Happy to attend Golders Green library last Thursday to celebrate renewal work including (at last) public toilet and ’self issue’ equipment allowing you to self issue books in 4 languages.  Ceremony was followed by Programme of Storytime which my grandtwins enjoyed and an evening talk on researching family history for which we now have some web facilities.  If anyone out there would like to join the Friends of Barnet Libraries please let me know.

On Monday Barnet’s  Cleaner Greener etc committee discussed the draft Corporate Plan. I pointed out that Golders Green was not on the ‘Prepare Town Centre Development Strategies/framework for priority town centres and that it should be. Of the 2 Cabinet members present Cllr Melvyn Cohen (Golders Green Ward) dismissed it with a ‘the Cabinet has already decided’ while Cllr Harper (Garden Suburb) saying it affected his ward too suggested we sent a resolution to the Area Environment Committee. This was agreed. Purists may say that Cllr Melvyn Cohen’s ward does not actually take in Golders Green HighStreet but it must be the nearest and most used shopping centre for a great many of his residents. I was surprised at his dismissive attitude.