & Mail (dates 27th January 2011) under a headline of “Anger at plans to de-register ‘vital’ common”.

The article features comments from WCRA and from Kate Ashbrook from the Open Spaces Society (OSS) in objection.

Available from all good Newsagents.

Go buy a copy – its good value for money!

Update (10 Apr 2011)

With the demise of the Woking News and Mail we can now present the article in its entirety.

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]]> http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2011/01/27/common-land-protest/feed/ 0 Letter to Woking News & Mail – 15 Oct 2009http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2010/01/11/letter-to-woking-news-mail-15-oct-2009/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2010/01/11/letter-to-woking-news-mail-15-oct-2009/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:22:58 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2010/01/11/letter-to-woking-news-mail-15-oct-2009/ MH_20091015

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lMoor Lane Island Letter

Moor Lane Island Letter

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]]> http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/10/08/letter-to-woking-news-mail-08-oct-2009/feed/ 0 Surrey Radio Interviewhttp://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/09/26/surrey-radio-interview/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/09/26/surrey-radio-interview/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:25:29 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://www.westfieldcommon.org/?p=872 BBC Surrey Radio interview from Saturday 26th September 2009 featuring local resident Maurice Hibberd and Ray Morgan, Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council talking about the bidders day and the “Moor Lane” development. It makes interesting listening!

SurreyRadio 20090926.mp3

All rights acknowledged.

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]]> http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/09/26/surrey-radio-interview/feed/ 0 George’s Marvellous Missivehttp://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/18/georges-marvellous-missive/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/18/georges-marvellous-missive/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:28:31 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://westfieldcommon.wordpress.com/?p=707 A letter submitted to one of our younger local residents in the Woking News and Mail – 25th June 2009 (click on the picture to see it full size).

George

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]]> http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/18/georges-marvellous-missive/feed/ 0 Hold the Front Page!http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/15/hold-the-front-page/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/15/hold-the-front-page/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:06:08 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://westfieldcommon.wordpress.com/?p=705 WCRA feature in the lead story on the front page of this weeks edition of the Woking News & Mail.

Go on support your local newspaper and buy a copy – its only 35p.

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]]> http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/15/hold-the-front-page/feed/ 0 Access Application Rejection – Local Media Coveragehttp://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/08/access-application-rejection-local-media-coverage/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/08/access-application-rejection-local-media-coverage/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:30:59 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://westfieldcommon.wordpress.com/?p=628 Article from Louise Osbourne can be viewed here: See article

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]]> http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/07/08/access-application-rejection-local-media-coverage/feed/ 0 Plea to bring back Moor Lane islandhttp://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/03/01/plea-to-bring-back-moor-lane-island/ http://www.westfieldcommon.org/2009/03/01/plea-to-bring-back-moor-lane-island/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:52:47 +0000 the WCRA Editor http://westfieldcommon.wordpress.com/?p=70 As featured in the February 28, 2009 edition of the Woking Review (page 7).

moor-lane-island-story

©28 Feb 2009 – Woking Review.  All rights acknowledged.

And here is the original picture supplied to the Woking Review.

moor_lane_island_-_view_from_moor_lane

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