Fred Evans – 1927 – 2021
The undisputed “King” of Tanglewood died in the early hours of Thursday 28th Oct. – exactly one monthbefore his 94th birthday. Fred, who was truly loved by everyone who met him, was a founder member ofTanglewood. He attended the very first club on Oct. 4th 1965. The club helpers who I have spoken to allmentioned […]
It’s a Baby Girl For Vicky!
Club helper Vicky gave birth to a baby daughter, Harper Rose, on Sunday evening Sept. 19th She weighed in at 6lb 12oz. This is the first time a serving club helper has given birth in almost 56 years the club has been running. As you can see from the photo’s mother and daughter are doing very well. […]
Tanglewood Monday Club re-opening survey
The Survey has now closed – Please check the website for future updates In September, Tanglewood Management Committee will meet to discuss whether or not to reopen the Monday Club. It would help us enormously if club members, with the assistance of their carer/parent if necessary, could answer the questions posed in this survey which […]
Helen Chisholm 1940 – 2021
I have some sad news about former club helper Helen. she passed away on Tuesday July 21st aged 81 having been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Helen moved to South Wales in 2006 but she used to live in Southdown Crescent South Harrow, a couple of doors away from Southdown Hostel. One day she knocked on their […]
Coronavirus Update 13th July
The Tanglewood management commitee met on Monday July 12th and made the following decision. After due consideration the committee felt that, despite the governments lifting of restrictions due to take place on Monday 19th July, it was too early to make a decision on when to re-open the Tanglewood club. Therefore the club will remain […]
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1921 – 2021
We at Tanglewood extend our heartfelt sympathy to Her Majesty the Queen, and members of the royal family. I have personally met the prince consort twice, the first time was when Julie and I were invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace back in 1981. More recently myself and Paul had the chance to […]
Presentation in memory of Chirag
Tanglewood recently made a presentation to the parents of Chirag Kunverji who we lost at the end of January. I chose a suitable photograph of Chirag and ordered a personalised Crystal art. When it arrived myself, Karen, Paul and club helper Anita set about creating the image – It took around 30 hours to put in […]
Marlene Sladen
A dear friend of Tanglewood Marlene Sladen died on March 10th after a long illness. Some of you may remember Marlene from her time at Harrow Mencap. Marlene joined that organisation in 1986 as a development officer and ended up as its Director until she took early retirement in 1996. At the time of her […]
Christian Allen 1960-2021
Christian was born on 30th November 1960 and joined Tanglewood on 31st January 2005 but due to ill health his attendance was only 64% and his last club was on 8th June 2019. Christian had been in and out of Northwick Park hospital recently with pneumonia which eventually became double pneumonia. In January he was […]
Chirag Kunverji 1989 – 2021
Chirag joined Tanglewood on 30th Nov. 2015 and he instantly became everybody’s friend – he was that sort of person – you just couldn’t help but like him. He was such a gentleman and a loving caring person. During that short time at Tanglewood he won the Pool singles tournamant in 2018, he was runner up […]