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JACKIE CHAN’S PUB BATTLE
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DOLLY GIVES FREE CARVED WITH PRIDE BOOKS TO BABIES The area’s best Millwall tattoos
HOW WILL I GET MY KIDS TO SCHOOL?
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Martial Arts star’s surprise visit to Walworth
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Disabled mum to have car taken off her as part of new benefits assessments
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EXCLUSIVE
By Samar Maguire
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A DISABLED Bermondsey mum fears she will not be able to take her young children to school after the government takes away funding for her car next
week, under new benefits rules.
Jessica Lucas, 35, has been suffering from severe health problems for ten years, using the car for the last three years to take her two children aged five and nine to school. Full story on page 4...
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Editorial
Pumphouse’s future could be saved if everyone is involved
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HE INITIAL proposal to build a multi-million pound theatre in the historic Lavender Pumphouse in Rotherhithe is really exciting, as local people have battled to keep the now vacant building free from vandals and developers.
West-End theatre producer Daniel Sparrow’s proposal would keep it safe. Since last July when the 1920s Pumphouse was ransacked by vandals and squatters, a dedicated band of local residents formed a ‘Save The Lavender Pumphouse’ group hoping to get the building listed. This is one of the last remnants of the area’s proud docking heritage. It originally housed equipment for levelling the water in the docks and was a museum until most of the equipment moved to the nearby Brunel Museum. The building was also home to the Peek Frean Museum for some time before the council cut it’s funding, forcing it to close down completely. It was then that the building was occupied by squatters and hit by vandals, destroying among other things a replica of the Queen’s 1947 wedding cake made by Peek Frean. Local volunteers were quick to help reconstruct this slice of local history and with the help of the British Sugarcraft Guild, they hope to have it ready in time for Royals’ 70th wedding anniversary next November. It is an awful shame that, until the building was plundered, it was not listed to protect it from joining the long list of the area’s heritage that has been replaced by luxury apartments. The campaign to get the building recognised by English Heritage continues and we would urge readers to join it www.savethepumphouse.wordpress.com On the face of it - and without seeing more detailed proposals - the plans by Olivier Award-winning Daniel Sparrow would be an ideal option. It would bring a £4 million cultural hub to the peninsula, with an estimated £60,000 per year going to the adjoining nature park. Of course the main concerns for anything like this being created in any part of Rotherhithe is traffic. People here suffer from perhaps one of London’s worst road and transport infrastructures. If a 300 to 400 seater theatre is to be housed here, for the commercial viability of the venture, and more importantly the impact on the roads, parking must be considered and routes thought through to protect local people from further traffic nightmares. It is surprising, therefore, that when the initial plans by Mr Sparrow were introduced at the Canada water Consultative Forum on Monday, it is understood that not one of the area’s councillors attended. This has all the potential to be a brilliant asset to the area but could be marred by genuine objections to the impact it will have on local people, most if not all of whom want to see the future of this historic building secured.
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OPINION
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‘I TOOK ON JACKIE CHAN BUT LET HIM WIN’
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Martial Arts mega star pops into Walworth pub to play darts EXCLUSIVE
By Sean Morrison
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KUNG FU king Jackie Chan put down his nunchucks and last week tried his hand at darts in a Walworth pub.
The martial arts mega star popped into The Good Intent in East Street as he was filming near the pub. Vince McDonald, the pub landlady’s husband, was shocked when the martial arts film star walked into the pub and waved him over for a match. Vince was impressed with the globally known film star’s throwing arm, but was convinced he would have beaten him in a competitive match. He said: “He could throw a treble twenty, I’ll put it that way, but I think I could have beaten him. “I just didn’t want him to chop me, so I went a little bit easy on him.”
Wendy McDonald, the landlady of The Good Intent, with husband Vince (above), who played film star Jackie Chan (left) in a game of darts. A picture of Jackie Chan filming a scene from the movie in a phone box on East Street, Walworth (far left)
The 45-year-old gave the globally known film star his personal Tottenham Hotspur set of darts, along with an orange juice, before he was called over for a round in The Good Intent. Chan reportedly said he would love to come back, and complemented the owner on the pub. Nobody seemed star-struck and it felt like business as usual, according to pub landlady, Wendy McDonald, 42, when the martial arts mega star arrived about 10:30am last Thursday. “No one caused a fuss, which is one reason why he probably felt so comfortable being in here,” she said. “It was a huge shock though, of course, and everyone hasn’t stopped talking about it since.” Filming for The Foreigner, which stars Chan and Pierce Brosnan, was taking place in East Street, near the pub – where the Hong Kong actor and stuntman was spotted in an imported telephone box.
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Two escape blaze in flat
CAMBERWELL: Two men escaped a flat fire in Camberwell last week.
Firefighters rescued one man from the Camberwell Church Street blaze during the evening of January 12, while another managed to escape without assistance. Both men were treated for smoke inhalation, while a small part of the second floor flat was damaged by the fire. The fire brigade were called at just before 6pm. Crews from Peckham and Brixton fire stations attended the scene and got the fire under control within 45 minutes. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Pensioner dies after bike collision
WALWORTH: A pensioner has died after a collision with a motorcycle in the Old Kent Road on January 8.
The 72-year-old woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition after the accident. She died from her injuries on January 12. The male driver of the motorcycle stopped at the scene and suffered from minor injuries. He was not arrested following the collision. Next of kin has been informed and an inquest will be carried out by Southwark Coroner’s Court. Police are appealing for witnesses. Anyone who witnessed the collision should call officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 020 8285 1574.
Missing man found ‘safe and well’
PECKHAM: A diabetic Peckham man who was feared missing without his essential medication has been found “safe and well” by police.
On January 7, officers appealed for help from the public in locating Mohammed Golpaykar-Rad, who was last seen in Denmark Hill on Christmas Eve. The 59-year-old is a diabetic and police were worried for his wellbeing. However, officers announced on January 14 that Golpaykar-Rad had been found “safe and well.”
Disabled mum to have car taken off her as part of new benefits assessments By Samar Maguire
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A DISABLED Bermondsey mum fears she will not be able to take her young children to school after the government takes away funding for her car next week, under new benefits rules.
Jessica Lucas, 35, of Buttermere Close, has been suffering from severe health problems for ten years, using the car for the last three years to take her two children aged five and nine to school. The government’s new scheme meant that Jessica had to prove she was unable to walk further than 20 metres to ensure her eligibility for the vehicle. She managed the distance but the journey to school is more than a mile away. Her only form of transport is the car funded by the working-age Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which was replaced by Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in 2013. In March last year, figures confirmed that PIP would see as many as 180,000 DLA claimants lose their cars after reassessment. “Why am I being punished for
having a disability? It’s disgusting,” said Jessica. “I’m in constant pain every day of my life. The only dignity I have left as a 35-year-old woman is my car.” Jessica has been suffering with lupus, osteoarthritis of the spine, degenerative disc disease and has a herniated disc among other medical
Neil Coyle MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark believes the government lack a long-term vision. “Unfortunately, repo man is going to be very busy targeting isolated, vulnerable and disadvantaged disabled people like this lady,” he said.
“The general public want those who genuinely need support to have it, but unfortunately the system that the government is using is totally insensitive to genuine needs.. conditions. “How will my kids get to school?” she said. “I’m not working and I can’t afford the cab. “What do they expect? My children walking through Burgess Park? I’d never let them in this world today. You hear so much about children being stabbed or taken. “I can’t do other things that other mums do which is heart-breaking enough as it is.”
“The general public want those who genuinely need support to have it, but unfortunately the system that the government is using is totally insensitive to genuine needs. “If this woman now has to claim new costs from the council because this person or others can’t attend medical appointments because they haven’t got transport, it’s going to cost the NHS. “It’s very short term thinking and
Jessica Lucas beside her car (main) and her two children circled below
ineffective in trying to save money.” A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said: “Decisions for PIP are made following a face-to-face assessment with medical professionals and consideration of all the evidence provided by the claimant, including the claimant’s GP. “We are working closely with Motability who are providing support to people leaving the scheme following reassessment. The majority of people will be eligible for a one-off payment of £2000, which will help ensure their mobility needs continue to be met.”
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Police hunt man after ‘disgusting actions’ on train HERNE HILL
By Joey Millar
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POLICE ARE hunting for a man after “disgusting actions” were performed in front of a woman on a train bound for Herne Hill.
According to the British Transport Police, a man indecently exposed himself before performing an indecent act in front of a woman sitting on the train, which was travelling from Sutton to St Albans. He boarded the train at Sutton and disembarked at Herne Hill station. The incident is believed to have occurred at around 2.40pm on December 17. Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. PC Mark Luker said: “This was a revolting act that left the victim feeling extremely intimidated and upset. Nobody travelling on the railway should have to put up with these disgusting actions and we’re determined to find the man responsible.”
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Charity to take over nursery
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By Joey Millar
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A COUNCIL-RUN nursery in Bermondsey is set to be taken over by a charity, leaving current staff members facing redundancy or transfers to other nurseries.
From April, the South Bermondsey Children and Parents centre nursery in Tendra Road, which currently caters to around 60 children, will be under the control of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF). The rest of the centre will remain in council hands. Staff have been told to accept an “enhanced voluntary severance package” or transfer to another nursey remaining under the council’s control. As well as the Tendra Road nursery, which employs around 15 people, LEYF also runs the Bird in the Bush Nursery in the Old Kent Road and Burgess Park Community Nursery in Glengall Road. The council has assured parents that
nursery fees will remain as they currently are, while eligible under-twos will receive free provision. A new baby room will be opened, while the number of places will be increased to reach the “full potential of the building”, increasing capacity by almost 50 children. LEYF recently won UK Nursery Group of the Year for the second year running. Councillor Victoria Mills, Southwark Council Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: “We know how important quality and affordable childcare is to local families and the changes at South Bermondsey will give parents a much better offer, at the same price. “We know any change brings some uncertainty, but we are meeting regularly with parents and staff to help ensure a smooth transition to the new arrangements. LEYF are a fantastic charity, with a proven track record of running excellent nurseries.”
New CEO to embrace scientific advances THE NEW Chief Executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has vowed to embrace technological and scientific advances in her new role.
Amanda Pritchard, who has replaced Sir Ron Kerr, was officially approved by the board this week after working as Acting Chief Executive since October. She said: “While Guy’s and St Thomas’ has a long and proud history, we must focus on the future. The challenges we face are significant, but so too are the opportunities, particularly if we embrace new technology and scientific advances. “We need to deliver the best possible care to our patients right now, whilst also working hard to deliver the
transformation needed to sustain our services and to take full advantage of the opportunities that are on the horizon if we grasp them.”
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Have you seen Ivan?
POLICE ARE appealing for help in locating a vulnerable pensioner who was last spotted at Bermondsey Tube Station on Monday.
Ivan Bristol, 80, was seen on CCTV at the tube stop at around 5.40pm on January 18. He was on his way home to Southampton after visiting family in Newham. Officers are becoming “increasingly concerned” due to Mr Bristol’s health problems
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and the cold weather conditions. Police described Mr Bristol as “black, around 5ft 7ins tall, with grey hair, grey moustache.” He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a brown jumper, brown trousers and black shoes with beige laces. Anyone who has seen Mr Bristol or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call the police non-emergency line on 101 quoting reference CAD 9025 18 January.
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Country music star gives free books to babies born this year
By Joey Millar
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COUNTRY MUSIC legend Dolly Parton is urging the borough’s kids to pick up a book and read from nine ‘til five, as part of her Imagination Library project.
The scheme will see the Jolene singer give Southwark babies born this year a free book every month until their fifth birthday, helped by Southwark Council and DialAFlight, whose charity Make My Day Better is allocating £750,000 to the cause. In a video available at our website, the 69-year-old songstress said: “Hello Southwark! This is Dolly and I just want to thank you for launching the Imagination Library. “Thanks to the generosity of DialAFlight and their charity Make My Day Better, 5000 kids born in 2016 will start getting a new book every month. And I certainly don’t want to forget the council, because their staff
will make sure that every child is registered. This is a really big deal for you, and for me! Now let’s have some fun!” Southwark Council Leader Peter John said: “With many families still feeling the pinch it has never been so important to ensure that children have access to books so they can learn and develop as much possible in their early years. Our libraries already run some wonderful sessions for the under five age group, with a huge range of books available for parents to read with their children, but it’s fantastic that this scheme will also allow children and families to start building up a library of their very own.” All children born between December 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016 will be eligible. Parents must register their children by the end of the year. The kids will only be eligible to receive books while they live in Southwark. Visit bit.ly/1NbdJsy for more information.
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Parents and youngsters at the launch of the library, with a cut-out of Dolly Parton, who was not at the event, in Camberwell Library
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DANIEL COULD BE BRITAIN’S TOP MODEL
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A ROTHERHITHE student has reached the grand final of a nationwide professional modelling competition.
Daniel Adeyole, 20, was chosen to compete with a hundred models in Top Model UK. “I’m excited because it’s given me an opportunity not many people get,” Daniel, an Anglia Ruskin student, told the News. He got into modelling in March last year through his friend Emmanuel Ajayi who founded modelling agency Ajayi 360. “He told me I had a really good face
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structure so I said why not,” said Daniel. Daniel modelled for up-and-coming fashion line Swag London, and featured in shows including My Runway London 2015. “Right now I am preparing for the competition on 1st and 2nd of April. I’m eating healthy, exercising, practising my poses and posture. “I’m in it to win!” he laughed. Daniel said: “I really didn’t think that I
could do modelling. I was just doing the normal thing, but the type of character I am, I can’t just sit in an office.” “If you want to go into modelling just go for it. The skills and confidence you get are so worth the work.” Top Model UK will take place at the Hilton London Metropole on April 1 and 2. The competition also runs a charity public vote award which last year raised over £22,000 for charity. Each vote raises money towards Children with Cancer UK.
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Your chance to work with the team at the Old Vic theatre By Sean Morrison
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LOCAL PEOPLE are invited to audition to be part of a 200 strong company run by the prestigious Old Vic theatre.
Based in the former Southwark College Bermondsey site performers will be part of the Old Vic’s next community production. Rise will be staged outside and will explore the human relationship with the environment,
and the impact of living in a city with temperatures rising. The opportunity is designed for onstage performers, backstage staff and choir members from any background, and no experience is necessary. Audition bookings are now open to performers over 16, and information on how to apply for backstage and choir roles will be released soon. Visit www.oldvictheatre.com/rise for more details.
Court told how a woman downed a bottle of drain cleaner before throwing herself off a block of flats
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By Joey Millar
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AN ALGERIAN woman drank drain cleaner and handed her partner a suicide note before jumping to her death from a sixth floor balcony in Bermondsey, a coroner’s court heard.
Taous Adem, 37, locked herself out on her sixth floor balcony in Landman House on Galleywall Road on November 17 last year. Her husband Zamir Zugin desperately tried to kick down the door as his wife climbed over the edge and plunged to her death. Construction workers from a nearby building site heard screaming and shouting followed by a loud thud in the moments before Adem was discovered. When Zugin managed to get out he found his wife still breathing on the pavement. Emergency services were unable to save her when they arrived soon after. Attending paramedics reported the smell of bleach and a bottle of drain
cleaner was found on the balcony of the flat the couple shared. The drain cleaner had burned a hole in her stomach. Police officers at the scene described having to restrain her distraught husband who repeatedly sobbed: “I just want her to live.” Coroner Sarah Ormonde-Walsh said on January 6: “This is a difficult case and I do not always give a suicide conclusion because it carries with it a test that is high. “She clearly has taken corrosive fluid shortly before her death and there was evidence of drain cleaner on the balcony but that is not what caused her death. What caused her death was her falling from the sixth floor, her injuries were unsustainable. “She died by letting herself fall from the balcony and her death was very unexpected and possibly impulsive. “If it helps the family at all she would not have suffered or been in any pain and would have died quickly.” A suicide verdict was given.
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Hollywood glamour comes to Rotherhithe By Sean Morrison
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A TOUCH of Hollywood glamour came to Rotherhithe last week when Marilyn Monroe paid a visit.
The look-a-like cut the ribbon on Hollywood Bowl’s 28 new-look lanes
after its £350,000 makeover. The Surrey Quays bowling alley unveiled a new Hollywood diner with a booth made from a vintage Mustang car at its reopening. Six new VIP lanes named after American icons are also part of the development, alongside a diner serving ‘signature’ sundaes.
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By Joey Millar
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hink you’re a die-hard Millwall fan? Prove it! The News is on the hunt for Lions fans who have made their dedication permanent with a themed tattoo.
Over the next few weeks, we will be asking fans to send us in photos of their ink as we track down the best Millwall tattoo out there. We’ll be highlighting our favourite tats each week, so whether it’s a crest on your chest or a tiny lion on your ankle, we want to see them. Lifelong fan James Ward was one of the first to reply to our appeal and sent us in a snap of a blue lion on his arm. He said: “It didn’t hurt as much as people say it would – seeing us get relegated last year was much worse! I got it right after we went down because you never know, in a year of two we might be back up the leagues. “My dad bought me a kit and everything when I was growing up, I didn’t really have a choice! He brought me to my first game when I was ten and we’ve been going since. I don’t think he actually believed I would get a tattoo when I said I would.”
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Ken Gurd (above) & James Ward (right)
Send a photo to joey@southwarknews.co.uk to be in with a chance to win the Southwark News Millwall Tattoo Competition.
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Think tank claims that rail networks ‘not delivering’
By Helen Reid
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TRANSPORT FOR London should take over all south London train services, a think said in a new report released last week.
The Centre for London think tank, in a report called Turn South London Orange, slammed south London rail networks for ‘not delivering’ and found what it called a ‘serious rail capacity gap’. The plans, if implemented, could see the number of trains across the network increase to six per hour, a spokeswoman for the think tank said. The report highlights transport issues in Southwark, and points towards particular concerns in Camberwell. It says that there have been nine separate Bakerloo line schemes since the 1920s, leaving some unfinished tunnels, and a tenth proposal is under consideration. TfL is currently consulting on a proposed new extension to the line, which would go through the borough, but the preferred track would see a new station at Old Kent Road, not at Camberwell as local campaigners had hoped. “A local station catchment map shows that a combination of a Camberwell Thameslink station and at least one Old Kent Road Bakerloo extension station could put much of this part of inner South-East London ‘on the map’,” said the spokeswoman.
“This would be allied with higher density developments, for example at Old Kent Road. A further increase in service levels would benefit connectivity, with the possibility of direct services with Streatham/Sutton/Wimbledon and Peckham/Catford/Bromley.” The report foresees that the viaduct space of the former Camberwell station, which lies intact just south of Camberwell New Road, could be reused with adaptation. A spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group, which represents train operators and Network Rail, said: “Some of the best rail passenger satisfaction levels in London and the South East are being achieved on services commissioned by both Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT). Private train companies already work effectively with TfL, whether by operating London Overground or ensuring that passengers can use their tickets to travel across both TfL and national rail. “The railway is carrying record numbers of passengers, and substantial investment is delivering improvements for customers including major projects in London. The rail industry is ready to work with national and local government to deliver even better rail services that meet the needs of commuters living inside and outside the Greater London area.”
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Bar and restaurant inspired by BBC’s Peaky Blinders offers a dress-up box and ‘hidden club’
By Sean Morrison
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A HIDDEN entrance will disguise a Peaky Blinders inspired bar and restaurant when it opens near London Bridge this month.
The mystery location of The Tick Tack Club is only revealed to those who buy tickets, but the News can reveal that it promises a so called ‘illicit gambling den’, a restaurant, live jazz and a hidden club. Props and costumes will help set the 1921 scene, inspired by London’s ‘seedy underbelly’ pictured in the BBC series Peaky Blinders, with a dressing-up box available to guests on entry. Organisers, A Place In Time, aim to separate the aristocrats of Edwardian society from the riff-raff of the 20s by means of the venue’s two tiers. “Downstairs is set to the backdrop of ale jugs clinking and singalongs on
the piano. You’ll get to experience the warm environment of the 1920s working classes,” a spokesperson said. “Then you will be whisked away upstairs for an evening wildly different. An elegant four-course dinner served only to the upper echelons of society.”
The exclusive event is set to take place under an arch of London Bridge, but the exact location is kept under wraps to keep out the prying eyes of 1920s authorities. Entry is £15 and doors are set to open on January 29 from 7pm. Visit www.aplaceintime.co.uk/1921 for more details and bookings.
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WEST-END PRODUCER HOPES TO OPEN NEW THEATRE DOWNTOWN
By Joey Millar
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AN OLIVIER Award-winning drama producer has revealed his plan to bring a 350-seat theatre to Rotherhithe by converting the derelict Pumphouse building in Lavender Road.
Daniel Sparrow, who has worked in the West End on smash hits Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys and Billy Elliot, has proposed a £4m “cultural hub” for the peninsula. As well as the main theatre, his scheme would include a small 100-seat studio, dining facilities and a community education centre which would benefit the Lavender Pond Nature Park. The current building was left devastated by squatters last summer, who daubed graffiti across the walls, ripped wiring from walls and trashed a replica of the Queen’s wedding cake, soon after Daniel moved to Rotherhithe. He told the News: “I moved here eight months ago and just stumbled across the building while I was exploring the area on a Sunday. The plan grew from there. “What London is missing is an offWest End theatre with 300 to 400 seats. The project would create a theatre with amazing facilities.” The building would need £1m worth of restoration and £3m worth of further investment – financial figures Daniel is very confident of obtaining. He said: “Because the project would involve part-ownership of a London theatre, it is an incredibly romantic prospect. It’s an incredibly rare opportunity. Most theatres in London are owned by a handful of people. One investor immediately pledged a quartermillion.”
TOP LEFT: Olivier Award-winning producer Daniel Sparrow
ABOVE: Artist impressions of what the multi-million pound theatre would look like.
BELOW RIGHT: The inside of the pumphouse after it was hit by vandals in July last year.
He acknowledged that there would be some objections from nearby residents but vowed to make the proposed theatre as attractive for local people as for theatre-lovers from across London. He promised that a portion of the cost of each theatre ticket would go towards
the upkeep of the adjacent nature park – which he predicted could raise £60,000 per year - while ecology education classes would also be held on-site.
He said: “I want to get the community involved. It is really important – this would be a cultural hub but also a community hub.” Southwark Council is currently
accepting proposals for the building, which was built in the 1920s to house pumping equipment used in the area’s then-thriving docks. A decision will be made sometime this spring.
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By Samar Maguire
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A HERNE Hill toy shop of eleven-years faces closure after rent almost doubled due to a ‘change in market’.
Just Williams Toys is set to close on January 24 after landlords Dulwich Estate looked to secure an approximate annual rent of £42,000. This is almost double the £22,500 the store is currently paying, and comes three years after the area was extensively damaged by floods. “It’s just ridiculous,” said Director of Just Williams, Vicky Brown. “They [Dulwich Estate] feel the market has changed, but I just can’t see how it has? Footfall has gone down, there are lots of shops that are still suffering [from the floods]. “How can these landlords ask for more rent when there aren’t any customers there?” In July, Dulwich Estate asked for an increase in rent from £22,500 to £28,400, plus £1400 for the garage and £750 for parking space, Ms Brown told the News. However, Just Williams gave a counter offer of £27,200. Ms Brown claims there was no response until September, to which Dulwich Estate rejected the offer and increased the rent price to £35,000. Five months later, the rent has now increased to £42,000, she said. “If they had said to me straight away within a couple of months, I would have paid the £28,400,” she said.
Vicky Brown at Just Williams Toys
Just Williams Toys will have three branches left in East Dulwich, Beckenham, and Clapham South. However, Ms Brown believes that the closure in Herne Hill could set a
damning precedent for other small businesses in the area. “This is going to affect the community hugely,” she said. “We could get empty shops, or big
chains could come to Herne Hill. But it’s such a small place, so I reckon it will become quite a desolate area. “I am sure if such high rents continue to be demanded for the area
you will see several other shops disappear in the next few years.” The News contacted Dulwich Estate for a comment, but did not receive a reply.
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Aylesbury streets to be LONELY MAN LAY named after local heroes DEAD IN BATH CAMBERWELL
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FOR WEEKS By Joey Millar
Marc Wadsworth, who broke the story on his citizen journalism website the-latest.com, told the POLICE BROKE down a front News: “It’s a sad reflection on what door in Camberwell earlier this sort of society we’ve become that an month to discover a lonely elderly black man can lie dead in his pensioner lying dead in his bath – council home for nearly two months several weeks after a concerned and no-one will do anything. I hope neighbour had first reported a he will find some sort of justice foul smell and his disappearance through this publicity.” Councillor Richard Livingstone, to Southwark Council. The upstairs neighbour, who spoke Southwark Council cabinet member to the News but wished to remain for housing, said: “I would like to anonymous, said she was disgusted offer my sincerest condolences to the that Nigerian-born Kingsley Idahosa family and friends of Mr Idahosa, was left for weeks, despite numerous who sadly passed away in his home. After reviewing the visits to the building actions of officers at from council “When the smell the time I’m reassured housing officers. that the right steps She said: “I’m were taken to locate quite shocked by it started I hoped it Mr Idahosa as soon as and I’ve had anxiety wasn’t anything concerns were raised – just the thought of him, all that time like what it turned about his whereabouts. Officers contacted the while I have been in police requesting an and out of the house out to be” immediate welfare over Christmas and check and visited his New Year, in his home within 24 hours, followed by bath.” The neighbour had noticed a bad another visit, and saw no signs of an smell coming from Idahosa’s emergency. “As a responsible landlord, we take Oswyth Road home and was also concerned that his post was not being the welfare of our residents very collected and his kitchen light was seriously and do our best to balance engagement with local people, constantly on. She said: “In two years of living particularly the most vulnerable, here I don’t recall him being away. without intruding on their private There was an awful odour coming up lives. Realistically , we cannot break from his flat and his post was piling down the door of people’s home whenever we cannot find them. up. This didn’t seem right. “When the smell started I hoped it Cases like this highlight how wasn’t anything like what it turned important it is to be a good neighbour out to be, but I felt instinctively that it by keeping an eye out for each other, especially those living alone.” was.” Council officers visited the building and spoke to the neighbour on December 3 and 4. They did not attempt to gain entry to Idahosa’s residence, in part due to the fact that Idahosa’s car was missing. On December 22, several weeks after they were first contacted, the council rang the neighbour to enquire whether the Idahosa had been seen and were told that he was still missing. Finally, on January 7, a worried friend of Idahosa called the police, who entered the flat and made the grim discovery. Idahosa was believed Uncollected post by Idahosa’s front door to have been aged in his late-70s.
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A portrait of Prince Ras Monolulu (main) and PC Harry Cole on his bike (above)
By Joey Millar
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MORE STREETS at the re-built Aylesbury Estate will be named after well-known Southwark characters – and the hunt is on to find their surviving relatives to inform them of the honour.
The streets will make up Harvard Gardens, the second phase of the Aylesbury redevelopment which is due for completion this September, and will be named after an East Street racing tipster, a Peckham bus driver, a Walworth bobby and an anti-crime campaigner. Prince Ras Monolulu is one of the more dramatic characters to have lived in the borough and will be honoured with a street located thousands of miles from the place of his birth. Born Peter Carl Mackay, the West Indies immigrant made his way to London in 1902. He quickly
became a reputed racing tipster, operating out of the East Street Market, where his exclamation of “I’ve gotta horse!” was well-known. He was also described by Charlotte Benstead, Chief Executive of the Creation Trust, the street-naming project co-ordinators, as “the first black face on the BBC” after he was filmed at a number of high profile racing events in the early-twentieth century. Another street will be named after Anthony Severin, a bus driver from Peckham. He was a well-known face in the area due to his many years driving the number 12 bus and was even honoured with a people’s choice MBE in 1994 (staying true to his trade and driving his bus to collect his medal at Buckingham Palace). However, like Monolulu, Creation Trust have struggled to track down his relatives. Harry Cole, a former Walworth policeman who served for over 30
years in the area, will also be honoured with a street name. The bobby was a common sight cycling through the neighbourhood before he died in 2008 and was honoured with a Southwark Blue Plaque at Charles Dickens School, which he attended as a child. The final street will be named after Keib Thomas, who also died within the last decade. Headhunted by the police after years in the voluntary sector in 2000, he spent the rest of his life fighting to make Southwark a safer place. Working on gang violence and community integration, he had a huge influence across the borough. Like Monolulu, Severin and Cole, the Creative Trust are desperate to get in touch with Thomas’ relatives to let them know of their tribute. If you are related to any of the people above please email charlotte@creationtrust.org. You can find out more about our street naming project at putitonthemap.org
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New homes to ‘keep the elderly in Bermondsey’ get go-ahead
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BERMONDSEY
By Joey Millar
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PLANNING permission has been granted for new almshouses in Southwark Park Road, which would allow Bermondsey’s elderly people to “grow older and stay part of their community.”
The 57-flat scheme will be located at the junction with Reverdy Road and is being funded by £23.5m from developers Delancey, as part of a deal which will see them build luxury flats by the Tate Modern. A further £6.5m will be paid towards the council’s affordable housing fund, while
the News reported in November that the developers would pay a ‘peppercorn’ rent for the almshouses’ leasehold. The project in The Blue, devised by charity United St Saviour’s, would see the first almshouses built in the borough for decades. They will be built at 94-116 Southwark Park Road on the site of Welch House, a vacant, post-war nursing home. The development, which was approved by Southwark Council’s planning committee last week, will include oneand two-bedroom flats, a central courtyard, cookery space, a spa and a beauty room. Some of the facilities will also be available for the
A CGI of the scheme
general Bermondsey community to use. The charity wants it to be “part of the
Holocaust survivor to speak By Joey Millar
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A HOLOCAUST survivor will speak at the International War Museum (IWM) next Wednesday as part of the commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Jan Imich, from Krakow in Poland, was nine when he was arrested, separated from his family and imprisoned in a succession of concentration camps. He was reunited with his father in the UK after the war. The Holocaust Memorial Day event, which has been organised by the IWM and Southwark Council, will take place on January 27. As well as the talk by Mr Imich, it will also involve a performance by poet and council employee Suley Muhidin, a harpist performance and a wreathlaying at the Soviet War Memorial and the Holocaust Memorial Tree. The Mayor of Southwark, Councillor Dora Dixon-Fyle MBE, who will be in attendance, said: “This is our
A photo of the Holocaust exhibition in the IWM, which has over 600 objects revealng the stories of those affected
annual opportunity to stand together in remembrance of all those who lost their lives in the most brutal of ways. The Holocaust and other genocides
serve as a permanent reminder of the darkest deeds we are capable of as human beings. “Our gathering on January 27 will therefore send out a
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neighbourhood, not a retreat from it.” The charity’s CEO, Martyn
Craddock, said: “We are really excited to be part of making Southwark a great borough to
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grow old in and we are already searching for our next almshouse opportunity.”
Member of public helps in river rescue By Joey Millar
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LONDON BRIDGE: A man was saved from the Thames this week after members of the public and police worked together in a dramatic rescue operation.
The man, who had fallen from London Bridge on Tuesday morning, was pulled from the water and taken the hospital. He was taken for further treatment under the Mental Health Act. The man in his late-twenties was struggling in the water by the bridge until a “member of the public came to his assistance”, according to police. Police and RNLI rescues also assisted in the rescue, which occurred at around 11.41am on January 19. timely message that ending discrimination and the hatred of difference is not the sole responsibility of the few, but the shared duty of us all.”
Anyone wishing to attend can RSVP by calling 020 7525 7303 or emailing mayors.office@southwark.gov .uk.
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New Year, New You
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IT’S THE New Year! So whether you’ve become festively plump, drunk yourself into a coma, or generally want some change in your life, healthy resolutions are the solution.
3D Burn, a fitness studio in Rotherhithe, launched by couple Olly and Grace, combines their personal training and dancing backgrounds to form a new dimension of fitness. “We really bring a personal touch to training in a group class,” said Olly. “Not only do we focus on all areas of fitness and promote total fitness but we also act as nutritional coaches to each individual.” 3D Burn provides a group training course that gives support in nutrition, exercises and mind-set in order to achieve personal goals. This is through three dimensions of fitness. 3D Attack, which is a circuit training class; 3D Flex, their major toning and hot stretching class, and 3D Burn, their hardhitting class for maximum fat burn. “Usually in other classes the majority have a very sporadic client base and the atmosphere in the room can reflect this at times,” said Olly.
“But with us however the clients stay fixed for the period of training, forming friendships, competition and motivation from others. “We have two instructors present in our class so each member has a lot more trainer contact. 3D Burn is designed to be all that you need to do for fitness and we offer the full package.” As for exercises you can do at home, Olly recommended the explosive Jacks Burpee. “Our favourite exercise at the moment combines a standard burpee and a Jumping Jack. After rising from the burpee land straight into a wide leg position to perform your Jumping Jack before dropping down in to the Burpee. “It’s great for short bursts of exercise to burn body fat, near to all muscles in the body are working through this exercise so it is an absolute calorie burner,” he said. 3D Burn offer a four, six and eight week weight loss course and combine three vital areas of fitness with three studio classes per week. To find out more, visit their website on www.3dburn.co.uk.
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GOOD GOLLY MISS DOLLY!
Nunhead train chaos! I SAW on twitter that you are looking at trains from Nunhead.
I thought I would send an email and let off some steam! My regular train is the 08.39 from Nunhead to Kentish Town. I take it to St Pancras. The train has not been on time once since the turn of the year. This morning the train arrived at Nunhead eight minutes late (no explanation given for delay). We were then stuck between Nunhead and Peckham Rye for ten minutes, again no explanation given. I arrived at St Pancras nearly 20 minutes late. As well as the delays, part of the problem is that Nunhead is poorly served by trains compared to Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill. There are only two trains from Nunhead between 08.00 and 09.00 to Blackfriars and beyond. They are timed to leave at 08.14 and 08.39. During the same period, Peckham Rye has three trains and Denmark Hill has seven trains. Last week I had to take the 08.14 to get in to work for an early meeting. It was four carriages long rather than the usual eight carriages. Most people couldn’t board at Nunhead and had to wait for the 08.39 – while we waited several trains went through to Blackfriars with spare seats. The 08.39 arrived late, was rammed full and then was terminated at Blackfriars! You would think there could be some flexibility when people have been left on the platform at Nunhead to allow trains to stop to pick people up when things are going wrong. I have had the same commute for the last six years. The service has been generally poor but it has really deteriorated over the last two to three months. When you do manage to get on one the trains are also increasingly overcrowded. Rant over! Chris Brown, via email
News page 8 the longer term when Universal Credit eventually replaces tax credits. More than half of families with disabled children told us they are worried about Universal Credit and a further 40 per cent don’t know how the change to Universal Credit would affect their family. We want to reduce any worry and confusion about benefit changes and make sure local families with disabled children get what they are entitled to. Our team of expert benefit advisors are able to offer detailed, one to one financial advice to parent carers as well as a comprehensive benefits ‘check up’, to help families who might be missing out on vital income. If you are a parent of a disabled child and are worried about changes to benefits please call our free Helpline 0808 808 3555. Last year, Contact a Family helped parents gain more than a million pounds in unclaimed benefits. Don’t be caught out by benefit changes. Una Summerson, Head of Policy at Contact a Family
Tory government fan If you have a disabled of our Labour leader? SOUTHWARK COUNCIL child we can help leader Cllr. Peter John has got a CONTACT A Family - the only UK charity that supports families with disabled children whatever their disability - is delighted the Chancellor George Osborne decided to scrap cuts to tax credits in his spending review last autumn.
This is great news for around 150,000 working families with disabled children who were likely to be affected by this and rely on tax credits to pay for basics like food and heating. However, other cuts to the benefits that the government announced last summer will still go ahead and means many families with disabled children could still find themselves worse off in
gong for his regeneration of estates in the borough.
It must be a very proud moment for him to know he is carry out a policy that this Tory government approves of. An even bigger compliment for him has come since being awarded his gong the announcement by the Prime Minister that Southwark’s regeneration plan for 100 council estates is to be used by this Tory government. It must be reassuring for Cllr Peter John that he is held in such esteem and admiration by this Tory government. Richard Rees, Walworth
Your front page story is not typical of bad Southwark Council housing policy
I AM writing regarding the story in this week’s Southwark News about the cockroach problem in the temporary accommodation let to Meyrem Walker, Corvel Thomas and their baby CJ.
This was an appalling situation for Ms Walker to face and I apologise on behalf of the council for this. I want to reassure your readers that the property had been carefully checked before the keys were handed over and there were no signs of cockroaches at the time that Ms Walker moved in – the cockroach problem only arose afterwards. We would never let a home to a family if there was any indication of pest infestation. Since Ms Walker made the council aware of the problem on Monday 11 January, we have acted quickly. Pest treatment to get rid of the problem was carried out on Wednesday 13th and further work will be done to plug all the gaps that might let them in and to clean the carpets in the home. Our tenancy officer is supporting Ms Walker to make sure that all of this is done to her satisfaction. I disagree, however, with your conclusion that this single case highlights a problem with our own housing policies. The problem lies not with our own policies but the impact that national housing policies are having on our residents. Demands on our limited temporary accommodation have increased significantly thanks to the current housing crisis and the impact of welfare reforms. The number of households in temporary accommodation to whom the council has a housing duty has gone up by 78% in the last three years. Southwark, like every other borough, is having to deal with the fallout of this and we are doing everything we can to prevent homelessness in our borough and are looking at more innovative ways to provide secure temporary accommodation for those who do find themselves losing their home. We are building new council homes and delivering affordable homes across the borough but we are only one council. This is a problem on a national level and it needs a national solution. Councillor Richard Livingstone, Cabinet member for Housing
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Memorial
Irene Florence Thomas 'Rene' 28th July 1929 - 24th December 2015
For anyone who knew Rene and would like to celebrate her wonderful life, we invite you to join us as we say our final farewell. A service will be held at: Honor Oak Crematorium, Brenchley Gardens, London, SE23 3RR, Friday 22nd January 2016 at 11.30am Afterwards for refreshments at: The Stanley Arms, 418 Southwark Park Road, London, SE16 2ET
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Funeral announcement The Funeral of
Geoffrey Gibbs
who sadly passed away on 10th January 2016, will take place 11:30am on 8th February at Honor Oak Crematorium.
Memorial
Nicky Dean Messenger (BRA) 31.5.82 - 21.1.11
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In Loving Memory
Memorials
Hannah (Ann) McKenna 16.11.1927- 22.1.2015
Thinking of our dear Mum who was taken from us a year ago. Not a day goes by when we don’t think of you. Missing your caring words and deeds. And our dear Dad 16th anniversary this year.
John (Jack) McKenna 16.4.25 – 20.1.2000
We miss you more every day. God Bless, sleep tight. All our love, Mum, Dad, Sam, Ashleigh, Becky, Amy and all the kids.
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We miss you dearly. Love you always Siobhan, Mike, Pat, Son-in-law Bill & Grandson Blaine & all the family
Congratulations
Noel Patrick Phelan
Welcome to the world
Tommy Brian King
24.12.1927 - 21.1.2003
born on Wednesday 16th December 2015 at 5.30pm. All our love Mummy, Daddy & Billy xxx
Good luck Always in our hearts, thinking of you now and always. Love always Vera, Catherine, Eric, John, Caroline & Joey xxx
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Community notices CAMBERWELL CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES
THE TRUST COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH FINANCIAL HELP IF YOU:
• Are over 65 years old • Have lived in the Old Parish of Camberwell (which includes Dulwich and Peckham) for more than 2 years • Receive only a state pension
Dockland Settlements Centre Rotherhithe
Astroturf pitch for hire, £50/hour. Sports hall, dance studio and meeting room available for hire. Lots of activities for all ages so please pop in!
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Hancock’s finest hour
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n the day that winter finally arrived, so Sheila Hancock, a true veteran, shone like the summer sun in Grey Gardens, a musical play based on fact, writes Michael Holland...
But shone just briefly, because within minutes of her entrance as the destitute mother of a deranged daughter in a cat, flea and racoon infested house in 1973 she was gone and replaced by Jenna Russell as her younger self in 1941. Act 1 sets the scene for how Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale ended up in such tragic circumstances while just a cousin away was the millions of Jackie Kennedy/Onassis, probably the most famous woman in the world at that time, who is seen here as a young girl frolicking around the house that became the cage that kept her near relatives in so much squalor the local council sent threatening letters. From the outset we see that Edith is controlling and wants to outshine her daughter, and constantly drives away suitors. Her own husband lives a bachelor life elsewhere so she surround herself with song and dance in a big house on Long Island – Grey Gardens. Edith is said by her father to be ‘an actress without a stage’. Act 1 ends with young Edie running away after losing another boyfriend through her mother’s overbearing actions. At the interval I spoke to the director, the wonderful Thom Southerland who spoke of the ‘joy working with Jenna Russell and Sheila Hancock’, and reveals that he has waited for three years for them to both be free to be in this
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BERMONDSEY SQUARE SE1 Frances Richardson: Loss Of Object And Bondage To It; Fig. 2 A public sculpture by the London-based artist. Bermondsey Square, Mon-Sun 12midnight-11.59pm, open-access, ends Mar 12, free. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM 2, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 (0207620 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 &
European premiere of Grey Gardens. And it is to our benefit that he did because the second half is a masterclass in acting and comic timing as Hancock and Russell return to 1973, trapped in their life of love-hate misery. We catch up on the intervening 30 years while realising that young Edie lives in a past of ‘what ifs’ and a glory that never was. She performs for the local handy man that helps out with flea powder and odd jobs around the house, but we never get an answer to why, when they were once so connected to high society, they fell to such depths of depravity. At the end we leave them there, carrying on as usual, living together though in their own little worlds. These multi-award winners both show brilliance at comedy, working the audience and soaking up the applause and laughter before moving on with a look or a gesture. There is a great moment when young Edie steps on the scales after Edith calls her ‘fat’, but has to look at the reading through binoculars. The comedy, though, emphasises and underlines the sad tragedy that is the reality of these Bouviers. Two weeks in and I may have already seen the best work of 2016. Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD Until Saturday 6 February Box Office: 020 7407 0234 www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk £25.00/£20.00 concessions Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm; Tuesday & Saturday matinee at 3.00pm
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, Mon-Fri 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 & Thu-Sun 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, dawn-dusk, ongoing, free.
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OLD VIC 103, The Cut, SE1 (0844-871 7628) 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.
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in Southwark
THE ONLY WAY IS DORSET
ASTHE panto season ended it was a respite from all the seasonal jollity to see Goodnight Mister Tom, a play by David Wood from Michelle Magorian’s novel about the horrors of war and the forced separation of families, writes Michael Holland...
Mister Tom is a grumpy recluse whose Dorset village gets inundated with kids evacuated from the Blitz, and he gets to care for William Beech, a nervous boy from a very broken home in Deptford, much to Tom’s annoyance. Things do not get off to a good start and it is Tom’s dog Sammy that is the glue that brings these two together during an uneasy settling in period. William gradually opens up, away from his sick mother, and grows as a young boy, enjoying all that village life has to offer, while Mister Tom softens into the father William never had. But life could never be this good and everything goes wrong when William has to return to SE London when his mother asks for him. After some time Tom and the other villagers wonder why William has not sent a letter saying he arrived safely and was okay, soTom decides to go and check for himself, but
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Jan 22-23, 7.30pm, mats Jan 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 24 & 31, 7.30pm9pm,ends Feb 10, £10-£62. Pericles Dominic Dromgoole directs Shakespeare’s late romance. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 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, 7.30pm-10.30pm, 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)
what he finds in Deptford is not good, and this starts off a series of events. Goodnight Mister Tom is a slice of nostalgic revelry of the not-so-good old days; a reminder of the horrors of nightly bombing raids our parents and grandparents lived through, and, in my mother’s case, the horrors of evacuation where city kids were sent away only to end up being mistreated at the hands of those who merely wanted to take the Government’s money and not really provide proper care. Strangely coincidental was the Deptford street William came from in the play, Grove Street, was where my father was born, so Goodnight Mister Tom holds something personal for me. There are good performances from the young people, with Elisa de Grey, as the puppeteer who brings Sammy to life, brilliantly becoming invisible within a few minutes while attracting all the eyes to the dog.
Duke of York’s Theatre,S t Martin's Lane, WC2N 4BGu ntil 20th February BOX OFFICE: 08448717623 w ww.atgtickets.com/venues/duke-of-yorks/ From £15
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 22-23 & 25-30, 7.30pm, mats Jan 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. 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, TueSat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, ends Mar 5, £35-£47.50, phone for availability. YOUNG VIC 66, The Cut, SE1 (020-7922 2922) 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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FROM BLITZ TO BLOSSOMS
Southwark News, Thursday January 21, 2016
By Joey Millar
joey@southwarknews.co.uk
TO PUT a twist on the common saying: “I remember when all this was houses.”
Burgess Park, for all intents and purposes, shouldn’t exist. The 140acre park, bordered by Walworth, Camberwell, Peckham and Bermondsey, is an anomaly: a green oasis in a concrete desert, a new park in an historic city, the beautiful result of London’s most terrifying hour. Visiting the park today, perhaps to throw a hopeful line into the lake for the biggest fish in the capital or to play a quick game of five-a-side football, it seems unimaginable that the green expanse was once houses, factories and bustling streets – or a “longdecaying industrial shell”, according to a slightly more gritty pre-war news report. And, were it not for the devastating impact of the Nazi’s Luftwaffe during the Blitz, it may have stayed that way forever. When Southwark’s urban planners emerged blinking from tube stations and Anderson shelters after the nightly raids from the Luftwaffe, they knew that the bloody horror of war had given them an opportunity. When peace was declared and most of London began to rebuild itself,
plans were unfurled to bulldoze a huge swathe of industrial and residential land to make way for the capital’s newest, and, it was promised, most stylish park, a huge undertaking. The conversion from “semi-slums and narrow streets” to acres of parkland was understandably far from seamless. The recent construction work at the Elephant and Castle roundabout, to give it some context, was highly disruptive and muchmaligned. It caused noise, dust and traffic headaches. Now imagine a construction scheme that covered an area over a hundred times bigger and lasted for half a century. It was a monumental project that flew in the face of urban development theory: clearing established city landscapes for a rural replacement. The emergence of the park happened at a snail’s pace. The project began in earnest in the 1970s, when hundreds of families were informed that there houses were to be forcibly bought and bulldozed. This, understandably did not go well and the project was slammed for its chaotic approach, which one critic described as “a string of unconnected and haphazard housing schemes, clearance orders and industrial redevelopment plans.” The Grand Surrey Canal, which had once injected industry and employment into the area before
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becoming a symbol of economic decline and a drowning hazard to children, was drained and filled in in preparation for the green space – an emblem for a changing way of life in north Camberwell. As the years dragged on, more and more houses and factories were felled and replaced by an ever growing carpet of grass, trees and eventually a lake. As the park grew, it took on many names: the painfully literal North Camberwell Open Space first, then briefly St George’s Park, before Burgess Park was decided upon, to honour long-time councillor and Camberwell alderman Jessie Burgess. Despite the park’s inexorable growth, by the 1990s the scheme still drew the ire of the borough’s residents. A young Donnachadh McCarthy, now a News columnist, slammed Southwark Council (who took over the running of the project in the mid-1980s) in a 1992 news article for announcing that space which had been cleared by destroying 200 properties would now be used to build… property. He described it as “a complete betrayal of people ousted from their homes”, and many agreed. The loss of pubs to the green tide was equally mourned, with the Walworth Imprint pleading “what is a village green without a pub?” Destroying our factories and homes is bad enough, seemed to be the
prevailing opinion, but taking on our pubs was just a step too far. As the nineties wore on, the park became something of a dark spot in Southwark: an embarrassment to planners and a constant reminder to residents who had lost their homes and gained little. One planner noted in 1996 that the “park looks more like a wasteland in some places” while the then-Leader of Southwark Council Jeremy Fraser was equally damning, if more poetic, when he said: “It’s the ugly duckling that we want to turn into a swan” - a world away from the “Hyde Park of South London” and “the envy of Europe” that was promised. At the turn of the millennium, however, the park finally came of age. Millions of pounds worth of investment and grants, combined with the creativity, passion and
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engagement of community groups such as Friends of Burgess Park, gave the park the shot in the arm it so desperately needed. Burgess Park is now a vibrant facility for the whole of the borough’s residents to enjoy, from BMX-riding teens to picnicking pensioners. What began with the falling of Nazi bombs has resulted in the creation of something completely at odds with the Luftwaffe’s aims: a park where Southwark’s diverse community can come together in a landscape dominated by beauty and hope rather than rubble and fear. Burgess Park’s lake in 1982 (main), the park today (left) and the 1945 street map before the park’s construction (below)
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CRYPTIC ACROSS: 1 Officers 4 Keep 8 Ballad 10 Rescue 11 Sited 12 Fires 14 Castle 17 Perchance 18 Recoiling 22 Abacus 23 Inter 24 Beans 26 Nailed 27 George 28 Yule 29 Ebb tides DOWN: 1 Orbs 2 Fillip 3 Chaser 5 Excite 6 Presence 7 Sedan 9 Disclosed 10 Recalling 13 Rebec 15 Scant 16 Ungainly 18 Radial 19 Cubes 20 Insect 21 Geared 25 Bets
QUICK ACROSS: 1 Symbolic 4 Apes 8 Inroad 10 Banana 11 Queen 12 Revue 14 Aerial 17 Reelected l8 Vanishing 22 Smiles 23 Essay 24 Steal 26 Splits 27 Damask 28 Sate 29 Handlers DOWN: 1 Spin 2 Murder 3 Opaque 5 Placid 6 Smallest 7 Manet 9 Duellists 10 Beachhead 13 Venal 15 Reins 16 Persists 18 Violet 19 Nests 20 Island 21 Garage 25 Skis
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A trip to the Hip Hop Chip Shop
CHIP SHOP
378 COLDHARBOUR LANE, BRIXTON, SW9 8LF
PHONE: 07894 353561 WWW.CHIPSHOPBXTN.COM
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was issued instructions and details to be at Chip Shop by 2.30 with a mission to review this new eatery in a busy and buzzing Brixton. It all sounded straightforward enough: a Saturday lunch of fish and chips. Sweet, writes Michael Holland...
On arrival we discovered that this was no ordinary chip shop but a much more interesting place that embraces and pays homage to Hip Hop, with artworks of that genre’s biggest players adorning the walls and their music being pumped out of a sound system that makes the tables throb. It’s all about the (Sea) Bass in Chip Shop. Sorry, I couldn’t resist… Yes, you can get your cod and chips here but there is another menu that is much more adventurous, where the chips are cut by hand, and the dips and relishes, fishcakes and pies are all made on the premises, which makes those pies pukka by nature and not by name. Co-owner Cid, who gave us a window table with views over
Atlantic Road for people-watching activities, warmly welcomed us. She then brought us a nice glass of Pinot Grigio each. With a start like that we became excited knowing that it was going to get even better. Mum is a creature of habit and chose Scallops to start, and beautiful things they were, too, with the Samphire and Chorizo accompaniment. She compared them to a similar starter she had last week and declared these the winners. I went for the Haddock, Caper & Spring Onion Fishcakes with Hollandaise Sauce once I had ascertained that they were, indeed, home made. These two were also winners. And for some reason the wine, with its good fruity notes, began to taste better. Or moreish… Chip Shop seems quite a small place, with tables and chairs fitted into several nooks and crannies along its long, slim design, and almost all of them window tables. Skipping over the steak and lobster options, Mum went for the Fish of the Day, which was a Grilled Whole Mackerel with potatoes and salad. It was the size of ‘the one that got away’ and each end of the sea monster hung over the sides of the plate. I could see that it was a meaty, fleshy fish and Mum informed me that it had a lot of flavour as she set out, like Captain Ahab, to master that beast.
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The last time Mum had had this dish she told me was on a boat in some South Indian bay, so while someone straight outta Compton sung about their gangsta life in LA, she got down with the groove and said, ‘Oooh, it’s just like being on holiday, innit?’ I had gone for the Monkfish Tail and Chorizo Skewers, one because I love a bit of monkfish and, two, because it sounded like an interesting dish. I was right; as our waitress brought it from the kitchen all eyes turned to admire this wonderful creation of skewered meat, fish and vegetables hanging from its own purpose-built apparatus. The power of the chorizo countered the subtle taste of the monkfish and all was enhanced with a good helping of the home made
chilli sauce that certainly gave me something to think about on the way home. The hand cut chips that accompanied my dish were a delight, and made me think that all was good in the world. Good chips do that, don’t they? We had both eaten well by now and declined a dessert, as nice as they sounded on the menu. I tried to lure Mum into sharing the White Chocolate and Ginger Cheesecake but she was done in after tackling Jaws. Chip Shop is a friendly place with helpful, cheery staff and a full house proved that this approach, plus good, fresh food, works. In the two months Chip Shop has been trading it has already garnered a lot of interest and great reviews, and I can’t argue with that.
THE DAMAGE Scallops Fishcakes 2 x White Wine Mackere Monkfish TOTAL
FOOD (1-5) AMBIENCE (1-5) VALUE (1-5) DISABLED ACCESS DISABLED TOILET PRE-BOOKING
£8.25 £6.50 £17.00 £14.95 £13.50 £60.20
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YES YES RECOMMENDED AT WEEKENDS
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Considering moving from Dulwich? 2016 could be the right time
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NIGHT FRANK published a report this year that recently shook up UK property news. The company's research department discovered that in Dulwich house price growth had rocketed 897% since 1995. This exceptional growth has exceeded that of any other area in the UK.
In the last three years, growth in Dulwich has been an impressive 53%. That in itself is a staggering increase. Dulwich Village has traditionally been one of south east London's most desirable destinations. It has a village aesthetic, albeit an entirely exclusive one, where a parade of independent shops and restaurants are sprinkled amongst Fired Earth, Cafe Rouge and village-style offerings. The central pub is, architecturally, an intact late Victorian/Edwardian masterpiece and traditional English wooden signposts navigate you around wide, grass-banked pavements. Picket fences and gravel drives sweep up to some seriously fabulous detached homes.
The beauty of the area is fiercely protected by the Dulwich Estate, who have owned the 1500-acre area for 400years and directly benefit its schools. Edward Alleyn bought the Manor of
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Dulwich in 1605 and some of the country's top independent schools were founded here, all originating in some way from Alleyn's first charitable school for twelve local poor children. Today Dulwich College, JAGS and Alleyn's are all within minutes of each other and attract wealthy international buyers, politicians and celebrity families. It's also worth mentioning the local state primary is outstanding. As the Estate control the area's aesthetic, you simply can't convert your loft without their express permission.
Domestic buyers make up most of the neighbourhood’s property search and are often families looking to find a home offering more value than central London. Trains at North, East and West Dulwich, Denmark Hill, Sydenham Hill and Herne Hill take commuters to London Bridge, Victoria and King's Cross while additional London Overground links are found at Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye. Buyers appreciate the large handsome terraces on offer that still give far better value that south west London. Prices per square foot range between £600-£1100 compared to Chiswick and Barnes where prices range between £800-£1300. These areas are
directly comparable in terms of atmosphere and amenities; the Village offers Dulwich Park with a boating lake, good café and tennis courts and ancient Dulwich Woods where Charles I would often hunt. Dulwich Picture Gallery is
John Soane's architectural masterpiece, famous for being the world’'s first purpose-built art gallery while Beauberry House is a local restaurant and bar in a stately Georgian mansion.
The 'ripple effect' is an industry term that means a surrounding area is positively affected by a property hotspot. Prices in nearby East Dulwich have also soared with Rightmove reporting a 50% increase since 2012. A four-bedroom period home near a good state primary school and transport would today be marketed at around £1.2-£1.4million, making most families in this area automatic property millionaires. East Dulwich's high street offers a boutique shopping experience and has attracted some notable chains (JoJo Maman Bebe, Gourmet Burger Kitchen), and all of the schools are performing well. Demand is coming from the trendiest parts of East London (Shoreditch, Dalston and Old Street) due to the Overground's arrival, and there’s also been a long-term trend of buyers moving across from more expensive Clapham and Battersea. All of these areas are comparable as they offer good restaurants, bars, transport and schools yet East Dulwich is somewhat greener. Prices in East Dulwich have now been pushed up enough to begin to catching up with its more expensive migration sources. To see what we mean, Rightmove tells us that Clapham prices have risen 35% since 2012 (as
mentioned, East Dulwich has risen 50%). Over the last year, East Dulwich prices have risen 10% and Clapham 5%. From the Knight Frank research it's also worth noting that Peckham Rye, a direct neighbour of East Dulwich, recorded the second largest high price rise at 820% growth.
If you are considering moving from Dulwich or East Dulwich, then 2016 could well be the year to do it while prices remain at a peak. Different economists predict interest rate rises beginning next year at any time from spring to December, but these will likely be gentle. When rates start to rise, the market can’t rise so ferociously. What is clear is that the remarkable growth seen in these areas will be extremely difficult to sustain. Written by Jane Robathan, on behalf of Roy Brooks
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A one bedroom ex local authority second floor apartment situated close to the local amenities of Southwark Park Road and within walking distance to Bermondsey tube station. The property offers open planed lounge with access to a private patio area, fitted kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. The benefits include communal heating system.
Trundleys Road, SE8
Oppida Estates presents selection of one, two and three bedroom apartments in brand new boutique development at Anayah Apartments, Trundleys Road, SE8. Potential tenants will enjoy living in this development that is uncompromising in its contemporary design and decor. It offers exceptional homes and its convenient location on the border of SE16 is making it easy to get the access to London Bridge, Canary Wharf and The City. The properties are bright with natural light and also benefit from having balconies, floor to ceiling windows, modern fully equipped kitchen with stone worktops, wood flooring throughout and tilled bathrooms. 1 Beds from £370 per week / 2 Beds from £410 per week / 3 Beds from £520 per week Available end of January 2016
Oppida Estates are proud to present to market this spacious 3 bedroom town house. The property is offered unfurnished and comprises newly fitted kitchen, 2 bathrooms (1 en suite), additional WC, large living room and private back garden. Benefits include gas central heating, garage and off street parking. Drake close is conveniently located close to Canada Water offering easy access to City and Canary Wharf.
£550 pw / £2385 pcm
Sweden Gate, SE16
A stunning split level 2 bed apartment offering views towards Greenwich, 4 balconies of which 2 are off the lounge, open plan fully fitted kitchen, 2 double bedrooms & secure underground parking space. The property has excellent transport links.
£360 pw / £1560 pcm
Oppida are pleased to offer for sale this modern two bedroom ground floor apartment in good decorative order. The property comprises fitted kitchen, bathroom, communal garden, door entry system and off street parking. The property is located within minutes walk to South Bermondsey station.
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Three bedroom split level apartment within this two year old development located on Bush Road SE8. The property consist of a modern fully fitted kitchen, bathroom, and benefits from a private balcony and gas heating system. The development is well situated for access to transport and all the amenities of Surrey Quays, Canada Water and Greenwich.
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Thorburn Square, SE16
Oppida are pleased to offer for rent a spacious one bedroom flat on the second floor a well maintained ex local authority block in the Thorburn Square conservation area. The property is refurbished and comprises good size double bedrooms with ample built in storage, lounge with sliding doors to balcony and separate kitchen. The property benefits from double glazing throughout and a gas central heating system.
£300 pw / £1300 pcm
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A fantastic investment opportunity is bought to the market by way of this spacious two bed second floor apartment which is ideally located minutes away from New Cross station giving you great transport links into the City and West End. This ex-local authority apartment comprises of two double bedrooms, bathroom with separated WC, a spacious lounge with access to a private balcony.
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Jardine Road, E1W
A stunning 2 bedroom property located in Atlantic Wharf, Wapping. The property comprises spacious reception room leading to balcony with river views, fully fitted kitchen, master bedroom with en-suite, further bedroom and a bathroom. Benefits include wooden floors throughout and parking space. Located minutes from Limehouse DLR.
£420 pw / £1820 pcm
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Enterprize Way SE8 - £795,000 SHARE OF FREEHOLD An exceptionally spacious terraced townhouse situated adjacent to the River Thames, less than five minutes walk to river boat services from Greenland Pier to Canary Wharf, the City and the West End. Transport and shopping facilities at Canada Water and Surrey Quays (Jubilee and East London lines) are reached via a pleasant dockside walk or a very short bus journey. Three double bedrooms | Spacious reception - dining room - quality fitted kitchen | Two shower rooms | En-suite marble tiled bathroom | Two balconies | River Thames view | Two off-street parking spaces
Garter Way, SE16 - £1,750 PCM FURNISHED A spacious third (top) floor apartment refurbished to a high standard in this modern well kept development situated within short walking distance of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station, giving easy access to both the City and West End. Two double bedrooms | Reception | Quality fitted kitchen | Luxury bathroom suite | Entry system | Allocated parking
Lower Road, SE16 - £1,750 PCM PART FURN/FURNISHED A well maintained recently decorated spacious ground floor apartment within short walking distance of Canada Water Jubilee line station, Surrey Quays shopping centre and overground station. Own entrance | Hallway | Two bedrooms | Large reception | Kitchen | Bathroom | Gas central heating | Parquet hard wood flooring | Double glazing | Communal garden
Redriff Road, SE16 - £1,600 PCM FURNISHED A spacious terraced two storey house, refurbished to a high standard throughout close to local amenities and ecological parkland. The property is situated approximately two thirds of a mile from Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station. Two Double Bedrooms | Quality fitted kitchen/breakfast room | Extended reception room | Main bathroom Suite | En-suite shower cubicle | Newly fitted oak laminate and fitted carpets | Off-Street Parking | Paved rear garden
Plover Way, SE16 - £1,600 PCM FURNISHED A spacious first floor apartment situated in this sought after development adjacent to a picturesque man made lake of almost two acres. Plover Way is situated approximately ten minutes from Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water Jubilee line station. Two Double Bedrooms | Reception | Fitted Kitchen | En-Suite Shower | Main Bathroom Suite | Fountain View | Entry Phone | OffStreet Parking
Pell Street, SE8 - £1,500 PCM FURNISHED A stunning spacious sixth (top) floor apartment in this recently completed luxury development situated approximately two thirds of a mile from Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, overground station and three quarters of a mile from Canada Water Jubilee line station. The development also has daytime concierge and lift. Double bedroom | Reception with large terrace | Quality fitted kitchen | luxury bathroom | Thermostatically controlled electric heating | Amtico wood flooring
Dunnage Crescent, SE16 - £1,250 PART FURNISHED A stunning second floor apartment refurbished to a good standard in this modern development with direct views of South Dock Marina situated within short walking distance of the ferry service to Canary Wharf and London Bridge and is approximately twelve minutes walk from Surrey Quays Shopping Centre and Canada Water station. Double bedroom l Reception room l Quality fitted kitchen l Bathroom suite l Off-street parking
Brunswick Quay, SE16 - £975 PCM FURNISHED A secure ground floor garden apartment refurbished to a good standard, in this popular Brunswick Quay development situated within short walking distance of Surrey Quays shopping centre, overground station and Canada Water station. Own Entrance | Hallway | Studio room with fitted kitchen | Luxury bathroom suite | Solid oak wood flooring | Paved rear garden | Allocated parking
Meeting House Lane £280,000 LEASEHOLD A bright first floor period flat having been refurbished by the current vendor, situated just a short walk from the amenities and transport links of Peckham and Queens Road Peckham ginger line. The accommodation comprises, double bedroom, spacious lounge, newly fitted kitchen and bathroom. Offered for sale with no onward chain. Close to Transport and Amenities | Recently Refurbished | Double Bedroom | No onward Chain EPC Rating E
Pepys Road £535,000 LEASEHOLD A Beautiful and bright split level first floor flat in a very good decorative order offering accommodation of grand proportions. In one of Telegraph Hill’s principle road, with the green spaces of Telegraph Hill parks mounts only. With a light spacious bay fronted reception room with room to dine, two good sized double bedrooms, smart fitted high gloss kitchen and recently fitted luxury bathroom suite. EPC Rating D
Strathnairn Street £495,000 FREEHOLD A modern terraced house offered for sale in good decorative order throughout in this quiet residential road situated just a short walk to local shops, Bermondsey Tube Station and South Bermondsey overground. The accommodation comprises entrance porch, bright lounge leading to kitchen/dining room with double doors out to garden. On the first floor there are two bedrooms and a modern bathroom/wc.
Cold Blow Lane £625,000 FREEHOLD A stunning and spacious 3/4 bedroom mid terraced townhouse in good decorative order throughout, with quality fitted bespoke designer kitchen, located just off the Hatcham Park conservation area, close to public transport and local amenities, forming part of an established development built by Rialto Homes. Mid Terraced Townhouse | 3/4 Bedrooms | Spacious Living Room | Three Family Bathroom | Ensuite to Master Bedroom | Drive to Front | Utility Area | Double Glazing | Gas Central Heating EPC Rating C
Peckham High Street £219 PW / £950 PCM Being offered is this double bedroom flat on the first floor of this period converted building. Peckham High Street is approximately 500 metres from Peckham Rye train and 750 metres from Queen's Road Peckham train station, with frequent services to London Bridge and Victoria.A local bus network offers easy access to the City and West End. Period Conversion | Open Plan Reception/ Kitchen| Double Bedroom | Three Piece Bathroom Suite | Excellent Transport | Available immediately
Jerningham Road £276 PW / £1200 PCM A stylish one bedroom Victorian conversion on Jerningham Road. One of Telegraph Hill’s premier roads close to the two parks and New Cross Gate station. The property boasts high ceilings with a recently fitted kitchen and bathroom. One Bedroom Conversion Flat| Lounge | Kitchen | Bathroom | Close to Local Amenities | Available 5th March 2016
Pump Lane £334 PW / £1450 PCM Situated in the popular Avonley Village development is this attractive modern terraced house just a short walk to local amenities and superb transport links of New Cross. The accommodation comprises of large spacious lounge, Kitchen with door to rear garden, 2 double bedrooms and bathroom/wc. Outside there is a driveway to front providing off street parking.
Pepys Road £738 PW / £3200 PCM Keep the whole family happy with this five double bedroom home offering grand proportions adjacent to the lower park in the Telegraph Hill with a revered farmers market, Gastro Pub and a great community cafe. Recently refurbished to a high standard, the house retains many original features, five double bedrooms, two bathrooms (One with under floor heating) two reception rooms with connecting timber doors, large kitchen / diner with side return extension leading to a pretty south facing rear garden. Off road parking
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BLAKE’S 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 mains works to be carried out by OCO Ltd, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
2.
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.
3.
The alternative route would be via Diamond Street, Chandler Way, Innes Street, as applicable.
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 be in operation on the 4th February – 4th March 2016
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (CHAMPION HILL, FERNDENE ROAD, ACLAND CRESCENT, GREAT SUFFOLK STREET, TENNIS STREET, UNION STREET)
4. 5. 6. 7.
5. 6. 7.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable Thames Water (Agility Alliance) to carry out disconnection works, it intends to make 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) Paris Gardens, between No’s 1 (b) Paris Gardens between No’s 15 - 25
An alternative route will be via Stamford Street, Hatfields, The Cut, Blackfriars Road, Meymott Street. Colombo Street, Blackfriars Road, Stamford Street 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 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 be carried out in 2 phases between the 8th – 11th February 2016.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
Dated this 21st January 2016
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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 Blake’s Road between Ferdinand Drive and Diamond Street.
Dated this 21st January 2016
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (PARIS GARDENS)
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out at Denmark Hill, intends to make 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) Champion Hill, at it’s junction with Denmark Hill. (b) Ferndene Road, at it’s junction with Denmark Hill (c) Acland Crescent, at it’s junction with Denmark Hill (d) Great Suffolk Street, between Sturge Street and Southwark Street (e) Tennis Street, approximately 30m from the junction of Long Lane in a northerly direction to the junction of Mermaid Court. (f) Union Street, at it’s junction with Southwark Bridge Road
The alternative route for (a) Denmark Hill, Champion Park, Champion Hill. (b)&(c) Deepdene Road. (d) Southwark Bridge Road, Borough Road, Borough High Street. (e) Long Lane, Crosby Row (will be made 2 way to allow for access and egress), Newcomen Street, Tennis Street. Newcomen Street, Borough High Street, Long Lane. (f) Great Guildford Street, America Street, Southwark Street, 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 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) (b) (c) 8th – 11th February 2016. (d) 10th – 15th February 2016 (night works). (e) 4th – 24th February 2016. (f) 9th – 15th February 2016 Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 21st January 2016. Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE A2 GLA ROAD (OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2016 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.
2. The purpose of the Order is to enable carriageway widening works to take place on A2 Old Kent Road. 3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from: a) turning right onto A2 Old Kent Road from Oakley Place; b) turning right onto Oakley Place from A2 Old Kent Road.
The Order will be effective at certain times from 7:00 PM on 5th February 2016 until 6:00 AM on 25th March 2016 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.
4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.
5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by traffic signs For vehicles wishing to turn right onto Old Kent Road - Old Kent Road westbound, Dunton Road, Mandela Way, Humphrey Street to normal route of travel;
To place a public notice, please call 0207 232 1639
For vehicles wishing to turn right onto Oakley Place - Trafalgar Avenue, Nile Terrace to normal route of travel.
Dated this 21st day of January 2016
Mufu Durowoju Network Impact Management Team Manager Road Space Management - Operations, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WESTCOTT ROAD)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LARCOM STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 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 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 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 21st January 2016 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
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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 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: (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 21st 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
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2913/CC8W00ONEA3227181AA.1.2
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK HEREBY GIVES NOTICE THAT IT PROPOSES TO MAKE AN ORDER UNDER SECTION 249 OF THE ABOVE ACT TO EXTINGUISH VEHICULAR RIGHTS AT PRICE’S STREET, LONDON SE1: 1. The Public Highway known as Price’s Street, shall have all Vehicular Rights extinguished over it within the area outlined in black on the plan attached to the draft order. 2. The draft order grants a Vehicular Right to use Price’s Street; by Non Motorised Bicycles, vehicles used by the Emergency Services, vehicles used by those the Council authorises to maintain Price's Street for the purpose of maintaining Price’s Street and to vehicles used by any statutory undertaker maintaining plant beneath Price’s Street.
IF THE ORDER IS MADE, the extinguishment of vehicular rights will be authorised to enable the development described in the Schedule to this Notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted under Part III of the Act by the Council under reference LBS Reg No. 07-AP-2267.
COPIES OF THE DRAFT ORDER AND THE RELEVANT PLANS MAY BE INSPECTED by way of appointment during the 28 days commencing on 21 January 2016 at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ, by calling 0207 525 7017 quoting reference LEG/PLA/60464 (JU). A copy may also be viewed on the Council’s website at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/highwayclosures
ANY PERSON MAY OBJECT to the making of the proposed order within the period of 28 days commencing on 21 January 2016 and should do so by notice to the Director of Legal and Democratic Services at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ, quoting reference LEG/PLA/60464 (JU).
In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and those persons who may wish to communicate with the objector about it.
Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003
Please take notice that we Pique-Nique Ltd Have made application to the local licensing authority for a new Premises Licence in respect of 32 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3LD The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, on from the premises are The supply of alcohol: Opening hours:
Days
Start time
Finish time
Monday - Saturday Sunday
09:00 09:00
22:00 18:00
Monday - Saturday Sunday
12:00 12:00
21:00 17:00
A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by The Licensing Service, c/o Southwark Environmental Health and Trading Standards, 3RD Floor Hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 5LX A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also on our web site at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication
It is open to any person to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Date of application: 15th December 2015
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK CANADA WATER AREA – EXTENSION OF PARKING ZONE 'H' The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'H') (No. 2) Order 201* The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 201* 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under the powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2. The effect of the orders would be:(a) to provide permit holders parking places in CANON BECK ROAD and GOMM ROAD in which vehicles with a parking zone 'H' permit may park without time limit between 8 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday; (b) to provide 'shared-use' parking places in ALBION STREET CANADA STREET, GOMM ROAD, QUEBEC WAY and ROBERTS CLOSE in which either: vehicles with a parking zone 'H' permit may park without time limit, or vehicles that have paid the parking charge using 'Pay by phone' or 'PayPoint' may park for up to 4 hours, between 8 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday; (c) to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double-yellow lines) in:CANON BECK ROAD (south-east of Brunel Road), CANADA STREET, GOMM ROAD, QUEBEC WAY, and ROBERTS ROAD – on all kerbside not designated as parking places; BRUNEL ROAD - on the south-east side at its junction with Canon Beck Road; CULLING ROAD – on both sides at its junction with Lower Road; and HOTHFIELD PLACE – on both sides at its junction with Lower Road, and on the south-east side at its junction with the access to Nos. 17-19 Hothfield Place. Although parking on these restrictions would be prohibited at all times, loading or unloading of vehicles would be permitted for up to 40 minutes in any one location. 3. For more information contact Daniel Adenle of the council's Parking design team by telephone on 020 7525 3657 or e-mail parkingreview@southwark.gov.uk 4. Copies of this notice, the proposed orders, a statement of the council's reasons for making this chance and plans may be found online at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders or paper copies may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, Environment, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 for details. 5. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic orders officer, Highways, Southwark council, Environment, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference H/ND/TMO1516-036 by 11 February 2016. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 6. When making an objection or representation, please be aware that this may be communicated to other people who may be affected. Information provided in response to this consultation, including in some circumstances personal information, may also be subject to publication or disclosure under the requirements of current access to information legislation. Dated 21 January 2016 NICKY COSTIN Parking and network management business unit manager, Regulatory services
Notice is hereby given that BDP 1926 Limited, 108-110 Finchley Road, London NW3 5JJ has applied to the London Borough of Southwark on 19 January 2016 for the grant of a premises licence for the sale by retail of alcohol on Monday to Saturday from 11.00 until 23.00 hours and on Sunday from 11.00 to 22.30 hours and late night refreshment on Monday to Saturday from 23.00 to 23.30 hours at O’ver Pizzeria, 44-46 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN. It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given below and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown above - The Licensing Service, c/o Southwark Environmental Health and Trading Standards, 3rd Floor Hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 5LX. The register where applications are kept and may be viewed by members of the public is available at the above address or online by visiting at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication. It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application for a premises licence and the maximum fine on being convicted of such an offence is £5000.
Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003
Please take notice that we Banh Banh Have made application to the local licensing authority for a new Premises Licence in respect of Banh Banh, 46 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4JR The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, on from the premises are The supply of alcohol:
Days
Tues - Sun
Start time 11:00
Finish time 23:00
A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by The Licensing Service, c/o Southwark Environmental Health and Trading Standards, 3RD Floor Hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 5LX A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also on our web site at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication
It is open to any person to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Date of application: 14th January 2016
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK DISABLED PERSONS PARKING PLACES The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Disabled persons) (No. *) Order 201* The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘M2’) (No. *) Order 201* The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (No. *) Order 201* 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under the powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2. The effect of the orders would be:(a) to provide new disabled persons parking places, 6 metres in length, at the following locations: BERMONDSEY WALL EAST, on the north side, opposite No. 202 Bermondsey Wall East; CHAMBERS STREET, on the south-west side, outside Jacob House, Chambers Street; DAWES STREET, on the south-west side, outside No. 124 Dawes Street; FRIERN ROAD, on the north-west side, outside No. 48 Friern Road; GALLEYWALL ROAD, on the west side, outside No. 56 Galleywall Road; HAYMERLE ROAD, on the west side, outside Nos. 1-3 Haymerle Road; IVYDALE ROAD, on the north-east side, outside Nos. 199-201 Ivydale Road; and KIMBERLEY ROAD, on the south side, outside No. 126 Kimberley Road. These parking places would operate at any time, may be used without time limit by vehicles displaying a valid disabled persons 'blue badge'. (b) to shorten an existing permit holders and pay parking place in DAWES STREET, and an existing free parking place in HAYMERLE ROAD, so as to allow space for the new disabled persons parking place above; and (c) to remove disabled persons parking places that are no longer needed in Croxted Road, Hollydale Road and Silvester Road. 3. For more information contact Michael Herd of the council's Highways parking design team: telephone on 020 7525 2131 or e-mail michael.herd@southwark.gov.uk 4. Copies of this notice, the proposed orders, a statement of the council's reasons for making this chance and plans may be found online at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders , paper copies may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, Environment, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 for details. 5. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic orders officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference H/ND/TMO1516-038 by 11 February 2016. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 6. When making an objection or representation, please be aware that this may be communicated to other people who may be affected. Information provided in response to this consultation, including in some circumstances personal information, may also be subject to publication or disclosure under the requirements of current access to information legislation. Dated 21 January 2016 NICKY COSTIN Parking and network management business unit manager, Regulatory services Goods Vehicle Operator's Licence
Absolute Access Scaffolding Ltd, of 156 Chaucer Drive, London, SE1 5RG is applying to change an existing licence as follows. To keep an extra 1 goods vehicle and 0 trailers at the operating centre at Arch 287, Belinda Road, Camberwell, London, SW9 7DT. Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commissioner at Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds, LS9 6NF, stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice. Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the address given at the top of this notice. A Guide to Making Representations is available from the Traffic Commissioner's office.
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)
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). VENTURE COURT, 206 BERMONDSEY STREET, LONDON SE1 3FE (Ref. 15/AP/5153 ) Variation of Condition 2 and 6 for planning permission 13-AP-4455 for 'Erection of an additional storey at roof level to provide one residential unit' to introduce an external terrace at fourth floor level. (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Shanali Counsell 0207 525 1770) 121 GORDON ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3RR (Ref. 15/AP/4664 ) (Householder Application) Installation of white painted render to front elevation. (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540) 159 GROVE LANE, LONDON, SE5 8BG (Ref. 16/AP/0080 ) (Householder Application) 1st floor rear turret extension; shallow dome with roof light above stairwell within existing roof structure; conversion and extension of existing shed into new room to rear of house at ground floor level. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) 6 NEW CONCORDIA WHARF, MILL STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BB (Ref. 16/AP/0048 ) Internal reconfiguration of the existing Ground Floor Office to form two independently accessed and serviced commercial units. Works include removal of non original 1980s block and stud partitions, construction of new partially glazed partitions, replacement and upgrading of welfare facilities and access provision, new electrical and mechanical services, the formation of a new lobby and revised door arrangement. (within St Saviours Dock C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) 6 OMEARA STREET, LONDON, SE1 1TE (Ref. 15/AP/5165 ) Alterations to courtyard entrance at 6 O'Meara Street and construction of ground floor single storey wc block with associated roof terrace and (future) tenant plant area above. (within Union Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) TOWER BRIDGE BOILER HOUSE, POTTERS FIELDS, LONDON SE1 2UP (Ref. 16/AP/0010 ) Covering the existing yard to Bridge Master's House with a new glass roof, spanning the yard between the Tower Bridge arches and the former workshops and
curtain wall glazed entrance facade. (within Tower Bridge C.A.) (Grade I listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) TOWER BRIDGE BOILER HOUSE, POTTERS FIELDS (Ref. 16/AP/0034 ) The creation of new glazed entrance screens to the Engine Rooms (Museum) in two of the arches of Tower Bridge approach facing Potters Fields, and associated internal and external works. Provision of fire rated screens to the other arches, and fixing of a new glass roof above the yard to Bridge Master's House to the masonry arches. (within Tower Bridge C.A.) (Grade I listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) TOWER BRIDGE BOILER HOUSE, POTTERS FIELDS, LONDON SE1 2UP (Ref. 16/AP/0011 ) The creation of new glazed entrance screens to the Engine Rooms (Museum) in two of the arches of Tower Bridge approach facing Potters Fields, and associated internal and external works. Provision of fire rated screens to the other arches, and fixing of a new glass roof above the yard to Bridge Master's House to the masonry arches. (within Tower Bridge C.A.) (Grade I listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) 135 ST GEORGES ROAD, LONDON, SE1 6HY (Ref. 16/AP/0057 ) Minor internal alterations to ground floors; demolition of two outbuildings in rear garden; re-fencing rear garden area; new semi-glazed external doors to rear elevations; new kitchen on ground floor; new internal opening between ground floor front and rear rooms; new internal opening between hallway and front ground floor room. (within West Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540) 135 ST GEORGES ROAD, LONDON, SE1 6HY (Ref. 16/AP/0058 ) Minor internal alterations to ground floors; demolition of two outbuildings in rear garden; re-fencing rear garden area; new semi-glazed external doors to rear elevations; new kitchen on ground floor; new internal opening between ground floor front and rear rooms; new internal opening between hallway and front ground floor room. (within West Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA
(Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540)
Dated 21st day January 2016 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date SIMON BEVAN - Director of Planning
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Haye vows quick return after knockout show
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By John Prendergast
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BERMONDSEY heavyweight David Haye has said he will be back in the ring soon after a quickfire one round win in his comeback fight last Saturday.
PECKHAM’S JOHNNY Garton will get a chance to become English welterweight boxing king in March when he takes on Tyler Goodjohn for the vacant crown.
Garton was undefeated in 2015 and this put him in prime position for a title shot and it has been confirmed he will take on Goodjohn at the York Hall, Bethnal Green on March 19. The 28-year-old Southwark man has won sixteen of his eighteen outings, with one loss and one draw also on his professional record. His Cambridgeshire opponent, who is a former English super lightweight champion, has a record of twelve wins and four draws.
By John Prendergast
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FISHER FC’S third win on the bounce last Saturday saw them pick up three points and extend a run of form that is their best for almost six years.
PHOTO: Andy Clay
Not since April 2010, when Fisher went on a six match unbeaten run, have the fans run outfit put three wins on the trot together and the 2-0 victory
Lloyd Bradley picks up his gong
The heavyweight scene is once again rather fragmented following Tyson Fury’s shock win against Wladimir Klitschko last November, when the Manchester man secured four versions of the world crown. Fury still holds WBA, WBO & IBO belts but American Charles Martin is now IBF champion, thanks to a controversial victory last Saturday against Vyacheslav Glazkov, after the Brit was stripped of that belt. Another American Deontay Wilder is WBC champion and Fury is eyeing him up should he beat Klitschko in a rematch later this year. Paths are there for Haye to get a heavyweight crown back at least but unification could be a while away if Fury holds good to his threat never to box the Bermondsey man. David Haye looks set to be a busier fighter in this stage of his career
Nelson nets again as Hamlet exit Cup
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Garton gets title shot
The 35-year-old took just over two minutes to dispatch WBA top ten ranked fighter Mark de Mori at the weekend, and he told a packed crowd after the bout he would be back in the ring soon. The ex-world heavyweight champion said: “I want to be [fighting] regular and get back in the ring as soon as possible. I want to keep testing myself and work my way up the world rankings to get a title fight.” The Southwark man typically fought once or twice a year before a three year sabbatical from the ring ended at the weekend, and although he was hardly
tested against his Aussie opponent Haye looks a different fighter. He is bigger, seventeen pounds heavier than his last outing in July 2012, and more considered, at least on his latest limited showing, but he can still bang hard as viewers on Freeview channel Dave could see for themselves. Haye also claims his shoulder is better than ever after extensive reconstructive surgery and de Mori will certainly vouch that it is fine after an overhead right hand knocked him clean out. Haye, who was also a world champion in the cruiserweight division, added: “It’s been a tough tough road but finally I am back. “I feel I am better than I have ever been and punching harder than ever. “De Mori was a tough guy but as soon as the power was there I felt cool and calm in the ring. Nobody on the planet could take those punches.”
By John Prendergast
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HAMLET DEFENDER Mitchell Nelson netted for the third consecutive game on Saturday but his goal was not enough to stop Dulwich exiting the FA Trophy.
In the end the Pink and Blues lost 2-1 to Vanarama National League side Guiseley AFC but Nelson almost forced a replay in injury time only for his effort to hit the woodwork. The narrow defeat, thanks to first
half goals from Guiseley’s James Hurst and Anthony Dudley, was no disgrace against a team who operate two divisions above the Champion Hill side in the non-league game. Hamlet have signed Gus Sow from St Albans City in the last week and the midfielder made his Dulwich debut last weekend when he made a late substitute appearance. Dulwich were displaced as leaders of the Ryman Premier League whilst in cup action last weekend after title rivals Hampton & Richmond Borough picked up three points away at Canvey Island. The 4-0 win saw Hampton
Fish winning streak extended
against Erith Town means there are also unbeaten since the turn of the year. The goals at the weekend came from Frazer Bent and Harry Bugden but the game will be noted for a first half melee that saw four players exit the pitch for an early bath.
Of the quartet only one, Joe Jackson, was wearing a Black and White kit and the Fish were able to see out a win against their undermanned opposition with some ease. Their latest triumph lifts the Fish to fifteenth place in the Southern Counties East Football League and
they now enjoy a fourteen point cushion over bottom side Holmesdale, who occupy the sole relegation spot. This weekend Fisher are in action at Champion Hill in East Dulwich, where they play their home fixtures, as Rochester United come to Southwark for a 3pm kick off.
STANSFELD GAFFER Lloyd Bradley picked up the manager of the month award for December before seeing his side start 2016 with a win over their closest rivals.
County League Premier Division gong on Saturday before overseeing another win for his Bermondsey side. At the weekend a first half goal Sam Ryan, who volleyed home a George Martin cross, and a further effort from man of the match Peter
Tarrant saw Stansfeld overcome Metrogas. The two ground sharing clubs have built up quite a rivalry and Stansfeld’s latest win means they have completed the league double over Metrogas this campaign.
Bradley manager of the month
Three wins in the final month of 2015 saw Bradley pick up the Kent
leapfrog Hamlet to take top spot but Dulwich will take that position back if they won last night when they travelled to bottom side Lewes for their latest league outing. To find out that result, and the latest Hamlet news, visit www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwich hamlet. This Saturday Dulwich are on their travels again as they take on East Thurrock United, a fixture that gets underway at 3pm. Mitchell Nelson got his name on the scoresheet once again
Docklands back with win
DOCKLANDS U14’s got back to winning ways on Sunday, and maintained top spot in their Selkent League, with an impressive 5-1 win against the Adelaide Kings.
The Southwark youngsters were last in action before Christmas but they showed they meant business on their return when John Hayley netted early on after good work from Josh Hyam. Although the Kings levelled things up Hayley netted again before the break to restore Docklands’ lead. In the second half Dockland pulled away from their opponents with three more goals with Romeo Barr, Daniel Diagana and Hyam all getting their names on the scoresheet.
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Jed Wallace finds space on the right and swings a brilliant deep cross to Gregory who still has a lot to do to guide his header past Alnwick S K Y B E T L E A G U E O N E R E S U LT
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Morison flicks a header into Gregory’s path in the box. Duffy dives in and takes down the striker who finishes the penalty to make it 2-0
By John Kelly at The Den johnk@southwarknews.co.uk
LEE GREGORY refused to disclose what his goal target for 2015-16 was when News asked him earlier in the season, but it would be fair to presume he’s probably ahead of schedule.
Gregory scored his 12th and 13th goals of the campaign against a limited Port Vale side, four more than he scored last season. His first in the 3-1 win over Port Vale on Sunday was a brilliant cushioned header directed back across Jak Alnwick to the far corner from Jed Wallace’s impressively accurate deep cross from the right. Neil Harris felt the difference between this performance and the defeat to Oxford on Thursday night was the quality of delivery and finishing and Gregory’s goal was a fine example of both. But there was also much more general purpose about Millwall’s play compared to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy setback when the home side gave their League Two rivals far too much space to dictate the terms and tempo of the game, particularly in the first half. After David Forde’s error gifted Oxford their opener, one of the big prematch talking points on Sunday was whether Harris would restore Jordan Archer to the team. That question was answered shortly after 2pm when Archer’s name appeared on the teamsheet. Forde said he was unhappy to lose his place in the side earlier in the season and he let Harris know it. One wonders, having reclaimed his place after Archer was sent off in the defeat to Gillingham before Christmas, how he felt now, particularly after putting himself in a promising position to re-enter the conversation regarding Ireland’s firstchoice goalkeeper just months before the European Championships. Harris said afterwards he uses the same criteria choosing his goalkeeper as for any position, and Archer didn’t take long to justify his selection, making a double save moments after Gregory’s opening goal, diving low to his right to keep out Sam Foley’s shot before getting to his feet to block the followup. Gregory scored a 93rd-minute penalty he had won himself when Millwall won 2-0 at Vale Park in September, and he repeated that in the 34th minute against Rob Page’s side. The build-up had been characterised by swift movement of the ball. Jimmy Abdou, making his 300th appearance for the club, flicked on Byron Webster’s pass to Steve Morison, who guided it into Gregory’s path. Gregory feigned to shoot, luring Richard Duffy into a hasty tackle, and then despatched the penalty low to Alnwick’s right with all the confidence of a striker sure of his form. A minute before half-time Millwall
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Morison, who had missed an open goal earlier when he dragged his shot wide, finishes Gregory’s shot to the net
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Hooper gives Port Vale a glimmer of hope when he diverts O’Connor’s in-swinging free-kick past Archer
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O’Brien drives towards the box and after attracting the defensive cover plays Upson in in space but Alnwick saves
Gregory rifles home his 13th goal of the season
Morison adds third on 150th league appearance virtually ended the contest. Aiden O’Brien challenged Alnwick before laying the ball back to Gregory. Alnwick was perhaps unlucky to see his save from Gregory’s shot flick off Michael O’Connor and fall kindly for Morison, who finished from close range for his 10th goal of the season. That was also the captain’s 50th goal in 150 league appearances for the Lions. Millwall eased off in the second half, allowing Port Vale back into the game.
JJ Hooper, signed in the summer from non-league Havant and Waterlooville, scored his first goal for the away side when he ghosted in at the back post to volley O’Connor’s free-kick past Archer. The Lions should really have made it four in the 69th minute, but Ed Upson’s shot after O’Brien had set him up following a direct run was too tame and Alnwick pushed it away. Millwall travel to Chesterfield next
Saturday with the knowledge they have lost eight games following a win or a draw this season. With 20 league games remaining, they now need to find a level of consistency to position themselves among the top six. With their three main attackers on 33 goals between them already this season, and Wallace supplying quality deliveries from the wide areas - for at least four more games - they have every chance of doing so.
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By John Kelly
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MILLWALL’S ON-LOAN midfielder Jed Wallace says he is in a “win-win” situation with the club.
Wallace has played three times for the Lions since his move from Wolves for an initial seven-game spell. He has been on the winning side twice, and set up the opening goal for Lee Gregory against Port Vale last Sunday to give the home fans a glimpse of what he is capable of. And the former Portsmouth player isn’t ruling out extending his stay beyond his current deal. “I’m cracking on here and when
YOUNG GUNS DRAW HULL
Millwall U21s have been drawn at home to Hull City in the Premier League Cup. Justin Skinner’s side reached the last eight of the competition by beating Plymouth, Swansea and Wolves. Hull boss Tony Penncock said: “We drew 00 with Millwall at home in the league earlier in the season in what was a tough game for us. We know it’s going to be an even more difficult test going away to their place.” Quarter-final draw: Southampton or Huddersfield vs Charlton; Liverpool or Leeds United vs Everton or Brighton; West Ham vs Blackburn; Millwall vs Hull City (Dates to be announced)
you’re playing on a Saturday afternoon you’ve got that purpose for the week and look forward to it,” Wallace said. “I’m enjoying my football. For me that’s what I want to do. I just wanted to come for the seven games I was going to be involved in and do as well as I possibly could. “And do well enough that Millwall would want to keep me or Wolves would want to take me back. It’s a win-win situation for me because if it’s a case of me staying here for the rest of the season and playing football, that’s great for me. And if it’s a case of me going back to Wolves and fighting for my place and getting game time and an opportunity, that’s perfect for me as well.” As is usually the case with loan players, Millwall have put Wallace up in a flat to ease the transition to
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The team will this week be catching up with Millwall club captain Tony Craig for an update on how his recovery from a serious knee injury is going. In the second hour of the show they will be joined by Lions legend Tony Cascarino, who played for the club between 1987 and 1990. The prize this week is a Lions Live plate which you can mount on a stand. Contact the show on Thursday between 7pm and 9pm via: Phone: 0207 237 9272 Text: 07895 022 325 Email: lionslive@hotmail.co.uk
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the lads properly. There’s definitely a lot more to do here than there is in Wolverhampton where I’m sat in the flat all afternoon. “I’m quite social so I’m always out for coffees with people, whereas in Wolverhampton it’s not quite as lively as it is down here. “My girlfriend can come up and stay for the weekend as well. I’ve moved around quite a bit but I’ve always been less than two hours from home. Even Wolves was only a couple of hours from home and here is an hour, so was Portsmouth. “So if ever it’s the case that I’ve had a bad day I can go home to my family in Reading, it’s not a problem. But I’ve been having such a good time here I haven’t gone home yet!” He’s also had a good time on the pitch and Millwall fans have taken to him quickly. He combines his
life in London. The 21-year-old is currently based in Beckenham and is a naturally outgoing character, fitting in with ease at the training ground with his new teammates and staff. Wallace has so far busied himself getting to know the squad and catching up with old friends. He is in his third different dwelling place in the space of half a year, but has settled quickly in south London from where he can also rely on the support of those closest to him if he needs it. “I’m really enjoying it,” he said. “I’ve got a lot of friends in London, with various clubs such as Leyton Orient and Bromley, that I’ve played with before and now they’re in the area. “I knew a couple of the Millwall boys like John Marquis before I signed. All the boys have been really good. We have a coffee in the afternoon and I’m getting to know
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natural flair and pace with a strong work ethic and those who have seen him play so far will hope he stays for the rest of the season. Millwall are currently just a point off the play-off places and Wallace recognises there is a real chance that the season could build to an exciting climax. He may or may not still be around come May but he is determined that, even if his stay at Millwall is to be a short one, he will make an important contribution. “I’ve done League Two for a couple of years and it’s a big gap to the Championship,” he explained. “I wanted to come back to a top eight or nine team in League One and show that I can do what I know I can do, and that’s to be one of the better players. I think I’ve shown that in the last three games and I’ll be doing that in the next four games as well.”
DEN DIARY MARTIN MAKES COBBLERS BOW
Millwall will visit Kassam Stadium on Tuesday, February 2 to attempt to overturn a 2-0 deficit in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy southern section final.
The club has been allocated 1,497 tickets for the fixture. Tickets will go on sale to season ticket holders on Wednesday, January 20 from 9.30am and to members on Friday, January 22 from 9.30am. Tickets are priced at £10 for adults, £5 over 65s and students, £5 for U18s and U7s free when purchased with an adult or senior ticket. Tickets will go off sale at 5pm on Monday 1st February.
Lee Martin made his debut for Northampton last weekend following his 28-day loan move from Millwall.
Martin struggled to make an impression under Neil Harris, starting just four times for Millwall this season before making the switch to the League Two side. The 28-year-old played 67 minutes in the Cobblers’ 2-1 win at Dagenham & Redbridge last Saturday, a result that leaves them second in the table, trailing Plymouth only on goal difference. It is unlikely Martin has a future at Millwall and his loan could be extended until the summer.
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IT WOULD be nice symmetry if Lee Gregory could win promotion this season with Millwall and pass the twenty-goal mark, writes John Kelly...
The last Lions player to achieve the milestone was Steve Morison when he scored 23 goals in all competitions as Kenny Jackett’s side went up to the Championship in 2009-10. Millwall are currently well-placed to achieve the same this season, and with Morison and Aiden O’Brien also on ten goals each it appears scoring won’t be the reason if they end up having to face another campaign in League One. Morison scored his tenth goal of the season last weekend, meaning Millwall have three players on double figures for the first time since 200102 when Steve Claridge (18), Richie Sadlier (17) and Tim Cahill (13) were the main attacking threats. Asked if he has readjusted his target for the season, 27-year-old Gregory said: “I’m not going to tell you! But it’s getting there, it’s getting closer and when I get there I’ll tell you. “I always said I wanted double figures before Christmas. I’m happy with thirteen at the minute.” Gregory’s thirteenth goal this season was a penalty he had won himself in the 34th minute against Port Vale. The moments preceding it, when Jak Alnwick tried to put him off, gave an insight into his current confidence. Gregory explained: “The keeper was giving me a bit of banter before, saying ‘I know where you’re going, I’m going to save it’. I told him I was going left and he still couldn’t save it. “I knew where I was going from the start, I said before the game I was going to go left. The times that I’ve missed a penalty is when I’ve changed my mind on the spot, so now
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I say to myself, ‘Don’t change your mind’. If I miss it it’s going to be a good save and you can’t blame anything else.” Millwall’s performance against Port Vale was a big improvement on the one in the defeat to Oxford the previous Thursday, and Gregory praised boss Neil Harris for making a couple of tactical tweaks against a Vale side who were just a point behind them before Sunday’s clash. “The gaffer said to us that we needed to just take that extra touch to ensure the midfielders have a chance to get up to us,” Gregory said. “We kind of rushed it against Oxford. I think we were so eager to score we panicked and it didn’t come. “So it was important to take that extra touch and make sure your midfield is supporting you and I think it did the job. “It’s credit to the gaffer who also told us not to press every single thing, just press the things you think you can win. “Against Oxford we were trying to press everything and we were picked off. On Sunday we sat off a little bit, let them keep it, set the trap to nick the ball and then the whole team knows we’re going (to counter) at the same time.” Gregory will now be a marked man for the rest of the season, but he shrugs off any pressure that might bring and prefers to concentrate on his own game and maintaining his current form. “I really don’t think about that, to be honest, that’s the last thing on my mind,” he said. “I’ve felt comfortable all year but didn’t play to the standards I should have at the start of the season. I lacked a bit of consistency before, but hopefully I can keep this going.”
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By John Kelly
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SHANE FERGUSON will play his last game for Millwall at Chesterfield, unless a deal can be worked out with Newcastle to extend his stay.
He could continue at left-back with Joe Martin on the bench. The side has a settled look to it at the moment and manager Neil Harris is likely to name an
unchanged starting XI to the one he picked for the 3-1 win over Port Vale last Sunday. Chesterfield won impressively at The Den in August. A Jay O’Brien double left them in sixth place in the League One table, five points ahead of Millwall. But there has been a 15-point swing since then, with Chesterfield failing to win in September and manager Dean Saunders, who had only been appointed the previous May, was sacked after a 4-0 defeat to
Form guide (Last five league) Chesterfield: LDWWL Millwall: LWLWW Match odds Chesterfield 2/1 Draw 12/5 Millwall 11/8 Probable Millwall team: 4-4-2: Archer; Cummings, Webster, Beevers, Ferguson; Wallace, Abdou, Williams, O’Brien; Morison, Gregory. Last meeting: League One, August 29, 2015
Swindon in November. Danny Wilson took over on December 24. In contrast to Harris, Wilson has over 1,000 professional games as a manager under his belt, his most impressive achievement guiding Barnsley into the Premier League in 1997. Chesterfield were in sixteenth place in the table when they discarded Saunders and are currently nineteenth, four points above the dropzone.
Millwall 0 Chesterfield 2 O’Shea 17, 90 Millwall: Archer; Cummings (Marquis, 86), Nelson, Beevers, Craig; Onyedinma, Abdou, Powell (Cowan-Hall, 76), Thompson; Gregory (O'Brien, 46), Morison. Chesterfield: Lee; O'Neil, Hird, Evatt, Jones; Morsy, Gardner (Raglan, 87), Martínez; Ariyibi (Dieseruvwe, 72), Ebanks-Blake (Gnanduillet, 72), O'Shea.
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M a r q u i s r es c u e s E l i t e S q u ad
JOHN MARQUIS was on target as Millwall’s Elite Development Squad came from behind to draw with Charlton last Monday.
The result leaves Justin Skinner’s side trailing their London rivals by seven points at the top of the Professional Development League 2 table, but having played two games fewer. Marquis pounced in the 84th minute for his first goal for the club since his return from his loan spell at Leyton Orient to cancel out Joe Pigot’s opener. Twenty-three-year-old Marquis could still
leave the club in January, but senior manager Neil Harris was full of praise for his striker. “We do have enquiries about our players, asking about availability. They’re good players so there is always going to be interest,” Harris said. “John has come off the bench in the last two league games and made a contribution to us winning. He’s been really bright and bubbly since he’s come back in. He’s adding another dimension to the squad at the moment.” Skinner named a strong side against Charlton, and Harris said it is important for those on the fringes of the first team to get competitive action. “A couple of players that didn’t play on Sunday needed some minutes. It was a good game, I really enjoyed watching it,” Harris said. “They’re two strong sides, very committed sides playing the game the way it should be played. They want to force their way into firstteam football. “There were some good performances from our players and a good all-round team performance. “A lot of the youngsters have got the pedigree and the physical attributes, it’s just now about learning the tactical side of it and that comes with time.” Millwall team: King; Romeo, Nelson, Mbulu, Chesmain; Onyedinma, Thompson, Farrell, Twardek; Marquis, Philpot.
HARRIS NOT SURPRISED BY CULTURE OF SACKINGS
By John Kelly
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MILLWALL WILL look at other targets if they cannot reach agreement with Newcastle to sign Shane Ferguson.
The 24-year-old Northern Ireland international is set to play the final game of his current loan deal at Chesterfield this weekend. His loss would be a huge blow to manager Neil Harris, who expressed some frustration this week that the situation has dragged on as long as it has.
THE HIGH rate of manager turnovers this season is indicative of a culture of “shorttermism” among clubs, according to Millwall boss Neil Harris, writes John Kelly...
Mark Robins became the latest casualty when he was sacked by Scunthorpe this week after a 5-0 loss to Blackpool – a little over two months after being named Sky Bet League One manager of the month for October. Robins’ Scunthorpe had lost just three times in nine games, one of them a creditable performance
Harris told the News: “I’m quite strong in my stance that I need to see some progress with it. If not I need to move on and find alternative options. “The beauty of Shane is that he plays at left-back and on the left wing and is comfortable in both positions. “We’ve a light squad and there’s definitely space down the left-hand side for somebody with directness and who can deliver the ball to come in and give us that option.” Ferguson has played 31 times since his move in August, scoring twice. He has played predominantly on the left of midfield and last Sunday
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against Chelsea in the FA Cup third round. But that wasn’t enough for Iron chairman, Peter Swann, whose decision meant Robins became the ninth League One manager to lose his job this season. Swann said Robins had failed to “gel the side”, and added: “The way (Scunthorpe) capitulated (at Blackpool) was not acceptable.” Millwall have churned through their fair share of managers – fifteen in the last 15 years – and asked if the casualty rate this season surprised him, Harris said: “Nothing surprises
provided the attacking threat from deep after starting at left-back against Port Vale. That versatility has made him the ideal solution for Harris, but his performances have also attracted interest from other clubs. Harris has already brought George Saville and Jed Wallace to the club this season to fill gaps in the squad and the Millwall boss could make a similar move if Ferguson departs. “There’s not many left-sided specialists around,” Harris said. “Shane’s done really well but there are players that can do that.
me in football. How many clubs are about short-termism? How many businesses would run with that mindset? “That’s the reality in the life of a football manager. It was certainly a consideration for me in taking the position. I have to be confident in my ability but also trust the football club and my staff. “Someone said to me about guarantees in football: You get sacked or you move on. “It’s the same as life really.” Harris, however, believes that the current Millwall is operating with a
“If we look at loans there has to be a reason for it. George came in because we were light in that position and we’d lost Jimmy Abdou and Ed Upson. “Jed’s the same. We were light on the right and Jed was exactly what we needed, giving us pace and quality delivery. “He was a player we’d watched for some time, so there’s always a purpose to it. “We want someone to come in and give us a different dimension. Ferguson gives us that at the moment, whether from left wing or left-back.”
different set of values. He explained: “We’re hoping that we have a plan here that looks at the long term and that’s not just about me – that’s about the whole football club. “We’ve got a structure that we want to follow and we want to continue, and ultimately we want to get out of this division, we want to be playing in the Championship. “Would we like to do it by the end of May? Yeah, of course I would. But there’s so much we’ve got to get right on and off the field before we can go out on the field on a Saturday and just churn out results.”
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