Undiscovered Treasures

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2nd of August, session of this workshop, young creators started using 4 cameras to take shots of their daily SE15 world.

What inspires them, what roads they are always on, their favourite locations and the places that inspire them are briefly presented in the few shots below. off

Importance of views Peckham has a lot of impressive views and more importantly anyone has access to these views allowing us to admire the beauty SE15 has to offer. These views are important because the settings we are in can sometimes allow us to be more upbeat.

My view, on views Views are important to me for a number of reasons, but the main reason why I think it’s important to have a good view is because sometimes a good view can result in you having the right mind set allowing you to be more productive. In Peckham Library they have amazing views at an amazing angle, this can calm you and make you feel comfortable allowing you to really engage with your work and put maximum effort into you work.

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“Peckham has a lot of impressive views”

Skate journey In 2014 a show named The Flash was just released and I remember watching it thinking it must be fun moving at such high speed. Don’t get me wrong I tried running as well to experience what The Flash did - it turns out I can’t move nearly as fast, and I get tired so easily. This made me think my dream of moving like The Flash was over. However, my friend introduced me to something known as skateboarding and it amazed me. Whilst skateboarding you feel the wind in your face, you can reach speeds of 22 miles per hour and the best part is you don’t get tired as easily as you would whilst running.

Our school offered us to take part in a project called Mark Evison where we had to do a challenge that would be funded by Mark Evison.

Mark Evison is a charity organisation that gives grants of up to £500 to students for them to complete a challenge. The challenge me and my friends decided to do together was to ride our skateboards from here to north London, our only form of transport was our skateboard.

We were given just under £100 to fund this project, around £18 went towards insurance for ourselves and the rest went towards food for the journey and transport back home. We rode for 2 hours then got stupidly tired so decided to hang out in Starbucks to rest we then spent the next 2 hours riding the rest of the way. That day we realised that a bus is probably better if you don’t want to feel exhausted, but a bus couldn’t give the experience we felt that day.

the needs Peckham has always been my home and it has a lot of history that I didn’t even know about until recently - such as Peckhamplex wasn’t always Peckhamplex, it used to be a Sainsbury’s before 1994, which was very surprising when I found out.

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of the This makes me realise how much Peckham has evolved over the years and that is what is so special about Peckham and I hope it continues to evolve as time goes on with things that meet the needs of the PeckhamPlex.com community.

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Symbolism through mundane imagery to set the poem’s tone

Idle trees remain still Yet maintain the personality of each branch

Personification of trees to symbolise human interconnectivity and Connection The juxtaposition between ‘separate’ and ‘connected’ highlights the strong relationship between the people of SE15 and their community.

The poem “Trees on Furley Road” is written in order to convey the duality of SE15, maintaining a myriad of cultures yet being connected to the same roots, similar to that of a tree.

Separate yet connected

The idea of it being “idle” reflects this as, although a tree may go through shifts as a result of the seasons/nature around it, it still remains the same and maintains its roots and what ultimately makes it itself, like in SE15, the community make it what it is, regardless of the changes that happen within the world.

Trees of Furley Road

PECKHAMPLEX Peckhamplex INTERVIEW appeals to everyone

Tobi talks to Simone Brown Director of Peckhamplex September 3 2021

PeckhamPlex is the only cinema in Peckham, since the closure of Odeon in the 1980s. With that being said, do you feel you have somewhat of an obligation to provide the service and quality which you currently provide to the audience of SE15?

It is not a question of obligation but one of continually striving to provide the best we can for our customers. As well as providing a range of films and events at an affordable price, we support and work with schools, youth groups and film clubs for disadvantaged young people. We work with local independent filmmakers giving many their first chance at screening their films, and support and host screenings for the local free film festival, colleges, universities and art galleries.

Last year, many entertainment businesses such as your own closed down as a result of the rise of COVID cases. To what extent has it affected the business? Do you still fear there is uncertainty when it comes to your area of operation and the pandemic?

Peckhamplex closed its doors for the first time in 25 years on 17th March 2020 and apart from a 4-week period in September 2020 remained closed until 3rd June 2021. Like many businesses we benefited from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund and Furlough initiatives which enabled us to maintain all our staff and keep the business afloat during the period of closure.

The levels of attendances are as expected and we anticipate it will be several months before admissions resemble pre covid levels. The exhibition sector relies on support from distributors so as long as there is a steady stream of films to show we are confident audiences will return.

The local government on several occasions have tried to enact gentrification, trying to close down PeckhamPlex in order to replace it with new housing, however, various petitions by locals have prevented this. How does it feel to be within such a community that relies on each other as you have served as the centre to many people’s childhoods and many people’s best form of entertainment?

It is heart-warming to know that Peckhamplex is thought of affectionately not only by the local community but further afield too. The site that Peckhamplex occupies has been part of Southwark’s redevelopment plans for many years and although we were aware of the various petitions to ‘Save the Plex’ our position was never in danger. Should anything happen to the building, we will be offered an alternative site within the town centre; Peckhamplex isn’t going anywhere.

A commitment to make our cinema affordable for the community Do you believe the strength of this tightly woven community in SE15 has any impact towards the operations of PeckhamPlex. What are your opinions on the atmosphere this brings alongside it?

Peckham is a very multicultural place and Peckhamplex appeals to everyone. Our customers are very interactive: we have those who dress up, musical lovers who sing along and dance in the aisles, and horror fans who shout “run” at the screen. When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, writer of the novel Half of a Yellow Sun, attended the screening of the film, the audience were just as interested in her revelation that she has her hairdone in Peckham as they were in the film.

Linking to this question, you provide the cheapest theatre service in London at only £4.99 for all ages, although competitors sell tickets at a greater price. Why is it this way?

We made a commitment to make our cinema affordable for the community and have maintained our £4.99 rate for more than 15 years.