Herne Hill #124 (Autumn 2013)

HERNE HILL THE MAG A ZINE OF THE HERNE HILL SOCIET Y❧ ISSUE 124❧ AU TUMN❧ 2013

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SOCIETY’S NEW BOOK TO MARK BICENTENARY ▶ Celebration of Sir Henry Bessemer­- Turn to Page 7

THE GREAT FLOOD

WELL BREAD INDEED!

▶ Shops and homes in £4m clean-up ­- Turn to Page 5

▶ A roll-call of Herne Hill’s bakeries ­- Turn to Pages 12-13

Sry U HILL AND SLAVERY PFLull dviaents HERNE ▶ A lost link rediscovered­- Turn to Page 17 of

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THE HERNE HILL SOCIETY

The committee

CONTENTS

President Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Committee

Magazine

News New school in Herne Hill Velodrome appeal Music Festival 2013 Grim up North The Great Flood OBE for Herne Hill councillor Lambeth Heritage Festival Clock Tower Appeal New book from the Society Brain of Lambeth

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Planning & Licensing

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Bill Kirby Colin Wight chair@hernehillsociety.org.uk Laurence Marsh vicechair@hernehillsociety.org.uk Jeff Doorn secretary@hernehillsociety.org.uk Rosalind Glover treasurer@hernehillsociety.org.uk Cynthia Anderson John Brunton Ian McInnes Sheila Northover Elizabeth Ochagavia Jackie Plumridge Mike Richards

Comments & enquiries To advertise in the Magazine To comment on planning or licensing issues To order a publication Membership enquiries Local history enquiries Herne Hill notice boards Website Other issues

advertising@hernehillsociety.org.uk environmental@hernehillsociety.com publications@hernehillsociety.org.uk membership@hernehillsociety.org.uk localhistory@hernehillsociety.org.uk noticeboard@hernehillsociety.org.uk webeditor@hernehillsociety.org.uk enquiries@hernehillsociety.org.uk

Postal and online addresses The Herne Hill Society PO Box 27845 LONDON SE24 9XA

Features The Half Moon Hotel 11 Well Bread Indeed 12-13 Dulwich Picture Gallery 14 Secret of Sunset Avenue 15 The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 15 Flour Power 16 Herne Hill and Slavery 17 Summer competition 17 Diary of Events Herne Hill Society and other events

hernehillsociety.org.uk facebook.com/hernehillsociety Twitter @hernehillsoc

Councillors List of contacts

Copy deadline for the Winter issue is 22 October 2013.

Opinions expressed in the Magazine are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Herne Hill Society Committee, which likewise does not approve or endorse the quality or suitability of any goods or services advertised in the Magazine.

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NEWS

Traffic concerns over new school A new school is planned for Herne Hill. The Judith Kerr Primary School, a Free School, has secured the Dulwich Estate’s agreement to the assignment of King’s College London’s lease at 48 Half Moon Lane, the site of the former Sir James Black Laboratories.

The school will be a bilingual primary school (English/German) and is named after the celebrated children’s author and illustrator, Judith Kerr OBE, who was born in Germany in 1923 and came to this country as a refugee in 1936. Her best-known works include The Tiger who Came to Tea and the Mog series of picture books.

The school’s vision is for the children “to live and learn two or more cultures, preparing them to become socially active and open-minded citizens”. Its website lists the aims as: • Academic excellence – superb teaching, great opportunities • Community Engagement – personal responsibility through understanding • Personal Development – citizens of the world The parent backers of the school are generally not locally based, though there has been interest in the area (there is a German Kindergarten at St Faith’s nearby). The site has been selected partly because of its size and location, and partly because of its availability.

Subject to planning consent, it will possible to place temporary buildings on the site with the aim of allowing the school to start this September. The long-term plan is to convert the former laboratory block into classrooms for 350 pupils.

Whatever one thinks of the principles of Free Schools, the fact is that they are government policy and there is no doubt that Southwark needs additional primary school places. There is also likely to be an academy on the East Dulwich Hospital site at a later date.

Proposed site of the new Judith Kerr School on Half Moon Lane There is clearly a political imperative for the scheme to go through and most people have welcomed the principle of a school, as opposed to housing, on the site. However, there are concerns over the impact of traffic on local roads. There will be a significant number of children coming to the school by car as most will not live within walking distance.

Following a limited public consultation the initial scheme for the temporary accommodation has been amended to improve access in and out (drop-off will be within the site). But many local residents remain unconvinced. Half Moon Lane is a very busy commuter road and a large number of young children use the pavements to walk to the schools in Dulwich Village.

The Herne Hill and Dulwich Societies, and the Safer Routes to Schools Group, believe that there will have to be substantial safety improvements to Half Moon Lane, including the imposition of a 20mph speed limit and relocation of the pedestrian crossing adjacent to the site.

See also comments in Planning and Licensing report

Herne Hill Velodrome: Donations needed A milestone was reached at Herne Hill Velodrome on 6 June when work comprising a 250-metre track for juniors and less able cyclists, a multi-use games area and lighting around the main track was completed.

There was a celebration of the completion of this Phase 2 work in the renovation of the Velodrome and the occasion was also used to launch fundraising for Phase 3. The plan is to replace the derelict grandstand and other buildings. The Herne Hill

A view of how the new Velodrome pavilion could look after the £3m work Velodrome Trust has one year remaining to raise the £3 million to pay for the work.

Without the pavilion, which

will include changing facilities, training space, café and a gym, it will not be possible to generate the necessary income

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to run the site. The Velodrome’s future is not yet secure and donations of all sizes are still needed. Thanks to tremendous support from our MP, Councillors, cycling organisations, local and national businesses, the Trust is optimistic that the fund-raising target will be achieved.

For more information and how to donate, see the Herne Hill Velodrome Trust’s website at www.hhvt.org.

Charmian Hornsby

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The Herne Hill Music Festival, October 2013

The Festival will be back with a range of new musical projects and great concerts this autumn, running from Friday 11 October to Saturday 19 October.

New items in this year’s Festival are: Opera: Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio will be performed by Opera At Home at the Half Moon on the evening of Saturday 12. The plot is absurd, hilarious, and yet profound in the way familiar from early Mozart’s operas. There will be a chorus of local singers. The performance is funded by Dulwich Community Council Family Concerts: On Sunday 13 there will be a joint concert by the Koruso!

Community Choir and the London Consorts of Winds at St Faith’s Church, and on the afternoon of Saturday 19 there will be a performance by the amazing Massive Violins, 7 singing cellists, at the Methodist Hall in Half Moon Lane.

Choral Evensong: Also on Sunday 13, and also at St Faith’s, a Choral Evensong will be sung by Dulwich Chamber Choir.

This will bring together the congregations

The Koruso! Community Choir, who will be at the festival this year, in action of St Faith’s, St Paul’s and the public of Herne Hill.

Following the pattern of last year, on Friday 11, and again on Thursday 17, there will be performance by folk, blues, and gypsy jazz performances and songwriters, and on Tuesday 15 there will be a performance by Jazz Stars Territory and the Myke Masters Band at the Half Moon.

After the success of our composition competition last year, we are running a competition for writing for piano trio – violin, cello, and piano. 19 pieces have been sent in, and the Artdesamis trio have chosen three to perform in the Koruso in Concert final, along with a programme of

classical masterpieces. We are repeating our successful collaboration between the pupils of the Tippett Music Centre run by Lambeth Council, and Dulwich Symphony Orchestra. They will meet on the morning of 19 October to rehearse a programme, including an especially written piece of music, and will perform to parents and the public at lunchtime.

Our concluding concert should be ball – the Annual Autumn SCOre Ball – an evening of great eighteenth-century music and dancing performed by the South Circular Orchestra at the St Faith’s Centre.

Full programme details and ticket sales, go to hernehillfestival.org Alan Taylor l Reproduced by kind permission of PRIVATE EYE magazine / Duncan McCoshan and Jem Packer, www.private-eye.co.uk.

The English Heritage Blue Plaque to the athletics coach, journalist, author and publisher Scipio Augustus (Sam) Mussabini was unveiled in July 2012 on the wall of 84 Burbage Road, where he lived from 1913 until his death in 1927.

Our Thanks to Nick Baker Since 2010 Nick Baker has been production editor for this Magazine. During that time he has been responsible for the design and layout of 11 issues. When he took on the job, the Magazine looked pretty much like every other local

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amenity group’s newsletter. But Nick immediately carried out a transformation.

Adopting an innovative and distinctive approach, he totally and successfully transformed the publication into something that looked exciting and that people, not just local residents

of Herne Hill, would want to have and to read. In addition he found time to design our best-selling Short History of Herne Hill. We are greatly indebted to him.

Nick has now decided to relinquish his involvement with the Magazine. We will miss his

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design skills and his originality.

Fortunately Mike Richards, a relatively recent arrival in Herne Hill and resident of Herne Hill Road, has agreed to take over from Nick for the time being until we can find a permanent replacement – volunteers welcome!

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THE GREAT FLOOD

Residents shocked and businesses hit hard after feared £4m worth of damage from a burst water pipe Up to 50 homes and business were badly hit after a burst water pipe flooded the centre of Herne Hill in the middle of the night, leaving cars half-submerged and firemen forced into boats to help.

Nine years after the same stretch of Half Moon Lane was hit by a flood, residents and traders woke up to chaotic scenes, with the waters stretching around to Railton Road nearly as far as the station.

Dulwich Road, Norwood Road and Herne Hill were all partially closed.

Many shops and restaurants were shut and some may not reopen for weeks, with the total cost of the clean-up expected to hit £4million, one of the largest flooding claims in recent times.

Buildings in Half Moon Lane, including the Half Moon pub and Boland’s Wine Bar, which is now No22 restaurant, were badly affected by flooding in 2004 after torrential rain.

The Half Moon Pub was said to be similarly hit this time with flooding in the basement. Carlo Lepore, who co-owns Ye Olde Bakery near the Half Moon, added: “We’ve lost a whole day’s trade,

Luckily it’s not sewage water. I think we got off lightly here.”

Grant Fox, of the Fruit Garden in Railton Road, added: “Around the drain [by the shop] there was a whirlpool going really high. We couldn’t come in here at all.

Around the Half Moon pub it was chest high. Our fridges have all blown.”

A Thames Water spokesman said: “A 3ft-wide water pipe burst in Herne Hill at the junction of Half Moon Lane at around 5am [on August 7]. This caused substantial flooding to the road and 36 properties in the area. We’re really

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sorry to affected customers and we are working hard to put things right as quickly as possible.

“Our main priority is to get people’s lives and businesses back to normal. Our loss adjusters are en route and will soon be talking to people to get the insurance process under way. If our pipe has burst and caused damage then it’s our responsibility to put things right.”

Brixton Fire Station manager Bruce Grain was at the scene and said: “Our crews are well equipped to deal with floods, and we have lots of specialist skills and equipment.”

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OBE for Herne Hill councillor Councillor Clare Whelan DL, Thurlow Park Ward, received her OBE at Buckingham Palace on 7 June.

The official citation states that her award was for “services to local government in Lambeth, London”. The ceremony was presided over by HRH Prince Charles. Clare is a Deputy Lieutenant of London,

former Cabinet Member for the Environment (2002– 2006) and has represented Thurlow Park Ward since 1990.

She is also a non-executive director of Waste Resources Action Planning and a member of the Local Government Environment Board. Clare was also Mayor of Lambeth in 2000–2001.

Lambeth Heritage Festival 2013 Lambeth Archives Open Day, with its history talks and local society stalls, has long been a favourite in the Herne Hill Society and Lambeth Local History calendars.

This year is going to be different, as Lambeth’s first Heritage Festival, with a varied programme of free events, will take place during September.

Lambeth Archives, together with the Lambeth Local History Forum, has put together a diverse programme of over 40 separate talks, tours, exhibitions, workshops and guided walks. Glancing through the programme, I see there will be a talk on Wednesday 4 September, 7pm, at the Carnegie Library, called Tracing the History of Your Herne Hill House – surely a must for us all.

The following week, on Wednesday 11 September, another event caught my eye: a Walk and Talk on Women of the South Bank at 2pm at St John’s Church, Waterloo.

Later that day, our own regular monthly talk celebrates 100 years of King’s College Hospital at the usual time 7.30 for 7.45pm start at the United Church Hall Red Post Hill. Put the date in your diary!

There are many more events of interest to come, including the Brain of Lambeth Quiz. If you would like join a Herne Hill Society Team, please contact our Secretary, Jeff Doorn (email inside front cover).

The month will close with the familiar Lambeth Archives Open Day, on Saturday 28 September. This year the theme will be “1913 - Edwardian Swansong”. There will

be talks, exhibitions, book stalls and local society stands all linked around theme of life in South London just before the outbreak of the First World War. The Herne Hill Society publications stand will be there, with a chance to buy our latest book, The Story of Sir Henry Bessemer.

For further information, look out for the colourful programme Lambeth Heritage Festival in libraries, or go to www.lambeth. gov.uk/heritagefestival2013. For the most up-to-date information about events, try the Facebook page www.facebook.com/ LambethHeritageFestival2013, a one-stop shop for information about the festival as it is happening; or the Archives’ twitter feed @LambethArchives.

Clock-Tower Restoration Appeal Fundraising to restore Brockwell Park’s historic clock-tower was launched on 16 July at a ceremony next to the clock, where Rudy Daley JP, former Lambeth Mayor, accompanied by members of his family, set the ball rolling with a generous donation made in memory of his wife, Una Maud Daley.

The iconic clock and tower, next to Brockwell Hall, were presented to the Park by Charles Ernest Tritton, the second MP for Norwood, in 1897, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

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The clock kept time for nearly 100 years. However, it hasn’t worked for the past two decades and, along with the tower, has become increasingly the worse for wear. Our illustration gives an impression of how the clock-tower could look if restored to its former glory.

The estimated cost of restoration and repair work is £20,000. If you would like to donate to this worthwhile project, you can do so on the Friends of Brockwell Park (FoBP) website at: www. brockwellpark.com; or by post

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to Peter Bradley, FoBP Chair, PO Box 27810, London SE24 9WN (cheques made out to Friends of Brockwell Park).

Donations, large or small, are welcome. All donors will be acknowledged in a commemorative booklet, to be produced by the Herne Hill Society, when the clock and tower are restored.

The Project Group, chaired

by Peter Bradley, includes representatives of the FoBP, Brockwell Park Community Partners and the Herne Hill Society, working with Lambeth Council.

NEWS

New publication by the Society to celebrate a bicentenary Henry Bessemer, inventor and entrepreneur, was one of the most outstanding personalities of his day.

He was responsible for many important inventions and developments; and was particularly known for the Bessemer process that enabled high-quality steel to be produced cheaply and in large quantities.

Without this invention, the expansion of industry and manufacturing seen in the second half of the 19th century could not have taken place. But he also had many other inventions that are included in the Herne Hill Society’s latest book: a new, expanded and revised edition of Patricia Jenkyns’ 1984 publication The Story of Sir Henry Bessemer.

Henry was born in 1813, so this is an appropriate time for our book to be published as a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth. And it is particularly relevant to Herne Hill, he having spent the last 35 years of his life in an opulent mansion (Bessemer House)

A view of Sir Henry Bessemer’s estate on Denmark Hill running down from the main house surrounded by a great estate. Both are now gone, the house once standing just to the north of the junction of Denmark Hill and Sunray Avenue and the estate including the land between Green Dale and Red Post Hill and running down to the railway at North Dulwich. The front cover illustration above shows Henry walking in the garden of his estate with Bessemer House behind.

The Story of Sir Henry Bessemer describes Henry’s life and work from his

birth in Charlton near Hitchin Hertfordshire, through his time in Herne Hill to his death in 1898 and burial in West Norwood Cemetery. Written for the general reader, it includes some unpublished pictures. l The Story of Sir Henry Bessemer, 54 pages, 45 illustrations, is available from the Herne Hill Society, PO Box 27845, London SE24 9XA, price £5.00, p&p £1.50 (£3.00 per copy for two or more copies).

Inventor, innovator, businessman...

Much of Sir Henry Bessemer’s success was based on his steel process, which he is shown above demonstrating to the Shah of Persia. He lived in style in Herne Hill for the last 35 years of his life

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Planning & Licensing 62–68 Half Moon Lane (See also separate article in this Magazine) The Society has made extensive comments on the application to build temporary classrooms on this site. There is no objection to the use but there are concerns about the traffic impact. We consider the applicant’s traffic studies to be flawed and missing key data.

We are also concerned about the impact of parents dropping off children on a site so close to a busy junction and the potential impact of increasing parking stress in the area.

The Society has made a number of comments and suggested conditions that should be met in the event of permission being granted. We have also expressed concern about the long-term future of the whole of the site, with its splendid trees. The application is likely to be considered in September.

80 Half Moon Lane The Society supported an application for what seemed to us a very exciting piece of eco-friendly contemporary design for a new house on a piece of railway land near North Dulwich station.

Southwark refused the application on what seemed to be rather spurious grounds relating to the loss of a wildlife corridor. The applicant, with the Society’s support, has successfully appealed.

84 Railton Road The Society has been supporting a member and local resident over concerns about this block of flats that was not built in accordance with the designs on which the original planning approval was granted. This has been a long-running saga.

However, eventually the owners managed to obtain permission from Lambeth to retain the building but with some alterations.

Permission was granted subject to the work being completed within a specified time-scale. This time-scale wasn’t met. The Society, the local resident and Herne Hill Ward Councillor Boucher have been trying, so far without success, to arrange a meeting with planning enforcement staff.

128 Herne Hill (former petrol station site) Lambeth officers have ignored both the Council’s own protocols and the Planning Committee’s clear instructions to consult with local groups about how the ‘Section 106’ funds from the developers should be spent on projects to benefit the area. The Friends of Brockwell Park have agreed on how to use funds available for park improvements. But no decision has yet been reached on the balance of the funds.

The Society has approached the current owners about the choice of name for the new building. The owners have never sought local views, but hoardings refer to ‘Academy House’ (also ‘Academic House’), which the Society are not very impressed by.

The owners have not responded to the Society’s recent enquiry on this point.

Tesco’s There have been four recent applications for a range of proposals relating to shop fronts, signage, a refrigeration unit at high level and an ATM. As the building is in a conservation area, the Society has made a number of comments relating to servicing the ATM, the visual impact of the signs and their illumination, and the materials proposed for the refrigeration enclosure.

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164 Denmark Hill While not objecting, the Society offered comments on this application. Revised plans have now been approved that make only insubstantial changes to the front elevation. And instead of having two more or less new, symmetrically placed, front doors and removing the original central current portico, the left hand door is now tucked away so that it cannot be seen from the front.

Milkwood Road housing scheme The Society successfully opposed an earlier overly dense scheme.

But we supported the present scheme on which work has just started to construct a two/three storey building comprising six town houses and 36 apartments, for Peabody Housing. There have recently been a number of additional applications dealing with minor conditions attached to the planning permission.

However, there are two other issues of interest. The developer has asked the Society to suggest for a name for the completed building and we have offered a number of ideas. In addition, there is a signed s106 agreement worth over £200,000 on which there has been no local consultation. The Society has been pressing Lambeth for this to be addressed.

Dorchester Drive Applications for extensions to three houses in Dorchester Drive were reported in the last Magazine. One has been turned down but two approved. This is despite the proposals seeming to be contrary to Lambeth’s own guidance on housing extensions.

2 Frankfurt Road The Society objected to an application to build a detached house on this site and it was subsequently refused. The applicant appealed the decision and permission has now been granted by the Planning Inspector.

The Hypnotik, 75–79 Norwood Road At a trial held in June before a District Judge at Tower Bridge Magistrates Court, the Hypnotik’s owner was found guilty of the offence of failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice which required the use of the land as a night club to stop.

The case was adjourned to Camberwell Magistrates Court for sentencing on 3 July. However, at this hearing, Southwark made an application for a Confiscation Order against the premises.

After much discussion of legal points the Judge, having no power to impose such an Order and lacking necessary information on the owner’s financial position, committed the case for sentencing to the Crown Court. We understand that it could be some months before the final outcome is decided.

Dee Dee’s, 77 Herne Hill An application by the owner of these premises to extend the night-time hours of operation was heard in June by Southwark Licensing Sub-Committee. The Society objected to the application, along with 31 others mainly citing the additional disruption and noise that would result from extending the operating hours. A representative of the Society’s planning group attended the hearing and spoke against the application.

Southwark Licensing Sub-Committee refused the application.

It also imposed an additional condition that the external tables and chairs on the front balcony should remain outside at all times and be fixed in situ. This was in response to concerns expressed by nearby residents about the noise made by transferring the furniture to inside the premises late at night.

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TRANSPORT New parking zones to push daytime demand to Southwark Parking in Herne Hill Residents’ parking – Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) – are notoriously divisive, but as the train services get more attractive, development and activity increase and nearby streets have parking restrictions introduced. The pressures mount on residents, particularly those who have to use their cars during the day.

In the past, council parking officers introduced new zones as parking stress increased and safety and pedestrian inconvenience issues got worse near corners. Usually they would anticipate the ‘spill-over’ likely to occur into adjacent streets – often in the face of vociferous opposition of some residents. Now they tend only to respond to residents’ pressures on a street-by-street basis. Despite claims, CPZs do not generate significant money.

Lambeth Council has been considering and consulting for the last seven years on a CPZ which was originally proposed to cover the residential streets between Milkwood Road, Herne Hill, and King’s College Hospital. The area around the hospital was made a CPZ in 2009.

Inconclusive consultations continued on sub-divisions south of Poplar Walk. Finally, after a public meeting in October 2011 and a further round of consultation, councillors agreed in December 2012 to extend the CPZ on a street-by-street basis, with no second chance for streets where a majority were against the introduction of restrictions.

It is now planned that CPZs will be introduced in late summer 2013 in Poplar Walk and Heron Road; and in Rollscourt, Cosbycote, Kestrel, and Shardcroft Avenues.

This will push the daytime parking demand (particularly from parents using Ruskin House Nursery and Herne Hill School) on to the Southwark side of Herne Hill – the ‘north Dulwich triangle’.

Residents near the proposed Judith Kerr Primary School on the old King’s College site at the foot of Holmdene Avenue would also see more daytime parking.

Mayor’s roads report: £30bn plan, but even more costly ambition The Mayor of London’s Roads Task Force Report The report, and the Mayor’s response, call for £30 billion to be invested in London’s roads over the next 20 years. The report has much to commend it. It calls for more road space to be used for public open space; regeneration of run-down town centres; reducing the demand for car travel; more intelligent equipment and electronic systems to enable roads to be used more efficiently and safely; and better protection for vulnerable road users (80 per cent of those killed or seriously injured on London’s roads are – pedestrians and cyclists).

Much of the resulting shopping list is well known. The Elephant and Castle northern roundabout is scheduled to be remodelled by 2016, as part of the wider regeneration.

Camberwell Green is mentioned for improvements to the public open space in the longer term. A new idea that hit the headlines was the suggestion to explore how parts of the South Circular could be put in tunnel. This would be hugely disruptive, enormously expensive, and would still need junctions when it surfaces.

German trains mean more per hour, and they will stop at Herne Hill German trains through Herne Hill No, it’s not a new extension to the Eurostar.

The Department for Transport has finally confirmed the contract for Siemens in Germany to build (and probably more importantly, finance) 1,140 new carriages to be operated on the Thameslink services.

The decision was originally announced in June 2011. But confirmation was delayed while the implications of choosing the German group over Derby-based Bombardier was chewed over… and also while the details of the private finance deal were finalised. The first trains are, optimistically, expected to come into service in 2016, with the full fleet operational by the end of 2018.

The trains will have a new signalling system which, when linked with the new trackside equipment, will enable 24 trains an hour to go through the core line between Blackfriars and St Pancras. The Df T has confirmed that some of these trains will call at Herne Hill.

Bil Harrison, Transport Correspondent

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The Brain of Lambeth

l The Lambethans Society will be holding their 2013 Brain of Lambeth competition on Thursday 26 September at Lambeth Town Hall, starting at 7.30 pm. Teams of four are invited to enter for this ‘pub quiz’ style competition, with rounds of questions on general knowledge, Lambeth and London. Entry fee is £2.00 per team. For further information, contact the Lambethans’ quiz organiser, John Moore, at moore309.hotmail.com or phone (020) 8677 6490.

Why not give it a go?

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The Half Moon in 1899, and, below, as it is now

The Half Moon Hotel Ian McInnes reports on a local landmark

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s reported in the last Magazine, proposals are being developed to partially redevelop this landmark Grade 2* building.

These will include refurbishing the fabric and interior, five flats on the upper floors, and converting the stable block to the rear to a two-bedroom house with garden.

The National Inventory of Pub Interiors describes the Half Moon as “a tremendously exuberant piece of pub architecture with some marvellous fittings to match”. It adds that “the biggest reasons for making a trip here is the ‘snug bar’, tucked away at the back on the left. This has no fewer than six lovely back-painted mirrors depicting a variety of birds in watery surroundings. Two small labels helpfully inform us that they are the work of ‘W. Gibbs & Sons glass decorators’ of Blackfriars.

In this room there is also a screen to the servery – but what a shame the snob screens have been removed from it. Two other screens have etched, cut and coloured

glass with pretty lozenges depicting barley, hops and foliage.”

The present building is the third pub on this site, all called Half Moon. It was designed and built in 1894–96 in the “Jacobeathan Revival” style by James W Brooker FRIBA (1853–1904). The highly ornamented exterior is typical of large public houses built at this time.

The pub was a commercial success.

Local Edwardian postcards always show a number of horse drawn buses outside it, which must have been good for business.

In his notebooks for December 1899, social researcher Charles Booth called it “an elaborate, florid, large, newly erected public house opposite Herne Hill Station”

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and noted that it had sold “a year or so ago” for £64,000. This was a huge sum in those days when one of the large houses in Stradella Road nearby cost less than a £1,000.

James Brooker also designed the adjacent shops on both sides of Half Moon Lane (originally called the Springfield Parade) and the alternate Dutch/Tudor gabled houses at Nos. 1–7 and 13–23 Burbage Road. His office was at 13 Railway Approach, London Bridge and he lived in East Dulwich.

Brooker is primarily known now for his public houses. In addition to the “Half Moon”, these included the “Yorkshire Grey” at the corner of Theobalds Road and Gray’s Inn Road (also listed), the “Coach & Horses” in Clerkenwell, the “Pride of Devonshire” on Balham High Road, the “Spanish Arms” in Lower Marsh, and the “Hop Pole” in Hammersmith.

Other projects in his relatively short career included a number of commercial premises in the City of London, the Penge Tabernacle, and houses in Grove Vale (he designed the Imperial Hall there), East Dulwich, Brockley Rise, Clapham, Tolworth and Sevenoaks.

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WELL BREAD

Herne Hill has become the bread capital of South London. Be

Kindred Bakery 23 Half Moon Lane For Anthony Kindred it was a choice between BT engineer or baker. The National Bakery School at Elephant & Castle won out and he joined the family business.

His grandfather baked during World War II in Peckham. They worked together at Mayfair Bakery (in what is now a hairdresser’s) on the corner of Rosendale Road and Guernsey Grove.

Yeast is in the genes and his son Ben Kindred started working with him in 2000, perfecting the croissant, based on patissier training in Belgium and France.

“Pastry is more forgiving,” Anthony says, and he prefers to bake family favourite Apple Turnovers and Eccles Cakes. His wife Lisa concentrates on cakes, and the artistic flourishes with modelling and icing.

Anthony gets up at 3.30 a.m. every day to prepare his first batch. “You can’t rush bread,”

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Blackbird Bakery 230 Railton Rd he says, and he has three shops to bake for: there is also a large one in Gypsy Road and a small one in Dulwich Village with a tearoom.

They supply the caterers rather than the functions directly and bake any bread to order given 24 hours’ notice.

Bakers are friendly, he says, and even if they are commercial rivals, they can always borrow flour and yeast from each other if need be. The BBC and Channel 4 have called on Anthony’s expert knowledge to help them develop TV programmes.

Anthony feels honoured to be elected President of The National Association of Bakers for 2013-14. He will represent all craft bakers and be speaking to Government and other food industry leaders.

While Anthony tours the country, Ben will continue to develop the wholesale side of the business and keep Herne Hill’s businesses well supplied.

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Eamonn Sweeney learned his trade in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts before starting a bakery in Milkwood Road. He wanted to raise the quality of artisan bread by not using commercial yeast in his wholesale company, ‘Four & Twenty’, from which sprang Blackbird Bakery.

In 2005 he opened his shop in Herne Hill, managed by Ashley Griffiths. “It was big enough at the time. But it became smaller as we became bigger.” In February they moved further along the parade into the outlet that used to be Selections. He now has shops in Crystal Palace, East Dulwich Grove and West Norwood.

There are also bakers at Herne Hill’s Sunday Farmers’ Market: Tart, Ashley Hay-Campbell’s

l This article was written before the floods of 7 August businesses, including the Kindred Bakery. Many in Hal It is likely to be some weeks before everything is back to

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ecca Thackray holds a roll-call of our early-morning heroes

Owners Anthony Kindred (far left) and Dave Bell (right) outside their shops in Herne Hill

Ye Olde Bakery 323 Railton Road Love And Cake and Richard Scroggs’s Old Post Office Bakery. Richard is delighted at the appetite for bread in Herne Hill. Tart’s bestseller is a British chorizo (cured sausage with herbs and spice), sun-blushed tomatoes and basil pastry. “We make what people seem to like, bake nearby in Brixton and sell in Herne Hill which we love,” they say. “What could be better?”

Each stall in the market is vetted to minimise competition with local traders, and their quality and presentation is checked.

Ye Olde Bakery and Blackbird Bakery have a stall as well as their shops. Bread stalls do consistently well and not at the expense of resident bakeries. Locals are highly into bread it seems.

t that caused serious problems to residents and lf Moon Lane have been particularly badly affected. normal.

At the age of four, Dave Bell climbed up on a stool to watch his mother baking and said: “One day I’m going to be a baker.” Born and bred in Kestrel Avenue, he learned his trade from Carlo La Pore, who is now his business partner. He had his eye on his shop when it was Broomfields and then Crusty Cob. Dave has worked for Tony Kindred who, he says with a grin, pinched his Spotted Dick – specially hand-held for office workers.

While Dave is talking, Grant from the Fruit Garden pops in with a tray of avocados needing warmth in the icy weather. Dave loves being a trader in Herne Hill – “It’s a village within a city”.

Dave likes his produce to have as few additives as possible – shortening and margarine act as preservatives. Soya bread avoids fats and contains few ‘E’ numbers.

Dave explains that people who are allergic to

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genetically engineered soya have turned to soda bread. He inherited his mother’s soda bread recipe: three blends of buttermilk, egg, water, baking powder, salt - plus “a little bit of David’s magic”.

Sourdough is the earliest bread in existence and dates back to the Iron Age, he says. He shows me a starter made of honey and apples from Rosendale allotments, a mix he has had for five years. It will only go off if it stops fermenting. It takes seven to 10 days to make with rye flour and is low in gluten so quickly digested.

White, brown and multi-seed loaves vary in how much husk they have. Dave says multiseed’s low glycaemic index makes it as healthy as wholemeal. He shows me to a Mexican seed called chia containing more Omega 3 than salmon and more fibre than flaxseed. We don’t get to discuss his range of sandwiches; he has customers to attend to.

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f you have not been to Dulwich Picture Gallery recently, go to see its new layout and presentation. The permanent collection has been re-hung to bring out the best, often placing familiar works in surprising juxtaposition, offering striking contrasts. The main gallery’s walls have been repainted “Sloane Red”, the colour Sir John used in place of the original ochre; and the ceiling is now a tasteful offwhite. In addition, the Poussin room has been thinned down; while throughout the gallery pictures which were high up have been brought down to eye level, revealing details previously missed. The Dutch pictures are shown in a line for greater continuity.

The new hang happily coincides with the acquisition of a painting dating from about 1830, “Viewing at Dulwich Picture Gallery” by James Stephanoff. The watercolour shows how the gallery looked at the time; its placement allows the visitor to compare the early nineteenth-century and early twenty-first-century views. We can see not only how the types of furniture and position of paintings have changed, but how,

Jeff Doorn discovers the gallery’s fresh look for example, cleaning and restoring of a Veronese uncovered details not previously known.

An extra attraction from now until 12 January 2014 is a special display celebrating Margaret Desenfans, who died 200 years ago. Thanks to her fortune her husband Noel began his career as art collector; she also provided funds to allow the gallery to be built, as well as donating fine furniture.

Highlight of the display is the Joshua Reynolds portrait of Margaret.

Also featured are silver, glasses and an account book of dinners for Royal Academicians.

The exhibition, A Crisis of Brilliance, 1908–1922, previewed in our last issue, continues to 22 September, accompanied by a beautiful, informative

catalogue and a fun children’s trail.

It is an eye-opening and ultimately moving presentation, ranging from the early works by an amazingly talented group of young artists to their development within significant early twentieth-century movements. Their personal relationships are covered in depth, and we follow their lives from fresh promise to various degrees of recognition, fame or neglect and disillusion. Tragically, several ended in suicide. This important exhibition, which includes rarely seen works, is intensely revealing and deeply affecting.

Open Tuesday–Friday 10am-5pm; weekends and Bank Holiday Mondays 11am–5pm. Gallery and exhibition £11, seniors £10, cons £6; Friends and children free.

Left: James Stephanoff, “Viewing at Dulwich Picture Gallery” (c.1830, watercolour). Compare with the look of the gallery now, above.

By permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Inset above: Joshua Reynolds, “Margaret Morris, Mrs Desenfans” 1757, oil on canvas. On loan from a private collection.

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The SECRET OF SUNSET ROAD

Sheila Absolon reveals it ...

Whenever people come into the Temple Bowling Club at 1a Sunset Road, opposite Sunray Avenue, either to bowl, to hire the large hall or use the club’s facilities, they invariably say: “Well, I have lived in this area all my life and I never knew this place existed!”

The club is hidden in the square formed by the houses along Denmark Hill, Herne Hill Road, Ferndene Road and Sunset Road. The road is aptly named. Sit on the club-house’s long veranda, which faces

south-west, and you can look out over the two greens, drink in hand and watch the amazing sight of the sun setting. Our club was founded in 1881 by Mr Temple, a publican, behind his public house at Camberwell Green.

After moving to a few different sites, in 1931 it settled at its present location.

The present club-house was built two years later. It now incorporates an indoor bowling green on the first floor.

The members recently refurbished these indoor greens, laying a new bowling carpet, and new furniture and an electronic score board were installed. Some five years ago

a Croquet Section was formed, using the second green as their ‘home’. The club has excellent social facilities, including pool, snooker, darts, table tennis, race nights, quiz nights and other social events.

Social membership is available at a reasonable cost and the hall, kitchen and other facilities can be hired for weddings, parties, meetings etc.

We are having an active recruitment drive.

New bowlers, social members and visitors are always made welcome, with free use of equipment and free bowling tuition prior to joining as a member. You can find out more at www.templebowling.webs.com

“We are only trustees for those that come after us”

By Val Suebsaeng Matthew Slocombe, Director of The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, gave a fascinating illustrated talk at our May meeting. The Society was founded in 1877 by William Morris, with the aim of counteracting the highly destructive “restoration” of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects.

Today it is the largest, oldest and most technically expert national pressure group fighting to save old buildings from decay, demolition and damage. The society advises, educates and campaigns.

It also encourages excellence in new design to enrich and complement the historic environment.

We heard that the society’s HQ at 37 Spital Square E1 was built in 1740 on the site of the

Priory of St Mary, which was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries. Built by Peter Ogier, a French Huguenot and Silk weaver, the house was used for silk production, as well as being a domestic residence, and was still being used in the silk trade as late as the 1881 census. However, by 1900 a family of Russian Jewish leather-workers, described as Pursemakers,

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were living and working there.

Many of the other Georgian houses in the area were lost by the mid 1970s. But number 37 survived, and was fully restored by the SPAB for its HQ. It is opened to the public during the Open House weekend in September each year. Becoming a member of the SPAB entitles you to visit sites, attend evening lectures in the autumn, and receive the magazine.

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Jean Kerrigan, the Chair of the Friends of Windmill Gardens, spoke with passion, enthusiasm and detailed knowledge, about the history and future of the windmill to the HHS June meeting.

The windmill was constructed in 1816 and was in use until 1862.

During the 1850s the surrounding cornfields began to be replaced by houses which deprived the mill of sufficient wind power for effective working. It continued to be used for storage. Between 1902 and 1934 a steam engine was installed, followed

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FLOUR POWER Val Suebsaeng hears the story of Brixton’s windmill by a gas engine, which enabled flour to be produced again. Although bought by the London County Council in 1957, the windmill fell into disrepair over the next half century. It needed underpinning as there were no foundations; it suffered severely from pigeon damage, and there were plants growing in the woodwork and between the bricks. From 2003, local people, through the Friends of Windmill Gardens, fought hard to raise funds to restore and open the mill again.

In May 2011 the restored windmill was opened by the Great-

great-great grandson of the original miller to public acclaim. Some 2000 local people joined the parade which walked from Brixton Town Hall up to the windmill for the ceremony.

The windmill is open to the public and tours are run by volunteers one weekend a month.

Look on the website for details: www.brixtonwindmill.org.uk In 2016 the mill will celebrate its 200th anniversary and it is hoped that by then, the windmill will be working again to produce flour, though powered not by wind but by electricity.

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HERNE HILL AND SLAVERY Laurence Marsh discovers a lost link

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ne used to say that history lies beneath our feet, but today one could equally well say that it lies beneath an index finger, as at a click of a mouse vast databases give up their secrets.

I had recent experience of this when my attention was caught by a short item in Jackson’s Oxford Journal of 3 November 1821 announcing the marriage of Sarah Esther, daughter of Judah Cohen of Herne Hill Cottage, to J. H. Cohen Esq. of Kingston Jamaica.

That brought to mind a fine estate map that John Brunton had shown me. It was dated 1833 and showed the estate of a certain Colonel Richard Gubbins who owned some 20 properties – all long gone – along what is now the Lambeth side of Herne Hill and what in time became Gubyon Avenue (but then extending little further than Shardcroft Avenue). The name “Gubyon” may well derive from this early owner. And around the edges of the estate are the names of the neighbouring landowners, including that of Judah Cohen.

Herne Hill Cottage had been the home of one of the great operatic divas of her day, Anna Storace (b.1765). John Soane, her friend and eminent architect and antiquarian, had done work on the house. It stood on a site where 5 Dorchester Drive stands today. Storace had died in 1817, but nothing was known of any subsequent owner.

My researches soon revealed that Cohen was a merchant, with an address in the City at Leman Street, Goodman’s Fields. He was born in London in 1768 and married at Kingston, Jamaica, Grace Gomes da Costa in 1794. They had 14 children. He died at Herne Hill on 8 September 1838 and is buried at Brady Street Jewish Cemetery in London. During his life he gave generously to charities and he was one of the founding “proprietors” of the University of London in 1825.

The connection with Jamaica was particularly intriguing. Further research showed that Cohen owned, in his own right, more than 2,000 acres on Jamaica, plantations that would have been used mainly for growing sugar cane. The largest was the Potsdam plantation in the Parish of St Elizabeth. At this time such owners owned not merely the land but also the slaves who toiled on the plantations. Cohen owned more than

700 slaves in his own right and, together with his brothers Hyman and Henry, almost 1400, a significant number though far from the largest.

Slavery was abolished under the Slavery Abolition Act 1834 and slave-owners became entitled to compensation from the British government on the basis that the state was confiscating their property. Indeed, Cohen had been a signatory to a letter to the Morning Post on 27 April 1832 urging this point, part of a vociferous campaign at the time. The government gave in and Parliament voted to make a sum of no less than £20 million available for compensation in British colonies – a vast sum at the time, yet reflecting the importance of slavery to the country’s wealth.

A calculation was made based on the average price paid for a slave between 1822 and 1830.

In the case of slaves on Jamaica this price was £44 15s 2¼d, though less than half this sum, to

be exact £19 15s 4¾d, was paid by way of compensation for each slave.

Under his will dated 12 April 1837 Cohen left to his wife all the contents of Herne Hill Cottage, the right to reside there for the rest of her life and an annuity of £1,200, a very comfortable sum at the time. But it is doubtful whether she saw much of it, because by 1847 her late husband’s business was insolvent and seeking an arrangement with its creditors, and by 1849 the trustees of his will were seeking to sell the lease of Herne Hill Cottage, now occupied by one Ernest Oebrich.

It is perhaps too easy to forget the insidious role of slavery in the making of the British Empire.

So it comes as a salutary reminder to realise that behind the affluence and rustic charms of Herne Hill in the earlier nineteenth century there also dwelt a far more sombre reality.

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SUMMER COMPETITION

What a fabulous Lambeth Country Show this year, one of the best and busiest in recent times. Last year’s, although sunny and warm, was held in September and therefore curtailed; the year before, it poured.

The Society had a very successful weekend, making record sales and signing up new members.

It was also a great chance to talk to local people, whether members or not, and get their views on what is working well and what needs doing.

There were some great photo opportunities, as always. Perhaps you took one that you would like to share with us. What do you think sums up Herne Hill this summer? Was it the Country Show? Was it a quieter day in the park?

Did something at the market catch your eye?

Please send us your photographs - either as ‘traditional’ prints or as electronic documents (better for reproduction), maximum size 3 MB each.

There will be a small prize for the best we receive, which will be published in the next edition of this magazine. Other selected entries will be published on our website.

The judging panel will be Colin Wight (the Society’s Chair), with prize-winning photographer Russell Watkins and two other Committee members.

Their decision will be final. The winner will get a copy of A Short History of Herne Hill, Herne Hill Personalities, and the new edition of The Story of Sir Henry Bessemer.

Entries, maximum two per person, including your name and address, should be sent, by email to localhistory@ hernehillsociety.org.uk or by post, marked ‘Competition’, to The Herne Hill Society, PO Box 27,845, London SE24 9XA, to reach the Society

by Sunday 22 September.

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DIARY OF EVENTS Sunday 25 August between 1:00pm and 4:00pm (Friends of Brockwell Park) “Chalk the Walk - Community ‘Chalk in’” Meet at the Clock Tower, near Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, SE24 Wednesday 28 August between 12:00 and 2:00pm (London & Quadrant/Friends of Carnegie Library) “Dr Bike” bicycle maintenance for young people.

Come and learn in this free session in the Reading & Wildlife Garden. This will be followed by a fun ride.

Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, London SE24 Saturday 31 August at 7:30pm (Friends of Brockwell Park) “Bat Walk” with Dr Iain Boulton Meet at the Clock Tower near Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, SE24

HH SOCIETY EVENT Wednesday 11 September “A Royal Progress - a short history of King’s College Hospital” by Professor Edward Howard. An illustrated talk celebrating the hospital in its centenary year.

Thursday 19 September at 8:00pm (Norwood Society) “Letters to the Editor – Norwood News”

by John Hickman The Phoenix Centre, Westow Street, London SE19 Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September Open House (London) weekend. Brochures in libraries and participating venues.

REMINDER

September is Lambeth Heritage Month – look out for the programme of events at the Carnegie and other Lambeth Libraries.

Monday 2 September at 8:00pm (The Streatham Society – Part of Lambeth Heritage Month) “Discovering Your House History”, a talk

by Len Reilly (Lambeth Archives) and Brian Bloice (the Streatham Society) The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PJ Wednesday 4 September at 7:00pm (Lambeth Heritage Festival event) “Tracing the History of Your Herne Hill House”

by Alan Piper (the Brixton Society) and Len Reilly (Lambeth Archives) Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, London SE24

Thursday 26 September at 7:30pm for 7:45pm (The Lambethans – Part of Lambeth Heritage Month) Brain of Lambeth Quiz. “Pub quiz” format for teams of four, with questions on general knowledge including Lambeth and London. John Moore on 020 8677 6490 or moore309@hotmail.com Lambeth Town Hall, London SW9 Saturday 28 September between 10:00am and 5:00pm Lambeth Archives Open Day. Local Society stalls, exhibitions, displays and talks focusing on Lambeth a century ago.

Lambeth Archives, Minet Library, 5 Knatchbull Road, London SE5 Sunday 6 October at 2:30pm (Friends of Brockwell Park) Friends of Brockwell Park AGM Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, London SE24

Sunday 8 September at 2:30pm (The Brixton Society) Summer Guided Walk: East Brixton & Myatt’s Fields Meet outside Loughborough Junction Station, Coldharbour Lane, SE5.

Monday 7 October at 8:00pm (The Streatham Society) “Bombing Incidents in South West London” a talk

by Andrew McMillan and Richard Bush The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PJ

Monday 16 September at 8:00pm (The Streatham Society - Lambeth Heritage Month) “The Local Listing of Buildings” a talk by Doug Black (Conservation Officer, Lambeth) The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PJ

Tuesday 8 October at 7:30pm (Southwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society) “A Year in Southwark’s Archaeology” a talk by Chris Constable, Southwark Council Archaeologist Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut, London SE1 £1.00 donation. Refreshments available from 7:00pm

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AUTUMN 2013 HH SOCIETY EVENT

Wednesday 9 October “Black Cultural Archives: Past, Present and Future”

by Hannah Ishmael, Assistant Archivist at BCA. A look at the history of BCA and its work as it prepares to move into its new home at Raleigh Hall, Brixton.

HH SOCIETY EVENT

Wednesday 13 November “The History of the Horniman and its Collection” by Finbarr Whooley, Assistant Director, the Horniman Museum. An illustrated talk showing the rich heritage of this fascinating museum.

Saturday 12 October (Friends of Carnegie Library) The Calton String Quartet make a welcome return visit for an informal promenade concert to enhance your Library going experience The Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, London SE24

Tuesday 12 November at 7:30pm (Southwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society) “60 Years of Archaeology in Wandsworth” a talk

by Pamela Greenwood, Vice Chair Wandsworth Historical Society Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut, London SE1 £1.00 donation. Refreshments available from 7:00pm

Monday 14 October to Saturday 19 October Herne Hill Music Festival, including light classical music and jazz.

Various venues in Herne Hill; look out for leaflets and posters or go to http://at.orpheusweb.co.uk

Monday 18 November at 8:00pm (The Streatham Society) A River’s Tale: Historic Finds from the Thames, a talk by Bob Wells The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PJ

Thursday 17 October at 8:00pm (The Norwood Society) “Athletes Jack Butler and Jack Morton” by Kevin Kelly The Phoenix Centre, Westow Street, London SE19 Sunday 20 October (Friends of Brockwell Park) Brockwell Park Autumn Walk Meet at the Clock Tower, near Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, SE24 Sunday 20 October at 3:00pm (The Peckham Society) “The Trees of Southwark” a talk by Christopher Cook The Goose Green Centre, St John’s Church, Goose Green, East Dulwich Road, London SE22 Monday 21 October at 8:00pm (The Streatham Society) “The South London Botanical Institute” a talk by Roy Vickery The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PJ Monday 4 November at 8:00pm (The Streatham Society) “A History of Norbury” a talk by David Clark The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PJ

Saturday 30 November between 11:00am and 3:00pm (Friends of Carnegie Library) Carnegie Library’s 15th Annual Winter Fair.

The theme this year “Andrew’s Scottish Follies”, with local society stalls, craft stalls, children’s activities, raffle, tombola, tea & home-made cakes and, of course, Father Christmas. Don your tartans and join the fun. Free.

Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, London SE24 Sunday 8 December between 11:00am and 3:00pm (Friends of Brockwell Park) Friends of Brockwell Park Winter Fair Brockwell Hall, Brockwell Park, London SE24

HH SOCIETY EVENT Wednesday 11 December “Thomas Lynn Bristowe and the Return of his Bust to Brockwell Park” by Peter Bradley, Chair of the Friends of Brockwell Park. An illustrated talk, including the video record, about the successful restoration and re-instatement of the Bust, now on display in Brockwell Hall. l Unless otherwise stated, Herne Hill Society meetings will be at Herne Hill United Church Hall, at 7:30 (doors open) for 7:45pm. To avoid disturbance to others, please try to arrive before the speaker is introduced.

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Our COUNCILLORS Herne Hill Ward, Lambeth Carol Boucher (Lab.)

Jim Dickson (Lab.)

Leanne Targett-Parker (Lab.)

Thurlow Park Ward, Lambeth Ann Kingsbury (Lab.)

Clare Whelan (Con.)

John Whelan (Con.)

cboucher@lambeth.gov.uk 07814 567 914 jdickson@lambeth.gov.uk 020 3149 6657 ltargett-parker@lambeth.gov.uk 07805 942 796 akingsbury@lambeth.gov.uk 07814 567 594 cwhelan@lambeth.gov.uk 07946 218 525 jwhelan@lambeth.gov.uk 07802 412 761

Village Ward, Southwark Robin Crookshank Hilton (Lib-Dem)

robin.crookshank.hilton@southwark.gov.uk

020 8613 6046 Toby Eckersley (Con.) toby.eckersley@southwark.gov.uk

020 7701 3112 Michael Mitchell (Con.) michael.mitchell@southwark.gov.uk

07535 932 326 Your MP Tessa Jowell MP (Lab.)

Your GLA Member Valerie Shawcross AM (Lab.)

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