Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - January 5th 2022

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Does your partner or family member: Put you down? Ever frighten or hurt you?

Control your movements, friendships or money?

If so, this is domestic abuse.

For support for yourself or someone else that you are concerned about call the Greenwich Domestic Violence and Abuse helpline: 020 8317 8273.

For 24-hour support, call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.

In an emergency always call 999.

Visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/domesticabuse for more information.

Pick of the Week

By Holly O’Mahony

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Laughing away those January blues Don’t miss the first Catford Mews Comedy Club night of the year. The six comedians vying for your laughs are: Rachel Creeger, proudly the only practising orthodox Jewish woman on the mainstream UK comedy circuit; Steve McLean, a regular on Amazon Audible sitcom Slaving Away; Brandon Palmer, survivor of King Gong at the Comedy Store; Georgia Thorp, semi-finalist in the Funny Women’s Awards for three years running; Mad Ron, Steve Lee’s hard nut alter ego; and Cressida Wetton, who’s received acclaim in numerous competitions including the 2017 BBC New Comedy Award Heat and 2015’s So You Think You’re Funny.

Catford Mews, 32 Winslade Way, London SE6 4JU. January 6, 8pm. Admission: £6.50. www.catford-mews.co.uk/whatson/catford-mews-comedy-club-january

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Abracadabra!

Award-winning immersive installation specialists Squidsoup have been mesmerising Greenwich this Christmas season with their 500-part voice and light experience, Wave. Sure to dazzle all ages, the experience invites visitors to walk beneath the orbs of light, listening to the soundscape and interacting with it as they go.

Peninsula Square, Greenwich, London, SE10 0DX. Until January 9. Admission: FREE. www. greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whatson/events/wave-by-squid-soup

Enjoy a magical evening hosted by the Close Up company, who showcase some of the best talent from prestigious collective The Magic Circle. Experience magic tricks and sleights of hand in an intimate setting, and prepare to gasp as your eyes (or was it the magicians?) deceive you.

Close Up Magic is showing at Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HA. January 7 at 8pm. Tickets £20.50. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/ Online/tickets-close-up-magicbromley-2022

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Make, make, make your boat

Objects of interest

Did you know, on the second Sunday of every month, the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC) hosts hands-on creative sessions to teach its visitors about objects in its collection? Next up, on January 9, is a chance to work as a team to make your own boat. You’ll learn interesting nuggets about the buildings as you go. Materials are provided – just be sure to bring your best thinking hats.

The ORNC’s Make History sessions are aimed at children aged 5+, but the whole family is welcome.

The Clore Learning Room at the Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. January 9, 11am, 12:30pm or 2pm.

Admission: FREE. www.ornc.org/whats-on/make-history

If you’ve explored its exhibitions and wandered around its permanent collections multiple times, perhaps you’re wondering what more there is to Royal Museums Greenwich’s extensive collections? Here to take visitors through some of the most fascinating objects not currently on show at the museums are weekly ‘Saturday Super Store Tours’ of the Prince Philip Maritime Collections centre. From stories of the Titanic to tools used for Antarctic expeditions and the narratives of naval battles, a specialist tour guide will take you through it all. Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, Nelson Mandela Road, London SE3 9QS. January 8, 1:30pm.

Admission: £12. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/prince-philip-maritime-collections-centre/saturday-superstore-tours

Last chance: glide across an ice rink fit for royalty

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Set against the regal backdrop of a UNESCO World Heritage site, The Queen’s House ice rink is a particularly enchanting space to transition from railing-hugging wobbler to elegant ice carver this winter, while enjoying views of both the landmark house and nearby Greenwich Park. Whizz around listening to Christmas songs, then defrost your fingers holding a steaming mug of mulled wine or hot chocolate once you’re done.

Queen’s House, Greenwich, SE10 9NF. Until January 9, sessions from 10am - 8pm.

Admission: £8.50 - £18. www.rmg.co.uk/ queens-house/attractions/queens-houseice-rink www.weekender.co.uk

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arts

Local star Danny Baker live at Blackheath Halls

Broadcaster, writer and comedian Danny Baker is back with a new one-man show – and he’s bringing it home to Blackheath Halls. The Blackheath local, known for writing the hit BBC Series Cradle to Grave and for his former BBC Radio 5 Live show, promises new material and in-joke gags following on from his previous shows, writes Holly O’Mahony…

It’s been a rocky couple of years for the former BBC radio presenter, who was sacked in 2019 over a controversial Tweet. After the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, Danny Tweeted a picture of a couple holding hands with a chimp dressed as a Lord, with the caption: ‘Royal Baby leaves hospital’. The Tweet was perceived to mock the Duchess of Sussex’s African-American heritage, a racist connotation the comedian insists he wasn’t aware of (he stated the Tweet was in fact meant to ‘lampoon privilege’), but he was sacked from the BBC all the same.

On the surface, the 64-year-old presenter has weathered the storm; shifting his radio show Treehouse to his own Patreon site, and touring a second show, Harris & Baker’s Backstage Pass, with fellow presenter Bob Harris (aka

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‘Whispering Bob’). But speaking to Robert Chalmers for a GQ interview in May 2021, he admitted: “I have received no offers – zero – since the BBC showboated my sacking.”

Danny has some fierce defenders in the industry, among them Dara Ó Briain, Gary Lineker and Janet Street-Porter. Of his dismissal, the latter praised the presenter and life-long Labour Party activist for giving working-class London a voice on channels typically perceived as ‘posh’. In its own dismissal statement, the BBC described him as a ‘brilliant broadcaster’, and a subsequent article in the Guardian referred to him as “a pioneer of the inclusive, personable, and at times eccentric, broadcasting style that has since become the norm.”

The comedian has retained a loyal following and his 2022 show is selling

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well. So well, in fact, Blackheath Halls has already added a second date, on Sunday 9, after his Saturday night performance on January 8 sold out.

Preempting his current tour and his duo of performances on his home turf in Blackheath, the comedian said: “After my two hellzapoppin' national tours I plan to unleash upon the public a night of ad lib discourse, loosely themed around one aspect of my life. It shall be called A Night In White Satin. I can see the poster now.

“The show will be largely different from the rest with the accent/theme upon either music, family, showbiz, An Night In The Treehouse (my online followers will know) and new material that will form the third solo outings (ie What happened Next after the story ended last time).

“It will be free-wheeling and stupendous, warm and wonderful.

And I get to walk home afterwards.”

Danny Baker is live at Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. January 8 & 9, 7:30pm. Admission: £22.50/£20 concessions. www.blackheathhalls. com/whats-on/danny-bakerlive-at-blackheath-halls-3 www.weekender.co.uk

Spotlight

Live well: local yoga teachers and mindfulness experts on approaching the new year with a happy, healthy mindset Entering a new year is often when we assess the current shape of our lives and the routines we’ve spent the past year (or longer) carving out for ourselves, writes Holly O’Mahony…

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We localise the areas we perceive to be holding us back and vow to root out any bad habits standing in the way of us reaching our full potential.

We march into these resolutions with the best, blind intentions, and often little planning, meaning they inevitably fall apart weeks, days or mere hours after we’ve begun them, leaving us feeling disheartened and disappointed in ourselves.

Perhaps it doesn’t have to be that way. Perhaps, with a helping hand and the right mental tools, we could set achievable goals – ones we could nurture ourselves towards achieving; ones that stick; ones that benefit us in the long term.

With this in mind, I asked local yoga teachers Chrisi White of boutique studio Blackheath Yoga and Dolores Kavanagh of The Yoga Space London, as well as Intuitive Energy Worker and founder of Your Whole Voice Judith Quin, for their tips on creating achievable New Year’s resolutions,

and prioritising wellness in 2022.

“It’s so easy to prioritise other things while neglecting ourselves,” sympathises Dolores, adding that if carving out time for mindfulness is your goal, “consider which part of the day and/or week you can include some movement and/or meditation practices”. She explains: “We all have different rhythms and energy cycles, so the key is to work with your own rhythm, not against it.”

So, if you typically have more energy in the morning, start your day with a walk or your exercise of choice.

Likewise, if your mind is busy during or towards the end of the day, prioritise finding time to sit quietly. While if you’re looking to attend group sessions, “work out, realistically, what is feasible, book your classes and write them in your diary,” she says.

“If yoga is on your New Year's resolution list, the best thing to do is just get started,” adds Chrisi. “Every

teacher always brings their own approach and personality to their classes, so if you don't find the right teacher for you at the first try, keep looking.” Many studios have intro offers, which Chrisi says is a great way to try out different teachers before having to commit. “Many yoga studios offer virtual classes too,” she adds, which may once again become the norm in early 2022 if Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

“The beauty of yoga is that it is whatever you need it to be,” Chrisi continues. “It goes well beyond the physical aspect, so pretzel-ing your body into an Instagram-able shape is not what yoga is about. It is a practice that creates space in your busy day to listen to your needs without judgement… to us that is what yoga is all about; the improved wellbeing, strength and mobility is just a pleasant byproduct of a regular yoga practice.”

For Judith, the struggle with keeping New Year’s resolutions isn’t

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necessarily down to the intentions themselves, but “because you're feeling like you have to call on all your resolve to action it. This heavy energy is not good for our mental health, we feel like we 'have' to, we 'should' make this or that resolution – and 'should-ing' never gives you the right energy to do something,” explains the life coach, who even wrote a book on the subject: Stop 'should-Ing' Start Wanting (available in paperback and on Kindle).

That said, Judith believes the New Year is a great time to reassess your life, but stresses this should come from a place of asking yourself what you want to create in your life and making choices, rather than resolutions, based on those wants.

“This is better for your mental health as when we choose something it becomes conscious; it helps us change our thought process and creates more desire to do the task at hand,” she says. www.weekender.co.uk

Spotlight “When you make a choice you feel like you have control… For example, I'm not 'having' to not drink in January, I choose to sleep better. [Or] I don't 'have' to lose weight, I choose to live in vibrant health,” explains the practitioner, adding humorously that it’s not unusual to find her wandering past the sweet treat aisles of the supermarket chanting: ‘I choose to live in vibrant health....I choose to live in vibrant health’.

“A trick is to make the choice one that feels really good when you think about it. [Another] is to make it an active, repeated, conscious practice so that you can implement it every time you are tempted to fall back into old habits,” she suggests.

All three wellness warriors have their own intentions for the new year, too.

“The theme for the next year for us as professionals and for our students [at The Yoga Space] is to think about kindness and compassion for self,” says Dolores. “We often set ourselves unrealistic expectations around the new year and then enter into very negative internal scripts about ourselves when these can’t be met.” To combat this, she suggests: “Start each day with a loving kindness meditation which you can find on many apps including Insight Timer and Calm.

“Research shows that practising loving-kindness meditation has many benefits to boosting positivity, becoming more compassionate and accepting, as well as developing, our sense of empathy and kindness towards ourselves and each other.”

For Chrisi, the year ahead is about “Rest, rest and more rest!” She explains: “After almost two years of living the pandemic lifestyle, many of us feel exhausted. So we are prioritising slowing down and listening to what our bodies need.”

If this aligns with your own intentions, you can join Chrisi and her fellow yogis over at Blackheath Yoga, where a new range of Sunday chill sessions offer a rotation of classes designed to help the body slow down, including in meditation, sound baths, yoga nidra and yin yoga.

have a kitchen disco instead,” she smiles. And if we really are plunged into lockdown 4.0? “Prepare to go to work as you normally would.

Shower, get dressed, have breakfast before starting your day, and once your working day has ended, do something that signals a change to the way you spend your day.”

At the beginning of each new year, Judith focuses on specific words to guide her through the months ahead.

This, coupled with positive energy and thoughts, allows her to refocus and get back on track. For 2022, “‘tower’ and ‘glide’ spring to mind and are feeling good,” she says.

Judith Quin is an intuitive energy worker and voice-vibration sound healer. Judith offers free breath and sound exercises as part of ‘Sound Foundations’, the first step of her online courses, which can be found at: www.yourwholevoice. thinkific.com. The full 90-minute course is available for £22.

Themes are key to Judith’s practices and for her online 30-minute meditation sessions, she sets a monthly theme for her attendees.

“January's theme is ‘Keep Your Heart and Hearth Warm’ [and] February’s will be ‘Cultivating Patience’,” she reveals. Judith’s meditation sessions are online and available to download, with the first three sessions offered for free. Her Global Sound Circle Membership Group is also open for new members, with details on her website (see below).

With Covid-19 cases rising and the threat of further restrictions looming, carving out time to enjoy some fresh air and connect with nature is also important. If you can’t go for a walk, a run or a cycle, Dolores suggests

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Chrisi White is the owner of Blackheath Yoga, where a four-week beginners course for £75 and a oneoff beginners workshop on January 22 for £35 are welcoming newcomers.

35 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London SE3 0BU. www.blackheathyoga.co.uk

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whether you can see any trees or birds,” she instructs. “Try to frame your day so that you are not jumping straight out of bed and turning on your laptop or looking at

emails. A few minutes of mindful movement and breathing can really help connect you to your body and set you up well for the day – or just stick on your favourite tunes and

Dolores Kavanagh runs The Yoga Space at Norton House, Duke of Wellington Avenue, Woolwich, London SE18 6EY. Classes daily, 7am - 9pm.

Admission: £14 drop-in classes / £99 for monthly membership. www.theyogaspacelondon.co.uk

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History

The ‘old Floode Mill’

Mary Mills Last week this series of articles down Deptford Creek got to Deptford Bridge, where we looked at the Brewery and the week before that at the distillery next to it. I said that we needed to cross the main road there and start working out way down the West Bank - the Lewisham bank - of the Creek. So, off we go.

Up to the 1970s, and for many years previously, when we crossed the road at Deptford Bridge, on the north side would have been to the huge bulk of the Robinson Mill – where Lewisham College is now. If we go down what is now Deptford Church Street there would have been buildings close to the Creek and then a number of small wharves until we reached what is now The Birds Nest pub at Theatre Wharf. This is a very complex area and I think it makes more sense historically if, for the moment, I ignore the modern college buildings and their predecessor Robinson Mills, as well as the buildings in Church Street, and begin by looking at the oldest building on the Creek - the old ‘Floode Mill’. This was not just the precursor of the Robinson Mill but in effect the industry which shaped this entire area.

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The old ‘Floode Mill’ was very old indeed and probably pre-dates the Doomsday Book of 1086. The entry in Doomesday for Lewisham includes 11 water mills. Most of these would have been mill sites up river of Lewisham – there were mills at sites like where Catford Homebase and Peter Pan’s Pool is now. However one of those eleven mills was no doubt the ‘Old Floode Mill’. It was in the area now covered by buildings which belong to Goldsmiths College –probably where the Asquith Gibbes buildings are.

In 1157 Wakelin de Maminot granted to Bermondsey Abbey the annual rent from a water mill in ‘Deptford Town’, which may or may not have been this one. Bermondsey Abbey was a wealthy institution just up the road - near today’s Abbey Road in Bermondsey. The Abbey was an important institution which

seems to have taken in as nuns the widows, sisters, daughters of leading families – and no doubt allowed these ladies to remain in touch with national affairs. Bermondsey Abbey collected rents from the mill for 400 years until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. In 1585 it was purchased by Christ’s Hospital who owned it until the 19th century.

Christ’s Hospital is a charity set up, following the collapse of what we would call ‘’social services’ after the religious houses were closed by the Dissolution. It was to house the orphans and unsupported children in the City of London – and is still in business today. I think it is significant that the ownership of this Deptford mill was in the hands of important and financially astute bodies for nearly 700 years. It must have been a profitable and stable asset for them.

I have spent some time over the Christmas preparing this article, and I am still very puzzled. How did the mill work? It is difficult to interpret the shape of the Creek – the river Ravensbourne – at that point. It doesn’t look natural! When I started the research for the article I assumed

that I would find a nice detailed archaeological report on this site – which is, after all covered in new buildings which usually means one will have been commissioned. With any luck the archaeologists would have consulted modern millwrights and we would have an explanation.

But, no, no sign of any such report. If one is out there, please let me know.

In his estimable work on Deptford, the late Christopher Philpotts included sketch maps and one of these is his interpretation of the creek and the mill site in the early medieval period.

He has marked the tide mill on a sort of island in the creek and upriver

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of it is marked ‘Flodmalware’ – ie ‘flood mill weir’ – which held back the tidal waters. The land on which Lewisham stands is ‘Flodmede’ – ‘flood meadow’ – and this meadow was adjacent to the Dover Road. .

Elsewhere he mentions ‘Flodmill dyke’ – ‘dyke’ being ‘ditch’.

Typically a tide mill would have worked by the wheel being turned by water flooding in on the incoming high tide. The water would have been impounded up river of the mill and held back by gates. I think we should also realise that such a mill would have had a relatively short life and that there would have been www.weekender.co.uk

History dwelling house’. Some of this, the kiln in particular, seems to imply a more diverse business than a mere corn mill. The new lease was for only six years and it is interesting that its expiry date was 1824 –as we shall see in that year the mill was destroyed.

constant rebuilds and probably redesigns in the 700 years we know almost nothing about. Millwrighting is one of the great lost skills of what we think of as the pre-industrial age. They were experts in water management and millstreams and rivers could be reshaped to maximize the effects for the mill. We have no such interpretation for this important mill so we are down to guess work.

I see that the Lewisham Council report on the Conservation Area here talks about ‘the Gibbes / Skill Centre Island, where remains of the medieval tide mill and its successors may still be in situ below ground’ – an admission there has been no archeology and no investigation.

In 1824 the mill was badly damaged by flooding, probably caused by water coming down the Ravensbourne rather than up the Creek. The Miller was then a Mr. Carver who was living somewhere further down the Creek.

Reports described an embankment ‘formed across the creek. to carry on the business of the mill’. In 1824 ‘the water came with such violence that it threatened the destruction of the mill and washed away the embankment ‘which ‘renders it impossible to carry on the business and a mill itself was much damaged’.

The estimated loss was £2,500.

We have no really early maps of the Creek and the Olde Floode Mill.

The earliest map of which I am aware is the 1690s ‘Travers’ plan’ of Greenwich where the mill is shown at a junction of two streams.

Like all the other later maps of the area this layout looks artificial.

On some maps the island and the water area to the south of it are marked as ‘Mill Pond’ although it clearly isn’t an enclosed pond for impounded water. The river appears to be divided into two and it is not clear which branch is the course of the natural river. In fact does the natural river actually exist and are both branches artificial? A problem with interpreting the area today and today’s maps is that the Docklands Light Railway has been plonked down on top of this very complex area of mill leats and has clearly altered them. There is another very strange little island which seems to have appeared very recently up river of the area where the mill has said to have been, between the two branches of the river. On some older maps part of the area is shown as having ‘osiers’ growing on it and indeed the City’s Bridge House Estates are known to have had osier beds in this area. Osier is willow growth used for making baskets and similar items and is essentially small scale bushes grown as a crop.

A year later, the mill’s owners, Christ’s Hospital, was offering a building lease on the mill ‘and premises’ which included ‘an osier ground, adjacent.

There was also a ‘valuable head of water’. The mill needed rebuilding and they were looking for somebody to do. Mr. Carver appears to have gone and the mill might therefore be of interest to ‘seed crushers, millers and corn factors’. Two years later a Mr. James Redpath was offering for sale what I assume is the remains of the old mill ‘24 ft. of tiles .. 2000 feet of rafters .. lots of useful timbering …an anvil … machinery comprising a spur or flywheel with brasses … two pairs of French stones .. a bolting mill with universal joints .. a water wheel ... with brasses and other sundry items’. So the mill was rebuilt and continued at work.

The one picture we have of the mill appears to be of the 1820s rebuilding. Again little is heard of the mill apart from an 1840s advisement for the sale of cement and plaster there by a Mr. James Weston. In 1875 a bankruptcy notice was issued for the mill’s operators – a Messrs Kingsford, described as ‘corm factors and biscuit bakers.

Apparently over the centuries there were complaints of flooding because the Millers at the Floode Mill had raised the height of their floodgates. They also should have coordinated their sluices with those at the Brook Mill further upstream but they didn't always do so.

In due course the mill was taken over by Robinsons who greatly expanded the site and went on to build a number of other bigger mills there Their mills stood on adjacent sites not only that of the Old Floode Mill. Most histories of the Floode Mill say that Robinsons took it over after the flood in the 1820s. I have found no sign that this is confirmed by the records of Christ’s Hospital and I would suspect it came into Robinson’s control rather later – and would be interested to know about that. Also, by the way, is the freehold still with Christ’s Hospital today?

What was the mill used for? It was probably a corn mill – although it is often foolish to assume that with mills of all ages. As today, all sorts of things needed milling – and we only have to look a mile or so up river to find the Armoury Mill which certainly wasn’t used for corn.

However I assume that the Floode Mill was mainly used as a corn mill.

So what went on there? We know very little. Most dramatically there is a report of the mill in 1800 when a group of ‘rioters’ went there with the intention of burning it down. This appears to have been connected to riots in the area against the price of bread and lack of food generally.

This particular group of rioters had started off in the City of London at the Corn Exchange and carried on through the East End threatening Mills and as well as bakers shops and other such institutions. This raises two questions – one about the

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and formidable from its numbers, riotously assembled’. They were prevented ‘from great mischief’ by the local militia and ‘volunteers’.

In 1800 it was said that it was owned and operated by a Mr. William Weller.

I don’t know who he was but in

effect ‘ownership’ was a lease from Christ’s Hospital. In 1818 when the lease was advertised for sale it was said that the then leaseholder was ‘a trustee of Mr. James Dodson’. The mill was then advertised as having ‘three pairs of stones…. an excellent kiln….stabling…. a piggery .. and a

Flooding continued to be a problem and the flood-gates were still defective in the 1850s. Under Robinsons the mill buildings were expanded over what had been the osier ground and much of Floode Mede. The mill closed in the 1960s, and was demolished after a fire in 1970.

Robinsons were a big business and their giant buildings need to be looked at in more detail. Today the site of the old Floode Mill is the Asquith Gibbes buildings of Goldsmith’s College. More about all of that to come.

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community trust At The Heart Of The Community

news from charlton athletic community trust

The Upbeats Kitchen is officially open for business!

The Upbeats Kitchen was officially opened by Owner Thomas Sandgaard and Leader of Royal Greenwich Cllr Danny Thorpe on 11 December.

The much-loved Charlton Upbeats have been helping to feed Charlton supporters at The Valley on matchday with the recent opening of the Upbeats Kitchen in the Covered End. Working together with Gather and Gather, the club’s catering partner, members of the Upbeats team have been serving soup to supporters from the brand-new kiosk located in the Covered End lower concourse, with the kitchen having its shutters opened for the first time by Charlton owner Thomas Sandgaard prior to the victory over Ipswich Town on December 7th.

The Upbeats programme is run by the Charlton Athletic Community Trust for young people and adults with Down’s syndrome, has been running for 14 years and is entirely funded by voluntary donations.

Speaking about the initiative, Ben Burton of Gather and Gather said: “It was a brainwave between myself and the club. We discussed it and it was something that Gather and Gather really wanted to get involved in and we thought it was a really good opportunity to put something back into the community.

“It’s been absolutely amazing. I can speak on behalf of all my team that we

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have felt so rewarded in the last few weeks since we have been working with the lads. They’re a cracking team and a cracking bunch of lads to the point that I’m trying to employ them in other roles within our team.

“They’re technical skills and enthusiasm is brilliant and they’re an absolute pleasure to have around.

They’re more than welcome to be in our kitchen every day of the week.”

Terry Peart, Disability and Mental Health Manager for the Community Trust added: “It’s a great opportunity for the Upbeats. It’s brilliant for them to get some paid work and they’re just so excited to be part of the club and to do this initiative.

“We’re not just doing this for a couple of weeks, it will be here for good. Hopefully, over time it will extend to burgers and other things like that as they get used to it and get the hang of it.”

Supporters in the Covered End will be able to visit the Upbeats Kitchen at every home game this season.

If you would like to support the work of CACT, please consider setting up a regular donation by visiting: cact.gives/donate

The Kitchen offers the opportunity for 3 Upbeats to work on matchdays, making and serving food and drink to fans.

It’s a great opportunity for the Upbeats. It’s brilliant for them to get some paid work and they’re just so excited to be part of the club and to do this initiative. editorial@weekender.co.uk

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Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.

If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.

Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.

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Date: 05/01/2022 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control List of Press Advertisements - 05/01/2022 Publicity for Planning Applications

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr Martin 20/3078/SD Site Address: GORDON PRIMARY SCHOOL, CRAIGTON ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1QG Development: Submission of details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 5 (Scheme of Restoration Hut D) of listed building consent dated 21/1278/MA dated 29/04/2021.

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Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Crooms Hill] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Barhale who need to carry out new water main placement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 5th January 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 6 weeks. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Crooms Hill outside number 24.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via General Wolfe Road, Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich South Street, Greenwich High Road, Stockwell Street and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Applicant: Mr Jackson 21/4292/HD Site Address: 53 WERNBROOK STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RU Development: Alterations to side and rear windows at 1st floor level, 2 roof lights to rear outrigger and alterations to side ground floor bay to introduce a flat roof.

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON Applicant: Mr Terrance Diss 21/4407/HD Site Address: 15 MEREWORTH DRIVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3ED Development: Replacement of existing roof covering.

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Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Thames Path] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Jacobs who need to carry out improvement works to the Sluice gate.

2. The Order will come into operation on 3rd January 2022 and would continue to be valid for 6 months. However the works are expected to take 1 month. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prevent pedestrian and cyclist access to the lower footpath between the Sluice gate and Princess Alice Way. 4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via pedestrians and cyclists will be diverted via the raised footpath alongside.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

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