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By Joey Millar joey@southwarknews.co.uk
IT’S THE stuff of nightmares – a Bermondsey mother woke up in her new home last week to find the place covered in cockroaches, some of which were crawling all over her 10-monthold baby.
Meyrem Walker had only moved into temporary accommodation in the Aylesbury Estate with her partner Corvel Thomas and their little boy CJ Thomas the day before the creepy-crawly incident occurred on January 8... Full story on page 6
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Don’t let the hipsters take the credit
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N THE last couple of years newspapers have been obsessed with placing every crowd-pulling success down to some sort of hipster craze – when in fact local people might just be realising what great attractions we have right on our doorstep.
Our look this week into the growing number of people flocking to Dulwich Hamlet matches on a Saturday afternoon is a case in point. This is a club with a 123-year-old history and in the last couple of years especially, the club has gone out of its way to make the ground a place at the centre of the local community. They hit the headlines a few months ago when they became a major collecting point to help with the refugee crisis in Europe, and last week fans turned out in force to support junior doctors. But the club is a place that families can come to enjoy the national game at a fraction of the cost. Last year Hamlet did some great promotions to draw in the crowds including a ‘pay what you want’ exercise with the money going to local charities. This proved extremely popular. Non-league football is having an up-surge nationally. Last year fans from all 20 Premier League clubs protested outside each league game in a bid to get new regulations on ticket prices. The vibe at Hamlet and other nonleague grounds is far more unique as local volunteers with a passion are behind making each match day an enjoyable experience. Unlike the games at major grounds you are not treated like a flock of sheep and can even enjoy a pint while watching on the terraces. Non-league clubs like Hamlet can relax the rules and you can even get to know your neighbours. Plus with the FA Cup rounds and, especially in the case of Hamlet - a team sitting pretty on the top of the league - the football is of a very high standard. This is semi-professional football after all and not a Sunday league game. As Fisher FC plan to make their return to Rotherhithe this year – let’s hope they manage to do the same in the north of the borough.
Serious flaw in the housing system
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E KNOW that there is a housing crisis in Southwark but there can be no excuse for placing a young family like Meyrem Walker, Corvel Thomas and their baby CJ, in such squalid conditions.
On their first night in the flat, Meyrem and Corvel discovered insects crawling over their baby’s head – no parent should have to experience this, let alone in a council property. The council’s promise to send an exterminator is welcome - but too little too late. The family should never have been placed in a home that was so obviously not ready for occupants. Never mind the marauding pests, there are holes in the plaster and stains on the wall. That the council thinks such a place is a suitable home for a young family points to some serious flaws in the borough’s housing system.
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WHEN GRANNY MET BOWIE
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By Joey Millar
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A PECKHAM shop assistant who sold sequins to David Bowie during his heyday was completely charmed during their brief meeting, her granddaughter told the News this week. Elsa Gordon was working a routine shift at department store Jones and Higgins, on the corner of Rye Lane and Peckham High Street, sometime during the early-1970s when the late music legend popped in for some costume accessories. Her granddaughter Carla Fraser, 24, said: “She was a big show-off, and that story would always crop up when someone else had a good story.” Elsa, who lived in Deptford, passed away aged 90, but always remembered her meeting with the Heroes singer, who passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer on
January 10. Actress Carla said: “She was apparently very giggly all evening. She said he was very lovely and charming, I think she might have had a crush on him. “She did love stardom, and was always into music, listening to Top of the Pops. She was a big fan of David Bowie and my first reaction when I heard he had died was to imagine her ringing me up on the phone saying ‘oh, it’s so sad.’” Elsa was a well-known character in the Deptford area, and even gained social media fame when she sent an Instagram message to pop star Bruno Mars with a message declaring her affection. Carla said: “She was 90 years old but she loved Uptown Funk. She just loved showbiz and the costumes and make-up, which is why she liked David Bowie so much.” Jones and Higgins shut down in 1980 but the building where a young Elsa Gordon was charmed by Ziggy Stardust himself remains.
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THE MANAGER of a Bermondsey community centre has said proposals to cut their Southwark Council grant by 25% will hit the upkeep of the vital facility, used by thousands of people.
Coral Newell (bottom right) and staff members of the centre went to meet Council Leader Peter John this week
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Beormund Centre manager Coral Newell told the News following a meeting with Council Leader Peter John this week: “They listened but nothing else really. I don’t think they’re going to do anything.” She said the Abbey Street centre would carry on serving the community despite the cuts but it would suffer as a result. Ms Newell said: “We have [money] reserves but they are used for the upkeep of the building, like heating and hot water and a new roof. The building is old and the conversion carried out just under 33 years ago was not that great and has led to a number of major repairs.” In the last few years, the centre has had to shell out over £400,000 on essential maintenance. She said: “Now we will need to use our reserves for the running costs and the building will suffer as a result.” She said the centre needed more support from the council, not less, and that the cuts were not fair on the staff, none of whom have had a raise in five years, or the people who use the centre. “There are so many people and groups who use the centre because they know it is a welcoming and safe environment.” Young people have also spoken out against a proposed 73% cut to the borough’s youth service, which is being currently consulted on. Harry Dobson, a youth
community council representative for Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and a volunteer at the Salmon Youth Centre, said that the council should try to preserve youth centres at all costs. The 18-year-old Bermondsey resident said: “They should keep them open so young people have got a safe place to go. It’s just going to lead to trouble otherwise and that’s more work for the police. I understand they need to make cuts but it’s too much of a big chunk. If they do this we are not going to have a good world to live in. The crime rate from young people will probably go up and there will be trouble on the streets. They’ll be sitting outside schools doing nothing, taking drugs and alcohol and these are children.” Council Leader Peter John said: “We have worked hard to protect frontline services, keep council tax and rents low and continued to support the fantastic work the voluntary sector is doing for people in our borough despite significant cuts by central government to our budgets over the last five years. However, as we look ahead to further cuts from government we are now at the point where we are having to look at making some very difficult decisions about how we fund and provide services to the people of Southwark. “It is important to us that residents have their say, which is why we are still consulting on proposals and no final decisions have yet been made. For the voluntary sector the sad truth is that we have a reduced pot of money to offer as grants and competition for it is high with a growing number of excellent local organisations seeking funding, which is why we are reducing some grants rather than cut some organisations off completely.”
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COCKROACH HELL Mother found pests crawling on baby’s head By Joey Millar
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IT’S THE stuff of nightmares – a Bermondsey mother woke up in her new home last week to find the place covered in cockroaches, some of which were crawling all over her 10-month-old baby.
Meyrem Walker had only moved into temporary accommodation in the Aylesbury Estate with her partner Corvel Thomas and their little boy CJ Thomas the day before the creepycrawly incident occurred on January 8. She told the News: “It’s disgusting, I feel sick thinking about it. It was only five in the morning but we got up and went to stay at a friend’s house. I’m not going back to that house and I’m not taking my son in there. “He’s only ten months old, he could just grab one and put it in his mouth. If that happens, it would be me in
Meyrem, Corvel and CJ (main), one of the cockroaches (inset) and a group of the insects in a communal cupboard (below)
trouble, not the council.” She found dozens of cockroaches in a communal cupboard in the hallway outside her flat, feeding off a huge pile of rubbish which has not been
an emergency and she would have to stay. Corvel added: “It’s not right, it’s not a home. It’s not somewhere we can feel safe having a little boy.”
cleaned away. She said that when she called the council and complained about the cockroaches, they told her it was not
As if cockroaches weren’t enough, Corvel also spotted rats running across the main room where his little boy had been playing earlier that day.
“It’s disgusting, I feel sick thinking about it. I’m not going back to that house“
Meyrem said: “They were rats, not mice. I’ve had enough, it’s a nightmare. We shouldn’t have to run away from our own home in the freezing cold but we needed to. We can’t use the furniture now either because the cockroaches were crawling all over it.” Councillor Richard Livingstone, cabinet member for housing, said: “We are very sorry that this family has had pest control issues in their flat. The council offers a free pest control service to tenants and an appointment was booked on Monday. The council’s pest control officers will be visiting to treat the flat on Wednesday 13th Jan, as arranged. The appointment takes no more than four hours and the flat is safe to stay in overnight after this has happened.” He added that temporary accommodation is in extremely short supply and the council are unable to offer alternative accommodation while pest control work takes place.
SCOUTING FOR OLD FRIENDS
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Former cub looking for pals pictured in this 1960s photo
By Joey Millar
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A FORMER Bermondsey cub scout is trying to track down his old den mates – half a century after last putting on a woggle.
Vince Queen, now 63 years old, is appealing to News readers for help in finding the boys he shared a “halcyon time” with in Bermondsey all those decades ago. He sent in a photograph of his old 27th Bermondsey Cub Pack pals, who used to meet in the crypt at St Augustine’s Church in Lynton Road. The snap was taken sometime between 1960 and 1963. He said: “It was just fantastic, we used to look forward to it every week. Everyone knew everyone, there were so many kids after the war and Bermondsey was our playground. It’s not like that anymore, you see kids today and it’s not the same.” Vince was driven to track down the old gang after seeing the photo posted on Facebook, in which he features on the far-left of the second row from the back. He said: “I saw it and thought ‘I have that photo too!’ So I dug it out and looked at it, but I could only remember the names of three or so people. It made me wonder what everyone had ended up doing, where everyone was.” Vince has particularly fond
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WALWORTH: A pensioner was left in a critical condition following a serious collision on the Old Kent Road last week.
The 72-year-old woman was in collision with a motorbike near the junction with Massinger Street, at around 5.20pm on January 8. The male rider of the motorbike stopped at the scene. He sustained minor injuries but was not arrested. Police are now appealing for witnesses to the accident. If you saw anything, please call officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 020 8285 1574.
Diabetic missing without medication PECKHAM: Police are growing “increasingly concerned” for the welfare of a missing Peckham man, who suffers from diabetes and has been without his medication for some time.
A picture of the scout group from between 1960 and 1963
members of scout leader Reg Nation, featured in the photo to the left of the group. He said: “He was great, he knew everyone. He would walk around Bermondsey and everyone would stop him. We all used to have camps in his back garden, and stories and crafts. It was a halcyon time. I’d love to know what they’re all up to.”
As for Vince, he has left Bermondsey and now lives in Bexleyheath, where he is the director of Kent-based gas consultancy firm Phoenix Compliancy Management. Do you recognise any of the boys in this photo? Get in touch by emailing joey@southwarknews.co.uk or ringing the news desk on 0207 231 5258.
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By Joey Millar
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A GRIEVING mother has paid tribute to her “always laughing” 6-year-old boy, who passed away last weekend after a lifelong battle with an ultra-rare condition which left him blind and unable to move.
Little Archie suffered from Deletion 14 Q12, a syndrome caused by a missing chromosome which stunts growth, restricts mobility and vision and reduces life expectancy. He passed away on January 9, after spending his six short years cheering up his family in Nunhead and surprising doctors, despite constant discomfort in his final days. His mother, Aine Green, told the News: “He was always smiling and laughing, even at the end. He developed epilepsy, but even after having a fit he would smile to show us that he was okay. He was more concerned with how we were feeling. “Even the day before he died, he heard something funny and started
‘HE WAS ALWAYS SMILING, EVEN AT THE END’
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“He was such a strong boy, it didn’t matter what life threw at him or how much his little body suffered, he just kept fighting” laughing in his sleep.” Archie was a complete “mummy’s boy” who “loved his cuddles”, and also adored spending time with his dad when he came to visit. Aine said: “His dad would blow a raspberry and he would laugh so much. His dad loved him and Archie would be so excited to hear his voice saying ‘Archie boy!’ Sometimes he wouldn’t even need to hear him, he would know from the sound of his feet.” The family shared some fantastic memories together, including a recent visit to the beach in Southend – “he
loved it down there in the sand” – and Archie’s first day at Cherry Gardens School in Bermondsey. Aine said: “We didn’t think we would get to that milestone, his first day of school. He surprised everyone, and he loved school, they all loved him there. They were just fantastic with him there. When he got on the bus he would be laughing and would cheer everyone up, they loved picking him up and dropping him home again.” Archie was also a great little brother, causing no trouble for his elder siblings Annie, 11, Niamh, 16,
and Alex, 21. Aine said: “He loved them and they loved him so much, he was a good little brother. Niamh was very good, she used to mother him a lot, and Annie would always read him books in bed. He loved listening to stories.” What struck everyone about Archie, even more than his sense of humour and contagious laugh, was his strength in the face of all the problems he faced in his tragically short life.
Aine said: “He was fighting to the end, he didn’t give up. He was not a crier, there is not one picture we have of him where he isn’t looking happy. He was such a strong boy, it didn’t matter what life threw at him or how much his little body suffered, he just kept fighting.” Aine requested that any donations in Archie’s memory should be made to the Demelza Children’s Hospice. Visit demelza.org.uk or ring 01795845200 for more information.
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Bermondsey should be made boundary zone 1/2 says Lib Dem
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BORIS JOHNSON has been accused of “punishing” Southwark residents by refusing to re-zone Bermondsey Station, a move that could save commuters.
Mickey Kelly, Mayor of Southwark Dora DixonFyle MBE and Sheila Cohring and children Jed Fenning, Jevan Fenning Myra Collins, Skye Clay, David Baden-Morgan
NEW YEAR, NEW SCHOOL Kids ‘handed keys’ to primary set to open in September By Joey Millar
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BERMONDSEY CHILDREN were symbolically handed the keys to Galleywall Primary School by the Mayor of Southwark last
week, with just months to go until the school opens for the first time in September. The children also carried coal and bread into the school to help bring in the New Year, as is an old English tradition.
Headteacher of the new school Sheila Cohring said: “We are delighted to have this opportunity to bring Galleywall School back to life. “This school will represent the creativity and diversity that is the city of London.”
Community Support Officer will remain in every ward in every London borough. The cuts would have come on top of previous reductions in PCSO numbers, in the borough with 110 support officers (or 77 percent) lost from Southwark’s streets since May 2010. Southwark Liberal Democrat Community Safety Spokesperson, Councillor David Hubber, said: “Police Community Support Officers have been serving our neighbourhoods for over thirteen years now. They play a vital role in
acting as eyes and ears in the community and helping to keep our borough safer. “Southwark Liberal Democrats have kept up the pressure on the Mayor. We handed in our petition this month signed by thousands of residents calling on him to scrap his pointless council tax cut to allow our PCSOs to continue at current levels. “It’s great news that the Metropolitan Police have responded to the huge concerns of Southwark residents and we will keep our existing number of PCSOs in the community.”
PCSOs saved from the axe By Amelia Burr
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SOUTHWARK POLICE community support officers are not so blue after hearing their jobs have been saved.
In September it was proposed the borough could lose all of its 33 PCSOs in one fell swoop of cuts to neighbourhood policing. Met police chief, Sir Bernard HoganHowe confirmed that PCSOs will be maintained across London and at least one Police Constable and one Police
The Mayor of London dismissed a question from Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly Member and Lib Dem nomination for Mayor, about the possibility of the station moving from Transport for London’s Zone 2 to the Zone 1/2 boundary zone. She said it was bizarre that Stratford’s stations, which have recently been rezoned, were now in the same zone as Bermondsey – despite being far further from London’s city centre. She said: “It makes no sense at all. I have continued to campaign for Bermondsey to be a boundary Zone 1/2 station so local residents can benefit from better fares and to recognise Bermondsey's central location. “Clearly tube stations can be rezoned, yet when I recently asked the Mayor again to rezone
Bermondsey as a Zone 1 station he once again refused to make this sensible change.” She said the rejection, which will deny commuters “considerable savings in fares”, was just the latest in a pattern of disrespect towards Southwark residents by the Conservative heavyweight. Ms Pidgeon said: “Whether it is excluding Rotherhithe from the cycle hire scheme or penalising users of Bermondsey Tube station it seems Boris Johnson simply can’t stop punishing local residents.” Mr Johnson explained the rezoning of Stratford’s stations, as well as Abbey Road, Canning Town, Star Lane, and West Ham Stations, were “unique” situations. He said: “The rezoning is a key element of my plans to secure the Olympic legacy and should ultimately be self-funding as a result of the increased value of land owned by GLA functional bodies in the Stratford area. “This makes the case for the Stratford rezoning unique and so it should not be taken as a precedent justifying further changes elsewhere.”
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Trying to lose that spare tyre?
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HAS YOUR New Year’s fitness resolution already run out of gas? Mechanics Kwik Fit are trying to get the borough’s residents back on track, with a series of exhaust-ing work-out sessions in the New Kent Road this month.
The free 30-minute lessons will use just car and van tyres, bringing a whole new meaning to tiring yourself out. They will involve tyre flips, lifts and throws, and have been devised by Kwik Fit technicians and personal trainer Mikah Simpson. He said: “There’s no doubt tyres are a brilliant foundation to a work out – not only for lifting, but on the floor during cardio exercises. The most important thing when getting fit is to simply get started and do something you enjoy.”
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DULWICH
Fans flood to a new way of football and it’s nothing to do with hipsters!
HAMLET FANS - Dulwich have seen record crowds with their weekend matches, including this last season, as fans paid what they wanted to attend the game
By Joey Millar
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THERE IS something a little bit special happening at Champion Hill.
It would be easy to simply point to the attendance sizes as evidence of a Southwark footballing revolution, with the number of people visiting Dulwich Hamlet FC’s picturesque stadium growing season after season. Just five years ago, crowds rarely exceeded the low-hundreds. Last week, however, at a rainy mid-season league match against unglamorous Enfield Town, 2,249 fans packed into the ground – a higher draw than some Football League clubs three divisions above. “I couldn’t believe it,” fan and Forward The Hamlet podcast creator Ben Sibley told the News. “When I first started coming two years ago, I used to stand by the turnstiles when people were arriving and I knew almost all the faces. Now I watch as people come in and I recognise hardly anyone!” He may have recognised at least two new faces at the last game: former
‘Hamlet’s 123-year history is certainly storied. Players as varied as Hussein Hugazi, who went on to become an Egyptian football icon, to Edgar Kail, the last non-league player to represent England at full international level, have pulled on the famous pink kit’
England football captain Rio Ferdinand and comedian Mickey Flanagan (who, admittedly, was decked out in Enfield colours), just two of the most recent fans to be drawn down to the Hamlet. The crowd size, however, is only the half the story, as anyone who has attended a game at the Hamlet will know. But, despite what some reports in the national media may have you believe, it’s not all to do with the “hword.” Ben said: “One paper did a feature calling us ‘London’s most hipster football club’, going on about craft beer and other things taken out of context. It was trash. Yes, some of it is true, but it’s missing the point.
Dulwich Hamlet is one of the most famous, if not the most famous, nonleague club. It has a fantastic history which has been ignored by other reporters.” Hamlet’s 123-year history is certainly storied. Players as varied as Hussein Hugazi, who went on to become an Egyptian footballing icon, to Edgar Kail, the last non-league player to represent England at full international level, have pulled on the famous pink kit, while Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam are counted among the teams beaten by the south London side. It’s impossible to ignore history at Dulwich, even when ordering a pint: at next Saturday’s match, the clubhouse bar will debuting a new beer
named after a player who last wore a Dulwich shirt 83 years ago. But it is the evolution of the club’s unique ethos over the last few seasons which has really catapulted Dulwich Hamlet into the limelight and seen attendances first double, then quadruple, and continue to grow still. Last season, the club played a milestone friendly against Stonewall FC, Britain’s first gay football team. Gay pride flags and union banners line the pitch and the crowd boasts a diversity of ethnicities and ages rare in football. On the path running alongside the pitch, groups of children play pickup games while their parents watch the real action on the field. Even the crowd’s chants of “sexy football!” and
“transpontine!” stick out as unique. It’s as much a place to take a date as to meet your friends for a drink – craft beer or not. The players on the field are also doing their best to keep up with the progress off it, with the club currently sitting proud at the top of the Isthmian League – the seventh tier of English football. With a season run-in that includes home clashes with some of Dulwich’s main promotion contenders, it is likely that attendances will continue to rise as the season reaches its climax. Ben said: “We thought it might slow down last season after the play-off loss but this season has seen crowds rise again. I just don’t know when it will stop. Obviously the crowd will be limited by the stadium’s 3000-person capacity so that might be it.” With a proposed new, larger stadium on the horizon, however, even that limit may soon be breached. In a world of £70 Premier League tickets and millionaire footballers, a corner of Southwark has found itself at the heart of a new way of football, focusing on inclusivity, affordability and fun. Just don’t call the fans hipsters! See Comment - page 2
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And supporters cheer greatest Police hunt after man player with his very own beer headbutted over music BOROUGH
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DULWICH HAMLET Football Club will honour its greatest ever player next week with the launch of a special new ale in the clubhouse bar.
The tribute tipple will be called Edgar Kail Pale Ale, a tongue-twisting nod to the club legend on the 40th anniversary of his death. Shaun Wilkinson, hospitality manager at the club’s Champion Hill stadium, predicted that the 4% pale ale would be as popular with Hamlet fans as the player it is named after. He said: “It’s a spin-off of a previous drink by brewers Late Knights, who sponsor the kit, so it should be a big seller. The crowds keep getting bigger so we hope it gets a good reaction.” Kail, who made his debut at the age of just 15 in 1915, scored more than 400 goals for Hamlet during his time with the club. The Camberwell-born striker was called up to the England squad in 1929, becoming the last non-league club to ever represent the Three Lions. Despite the attention of professional clubs, Kail remained with Hamlet’s amateurs throughout his entire playing
POLICE ARE hunting for a man after an argument about music coming from a phone resulted in a violent head-butt attack in London Bridge Station.
Promotional images for the drink
career. Although he last pulled on the famous blue and pink strip in 1933, Kail’s name is still sung by the evergrowing crowds at every game.
In recent years, a Blue Plaque commemorating the Dulwich icon has been put up at the stadium, with the road leading to the stadium also renamed Edgar Kail Way.
The incident, which left the 39-yearold male victim with minor injuries to his nose, occurred shortly after midnight on December 9. Investigating officers have released an image of a man they would like to speak to in connection to the incident. The incident was sparked when the alleged attacker took issue with music coming from a phone belonging to the victim’s friend. Detective Constable Steve Ajayi said: “There is no excuse for such violent behaviour and we need people to help us find the person responsible. I am confident the man in the image will be able to assist with our investigation. Know him? We want to hear from you.”Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40, or text 61016, quoting reference SSUB/B11 of 11/01/16. Information can also be passed anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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B E RM ON DS EY G I RL D OR I S CELEBRATES 9 0 Y EA RS O F LIF E ON SAME ESTATE
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A BERMONDSEY woman celebrated her 90th birthday last week, on the same estate she’s lived on for her whole life.
Doris Davies was born on January 6, 1926, in a flat at The Guinness
Partnership housing scheme, only moving once to her current residence, after redevelopments in the 1970s. Birthday festivities took place last Wednesday, where Doris was visited by The Guinness Partnership housing association and the occasion was commemorated with some special gifts.
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She posed for photographs with her personalised cake, but she also received a letter from the organisation’s chief executive and some historic photos dating from as far back as 1890. Doris said: “This is a wonderful surprise. I wasn’t expecting anything so I really appreciate these gifts. Seeing the photos of the area
from when I was a little girl has brought back some great memories.” Reminiscing about the past, she was able to enjoy the day with her two nieces. Not only was last week a day to mark Doris’ birthday, it also was an event to recognise her as the holder of the record for having the longest
Aylesbury man to stand in by-election WALWORTH
By Amelia Burr
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A FORMER homeless man is trying to stop the council demolishing his block by getting elected and fighting it from the inside.
Dean Porter, 39, was on the streets for around five years before selling the Big Issue helped him save enough money to get his motorbike license and become a courier so he could support himself. After moving onto the Aylesbury a couple of years ago, Dean was dismayed to find out it his new home had been earmarked for demolition. Now Dean is standing to become a local councillor. Southwark Labour’s Dan Garfield resigned after he was found guilty of beating his wife in November, triggering a by-election at the end of this month and Dean is hoping to fill his shoes. “There are still thousands of us living on the Aylesbury, and many of us don’t want to move. We don’t want to be forced out of the area,” said Dean. Another Aylesbury resident, Lauren Pemberton-Nelson, is also standing in the by-election on January 21. Lauren will be representing the Southwark
Liberal Democrats and says she is fighting for basic local improvements from cleaner streets and estates to better lighting, especially on the Aylesbury Estate where she says residents feel forgotten and neglected. Southwark Conservatives have put up Bakerloo line driver David Furze, who is also calling for Aylesbury leaseholders to get a fair deal as the council seeks to purchase their homes for demolition. The Labour candidate is local resident Samantha Jury-Dada. Samantha grew up on a London council estate and lives on the Walworth Road close to East Street. She graduated from university last year and now wants to make a difference for her community. Elizabeth Estate resident, Nick Hooper is standing for the Green Party and is campaigning on issues of housing and regeneration in central London. Black cabbie, Toby Prescott is the UKIP candidate. If elected, the father of three says he will fight not just to maintain but improve all services for residents and businesses in Faraday ward. Local businessman Amadu Kanumansa is standing for the All People’s Party’s and has said he pledges to fight for more homes at social rent, and proper scrutiny of the council.
Doris Davies, 90, celebrated her birthday on the estate she has lived on her entire life
tenancy with the housing association. The association celebrated its 125th anniversary last year. Doris’s niece Patricia Bygrave, was also born in the same flat. Patricia said: “Several members of our family were born here so it means a lot to us that Guinness is celebrating with us.”
Police find foot-long knife after group of youths flee By Joey Millar
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SOUTHWARK: A foot-long knife was confiscated by Southwark police last week after a group of young people fled when approached by officers.
Sergeant Chris Iliffe posted a photo of the blade on social media on January 9 and said: “Recovered today in SE1 after a group of youths ran off on sight of police and discarded a knife.” Sgt Iliffe is a member of the Safer Neighbourhood Team for Grange ward, which stretches from The Shard to the Blue.
Former rough-sleeper Dean Porter before he completed a charity bike ride in the summer in aid of the Big Issue Foundation
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‘CRITICAL SHORTAGE’ HITS HOSPITAL TRUST Nursing college reveals number of vacant job posts
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A SOUTHWARK hospital trust has been hit by a London-wide nursing shortage with hundreds of vacant posts to be filled.
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust had just over a quarter of its nursing posts vacant in July last year, according to a freedom of information request put in by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). At the same time, King’s College Hosptial Trust had 653 nursing vacancies, sixteen percent of nursing posts, and Guy’s and St Thomas’s had 677 nursing vacancies, fourteen percent of all nursing posts. RCN London said historic cuts to training places, plus an ongoing pay freeze imposed by the government, meant many London trusts were unable to find the permanent staff they need. As trusts like SlaM try to fill hundreds of vacancies, they are forced to spend huge sums on temporary agency staff or recruiting overseas. RCN London Regional Director Bernell Bussue said: “London faces a critical shortage of registered nursing staff. “The problem is partly down to shortsighted workforce planning
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which saw training posts cut in the past, meaning there aren’t enough home grown nurses coming through the system. “The Government urgently needs to give nursing staff a pay rise at a level which helps them settle in the capital for the long term, before staffing shortages start to damage the quality of care which London’s patients receive.” A spokesperson for SlaM said the trust had “significantly improved” its vacancy position over the last few months from 440 vacancies to
355. “We have made significant inroads into the nursing vacancies and are on target with our recruitment strategy. We are recruiting to fill more vacancies than we were this time last year, as we are converting bank and agency posts into substantive roles, and actively recruiting in order to help us to maintain safe staffing levels. We are currently advertising and recruiting to 121 of our nursing vacancies.” A spokeswoman for King’s
pointed out that in November 2015, its nurse vacancy rate had improved to 13.6 per cent, down from July’s 16 per cent. She commented: “In the last year, we have recruited more permanent nursing staff at our hospitals, and reduced the amount we spend on expensive agency staff. We aim to build on the progress we have made over the coming year.” The News contacted Guy’s and St Thomas’s for a comment, but did not receive a response at the time of going to press.
Science gallery gets go-ahead BOROUGH
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A £12 MILLION gallery dedicated to science has been given the go-ahead by Southwark Council.
King’s College London has been given planning permission to build the Science Gallery in an historic part of Guy’s Hospital, in Borough. The new gallery will be created at Guy’s Campus, Boland House, St Thomas Street, and is set to open in autumn 2017. It will include a flexible exhibition, studio and performance spaces, a theatre, a café, a shop, and a restored Georgian courtyard. Locally-driven programmes will regularly change to entice visitors to return to the free space.
Money for the build was raised externally with £3million from the Wellcome Trust, £4million from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity and a further £5million from the Shard Funding Ltd. Dr Daniel Glaser, Director of the Gallery, said: “Science Gallery at King’s College London will give us a completely new way to connect audiences with science, art and innovation.” The Assistant principal at King’s College, Deborah Bull, stressed the importance of the building ensuring the importance of the college with the surrounding communities. She said, it was set to be: “a focal point for building new connections that will help to ensure King's is relevant to, and part of, the communities around us.”
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Deadline for primary school applications near
SOUTHWARK: The primary school application deadline will pass this Friday, with parents being strongly advised to do their homework and submit their applications in good time.
Councillor Victoria Mills, Southwark Council Cabinet Member for Education and Schools, said: “It’s an exciting time for many families in Southwark as they think ahead to their children starting school in September. “The application process is easy, but for children to have a fair chance of securing a place at one of their preferred schools, parents must apply before the deadline. If you haven’t submitted your application already, I would strongly advise you to look at our website today rather than leaving it until the last minute. You may need a few days to gather the document required to process your application.” Southwark families are able to apply online by visiting www.southwark.gov.uk school admissions and are encouraged to apply for up to six schools, in order of preference. Schools may be located either in Southwark or any other borough.
Pupils to grow edible playground ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: A school is set to build an “edible playground” in an effort to promote a healthy living lifestyle for its pupils.
Charlotte Sharman Primary School will grow fruit and vegetables across their large playground, which currently just has a handful of potted plants. Head Teacher Emma Morrogh-Ryan said: “The Charlotte Sharman community wanted to further develop pupils’ understanding of healthy lifestyles as well as enhancing the school environment. “Edible Playgrounds provides the opportunities for children to grow and eat their own produce supporting our Silver Healthy Schools status alongside the science curriculum as well as providing a vibrant space for social interactions developing a love of the outdoors.” The project will be undertaken by green charity Trees for Cities and funded by the Peoples Postcode Lottery.
Challenge for young bookworms SOUTHWARK: Southwark Council has launched a Winter Reading Challenge for the borough’s bookworms.
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Until March 20, children aged between 4 and 17 can take part in the challenge and be in with a chance to win a £20 Amazon gift voucher. Parents can also take part by reading to their baby or toddler. For more information about Southwark’s Winter Book Challenge and library events, please visit www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries.
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Find Southwark NHS services with new Health Help Now app NHS SOUTHWARK Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched a new mobile and online service to help local people to understand where they should go for treatment, especially when they need healthcare in a hurry, late at night, or at the weekend.
The Health Help Now app can be downloaded for free at www.healthhelpnow-nhs.net for web users or by searching in your smart phone app store. It helps people check their symptoms and find the best place for treatment – showing which nearby services are open. Importantly, it will help people to know when to go to A&E, and when not to.
The app helps users by breaking down symptoms by age group – baby, child, teenager, adult and older adult - making it easier for people to find the right treatment for them. Health Help Now also offers advice – such as where to buy children’s
medication when pharmacies are closed – and links to other useful websites.
Dr Jonty Heaversedge, GP and Chair of NHS Southwark CCG, said: “We know it can be confusing for people to find the best local NHS service to meet their needs especially when they become unwell unexpectedly. “The Health Help Now app is a really useful tool to help Southwark residents locate the right service for them when they need treatment or advice. No matter where you are in the borough, if you need health advice in a hurry, late at night or at the weekend, the app will quickly direct you to the most appropriate support nearby - so you can be confident that you’re getting the right help.” To find out more visit www.healthhelpnow-nhs.net or search on your smart phone app store for ‘health help now’.
More GP and nurse appointments available in Southwark
MORE GP and nurse appointments are now available for Southwark residents in the daytime, evening and at weekends, following a funding boost from the local NHS.
NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has invested £2 million per year in the Extended Primary Care Service to make it easier for people to see or speak to a doctor or nurse at a time that suits them. The service provides pre-booked appointments from 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week, including bank holidays. Local GP practices are working together to deliver the extended service from two sites in Bermondsey and Peckham. Initially the service is focusing on providing care for people with same day or next day health needs, but will be delivering broader primary care services over the coming months. To get an appointment at the service patients call their GP practice in the usual
way or when their practice is closed, contact the GP out of hours service (SELDOC) on 020 8693 9066. Patients with more complex needs that are better managed by their own GP would be seen in their own practice. Dr Emily Gibbs, local GP and clinical lead for primary care at NHS Southwark CCG, said: “Southwark residents have been telling us for some time that they sometimes find it difficult to get an appointment with the GP or practice nurse. We have used this feedback to develop an extended service, which is proving popular with patients. “It’s particularly important for people to be able to access GP services when they need to over Winter and this extended service is giving our local practices much needed capacity to ensure their patients are seen quickly.” Ask your GP practice about the Extended Primary Care Service or visit www.southwarkccg.nhs.uk
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Southwark News, Thursday January 14, 2016 ADVERTORIAL
New year, new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital 2016 WILL mark the opening of the new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital, bringing together most cancer treatments and research.
Staff at the new centre will see 20,000 suspected cancer cases and treat 6,500 cancer patients every year. Terry Weston, 70, from Bermondsey (pictured right), had treatment for breast cancer at Guy’s Hospital in 2012. She has supported the campaign to build our new Cancer Centre from the beginning. Terry was diagnosed with breast cancer one week after discovering a lump. Chemotherapy followed a week later to reduce the size of her tumour. Terry describes the six months of chemotherapy as stressful, tiring and painful. But she says the trips to the outpatients clinic at Guy’s were made easier by the
supportive staff. Terry was operated on by the same consultant who first told her about her diagnosis and she has since made a full recovery. Terry says: “I always felt that people were considering me as an individual, not as just any other patient. I really feel back to normal. I’m very grateful to Guy’s for all the support they gave me and for curing the cancer. I couldn’t have had better treatment.” Guy’s Cancer Centre Appeal aims to raise £15 million towards the £160 million project cost of the Cancer Centre. Almost £6 million has already been raised, leaving a target of just over £9 million. Donations to the appeal will help provide the finishing touches, from treatment couches and wheelchairs to privacy screens and gym equipment.
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WINTER CONDITIONS can be seriously bad for your health, especially for people aged 65 or over and those with long-term conditions.
There are some simple ways to stay well this winter: • Keep warm – this may help prevent colds, flu or more serious health conditions such as heart attacks, strokes and pneumonia
• Get a flu jab – the flu vaccination is free for people who are most at risk
• Get advice – if you’re not sure which NHS service you need, call 111. If you have a cough, cold or an upset stomach, your community pharmacy is often the best first port of call.
There are more tips at www.nhs.uk/staywell.
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SMOKERS IN Southwark are getting NHS help to quit smoking in their own homes this winter so they can avoid being admitted to hospital with a smoking-related illness.
Guy's and St Thomas' stop smoking service offers free treatment and support in a range of locations including cafes, leisure centres and at home. Treatment of smoking-related illnesses costs the NHS £2.7 billion a year. Last year Guy's and St Thomas' stop smoking specialists gave help and advice to almost 1,500 smokers and 40% of smokers who accessed the community stop smoking service received a home visit. Janice Hosier, 65, from Bermondsey, started smoking at 15. She's tried to quit her 20-a-day smoking habit six times but without success. But now, with the help of Guy's and St Thomas' stop smoking specialist Doris Gaga, Janice says Doris Gaga (left) with Janice Hosier she has kicked the habit for good. Janice, who receives stop smoking support at home, says: "When I got the news that I had multiple sclerosis I was devastated but after a few days I felt positive again and was back to my old self. Smoking is different. It’s just too powerful and it kept beating me. "I'm alright to start off with but after a few months something happens, like my Dad getting
pneumonia, and I'll start again. "I look after my two grandsons and the one-year old is asthmatic. My mum smoked all her life and had an awful death with machines at home to help her breathe. How can I smoke around him knowing that? "With the help of Doris I know this time it's for good. The wheezing has stopped completely, I feel more alert, and people say I look better." Doris Gaga says: "Smokers have to say 'no' a hundred times a day from the moment they wake up, at the bus stop, after a meal. “If you throw physical exhaustion into the mix, it becomes even more difficult for smokers to keep their energy levels high to fight temptation. “Because the challenge of quitting is so enormous, our service goes out to people where they live so they have fewer hoops to jump through. “We help people to talk about the triggers for their smoking and give treatment and advice in places that are accessible so they stay smokefree." Guy's and St Thomas' became a smoke-free Trust in June 2015. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on our premises. For more information about the stop smoking service call 020 7188 0995 or email stopsmoking@gstt.nhs.uk.
IS BERMONDSEY’S ROB A MIRACLE MAN? Southwark News, Thursday January 14, 2016
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The 38-year-old hypnotist, who made headlines after curing a woman of agoraphobia, would like to open his own centre in borough A BERMONDSEY born hypnotist, who recently hit the headlines for curing a mum of her sixteen-year struggle with agoraphobia, says he would like to open his own hypnotherapy centre in the area.
Michelle Davis’, 48, from Erith, suffered anxiety which spiralled out of control after she lost her dad in 2008, following a long bout of dementia. She was introduced to Robert Hisee, 38, through a friend, who was able to use his self-developed Unconscious Mind Therapy to ease her symptoms with a three hour session back in 2013. Robert, who was brought up on Bonamy Estate, said: “My big goal is to start my own UMT centre in Bermondsey. “I would love to work with young
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offenders and local criminals, who may have just come out of prison.” Robert said that the three-hour consultation was the average time in which he sees his clients, but when comparing himself to psychologists, he said: “What I do in three hours they do in 15 years.” Robert said that UMT explores the process of recovery of the mind, rather than the content, resulting in what he believes as faster and more effective results. Michelle said that that prior to her session: “I was getting physically ill if I had to go out. I was horrible before attending family events, and miserable
during.” After seeing Robert, Michelle’s daughter got stranded at Bluewater shopping centre, due to a puncture. Michelle hopped in the car and drove the 20 minute without a second thought. Explaining the moment her mind-set began to change, she said: “It was only when I got home, and I didn’t once think that I couldn’t do it”, she knew she was getting there. Robert, who was once the frontman in Bermondsey band The Sound, is set to be a mind trainer for the soon-to-be opened Mind and Body Camp – the first of its kind in the UK. When talking about how much he loves helping people, he said: “It is just a thought, you can have anything that you want.”
Former frontman to local band The Sound, Robert Hisee is now a hypnotist
CAMBERWELL
CAMBERWELL SCOUTS braved the elements last weekend as they took part in a number of outdoor activities for the annual Winter Camp in north-east London.
Members of the 3rd and 5th Camberwell scout groups joined thousands of others in Gilwell Park for a weekend of archery, crafts, water activities, orienteering, quad bikes, go-parks and campfire fun. Hebe Barber, 11, from the 5th Camberwell scout group, said: “The camp had been really fun. I had 8 hours of sleep!” Nicholas Mitchiner, 10, said: “The camp was really good. The best thing was being able to camp with your friends. My favourite activity was the games room. The mud was wet.”
SCOUTING AROUND
Local teen Valicious is named London’s top police cadet By Esin Huseyin
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A SOUTHWARK teenager was last week awarded the prestigious MPS Volunteer Police Cadet of the Year award, beating over 2,500 cadets.
Valicious Vincent, stood to attention above the rest of the 13 to 17-year-old volunteers, when he was given the award by Assistant Commissioner, Helen King last Thursday at the London Oratory School. The Southwark Cadet Coordinator, said: “His dedication and commitment to the Volunteer Police Cadets in Southwark and beyond has been recognised in the best way possible. He is a true inspiration and acts as an exemplary role model to his peers.” The Cadet Corps was established in 1987 to enhance relationships between the police and the local communities,
originally in South Norwood as a pilot scheme. Down to its success, it was gradually introduced throughout the Divisions, and after the introduction of borough policing, it could be found within all 32 London boroughs. A £75 annual fee pays for the cadet subscription, which is open to both men and women from all levels of fitness. Through structured training, the cadets are able to develop their personal qualities and skills, from raising awareness on the dangers of cyberbullying, to leafleting at local London Underground stations to prevent crime, and even taking part in weapon sweeps of estates in high risk areas of the borough. The Cadet programme hopes to maintain and fuel interests of young people wishing to pursue a career within the police service in the future.
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Donnachadh McCarthy is the founder of 3 Acorns Eco-audits (www.3acorns.co.uk) and www.nationalcarbonfootprintday.org. His home in Camberwell was London's first carbon-negative home.
Stop Southwark flooding!
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HE GREATEST threat to Southwark is not a major terrorist attack but the threat from flooding as the climate crisis gets worse.
The threat is threefold. Some areas e.g. Herne Hill and east Camberwell are subject to surface flooding, as pipes were not able to handle the new extra heavy downpours, as happened in Herne Hill a few years ago. Flood protection measures have now been installed at Herne Hill by Southwark and are being investigated in Camberwell. Secondly, the Thames Barrier protects us from flooding by sea-surges and rising sea-levels. Raised only four times in the ‘80s, it was raised over fifty times in 2014! The third problem is the Thames itself. If the Thames basin received the huge torrents of rain dumped on Cumbria, a wall of water could head towards London and potentially overwhelm floodprotections and flood northern parts of Southwark. One reason the water could head here so fast is because the government pays hill farmers to keep hills free of the natural woodlands that formerly covered them. This is crazy, as trees absorb over sixty times more water than bare hills. 87% of the woods in the Thames River Basin have been removed. The National Trust even boasts about keeping their uplands vegetation-free. Also beavers, whose upriver dams would help slow the flow, have been eliminated from our countryside. The Thames needs a powerful riverbasin authority with legal powers to ensure we work with nature to protect London and to stop paying farmers to worsen flooding. However, the Thames has nearly a hundred separate local authorities like Southwark, responsible for flood prevention. Making matters worse, the government has removed Environment Agency oversight of upland land-owners drainage works. These farmers have a financial vested interest in getting the water off their land as fast as possible and so endangering Southwark. The Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn rightfully raised this issue in relation to the floods in York. When we contacted the council for their views, worryingly they had no comment to make other than suggesting we contact the Environment Agency. Cllr Merrill, responsible for Southwark’s flood protections needs to urgently address what is the council’s position on this threat to the borough?
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Thanks for giving us a Christmas Day to remember
CHRISTMAS DAY has come and gone – but we did have a wonderful day’s party for so many of our elderly folk on Christmas Day.
The Robin Suite staff in particular Gavin, Tracey and John the Chef excelled themselves. The room looked so perfect and welcoming. May we take this opportunity to thank all of those nice people who collected money for us? United Charity £3,000, Rotherhithe Consolidated Charity £2000, the wonderful Saturday evening at Stanley Arms raised £1305.00 on the evening and then gave Millwall £150.00, Albins £100.00 and £330.00 from the Bouchers School. Four Squares £300.00 and Sheila Fairfield £100.00. Grosvenor and Down Town Farm £216.00. From our beloved friend Marie O’Connell funeral £286.70 plus £770.00 pounds from her Grandsons trip to the top of Snowdon. Old Salt Quay donated over £60 and we did do a small collection at Surrey Quays getting £286.00. May we also thank all of our volunteers who so generously give up their Christmas Day to help and in particular our MP Neil Coyle and family, for the great help towards the lunch etc. Also our transport section of six drivers and of course Alan our Transport Manager, we could only get five ambulances from Southwark so a great big thank you for London Hire who loaned another one free of charge. A big thank you for Trics and Joe
Do you know these people?
LOST FRIENDS, do you remember this photo many years ago at a dinner and dance in London?
I’ve been trying to think of what year it was taken. I’m Stan Childs on the right of the picture and I know Elaine and David Hewlet but I can’t think of the names of the other folk. I’d like to hear how people are getting on these days or whether they are still in the area. My number is 07538886193 – only people that know me please. S. M. Childs, Norfolk
for doing all the shopping for the Christmas Parcels. Next year will be our 40th year. Coral Newell, Administrator and Secretary, Bermondsey Care for the Elderly.
How the Mayor can stop us from floods
WE HAVE been very fortunate here in London to escape the types of floods experienced in
other parts of mainland Britain this winter.
Our housing density and hard paving makes us very vulnerable to river and surface water flooding. In the event of very heavy rainfall we could be looking at tens of billions of pounds worth of property and infrastructure damage, with a high chance of loss of life. The Mayor must step up his river restoration programme which will increase the storage capacity of the 600 kilometres of rivers that feed into
the Thames. But most are hidden, buried in pipes and unable to cope with heavy rainfall before overtopping. Mass tree planting in the upper parts of London’s thirteen river catchments could hold the rainfall back and slow its entry into our rivers. Restoring half of our front gardens which have been paved over could also protect us from rainfall causing local flooding. Jenny Jones AM, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb of the Green Party Group
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BERMONDSEY SQUARE SE1 Frances Richardson: Loss Of Object And Bondage To It; Fig. 2 A public sculpture by the Londonbased artist. Bermondsey Square, Mon-Sun 12midnight-11.59pm, open-access, ends Mar 12, free. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM 2, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 (020-7620 0374) Previously Unseen Portrait Of Edward VI On Display At Florence Nightingale Museum A previously unknown portrait of the tragic boy king Edward VI, only son of Henry VIII, has been discovered hidden in the art collection of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity. Florence Nightingale Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-5pm, ends Mar 27, £5.70. GX GALLERY 43, Denmark Hill, SE5 (020-7703 8396) LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION Elephant & Castle, SE1 LCC Postgraduate Shows 2015: Show Four - School Of Media Show Four celebrates the hard work and achievements of graduating School of Media students studying MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography. London College Of Communication, From Jan 15, MonFri 10am-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm, ends Jan 23, free. NEWPORT STREET GALLERY Newport Street, SE11 John Hoyland: Power Stations Paintings 1964-1982 Works by the leading British abstract painter. Newport Street Gallery, Tue-Sun 10am-6pm, ends Apr 3, free. SOUTH LONDON GALLERY 65-67, Peckham Road, SE5 (0207703 6120) Heman Chong: An Arm, A Leg And Other Stories An installation of a million blacked-out business cards, together with performances exploring ideas of exchange and the role of rules and regulations in determining codes of behaviour. South London Gallery, Tue & ThuSun 11am-6pm, Wed 11am-9pm, , ends Feb 28, free. THE ARCH WINDOW 74 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 Natalie Law: Umbrella Revolution A London design company has turned art curator for a unique showcase, providing a platform for up-and-coming art students to display their work to the public. The Arch Window, Mon-Sun, dawndusk, ongoing, free.
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OLD VIC 103, The Cut, SE1 (0844-871 7628) Dr Seuss’s The Lorax Dr Seuss’s colourful tale about the insidious threat of corporate greed to the natural world. Old Vic, Mon-Sat 7pm, mats Wed & Sat 3pm, Jan 1, 3pm, extra mat Jan 14 (audio described perf Jan 7), ends Jan 16,
Fear and Misery makes great theatre
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n times such as these, with events in Paris and the rest of the world ramping up fear and suspicion at home, and whilst religious extremism is met by much of Europe's political landscape shifting to the far right, now is as good a time as any for a reminder of Europe's not so distant past, writes Matt Baker...
Bertolt Brecht’s Fear and Misery in the Third Reich charts an ordinary people's descent into fear and barbarity. Anybody sitting through school history lessons about the rise of the Third Reich must surely have found themselves pondering the question of how this could happen. Brecht's study in the rise of a fascist totalitarian state is both an answer and a warning. We £12-£60, Premium Seats £85. The Master Builder Ralph Fiennes takes the title role in Henrik Ibsen’s searing drama. Old Vic, From Jan 23, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm, no mats Jan 23, 27 & 30, ends Mar 19, £12-£60, Premium Seats £85. SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE Theatre 21, New Globe Walk, SE1 (020-7401 9919) Cymbeline Sam Yates directs Shakespeare’s erotic and politically charged study of marital discord. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Jan 12-15, 19 & 21-23, 7.30pm, mats Jan 16, 20 & 23, 2.30pm, ends Apr 21, £15-£48, standing £10, Premium Seats £62. Ellen Terry With Eileen Atkins After a sold out run during our inaugural Playhouse season, Eileen Atkins returns with her witty and intriguing insight into Shakespeare’s women as first told by Ellen Terry. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Jan
see ordinary folk faced by impossible choices in the face of brutish ignorance, and are forced to reflect on the question, ‘Would I have acted any different?’ The play progresses, essentially, as a series of interconnected set pieces that chart early National Socialist propaganda through thuggish bullying by the Hitler Youth to the saturation of all state organs in the foul reek of Nazism. The only way I feel I can explain it is if I ask you to imagine Dostoyevsky writing Under Milkwood whilst reflecting on life in the Gulag. Now, if this doesn't sound much fun, it isn't. But what it does is follow in the best traditions of tragedy, reaching back to its origins in ancient Greece, and when framed as such, it functions as great art can: to
18, 24 & 31, 7.30pm-9pm, mats Jan 14 & 21, 2.30pm-4pm, ends Feb 10, £10-£62. Pericles Dominic Dromgoole directs Shakespeare’s late romance. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Jan 16 & 20, 7.30pm, Jan 17, 7pm, mats Jan 17, 2pm, (audio described mat perf Jan 17, captioned perf Jan 20), ends Apr 21, £15-£48, standing £10, Premium Seats £62. The Winter’s Tale Michael Longhurst directs Shakespeare’s timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Jan 28-30, 7.30pm10.30pm, mat Jan 31, 2pm-5pm, ends Apr 22, £15-£48, standing £10, Premium Seats £62. SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85, Newington Causeway, SE1 (020-7407 0234) Courting Drama A performance from four new collaborative partnerships. Southwark
Playhouse, Jan 24, 7.30pm, £10. Grey Gardens An adaptation of the classic film based on the lives of Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale. Southwark Playhouse, Jan 14-16, 18-23 & 25-30, 7.30pm, mats Jan 16, 19, 23, 26 & 30, 3pm, £25, concs £20, previews £14. Macbeth A Shakespearean classic brought to the stage for younger audiences. Southwark Playhouse, Jan 30, 4pm, £12, concs £8. This Will End Badly The director of Captain Amazing invites you to stare deep into the dark heart of modern man. Southwark Playhouse, From Jan 12, Mon-Sat 8pm, mat Sat 3.30pm, ends Feb 6, £18, concs £16, preview £12. TATE MODERN Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 (020-7887 8888) London International Mime Festival 2016: ‘My Great Work’ Part Of The London International Mime Festival 2016 300 actors, a
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serve a need in public life. In this case a reminder that in many ways we’ve been here before, and it is our choices, both in our conduct and at the ballot box, that opens the door to such nightmares. The Union Theatre should be wildly applauded for having the courage to put such a hard-hitting piece on, and I would encourage as many as I can to see it. In the best traditions, this truly is great Theatre. Union Theatre, 204 Union Street, SE1 until 30th January 2016 Tuesday - Saturday @ 7.30pm | Sunday @ 2.30pm Box Office: 0207 261 9876 – www.uniontheatre.biz Tickets: £20
military orchestra, enormous herds of animals, cars, helicopters, rock bands..... David Espinosa creates his “great work” on a white tabletop with the help of miniature figurines. Tate Modern, Jan 13, 5pm-6pm, Jan 14, 3pm-4pm, 5pm-6pm, Jan 15 & 16, 5pm-6pm, 7pm-8pm, 9pm10pm, Jan 17, 1pm-2pm, 3pm-4pm, 5pm-6pm, £10-£30. TEMPORARY THEATRE (FORMERLY THE SHED) National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Iphigenia In Splott Gary Owen’s adaptation of the Greek myth for Sherman Cymru, directed by Rachel O’Riordan. Temporary Theatre (formerly The Shed), From Jan 27, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Sat 3pm, except press night Jan 29, 7pm, ends Feb 20, £20, concs £15. THE MENIER CHOCOLATE Factory 53, Southwark Street, SE1 (020-7378 1713) Funny Girl Sheridan Smith plays
Fanny Brice in a major revival of the hit musical, directed by Michael Mayer. The Menier Chocolate Factory, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, ends Mar 5, £35£47.50, phone for availability. YOUNG VIC 66, The Cut, SE1 (020-7922 2922) Bull Three employees fight to keep their jobs in Mike Bartlett’s blistering drama. Young Vic, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Wed & Sat 3pm, ends Jan 16, £25, ringside standing tickets £10. Macbeth Carrie Cracknell and Lucy Guerin direct a radical reworking of Shakespeare’s supernatural tragedy. Young Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 2.30pm, ends Jan 23, £10-£35.
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Dave relaxes with soul legend Marvin Gaye (main), and in his later days (inset).
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photograph of Peckham-born Dave Godin sat on a bench enjoying the sunshine with Marvin Gaye goes some way to demonstrating how pivotal he was in the popularity of soul music in the sixties, writes Amelia Burr and Joey Millar...
Godin opened the first ever black music record shop in Europe and coined the term ‘Northern Soul’, as well as writing prolifically for Blues & Soul magazine. The son of a milkman born in Peckham in 1936, Godin ended up at Dartford Grammar School, where he says he introduced Mick Jagger to black American music. Godin played a minor role in the
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How Peckham’s Dave Godin changed the shape of music forever early jam sessions out of which the Rolling Stones emerged, but resented Jagger for what he saw as the Stones' exploitation of black music. Later, Godin would tell Manifesto magazine of the moment the two men were reunited many years later in a record studio. He said: “Mick Jagger came rolling across, and I’d not seen or heard from him in years, and started talking as if we’d spoken last Wednesday. He asked me to introduce him to Marvin Gaye. “I said ‘Why the f**k did you record Time Is On My Side and steal the limelight from Irma Thomas?’ and he said he did it as a tribute. ‘F**k off! And you can
introduce yourself to Marvin Gaye’. “Those are the last words I ever spoke to this ‘living legend’.” It was in his shop, Soul City, which was founded in 1967, that he coined the iconic phrase “Northern soul.” He said: “I had started to notice that northern football fans who were in London to follow their team were coming into the store to buy records, but they weren’t interested in the latest developments in the black American chart. “I devised the name as a shorthand sales term. It was just to say ‘if you’ve got customers from the north, don’t waste time playing them records currently in
the US black chart, just play them what they like - ‘Northern Soul.’” The shop went bust in the 1970s but Godin had already established himself as a pivotal figure in the world of soul. He was the first person from the UK to visit the Detroit headquarters of Mowtown, the legendary record company responsible for the racial integration of popular music during the 1960s, and also went on to produce a four album series entitled “Deep Soul Treasurers”, highlighting the best songs from his beloved genre. In later years, Godin turned his attention to politics and activism. He was a militant atheist, a campaigner against animal
cruelty, an anti-censorship activist and a vegan. As with music, he poured his heart and soul into everything he turned his mind to. He passed away in 2004 and was mourned by musicians and music lovers across the country. Toby Walker, of www.soulwalking.co.uk, remembers him as a “very caring, loving, softly spoken and articulate man”, while the Guardian’s obituary paid tribute to “Britain's most effective propagandist on behalf of soul music.” He died in Rotherham, in the heart of ‘Northern Soul’, but will always be remembered as the Peckham boy who changed music forever.
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Th e ep i tom e o f a go o d r oa s t
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ROAST THE FLORAL HALL STONEY STREET SE1 1TL PHONE: 020 3763 5320
t’s Friday night in Borough Market and the place is heaving, writes Ellie Ross...
Office workers in smart suits spill out into the streets to enjoy a post-work drink. I weave through the crowds - ready to sit down for my after-work tipple and some hearty fayre at Roast. And in winter, what meal could be more appetising and appropriate than a good roast? Iqbal Wahhab’s restaurant celebrated its tenth anniversary this year - and its popularity has not ceased. The place is bubbling with large groups of work colleagues, friends and smaller parties when I arrive at 9pm the only time I could be squeezed in when I booked just a few days ahead. I’m immediately struck by the splendid setting - a superb, light-filled venue overlooking the market with distant views of St Paul’s Cathedral and trains rattling past. It feels as though I’ve walked into the most magnificent greenhouse, with vast windows, a shiny wooden floor, colourful art on the walls and bright
white tablecloths. And the food here is as fresh as though it had just been picked from a greenhouse. Since 2005, Roast has sourced an impeccably pedigreed menu of British favourites including, of course, roasts. To guide me through the menu - all meat with a few fish options - I ask my waiter what his favourite dish is. He adopts a rather stern face and replies: “The pork belly.” Decision made. But first, starters. Things kick off well courtesy of the Baked Crab, which tastes a lot better than it looks. Beneath beige and brown breadcrumbs lies the sumptuously creamy meat, flecked with mustard seeds that gives it some - but not too much - welly. The whole thing has been put back into the shell and baked in the oven, giving the toasted topping a good crunch that compliments the smoothness of the sauce. The scallops are beautifully presented, drizzled with parsley and maple cured bacon dressing and decorated with delicate pea shoots. Each of the three morsels has been seared and tastes fresh and well cooked. Between courses I sip good Malbec (another of the waiter’s recommendations, still with barely a hint of a smile) and watch the revellers below from my window seat. I get the strange feeling of being at once part of the bustling market - eating its produce and sitting just above it - but also of being a world away from it,
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THE DAMAGE
Carafe of Roast Malbec:
£34.30
Baked Crab:
£12.25
Scallops:
Pork Belly:
£16.50
£22.50
Friday Roast Rib of Beef: £38.50
thanks to the pristine table linen, shiny cutlery and well-heeled diners around me. The pork belly arrives, a thick swirl of meat with a thin, bubbled layer of crackling, crisped to perfection. It is served with decent mashed potato, gravy and Bramley apple sauce. But there’s not enough of the sauce for the sweetness to balance out the saltiness of the dish, which verges on the overpowering. The veg is a little disappointing - you know it’s good quality but the leeks are watery and look a little sad next to the kale, which is also overcooked for my taste. Everyone’s favourite roast - Welsh Black beef - arrives, a huge slab of meat, marbled with fat for flavour and surrounded by gravy. It does taste good - tender and juicy and is epic both in portion size and price tag, costing £38.50. Although filling - you also get roasties
in dripping and a fist-sized Yorkshire pudding - this seems rather steep. Prices across the board aren’t especially economical - with the trio of scallops priced at £16.50 (£5.50 per scallop) and a carafe of wine costing more than bottles in many restaurants. The service during my meal is not exceptional - my friend and I are given each other’s starters I feel rushed to finish my apple crumble. Perhaps this wouldn’t have been the case if I wasn’t in for the last sitting when the staff want to go home. Still, food here is the epitome of a good roast, prepared with decent ingredients, in good sizes and cooked well. As well as the food, you’re paying for the experience of dining at a restaurant that’s at home among the foodie throng of Borough Market. It’s an experience that shows no sign of stopping - even after ten years.
Yorkshire Pudding:
£1.00
Fresh Mint:
£6.50
Winter Greens: Crumble:
TM-365-Charity: Service: TOTAL
FOOD (1-5) AMBIENCE (1-5) VALUE (1-5) DISABLED ACCESS DISABLED TOILET PRE-BOOKING
£5.25
£7.50 £1.00
£18.04 £163.34
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YES YES N/A
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PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk You can use facilities at your local library or ‘My Southwark Service Points’ to access the website. How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked ‘confidential’ will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: ACA-development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; ALB-development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); CNA-development within a conservation area; DDP-departure from the development plan; LBA-works to or within the site of a listed building; MPA-major planning application; EIA-environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council – there will be a charge for the copy). 3 ADDINGTON SQUARE, LONDON, SE5 7JZ (Ref. 15/AP/4268 ) Change of use of part of the ground floor from Class B1 (Business) and use of part of the adjacent footway for purposes falling within Class A4 (Drinking Establishment) (within Addington Square C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Matthew Harvey 020 7525 4424) BT TELEPHONE BOX IN FRONT OF 1-5 BERMONDSEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2ER (Ref. 15/AP/5102 ) Replacement and upgrade of existing public telephone kiosk with kiosk combining public telephone service and ATM service (within Tooley Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lewis Goodley 0207 525 5976) 153-159 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 1HR (Ref. 15/AP/4980 ) Demolition of 153-159 Borough High Street, and erection of 7-storey hotel (with basement), comprising 50 bedrooms and roof terrace, top 2 floors set back; and A1/A3 use at basement and ground floor level. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Unknown listed building) This proposal affects the character or setting of nearby listed building(s):adjoining Grade II Listed Building at 151 Borough High Street (affect setting) and in Borough High Street Conservation Area. Reason(s) for publicity: ALB, CNA, LBA, MPA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) LAND AT REAR OF 198 CAMBERWELL GROVE, LONDON, SE5 8RJ (Ref. 16/AP/0017 ) Variation to condition 2 'Approved plans' of planning permission 14/AP/0450 (dated 15th April 2014) for 'Demolition of 2no. concrete panel sheds and erection of a 2 storey, 3 bedroom private dwelling, with associated amenity space to rear and parking to front' with the following amendments: to slightly widen the 1st floor element and creating of new datum levels similar to the adjacent property to the approved scheme. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Wing Lau 020 7525 5729) 29 CHADWICK ROAD, LONDON, SE15 4RA (Ref. 15/AP/5107 ) (Householder Application) Ground floor side infil extension and alterations to the existing rear extension (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) 49 COURT LANE, LONDON, SE21 7DP (Ref. 15/AP/5007 ) (Householder Application) Demolition of existing single story timber & glazed conservatory to the rear elevation and erection of a new single story timber & glazed conservatory. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Shanali Counsell 0207 525 1770) RICH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CRIMSCOTT STREET, LONDON SE1 5TE AND WILLOW WALK, LONDON SE1 (Ref. 15/AP/2474 ) Demolition of four existing buildings and electricity substation and the development of a phased mixeduse scheme ranging from 3 - 9 storeys plus basements (maximum height 34.03m AOD) comprising a series of new buildings and retained/refurbished/extended buildings to provide a total of 19,468sqm (GIA) of commercial, retail, art gallery and storage floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, B1, B8 and D1) and 406 residential units (Use Class C3) plus associated highway and public realm works, landscaping, car and cycle parking, infrastructure works and associated works. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011. This application represents a departure from strategic policy 10 'Jobs and businesses' of the Core Strategy
(2011) and saved policy 1.2 'strategic and local preferred industrial locations' of the Southwark Plan (2007) by virtue of proposing to introduce residential and failing to protect business accommodation in a preferred industrial location. The site is within the setting of grade II listed buildings at 44 and 45 Grange Road and within the setting of the Pages Walk Conservation Area. (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, DDP, EIA, MPA (Contact: Victoria Lewis 020 7525 5410) RICH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CRIMSCOTT STREET, LONDON SE1 5TE AND WILLOW WALK, LONDON SE1 (Ref. 16/AP/0106 ) Revised plans for 15AP2474 for application see 16AP0106 for revised plans.
THE OLD BLEW HOUSE AND THE ORCHARD, DULWICH COMMON, LONDON, SE21 7EW (Ref. 15/AP/5177 ) Demolition of single storey side anxillary buildings adjacent to Old Blew House (Grade II listed) and The Orchard; Construction of new Link building between the two buildings (Current use class C2 Boarding house) to provide new facilities for current use; Minor internal alterations to The Orchard and making good at new connection to Old Blew House. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) THE OLD BLEW HOUSE AND THE ORCHARD, DULWICH COMMON, LONDON, SE21 7EW (Ref. 15/AP/5176 ) Demolition of single storey side anxillary buildings adjacent to Old Blew House (Grade II listed) and The Orchard; Construction of new Link building between the two buildings (Current use class C2 Boarding house) to provide new facilities for current use; Minor internal alterations to The Orchard and making good at new connection to Old Blew House. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) 101A GROVE LANE, LONDON, SE5 8BG (Ref. 15/AP/5087 ) (Householder Application) Erection of a single storey rear conservatory extension (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Patrick Cronin - Development Management 0207 525 5535) 25 GROVE PARK, LONDON SE5 8LH (Ref. 15/AP/5152 ) Replacement of existing front windows with timber double glazed units and rear elevation windows and doors with aluminium double glazed units. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Bissan Zamzam 0207 525 7410) 148 LONG LANE, LONDON, SE1 4BS (Ref. 15/AP/4790 ) Change of Use from B1 (office) to C3 residential, comprising of 1 X 3 bed 6 person dwelling; new entrance, erection of external stairs from lower ground floor to ground floor level at rear, roof terrace and restoration of interiors. RESUBMISSION (Grade II* listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Sonia Watson 020 7525 5434) 148 LONG LANE, LONDON SE1 4BS (Ref. 15/AP/4819 ) Change of Use from B1 (office) to C3 residential, comprising of 1 X 3 bed 6 person dwelling; new entrance, erection of external stairs from lower ground floor to ground floor level at rear, roof terrace and restoration of interiors. (Grade II* listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289) 264 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LT
(Ref. 15/AP/5192 ) Construction of a garden roof terrace serving the top floor flat. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) 77 LYNDHURST WAY, LONDON, SE15 4PT (Ref. 15/AP/5059 ) (Householder Application) Replace existing alluminium frame windows on rear/side with new wood frame sash window; Drop side window sill to ground and re-instate door; Demolish existing bathroom and chimney and form new bedroom and bathroom; Form new fixed glazed opening in rear wall. (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540) PECKHAM PULSE LEISURE CENTRE, MELON ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5QN (Ref. 15/AP/5133 ) Alterations to existing aluminium glazed screen to form new entrance doors. (within Rye Lane C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) SESSIONS HOUSE, NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY, LONDON SE1 6AZ (Ref. 15/AP/4914 ) Installation of equipment and associated cabling inside the building to improve Wi Fi access. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) LAND BOUNDED BY SCYLLA ROAD, NUNHEAD GREEN AND NUNHEAD LANE AND LAND BOUNDED BY NUNHEAD LANE, LINDEN GROVE AND CANDLE GROVE, LONDON SE15 (Ref. 15/AP/4859 )
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) and removal of Condition 4 (additional plan) as required by planning permission 13/AP/1767 for 'Demolition of the existing single storey buildings and the construction of two 3storey houses fronting Scylla Road; a 2-storey community facility (Class D2) fronting Nunhead Green; a 4-storey block comprising 6 houses and 6 apartments (Site A). The construction of two 3-storey houses fronting Nunhead Lane; two part 2 part 3storey houses fronting Candle Grove and four 2-storey houses adjoining 1 Candle Grove (Site B) with associated landscaping and parking'. (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, MPA (Contact: Matthew Harvey 020 7525 4424) FLATS A AND B, 32 NUNHEAD LANE, LONDON, SE15 3TU (Ref. 15/AP/5131 ) Replacement of existing front windows with timber double glazed units and flank and rear elevation windows and door with aluminium double glazed units. (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Patrick Cronin - Development Management 0207 525 5535) 7 PARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 9AB (Ref. 15/AP/4554 ) Display of hand painted fascia sign to shop front (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) Continued on next page...
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TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)
PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended) 7 PARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 9AB (Ref. 15/AP/4553 ) Decorative refurbishment throughout including repainting existing walls. Cleaning, patch repairs and protection of existing timber flooring. Installation of new fixed perimeter and freestanding fixtures and furniture. New hand painted sign to exterior fascia. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) 110 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5EU (Ref. 15/AP/5171 ) Excavation of land to the front of the hotel and the construction of a three floor subterranean extension including 24 new guestrooms, dining hall, food preparation area and toilets to a finished height of 99.975m AOD. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) FLAT 4, PUMP HOUSE, 70 RENFORTH STREET,
LONDON, SE16 7JZ (Ref. 15/AP/5184 ) Replacement of staircase from a large existing timber stair to a wrought iron spiral staircase with galley to access the mezzanine floor. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540) 32-36 RYE LANE, LONDON, SE15 5BS (Ref. 15/AP/5175 ) Erection of a fourth floor extension to provide 2no. three bed apartments; First - fourth floor side/rear extension to allow the upgrading of the circulation core; Elevational alterations at first - third floor including changes to fenestration; new residential entrance at ground floor level; and Reconfiguration of the rear service yard. (within Rye Lane C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) 4-7 SUDREY STREET, LONDON SE1 1PF (Ref. 15/AP/5094 )
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WESTCOTT ROAD) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Westcott Road, between Cooks Road and St Pauls Terrace
The alternative route for (a) Westcott Road, Cooks Road, Lorrimore Road, Chapter Road. Westcott Road, Chapter Road, Lorrimore Road, Cooks Road.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The works will take place for: (a) 8th – 10th February 2016
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 14th January 2016 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3000/LBS-SC1440986/1
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Demolition of the single storey office/storage building and erection of a four storey building with a lower ground floor level comprising a commercial unit at lower ground floor level, 1 x 2 bed unit at upper ground floor level, 1 x 1 bed unit and 1 x 2 bed unit at first floor level, 1 x 1 bed unit and 1 x 2 bed unit at second floor level and 1 x 3 bed unit at third floor level. This proposal affects the character or setting of nearby listed building(s):Gable Cottages and garden railings, 9-12, 14-15, 17-21, 24-28, Sudrey Street. Reason(s) for publicity: ALB (Contact: Matthew Harvey 020 7525 4424) FLAT 3, 38 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE, LONDON, SE1 4HY (Ref. 15/AP/4693 ) Internal alterations to swap the existing kitchen and bedroom 2 around and include for minor external pipework alteration on rear elevation only (within Trinity Church Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Philip
Ridley 0207 525 7540) FLAT 3, 38 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE, LONDON, SE1 4HY (Ref. 15/AP/4698 ) Internal alterations to swap the existing kitchen and bedroom 2 around and include for minor external pipework alteration on rear elevation only (within Trinity Church Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540)
Dated 14 day of January 2016 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date SIMON BEVAN - Director of Planning
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (IVYDALE ROAD) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of Thames Water Works by J Browne it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload In Ivydale Road between Bellwood Road and Lanbury Road. An alternative route will be via: Lanbury Road, Inverton Road, Bellwood Road.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The prohibition will be in place on the 24th – 25th January 2016.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 14th January 2016. Nicky Costin Road Network Business Manager
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ABBEY STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of bridge works by Balfour Beatty (Thameslink), it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Abbey Street from its junction with the south western kerb of Druid Street, to its junction with the north eastern kerb of Enid Street. An alternative route for traffic would be via, Abbey Street, Tower bridge Road, Grange Road, Southwark Park Road, St James Road, Jamaica Road / Druid Street, Tower Bridge Road Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. Works will take place on Sunday 24th January 2016 between the hours of 07:00hrs and 23:00hrs.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 14th January 2016 Nicky Costin Road Network Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2994 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
Southwark Council Regulatory Services, Road Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2975 XTD-02-45-240116 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BROOK DRIVE, PASTOR STREET, MELIOR STREET) 1. 2.
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (COLOMBO STREET)
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable Thames Water (Agility Alliance) to lay new water connections, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Brook Drive, at the junction of Pastor Street for approximately 10m in a westerly direction. (b) Pastor Street, at the junction of Brook Drive for approximately 10m in a northerly direction. (c) Melior Street, outside No’s 14 to the junction of Fenning Street.
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An alternative route is not applicable.
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The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
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Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
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Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The works will take place for (a) (b) 23rd – 31st January 2016. (c) 25th – 29th January 2016.
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of development works by TTP Consulting, made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Colombo Street from the junction of Blackfriars Road for approximately 53m in a southerly direction. An alternative route for traffic would be via, Colombo Street, Meymott Street, Hatfields, The Cut as applicable. Colombo Street will be made two way for access and egress.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The restriction will be in operation between the 21st January 2016 - 20th July 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 14th January 2016
Dated this 14th January 2016
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2995/ 000800245630060-001. 2996/ 000800245630060-001. 2997/80109836
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Parking & Road Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2894
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STATUTORY CONSULTATION FOR SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (TOULMIN STREET)
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2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
TEMPORARY ONE WAY SYSTEM AND SUSPENSION OF PERMIT HOLDERS BAYS
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The restriction will be in operation between the 22nd January 2016 – 31st January 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
4. 5. 6.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate works by Network Rail, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicles from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst the restriction is in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no vehicle shall enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Windsor Walk from it’s junction with Champion Park for approximately 50m in a northerly direction. An alternative route would be via Champion Park, Grove Lane, Windsor Walk – De’ Crespigny Park, Grove Lane, Windsor Walk, as applicable.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works. The restrictions will not apply to any person or vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 14th January 2016 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref 2999
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3.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF VEHICLES
The works will commence on the 22nd January 2016 – 21st July 2017.
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LARCOM STREET)
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WINDSOR WALK)
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What happens next? The governors will consider all the responses to the consultation. They will then decide whether to implement any changes and if approved the changes will be introduced for September 2017 entry.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
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Please respond by 31st January 2016 when the consultation period will end.
An alternative route for traffic would be via Lant Street, Sudrey Street, Great Suffolk Street as applicable.
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Parking & Road Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2998
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Any comments or queries should be emailed to Ms A Rumble at office@sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk
(c) impose a one-way traffic system in Toulmin Street, between Pickwick Street and Lant Street in a Easterly Direction. (d) Suspend 6 No’s permit holders bays located between Pickwick Street and Lant Street.
Nicky Costin Road Network Business Manager
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Please visit www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk to view the polices.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of development works to Charles Dickens School by Morgan Sindall, it made an order the effect of which will be to:
Dated this 14th January 2016
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The Governors of Sacred Heart Catholic School would welcome your views on the admission arrangements for 2017/2018.
7. 8.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable a Plant Lux to carry out Cable works, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Larcom Street, between Walworth Road and Ethel Street. An alternative route will be via; Walworth Road, Browning Street, Brandon Street, Larcom Street.
Larcom Street will be made 2 way between Ethel Street and Brandon Street for access and egress purposes.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The works will take place on the 4th February 2016.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 14th January 2016 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2913/CC8W00ONEA3227181AA.1.2
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for the second time in two games at the weekend leaving Rhys MurrellWilliamson to secure the points with a second half effort. The Hamlet boss said: “Against both Tonbridge and Enfield at the weekend we had to weather the storm to some extent. But the team were able to stick with it and they adapted to get the results. “We have dominated other games in terms of possession and chances and
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GAVIN ROSE feels his table topping team should consider their run in as a new season as Dulwich seek to secure a crown that has evaded them for 67 years.
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Gavin Rose feels his side has nothing to lose this Saturday
the lower reaches of the top tier of the semi-professional game and the second round contest is easily Hamlet’s toughest fixture in the competition this campaign. Nevertheless, Rose believes his team have a good shot at winning. He said: “It’s a one off game. We won’t be treating it as a game to measure how good we are [against higher level opposition] and as we are at home we will be looking to win the game. “In many ways this could be a good game for the boys as they have nothing to lose really and that can take the pressure off mentally so they can work hard and express themselves.”
WINGER KEIRON Campbell made a goal scoring return for Fisher FC on Saturday as they overcame Canterbury City 2-1 to gain their first win of 2016.
Campbell scored a second half goal that proved to be the difference at the weekend after the Fish fell behind thanks to a Dan Lawrence penalty for the home side. But Shelton Gooden levelled things up before the break for the Southwark side leaving Keiron Campbell, pictured Campbell to score the decisive effort on 57 in his first spell at Fisher minute. Fisher boss Dean Harrison told the News that scored on his return Campbell’s stay at the club, having recently last Saturday
turned out for Whitstable Town, would be short lived as he will have signed terms with Faversham Town by the end of this week. The Fisher boss said of the weekend showing: “It was a good team performance and it was a performance we have been looking to put on for a few weeks now. “There was a togetherness, unity and team spirit there that has been lacking. We have played well at times but that unity wasn’t there. But on Saturday a lot of things have come together. “We spoke about what was needed at a meeting in training and we said we would
only came away with a point or lost, so you take games like the weekend where you stick with it and come out on top.” He added: “It’s a very tight league this season and of course it is always good to win against those teams in and around you, but we feel we may have given away some points already too. We are only midway through the season but we do feel things are very much in our hands.”
Lionesses get Watford FA Cup test MILLWALL LIONESSES have been drawn away against Watford in the third round of the SSE Women’s FA Cup.
Hamlet’s Jordan Brown and Osei Sankofa are back in training this week and Rose expects to have close to a full squad to pick from for the weekend game. Dulwich will also be in action next Wednesday night when they travel to Lewes for a league encounter. The Sussex club are currently bottom of the Ryman Premier League and Hamlet will consider this contest a must win game in a season where the title race looks set to be a tightly run affair. NEXT GAMES: FA Trophy – Guiseley AFC (H) Sat Jan 16 @ 3pm; Ryman Premier League – Lewes (A) Wed Jan 20 @ 7.45pm
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Although the Women’s Premier League, in which Millwall play in Division Two, is on a mid-season break the FA Cup has been ongoing for some time. The Lionesses join the competition at the third round stage and they take on a team that also ply their trade in Division Two of the Women’s Super League. The contest is scheduled to take place on Sunday February 7, although that is subject to change. Last season Millwall and Watford occupied the bottom two positions in their league with the Lionesses ending the campaign the higher of the two clubs. For more information, visit millwall.fawsl.com.
accept nothing less from the players.” Since they last played on December 19 Fisher FC have appointed Danny Steele as the new assistant to Harrison. The Fisher gaffer said: “We were at Stansfeld six years ago but it was a role reversal then in that he was the manager then and I was the number two. “He is somebody who I have been trying to bring in but he had other commitments. We work so well together and I trust him and he is somebody who is great to have around. “I am noticing the difference already and I think him coming in is bringing in that support that I have been seeking.” NEXT GAME: Southern Counties East Football League – Erith Town (A) Sat Jan 16 @ 3pm
Haye says time to talk is over
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BERMONDSEY HEAVYWEIGHT David Haye has said the time for talk is over and he now needs to start a journey that will see him re-crowned heavyweight king.
The former two-weight world champion starts his comeback on Saturday night against Aussie Mark de Mori, hoping he can put on a show that proves he is a live contender again. The 35-year-old has not stepped into a ring since July 2012, when he defeated Dereck Chisora at Upton Park, and many feel a good display as well as a win is a must requirement at the weekend. The Southwark man told The Telegraph: “I want momentum and that only happens with a good performance against De Mori, who hasn't lost in ten years. “I believe that in the next year to eighteen
months there will be a world title belt around my waist. I'm looking forward to getting in the ring in my home town and then re-establishing myself as a force to be reckoned with in the heavyweight division. Up until now it has just been a lot of talk." Haye insists that cash is not the driver for his comeback, but adds that will come if his plans go as he hopes. The ‘Hayemaker’ added: “My motivation is exactly the same as at the moment I knocked down Chisora: to be heavyweight champion of the world. “Along the way, the money comes. Even if there was no money in boxing, this is what I would do, because this is what I'm meant to do. “Some fights you don't earn big, but they can set up bigger paydays later on. This fight is about me getting back on the map and proving to the fans that I'm healthy and that I can do this." Haye’s fight at the 02 arena in Greenwich will be screened live on free to air TV channel ‘Dave’ from 9pm on Saturday.
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Haye starts his comeback against Mark de Mori on Saturday night
Cheeseman back on January 30 BERMONDSEY’S TED Cheeseman will return to the ring on January 30 when he will fight for the third time as a professional boxer. The 20-year-old has fought twice since his ring debut in September last year and won both outings. He was due to fight for a third time in December but that bout did not happen due to
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Carr looks for unbeaten year first outing of the year tomorrow week.
Danny Carr fights again on Friday week
EX-FISHER ABC boxer Danny Carr is seeking to end 2016 as an unbeaten fighter starting with his
The Super-Featherweight will be looking for his second win as a pro after knocking out Aaron Finn in his first outing last October. The 25-year-old takes on Joe Beadon at Bethnal Green’s York Hall on Friday January 22, a bout to be screened live on BoxNation. Carr said: “I can’t wait to get back in
Pat terson hopes for 2016 breakthrough
EAST DULWICH boxer Ahmet Patterson hopes this year will see him emerge as a star of the boxing scene.
The 28-year-old is back in the ring on January 22 where he takes on Ryan Aston from Dudley for the vacant IBF InterContinental super welterweight title. The Southwark man said: “I’ve been bubbling away for the last few years but I’m ready to burst through the scene this year and start ripping it up. “It’s an exciting division with lots of top domestic names, Liam Smith, Brian Rose, Mathew Macklin, Liam Williams, Gary Corcoran, Jimmy Kelly, I’d like to end 2016 by facing at least one of those names.” He added: “I’m working my way
Ahmet Patterson is seeking titles in 2016
towards the world title, that’s my dream, I want the British title along the way to make my mark as the best in Britain, any other belts I win will be fantastic, but it’s the world title I’ve set my sights on.” Tickets for the night at York Hall, Bethnal Green are available from Ticket Master at www.ticketmaster.co.uk and 0844 844 0444.
the ring. I’ve shown people what I’m capable of and I definitely think that I’ll win a few more in that fashion. “I’ve got a hard right-hand and I’m always looking to bring excitement to my fights. I like to have a bit of a fight and I love to entertain everyone who comes along to watch me,” “This year is all about progression. I’m looking to have around four or five fights and obviously I’ll be looking to
paramedics failing to turn up to the 02 arena on time. Instead the welterweight will box on the undercard of the George Groves fight at the Copper Box Arena where he is due to face Ryan Hardy. For tickets for the night contact 07534484065 or 07446125405.
beat whoever’s put in front of me. “Everything is a learning curve at the moment and as long as I end the year with a zero next to my name I’ll be looking to have a crack at the Southern Area title next year.” Carr is under the tutelage of Alan Smith and he is quick to praise his new mentor. He added: “I’ve learnt so much from Alan. In the last few weeks everything
seems to have fallen nicely into place. “To begin with I found the transition from amateur boxing quite difficult but Alan’s helped me come on leaps and bounds. I’ve been sparring well recently and things are really picking up.” Carr is boxing on the same card as Dulwich’s Ahmet Patterson who faces Ryan Aston for the Vacant IBF Intercontinental Super-Welterweight Championship. Tickets are priced at £40 and £60 are available from Ticket Master at www.ticketmaster.co.uk and 0844 844 0444.
Oluade adds punch to COLA squad By Francoise Macaly
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NEW FACE Esther Oluade added extra punch to the Community of London Academy (COLA) girls’ basketball team by helping them overcome Kensington and Chelsea Knights 35-13 last Sunday.
The Peckham girls who make up the COLA squad have been an unstoppable force from the beginning of the season, and new addition Oluade starring as they chase silverware this season. She said: “I've joined COLA because I want to play basketball. Everyone here is amazing and I feel welcomed and excited to play and help the team win.” Oluade found her feet very quickly on Sunday playing great defence to minimise the Knights scoring to only one point in the first half.
COLA have made good additions to their squad
With the help of team mates' Tolu Akinola-Adesina and Shalima Reid finding their way to the basket, COLA gained a solid lead to be ahead 21-6 going into the half. Other new additions, Damilola Adedeji, Anastasia Khonte, and siblings, Emannuela and Jessie Worth, all played key roles in the second half to
sustain COLA's lead to take home the convincing victory by nearly double Knights' points. Both teams play in the Community Basketball League (CBL) run by the London School of Basketball (LSB) in partnership with Reach and Teach. For information contact lwilliams@reachandteach.co.uk.
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LIONS BACKING FOR HOMELESS CHARITY
MILLWALL FOOTBALL Club and Millwall Community Trust once again demonstrated its support for 'Crisis', the national charity for single homeless people, during their week-long Christmas campaign between 23rd-29th December 2015.
For seven days over Christmas, Crisis opened up centres across the country where attendees enjoyed hot food, had a free haircut, received health care and advice, learn new skills as well as be entertained and enjoy loads of fun activities.
Crisis are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering lifechanging services and by campaigning for change. Their aims are to do more for homeless people in more places across the UK and help to change their lives for good, as well as to change the way
society thinks and acts towards homeless people.
While many of their various schemes and projects take a well-earned rest over the festive period, a team of Millwall Community Trust coaches volunteered their time to spend five days running sessions across two sites, the City of London Academy in Bermondsey and Lewisham and Southwark College in Deptford. Their coaching schedule begun on Thursday 24th through to Monday 28th December, including on Christmas Day itself. Sessions included enjoyable warm-ups and coaching drills, all of which were geared towards a football tournament that took place on the Monday, the finale of Millwall Community Trust's work with Crisis this year. To show additional support for the charity and the remarkable
work they do yearin, year-out, Crisis volunteers and personnel were special guests to Millwall’s Boxing Day game against Walsall at The Den. The Mayor of Southwark Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle was also on the guest list who wanted to also show her support for the excellent partnership between the Crisis charity and Millwall.
Gerry Otim, one of Millwall Community Trust's coaches who volunteered once again this year, said: "Crisis is an eye opening experience and I'm honoured that this was my third Christmas volunteering for the charity on behalf of Millwall. It highlights that there are so many people that care for the homeless and there is still hope for them to change their lives around."
on Christmas Day to volunteer, and of course our generous supporters who will always support worthy causes."
Richard White, community development and health improvement manager at Millwall Community Trust, added: "Millwall have been supporting Crisis over the last few years during the festive season and are pleased to continue to do so once again. We wanted to do something a little more special this year by inviting all those involved to our Boxing Day match, which hopefully helped raise further awareness. We are very proud of the support our club provides for Crisis, especially the coaches who give up their time
Jon Parkes, Chief Executive of Crisis, said: "Homelessness is a devastating and isolating experience - the average age of death for a homeless person is just 47. No one should face these dangers. But thanks to the dedication of partners like the Millwall Community Trust, each year Crisis can help thousands of people to rebuild their lives. I want to say a huge thank you to everyone at Millwall Community Trust for helping to end homelessness for good."
Find out more about Crisis and the fantastic work that they do by visiting www.crisis.org.uk. To donate ÂŁ3 text CRISIS to 70004.
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Morison nods home late winner at Oldham
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OLDHAM 1 Jones 59’ MILLWALL 2 Gregory 3’, Morison 85 Date: Saturday January 9 Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Richard Clark
By John Kelly at Boundary Park johnk@southwarknews.co.uk
IT TOOK Jed Wallace 60 seconds to get his first touch in a Millwall shirt and before three minutes had elapsed he had
made his contribution.
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Steve Morison played the winger down the right and Wallace gave Millwall fans a first glimpse of what they can expect this month. His pace took him clear of Daniel Lafferty and he had the vision to pick out Shane Ferguson’s late run into the box. Joel Coleman got down well to save the winger’s shot but could only parry it six yards out to where Lee Gregory was lurking to tap home his eleventh goal of the season. That should have been the cue to twist the knife with Oldham’s nerves
not helped by a home crowd vocally expressing their angst with less than five minutes gone. In fairness, the majority in the 3,558 at Boundary Park showed commendable patience with their side despite having witnessed just one win in the league all season, against Fleetwood back in August. By the end of the first half they were beginning to think they could get something from the game. Rhys Murphy’s shot from the edge of the box was deflected just wide, his strike partner Jake Cassidy tried a bicycle kick that went wide, and then centre-
back Timothee Dieng should have found the target with a free header from a corner. Millwall had been forewarned, but they had been pegged back before the hour mark, midfielder Mike Jones firing a free-kick past David Forde at the near post. Latics boss David Dunn introduced Jonathan Forte and he was an immediate threat, cutting in from the right to aim a shot to the top corner that Forde just managed to claw away. It looked like Millwall were happy to settle for a draw when Forde
delayed a kick-out and was booked. Yet 25 seconds later the Lions were in front again when Ferguson sent a marvellous cross to the back post and Morison crept in unsighted to head past Coleman. Oldham: 4-4-2: Coleman; Dummigan, Dieng, B Wilson (Fuller, 88), Lafferty (J Wilson, 88); Winchester, Kelly, Jones, Poleon (Forte, 65); Murphy, Cassidy. Millwall: 4-4-2: Forde; Cummings, Webster, Beevers, J Martin; Wallace (O'Brien, 65), Williams, Abdou, Ferguson; Morison (Marquis, 87), Gregory (Onyedinma, 77).
Shaun plays the patience game By John Kelly
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IT TOOK Shaun Cummings 26 games to get his first goal for Millwall. Given he had only scored once in his previous 125 senior professional appearances, he didn’t exactly have a celebration prepared when his mis-cued cross from the right wing snuck in at the back post in the 4-0 win at Southend last month.
Cummings got his first goal for Millwall at Southend
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“At least I got to celebrate in front of the fans and didn’t have to go to the other end of the pitch to enjoy it with them,” Cummings joked. That kind of moment was a long time coming for a player who has had to be patient this season with Carlos Edwards, even at 37 years old, showing few signs of slowing down. Cummings joined the club a year ago from Reading and it’s maybe only now he feels comfortable in his role, given the changes at the club with the manager who signed him, Ian Holloway, sacked a couple of months later. He had to show even more patience before finally experiencing the feeling of scoring for Millwall, and though his career goal tally
doesn’t quite demonstrate it, he feels attacking is one of his assets. “I’d rather get the first goal early,” he admitted. “When I was at Reading it took me a long while to get my first goal for them. Here I’ve spoken to the manager and he’s been encouraging me to get forward and try to add more goals to my game. That’s what I’m trying to do. “I wouldn’t think to myself before the game about scoring. At the end of the day it’s about defending first and keeping a clean sheet and if I can do a job going forward that’s what I try to add to my game.” “I had a conversation with the manager about what I can give to the team. He’s given me licence to do more and I take that into the game and try to show what I’m capable of doing. “That’s my game, that’s what I’ve been doing since I’ve played in that position from day dot. That’s one of my strengths and that’s the ability I have.” His manager Neil Harris has demonstrated this season that possession of the jersey is nine/tenths of his law. Edwards is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury, and Cummings has enjoyed perhaps his best form for the club recently. It is obvious he
has taken heed of Harris’ encouragement and last Saturday at Oldham he linked up well with Jed Wallace to provide an attacking outlet on the right. And though they are rivals in the same position, Cummings, 26, stresses he can count on advice from his older colleague. “Everyone knows what type of player Carlos is and he took his opportunity when he got into the team,” Cummings said. “I like to think when my opportunity comes I take it as well. “Carlos and I have a good relationship and if I do need any help I know I can go to him quite comfortably if I don’t want to talk to anyone else. “He’s got vast amounts of experience in this game and that doesn’t come cheap. At my age it’s all about learning and if I could get to his age and still be playing at this level I’ll have done very well.” Cummings might not be due his next goal for another while, but he knows it’s not all about personal milestones. “The bigger picture is the team,” he explains. “It doesn’t matter who plays as long as we get three points or get into the next round of cups. “I’m learning more and more each day, getting information from the staff and it’s good to work on that and take it into the game.”
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‘The Magician’ keeps the faith By John Kelly
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ON SUNDAY morning, Aiden O’Brien will follow his usual routine.
He will meet two of his best friends, Duane and Brendan, and together they will file into the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road to take their place among the congregation. Usually, after religious service is over, he leaves his friends and hops on a train that takes him to his girlfriend’s house. This Sunday he will go another direction, as a very different kind of congregation gathers in south London. By 5pm, he will have been the object of praise or thanks or adulation. Or, if the result against Port Vale doesn’t go their way, Millwall fans may question their own faith and wonder what exactly it is that keeps dragging them back to their chosen place of worship. O’Brien had his own doubts about faith when his grandmother died, but reasoned it worked for him before when things got difficult and he needed it there for him again. Now, as anyone who follows him on Twitter will know, it’s a constant and consoling presence in his life as well as an uplifting one. O’Brien explained: “On Sundays I try to go every morning. There are four different services, so four different times. I just enjoy it, and it’s a big part of my life now. “My best mates, they reintroduced me to it because I’d fallen out of love with it when my nan passed away. I went back from there and regained my faith.
“If you went in there you wouldn’t think it’s a church. There’s so much music, it’s just joyful. It’s somewhere you go that if you’re feeling down you walk in there and you walk out a new man. “It’s a bit of everything, it’s nice. “That’s always pushed me on in my life… in personal stages and with my family, there have been a lot of things that I can’t talk about that aren’t nice but I’ve always gone back to my faith and I’ve come through. “That’s why I’m as religious as I am. When I had faith then, when times were bad, I kept faith, kept faith and then things changed around.” O’Brien’s friends are Duane OforiAcheampong and Brendan Kiernan. Duane was once on the books at Southend and is rebuilding his career at Dover Athletic. Brendan is with Bromley after coming through the youth ranks at AFC Wimbledon. The pair are a year older than O’Brien and he says they have had their own knocks to deal with recently. “We go to church as a three, meet up in the morning and have breakfast, have a laugh together,” O’Brien said. “There have been a couple of tragedies that have happened in my friends’ lives so they haven’t always been able to go with me. I’ve been going to church and praying for them. They go in their own time and I go in my own time and afterwards we’ll meet up. “They’re doing well, they’re trying to climb back up into the leagues. They’ve still got loads of time to do it.” There’s another person O’Brien, 22, credits with imbuing him with
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confidence and if he gets away with the occasional attempted trick or indulgent flick not normally tolerated by a Millwall crowd at The Den, it’s only because the work ethic is also very clearly evident. Both of those qualities he attributes to the input of his dad, Dave, when he was growing up and trying his first stepovers on the football pitches in Islington. “Through Sunday League before games my dad would always say to me, ‘You’re the magician, go out there and work your magic,’ O’Brien says. “Every game he used to say to me, ‘You’re the magician, you’re the magician.’ My dad drilled that into my head and now when I go on the pitch some people might think, ‘What’s this guy trying?’ sometimes – but it’s because I’m the magician! “That’s why I try things and maybe people don’t understand why I’m doing it. In my head I feel it’s the right thing. Sometimes they come off and sometimes they don’t. That’s always the way I’ve been and that’s how I’m going to be. “My dad never gave me mixed signals. Whenever I didn’t do as well, he’d say, ‘Next game, I want you to be that same magician.’ “I could score a hat-trick in one game and miss a chance and he wouldn’t praise me for scoring a hat-trick, he’d ask me why I didn’t score four. He was very hard on me but now that I think about it that’s how I would want to be with my kid because I wouldn’t want him to settle for less. “That’s how I’ve been brought up, I’m never settling for less. He’s drilled that into me and I thank him for that.”
Harris influence convinced striker to pen long-term Lions contract AIDEN O’BRIEN admitted that having Neil Harris as his manager was an important factor in his decision to commit his long-term future to Millwall. The club rewarded O’Brien for his
form this season by ripping up the deal he signed last summer and tying him down to a longer contract. O’Brien outlined the importance of the working relationship with
Millwall’s record goalscorer and he believes the confidence Harris has shown in him is evident in how he is playing. “That’s massive because me and him have a great understanding,”
O’Brien said. “We understand each other when we are down or upset and we’ve got a great relationship. “That’s massively important for me and my development in football. I think it has shown in my
performances that he says to me, ‘Go out there and enjoy yourself.’ He knows what I’m capable of and he knows if I have a smile on my face while I’m playing that’s going to bring out the best in me.”
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Harris satisfied with midfield options By John Kelly
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MILLWALL’S HOPES of bringing George Saville back to The Den appear to be slim.
The midfielder returned to Wolves last week and Kenny Jackett named him on the bench for their FA Cup third round clash at West Ham last weekend, which the Championship side lost 1-0. Neil Harris hasn’t completely ruled out a return for Saville, but he says he is happy with his current options with Jimmy Abdou back in the side after injury and Ben Thompson and Ed Upson also competing for places. Asked if there has been any movement recently on trying to bring Saville back to the club, Harris said: “Not at the moment. George is back at Wolves and was involved in their squad on Saturday. At the moment he’s in their plans. “We’ve got Jimmy back fit and he played well on Saturday. We’ve got Ben who’s done really well. And Ed Upson is eager to get an opportunity to play in the centre of the park again. “So we’ve got strength in depth. George did really well for us and communication lines have been left open. It might be something we can revisit in the future.”
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By John Kelly
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OXFORD UNITED will pose a serious threat to Millwall’s ambitions to reach a Wembley final in April, boss Neil Harris has warned his players.
Michael Appleton’s side will travel to The Den full of confidence after their 3-2 win over Premier League Swansea in the FA Cup third round last Sunday. Oxford have lost just three times in the league this season with a number of their players, including Liam Sercombe, Kemar Roofe and Callum O’Dowda, interesting Championship and Premier League clubs. They also knocked out League One Swindon on their way to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy area final.
Millwall have already played four League Two sides this season. They were eliminated from the League Cup and FA Cup by Barnet and Wycombe, respectively, but they comfortably got past Plymouth and Northampton in the JPT. And Harris believes Oxford are the pick of the clubs in League Two. “They’re are a really good side and there isn’t going to be anything in it at all,” Harris said. “Having seen them a couple of times my belief is that they’re the best team in that division this year. The league table isn’t far off showing that. “We saw some very good teams in Plymouth and Northampton also. That’s a very strong division this year. We’ve played against Wycombe already as well so after Thursday night we’ll have seen four of the top six teams.
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“The top six, seven or eight could probably quite comfortably compete in League One this year. So it’s close. They’ve got some really good attacking players, some players attracting a lot of interest. They’ve got some young players that are certainly going to be playing in a higher division this year, whether that’s with Oxford or whether they’ll move on. “We have to be really mindful of the threat they will carry. They’ve got momentum with them so we’ve been very diligent preparing for that. “But we also focus on ourselves. We’re respectful of them but we focus on how we can hurt them. The fact is that it’s a 180-minute game of football and it doesn’t have to be won in the first 10 minutes.” The JPT competition rules mean Harris has to name a smaller matchday squad for the tie, and he admitted that
with John Marquis back in contention and Shane Ferguson extending his loan deal, he will have some tough decisions to make regarding team selection. “We took nineteen players to Oldham, with Mahlon (Romeo) missing out on the squad for the game. “I’ve got to pick the team and then decide to pick a bench that could give us options to change the game. When you’ve got a squad of twenty, naming eighteen is difficult when everyone’s fit. Sometimes it just takes care of itself, but getting it to sixteen is even tougher. “But they’re decisions that need to be made. We’re very thoughtful with those decisions and explain them to the boys. As long as you make a decision always for the best of the team on the day to win the game, that’s all you can do as a manager.”
Perfect Shot in the arm as Pavey gets off the mark By John Kelly
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ALFIE PAVEY scored the first goal of his senior professional career to help Aldershot Town to a 3-1 win over Chester in the National League last Saturday.
Saville’s return looks unlikely
The 20-year-old centre-forward made the loan switch to the Shots last week and wasted no time in making an impact. Pavey (Pictured, left) put Aldershot 2-0 up in the 52nd minute and was booked and substituted on an eventful debut for Barry Smith’s
side. And Lions boss Neil Harris was thrilled with his striker’s first goal in his eleventh ever senior game. “He’s a great boy, Alfie,” Harris said. “His entry to the first team has probably come a bit too soon for him. But that’s been dictated by numbers we had in the squad. “Having said that, he’s a player for the future for this club. He earned a right to be in the squad because of his performances and the goals he scored with the U21s. “We just feel that at this stage of his career he needs to get out and bridge
that gap between being a really good player in the U21s and playing League One football. “I think that a move to Aldershot was the perfect scenario for him at the moment. He can experience centre-halves like he did on Saturday and whether it’s a month or two or three it’s about the experience of competing for a place in the first team, the pressure of dealing with the demanding fan base that Aldershot have, and press people to deal with. “It’s a learning curve for him and it’s a good place for him to go and play.”
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BEHIND ENEMY LINES - OXFORD
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MILLWALL 43 DP: It doesn’t matter who plays for Oxford – they will look to get the ball down and play out from the back. It’s not what you would expect from a League Two side, really. You only had to look at the highlights from Sunday or previous rounds. They absolutely ripped Swindon apart in the second round of the JPT. The one complaint that people have is they sometimes don’t finish their chances. The last two league games they had at Yeovil and Notts County, I think in total they had about 50 shots between them and just couldn’t finish them off. But they’re easy on the eye when they’re given the chance.
SN: What about a goal threat up front? DP: I’d imagine Danny Hylton will come in, he was last season’s top scorer. He was in need of a break the way he had been playing. They’ll also probably play Callum O’Dowda on the left. He’s another one that’s attracting interest from other clubs and I think was linked with Millwall last season.
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SN: What’s the view of Millwall locally? DP: It’s been so long since they played them everyone’s going with an open mind. Oxford have been down in the conference since they played last and they’ve avoided each other in cups until now. I think Oxford will bring about 1,000 to the game.
Raising the Roofe: Oxford midfielder Kemar celebrates his second strike against Swansea
XFORD UNITED are third in League Two and are playing with confidence that suggests they are destined for promotion this season.
Michael Appleton’s side have already knocked one League One club, Swindon, out of the JPT, and lit up the third round of the FA Cup last Sunday by beating Premier League Swansea 32. We spoke to Oxford Mail chief sports reporter David Pritchard this week and started by asking him about that momentous win... Southwark News: Was there much celebrating on Sunday night? David Pritchard: They were off on Monday. They would’ve had a drink
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and stuck around at the ground for a little while but I don’t think they had a big one out. They’re quite a sensible bunch, really.
SN: Did they expect to beat Swansea? DP: They were quietly confident that they would be able to give a good account of themselves. One or two players said on the record they felt they’d win. They’d won 4-0 at (Championship) Brentford in the League Cup in August, and obviously beating Swansea trumps that, but it wasn’t as big a surprise as perhaps it looks from the outside.
SN: Liam Sercombe and Kemar Roofe scored the goals that beat the
Swans and have caught the eye this season. How should Millwall deal with them? DP: I think Oxford will change things up a little bit. Neither of them started in the previous round. They may well be on the bench. They have a really big game on Sunday against Bristol Rovers who are just behind them in the table. They won’t be sending the kids out but they could rotate three or four and someone like Roofe they’re quite keen to give a break to every now and again because he does get through a lot of work. I would be amazed if both of them start. SN: Michael Appleton was appointed in the summer of 2014 after it didn’t work out for him at
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STEVE MORISON was taken off in the 2-1 win over Oldham last Saturday after feeling his hamstring begin to cramp while scoring the winning goal.
Manager Neil Harris said his captain should be fit to face an Oxford side who have lost just four times in 34 games in all competitions this season.
With Carlos Edwards out Shaun Cummings will continue at rightback. In front of him Jed Wallace should make his second start since his move from Wolves after making such a positive impact at Boundary Park. Harris said Jimmy Abdou tired on the heavy pitch at Oldham but he showed no ill-effects this week and will play alongside Shaun Williams against Oxford’s highly rated midfield. Aiden O’Brien was rested last
SN: What can Millwall fans expect to see from Oxford in terms of style of play?
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Portsmouth, Blackpool or Blackburn. Can you tell us a little bit about him? DP: The jury was out for a lot of people when he took over. They had quite a rocky start but he had an immediate impact on the style of play. But it took a long time for them to get results consistently. It’s only in the last three or four months that people have warmed to him. He’s not massively outgoing and it’s taken a while for people to get to know him. But I think his stock has risen more than anyone’s in the last week or so.
SN: What’s your prediction over two legs? DP: I’ve got to back Oxford, haven’t I? I think Thursday could be quite tight in terms of the score. I think the tie will be very much alive going into the second leg. I think possibly a draw Thursday and then Oxford to win the second leg.
Saturday but should come back into the side in the week he extended his deal with the club to June 2019. Oxford boss Michael Appleton rested several players in the last round of the JPT against Yeovil, but he could revert to a stronger side with a Wembley appearance just a step away. Liam Sercombe and Kemar Roofe have attracted attention this season after their excellent form and both scored in their brilliant 3-
2 win over Swansea last weekend. With Oxford facing Bristol Rovers in a crucial league clash this Sunday, Appleton may decide to rest one of them. Appleton has told his side what to be prepared for at The Den. “I expect them to play a very strong side,” he said. “They get the ball into the strikers very early. They are very direct and have two strikers in (Lee) Gregory and Morison who have great pedigree playing at a higher level.”
Form guide (Last five fixtures): Millwall: LLWLW Oxford: LWDWW Match odds: Millwall 23/20 Draw 12/5 Oxford 23/10 Probable teams: Millwall: 4-4-2: Forde; Cummings, Webster, Beevers, J Martin; Wallace, Abdou, Williams, O’Brien; Gregory, Morison. Oxford: 4-4-2: Slocombe; Baldock, Mullins, Wright, Skarz; MacDonald, Sercombe, Lundstram, O’Dowda; Hylton, Taylor. Last meeting: League Cup first round August 12, 2003 Millwall 0-1 Oxford
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Lions wait for Fergie
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SHANE FERGUSON committed himself to Millwall this week for a further three games – and the club are persisting in their attempts to secure the 24-year-old on a permanent deal from Newcastle United.
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NEIL HARRIS said Millwall made a “statement of intent” this week by tying Aiden O’Brien to the club until June 2019.
O’Brien, 22, signed a two-year deal with the Lions last summer, but the club promised him and his dad at the time a new deal would be on the table if his form merited it. And the former Republic of Ireland international has responded to the challenge with ten goals so far this season. He has also shown his versatility by playing on the wing.
That has led to some speculation linking him with a move to the Premier League, though O’Brien has always affirmed his commitment to the club. Harris says the player has been “rewarded” for his form and attitude and that the move is a signal to all Millwall’s young players that success on the pitch will be recognised. “It’s brilliant news, brilliant for the boy. It’s a statement of intent that we want to tie down our best young players to the club,” Harris stressed. “Aiden’s been rewarded for hard work. All we’ve done is give the boy some stability, some focus away from press speculation, the short-
termism when someone does well in a short period of time. “As we’ve said all along, young players aren’t for sale at this club. They’re here to grow and make us a better club. “As a club we’re taking shorttermism out of it to give our young players an opportunity to flourish over a longer period of time. “What we’re doing with Aiden just highlights that even further, that we’ve got faith in our young players. “Aiden signed an improved contract in the summer because he’d been on the same contract for threeand-a-half years. “He came into the team at the end of last season and did really well for
us. He’s gone from an U21 player to a first-team regular and he’s grown up a lot in that time. “We rewarded him in the summer and we decided, as with all our young players, if they do really well we’ll tie them down to long-term deals. “At this club you get rewarded for doing well, not for past history, not for something you’ve achieved at a different club. It’s about what you do for this club and what you bring. “If my players do well for me I want to reward them with longer contracts that bring stability to family life, to living location and obviously, for the youngsters coming through, financial rewards.”
The Lions received Premier League and Football League approval for the unusual arrangement after Ferguson’s 93-day loan finished after last Saturday’s 2-1 win at Oldham. The Northern Ireland international assisted both goals at Boundary Park, underlining why his current boss Neil Harris is so keen to secure his long-term signature. Ferguson is now available for the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy area final clash with Oxford on Thursday and for the league games with Port Vale and Chesterfield that follow. Harris is also open to the possibility of extending Ferguson’s loan until the summer, but hinted that it is up to the player to decide where he sees his future. Harris explained: “Like I said before we would like to do it and do it permanently. Shane’s got the European Championships coming up and he wants time to consider his options coming out of Newcastle. “If we could extend it to the end of the season that would be a good option for us. “We’ve extended it for the next couple of weeks to get Shane for the next three games and we’ll try to sort a deal out in that time. It gives us more communication time with Newcastle and his agent. “It will enable us to have a clearer picture. I’d like to keep Shane long term but there’s more than one party involved. It’s not always possible to sort it out immediately. “When you’re trying to sort things out longer term a lot has to be right. It has to be right for us, for Newcastle and for the player. “The biggest thing of all is you have to consider competition from other clubs for a player of that quality.” THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%