| AdminHistory | Patricia (Patty) Mary Singleton lived at 8-31 Kempton Court, 2 Durward Street, Whitechapel from September 1996 until 2020.
She became Secretary of Kempton Court Residents' Association. At the time of the process of the Crossrail Bill through Parliament she was very influential in matters regarding traffic flows and building restrictions. She represented Kempton Court, 2 Durward Street, and several other complexes nearby in Whitechapel, during the building of Crossrail at Whitechapel, including appearing before the House of Lords on the Crossrail Bill.
This is the link to her evidence: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldcross/112/8031701.htm
This is the printed copy of the report of the Committee: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=0pQYhSqVLyYC&pg=PA427&lpg=PA427&dq=house+of+lords+crossrail+patricia+singleton&source=bl&ots=s5t-hAMtA4&sig=ACfU3U18Zx0E8lrK0ijNFBv9AK5FuecY9A&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwjElcHNg7_0AhWiQvEDHT7dAwQQ6AF6BAgTEAM#v=onepage&q=house%20of%20lords%20crossrail%20patricia%20singleton&f=false Page 427 (Links working and accessible, January 2025)
The Crossrail project was later named the Elizabeth Line and opened on 17 May 2022.
Patty was born in Te Puke, New Zealand, on 8 November 1942. She had a rural upbringing, her parents Laurence and Gwen Singleton being dairy farmers. She, along with her sister Colleen, left New Zealand on their Kiwi OE (overseas experience) to London in September 1967. Despite many trips home, and working as a ski instructor in Austria for some years, Patty settled initially in the West End of London. She purchased her first home in Earlsfield, where she lived until buying in Whitechapel.
She trained as an Occupational Therapist in New Zealand and worked with children with disabilities, people who had poor eyesight and in the mental health field, including 10 years at Brixton Prison. She sang with several London choirs and was involved with local community groups. She was an inaugural member of the Tower Hamlets U3A and ran the local history group. Patty was a City of London Guide, as well as a Guide for Clerkenwell and Islington. Not losing her roots, she was active with the New Zealand Women's Association.
From her flat, Patty enjoyed watching the helicopters land on the roof of the Royal London Hospital and she passed away peacefully in the hospital on 23 August 2020. Her ashes are interred with family graves in the Wharekahu Maketu Cemetery, 2km from where she grew up.
Source: Colleen Singleton, 2021 |