Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 12

STANDARD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7 197 Stay-away girls win school battle By MARY MACPHERSON TWO CHILDREN who held out against the Inner London Education Authority for five months by refusing to go to school have won their victory ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE Jean Hill and Katherine Nicolaides the two Islington 12-year-olds who vowed they would go to Barnsbury school or nowhere are now proudly wearing the green blazer Holding out For five months they were at No Choice School the improvised school set up by local parents in a church hall as a protest against the Inner London Education method of allocating children to schools their parents did not like For the last three weeks they were the oaiy ones left in the area who were still holding out Against the ILEA for place at the school they wanted Tike other had all found places at ILEA schools in the area A retired teacher Mrs Kathleen Kaul travelled up to London every day from Seaford in Sussex especially to give them their lessons Now parents who organised the campaign for Fair School Transfer are claiming at 100 per cent victory against ILEA for last year children faewwiw WHwwk Airtiiii ON CENTRA TION Jean (left) and Katfeerine study in the kitchen They are in house Vineent Terrace Islington in the capital go up by LONDON NEWS End of the pyjama dash THE pyjama dash may soon be over for residents of Mayfair Westminster City highways and works committee has approved the scheme for 400 parking spaces in the area The residents have been cata-(Mzgxnng for more than four year to gjet special facilities lor parking Usually they have to cel up at five onack of diawn to feed parking meters Imually Westminster Council Mftd it woukl be impowntale to fend space lor reeadoatii toot now ttiey liave done so bv proposing the removal of 315 parking Councillor Mrs Thdma Seear who bves in Mayfair and who spearheaded the campaign said today: am hwppv with the ait tee plan We for 450 spaces satisfied with The scheme has to be approved by the full council and the GLC and is likely to come into operation sometime next year Students in status battle A CAMPAIGN is being launched by students attend lug College New Cross in a bid to retain their university status Their union is to send out letters to other Loudon University colleges highlighting their case and pressing for support This move comes soon after report drafted by a committee inquiry under Lord Murray of Newbaven with proposals for widespread changes in the governing and academic orga-nwitonn of London University One otf its main recommendations is that Goldsmiths' College should become a self-governing body rather than remain part of the university The college has a ide ranee of courses including adult education social work teacher training and art teaching The committee reasoned that meet of the 2500 students did not hokl university entrance Qualifications This has brought protests from tlie union because a recent survey revealed that 64 per eent of this year's students have gained two or more levels Mr David Me Vi tty its president says We feel we have a reasonable case We have the support of nearly all our members and will be doing all we can to meet their service from Bromley LONDON TRANSPORT is to be pressed again by Bromley Council to extend its 227 bus service to the Edgetrury Estate at Chislehurst The matter was shelved eaoiy Inst war when London hut-told the council it would ve to meet the £9000 oost of cxteawiing the service But now because of the poor coMbtin of the road here the buses terminate in Ctusiehurst the council is to renew its plea guard were today mounting a watch on Lambeth following yesterday's fire attack in which three Molotov cocktails were thrown into the palaoe grounds i Rates RATES in some London borouigtD may rise by up 20 or 30 per cent this year claims Alderman Lou Srier-man Labour chairman of the London Boroughs' AsociB-tlon today Has warming came as coaneiils rooeavod details of rare Owmi- By MICHAEL KING council finances in London In addition rating revaluation many boroughs meant a biikt-in wcreaec for domestic rai-oayers At the same tune I hen were demands from Wlmeli unproved local au thontv sen ices including housing and sovid OR MARK VATTER60N Bid to sack censor fails COUNTY HALL flflm evr Dr Mark Patterson has received a vote of confidence from the leader of the Greater London Council Sir Desmond Plummer foMow-iryg a him' call by a member of the Nationwide Festival of Urht the niLlitant anti -pom croup In a letter to Mr Peter Thompson public relations officer for the Festival of Light who had vailed for Dr Patterson's resignation Sir Desmond declared he had every confidence in Dr Patterson's abilities and wouldn't dream of asking for his Sir Desmond told Mr Thompson that while the Government considers a GLC resolution calling for an inquiry into censorship the job in London had to contemn to be carried oat and in highly unpleasant circumstances Crossfire He said the GLC stood "in the crossfire between the d-a-meu-ricaUy opposed criticisms of those who favour more and those wiio favour Sir Desmond added In this delicate situation I consider that Dr Patterson and subcommittee have ooae difficult job extremely well Dr Patterson receives widespread Mspport here in carrying out his unenviable task I have every confidence in his abilities and I would not dream oi asking for hit Mr Thompson following the general councils decision to overrule Dr Pattersons commit tee on the matter of Oh Calcutta had claimed Dr Pat-tecvxxn and his film viewing subcommittee were out of touch with oubhc opinion and also with Che majority wows of the GLC Student squatters win back home Railings Last summer they marched on County Hall chained themselves to railings and kidnapped education chiefs in protest at the ILEA's system for giving every school its fair share of bright children They wanted their children to go bo the school of their choice and were furious at being directed elsewhere Now they are limbering up for another fight in the next few months Mrs Rubv Clarke one of the leaders said Already there are signs that parents will go through the same agony as last year ms thev tail to get places at the school tiiey want We are going to give them ail the heii) they need to secure a decent education for their The Action Group has alraady published a simple guide to London's schools to help parents whose children will be goaug to their secondary schools next September to choose between good and bad oompre-hemsives Money they left DUTY is deducted from the net amount NET The Mao Etta nor Clare Alice South oi (iiouceatcr Road Irnsiueton £99023 sroas Duty £86964 £97141 Mrs Oiana Chiaholm Hutson of Kin tall OraiMri Road Wet Clan-don Surrey (£93651 (crons' Duty £33761 £92X21 Mrs Beatrice Maud Smyth late of Bnarwood Hare Lane day-Bate Surrey (£67514 across Duty £20-624 £66943 Lady Qurtrude Florence ton 4oec Lalnwidr Road Pamrr's Green i £55710 arose) Duty £10296 £55002 oppose Mr Rippon endorsement of widening proposal for Char-and Shaftes- ing Cross Road bury' Avenue Participation There is a strong movement within the Oorent Garden Community Association led bv coordinator Penn Hicks to co-operate more with the GLC local development team in considering alternative mixtures of rebuilding and renovation th area At tonights meeting at the Africa Centre King Street the ment's chane to monitor rales together with an appeal from the Department of the Environment to exercise restraint hi pending as part otf the programme to control inflation Mr Sherman said inflation already had wrought havoc with ing ladders borrowed from a neigitboui home Olive a student at the London College of Printing said When the estate agent discovered that we had got back into the flat 1 think he lelt it best to moke a deal with us We met hn and he said that we could have our furniture back as long as we agreed to leave the flat peacefully in two weeks tame when toe expects to have obtained a court order to get as oat I have been offered alternative accommodation by mv college but that was a tiny bedsit which was too far away and too expensive I onlv liave a student's -grant to live on and the prices for flats and bedsits are too high fen me Added Elizabeth We have been looking for places for several months We gave up when we saw the type oi money the agents were asking for accommodation plans difficult for the GLC to fulfil its pledge to rehouse evervone within the area The worry Mr Hack- added: Several people with buildings which are now lasted have said that it will be very expensive to put Harm into good shape and toe only wav to do this may be to turn them into offices The worry about Mr Rappon's derision is that ream ing the buildings is not linked in any way with preserving the uses to which thev are put' services Assistance We in the LB A aapioort t-Iw etf Munocipai C-porauan- in its reque to wed the Prime Minister said Sbermam is a need for iihmv Government money in order to teep rates witmn lie tm recent hmit oi increa-sc sought tr the Govemment And a need tie elective to tiww eoroughs which suffer even more as a result of revalue non Mr Sherman claimed that revaluation was gome to against 1 1 tenants Even if borouah- hito spending steady tenants some cases would have to iv as much as 20 ne: cent more in rates because the rateable of their homos had eone im-In a reterenor to las Octooe: rent increases Mr Sherman commented: Thi- is tlie second lame in six mont hs i-hat re tat tenants have teei clobbered ABOUT 13000 council lenint in South London will cnim J'jl Friday how much thev wl iiare to fork out to meet nev rent increases fixed by Council under the Fan Act And the increase a wnll average around 4 lower than anticipated council ela-mis Labour party THE Labour Pam delegation to Soutli-East Asia Mr Callaghan a Secretary Mr lu Chairman of the Internanoo-Geouwtitee of tle La-bou p' aocl Mr Tom McNaD International 6ru wa1- leaving London today Train blaze RUSH-HOUR commuters Liverpool Street station delayed last nipht after a broke out in the cai'riage empty train TWO young squatters were hack lii their home today with the approval of an estate agent who evicted them Last night the pair Olive Morris 30 and Elizabeth Turnbull 19 arranged a two-week with the agent on eeQaitaan that they move oat peacefully if a oourt grants an eviction order on the flat in Railton Hoad Brixton The truce was called onlv hours alter the girls had clashed with removal men who forced their way into the flat above a shop and carried out furniture as police stood by A deal Then Olive a student and Ektiatoeth a trainee teacher who had been squatting in the flat "''mill were dragged creaming into the street as a took away their belong inns But less than an hour later they got into then fiat by climb new set of association wiSl call for a complete halt to demolition and construction in the area while new plans are worked out in the light of Mr Rip pan decision The association is urging that the GLC committee in charge of the area should be open to tire public and that no decisions should be taken until effective participation Iras been established by tire GLC with local people There is some concern in the association about whether preservation of buildings will restrict new housing and make tt Covent Garden call for By DAVID WILCOX RESIDENTS and workers in Covent Garden are meeting tonight to deckle whether to co-operate with the Greater London Council in planning the future of the area or to continue opposition Thev will be considering Minister Mr -somewhat to approve prmtapk' but to an extra The meeting is certain to.