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PHONE kiosks in Greenwich town centre are to become coffee pods!

You’ll be able to stop for a coffee – or even order one to collect – and help a charity when you pay for it. Red Box Coffee already operates from phone boxes in Brighton. Now they’re coming to Greenwich and will use listed boxes near St Alfege’s Church. The company will buy each box for a nominal £1 from BT’s Adopt a Kiosk scheme. The Turn to Page 16

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ack in 2012 when Boris Johnston’s cable car opened here we were first in the queue to climb aboard and give our verdict. Which was: It’s a tourist attraction, not a transport option (which was how it was sold to Londoners who paid the £55m bill.) It seems the operator TfL now accepts that. At a swish launch on the Thames last month, a new partnership between the Emirates Air Line and Thames Clippers was announced. There are family tickets and packages. And screens inside each pod tell the story of this fascinating part of south east London. The aim is

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to get residents and visitors to try the unique cable car. About time too. Try it! e shared our pod at the launch ninety metres above the Thames with engaging TV adventurer and author Simon Reeve (inset), who narrates the video, and its

producer Michael Hall of Sharp Cookies, for whom it brought back memories: “We filmed in a trolley dangling under a pod,” Michael told us. Gulp! ore trouble at the Trafalgar Tavern, we read. Couples who booked weddings there have been shocked to find – they

say without prior warning – ugly scaffolding (inset) around the historic building. Compensation will not be forthcoming. Greenwich Council may not be best pleased either. Its

here’s what YOU ask US Is the Foot Tunnel working yet? a tour, buy tickets for other Pretty much. There’s a celebratory London attractions (if you must!). walk this month – hosted by Discover Greenwich next door is friends group Fogwoft – to toast great for kids. t h e 1 1 2 t h b i r t h d a y o f t h e We came to see the Market but I Greenwich tunnel. Work was heard it’s going. Not any more! meant to be finished by April but Greenwich Hospital, which owns the final touches are still being put the site, won permission to build a to it. Hopefully the botched five- hotel but the recession has year £11.5million refurb will soon changed all that. We were first to be just a memory. Updates at www. report the plan had been delayed. greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/ Then the landlords announced it Travel/foot-tunnels.htm was OFF. They have applied for We heard about a yacht race planning permission for a new coming to Greenwich? roof and to put a smaller market That’ll be the Tall Ships Festival in in a yard next door. Historic S e p t e m b e r. T h e y r a c e f r o m buildings due to demolished have Falmouth to the Isle of Wight, then been reprieved. There’s been a cruise to Greenwich to moor here market here since the 1300s. during a five-day regatta. Details Is anyone using the cable car on Pages 8&9. yet? Cheeky! The Emirates Air I read that Greenwich is a World L i n e i s a m a z i n g a n d w e ’ r e Heritage Site? Yes, it was awarded pleased it’s here (See above). UN World Heritage Site status in Unfortunately it’s not much use the 1990s. It means our buildings for getting about – just four and history are so amazing they’re commuters were using it regularly recently – but it is a fabulous UN-protected. tourist attraction. Operators And it’s a Royal Borough? TfL have just announced Yes. We have 1,000 a tie-up with Thames years of Royal links. Clippers which we Henry VIII and hope will change Elizabeth I were its fortunes! born here and WANT TO ADVERTISE? We watched christened at St the Olympics in Alfege Church, HAVE A STORY? Greenwich. It in the town Call Matt on 07731 645828 looks a lot centre. In fact different now. Queen Elizabeth Matt@TheGreenwich There was a huge played under the 20,000 seater oak tree that now Visitor.com stadium here in bears her name in 2012. It was very Greenwich Park. Dating controversial, but most tests have just proved the tree – which fell down in a storm 20 people agree the Games were years ago – is the right age. The great. PS Can you believe it’s Queen granted Royal Status in now TWO YEARS ago?! February 2012. Museums. Are they free? Yes – What shou ld we do today? except the Fan Museum, which You’ve picked up a Greenwich has no public funding but a Visitor – good start. Next visit the world-leading collection of fans Tourist Information Centre at ( s e e P 4 ) . A n d t h e We r n h e r P e p y s H o u s e , 2 C u t t y S a r k Collection of art at Ranger ’s Gardens (just next to the Cutty House, run by English Heritage. Sark). It’s officially London’s best You pay to stand on the Meridian TIC. And the excellent staff there Line nowadays too. won the Gold Award in the 2013 There are a few empty shops Information Provider of the Year right now? What’s that all category of the Visit England about? It’s improving a little after excellence awards (after landing the recession. Some shops have Silver last year). You don’t HAVE closed because of building work to be a tourist to make the most of to update Greenwich Market. their expertise either. Get advice, Others blame high rent and repair buy tickets for boats, tube, DLR, bills, and have decided not to rail, bus and coach journeys, book renew leases.

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Tall Ships Festival is meant to be a photo opportunity for Greenwich, with our World Heritage Site its backdrop. Not a building site. ou just couldn’t escape the Tour de France this month. It started in Britain and hogged the sporting headlines as Sir Bradley Wiggins was dropped and Chris Froome tumbled. Intrepid Clarendon Hotel manager Ken Milton was a victim too. Ken says of his four-day solo London to Paris charity cycle trip: “I had many ups and downs, not least when I got lost due to road diversions for the Tour De France and heavy traffic entering Paris. But I made it to Gare du Nord at 3pm on July 1 in time for my 6.13 Eurostar train home.” Ken raised £2,163 for Demelza House children’s hospice charity. Ken, we salute you!

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MHA Trust Shop This is the place in The Greenwich Visitor where great local groups and people tell us what they do, why, and how you can help. This month: The Mental Health Activity Trust. WE’VE just opened the most unique shop in the world right here in Blackheath.

Our MHA Trust shop in Delacourt Road is so much more than a charity shop. As well as selling vintage clothing, books and art we find and provide employment for people with mental health problems, we’re a drop-in centre for people wanting to talk about mental health. And we hope to opening more soon. The idea is to employ three people in paid positions to run the shop, which will in turn help to fund more shops in Greenwich, to provide more employment. The MHA Trust was first set up to help people with mental health problems find full and part-time employment. But although the charity was successful we could not give out information abut the reuslts because of data protection and safeguarding vulnerable adults. That’s why we opened the MHA Trust charity shop at Delacourt Road, Blackheath. Now people can see and better understand what we we’re all about. Being employed with us means you get therapy, supervision and the opportunity to join in on our social activities and events. Since becoming a charity we have placed seven people with mental health problems in full-time and part-time employment. We also finance and support three people at University. And in the last three months since opening, we have placed two people in paid employment. We have 17 volunteers who come from all walks of life and we support many people in the community. Though some of our colleagues prefer to work in other industries we still provide the support and that support is throughout their working life and beyond. We are the first in the country – and probably in the world to do what we do. In September we’ll be running activity classes for the community – for a fee – to gain much-needed funds. These range from car maintenance, sewing, knitting, crochet, healthy cooking combined with health living, furniture restoration, card making and much more. Why do we do all this? It’s because we are passionate about helping and supporting people with mental health problems. We believe everyone has a right to live a fulfilling life free from stigma and discrimination. Want to know more? Call us at the MHA Trust on 0203 638 4712 or 0207 564 3087. Or you can email MHATrust@live.co.uk or drop in to the shop. You can find us on facebook.com/MHATrust or even follow us on Twitter @MHATrust.

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FLASH, BANG, WALLOP ...what a dazzling picture by Greenwich Visitor reader Sarah!

WHAT a striking image! Lightning arches over the Queen’s House in Greenwich during the storms last month. Sarah Jane Callow wins our Picture of the Month award for this wonderful shot. “It was an odd evening,” Sarah told us, “One minute we were sitting outside enjoying the weather then

suddenly it turned ominously dark and the storm started. It was amazing to watch and I lucked out getting this shot on my phone!“ She posted it on Twitter – @SJ_says_hi – and when we retweeted it lots of our followers did too. Sarah says: “I’m a true Greenwich girl...I couldn’t imagine living

anywhere else!” Kindly, she also adds: “You’re my favourite paper!“ )No, that’s NOT why she won!) Now send us your pictures of a great day here. You could win our monthly prize of wines from Spirited Wines of Blackheath. Email your best shot to Matt@TheGreenwichVisitor.com

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Miles Hedley’s pick of this month’s best events. Full listings begin on Page 19

Foot Tunnel celebration

NEAT: Cognac ad on fan Pictures: Papa Obeng

ASARA & THE SEA-MONSTRESS Writer and actor Mojisola Adebayo’s fairytale, which gets an outing at The Albany as part of its Hatched season of works in progress, draws on West African and Scandinavian folklore as it follows the fortunes of a left-handed girl in a righthanded realm. Aug 1

LIMBO - THE MUSICAL Humour, heartache, love and friendship are the themes of this new show - so new, in fact, that the producers’ Twitter feed reveals they only got Act One sorted a month before the opening night at the London Theatre in New Cross. It should be thrilling. Aug 5-10

MERDIAN TIME BREACH A late-night opening of the Royal Observatory’s terrific Longitude Punk’d exhibition, this adults-only event offers the chance to chat to George III’s Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne and use a giant Victorian telescope to observe Martians leaving the Red Planet. Aug 14

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CHARLTON v WIGAN The Addick’s first home game of the new season sees the Valley play host to the Championship’s only other Athletic side. Charlton will be hoping for better things in this campaign after their nerve-shredding late escape from the relegation zone in the spring. Aug 16

GREENWICH MUSIC TIME The Old Royal Naval College stages an atmospheric four-night musical extravaganza which features the Australian Pink Floyd Show – almost as good as the real thing - Goldfrapp, superstar opera singer Russell Watson and local hero Jools Holland. Aug 20-23

SLAVERY REMEMBRANCE DAY The National Maritime Museum is putting on free family events including workshops, music and talks in memory of the millions of people around the world who have been - or still are - victims of this crime against humanity. It ends with a riverside ceremony. Aug 23

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Bouquet Of Barbed Wire’s Susan Penhaligon and ex-Doctor Who girl Katy Manning star at Greenwich Theatre in this comedy by award-winning writer Philip Meeks about rival am-dram actresses who fall out over the key question: Who was the greatest Saint Joan? Aug 26-30

ARJIT SINGH Playback singers lay down the songs that Bollywood idols then mime to on film. And they don’t come much bigger than this man, who was discovered when he made the finals of India’s version of the TV t a l e n t s how F am e A cade m y. He’s guaranteed to pack the O2 arena. Aug 29

BUNDHUN & TASSELL Guitarist and competitive cross-country runner Chris Bundhun and tenor Greg Tassell met at the Royal Academy of Music and now tour the world playing anything from Bach to the Beatles. Catch them for free at one of St Alfege’s marvellous lunchtime recitals. Aug 30

FANTADSTIC! seduced by museum’s advertising treasures too. There is really useful information with each of the exhibits – you could be here all day. The museum is housed in a classic Georgian townhouse. And fans are TWO young mums are pushing their everywhere. From the small ante-room at buggies up Crooms Hill as I walk the entrance, up the stairs along the walls t o w a r d s T h e F a n M u s e u m i n on the stairs and on the second floor Greenwich. “Who’d want to visit a where Seduced! is housed. There are housands of them, and they’re Fan Museum?”one says to the other. tmesmerising. It’s also a great place for I’m about to find out why, on a trip to keen photographers too – the colours see its latest exhibition: and shades of the exhibits Seduced! Fans and the Art make for striking images. of Advertising. Just avoid flash. In the early 1900s, The Fan Museum has before glossy magazines, a shop where you TV, social media and could easily get The Fan Museum, internet marketing, carried away – G8 p brands that wanted to get Crooms Hill. Ma especially if you want noticed had to use their to start your own initiative. Fashion collection. houses, perfumeries, But you’ll probably restaurants and drinks Till Sept 28 want to sit and take manufacturers spotted the refreshments. Decorated possibilities of the fan – used by like a forest with vines and glamorous people of the time and trees along the walls and striking seen, therefore, in all the right places. Victorian chequerboard floor tiles, The Their use, and the range of their Orangery is a unique place to sit and have message, expanded through the decades. tea, coffee, cake and cream teas. The Fan Museum in Greenwich has Who’d want to visit a Fan Museum? pulled together examples from across the This is a place for everyone. If you’re a world – from its own vast collection and National Trust member you even get a elsewhere. There’s a striking mask fan for discount. I’m a teenager, and I found the Moet & Chandon champagne; a golden Museum a fascinating place to visit. Christian Dior fan, a Maison Prunier Paris Seduced! Fans and the Art of Advertising design by Robert Polack, Batschari makes it extra special. Even those young cigarettes and even a fan for Saint Hubert mums with buggies would love a visit too. aperitif. There are fun fans and saucy ones Info: www.thefanmuseum.org.uk AN acclaimed exhibition here tells the story of advertising and brands through fans. PAPA OBENG takes a visit to The Fan Museum in Greenwich

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Party in pyjamas THE popular Moonlit Walk returns next month to raise funds for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice. A 10km marshalled walk starts and finishes at Bexleyheath Broadway centre at 10pm on Saturday September 13. Comedian Jo Brand is making a special appearance at the start and there’s live music from the Rock Choir so you party in your PJs. Register at info@gbch.org. uk or call 020 8319 9230. Entry is £15 in advance or £25 on the night. The charity provides free specialist end of life nursing, medical care and support for local people living in Greenwich and Bexley. I n fo : w w w . c o m m u n i t y hospice.org.uk

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REFRESHING: The Orangery

JUDY DYBLE Legend is an overused word - but it’s spot on when applied to this veteran singersongwriter, the original vocalist of Fairport Convention and an early bandmate of King Crimson founder Robert Fripp. Don’t miss the chance to see her at the WM Jazz Club inside the O2. Aug 31

FRIENDS of the Foot Tunnels celebrate the 112th anniversary of the historic walkway under the Thames this month. Fogwoft is also marking the near completion of renovation works with a walk accompanied by speakers and musicians. The group – set up to protect the tunnels after a botched £11.5million refurbishment – says: “There is work still to do, but nevertheless it’s time to party!” The celebration in on August 3 at 3pm It adds: “Local people and visitors to Greenwich are warmly invited.” Greenwich Council said the tunnels were on target to be “substantially” complete this Spring. Info: www.fogwoft.com

YES YOU CAN CAN: Paul Colin work on ad for a cabaret

GREENWICH Comedy Festival is back this autumn – just as The Greenwich Visitor told you. The event will bring big names in stand-up to a Big Top at the National Maritime Museum next month. The line-up includes Arthur Smith, Rich Hall, Mark Thomas, Cardinal Burns, Nina Conti, and Seann Walsh.

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Why it’s time Variety made a comeback... FED up with stand-up? Book your tickets for a night of traditional entertainment updated for the 21st Century. Ben West tells why he has launched The House of Fun...

LADIES and Gentlemen...Variety is back on the bill. Ever-popular comedian Arthur Smith is returning to his roots to compere The House of Fun – the first of what I hope will became a regular show at Blackheath Halls.

BONS MOP: Felicity Duncan

The time is right. Since comedy became the new rock ‘n roll the world has been filled with live shows all over London featuring a succession stand-up comics telling joke after joke after joke. I feel it’s time for a change. I believe many people just like me want an evening that delivers even more. And the BBC seems to think the same. A review of its output found viewers are growing tired of the diet of long-running dramas and endless talent elimination shows. So it has piloted a new Variety show. I had the idea of a Variety show here after realising that today there is so much amazing talent, yet precious few opportunities to show it off. And the format suits someone like me – I like colourful, fast-moving multiplicity but have the attention span of a goldfish! For some people, putting the words ‘variety’ and ‘show’ together conjures up tired end-of-the pier jokers and music hall acts already old hat in the 1950s. But The House of Fun is placed very much here in the 21st Century – a modern variety show with a nod to tradition. In the inaugural show on Saturday October 18 we have achingly-original avante garde cabaret band Slapper – featuring Blackheath music maestro Harry McFarland on

guitar. There’s Magic Circle magician Scott Penrose, whose act is traditional but, according to the Daily Telegraph, “spectacular.” There’ll be theatre from Felicity Duncan – an extremely accomplished actress fresh from an innovative version of King Lear, a world tour of Mamma Mia! and from playing Liza Minnelli in the electrifying play, Liza Liza Liza. Also on the bill are Charlton crooners Danny and the Moonlighters, stand-up David Whitney – the “silver-tongued warrior” admired by Will Self – who lives here, and other local performers are planned. A local feel – though not so local that it alienates others – will run through it. And the whole thing will be segued by Arthur Smith, originally from Blackheath, and one of Blackheath Halls, Britain’s funniest and Road, Blackheath Lee most accomplished comedians. The superb Great Hall at the elegant Blackheath Halls – a Sat October 18 Grade II listed building – seems an ideal venue for the show. Believed to be the oldest surviving purpose-built cultural venue in the country, its acoustics are appreciated by the likes of English National Opera and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. With the only guarantee that there will be no clog dancing, the stage is set for an especially entertaining evening. The first of many that I very much hope you can join us for. Info: trinitylaban.ac.uk

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OUTRAGEOUS: Cabaret band Slapper

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DOZENS of tall ships will be in Greenwich and Woolwich next month in the biggest sail event for 25 years.. here’s your essential guide to the Tall Ships Festival What is the Tall Ships Festival?

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Greenwich is the destination for the Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta 2014. The sail training ships leave Falmouth on August 31 and race to the Needles, just west of the Isle of Wight. After that the ships “cruise in company” to Greenwich where they moor along our shoreline for five days, sailing daily up the Thames to London Bridge and back. So it’s a race? It is indeed (until the Isle of Wight anyway) organised by Sail Training International. It’s the biggest gathering of ships in London since the race was last here in 1989. To make the race fair, the ships are given a rating and time correction so in theory any boat could win.

Wasn’t there something similar a couple of years ago? There was. Sail

Royal Greenwich 2012 was a kind of test event during the Olympics in Greenwich. But to use nautical terms, it was a bit of a damp squib. The ships had to turn back at the Thames Barrier and many people who had travelled here were disappointed. Sail Royal Greenwich 2013 was more successful last year, so fingers crossed... What’s the route? Ships choose their own course judged by their captain to eke out advantage of angles and wind. How fast can the ships go? In the right winds, the faster ships could reach around 18 knots – that’s 21mph. They’ll be slower here, of course. When do the ships arrive? The first boats may be here on September 4. Why Greenwich? Greenwich Council put in a bid to host the event a few years back to recognise the borough’s maritime heritage – we have the longest river frontage in London – and to “boost the local economy.” Where should I stay? Shop around. Some of the hotels appear to have put up their prices for the event – a bit like the Olympics in 2012. Business is business, Knots...top we suppose. If you speed for have friends who live faster ships here try and find a bunk with them. If there’s a lot of you try hammocks!

What are the ships to look out for?

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Leila is interesting – built in Greenwich 122 years ago – is one of the five oldest sailing yachts still sailing in the UK and is coming back for the first time. And The Lady of Avenel has strong connections here – she was fitted out by Wilfred Dowman, owner of our beloved Cutty Sark. Where can I see the ships? Around 16 ships moor at Woolwich Pier in the Royal Arsenal. At the Victoria Deep Water Terminal – on the Greenwich Peninsula near Hanson Aggregates site – six larger Tall Ships will tie-up. Another ship – The Dar Mlodziezy – will be moored near Enderby Wharf a few hundred yards away. Six smaller ships moor near Greenwich Pier in the town centre. At West India Dock (technically the Isle of Dogs, but you should see them from here!) there will be 25 more.

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WHERE TALL SHIPS WILL MOOR with a nautical theme. Greenwich Council funds the Royal Greenwich Festivals each year, and this year it is part of the Tall Ships Festival. There’s street entertainment, comedy, music etc.

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MAJESTIC: Tall Ship JR Tolkien sweeps past Greenwich in this superb picture by Clive Reffell

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versially. Greenwich Council has refused to help Lewisham Council fund the big fireworks event on the Heath since 2009, but has put on displays for sailing events, including two nights here – on September 5 in Greenwich & 6 in Woolwich. Will Greenwich look different? Expect more flowers and cleaner streets! Businesses are also being asked to put up flags and bunting. Marketing packs are

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being made available. Shops are being asked to stay open longer. Will it be busy? Greenwich Council predicts “hundreds of thousands of people”. Visit Greenwich – the tourism body – says 1million. That’s why they hope businesses will get a boost. The same was said during the Olympics, though. So let’s wait and see! Residents will be affected. Controlled parking zones will operate for longer to “protect residents from visitors parking”. So if you’re not in a sevenday controlled parking zone you will be on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September. Affected zones are east of Greenwich Park – around Westcombe Park – Charlton and Woolwich. If you already have a permit it automatically covers you for the new hours, and you should receive extra visitor vouchers in the post. If you live in the new temporary parking zone you’ll be sent free permits too.

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RIver Festival: Barge parade 3-4.30pm. Launch show: featuring Peixos by Catalan street theatre company Sarruga: Maritime Greenwich 8.309.20pm. Mother Courage: Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre (GLYPT) and residents tell story of Woolwich Arsenal in Brecht play. Royal Arsenal. Fireworks: Maritime Greenwich 9.159.30pm

Royal Pageant: Gloriana & escort. Greenwich 11.30-1pm. Heritage rowing boat race: Trinity House 500 Challenge. Maritime Greenwich to Royal Arsenal Woolwich. Music of the Sea NMM 11-4.30. Mother Courage: GLYPT. Woolwich Arsenal.

Monday 8 September River Festival: Classic gaffers and smacks sail from Greenwich (2pm) to Woolwich (3.30pm). Ship visits: Greenwich Peninsula, Royal Arsenal, West India Dock.

Tuesday 9 September Parade of Sail: The finale, as all the ships depart together at noon, bringing the Tall Ships Festival to an end 1-4pm.

Most days Ship visits: Greenwich Peninsula, Royal Arsenal Woolwich, West India Dock. All day. Live entertainment, food and drink, markets and displays: Greenwich Peninsula, Maritime Greenwich, Royal Arsenal Woolwich. Riggers On masts of Cutty Sark. Pop-up theatre and dance: GLYPT & Greenwich Theatre. 10-5.30pm. Maritime Greenwich, Royal Arsenal Woolwich. Sail Royal Greenwich cruises: Depart Maritime Greenwich, Royal Arsenal Woolwich.

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See the tall ships at the following sites:

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Sunday 7 September

Tall Ships registered for race so far

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Here are the highlights:

Tall Ships Big Art and Storytelling exhibition: Royal Arsenal Woolwich 104pm. Crew parade and prizegiving: Over 1,000 people including tall ship crews, marching bands, local groups & floats in Greenwich town centre. 2-5pm. Shanties: Swinging the Lead. Cutty Sark 5pm. Free with admission price. Music festival: Royal Arsenal Woolwich 6.30. Mother Courage: GLYPT. Woolwich. Fireworks: Royal Arsenal 9.45-10pm.

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I live here but I’m not into boats... what’s it’s got to do with me?

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Schooner or sloop? DON’T know a Brig from a Barque? Or a Schooner from a Sloop? Use these handy silhouettes to work out what sort of tall ship you’re admiring.

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Alert on voyage T h e Ta l l S h i p s w e r e caught up in a terror alert on the Norwiegan leg of their international regatta last month. They were crusing in company from Fredrikstad to Bergen when authorities revealed a “vague but credible threat” in the area. Armed police were on the streets of Bergen and a “high alert” in place when the ships arrived and airspace above the city was shut down.

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NEW trust TO PROTECT buildings A NEW Trust has been set up to protect historic buildings here. Treasures that the Royal Borough of Greenwich Heritage Trust will look after include Charlton House (below), Greenwich Heritage Centre in Woolwich and the Tudor Barn in Eltham. War memorials are also under its remit. Greenwich Council says the not-for-profit set-up “will make it easier for residents to have a greater say in the futures of these buildings.” The new Trust’s Chief Executive Tracy Stringfellow said: “As a Charity, fundraising will become easier and that is vital to the sustainability of heritage services in these times of reduced central funding.”

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The woman changing the future for young people WHO’D want to work with young people? Back chatting; Snapchatting; Never tidying; saying “Innit” after every sentence?

(Trust me – I’m 15 and I speak from experience, writes PAPA OBENG.) Charlene Douglas wants to work with young people. And for a very good reason. She wants them to understand that every decision they take today will have a consequence in the future. This year she has launched Words Of Wisdom for Young People – WOW4YP – and is running free workshops to show them they can avoid a life ruined by crime. I meet her, appropriately, in the busy Age Exchange cafe in Blackheath, where people of every generation are talking and chatting. I ask here what inspired her to launch her social enterprise, which holds its first Street Life v Real Life workshop in Greenwich this month. “Firstly the probation service which I’ve worked in for the past nine years. “I’ve seen a lot of young people come through – a lot of young people that are not aware of the acts that they’re doing at the time which have lead them to come through the justice system which has resulted in them getting into situations that mess up their life. “They may have committed an offence which directly affects any job they want to go on to do later on in life, when they leave school. “You can actually see the heartbreak in them where they know they’ve actually done something wrong. “From there they go on a downward spiral and end up seeing that there’s nothing to live for. I feel upset when I see young people that just don’t feel

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any motivation and feel they haven’t got a life even though they’ve just started their lives.” So how can the workshops help? “I hope that young people who come along to a workshop will get information. I hope they’ll see how the consequences of crime can affect people and their families. Once young

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independent – they have people that care about them. I want to motivate young people to strive to do better.” And what’s her ultimate aim? “I want to get young people to be able to say ‘I could have gone this way but after this experience I wanna keep on the right track with my life’” But will young people listen to Charlene’s Words of Wisdom? What does she know? “Although I’ve not been through the experience of some other young people I’ve had friends and family who have been in custody. So I feel for them and I have to reach out for them. “There will be a motivational speaker Warren Ryan – who has fought and endured crime, gang and drug culture. Ola Popoola will share his journey about how he was affected by crime and its consequences. Others including the London Ambulance Service will be there to provide information that I believe will be relevant to young people.” Charlene reminds me a little of a character in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Charlene is the Ghost of Christmas Yet st Greenwich We To Come. , tre Community Cen After our meeting I Greenwich High Road l e a v e h o p i n g h e r workshops can work here in the present. people commit a The Street Life vs crime, if they end Real Life interactive up passing away or Fri Aug 22 12-3 youth workshop for all if they go into custody, young people will be at it’s the parents that get Greenwich West Community & the blame, whose lives change and who also endure the Arts Centre on Friday August 22 2014. Entry is free. consequences. Info: www.facebook.com/wow4yp “I want young people to realise that Follow on Twitter: @Wow4Yp although they’re young, they are not

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Vaccination Amnesty

We are running a Vaccination Amnesty until the end of September which means you can now get a complete vaccination course including a full health check for the price of a booster. If your pet’s vaccine has lapsed don’t miss this golden opportunity. Ask our reception team for a voucher or download one from our website.

Pet Health Club

From just £7.25 a month, our Pet Health Plan is a fantastic value-for-money scheme. It covers all the things you'd expect for your cat, dog or rabbit – health checks, vaccinations, flea, worm treatment, plus other benefits including discounts on neutering, dentistry, food, pet shop sales and more. It's the most affordable scheme for miles!

What’s the catch? There isn’t one! BARRIER ANIMAL CARE CLINIC Open seven days a week. Newly refurbished facilities including separate cat waiting area. Late evening appointments available. Free Dog Micro chipping courtesy of Dogs Trust.

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HIGH 500: Dance in Park

Hundreds skip in Park HUNDREDS of people took part in a huge skipping dance performance in Greenwich Park – choreographer Jorge Crecis’ Through & Out. Dance professionals, nondancers, children and adults joined the skipping extravaganza commissioned by Greenwich Dance as part of Big Dance 2014. More than 500 onlookers enjoyed two performances then joined in using an audio soundtrack on MP3 players which made it a totally immersive experience. J o rg e s a i d : “ T h e m o s t amazing and wonderful thing about Through & Out was the ending...it was incredible to see more than 500 people, including families and friends of the participants plus Park visitors releasing their inner child and skipping their hearts out.” Greenwich Dance Artistic Director Kat Bridge said: “This was one of our most ambitious participatory projects yet. I hope hundreds of people who skipped or watched have been inspired to be creative and active.”

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Greenwich Ecology Park, John Harrison Way, SE10 OQZ

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Pupil Tabitha’s a natural in ecology work placement TABITHA Gibbons had her dream Work Exprience placement at the wonderful Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park.

The 15-year-old – who lives in Greenwich and is a pupil at Sydenham School – spent 10 days at the centre, writes Jerome Monaghan. She has volunteered there since January but the placement meant she could become totally immersed in working at the two-hectare wetland site. Pictured (left) in a colourful field of invasive Goat’s Rue – encouraged because it’s nectar for the Park’s bees – Tabitha said: “I want to study earth sciences, and I have learnt a huge amount of ecology being here for a fortnight – it is also great getting to know the team better and seeing what happens here day-to-day. “I’ve done everything from helping younger children with pond dipping to assisting with a flowering plant survey – collecting and preserving samples and entering the results into a database. “We ended up with three pages of species. I also assisted with beekeeping. I had to put on all the

protective gear, but the bees were very docile.” She adds: “It has gone very quickly. I would quite happily live here!” Her supervisor at the Ecology Park Tony Day said: “When I say she has been a genuine member of the team, I really mean it. She has everything you could want from a work experience placement and more – she is intelligent, calm and mature. I can’t imagine Tabitha failing at anything she chooses to do.” Jene Kerr, Sydenham School’s Careers and Enterprise Coordinator said: “This year ’s ten-day Work Experience took our 15-year-olds far and wide with Greenwich Ecology Park standing alongside businesses and services all over London. “People have been enormously generous in giving students a taste of working life, at a crucial point in their school careers. They are owed a big thank-you.” Info: www.tcv.org.uk www.sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk

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Park It winner PARK It In The Market – the monthly vintage vehicle and music meet in Greenwich Market – has been voted the best event of its kind in London. Over 60 businesses and entertainers were nominated for this year’by the Mean Old Timers club came out top. Co-organiser Johnny R o c k e t s a i d : “ We ’ r e stunned and just want to show our appreciation to everyone involved.We would never be able to make it such a success without the support of the

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Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich Market, the staff, traders, retailers, drivers, riders, and the public. Park It is a proper community event and the aw a r d is f o r a ll the s e people. Viva la Vintage!” Gillie Bexson, Head of Property Greenwich Hospital which owns the Market, said: “Park It was up against serious corporate competition which makes it even more special.” The event – featuring music and food as well as vintage vehicles – is on the last Th u r s d ay o f each month. The next is on August 27 from 7pm. Info: Facebook: MeanOldTimers

From stomping, sexy electro-pop to moving downbeat hymns to love and lust, Goldfrapp are one of the finest British bands of the last 15 years. Alison Goldfrapp was once a backing singer for August Tricky. Now she’s a star in the eponymous band she formed in 1999 with Will Gregory. This is their only London show this year so if you have tickets you’re in for a treat.

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PREPARE to be dazzled! Founded in Adelaide in 1988 by guitarist Lee Smith, the Australian Pink Floyd have been seen by 30million fans. They’re the nearest thing to the original band. In fact Pink Floyd August drummer Nick Mason hired them to play at his 50th! Their recreations of the classic Pink Floyd songs like The Wall and Money are about as near as you’ll ever get to real thing.

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HAVE you booked yet? Two major music festivals are about to make this a star-struck summer of music to remember.

This month – in the grounds of Sir Christopher Wren’s atmospheric Old Royal Naval College – Greenwich Music Time brings four nights of top class music. Goldfrapp, Russell Watson, the Aussie Pink Floyd and Jools Holland will, we hope, provide entertainment to match their surroundings. In September – after a four-year wait –

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Call me, Simon!

Russell Watson Working class hero Russell Watson – whos style was once famously described as Pavarotti meets Frank Sinatra – brings us Proms on The Thames, with the 32-piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and guests Rhydian and Kerry Ellis. Expect classics, standards and songs from musicals, including one of his August p e r s o n a l favourites – Les Miserables. Epic stuff!

Jools Holland’s R&B Orchestra

Jools Holland started in local band Squeeze, built a TV career (and a quirky little studio in Blackheath) and has played with his heroes from Fats Domino to Ray Charles. With Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis and August brother Christopher at his side, Jools returns with his fabulous Rhythm and Blues Orchestra with guests Marc Almond, once of Soft Cell, and ex-Spice Girls Melanie C.

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OF STARS! organisers of OnBlackheath finally make their dream come true. Some 30,000 people are expected over a two-day music and foodie festival on Blackheath described by one of them – Terry Felgate – as “Glastonbury for Grown Ups”. Fingers crossed for fun family events that will live up to expectations, while respecting the feelings of those residents who fear noise and disturbance. Enjoy...and tell us what you think of the events: email Matt@TheGreenwichVisitor.com with thoughts and pictures.

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MUSICIAN Jimmy Hickmott needs your help t o m e e t h i s h e r o Pa u l Simon. His debut video for new album Nice Try Sunshine is a homage to the American singer-songwriter’s hit Call Me Al – and he hopes to cause a big enough sensation that Paul will hear about it. “ We w e n t t o g r e a t lengths to make the video for Teacher as close to the original as possible whilst also fitting with the theme of the single,” says the Greenwich singer. “I’m

ORIGIN-AL: Paul’s video

INSPIRATION-AL: Jimmy’s

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Folk-punk trailblazer Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls top the bill on Day Two of On Blackheath with support from Imelda May, Levellers, Athlete, Slowclub and Tom Hickcox. Look out for Chris Difford and Sept Glenn Tilbrook on The Village stage plus Stealing Sheepand exBeta Band Steve Mason on the Heavenly stage. There’s lots more food and theatre too.

trying to push this campaign to the next level so we really might have a chance of making Paul Simon take notice, watch the video, hear the track and get in touch.” Jimmy describes his m u s i c a s “ b o u n c y, percussive folk pop with a big chorus and just a hint of world weariness in the lyrics.” He says he became a fan of Paul Simon when his parents played his Graceland album on long drives for camping trips. See the video: youtu.be/1XV-aXQuadg Info: wwwfacebookcom /jimmy hickmottmusic

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our great greenwich visitor series NEXT time you feel claustrophobic in a packed commuter train, spare a thought for the working conditions of a medieval dene-hole digger.

What’s a dene-hole? Actually the word “dene” has nothing to do with rampaging Danes, or rural deans, but is an old English word for a valley or a hole in the ground, like the den of an animal. Dene-holes are chalk-wells – holes dug straight down into the ground to excavate chalk and bring it up to the surface for use as a fertiliser. Imagine yourself back in about AD 1200 as one of a small team of specialist chalk diggers, standing in the middle of a field. Today it is your turn to climb nearly 30 metres down a shaft not much wider than your hips, making use of footholds hacked into walls of compacted sand. The bottom is lit only by a faint gleam of daylight, perhaps supplemented by a stinky tallow candle. Radiating out from the base of the shaft is a series of room-sized chambers hacked into the chalk, which you proceed to attack with pick and shovel. You load lumps of chalk into a basket, and your mate up top hauls it to the surface. Literally thousands of dene-holes are known in chalk country (which means most of south-east England and the adjacent parts of France), but Greenwich has a special claim to fame because the true nature of dene-holes was first worked out near here. The famous archaeologist Flinders Petrie grew up in Charlton and learned his trade investigating local sites. He descended a dene-hole in Eltham, surveyed it, and wrote a pioneer learned article describing it. That hole has since been filled in, but you can at least stand on the spot, just off Eltham High Street, between a community centre and a big Sainsbury’s. A friend of Flinders Petrie –with the wonderful name of Flaxman Spurrell – had pioneered the study of dene-holes, and worked out that they had been dug by humans, but no one was really sure why. This uncertainty came to the fore when three deep holes suddenly appeared on Blackheath in 1878 and a committee was formed to investigate, beefed up with experts from the Greenwich Observatory and from London’s scientific societies. The first hole was in the middle of the heath, not far from the main Shooters Hill Road. The second appeared to the south-west, beside Hare and Billet Road, then the third appeared back near the centre again. It was obvious that some recent heavy rain had made the surface collapse into big underground voids. Similar subsidences had been recorded over the centuries all the way from Greenwich to the Channel coast. But what produced the underground voids? The experts understood local geology very well (having seen the strata exposed in railway cuttings and quarries) so they knew that chalk lay 30 metres underground. They also knew that rainwater can slowly dissolve chalk and can wash away sand.

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WE’RE FULL OF DENES TODAY! But they just could not understand how any sane human beings would dig a deep, dark, and dangerous hole where neither water nor any valuable mineral such as coal or iron could be extracted. Ironically there were men still alive at that time who had earned their living digging chalk wells and farmers whose lands had benefited greatly from chalk. But it was not until the 1950s that another investigator, John Caiger, provided a full explanation. The critical factor is rain. Much of the rain that falls in Britain sinks into the ground and eventually finds its way into rivers and the sea, rather than simply evaporating from the surface. This tends to wash nutrients out of the soil, leading ultimately to impoverished, acid heath or bogs. Much of the fertile farmland in

Britain actually results from centuries of human intervention, improving the soil structure and putting the right nutrients back. The purpose of dene-holes was to bring chalk from deep underground, to be spread over the fields up top. Frost would break up big lumps of chalk in the winter, to be ploughed into the soil in spring. Increased crop yields would come in autumn, and for several decades thereafter. Modern science understands that the key factor in chalk was calcium carbonate making soils less acid, but originally farmers worked everything out by trial and error. No-one knows when Blackheath’s deneholes were dug. Even if someone could now drill down to the cavities under the 1878 subsidences there might not be much dating evidence. People have dug deep shafts into the ground for over 5000 years, notably in search of water or flints, and the Roman writer Pliny knew about farmers digging down for chalk. However, most dene-holes seem to have been dug during the period of population growth between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and the Black Death in 1348. The dene-holes that collapsed in 1878 suggest that people once tried to turn Blackheath into fertile farmland. It was customary to dig either at field boundaries or else plumb in the middle of fields, because transport was the number one cost the diggers faced. Nowadays, chalk is dug by machinery out of a few huge quarries and burned into lime, which farmers can simply scatter off the back of a tractor. In mediaeval times everything was done by the sweated labour of man and horse, so it was less costly to dig straight down close to where the chalk was wanted. That is why such a vast number of separate dene-holes were dug across south east England. It was customary to declare a dene-hole finished once enough chalk had been hauled up, or its work-faces were too far from the shaft bottom. Then a tree-stump was chucked down the shaft and covered with excavated spoil. With soil spread on top, no visible trace would long remain on the surface, as the tree-stump rotted away over the centuries. Then the ground could subside and mystify later generations. The wider Greenwich area actually has a ground surface as pock-marked as the moon (though hidden underneath houses and trees) and there is a good chance that some strange dips result from dene-hole collapses. And very likely there will be more subsidences in the future. I hope to come back to the subject of dene-holes in a later column. The highest concentration of dene-holes anywhere in the world is around the river Cray, not far from Greenwich. And north of the Thames you can still peer down some open shafts, albeit through safety railings. You can even pay money to walk inside one strange tourist attraction that probably started out as a dene-hole.

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The 8th Blackheath Halls community opera was notable for many things - virtuosity, style, exuberance and wit, to name just a few - but it was the sheer scale of the enterprise that took my breath away. I can only think Blackheath’s streets must have been deserted for all four nights of Rossini’s joyful comic opera The Adventures Of Count Ory because it appeared that the entire population of the village was either on stage or in the audience during its riproaring run. In fact, about 150 locals, half of them schoolchildren, took part in this scintillating production, which revelled in the ludicrousness of a plot that involved aristocratic scoundrels, a worldly heroin, a love-smitten schoolboy and a fair dose of cross-dressing - as nuns, forsooth! Professional musicians lined up alongside Trinity Laban students under conductor Nicholas Jenkins to lead the cast through the stirring arias and anthems for which Rossini is so justly admired. And the amateur chorus were in no way outshone by the professional singers, whose number included Nicholas Sharratt as Ory, Steven Page as his tutor and Anna Devin as the object of his unrequited lust who foils his advances at every turn. Indeed, the amateurs were so good it was difficult to believe they weren’t English National Opera staffers moonlighting on a night off. Director Harry Fehr’s fun-filled and brilliant production was my first experience of a community opera. On this showing, it absolutely won’t be my last. MILES HEDLEY

our big rail fail in detail

RAIL timetables have been released for next January – as services from Greenwich to the West End are cut. Big changes for the Thameslink project including new platforms and a new concourse mean drastic changes for commuters and visitors here. Operators Southeastern say: •Charing Cross trains won’t stop at London Bridge from January 2015 until August 2016. •Then Cannon Street trains won’t stop there until early 2018. •Greenwich line services will no longer run direct to Charing Cross and will only run to Cannon Street. •There will be fewer peak trains – one fewer in the morning, and three fewer in the evening). The line will be served by longer trains. •New Cross and St Johns trains will only run to Cannon Street. Info: southeasternrailway.co.uk Read about changes to the historic Greenwich Line in our March edition at www.TheGreenwichVisitor.com

meeting says NO TO BRIDGE

ATTRACTION: Tour inside a dene-hole

LOCAL LAD: Archaeologist Flinders Petrie from Charlton

CAMPAIGNERS against a new road bridge at Plumstead “mobilised” within hours of a public consultation. A No To Gallions meeting heard about plans for the road crossing over The Thames and discussed the effect on traffic congestion, noise and air pollution. Activist Stewart Christie said: “This appears to be the same old plan dressed up as a new scheme. It wasn’t fit for purpose in the past and we doubt it is now. “Public transport improvements in South East London have only brought us up to the 20th century – we need to be looking at new, radical ideas.” Info: @NoToGallions & www.gallions.org

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here you live, by birth or choice, is important. You feel better when you feel good about – and involved in – where you live. Where better to show how you feel than though an art form. I live in Greenholm Road in Eltham Park and as part of the celebration for the Millennium and our street’s centenary I researched the history of our street. The exhibition became a book – A Hundred Years of a London Street – which shows the development of the street. It’s still a popular local book on suburban life. Copies are available at elthamarts@aol.co.uk ast year I organised a Celebrate Eltham in Verse poetry competition. This energised many adults and children to write about a place they knew and held in affection. Some spoke nostalgically about times past, but many, including children, wrote warmly about school and happy times spent in Eltham High Street and our many parks and open spaces. e all felt such pride when winners were announced, awards given and poems displayed. This was again celebrated when many were selected for a book Celebration of Eltham in Verse which was launched, a permanent record of the poets and the place. Copes from www. amazon. co.uk or Eltham Library. n 2014 people were asked to tell us about An Eltham Experience and wonderful short stories emerged. Stories of love and friendship, mysteries, history and ghosts of all sorts burst onto the pages, while people thought about the town and what it meant to them. Fiction, nonfiction and a mixture of the two, created stories which were funny, sad and unique. Watch out in the autumn for Tales of Eltham to come on to the literary stage. he Progress Estate in Eltham was built in 1915 for Woolwich Arsenal munitions workers. What a programme the estate is planning for its centenary next year! I was involved in the judging of a poster competition by children from local primary schools which will adorn Eltham and the surrounding area showing pride in where they live and its history. Stopping for a moment to create something about your town, a poem, a story, a poster can strengthen a sense of place and belonging. So have a go! Write a poem or story, paint a picture or even sing a song. alking about music. Don’t forget there is more free live music in Passey Place , Eltham High Street, on August 2 and 9.

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Eltham Summer Music Festival ELTHAM SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL, PASSEY PLACE, ELTHAM Saturday August 2

The RA Project 10-10.45am The Acoustic Chairs 12-12.45 Famous Last Words 1.15-2pm Imagine Jack 2.30-4.15pm

Saturday August 9

Alexander Lukov 10-10.30am Sound Refuge 11am-12 noon The Clays 12.30-1.30pm Gordon Webber/Steve Mac 2-3.30pm More info: Eltham Arts email Elthamarts@aol.co.uk or call 07976 355398

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Ancient Keeper’s Cottage is unearthed

THE remains of a 17th Century park keeper’s cottage were discovered during a two-week archaeological dig by volunteers in Greenwich Park.

It’s part of a complex of several buildings shown on early maps of the Park – including one by diarist Samuel Pepys in 1680. It was demolished in 1853 – soon after the only known image of the cottage was recorded in an early photograph. Local schools and volunteers took part in the excavation of the site last month in the first phase of a three-year community

project funded by The Royal Parks, The Royal Parks Foundation, English Heritage,and the Friends of Greenwich Park. The project is managed by a team of archaeologists from the Keevill Heritage Consultancy. The Royal Parks says the aim is “to discover and preserve Greenwich Park’s rich history through 28 “dig days” as well as school workshops over the next three years. Park Manager Graham Dear said: “Greenwich Park is the most historic of all London’s Royal Parks but much of this

history is lost. We know very little about the Keeper’s Cottage complex which for 200 years was the working hub of the Park. “With the help of local volunteers and school children we have the chance to unearth some of this hidden past. “We have already found interesting pottery and clay pipes, and volunteers have searched out tithe maps and early census records to reveal more of the Park’s history.” Info: www.royalparks.org.uk Read Graham Dear on the big dig in his monthly column ParkLife – Page 18

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coffee in the pod! Continued from P1 phone boxes are being used less and less because of the rise of mobile phones. The cost of maintaining them is said to be more than the money they bring in. But they are popular with tourists who pose for pictures next to the iconic symbols of Britain. The Greenwich phone boxes are know as K6 – or Jubilee Kiosks – and were designed by Gilbert Scott in 1936 to celebrate King George V’s Silver Jubilee. By the 1960’s almost 70,000 were dotted around the country. Other phone boxes around Britain have been turned into defibrillator bases, art galleries and a community library through Adopt a Kiosk. Red Box Coffee was launched two years ago by Eddie Ottewell and Steve Beeken, who franchise

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out the boxes they rent and the equipment in them. Ten per cent of every Red Box Coffee product sold goes to the charity Friends First, which helps people suffering homelessness, dependency and unemployment. Eddie said: “These iconic red phone boxes are both a great piece of engineering and architecture. “Our aim is to redefine the usage to suit modern day needs and requirements without compromising their external appearance. “It has been a journey of many twists, turns and obstacles as this had not been done before. “But once we had BT’s support the project was under way.” The kiosks will sell ice creams and frappes as well as coffee and tea.

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he current favourite curry house among many of the Curry Club is the often forgotten Chutney. Tucked away at the quieter end of Blackheath Road, this unpretentious venue delivers decent food at decent prices. It’s an ideal local for those regular spice fixes. The good old Chicken Tikka (£2.95) starter is tender and delicious drizzled in mint sauce and with a chunk of crisp salad. While the Tandoori Lamb Chops (£3.95) provide a tasty alternative. Main chicken dishes (Madras, Rogon, Dhansak) come in at £4.45, or for 30p extra go for a mind blowing Phall. It’s hot, as I know from experience. Mop your choice up with a couple of chapattis (95p each) or a Keema Nan (£2.10). And if you’re looking for something a bit different simply ask the staff, who are friendly and helpful. They might even point you towards the Mon Passan, a dish that’s been In association with created in-house. Spice Night at the Plume 020 8858 1661 pice Night at the Plume, the monthly pop up restaurant held at the Plume of Feathers has three more nights lined up. Monday September 1 is Classic Curry Night, Monday September 29 is Indian Street Food and Monday October 27 is Thai. Fixed menu from £15. All events have been full so please book at the email below well in advance. ummer is certainly the time to enjoy a discounted curry. In an attempt to drum up business a lot of places, especially takeaways, offer discounts. As reported last week, Mountain View is giving a 20% discount on all online orders. Now Indelicious in Blackheath Road has a 25% discount on orders made over the phone and 30% if collected. Ginger, on the Woolwich Road has bargain boxes for just £10 (popadom, chicken tikka starter, traditional curry, side, rice or nan) or for £5 a traditional curry, rice and nan. inally, in a effort to currify everything, a few of us have converted the names of Indian cricket players into tasty sounding dishes. ‘Shami’ kebab was an easy one but there’s also Vegetable ‘Jadeja’, Lamb ‘Dhoni’, Mixed Grill ‘Sharma’ and Chef’s Special ‘Rahane’. No, you’re right, we don’t think of anything else...

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I LOVE Grand Designs. The dream of buying a crumbling castle with views, saving it for the nation and living in it for my personal pleasure will never die. Severndroog Castle is just the sort of place I’d want. A romantic tower that’s more folly than fortress. With views over the city of London. And of seven counties – including Bedfordshire – from its vantage point 432 feet ood above sea level. y for fw a p e W It was built by Lady we revie Anne James in honour of her husband East India Company commodore Sir William James, who died at the age of 62. He had found fame by achieving victory in a battle with pirates at Suvarnadurg in India in 1755. Sadly I’m too late to snap up Sevendroog and have Kevin McCloud around to follow the inevitable ups and downs and running over budget. I’ve been beaten to it. The Sevenrdroog Preservation Trust acquired the building some years ago. And now it has finally reopened it the public (You can climb to the top and take in the fabulous views on Sunday, Thursday and Friday afternons) after a major restoration. So the nearest I shall really get to living here is to spend some time eating here. Which will just have to do... The new Castlewood Tea Room is open when the tower isn’t. And it’s a lovely place to while away an hour or so, perhaps after a walk in Oxleas Wood, where Severndroog sits in splendour right on the famous Green Chain Walk and the Capital Chain. Luckily, because of its height, there’s always a shady spot outside on a summer’s day. Inside there are benches, but the interior

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ook out, Chinese takeaway owners. A new national chain – said to be the first of its kind – says it’s coming to Greenwich. Hotcha has announced 50 franchised stores will be opening in London in the next three years. Entrepreneur James Liang says he’s looking for people to start up here. You’ll need about £75,000 plus a bank loan. Orders are booked centrally but delivered by the nearest franchisee. Seems a bit industrial to us... ll Bar One has launched it’s biggest venue in Britain - right here in Greenwich at the O2. The new venue has three floors, an espresso bar, cocktail and wine tasting tables, a DJ booth and top floor available for private hire. Designed for people heading to shows at the O2 – or leaving after them – the new bar is by the entrance of the famous dome. It’s open from 9am every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For celebrations, you can even hire a Cocktail Mixology Table where an expert will give your party guests a masterclass. Info: www. allbarone.co.uk t looks a little unloved, but the Kings Arms in Woolwich – at the top of Artillery Road – has new owners who, we’re told, are trying hard to make big changes. Community and charity events are on the way. We wish them well.. he Mitre in Greenwich town centre has had a makeover after being bought for £6.5million by pub giant Mitchell & Butler. The 18th Century coaching inn retains its best features, we can report. And has had a pretty good tidy up. Classic pub food is on the menu done “in the modern way”. Well worth a look. nyone guess which recently refurbished Greenwich pub is popular with a local book club because it’s “always nice and quiet”? Ouch...

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ave you ever found buried treasure? I like the idea. Perhaps I’ve read Treasure Island too many times. Roman coins or a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold would be great but I would settle for finding a nice piece of pottery. It was with these thoughts in mind that the Greenwich Park Big Dig began last month. For two weeks professional archaeologists, Graham and Kathy, from Keevill Archaeological Consultancy, lead a community dig. Generous funding from the Friends of Greenwich Park and the Royal Parks Foundation and support from English Heritage and the Field Studies Council means that for the next three years volunteers and school pupils will have the opportunity to take part in our very own Time Team dig in the Park. his year’s task was to try to find the remains of the old Keeper’s Cottage. We knew that the building was located near to Queen Elizabeth’s Oak and dated from at least the end of the 17th Century, finally being demolished in 1853 when the head keeper moved into the newly built lodge at Blackheath Gate. The only contemporary image of the cottage we had showed a substantial building and finding it would be easy I thought, using the modern techniques of Geophys, but the results were inconclusive. The very dry, compacted ground was not ideal for this method. The Sayer Map of 1840, showed that the Keeper’s Cottage was surrounded by a complex of out buildings and occupied a compound covering two acres. he first trenches of the dig soon turned up lots of 18th and 19th century pottery shards, roof tiles & slates but no foundations of buildings. Volunteers rose to the challenge and when it rained ran off to research the project. Volunteer Brian produced a copy of the 1841 census which identified the resident

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Friday August 1

KIDS A Sailor’s Amazing Adventure Nantional Maritime Museum 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 MUSIC Live Jazz Big Red Bus FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 PLAY Hatched: Asara & The SeaMonstress The Albany 3, 7pm JAZZ Living Sounds Mic Night WM Jazz Club, O2 MUSIC Sir John Holt And The Reggae Philharmonic IndigO2 DRAMA The Little Soldiers Greenwich Theatre 8pm JAZZ Nick Meier Oliver’s

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Saturday 2

OPEN DAY Fan Museum 11-5 FAMILY Eltham Summer Music Festival Passey Place: The RA Project 10, The Acoustic Chairs 12, Famous Last Words 1.15, Imagine Jack 2.30 FAMILY Fantastic Adventures Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm MUSIC Sir John Holt And Freddie McGregor IndigO2 JAZZ Lili Unwin Oliver’s

Sunday 3

WORKSHOP GPS Mapping NMM 10am, 2pm PARTICIPATE The Lost Room Greenwich Theatre 10-5 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Fantastic Adventures Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm FAMILY Steampunk Summer Fete Queen’s House. Noon MUSIC Lewisham Concert Band Greenwich Park Bandstand 2pm, 3.30 MUSIC Bollywood Showstoppers O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSIC North Mississippi Allstars Brooklyn Bowl

Monday 4

PARTICIPATE The Lost Room Greenwich Theatre 10-5 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FILM/PLAY Macbeth Link to Shakespeare’s Globe Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon KIDS Legends Of The Sea NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 5

FAMILY Islands On The Sea NMM 10.30am, 1pm COMEDY Open mic Big Red Bus SHOW Limbo - The Musical London Theatre 8pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 6

KIDS Dancing Sailor NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY War & Memory Curator’s Tour Queen’s House 1pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton

August

KIDS Summer Farmer’s Club For ages 11-18. The Woodlands Farm Trust 10-4 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS Sea Sayings NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 MUSIC Filippo di Bari Piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 FAMILY Meridian Time Breach Royal Observatory 7pm PLAY Club Class London Theatre 8pm MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 15 Eltham Summer Music Festival began in July. There are more events on Saturday August 2 and 9 in Passey Place.

SHOW Limbo - The Musical London Theatre 8pm JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 7

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS Sea Sayings NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 MUSIC Dinu-Mihai Stefan Piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 TOUR Dark Tales Old Royal Naval College 7pm JAZZ Robert Castelli’s Boom Quartet WM Jazz Club, O2 SHOW Limbo - The Musical London Theatre 8pm QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 8

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS A Sailor’s Amazing Adventure NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 MUSIC Live Jazz Big Red Bus CHARITY Talent Show Global Fusion Music & Arts fund-raiser Charlton House 7pm SHOW Limbo - The Musical London Theatre 8pm

Saturday 9

FAMILY Eltham Summer Music Festival Passey Place: Alexander Lukov 10, Sound Refuge 11, The Clays 12.30, Gordon Webber/Steve Mac 2 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY First Tea Company Enlistment Fair Cutty Sark 11-4 SALE Going For A Song Amersham Arms, from noon MUSIC Ivan Andrews Cello recital. St Alfege 1.05 THEATRE A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Pilot’s pub garden SHOW Limbo - The Musical London Theatre 8pm

Sunday 10

WORKSHOP GPS Mapping NMM 10am, 2pm

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY First Tea Company Enlistment Fair Cutty Sark 11-4 MUSIC Greenwich Concert Band Greenwich Park Bandstand 2pm, 3.30 SHOW Limbo - The Musical London Theatre 5pm FILM/OPERA La Traviata Link-up to Glyndebourne Picturehouse5.30 MUSIC Mark Harrison WM Jazz Club, O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

Monday 11

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS Legends Of The Sea NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FILM/PLAY Midsummer Night’s Dream Link to The Globe. Picturehouse. FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 12

KIDS Summer Farmer’s Club For ages 11-18. The Woodlands Farm Trust 10-4 FAMILY Islands On The Sea NMM 10.30am, 1pm COMEDY Open mic Big Red Bus PLAY Club Class London Theatre 8pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 13

KIDS Summer Farmer’s Club For ages 11-18. The Woodlands Farm Trust 10-4 KIDS Dancing Sailor NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY War Artists At Sea Curator Tour Queen’s House 1pm MUSIC Vinyl Night The Crown JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 MUSIC Slow Magic Brooklyn Bowl WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Club Class London Theatre 8pm JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 14

KIDS Summer Farmer’s Club For ages 11-18. The Woodlands Farm Trust 10-4 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS A Sailor’s Amazing Adventure NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 BLOOMS Blackheath Flower Club Mycenae House 1.45-4pm MUSIC Live Jazz Big Red Bus BALLET Giselle Churchill Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Makuini WM Jazz Club, O2 MUSIC DJ Yoda Brooklyn Bowl PLAY Club Class London Theatre 8pm JAZZ John Martin Oliver’s

Saturday 16

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Kids’ cinema Big Red Bus BALLET Giselle Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Wigan. The Valley 3pm PLAY Club Class London Theatre 8pm

Sunday 17

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 MUSIC Southwark Concert Band Greenwich Park Bandstand 2pm, 3.30 FAMILY Kids’ cinema Big Red Bus PLAY Club Class London Theatre 5pm TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

Monday 18

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS Legends Of The Sea NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 19

KIDS Orienteering The Woodlands Farm Trust 10-2 FAMILY Islands On The Sea NMM 10.30am, 1pm KIDS Flying Fish Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm COMEDY Open mic Big Red Bus PLAY April In Paris Churchill Theatre 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic

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Wednesday 20

KIDS Flying Fish Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm KIDS Dancing Sailor NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY Curator’s Tour Queen’s House 1pm MUSIC The Australian Pink Floyd Greenwich Music Time Festival ORNC 5pm PLAY April In Paris Churchill Theatre 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton WILDLIFE Bat Walk The Woodlands Farm Trust 8pm JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 21

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS Gone Sailing Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm KIDS Sea Sayings NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 PLAY April In Paris Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Goldfrapp Greenwich Music Time Festival ORNC 5pm TOUR Dark Tales ORNC 7pm MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 22

KIDS Be A Farmer For A Day The Woodlands Farm Trust 10am, 2pm FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS A Sailor’s Amazing Adventure NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 MUSIC Live Jazz Big Red Bus MUSIC Russell Watson Greenwich Music Time Festival ORNC 5pm PLAY April In Paris Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC The Get-Go Pelton Arms JAZZ Eric Ford Oliver’s

Saturday 23

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Kids’ cinema Big Red Bus FAMILY International Slavery Remembrance Day NMM 11-4.30 PLAY April In Paris Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Jools Holland Greenwich Music Time Festival ORNC 5pm MUSIC Kisstory IndigO2

Sunday 24

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Funday Face-painting, bouncy castle, music. Caribbean Kitchen. King’s

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Arms, Frances Street Woolwich. BEER Brewfest ORNC 11am-9pm FAMILY Kids’ cinema Big Red Bus TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSIC Dennis Greaves’ Blues Jam Pelton Arms

Monday Sept 1

MUSIC Deer Tick Brooklyn Bowl PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 2

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 DRAMA Kabale Und Liebe (in German) London Theatre 8 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Monday 25

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Funday King’s Arms, Frances Street Woolwich. BEER Brewfest ORNC 11am-9pm KIDS Legends Of The Sea NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

FAMILY War Artists At Sea Curator Tour Queen’s House 1pm KIDS Peppa Pig’s Big Splash Churchill Theatre 1pm, 4pm FILM/PLAY Two Gentlemen Of Verona Link to RSC Stratford Picturehouse7pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton WILDLIFE Bat Walk The Woodlands Farm Trust 7.30 DRAMA Kabale Und Liebe (in German) London Theatre 8 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

FAMILY Islands On The Sea NMM 10.30am, 1pm WILDLIFE Dragonfly Day The Woodlands Farm Trust 11-3 KIDS Gone Sailing Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm COMEDY Open mic Big Red Bus MUSIC English folk Lord Hood PLAY Keeping Up With The Joans Greenwich Theatre 7.30

Thursday 4

KIDS Peppa Pig’s Big Splash Churchill Theatre 10, 1, 4 FAMILY Afternoon Tea Queen’s House 1pm, 2.15, 3.30 MUSIC Richard Gillies Classical recital. St Alfege 1.05 TOUR Dark Tales ORNC 7pm FILM/PLAY Medea Link to National Theatre Picturehouse7pm DRAMA Kabale Und Liebe (in German) London Theatre 8 QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Wednesday 27

KIDS Science Investigators The Woodlands Farm Trust 11am, 2pm KIDS Ocean Waves Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s PLAY Keeping Up With The Joans Greenwich Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

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Friday 5

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30. Ocean Waves Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm KIDS Sea Sayings NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 Dancing Sailor NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM The City Of Lost Children Royal Observatory 6.30 PLAY Keeping Up With The Joans Greenwich Theatre 7.30 VINTAGE Park it In The Market WILDLIFE Bat Walk The Woodlands Farm Trust 7.45 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

FAMILY Tall Ships Festival NMM and Greenwich Riverfront MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC The ELO Experience Churchill Theatre 7.30 DRAMA Kabale Und Liebe (in German) London Theatre 8

Saturday 6

FAMILY Tiny Tall Ships Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm FAMILY Tall Ships Festival NMM and Greenwich Riverfront COMEDY Roy Chubby Brown Churchill Theatre 7.30 DRAMA Kabale Und Liebe (in German) London Theatre 8

Friday 29

Sunday 7

VOLUNTEER Nature Trail Dig-In Greenwich Park Wildlife Centre 9.30 FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 KIDS A Sailor’s Amazing Adventure NMM 11.30, 1.30, 3.30 FAMILY A Sailor’s Trafalgar Story NMM 12, 1, 2, 3 MUSIC Live Jazz Big Red Bus MUSIC Arijit Singh IndigO2 FAMILY Ant & Dec’s Takeaway On Tour O2 MUSICAL Bugle Boy Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY Keeping Up With The Joans Greenwich Theatre 7.30

FAMILY Tiny Tall Ships Cutty Sark 11.30am, 2pm FAMILY Tall Ships Festival NMM and Greenwich Riverfront FAMILY Music Of The Sea NMM 11-4 DRAMA Kabale Und Liebe (in German) London Theatre 5pm TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

Monday 8

FAMILY Tall Ships Festival NMM and Greenwich Riverfront PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 9

Saturday 30

Sunday 31

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Kids’ cinema Big Red Bus, Deptford JAZZ Judy Dyble WM Jazz Club at the O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

Greenwich’s Royal Observatory at has been home to eleven Astronomers Royal. Nevil Maskeleyne, who held the post from 1765 to 1811, is the subject of a talk at the National Maritime Museum on Thurs September 11

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Tuesday 26

FAMILY Ahoy, Captain! Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 VOLUNTEER Drop-In Greenwich Park Wildlife Centre 1-3 FAMILY Kids’ cinema Big Red Bus MUSIC Chris Bundhun, Greg Tassell Guitar & tenor recital St Alfege 1.05 PLAY Keeping Up With The Joans Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSICAL That’ll Be The Day Churchill Theatre 7.30 FAMILY Ant & Dec’s Takeaway On Tour O2

September

FAMILY Tall Ships Festival NMM and Greenwich Riverfront MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 COMEDY Dawn French Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY Bouncers London Theatre 8 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

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Wednesday 10

FAMILY War & Memory Curator’s Tour Queen’s House 1pm MUSIC Marcia Griffiths IndigO2 COMEDY Dawn French Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY Bouncers London Theatre 8 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 MUSIC Vinyl Night The Crown JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 11

MUSIC Jubilate Chamber Choir St Alfege 1.05

TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 2 TALK Nevil Maskelyne, 18th century Astronomer Royal NMM 6.15 FAMILY Meridian Time Breach Royal Observatory 7pm COMEDY Dawn French Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY Bouncers London Theatre 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 12

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 DANCE Room & Road Laban Theatre 6.30 COMEDY Dawn French Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY Bouncers London Theatre 8 MUSIC Kasia Kowalska & Wilki IndigO2

Saturday 13

MUSIC On Blackheath Massive Attack, Grace Jones, Aloe Blacc, Young Fathers, Joe Goddard plus food stages and theatre. FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Watford. The Valley 3pm DANCE Room & Road Laban Theatre 6.30 HUMOUR Wahala Comedy Clash IndigO2 MUSIC Kantanti St Alfege 7.30 PLAY Watching The Living Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PLAY Bouncers London Theatre 8 CHARITY Moonlit Walk for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice, 10pm

Sunday 14

MUSIC On Blackheath Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Imelda May, Levellers, Athlete, Slowclub, Tom Hickox, Chris Holland All-Star Band, Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford FILM Monarch First screening after renovation, with Q&A by director John Walsh Tricycle Cinema, London 3pm. PLAY Bouncers London Theatre 5pm MUSIC Hillsong United O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm PLAY Watching The Living Greenwich Theatre 7.30

Monday 15

PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 16

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 PLAY Price Of Money The Albany 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Wolves. The Valley 7.45 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 17

WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Price Of Money The Albany 7.30 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 18

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St Alfege 1.05 FAMILY Curator’s Tour Cutty Sark 3pm MUSIC The O’Jays IndigO2 TOUR Dark Tales ORNC 7pm PLAY Price Of Money The Albany 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 19

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC The O’Jays IndigO2 PLAY Price Of Money The Albany 7.30 MUSIC The Rhythms and Afunja Part of London African Music Festival. Charlton House 7.30

Saturday 20

FAMILY London Open House ORNC 1.30-4.30 FAMILY London Open House Queen’s House 11-4.30 PLAY Price Of Money The Albany 2.30, 7.30

Sunday 21

FAMILY London Open House ORNC 1.30-4.30 FAMILY London Open House Queen’s House 11-4.30 PLAY Me And My Cat? Greenwich Theatre 2pm RUGBY Blackheath v Fylde Rectory Field 3pm TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm COMEDY Ruby Wax Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC: Julie Felix/International Day of Peace Global Fusion Music and Arts event Charlton House 2-5pm

Monday 22

MUSIC Lisa Ueda Violin recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 MUSIC Meantime Jazz Blackheath Halls 7pm PLAY The Muddy Choir Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30 MUSIC Apelles Ogaga Part of London African Music Festival. Charlton House 7.30

Tuesday 23

PLAY Home Sweet Home The Albany 1pm MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 PLAY The Muddy Choir Greenwich Theatre 1.30, 7.30 MUSIC T-Pain IndigO2 SHOW Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 24

SHOW Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 FAMILY Curator’s Tour Queen’s House 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Home Sweet Home The Albany 7.30 STAND-UP Mark Thomas Comedy Festival NMM PLAY The Muddy Choir

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Greenwich Theatre 7.30 LITERATURE Naomi Wood: Mrs Hemingway Blackheath Halls 8 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

Thursday 25

MUSIC Julia Wallin Piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 SHOW Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 STAND-UP David O’Doherty, Doc Brown, Ed Gamble Comedy Festival NMM TALK Captain Cook NMM 6.15 COMEDY Lee Evans O2 PLAY Home Sweet Home The Albany 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms DRAMA Faust Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC JC & The Imaginary Bipolar Band Blackheath Halls 7.30 MUSIC Aubrei Woki & The Kalahari Band Part of London African Music Festival. Charlton Hs. 7.30 VINTAGE Park it In The Market QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 26

VOLUNTEER Nature Trail Dig-In Greenwich Pk Wildlife Centre 9.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 SHOW Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill Theatre 5pm, 8pm STAND-UP Milton Jones, Seann Walsh, Kerry Godliman, Carl Donnelly, Stephen K Amos, Felicity Ward, Arthur Smith Greenwich Comedy Festival NMM PLAY Home Sweet Home The Albany 5.30 MUSIC Wizkid IndigO2 COMEDY Lee Evans O2 DRAMA Faust Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Mosi Conde Part of London African Music Festival. Charlton House 7.30

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Saturday 27

VOLUNTEER Drop-In Greenwich Park Wildlife Centre 1-3 MUSIC Shir Levy Classical recital. St Alfege 1.05 SHOW Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill Theatre 2, 5, 8pm DRAMA Faust Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough. The Valley 3 COMEDY Lee Evans O2 STAND-UP Rich Hall, Stewart Francis, Andrew Maxwell, Craig Campbell, Cardinal Burns, Terry Alderton, Aisling Bea Comedy Festival NMM

Sunday 28

WORKSHOP Gateways To The First World War NMM 11-4 MUSIC Nikolai Demidenko Piano recital. Blackheath Halls 11am FAMILY Circus Workshop The Albany 12, 1.30, 3 BOOK LAUNCH The Adventures Of Miss Caroline Herschel Royal Observatory 2pm STAND-UP Ardal O’Hanlon, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Conti, Greenwich Comedy Festival NMM TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSIC Dennis Greaves’ Blues Jam Pelton Arms

Monday 29

MUSIC Chihiro Ono Violin recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 PERFORMANCE Simon Callow in The Man Jesus Churchill Theate 7.30 MUSIC Kylie Minogue O2 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 30

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Kylie Minogue O2 PLAY Edward II London Theatre 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

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WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Black Coffee Churchill Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 MUSIC Vinyl Night The Crown JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

Thursday 9

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Wednesday Oct 1

TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 2 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton MUSIC Kylie Minogue O2 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

Thursday 2

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 COMEDY Lee Evans O2 IN CONVERSATION An Evening With Roger Moore Churchill Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Alan Davies IndigO2 QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 3

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Trinity Laban Side By Side Blackheath Halls 6pm COMEDY Lee Evans O2 MUSIC Budka Suflera IndigO2 COMEDY Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen Churchill Theatre 8pm

Saturday 4

WORKSHOP Wild Flowers Greenwich Pk Wildlife Centre 9.30-4

CULTURE Fun Palaces All-day community celebration The Albany FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Birmingham. The Valley 3pm COMEDY Lee Evans O2 MUSIC Illegal Eagles IndigO2 COMEDY Shappi Khorsandi Blackheath Halls 8pm

Sunday 5

CULTURE Fun Palaces All-day community celebration The Albany RUGBY Blackheath v Tynedale Rectory Field 3pm TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

Monday 6

MUSIC Olga Paliy Piano recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 PLAY Black Coffee Churchill Theatre 7.30 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 7

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 PLAY Black Coffee Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 8

FAMILY Afternoon Tea Queen’s House 1pm, 2.15, 3.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 PLAY Black Coffee Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Pharrell Williams O2 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 10

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Pharrell Williams O2 PERFORMANCE Dancing With The Orange Dog The Albany 7.30 PLAY Black Coffee Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Jacqui Dankworth Blackheath Halls 8pm

Saturday 11

PLAY Black Coffee Churchill Theatre 2.30, 7.30 KIDS The Pied Piper Of Hamelin Blackheath Halls 3pm FILM/OPERA Verdi’s Macbeth Link-up to New York Met Picturehouse 5.55 MUSIC Carmel The Albany 7.30

Sunday 12

FAMILY Apple Day The Woodlands Farm Trust 11-4 MUSIC Catherine Bott Soprano recital. Blackheath Halls 11am KIDS Pirate And Parrot The Albany 1pm, 3pm MUSIC Ed Sheeran O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

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Tuesday 14

FESTIVAL Afrovibes The Albany MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Ed Sheeran O2 DRAMA The Taming Of The Shrew London Theatre 8pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 15

FESTIVAL Afrovibes The Albany MUSIC Ed Sheeran O2 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton DRAMA The Taming Of The Shrew London Theatre 8pm JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

Thursday 16

FESTIVAL Afrovibes The Albany MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM/BALLET Manon Link-up to Covent Garden Picturehouse7.15 THEATRE A Matter Of Memory And Myth Queen’s House 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton Arms PERFORMANCE One-Man Lord Of The Rings Churchill Th 7.45 DRAMA The Taming Of The Shrew London Theatre 8pm QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 17

FESTIVAL Afrovibes The Albany MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Motown Magic IndigO2 THEATRE: A Matter Of Memory And Myth Queen’s House 7.30 MUSIC Caro Emerald O2 DRAMA The Taming Of The Shrew London Theatre 8pm

Monday 13

FESTIVAL Afrovibes The Albany SHOW Eric & Little Ern Churchill Theatre 7.30

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MARKETS Greenwich Market: 10-5.30. Sat and Sun: Arts & crafts, food, fresh produce. Tues, Wed: Food, fresh produce, homewares. Thurs: food, antiques & collectables, crafts. Fri: Food, arts & crafts, antiques & collectibles Clocktower Market: 166 Greenwich High Rd. Sat, Sun 10-4. 50 quirky stalls specialising in vintage, retro and antiques. 07940 914204 Blackheath Farmers’ Market: Blackheath Station, 10-2 every Sun. lfm.org EXHIBITIONS/CRAFTS/COMMUNITY Royal Observatory: Longitude Punk’d. Till Jan 4. www.rmg.co.uk Old Royal Naval College: 10-5 daily. www.ornc.org Made In Greenwich: 324 Creek Road SE10 9SW. madeingreenwich.co.uk Tuesday-Sunday and Bank Holidays 11-5.30 The Fan Museum: Seduced! Fans And The Art Of Advertising. Till Sept 28. 12 Crooms Hill. 020 8305 1441 fan-museum.org.uk Age Exchange: Carers’ group Mon, knitters Thurs, preschool rhyme-time Fri. Old Bakehouse, Bennett Pk SE3 9LA. age-exchange.org.uk. National Maritime Museum: Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest For Longitude. Till Jan 4. Daily 10-5. www.rmg.co.uk Queen’s House: Rozanne Hawksley: War And Memory. Till Nov 14. War Artists At Sea. Till Feb. Daily 10-5. www.rmg.co.uk Greenwich Gallery & The Cave: Greenwich Group of London Independent Photography. Linear House, Peyton Place SE10 8RS. Aug 4-17 Paul McPherson Gallery: Kim Tong Sept 8-20, Stewart Smith Sept 22-Oct 4. 77 Lassell St SE10 9PJ. paulmcphersongallery.com Ben Oakley Gallery: 9 Turnpin La SE10 9JA. The Forum: Disabled drop-ins, mums’ groups, kids’ classes, advice. Trafalgar Rd SE10 9EQ. 020 8853 5212 Jazz Open Mic Nights: Mondays (exc Bank Hols) Mycenae House SE3, 8.30 Greenwich Heritage Centre: Artillery Square SE18 4DX. 020 8854 2452 WALKS Greenwich Guided Walks: Local experts. Walks daily at 12.15 and 2.15 from the Greenwich Tourist Information Centre. £8, £7 cons. Greenwich Tour Guides Association 07575772298 guides@greenwichtours.co.uk Rich Sylvester: Guide, historian, storyteller. 07833 538143. richs@onetel.com Dotmaker: Alternative guided walks. dotmakertours.co.uk FAMILY ACTIVITIES National Maritime Museum: Explore Saturdays. Free. Performance and storytelling for over-5s from noon. Discover Sundays. Free. Activities for families from 11.30am. Play Tuesdays. Free. For under-5s from 10.30

Venues

The Albany: Douglas Way, Deptford SE8 4AG. 020 8692 4446 thealbany.org.uk Amersham Arms: 388 New Cross Rd SE14 6TY. 020 8469 1499 Big Red Bus: 30 Deptford Church St SE8 4RZ. 020 3490 8346. bigredpizza.co.uk Blackheath Conservatoire: 19-21 Lee Rd SE3 9RQ. 020 8852 0234 conservatoire.org.uk Blackheath Halls: 23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ 020 8463 0100. blackheathhalls.com Charlton House: Charlton Rd SE7 8RP. 020 8856 3951 Churchill Theatre: High St, Bromley BR1 1HA. 0844 871 7620 Clarendon Hotel: Montpelier Row SE3 0RW. 020 8318 4321. clarendonhotel.com The Duke: 125 Creek Rd SE8 3BU. 020 8469 8260 The Eltham Centre: 2 Archery Road SE9 1HA. 020 8921 4344 Eltham Palace: Court Yard SE9 5QE. 020 8294 2548. english-heritage.org.uk The Forum: Trafalgar Rd SE10 9EQ. 0208 853 5212. office@forumatgreenwich.org The Green Pea: 92 Trafalgar Rd SE10 9UW. 020 8858 9319 Greenwich Communications Centre: 164 Trafalgar Rd SE10 9TZ. 020 8269 2103 Greenwich Dance: Borough Hall SE10 8RE. 020 8293 9741 greenwichdance.org.uk Greenwich Heritage Centre: Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich SE18 4DX Greenwich Theatre: Crooms Hill, SE10 8ES 020 8858 7755. greenwichtheatre.org.uk Greenwich Playhouse: Currently closed. www.galleontheatre.co.uk Laban: Creekside SE8 3DZ. 020 8463 0100 www.trinitylaban.ac.uk London Theatre: 443 New Cross Rd SE14 6TA. 020 8694 1888. thelondontheatre.com The Lord Hood: 300 Creek Rd, SE10 9SW. 020 8858 1836 Mycenae House: 90 Mycenae Rd SE3 7SE 020 8858 1749 mycenaehouse.co.uk National Maritime Museum: Romney Rd, SE10 9BJ 020 8858 0045 www.nmm.ac.uk 02, Indig02, WM Jazz, Building 6, Brooklyn Bowl: 0844 8560202 www.theo2.co.uk The Old Bakehouse: Bennett Park, Blackheath SE3 9LA Old Royal Naval College: SE10 9LW. 020 8269 4799 www.oldroyalnavalcollege.org Oliver’s: 9 Nevada St SE10 9JL. 020 8853 5970 www.oliversjazzbar.co.uk O’Neill’s: 52 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath SE3 0BH. 020 8463 9230 Pelton Arms: 23-5 Pelton St, SE10 9PQ 020 8858 0572. peltonarms.com Peter de Wit’s Cafe: 21 Greenwich Church St, SE10 9BJ. 020 8305 0045 The Railway: Blackheath Village SE3 9LE. 020 8852 2390 therailwayblackheath.co.uk The Royal Oak: 54 Charlton Lane, SE7 8LA. 020 8858 4771 St Alfege: Greenwich Church St. 020 8853 0687. st-alfege.org The Star And Garter: 60 Old Woolwich Rd SE10 9NY. 020 8305 1144 Trinity College of Music: King Charles Ct SE10 9JF. 020 8305 4444. tcm.ac.uk Up The Creek: 302 Creek Rd SE10 9SW. 020 8858 4581 upthecreekmanagement.co.uk Woodlands Farm Trust: 331 Shooters Hill Rd, Welling DA16 3RP 020 8319 8900 thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org.uk

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FESTIVAL Afrovibes The Albany WORKSHOP Science, Voyaging, Art, Empire NMM 10.30-4.30 FILM/OPERA Marriage Of Figaro Link-up to New York Met Picturehouse 5.55 MUSIC The Hollies Churchill Theatre 7.30 MUSIC The Big Reunion: Five, Damage, Blue, 911 O2 MUSIC Holly Johnson IndigO2 VARIETY The House of Fun Blackheath Halls 8pm DINNER Trafalgar Night ORNC DRAMA The Taming Of The Shrew London Theatre 8pm

Sunday 19

RUGBY Blackheath v Rosslyn Park Rectory Field 3pm DRAMA The Taming Of The Shrew London Theatre 5pm COMEDY Miranda Hart O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm

Monday 20

MUSIC Trio Quella Fiamma Blackheath Halls 1.10 MUSIC Stones In His Pockets Churchill Theatre 7.30 DRAMA The Trench Greenwich Theatre 8pm PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

Tuesday 21

DANCE Shiny The Albany 10.30, 1.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 JAZZ Beats In The Bar Blackheath Halls 7.30 HUMOUR Ha Ha Hood Churchill Theatre 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Bolton. The Valley 7.45 DRAMA The Trench Greenwich Theatre 8pm PLAY Hurricane Hill London Theatre 8pm MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 22

COMEDY Jethro Churchill 7.30 MUSIC OneRepublic O2 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 COMEDY Marcus Brigstocke Blackheath Halls 8pm PLAY Hurricane Hill London Theatre 8pm FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

Thursday 23

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK The Virtue Of Coffee NMM 6.30 MUSIC Lady Gaga O2 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 SHOW Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Motown’s Greatest Hits Churchill Theatre 7.30 QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 24

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Lady Gaga O2 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 SHOW Eric And Little Ern Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC The Sensational 60s Experience Churchill Th 7.30 PLAY Hurricane Hill

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Saturday 25

VOLUNTEER Drop-In Greenwich Pk Wildlife Centre 1-3 SHOW Eric And Little Ern Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 KIDS Pinocchio Blackheath Halls 3pm MUSIC Lady Gaga O2 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 COMEDY Paul Chowdhry Blackheath Halls 8pm PLAY Hurricane Hill London Theatre 8pm

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MUSIC Orbis Trio Classical recital Blackheath Halls 11am FILM/BALLET Legend Of Love Link-up to the Bloshoi Picturehouse 3pm PLAY Hurricane Hill London Theatre 5pm MUSIC Lady Gaga O2 TALENT Something for Sunday The Vanbrugh 7pm MUSIC Roy Orbison & Friends Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 MUSIC Dennis Greaves’ Blues Jam Pelton Arms

Monday 27

MUSIC Mark Gibbs Viola recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 FILM/OPERA I Due Foscari Link-up to Covent Garden Picturehouse7.15 PLAY Hunters Grimm Albany 7.30 PUB QUIZ The Vanbrugh 8.30

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MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 JAZZ Beats In The Bar Blackheath Halls 7.30 MUSIC Songs Of Sister Act Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood

Wednesday 29

MUSIC The Billy Joel Songbook Churchill Theatre 7.30 JAZZ Jazz At The Row Clarendon Hotel 8.30 PLAY We Happy Few Alexandra Players 7.45 Alexandra Hall, SE7 DRAMA The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30 FILM QUIZ The Green Pea 8.30

Thursday 30

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 KIDS The Queen’s Knickers Greenwich Theatre 2pm, 4pm PLAY We Happy Few Alexandra Players 7.45 Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Ave SE7 alexandraplayers.org.uk VINTAGE Park it In The Market QUIZ NIGHT Star & Garter 9pm

Friday 31

VOLUNTEER Nature Trail Dig-In Greenwich Pk Wildlife Centre 9.30 KIDS The Queen’s Knickers Greenwich Theatre 11am, 2pm MUSIC Trinity Laban recital ORNC chapel 1.05 MUSIC Joe Longthorne Churchill Theatre 7.30 PLAY We Happy Few Alexandra Players 7.45 Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Ave SE7 PLAY The Hunters Grimm The Albany 7.30

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