• WE thank NW Gilby (The hall was sold to the council, July 30) for the correction of our July 23 letter, (This vision is horrifying).

Our mistake was in regards to the transfer of Lyndhurst Hall to Camden Council, which was by sale rather than as a gift. We apologise and have done some further research.

Lyndhurst Hall was built as a mission hall in 1891 by the Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church to help alleviate the effects of poverty in the area.

It hosted a range of events, including clubs for boys, girls, men and women, Bible classes and Sunday services, as well as entertainment and legal and financial advice.

During the 1950s community activities at the hall included the Boys’ Brigade, Sunday schools, a youth club and a children’s nursery.

Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church sold the building to St Pancras Borough Council in 1963 and it reopened as a community centre two years later.

It continued to function as a focus of local community life in the area until the 1990s, when Camden decided to sell it to the Notting Hill Housing Trust for housing.

The social space provided by Lyndhurst Hall has not yet been replaced. Many residents of West Kentish Town have no facilities for meeting, social and other activities (the TRA hall on Athlone Estate is used by Camden for consultation events).

We hope Camden will consider this when redeveloping West Kentish Town Estate.

NEIGHBOURS OF WEST KENTISH TOWN