HERNE HILL THE MAG A ZINE OF THE HERNE HILL SOCIET Y❧ ISSUE 127❧ SUMMER
Society’s NEW MAP PROJECT GOES LIVE ▶ Centenary of First World War marked with interactive online resource that could grow and grow - For full details, turn to Page 5
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DOUBTS OVER NEW SCHOOL
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▶ Secrets of the commute Turn to Pages 12-13
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THE HERNE HILL SOCIETY THE COMMITTEE President Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer
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
Committee
Cynthia Anderson John Brunton Ian McInnes Sheila Northover Elizabeth Ochagavia Jackie Plumridge
Magazine
Mike Richards
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COMMENTS & ENQUIRIES To advertise in the Magazine advertising@hernehillsociety.org.uk To contribute to or comment on the Magazine editor@hernehillsociety.org.uk To comment on planning or licensing issues environmental@hernehillsociety.org.uk To order a publication publications@hernehillsociety.org.uk Membership enquiries membership@hernehillsociety.org.uk Local history enquiries localhistory@hernehillsociety.org.uk Herne Hill notice boards noticeboard@hernehillsociety.org.uk Website webeditor@hernehillsociety.org.uk Other issues enquiries@hernehillsociety.org.uk Postal and online addresses The Herne Hill Society PO Box 27845 LONDON SE24 9XA hernehillsociety.org.uk facebook.com/hernehillsociety Twitter @hernehillsoc Copy deadline for the Summer issue is 22 July, 2014. 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 The clocktower restored Velodrome Phase III Society accounts From the Archives First World War interactive map Brockwell Passage, an update Doubts over new school Pram protest Crystal Palace regeneration Planning & Licensing Features Old Father Thameslink The Great Flood, an update A Herne Hill hero Striking women of South London Peabody & the housing revolution Dugard & Daughters
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Diary of Events Herne Hill Society and other events
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Councillors List of contacts
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Time, gentlemen, please. Have you clocked the new tower? Increasingly decrepit after decades of neglect and 20 years since it stopped working, Brockwell Park’s historic clock has been restored to full working order; and its attractive tower — a smaller version of that in front of Victoria
Station — renovated, repainted and the finials regilded. This has all been thanks to the hard work of the team from the Society, Brockwell Park Community Partners, Friends of Brockwell Park and Lambeth who saw the project through from
start to finish. But without the support and generosity of the many people who donated to the £20,000 cost, this success could never have been achieved. The restoration was celebrated on 3 May with an unveiling, in front of a large
crowd, by Lambeth Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Adedamola Aminu and former Lambeth Mayor, Rudy Daley. The clock-tower was presented to the Park in 1897 by Charles Ernest Tritton (18451918), then the MP for Norwood. The original clock was
made by Gillett & Johnson, a firm of clock-makers and restorers based in Bletchingley, Surrey. So it was very appropriate that the same company was commissioned to restore and repair it 117 years later. John Brunton
THE Velodrome: Phase III — the new Pavilion in sight! Phase 1: British Cycling resurfaced the banked track in 2011. Phase 2: Southwark Council’s Olympic Legacy Project added a flat track and multi-use games area in the track centre and main track lighting in 2013. Phase 3: The new Pavilion, to replace the derelict 1891 Grandstand. It had become clear that plans for a large pavilion with integral bike storage would be prohibitively expensive. So our indefatigable Olympic Velodrome architect, Mike Taylor, went back to the (computer) drawing board. He has now produced a brilliant new design for a two-storey building, of the same size and in almost the same place as the Grandstand. It incorporates the iconic cast iron Victorian pillars, trackside in the upper floor veranda, under a very modern curved zinc roof. Behind is the cafe area with kitchen, clubroom and a multifunction room for exercise classes and social functions. A lift, internal and external staircases and external slope lead down to the lower level that provides facilities for coaches and administration, changing, showers, toilets and a suite of physiotherapy rooms. There are also cycle storage facilities. The Phase 2 trackside lights have extended the track cycling season into the autumn evenings. However, the
new facilities will make the site usable year-round, without significantly increasing intensity of usage or requiring a second vehicle access route. With a green light from Sport England and London Marathon Trust, for grants totaling £1.5 million, the plans for the new pavilion were put on the Herne Hill Velodrome Trust (HHVT) website with an FAQ sheet and form inviting comments. In March, four public consultations were held in St Barnabas Church Hall, Dulwich Village. The plans were on display with a model of the building, with removable roof to show the internal arrangements. And Mike Taylor or his colleague and HHVT Trustees were present to explain the design. About 100 members of the public attended including local councillors, cyclists of all sorts, and local residents. There was much discussion over details of the pavilion’s internal arrangements. Responses to both concept and design were overwhelmingly positive. The next stage is application for planning consent and a more accurate costing that is likely to be closer to £2 million. So additional funding may well be needed. But the vision is for a new pavilion, opening in 2015. Charmian Hornsby
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Herne Hill Society Accounts 2013 The Society’s accounts for the year to 31 December 2013 were presented at the AGM on 12 March 2014. For those who were unable to come to the meeting the summary figures are as listed in the panel below. The Society’s main sources of income were from membership subscriptions, donations and the profit on the sale of publications. We are also very dependent on income from Magazine advertising. In 2013 the Society successfully applied for and received a Grant from London Borough of Southwark to celebrate the 200th year of Bessemer’s birth. This was used to fund various activities at Bessemer Grange School and at the Carnegie Library. HMRC has changed the way Gift Aid is claimed and this year’s application was returned. However, the claim is being resubmitted and will hopefully be accepted. We look forward to receiving a cheque for about £300 which will show in next year’s accounts. The Society’s main expense is, as always, the cost of printing and posting the Magazine. However, a change of printer has contributed to a reduction in these costs without reducing the quality of the publication. More hand deliveries and an increase in electronic distribution have also helped reduce costs. The funds that the Society was holding as part of the Bristowe Project have now been spent, with contributions going towards the cost of filming the removal and restoration of the bust and the launch of the film. The balance was put towards the restoration and repair of the clocktower in
INCOME Subscriptions and donations Magazine advertising Monthly meetings (refreshments and raffle) Profit from publication sales Bank interest Bessemer 200th Birthday Project Total income EXPENDITURE Stationery, postage, Magazine printing etc. Hire of hall and stall fees Insurance Speaker fees Refreshments/raffle prizes for monthly meetings Subscriptions to other organisations Audit/Accountancy Misc. Admin. & equipment Bristowe Project Bessemer 200th Birthday Project Total expenditure SURPLUS The surplus for the year
FROM THE ARCHIVES SOUTH LONDON PRESS, MAY, 1915 £2,296.99 £999.00 £486.44 £1,079.38 £10.54 £1,000.00 £5,872.35
£2,312.06 £549.95 £65.00 £200.00 £154.34 £43.00 £50.00 £315.39 £750.00 £1,000.00 £5,439.74 £432.61
Brockwell Park. Even without the Gift Aid receipt, the Society is showing an excess of income over expenditure of £432.61 for the year ending 31 December 2013. A copy of the full, examined, accounts is on the Society’s website at: www. hernehillsociety.org.uk, search for ‘AGM’ then click on Accounts for 2013. If you have any questions about these accounts please contact the Treasurer (contact details on the inside cover of this Magazine). Rosalind Glover
Spring Competition Winner Congratulations to Dave Gelly, who gave the first correct answer to our Spring competition. The question was: in which work of fiction, first published in 1890
and still in print as a Penguin Classic, does E, a middle-aged resident of Herne Hill, marry the much younger M, a decision both come to regret?
The answer is The Odd Women by George Gissing. There will be more about Gissing and this book in an article by Bil Harrison in a future issue.
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The sinking of the Lusitania on 7 May 1915 seems to have increased anti-German sentiment that must already have been pretty intense. Across the country there were attacks on properties owned by people of German extraction or with German-sounding names. And Herne Hill was not immune.
South London Press, 14 May Pathetic Incident at Herne Hill Nor did Herne Hill escape the attention of the anti-Germans. The shop of Mr Hahn, Hintonrd., was damaged to the extent that not a whole pane of glass remained unbroken in the windows of either shop or house. The stock was pillaged and the till emptied, the money being thrown to the crowd. It was a pathetic sight to witness the grief and terror of the three young children of Mr Hahn when they returned from an Ascension Day service at their church school, to find their home wrecked. A further attack was made on the shop of Mr Schnieder, baker, of Milkwood-rd., where little glass was left unbroken. It was generally stated among the crowd that Mr Schnieder had given offence to a number of recruits in khaki, who thereupon led an attack upon the premises. In the same issue there is a reference to Mr Münnich’s hairdressing and perfumer shop at 44 Milkwood Road, whose windows were also broken. Mr Münnich was still trading there as a hairdresser in 1935. However, Mr Hahn had probably had enough as, by the following year, he seems to have ceased trading.
South London Press, 28 May Anti-German Riot Sequels Martha Layzell (39), married, of Hinton-rd., Loughborough Junction, was charged on remand with using insulting behaviour at Milkwood-rd., where the windows of a hairdressers were smashed. The prisoner was fined 40s.
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THE FIRST WORLD WAR: An Interactive Map Society’s new project marks centenary by creating online resource
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f you were writing about Herne Hill in the First World War, how would you go about it? Of course you might ask: “Why bother? What new is there to say?” But assuming you thought there was merit in the idea, the traditional methodology would go something like this: you would review the published literature, probably ending up in the British Library; you’d consult the local archives (Southwark and Lambeth, and possibly further afield); you’d ask people you knew for clues. Depending on time and budget, you might put advertisements in the local Press, parish magazines etc. Eventually you would decide whether you had enough information to make it worthwhile going ahead. Then you’d have to find a willing publisher, or fund it yourself. When the book or article finally appeared, you would inevitably discover all the interesting bits and pieces you’d missed or got wrong, and wonder if there was a market for a revised edition – which there wouldn’t be. In today’s online world, things are different. You start with the information you’ve got, and build on it. Everything is provisional. Mistakes can be put right. Everyone’s a publisher. There is no critical mass of information needed to make your project viable. It’s free, and anyone who’s online can see it. You can even invite other people to edit it.
Lt Donald Dean VC, who was born in Woodquest Ave, is one of those marked on the new map, as well as the memorial in St John’s Church Lowden Rd
So, in considering a project to commemorate the centenary of the start of the war, John Brunton, Laurence Marsh and I quickly decided to take the online route. We would assess the information we already had, build a prototype, then see whether it was worth continuing. So what does an online resource look like? It doesn’t have to emulate the traditional book. Much
information looks better, and is much more useful, when placed on a map. Google offers the ‘Maps Engine’ – a free resource that allows you to drop ‘pins’ on to a Google map (and view it at any scale you like). These pins, or symbols, can then be linked to images and chunks of text. On our interactive map, each symbol represents a place, an incident or a person associated with World War One. Within a couple of weeks, using existing information (about King’s College Hospital, war memorials etc.), plus some new research by Laurence in the archives, we had about 20 pieces of information – enough
to construct our prototype map, and encouraging us to continue with it. Some interesting facts have already emerged: for example, there were at least three incidents of attacks on ‘German’ businesses on Milkwood Road in 1915, in the aftermath of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania with the loss of over 1,000 lives. The map bunches these incidents together and makes you ask “Why here?” So what’s the next step? The project can be as big as we want it to be and there is no reason to restrict it to Herne Hill (or even Greater London!). John and I have talked to the London Metropolitan Archives, to try to ensure we are not duplicating other work. Collaboration, rather than competition, is the key. The Dulwich Society and the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery have already provided us with excellent additional material. The map is spreading. In fact, it represents an ideal opportunity for local societies to pool knowledge. And of course we would love to have contributions from local people. Perhaps there is someone in your family who was decorated in the War (we already have one VC), or you have contemporary pictures of relatives, local people or buildings with a story to tell. What about recruiting offices? We are confident that there is much forgotten history to uncover. Colin Wight
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NEWS In the last issue of the Magazine I reported on the problems holding up the last part of the Herne Hill Regeneration Project – upgrading Brockwell Passage. The good news is that Transport for London, who are funding the project, have again confirmed their commitment to pay for completion of
Brockwell Passage: still waiting the scheme. We had been concerned the three-year plus delay since completing the main phase of the project, combined with the economic constraints of the past few years, may have compromised funding. Those fears now appear
unfounded. On the down side, the delays have meant that the necessary planning approvals for widening the passage have lapsed. This means that the application will have to be resubmitted. Though we are confident the
permissions will again be granted, this will further put back the completion date. There are still some legal issues to be resolved, in particular relating to the small triangle of land at the north end of the passage. This plot is unregistered, which
causes a number of legal difficulties. But it appears these are on the way to being resolved. The big question is still “When will the work start?” The answer is that we still don’t know. But we will continue to monitor the situation and press for a speedy conclusion. John Brunton
If you’ll excuse the pun, this is wheelie good fun! At 78 one of my life’s priorities is to be comfortably fit and active. Keeping my legs working well and my weight under control are key issues in this. So I do a fair amount of walking and watch my diet. I also like cycling, but as it is more years than I care to remember since I had a bike, I feel that taking to the roads again would be inadvisable, even life-threatening! So Wheels for Wellbeing has provided the answer. Now, on Monday mornings, you will find me whizzing round the track at Herne Hill Velodrome. Well, whizzing may be stretching it a bit — sedately circumnavigating is probably a truer description. Its introductory leaflet says: “Wheels for Wellbeing exists to support disabled people to cycle. We actively encourage all family members, friends and support workers to cycle with our participants and want everyone to have fun and stay safe.” Re-reading this I feel a bit of a fraud as I was accepted merely on account of my age but I try to mix in and have a bit of fun and banter with everyone else. There are bikes and trikes of
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all ingenious shapes and sizes (some hand-propelled and some side-by-side machines, so an expert volunteer can help you get round). They cater for all sorts: those who may not see too well, or not at all; whose legs may not work too well, or not at all; and those with one or more of the many difficulties that afflict the human race. My advice is don’t be shy. One volunteer told me: “This experience does change people. Those who might be a bit inhibited gain a great deal of self-confidence through cycling.” And I can add: it gets you out into the fresh air, you meet some great people and it’s such good fun. There is also tea and coffee. Wheels for Wellbeing will ask you to register your details with them and will charge you £3 per session. Any additional person aged 10+ attending with a disabled person will be charged £1. Herne Hill sessions are 11am-1.30pm on Mondays. Sessions are also held at Croydon Sports Arena and Ladywell Sports Hall, Lewisham. Details: www.wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk or 02073468482. David Young
The summer quiz This time, we have some anagrams for you to consider, with some visual clues above. Can you identify these local people or places? 1. Junk rhinos 2. Womanly birthstones 3. Hotel Manhof 4. Dancing mare 5. Mortmains health 6. Unstarch challis Entries, including your name and address, should be either e-mailed
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to localhistory@ hernehillsociety.org.uk, or posted, marked Quiz, to: The Herne Hill Society, PO Box 27845, London SE24 9XA, to reach us by Tuesday, 24 June. The entry with the most answers correct or, in the case of a draw, first entry drawn at random, will win a bottle of VSOP Prince de Didonne Cognac, donated from the cellars of our generous Chair, Colin.
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he Judith Kerr School opened in 2013 in the former premises of King’s College Department of Botany at 62-68 Half Moon Lane. The school’s patron, Judith Kerr, is a German-born writer and illustrator who came to London as a refugee during World War Two. Her books include the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea. The school is a bilingual German/ English primary school, set up using the Government’s ‘Free School’ initiative. It operates on a temporary basis with 100 students aged four to six and is planning to expand to some 350 students aged four to 11 by 2019. In March, the school held a public consultation event seeking views on proposals for the expansion. Until the school opened in 2013, the site and the main building had been unoccupied for some years. In view of its importance, two years ago the Society wrote to Southwark suggesting that development guidelines be prepared for the site. The idea was not taken up. However, in 2013 we received notification of a planning application for temporary classrooms on part of the site for use as a ‘Free School’. Our main concerns were about the potential traffic impact of parents dropping off children, the effects on local parking and the future of trees on the site. We did not object to school use, but did point out flaws in the traffic studies. It also seemed to us that there was confusion about what had been the building’s previous permitted use. It became clear that the planning application could not be considered in time for any building works to be completed before the start of the school year. The application was then withdrawn and the school made use of a change in planning legislation that allowed Free Schools to open for a year in existing buildings without the need for a formal application. The Society has maintained that incorrect legislation was being used and pointed this out to Southwark. This may seem like an obscure point. However, it meant that there would be no public scrutiny of the plans and, most importantly, there was no need for a traffic impact study. The vehicle entrance to the school is right by a pedestrian crossing and near another junction. Given the very high flows of pedestrians (with scooters and parents) at
Doubts still raised over new school school time past the school entrance, there were concerns about child safety. The school has been operating for two terms — seemingly without any traffic or safety concerns. It now wishes to go ahead with expansion plans — hence the March consultation. It does appear that most of the earlier concerns have been addressed in the new proposals. There is limited on-site parking; there will be no on-site dropping off; a new separate pedestrian access is proposed; the trees are to be protected; and a more detailed traffic study is promised. However, a different problem has been brought to our attention. Only part of the site is earmarked for use by the school and some have questioned whether, with 350 pupils proposed by 2019, that will be large enough. There are reports that the Dulwich Estate, the freeholder, wishes to dispose of the rest of the site for housing. We are still awaiting clarification of future plans.
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There is still the outstanding planning issue. The architects’ proposals show a rather indicative timetable with an application for planning permission sometime in the next few months, with all construction work due to be completed by September 2015. However, the current use has permission only until September 2014. The Society has raised this point as part of the consultation response. A further consultation event was held on 25 April when a number of changes were illustrated. The changes were relatively minor, with additional and improved play space, a reduction in the number of onsite car parking spaces and improved perimeter fencing. A separate pedestrian access is now proposed and access for people with disabilities is improved. There is recognition that permission will need to be sought from Southwark for the change of use and for a range of building works. Applications to deal with these are due soon. But the bulk of the work will not be completed until September 2015. One impact of the reduced on-site parking is the possibility of parking stress in the North Dulwich triangle. David Taylor
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Planning & Licensing 11 Holmdene Avenue The Society objected to an application to replace the existing 1950s detached house with a large three-storey block of flats. Our objection was based on over-development of the site. The application was subsequently withdrawn. 71 Herne Hill Road The Society objected to a proposal to add a two-storey addition and a new rear extension to the existing house. This is in a prominent location close to St Saviour’s and Ruskin Park and the design would, in our view, detract from quality of the local street scene. The application was refused. 41–43 Herne Place This site was formerly occupied by a scaffolding yard and had quite a planning history. A previous residential scheme was turned down because of the lack of employment use. However, the present scheme has an office/workshop unit as well as three houses. We have not opposed the application as, though the area is quite restricted, it makes good use of this semi-derelict site. Abbey Mansions The Society supported a scheme for five new houses on this derelict site behind Milkwood Road and adjacent to the new student housing on Herne Hill. Permission was recently granted. However, a resident has alerted us to apparent discrepancies in the plans and we have been advising him on action to take.
Railway bridge advertisement hoardings The two large advertisement hoardings under the main Herne Hill railway bridge have been removed, prior to the major works due later this summer. As the bridge now looks more attractive, we asked Southwark to advise on the legal issues should Network Rail wish to replace the hoardings. It appears that, advertisements of the same size may not need consent. However, Network Rail has indicated an intention to replace only one of the panels. 62–68 Half Moon Lane In February the Society received notification that the first application for a new build on this site had been withdrawn. There was a consultation event in March with outline proposals to intensify the site usage to enable the Judith Kerr School to take 350 pupils by 2019. Most of our original concerns have been addressed but a formal planning application is awaited. There is a more detailed article on page 7. Rear of 135 Dulwich Road This small site by Brockwell Passage, formerly a car park, was subject to an application in 2013 for a three-storey block of flats with parking underneath. We objected on grounds of over-development, and Lambeth refused the application. A new application shows two storeys with no parking. We have supported this new scheme as it more appropriate for the location and makes good use of what would otherwise remain a derelict site. Dorchester Court The Society has supported an application to replace many of the stairwell glazing elements which are in very poor condition. Concern remains about the overall state of repair of many of these listed blocks of flats. ‘Section 106’ agreements After much lobbying by us about the use of planning gain funds from the Herne Hill student and Milkwood Road housing schemes, Lambeth appears to have decided in favour of our priority to repave the footway along Herne Hill to match the existing paving laid as part of the Regeneration Scheme. Money will be given to support projects in Ruskin Park and the Milkwood Community Park, from S106 funds allocated for open spaces and sports. Herne Hill Councillors Dickson and Boucher have been helpful in working with Council Officers. But until the Society raised the issue with Lambeth, local involvement and consideration of our views and those of other groups may well not have taken place. The proposals will not satisfy everyone, but at least we have been promised some action. David Taylor Temple Bowling Club, 1A Sunset Road The club applied for a Premises Licence that would allow the premises to be used or hired out for functions open to non-members. The application would have permitted alcohol sales, music, dancing etc. between 10am and 11pm (Sundays to Thursdays) and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. The Society did not object to the application. But there were significant concerns among residents at the possibility of disturbances arising from the new licence arrangements. Hence we proposed a number of licence conditions designed to prevent such disturbances. However, at a hearing held on 6 March, Lambeth Licensing Sub-Committee refused the application. John Brunton
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Art and Life at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Reproduced by permission of Mirrorpix
PRAM PROTEST Mrs Gertrude Blattman of Half Moon Lane, the mother of three children, was not one to be easily cowed by officialdom. All she wanted was to be able to take her children and her perambulator after lunch into the walled garden in Brockwell Park. But no — after 2pm babies in perambulators were banned. Mrs Blattman knew what to do: she got her story into the newspaper. It was the lead story on the front page of the Daily Mirror on 19 April 1937. The Mirror’s piece evokes the days when mums’ mornings were filled, as Mrs Blattman said , “with the housework to do and our husbands’ dinners to cook”. It was simply not possible to go to the park until after lunch. There was a follow-up article the next day, and a splendid photograph of Mrs Blattman and her co-protesters (sadly only available in newsprint quality), and behind them the clock-tower For the past 11 years Southwark’s Cleaner, Greener, Safer programme has provided funding for capital and, more recently, revenue projects proposed by local residents. The Society has submitted a number of successful applications. These have included refurbishment of the footway in front of the shopping parade at 139–147 Half Moon Lane; the public noticeboard at the western end of Half Moon Lane; and improving the state of the
whose successful restoration we report elsewhere in this Magazine. The Mirror reported how “50 determined matrons, the light of battle in their eyes, invaded the flower garden and piled their prams up outside the gate. Keepers were powerless. The mothers formed a solid phalanx, sturdily refused to budge”. “We refuse to go”, said Mrs Blattman, “until this absurd rule is reformed … It is ridiculous, the other mothers think so too.” Another of the protesters remarked, “Our kiddies like flowers as much as grown-ups. Why shouldn’t they be able to see them?” A crowd looked on and applauded the protesters. The story ends with Mrs Blattman promising to “bombard the LCC with letters until they see reason”. Whether they were persuaded to change the rule I cannot say, but I’d like to think they did. Laurence Marsh
Cleaner Green, Safer success tree pits along Norwood Road. Another of our proposals has recently been approved for action. We have long been concerned about vehicles parking on the pavements at the junction of Norwood and Croxted Roads and outside the above-mentioned shopping parade on Half Moon Lane.
The practice not only causes a danger to pedestrians, but it restricts access to shops and other premises and detracts from the local visual environment. In November last year we submitted a proposal to install measures to prevent such parking. Our proposal was accepted at the January
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Following the brilliant David Hockney exhibition, which finished on 11 May, Dulwich Picture Gallery’s summer show from 4 June to 21 September will highlight the works of Ben and Winifred Nicholson. The focus will be the prolific output of their 10year marriage, 1920–1931, before their separation and divorce, when they rose to the forefront of the Modern British movement. More than 80 works by the couple and their contemporaries Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis and William Staite Murray will be on display, including landscapes, seascapes, still lives, portraits and pottery. A full review will appear in the next issue of the Magazine. Dulwich Picture Gallery is open Tuesday–Friday 10am–5pm; weekends and Bank Holiday Mondays 11am–5pm. Gallery and exhibition £11, seniors £10, cons £6; Friends and children free. Jeffrey Doorn meeting of the Dulwich Community Council. Once Southwark has determined the most suitable solution to the problem, the necessary work will be carried out. We look forward to this being done. Any local resident or organisation can submit proposals for a project funded under the Cleaner, Greener, Safer programme – see www.southwark.gov. uk/cleanergreenersafer for more information. John Brunton
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CRYSTAL Palace Regeneration Residents want answers over Chinese plans to develop park
Though it is three miles away, the proposals for Crystal Palace could have a significant effect across South London, including Herne Hill. With the enthusiastic backing of London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, a Chinese developer, the ZhongRong Group, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Bromley Council to redevelop the site of the former Crystal Palace. The original proposal implied a new building that was “faithful to the spirit of the original, in all its ingenuity, scale and magnificence”; creating an internationally recognised landmark that would be a major new cultural asset for London. As part of the project, the ZhongRong Group were also to fund the restoration of the wider park. A shortlist of six potential architects has been drawn up. It includes Zaha Hadid, who designed the award-winning Evelyn Grace Academy in Shakespeare Road. The design brief suggests that there should be: • a strong relationship between the new building and the park; • a permanent structure with a similar footprint to the original Crystal Palace; • a translucent and delicate structure, as was the original building; • an adaptable and flexible internal space, guided by the internal spatial qualities of the original Palace; • design solutions that are responsive to the surrounding heritage landscape; • a long-term sustainable role for both the Palace and the park. The developer has appointed Arup, the large engineering practice, to provide all engineering services and to manage the planning and public consultation. Arup
has been active in running regular monthly consultation events and online surveys. Until recently, the aim was to submit a planning application by the end of this year. The problem is that it is not clear what the brief actually means, despite the rhetoric. Is it for a stand-alone exhibition centre or for a more commercial development with ancillary exhibition spaces? We just don’t know. At the 19 March Dulwich Community Council, Arup’s spokesmen said that half of the land used will be for a ‘cultural asset/visitor facility’ and that there would be public spaces, restaurants, an observation deck, art galleries and a six-star hotel; plus a bus interchange, car parking facilities and services. This confirms the general view from the public consultation that an exhibition centre on its own cannot be commercially viable and will need other uses to support it. But these will generate considerable additional traffic. In fairness to Arup, they have identified site access and traffic as the key problems to be resolved. But, as yet, they have not come up with any radical solutions as to how people will be able to get to the site from the north or the south. The capacity of the train service to Crystal Palace station is relatively low (and there is no chance of the high-level station being brought back).
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Bus travel to the site is compromised by the width of the surrounding roads and the current levels of traffic in the area — there is clearly no way that existing roads could handle any increase in current traffic volumes. Then there is the issue of building on Metropolitan Open Land and amending the 1990 Crystal Palace Act that restricts development to 50 per cent of the top site area. It would appear that the current focus of the project is only on the negotiations with Bromley for leasing the land. Many questions still remain. But as far as the residents of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham are concerned the key ones that still need to be answered include: • will there be a coherent public consultation on the proposals before the planning application is submitted? • How will residents from neighbouring boroughs be consulted? • How will local residents influence the building uses and the design process? • Is this an appropriate scheme in this location? • How will visitors access the site? We must hope that satisfactory answers are forthcoming before any proposals are taken further forward. Ian McInnes
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erne Hill Society Transport Correspondent Bil Harrison and Chair (and long-term Thameslink commuter) Colin Wight met with David Statham, the Managing Director of First Capital Connect (FCC). His is the company operating the Thameslink trains that run between Wimbledon and Luton through Herne Hill. David, his wife Lisa, and their two young children live in Herne Hill. “We love the village atmosphere of Herne Hill, with its independent shops and Sunday market,” says David. “The Velodrome, the Lido and Brockwell Park are brilliant. We practically live in the Park at weekends.”
FCC has run the Thameslink business since 2006, keeping the revenue from the fares and paying a premium to the Government for the franchise. That franchise was recently extended to September 2014, before on the 23 May this year, the Department for Transport announced their intention to award the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise to Govia – the current operator of the Southern franchise, and a joint venture between the GoAhead Group and Keolis of France. This announcement was just in time to keep to the timetable to hand over from First Capital Connect. David is proud of what has been achieved in the last few years, with a 29 per cent
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increase in passenger capacity through improvements in reliability, halving the use of four-car trains and increasing the total number of trains. David was also in charge of the programme that introduced 12-car trains, now being used on some Thameslink services through London Bridge. David led the preparation of the FCC bid submitted in December for the enlarged Thameslink, Southern, and Great Northern franchise, which merges several operations during a period when new trains and signalling are being introduced. There will also be major changes in service patterns while London Bridge Station is being remodelled. Under the new enlarged contract the franchisee will be paid to run the services, with the Government taking the ticket revenues and bearing the costs. This means that aspects of future services through Herne Hill are already well defined as follows: • From September 2014 (or perhaps March 2015) the Thameslink operator may change, but the services will probably not. In particular, the trains through Herne Hill will continue to travel through Blackfriars and across central London. • Fares will be set by the Government. • Herne Hill station itself will continue to be looked after by the South Eastern franchise operator (who runs the services to Victoria) with little likelihood of the introduction of ticket barriers. • From December 2014 to December 2017 (at least) London Bridge Station is being remodelled. Herne Hill will see lots of Brighton trains passing through, but not stopping — memories of Eurostar. • From sometime in 2016, Thameslink passengers will start to see the introduction of the German-built, Siemens
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His work touches all of us almost every day, so what can Herne Hill resident and train boss David Statham tell us about our daily commute? David Statham, the managing director, of train operator First Capital Connect Class 700 trains. These new trains will have an increased peak capacity (at the expense of some seats), a ‘walk through’ layout to spread crowding, and sophisticated displays giving real-time information. Some aspects of future Thameslink services will be suggested by the new franchisee, or come from passenger or political pressure – for example, pressing for services that will re-connect Herne Hill with East Croydon and Gatwick. A major trigger for change will come when Crossrail starts operations, planned for late 2018. Connecting Paddington to Liverpool Street Stations will result in Farringdon (with Thameslink, Crossrail,
and the Unde Clapham Jun railway statio North of St link (‘the Can maintenance new link will Thameslink s without the n Cross. David is ent in the railway surprising ran Oxford-educ as himself! H recommendi
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Doors reopening in the aftermath of the Great Flood
“It’s a much more difficult job than many people think,” says David. “Trainee drivers undergo extensive psychological testing. They have to remain alert during long periods of routine driving, ready to react to sudden emergencies.” For Herne Hill the long-term Thameslink outlook is good, despite the prospect of a few years’ disruption while London Bridge trains are diverted through our station. Overall, we can look forward to a continuing good service, with new trains and the prospects of more convenient and wider connections. Bil Harrison & Colin Wight
I recently spent a very pleasant afternoon wandering round Herne Hill checking on the progress of those affected by the August floods. Duo Dance is now happily reinstalled in the front of their shop instead of the back office, with fresh new flooring and fittings. Oliver Burn has a sign on the door saying that they will soon be open and the offices give every indication of being ready for business. The plasterers were hard at work inside MerryGo-Round on a Saturday afternoon and they estimated a month until reopening, despite the bleak picture painted in our last issue. Plenty of activity can be seen through the whitewashed windows of Café Provençal. But the brown paper masking the interior of No 22 is keeping us guessing. The menu displayed outside bearing the date of 3 August is a poignant reminder of the disaster. Their Twitter feed reveals that they are still meeting with loss adjusters so, as they say, “watch this space”. I do hope that their doors will re-open in time for us to spend the odd summer evening savouring their delicious tapas on the patio, accompanied by a good
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glass of wine. The saddest spectacle is the Half Moon. Its bar appears as magnificent as ever, but the forlorn mop and bucket in the corner tells another story. As the song goes: “There’s a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer.” Opening date estimated on the Herne Hill Forum website is now June, and we look forward to toasting its return. A more pleasant aspect of water is the ripply blue kind that you can swim in. On my way to the Lido gym to sort out my very reasonable monthly season ticket, I spied some brave souls in the chilly pool. Believe it or not, the summer season is now open. Seeing them brought back memories of my short but memorable December dip for Crisis at Christmas and subsequent scouring of Intersport for a wetsuit which would enable me to extend my immersion beyond two minutes. If it is slightly premature for you to be perfecting your front crawl, there is a lovely view of the water from the relative comfort of the gym treadmill. Or, if even that sounds too energetic, there’s always the Lido Café. Liz Ochagavia
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A HERNE HILL the man who the bloody
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eginald Victor Jones, physicist and secret hero of WW2, was a scientific mastermind who confused the enemy and saved thousands of lives. He was born in Herne Hill on 29 September 1911. His father, Harold Victor (1880–1953) was from Tooting; his mother, Alice Margaret, née May (1890–1979), was from Brixton. They lived at 188 Railton Road. Jones went to St Jude’s School and Sussex Road elementary school, Brixton. In 1922 he won a scholarship to Alleyn’s School where his final school report read: “Erratic and mercurial. Seems unable to get down to solid work. Has ability.” He graduated with first-class honours in natural sciences from Oxford before taking a doctorate in physics. In 1936 he joined the Air Ministry, and soon after met and married Vera Cain. When war broke out, Jones was one of the few British scientists with a good understanding of the new technology of radar. He joined MI6, keeping his Air Ministry post for cover. In 1940 he was summoned to a meeting with Churchill to discuss how the Germans were guiding their bombers so accurately. Jones, the most junior person in the room, gave his deductions and proposed counter-measures. Churchill later said that when he realised Jones was right about German radar capabilities it was one of his blackest moments of the war. In the so-called Battle of the Beams, Jones began tricking the Luftwaffe into harmlessly bombing fields or lakes. R James Woolsey Jr, a former Director of the CIA, believed “his contribution was unmatched. Without the battle of the beams, it could have gone the other way. And he did it single-handedly”. Churchill called him “the man who broke the bloody beam”.
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Sharon Connor looks back on the life of RV Jones, eminent scientist and the saviour of thousands in World War Two Jones helped develop Window or ‘chaff ’, a stratagem to overwhelm German radar screens with false echoes. In 1943 British pilots dropped 40 tons of shredded tinfoil into the night sky, turning German screens into a kaleidoscope of confusion as baffled radar operators saw not tinfoil but thousands of bombers. n 1943, a 23-year-old called Jeannie Rousseau, the Viscomtesse de Clarens, codenamed Amniarix and Jones’s ‘favourite spy’, passed him vital information about V1 and V2 weapons. Rousseau’s information and Jones’s deductions meant Bomber Command could cause enough damage to delay the
attacks by a critical few months. Despite being captured twice, she survived the war and went on to work for the United Nations. Once the V weapons were in use, Jones saw that they tended to fall short, “the centre of gravity being in south-east London, near Dulwich. In a flash I saw that we might be able to keep the bombs falling short, which would mean fewer casualties in London as a whole.” Jones’s disinformation led the Germans to continue dropping the bombs in southeast London “where my own parents lived and where, of course, my old school was. But I knew that neither my parents nor the school would have had it otherwise”.
Jeannie Rousseau, a French spy who helped Jones in the war
ones and Vera had a son, Robert, and two daughters, Susan and Rosemary. After the war, he was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He retired in 1981 but continued to write and lecture. He died on 17 December 1997, aged 86. The New York Times called him “a master practical joker, puzzle-solver, hoaxer and harmonica player”. His value to the war effort was such that secret orders had been issued for him to be shot if he were about to fall into German hands. Winston Churchill said “he did more to save us from disaster than many who are glittering with trinkets”.
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HERO: broke beam
What’s missing? Trees are not being replaced in our streets
Herne Hill’s Street Trees Need Your Help
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Jones and his family at Buckingham Palace in 1946
Jones did more to save us from disaster than many who are glittering with trinkets Prime Minister Winston Churchill on RV Jones and his contribution during World War Two
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A small tree near my house was blown over in one of the winter storms. I emailed Lambeth Council to ask them to remove it and to replace it when the time was right. I was dismayed by the reply, which in essence said the Council is not delivering a planting or replacement programme at this time, due to widespread “spending reviews”. The reply went on to say the site I had identified would be recorded for future replacement, should the Council resume tree planting at a later date. I reported this to our Committee, and Laurence Marsh and I decided to see what could be done about this. We feel strongly, as I am sure other Herne Hill Society members do, that the presence of street trees adds greatly to the pleasant
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environment of Herne Hill. And of course they have other benefits, including the absorption of harmful air pollutants. So we have decided the first thing to do is assess the size of the problem and this is where we need your help. We would be grateful if as many of our members as possible, in both Lambeth and Southwark, could let us know where there are empty tree pits in their street, or other sites where a tree would be appropriate, or details of trees that are ailing. Please contact sheila.northover@gmail. com (or 020 7274 2638) or laurence@marsh62. co.uk (or 020 7737 0658) if you would be interested in joining us in this project. The more help we can get the better! Sheila Northover Railton Road
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Today, if one strolls along the Southwark side of the Thames, it is hard to imagine that this was once a busy centre for manufacturing industry. Factories of every sort abounded and many were largely staffed by women, poorly paid sweated labour working in often wretched and dangerous conditions. Katherine Connelly gave a talk to the Society in March, in which she examined the way in which women began to organise in order to win better working conditions and, in particular, the role played in South London by Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960). Alongside her sister Christabel, Sylvia Pankhurst was initially largely concerned with the cause of women’s suffrage. But the sisters’ paths increasingly diverged, Christabel wanting to promote the suffragettes’ cause through the influence of the wealthier, more privileged
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STRIKING women of south London classes in society, while Sylvia became more concerned with wider issues of social justice. Women workers at Bryant & May had gone on strike in the famous “Matchgirls” strike of 1888, but women remained poorly organised in comparison with men. It was not until 1911 that there was a coordinated
strike by women in significant numbers. Some 15,000 women came out on strike, affecting more than 20 factories in Bermondsey. We heard how the women marched down Tooley Street, singing popular songs of the day suited to their cause – “Fall in and follow me!” and “Are we downhearted? No!”.
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Particularly affected were the factories of the biscuit-makers Peek Frean and jam-makers Pink’s (left). After several weeks, the employers, following their early dismissal of the strike as just a few militants waging a “war of terror”, gave in and agreed wage rises. At Pink’s pay went up from 9 shillings to 11 per week, modest enough but an important victory. Katherine Connelly’s talk provided a compelling insight into the struggle for women’s rights. Much more about the life and work of Sylvia Pankhurst can be found in her recent book Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire (Pluto Press, 2013). Laurence Marsh
Peabody cottages, Rosendale Road, circa 1907
Peabody and the Housing Revolution
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ack Yeomanson gave an illustrated talk on George Peabody to our April meeting. Peabody was born in Massachusetts in 1795. One of seven children, and suffering poverty throughout his early years, he went on to become one of the most important philanthropists in Victorian Britain. His name lives on in the still functioning Peabody Housing Trust. Peabody’s first successful business venture was based on the import of dry goods from the UK into America. However in 1835 he settled in London, founding a merchant bank. Peabody had been a philanthropist from his very early days in America. But he demonstrated his huge generosity when he set up the Peabody Trust in 1862, with an initial donation of £500,000 (over £40 million in today’s purchasing power). Urban growth and the Industrial Revolution had
Peabody flats, Spitalfields, 1863, and the man himself led to increasing numbers of homeless and destitute people in the streets of the capital. The Trust’s aim was to build a series of model dwellings for the “artisans and labouring poor of London”. Its first project was a block of flats in Spitalfields, completed in 1863. Many more were to follow. The original blocks had a superintendent on site, managing the property. Flats did not have bathrooms or toilets - these were shared, together with laundry facilities.
If you did not pay your rent, your front door was removed and only returned when the debt had been paid. There were strict rules – for example, tenants were required to sweep their passage and doorstep before 10am every day.
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he Peabody Estate in Rosendale Road, Herne Hill was built between 1901 and 1908. It comprises 146 cottages and three blocks with a total of 144 flats. The Trust is still very
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active and is currently building a new estate on Milkwood Road. George Peabody died in 1869 at 80 Eaton Square, the home of one of his friends. Clearly a man of huge generosity, he does not appear to have built up property for himself, instead choosing to provide it for those in need. He was held in high regard by his adopted country. In 1862 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. Seven years later a statue of him was unveiled outside the Royal Exchange building. For a while after Peabody’s death in 1869 his body was interred in Westminster Abbey, later being transferred to Salem, Massachusetts. There is a blue plaque on the wall of the house where he died. Val Suebsaeng
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DIARY OF EVENTS SUMMER/AUTUMN Saturday 14 June at 10:00 – 5:00pm Friends of Carnegie Library: Open Garden Squares Weekend event. Refreshments, historical display, garden trail, tours, children’s activities. For other venues open during the weekend, see www.opensquares.org. Reading & Wildlife Garden, Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road SE24
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Wednesday 11 June “Dr John Hayball Paul and Camberwell House Asylum” by Dr Fiona Subotsky Dr John Hayball Paul was the medical proprietor in the 19th century of the financially very successful Camberwell House Asylum, which was located each side of Peckham Road. How did he gain this position? And what do we know about him and his patients? Fiona Subotsky is a retired child psychiatrist, honorary archivist at the Royal College of Psy- chiatrists and long-term local resident.
Saturday 2 August at 2:00 - 4:00pm Friends of Carnegie Library: Bat Fun Day. Learn, or refresh your knowledge about bats. Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road Evening, joined by Friends of Ruskin Park at 8:40pm: Bat Walk, led by Dr Iain Boulton, from Ferndene Road gate to the ponds.
HH SOCIETY EVENT Sunday 10 August at 2:00pm: “Herne Hill Heritage Trail - North” a walk led by Ian McInnes from Herne Hill Station.
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Saturday 21 June at 1:00-5:00pm Friends of Ruskin Park: Summer Fete. Community stalls and musical entertainment at the bandstand.
Wednesday 10 September: “The Sunray Estate – Homes for Heroes” by Ian McInnes The Sunray Estate was one of the first ‘Homes fit for Heroes’ estates built immediately after WW1 to house returning soldiers. While the Borough of Camberwell and the Office of Works took the credit, the original idea had come from the Dulwich Estate. Dulwich expert Ian McInnes’ talk will examine both its convoluted history and its importance in the application of garden city principles to working class housing.
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Sunday 13 July at 2:00pm: “Herne Hill Heritage Trail - South” a walk led by Ian McInnes from Herne Hill Station. Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 July 11:00 – 6:00pm Lambeth Country Show Society stalls, music, animals, rides, flowers, food and fun. Brockwell Park.
Sunday 14 September at 2:30pm: “St Saviour’s via Sunray” a walk led by Ian McInnes from the ‘red post’ at the top of Red Post Hill (junction Denmark Hill/Herne Hill) via the Sunray Estate to St Saviour’s Parish Hall, which celebrated its centenary this year.
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Neil and Rosie Dugard in their butcher’s shop in Milkwood Road, with Pearl and four-yearold Lily
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rch 286 on Milkwood Road looks unlike most butchers. Its style is somewhere between a photography studio and a light-aircraft hangar. Its inspired appearance arises from Neil and Rosie Dugard’s experience in supermarket management and the combined restrictions of Health & Safety standards, Railtrack regulations and the limited window frontage.Nothing could interfere with air-conditioning ducts or pierce the cladding. So the white arch stands out in stark contrast with the main feature — the meat — encased like an exhibit by Damien Hirst. Butchers commonly have their back to customers as they bone and trim the meat. Here, the process is practically centre stage. You can watch sausages and burgers being made — an educational event for adults and children alike. It was the potential crisis of their joint redundancy within six weeks of each other (Neil from Thornton’s Budgens and Rosie from Microsoft) that they turned into an opportunity. “It would have felt too risky leaving a good job”, says Rosie. But they grabbed the moment to reawaken a business plan they had had. Herne Hill was ready for what they have to offer: free-range and organic meat, rare breeds with complementary delicacies alongside. Their gut instinct was to stake their money on this, the biggest arch. On 4 August 2013 they got the keys to the premises. Two days later, Half Moon Lane flooded. With a sigh of relief that the floods had not scuppered their plans before they even started, Neil and Rosie put in three months’ preparation and opened their doors on 6 November. Neil is the chef at home and knows his pork from his scratchings, though he is not a fully-trained butcher himself – unlike Gary their Master Butcher, poached from high-class organic territory, Richard, with 25 years’ experience, and Lisa, a butcher from Borough Market. Lily (4) and Pearl (18 months) are the “& daughters” in the shop’s name: a nice twist on the father-&-sons butchering convention. Given their family responsibilities, it helps to have other family members around. Rosie loves the way Herne Hill is nowadays, having seen it develop since she came to live in Dulwich Road aged 15. When she and Neil married,
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How the Hill’s new family butchers turned losing their jobs into a retail opportunity Rosie’s mother lived six doors away. They’ve moved since, still within reach of Brockwell Park, and Rosie’s mother relocated too – again six doors away! My knowledge of meat goes no further than Francis Bacon, so Neil explained that their display feature is a ‘dry ageing chiller’. Supermarkets tend to ‘wet-age’ their meat, maturing a carcass in its blood. In contrast what the Dugards do is remove the moisture. The meat shrinks and the flavour intensifies as it hangs for four and a half weeks or more. Two things are paramount: the individual taste and the welfare of the animal. All their meat is English, from small rare-breed farms: salt marsh lamb from Southend, Gloucester Old Spot pork from Colchester and free-range chickens from Fosse Meadows Farm in Leicestershire. The meat is good value, not only because the price
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per kilo often undercuts a supermarket but because the quality is so high. Little goes to waste, because the Dugards go for the whole hog, the shoulder of mutton or side of beef, an entire chicken rather than a bag of breasts. They can cater for specific requests, whether it is providing just two sausages for someone managing a weekly budget or dry-ageing a rib roast of beef for seven weeks to create fuller flavours. Most demands are dictated by season and tradition: turkey at Christmas, roast lamb at Easter, a ‘his and hers’ steak for Valentine’s Day and sausages and burgers to barbecue in the summer. Open till 8pm during the week, it is handy for commuters alighting at Herne Hill station at the end of the day to discover the rare delights to be found in Milkwood Road and appreciate how delightful the Dugards are too. Becca Thackray
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OUR COUNCILLORS Herne Hill Ward Lambeth Michelle Agdomar (Lab.) MAgdomar@lambeth.gov.uk @MichelleAgdomar Jim Dickson (Lab.) JDickson@lambeth.gov.uk @JimDicksLambeth 020 3149 6657 Jack Holborn (Lab.) JHolborn@lambeth.gov.uk @jack_holborn Thurlow Park Ward Lambeth Anna Birley (Lab.) ABirley@lambeth.gov.uk @annamayb Fred Cowell (Lab.) FCowell@lambeth.gov.uk @fredacowell Max Deckers Dowber (Lab.) MDeckersDowber@lambeth.gov.uk Village Ward Southwark Anne Kirby (Lab.) Jane Lyons (Con.) Michael Mitchell (Con.)
annagrace.kirby@southwark.gov.uk jane.lyons@southwark.gov.uk michael.mitchell@southwark.gov.uk 07535 932 326
Your MP Tessa Jowell MP (Lab.) jowellt@parliament.uk House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. 020 8333 1372
Your GLA Member Valerie Shawcross AM (Lab.)
valerie.shawcross@london.gov.uk GLA, City Hall, Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA 020 7983 4407
Environmental Contacts Lambeth Streetscene: Cleansing, rubbish removal, pot holes, abandoned vehicles, graffiti removal etc: Southwark Streetscene (as above):
020 7926 9000 020 7525 2000
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Opportunity Knocks With the continued lack of properties on the market and the Government ‘s ‘Help To Buy’ scheme, our local market has seen unprecedented price rises, often well in excess of the asking price! The lettings market also continues to be buoyant, a great opportunity for investors with interest rates at a historic low! Diana Burn, Founder
Thinking of selling? At Oliver Burn we pride ourselves on our ability to complete the sale. It is not just about getting an offer, this can often be the easy bit. The hard work is to ensure the whole process thereafter moves as swiftly and efficiently as possible towards a successful completion.
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