10:09am Monday 27th April 2009
By Tristan Kirk
A PINNER restoration project has been given a welcome boost by generous film makers.
The West House restoration project will move a step closer to completion thanks to a £1,000 donation from Ecosse Films, based in south London.
The company recently shot scenes for a John Lennon biopic in the streets of Pinner, and were won over by the generosity of local residents.
The money will go towards the next stage of restoring West House, which stands in Pinner Memorial Park and is a former home of the grandson of Admiral Lord Nelson.
It was bought by the people of Pinner after World War Two to be held in trust as a war memorial to those killed.
However, it was closed by Harrow Council in the 1990s and has fallen into disrepair, prompting Pinner residents to start a project to bring it back to its former glory.
The first stage of the restoration has finished and came in £12,000 under budget, and organisers are preparing to select a contractor to start work on the second stage of the project.
The John Lennon movie, called Nowhere Boy and starring Kristin Scott Thomas, is due to be released in January next year.
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