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Pick of the week The Favourite at Blackheath Halls and Deptford X Festival

By Holly O’Mahony

A spooky rhythm and poetry party at the Albany

Editor: Laura Burgoine

The Albany in Deptford is collaborating with gal-dem, the magazine produced by women and non-binary people of colour, to present a Halloween edition of Inua Ellams’ Rhythm and Poetry Party. Come along to support the all-female line-up of poets as they create and share new verse around a theme close to their hearts: the greatest hits of hip-hop legend Missy Elliot. Still a halloween party, prizes are up for grabs for the best fancy dress.

The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG. October 26, from 7pm - 11pm.

Admission: £10. www.thealbany.org.uk

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Scrawny Cat Theatre Company’s What You Risk takes its audience back in time to the period between 1936 and 1978. It was a time when the far right was rising across Europe, and immigrants and refugees sought safety and shelter on England’s shores. (Indeed, you might think it sounds similar to today’s political climate.) Leaving the history books behind, What You Risk makes women active participants of the story: the play follows four women, from clashing with family to finding love and discovering how far they will go for what they believe.

Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8ES. October 23 - 26 at 7:30pm.

Admission: £13. www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/events/what-you-risk

The Favourite returns to the big screen in Blackheath See Yorgos Lanthimos’ Academy Awardwinning movie The Favourite on the big screen at Blackheath Halls. Set in England in the early 18th century, the film follows the happenings and misdemeanors of a vulnerable Queen Anne (Olivia Colman, who won an Oscar for her performance) and the manipulative mistresses of her court.

The Hearn Recital Room at Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. October 24 at 7:30PM. Admission: £8/£6 concessions. www.blackheathhalls.com

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Your favourite greatest hits sung live at Bob Hope Theatre Welcome to Hollywood! Okay, Eltham. But Jeff Hooper and the Len Phillips Octet are taking audiences as close to the bright lights and starry stages of Tinseltown as you can get without leaving the borough. Head to the Bob Hope Theatre for a musical feast of well-known songs from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones and Elvis Presley.

Bob Hope Theatre, Wythfield Road, Eltham, London SE9 5TG. October 26 at 7:30pm. Admission: £15. www.bobhopetheatre.co.uk

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Deptford X Festival returns Launched in 1998, Deptford X is a free contemporary visual arts festival based in and around Deptford. For 10 days each year, the festival brings artists from around the world to south east London and showcases their work alongside that of the local creative talent. The 2019 festival kicks off with Stop Making Sense: a look at surreal, playful and unruly art as a disruption to our current political climate of hostility and division.

Laban Theatre, Laban Building, Creekside, SE8 3DZ. October 25 - 3 November.

Admission: FREE. www.deptfordx.org/Festivalhomepage

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Family Spooky tricks at the Churchill Theatre Prepare for some spine-chilling horror at the Churchill Theatre this Thursday as Magic Mr Steve and his assistant Rufus the dog present The Spooky Magic Show: magical mysteries in a haunted attic. Hold on tight to your seats as a night of magic tricks, spooky special effects and puppetry unfolds. Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. October 24 at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Admission: £14.50/ concessions available. www. churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/default. asp

Help fearless Flinn, pirate Pearl and terrified Tom defeat the devious dinosaurs Les Petits theatre company returns to the high seas following their successful shows The First Hippo on the Moon (based on the book by David Walliams) and Adventures in Wonderland. This time they’re adapting Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto’s book Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass. When Mr T the T-Rex appears and kidnaps a group of school children, will Flinn, Pearl and Tom be able to rescue them? It’s all aboard for a non-stop, actionpacked theatrical experience with live music, puppetry and tricksy dinosaurs.

Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8ES. October 24 at 2pm, and October 25 at 11am and 2pm.

Admission: £15/£13 concessions. www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk

A traditional fairy tale told through dance at Blackheath Halls See The Princess and the Frog told through dance, as Let’s All Dance bring their fun-for-all-the-family production to Blackheath Halls. When a princess loses her favourite golden ball in a pond one day, a frog rescues it and an unlikely friendship is formed. But is there more to the frog than meets the eye?

The Great Hall at Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. October 26 at 3pm. Admission: £10/£8.50 child. www.blackheathhalls.com

Raymond Briggs’ The Bear live on stage

Horrible Halloween at Run like a zombie Zombie costumes at the ready: it’s time for the fourth annual Zombie 5K Fun Run around the Royal Arsenal. The run is open to all ages (those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult) and is a chance to get to know others in your community. The run is being followed by a ‘spirited Thames Clipper Halloween trip’ and later an evening celebration at the Guard House Pub, where the prize for best costume is being announced. Meet at Guard House Pub, No 1 Street, Woolwich, London SE18 6GH. October 26. Registration at 4:30pm, run begins at 5pm. Admission: £12/£5 concessions.

The Thames Clipper trip is not included in the price. www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Ever wondered what it would be like to cuddle a big, friendly polar bear? Tilly knows: she befriended one when it came to visit her in the middle of the night.

Let her tell you all about it when Pins and Needles’ adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ classic children’s story The Bear is being performed live at the Albany in Deptford. With puppetry, music and plenty of laughs, The Bear is a heart-warming tale about imagination and growing up.

Suitable for ages 3+.

The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG. October 22 at 2pm; October 23 & 24 at 11am and 2pm.

Admission: £7. www.thealbany.org.uk

Woodlands Farm Head to Woodlands Farm for a halloween-themed trail and drop-in crafts session. See if you can spot any of the farm’s creepy creatures lurking, then make your own Halloween craft to take home.

Woodlands Farm, 331 Shooters Hill, Welling DA16 3RP. October 25, from 11am - 3pm.

Admission: £3 per child. www. thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org

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Review

Brunch at

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’ll admit, I jumped the gun with visiting Mama Fuego, the new ‘all day and night drinking and dining riverside venue’ perched beside The Tide walkway on the Greenwich Peninsula, writes Holly O’Mahony…

But with its coming from the team behind Abuelo Coffee in Covent Garden, and the promise of it being a kitsch all-day-dining joint serving an Aussie-style brunch with Latin American flavours (until 5pm on weekends), I couldn’t help myself.

I hadn’t been invited to Mama Fuego. In fact, I’d practically been uninvited. The restaurant had launched a gung-ho press campaign back in August, optimistically sending out savethe-dates for a press launch in early September, only to push back the date then put the whole thing on hold for the time being due, I guess, to being unprepared.

Still, a quick scroll on Instagram one recent Saturday morning led me to see that not only was Mama Fuego open, they’d invited a gaggle of foodie influencers that very morning to snap and post photos of the colourful, flowerscattered dishes. So, in spite of my lack of invite (not enough Instagram followers, presumably), I traipsed along that very same morning to check it out for myself.

A quick scan of the room was all it took to realise that while open, Mama Fuego was still a work in progress. And while the brunch menu was ready to be snapped for the ‘gram, it was clear why press weren’t being invited in just yet. (Whoops.) The downstairs open-plan dining room was taking guests, but the upstairs – with its promise of an open-plan bakery, a 70s-style sunken lounge and ‘drinking dens’ – was yet to take its form.

As a whole, Mama Fuego is pitched as: ‘a series of architecturally-designed spaces…

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inspired by the playfulness, glamour and warmth of design in the 1960s and 70s’. In reality, what was open of it looked very new; so new, that the wooden furniture still gave off a freshly-shaven scent.

The space is also a victim of what often happens when restaurants open up on the ground floor of what is essentially a soulless-looking hotel or block of flats (in this case the latter): no matter how hard you try to jazz up the space – in this case balancing the concrete pillars with warmhued oil works of what I think was the Australian outback – it still looks dreary and corporate.

The tinny soundtrack of generic indie music in the background did little to combat this image on my visit, and while the clattering of plates coming from the open-plan kitchen beyond the dining room sounded healthy enough for a restaurant, what wafted across to my nostrils was regrettably the faint smell of bleach, not brunch.

Still, there’s a fake fireplace with real logs beneath for added effect, ready to flicker into action on any chilly day now, and the floor-toceiling windows mean you can

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eat while looking out on views of The Tide – the elevated garden walkway boasting a couple of Damian Hirst sculptures designed by the team behind NYC’s High Line.

Its location, shoulder to shoulder with The Tide, is a key selling point on Mama Fuego’s website, but when I ask my friendly waiter about it, he draws a blank before politely telling me the food and drink is his speciality. I then ask about the intriguing-sounding dish ‘Tarunima’s Special Coffee Granola’, which is described as ‘a cup of excellence-winning Nicaraguan coffee, coconut yoghurt and pan-fried peache’.

Again, he’s uncertain about it and neither of us can tell from the description whether the granola is coffee flavoured or comes with a cup of coffee. I decided to err on the side of caution and give it a miss.

My quibbles with Mama Fuego were brought to an abrupt halt, though, when my coffee smoothie arrived. This blend of chocolate, banana, cinnamon, oat milk, agave and of course coffee proved itself to be everything I

meanwhile, lend the plate an exotic, undeservedly-healthylooking finish. It’s a thoughtfullycrafted dish that tastes as good as it looks (yes, it’s one for your ‘gram).

Once finished, I gushed about the coffee smoothie to the waitress clearing my plates. She told me I was lucky to have tried it, for it had only been perfected the day before and had been off the menu until then. I left feeling all the more painfully aware I had pounced upon Mama Fuego before it was truly ready to be under the spotlight.

Who can say whether Mama Fuego will deliver on its desired 60s and 70s image once it’s all up and running. But having been, seen and eaten, I can confirm this might not even matter. Because what they do know here is how to serve up a best-in-class brunch.

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wanted from a breakfast drink and I found myself wondering where it had been all my life.

I ordered one of the flowershowered main dishes too: the Thyme-sautéed wild mushrooms with truffle butter, melted cheese and a fried egg on brioche toast.

Again, this was a dish perfected: one thick slice of brioche topped with black pepper-incrusted melted cheese and a generousbut-not-overbearing scattering of mushrooms sizzled in the aforementioned truffle butter and thyme. The fried egg listed on the menu can be swapped for a poached one if you wish (mine was), making the dish less a product of the frying pan. The sweet brioche proves a decent bedfellow for the salty flavours above it. The edible petals and green leaves strewn on top,

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History

Back to the floor for a man of ideas

Mary Mills

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inoleum was the universal floor covering in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When I first began to study the history of industries on the Greenwich Peninsula I kept hearing about the linoleum works but for a long time I could find that nothing about it and I began to think it was just a rumour. I ended up going to Scotland to find out about it - but even so a lot of things were very unclear and I’ve never really sorted out when it actually closed.

Linoleum is still made today but it’s now called Marmoleum. It was originally the idea of one man who founded three Linoleum factories in the 19th century. Greenwich was the third of these factories and had machinery which made intricately patterned lino - every year they made enough to stretch to Warsaw. Sadly this Greenwich factory – despite its revolutionary machinery – is almost unknown.

A quick look on the web will show many sites about the history of Linoleum manufacture, but Greenwich is very rarely

mentioned, if at all.

Frederick Walton was the ‘one man’ who invented linoleum.

He was one of the most prolific and influential inventors and industrialists of the late 19th century. He was full of ideas and had many international links.

He was to take out 88 patents – only some of which were for linoleum. He was the son of an inventor, James Walton, who had developed an India rubber wire card which was used in the weaving industry. The family’s factory was at Haughton Dale near Hyde in Greater Manchester.

It was the largest works of its kind in the world.

Frederick is said to have already held seven patents by the age of twenty-five. One of the things which he noticed was oxidised oil - the skin on top of paint – which he had noticed while he worked on finding a quick-drying varnish.

He set about looking to find a use for this material. It was like rubber in that it was elastic and could be mixed with pigments and resins, yet unlike rubber because solvents, grease, oils, and heat had practically no effect upon it.

At first he tried to find uses for it as a substitute for rubber and then had other ideas. He left Haughton Dale to seek his fortune in London and he experimented there for another three years. He tried to use the oxidized oil for waterproofing cloth, for insulating electric conductors, and much else. He also realised that rubber

based floor coverings had some problems and thought he might be able to produce them with his new material.

Eventually he found that if he mixed his new material with Iinseed oil and cork it could be rolled out onto a suitable backing to make a rigid sheet. So linoleum was invented and the first pieces were made in 1863. He made up the name ‘linoleum’ from ‘linus’ flax - and ‘oleum’ - oil – because it was made of linseed oil stuck on a base of woven jute. His experiments were carried out in British Grove, Chiswick, where he later built a factory to make the new floor covering on the same site, following a fire. This building was replaced by modern housing only in 1996.

In 1864 Walton set up the Linoleum Manufacturing Company and in 1867 moved his works to a large site at Staines.

The Staines factory became famous – walk down the main street there today to see a statue of men carrying a roll of lino. The site of the factory seems to have been almost as big as Staines itself. The works eventually closed in the 1970s and the site is now a trading estate. Until relatively recently there was a small museum behind the old town hall in Staines where men who had worked in the lino factory were happy to talk about the works of which the town was very proud. Now this is part of a larger Spelthorne Museum in a modern

library and there is a leaflet about the factory which you are given to read.

Walton himself soon moved on to bigger things and by the early 1870s had set up an American factory at ‘Linoleumville’, whch has since been renamed as Travis. He also developed Lincrusta wall covering - originally Linoleum for walls, this was another ubiquitous Victorian and Edwardian furnishing medium.

He set up his Lincrusta factory in Sunbury-on-Thames, as well as others in France and Germany.

He is also said to have been the originator of OK meat sauce. He is also said to have spent some years with Brin Brothers, British Oxygen, who were also soon to open a Greenwich works in Tunnel Avenue.

The Staines works was independent of Walton and he seems to have quarrelled with them over his new scheme for inlaid linoleum. So he set up another company as Frederick Walton (New Patents). This was to become the Frederick Walton Mosaic Linoleum Company, and later Greenwich Inlaid Linoleum.

Moving to Greenwich he took over from Appleby Engineers what was to become known as Victoria Wharf – now used by Hansons as Victoria Deep Water Wharf. Before Appleby this had been the site used by Henry Bessemer and Walton announced in his publicity material that it was where Bessemer had evolved

his steel-making process. A second Greenwich works was built slightly to the north onpart of Bethel’s Wharf. Another of Walton’s projects for the manufacture of flexible metal tubing –and an advertisement card for this tubing shows an aerial view of the company’s ‘Greenwich Works’ on the Victoria Wharf site. Early photographs show a rather grim castellated frontage adjacent to the Blackwall Tunnel gatehouse.

By 1910 the works was immense and making about twenty miles of linoleum each week. This was the intricately patterned linoleum which was on every floor in the early 29th century. There were three gigantic machines at Greenwich and it did not prove easy to build foundations for them in the marshy sub-soil - Walton said the cost of this work was more than that for the machines themselves. The lino was made from the same mixture of cork, oils and had six different colours but each sheet was made up of tens of thousands of tiny pieces, set in an original pattern into a template by specialist craftsmen.

It was said that each machine could cut ninety million pieces in a working day and include ‘all kinds of rolls and curves’. ‘The cutting rollers cut out and select and arrange .. the pieces into their respective order .. with faultless precision’. There were many different patterns available and it would be interesting to know

how the process was controlled in days when only mechanical devices were available.

Materials came from all over the world. Cork came from Spain and Portugal. Jute came from India to be processed in Scotland.

Linseed oil came from South America and the United States.

Linoleum could not help but be a success. In the later twentieth century it became unfashionable but a hundred years ago its practicalities were appreciated. It was cheap, durable, sturdy and clean and could be produced in all sorts of designs. It was even said to have germicidal properties.

The Greenwich Inlaid Lino works closed for a while during the Great War because, it is said, and most of their workmen went to earn better money at Woolwich Arsenal. Walton himself died in his nineties in 1921 following a car accident at Nice in the South of France. In his later years he had spent much of his time in pursuit of psychic phenomena.

His business interests were many and he was a very rich man.

Within a year of his death the Greenwich works had been taken over by Michael Nairn of Kirkaldy.

In April 1922, when the merger was announced to the Greenwich share- holders, a big meeting was held. Mr. Mackay, who had been manager of the company for the previous eighteen years, pointed out that it was only during his time as manager of the company that it had paid a dividend. Other protestors were ‘howled down’. The problem with the Greenwich works, it was said, was that it only had

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one product - the inlaid linoleum.

Michael Nairn and Co. did not make this but made a wide range of related floor coverings.

Although a merger seemed sensible it was in fact a takeover since Nairn’s was a much bigger company. Nairn’s kept the factory working through the 1920 and sales work was concentrated in Kirkaldy. They made the standard geometrical patterns fashionable at the time. Some specialist lino was also made - some for Lyons teashops with the Lyons name specially imprinted on it. in 1926 the works was visited

by The Duke of York – the future George VII, father of the Queen.

He came as the President of the Industrial Welfare Society. He was received by Sir Michael Nairn himself and visited the whole works –including the in-house power plant, design office and laboratory. Invited to start one of the machines the Duke was asked to pick a colour at random – his unseen choice turned out to be royal blue! It was also pointed that he should not have started the machine without a union ticket – although as the press widely reported, he was required to wear brown linen overalls in an atmosphere thick with cork dust.

The Duke met a number of long serving work people and others who, as boys, had attended the summer camps which he

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sponsored. He was presented with a working model of the cylinders and commented ‘it quite puts to shame a jigsaw puzzle.’

It has been difficult to find out when the factory closed. It was said to have been in 1934 or shortly afterwards. However ‘The Kentish Mercury’ records an accident which took place in the works in 1935 and the factory appears in local directories in 1937. In Nairn’s archives are catalogues for Greenwich Linoleum which date from the 1940s. In 1937 Nairn’s erected a special building in Kirkaldy and it is said that one of the Greenwich machines was moved to what became known as the North Building. It is not there now. A visit to Kirkaldy in the 1990s showed specialist ‘mosaic’ designs being put together by a team of women with glue and tweezers – although the work was for one-off pieces showing company logos and illustrations for reception and similar areas which could never have been done by machine I still don’t know when the Greenwich factory closed There was clearly some activity

there until the late 1930s and it may be that the factory then undertook war work to close after the Second Word War. Although Greenwich lino went out of fashion its shapes and designs look set to make a comeback. The company is now Forbo Nairn, and they sell several varieties of linoleum. Linoleum is now called ‘Marmoleum’ and advertisements stress the natural products used - linseed and hessian - and the traditional designs. Linoleum is, they say, an environmentally friendly product clean and natural - an interesting contrast to its high-tech sales pitch a hundred years ago.

Anyone really interested in lino production should really go to Kirkaldy. There is information in the Staines Museum but nothing on the scale of what is in Scotland. Kirkaldy was – and in effect still is – all about linoleum.

And in

Greenwich? I guess knowledge of the industry is confined to me and readers of this and a couple of other articles.

This’ article is based on archive material held in the Forbo Nairn collection at Kirkaldy Museum and Art Gallery. Help is acknowledged from them, from the archivist of Forbo Nairn and from volunteers and researchers at the Spelthorne Museum, Staines.

The Greenwich Industrial History Society meets once a month. All welcome. Please see greenwichindustrialhistory. blogspot.com/ for current news and events.

• 12th November Pieter Van der Merwe A Great Light in the East (End): Gas and the Royalty Theatre, Stepney’ 1816 This will be held in the Studio not the Bakehouse.

• 14th January 2020 Prof Dave Perrett on GLIAS and IA in London • 11th February Barbara Holland..

James Ellis, Charlton developer • 10th March Andy Brockman Woolwich and The Pipeline • 14th April David Waller. Men of Iron - Maudslay • 12th May Peter Marshall, A photographic walk • 9th June Julian Kingston Deptford Shipbulding Heritage and the Lenox • 14th July Stewart Ash. Research on development sites Meetings held at 7.30pm at the Old Bakehouse, Bennett Park SE3 (rear of Age Exchange) There is no parking.

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NEWS FROM CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST

“I don’t know what we would have done without him” Extra Time members also go on day trips, most recently visiting Whitstable

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Bob and Jan attend Extra Time sessions regularly following the referral from Paul Robinson

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7-year-old Bob, his wife Jan and their family have been on a journey with Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) over the past eight years.

Bob and Jan, who are from Woolwich, first met Paul Robinson, CACT’s Crime Reduction & Mentoring Manager, in 2011 when their grandson, who wishes not to be named, became one of Paul’s mentees.

To identify mentees, CACT works with strategic partners in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, including the Metropolitan Police. At one of the meetings with partners, Paul was made aware about Bob and Jan’s grandson.

Paul helped support their grandson through school and encouraging him to make better life choices around friendship groups.

After meeting Bob and Jan and making them aware of the range of CACT’s work, Paul recommended they themselves attend a social inclusion

programme called Extra Time, so that they could socialise with people of a similar age on a weekly basis.

Jan said: “Through Paul we joined Extra Time, and we were there for more than seven years. I didn’t realise how much support I actually got from CACT. “It’s really important for no one to be lonely.”

Bob said: “I don’t know what we would have done without him [Paul].”

Extra Time Hub is a national programme for over 55s supported by the English Football League Trust, National Lottery and Sport England.

CACT’s Extra Time sessions take place every Wednesday at The Valley, with activities including table tennis, singing and bingo. It provides a place for people to socialise and helps reduce social isolation.

Paul said: “An important part of our work is

signposting not only young people we work with but also members of the family.

“Bob and Jan highlight the importance of that, and introducing them to Extra Time is proof that mentoring of a young person can lead to the mentoring of loved ones and family members.”

CACT’s mentoring programme looks to take the young person on a journey, but also include the family in that as well. Mentors work closely with all members of the family to ensure everybody is happy with the progress of the mentee.

Many of CACT’s programmes can link with one another, with Bob & Jan’s case being an example of that; an Early Help & Prevention programme linking up with a project from the Health Improvement strand.

For more information about CACT’s mentoring programmes, email Paul.Robinson@cact.org.uk

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taking such tasks as may be necessary.

• To assist the Premises Manager to maintain across the two school sites.

• Work under the direction of the Premises Manager and Senior Leadership Team.

• There will be a requirement to drive and have your own vehicle • Have the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

• Have knowledge of Health & Safety.

• Have basic computer skills.

• Ensure that both schools is maintained in a safe, clean and secure condition as required, and under-

Kintore Way Nursery School and Children’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We conduct value based interviews. The successful candidate must demonstrate that they are fully committed to our safeguarding policies and procedures. All school posts are subject to Preemployment checks and references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity.

If you require some advice on how to complete the application form, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Closing date: 12pm noon Friday 1st November 2019

Please contact Sharon Keane, Premises Manager, for a discussion about the role or to arrange a visit.

For an application pack, please email recruitment@kintoreway.southwark. sch.uk or download it from either of our websites www.kintoreway.com or grove-southwark.secure-dbprimary.com/southwark/primary/grove Please note: CV’s will not be accepted

Completed applications should also be emailed to recruitment@kintoreway. southwark.sch.uk by the closing date and time or can be handed to the Reception of either school.

Please note, both schools are closed from Monday 21st to Friday 25th October 2019. If you do not hear from us within two days of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted.

20 hours a week. These posts are on a shift basis, 7.00am – 9.00am at both sites, 3.30pm – 5.30pm at Kintore Way and 5.00pm 7.00pm at the Grove Monday to Friday. There may also be the need to work between the two sites on occasion.

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DIGNITY FUNERALS are one of the leading funeral providers within the UK and are currently recruiting for the following roles at their service centre at 96 Albany Road, Camberwell, London SE5 0DA, and the surrounding branch network.

Mobile Embalmer

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You will need to be a qualified embalmer, as recognised by the British Institute of Embalmers; to be resolute about handling the deceased with care, tenderness, and complete respect for their dignity and to be physically fit and able to lift and perform manual tasks in accordance with our manual handling procedures and will need to show commitment to funeral service. You will be required to ensure that all Deceased are given proper and appropriate treatment in a dignified and professional manner and to ensure the best possible standards of preparation and presentation, following COSHH guidelines at all times. You will need to have some flexibility with regard to your working hours. You will also need to hold a current clean driving licence.

You will need to be committed to the provision of excellent client service, possess a reasonable level of literacy and numeracy, have a commitment to corporate funeral service, and be physically fit and able to lift and perform manual tasks in accordance to manual handling procedures. You will need to have a smart appearance and be able to work well within a team. A strong familiarity with local geography is desirable.

Holding a full current clean driving licence is a necessity. The funeral profession is a 24 hour cycle of service and this role does involve working on a regular unsociable hours rota. You will be responsible for driving company vehicles with the utmost consideration for all passengers, the cortege, plus other road users, and partake in ceremonial duties on the funeral service according to company standards and guidelines.

Specific responsibilities will include: Bringing the deceased into our care during office hours as well as unsociable hours by arrangement to company standards and guidelines.

Complying with company identification procedures to participate effectively in first rites, first offices of body preparation. Ensuring the ID process is followed accurately.

Participating in coffin preparation, including the trimming and fitting of our coffins / caskets, in addition to dressing and placing the deceased in coffins as appropriate.

You should have excellent communication skills, the ability to work well in a team and excellent interpersonal skills. You will need to be able to speak and write fluently in English, and have some proficiency in mathematics. You will need to be reliable, punctual with a proven attendance record. Some administration and computer experience is essential. You will be arranging funerals according to Company guidelines ensuring that the full range of services and products are made available to our client families. The funeral profession is a 24 hour cycle of service and all our staff can expect to be called upon to make themselves available outside of their normal working hours. You will need a full clean driving licence. You will be based in funeral homes locations in Camberwell and the surrounding areas within South East London.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. If you wish to be part of a successful business with a strong moral compass then bring your skill set to an organisation that really cares and you will find the opportunities to thrive within a market leading organisation. We offer wide range of benefits to our employees as well as opportunity for growth and career development.

Submit your CV by Tuesday 15th October to: Mr Lee Xavier Dignity Funerals Ltd Boundary Place 89 Sevenoaks Road ORPINGTON BR6 9JW or by email to lee.xavier@dignityuk.co.uk

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P UB LIC NOT IC ES ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WEST HEATH ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out carriage way install works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 11th November 2019 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 2 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 West Heath Road at the junction of Longleigh Lane.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Longleigh Lane, Bostall Hill, Brampton Road 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.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 10/10/19 (INTERNAL REF: PL/172/LA375261)

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

2. The Order will come into operation on 30th October 2019 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, Banning street between the South Side of Derwent Street and River Walk and Derwent Street at the junction of Banning Street.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Pelton Road, Christchurch Way 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.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 18th October 2019 (INTERNAL REF: PL/177/LA372443)

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Royal Borough of Greenwich Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED) 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.

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.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

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.

Publicity for Planning Applications.

Applicant:

Mrs S. Goebel

19/3167/HD

Site Address:

Development:

Conservation Area:

11 Lizban Street, Blackheath, London, SE3 8SS Removal and enlargement and replacement of rear doorway with new double patio doors and insertion of new double Patio doors to rear flank wall.

RECTORY FIELD

Site Address:

Development:

Conservation Area:

260 Barrage Road, Plumstead, London, SE18 7JP Construction of rear dormer roof extension and rooflights to the front roofslope to provide additional accommodation for the existing flat.

PLUMSTEAD COMMON

Site Address:

Development:

49 MAZE HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8XQ An application submitted under Section 19 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (as amended) for a variation of a condition associated with the Listed Building Consent ref. 19/0899/F dated 11/04/2019 for “Installation of cavity draining system to non-original lower ground floor front room with new stone flooring over, cavity draining system and under floor heating over existing concrete slab floor to rear room, with new flooring, minor internal changes to lower ground floor closet wing, replacement of non- original floors on first, second & third floors with Georgian boards,

Applicant:

Applicant:

Mr Schwartz

Mr A Currie

19/3223/F

19/3297/MA

Date: 23/10/2019 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

reconfiguration of bathrooms, removal of non-original floating wall at second floor rear room, works to make existing vaults useable, including installation of cavity draining system, cleaning and removing brick floor, installing new ‘Limecrete’ floors at lower ground floor level and re-laying brick flooring to vaults, lowering the floor in vaults 2 & 3, creation of opening between vaults 2 & 3, repositioning incoming services to vault 1 and dry-lining walls, replacement of steel grille light well door and doors to vaults, new ceiling mounted mechanical extract vents in the WC, with external cast iron vent outlets and replacement ceiling hatch and of upvc roof light with glazed roof lights.”, to allow:

Conservation Area:

- Variation of wording of Condition 3 to relate to a wet under floor heating system, rather than a dry system.

GREENWICH PARK

Applicant: Abdulla Goran Rahman

19/3419/F

Site Address: 86 ROYAL HILL, GREENWICH, SE10 8RT Development: Retrospective planning permission for the

installation of additional filters on the

previously approved chimney flue (under

18/4459/F) located to rear of the property.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) ELTHAM PALACE ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by UK Power who need to carry out the Installation of new high voltage cables.

2. The Order will come into operation on 7th November 2019 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 2 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, exiting on to the A20 (Sidcup Road) proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading). In Eltham Palace Road for a distance of 35m before the junction of the A20.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Eltham Palace Road, Middle Park Avenue, and Westhorne Avenue.

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.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 16/10/2019 (INTERNAL REF: PL/176/LA369676)

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Royal Borough of Greenwich Notice of Planning Appeal Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (As Amended) Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (As Amended) Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 The Planning Inspectorate has received an appeal, the details of which are below: Site: At: Woolwich Central, Phases 3 and 4, land bound by Love Lane, Grand Depot Road, John Wilson Street, Thomas Street, Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, SE18 Description: Construction of a 27 storey building comprising 1,056sqm (GIA) of commercial floorspace (Classes A1, A2, A3, B1 and D1) at ground and first floor, and 206 residential units at upper floors, cycle parking, refuse

and recycling storage, plant, and external amenity space, and external landscaping and improvements to public realm (Phase 3) and construction of 3 buildings between 9 and 16 storeys comprising 1,793sqm (GIA) of commercial floorspace (Classes A1, A3 and B1) at ground floors of Buildings A, B, C, D and H and 598 residential units at upper floors, car and cycle parking, refuse and recycling storage, plant, external amenity space, alterations to the roof of loading bay, and external landscaping and improvements to public realm (Phase 4).

PIN Ref: APP/E5330/W/19/3233519 RBG Ref: 17/2812/F Appellant’s Name: Meyer Homes A copy of the original application and any plans and/or documents submitted with it is available for inspection by the public at www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning The appellant has requested the inquiry procedure.

This development may affect adjacent conservation areas and the settings of listed buildings.

The appeal site is adjacent to the Woolwich Common Conservation Area and the Woolwich Conservation Area.

The appeal proposal is EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement.

Further information is available in relation to an Environmental Statement which has already been provided. A copy of the further information in relation to the Environmental Statement

which relates to this appeal may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours at the Planning Department, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich, SE18 6HQ or on the Council’s website: www. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning for 21 days from the date of this notice. Copies of the further information may be obtained at the above address, for which a charge is likely.

If you have any comments to make in relation to the appeal, please send them direct to the Planning Inspectorate, within 21 days from the date of this notice, using the following details: If writing, in triplicate, please address to: FAO: Leanne Palmer The Planning Inspectorate, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6PN Or via email: LEANNE.PALMER@planninginspectorate.gov.uk

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ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 201* The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 201* The Greenwich (Bus Lanes) (Amendment No. *) Traffic Order 201* 1.

2.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

The general effect of the Orders would be to: (a) provide bus lanes for the use of buses, taxis and pedal cycles that would operate between 7am and 7pm throughout the week in the following lengths of Creek Road (replacing all existing bus lanes in Creek Road, between 51 metres west of Deptford Church Street and its junction with Horseferry Place): (i) eastbound: (A) from a point 63.8 metres east of the eastern boundary of No. 191 Creek Road eastward for a distance of 84.3 metres; (B) from a point 52.5 metres west of the western kerb-line of Horseferry Place eastward for a distance of 49 metres; (ii) westbound, from a point 28.5 metres east of a point opposite the eastern boundary of No. 191 Creek Road westward for a distance of 52.7 metres; (b) provide ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in the lengths of street referred to in the Schedule to this Notice; (c) on the west side of McMillan Street, the eastern arm, to remove 10 metres of zone ‘DG’ permit holders parking space outside Nos. 80/82 McMillan Street and replace it with single yellow line waiting restrictions operating between noon and 2 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive; and (d) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Consolidation Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Consolidation Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph

(b) above.

3. The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) above are being introduced in conjunction with the following: (a) segregated with-flow cycle lanes in the following lengths: (A) the north side of Creek Road, from 53 metres west of the eastern kerb-line of McMillan Street (eastern arm) to Norway Street; (B) the west side of Norway Street, for approximately 32 metres north of Creek Road; (C) the

south side of Creek Road, for 30 metres east of Norman Road; (D) the west side of Norman Road, between 8 metres and 16.5 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Creek Road; (E) the east side of Glaisher Street, between 13.7 metres and 28.7 metres south of the

southern kerb-line of Clarence Road; and (F) the east of Deptford Church Street, for 27.5 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Creek Road; (b) a with-flow mandatory cycle lane on the east side of Glaisher Street, between 8.8 metres and 13.7 metres south of Clarence Road; and (c) a with-flow advisory cycle lane on the east side of Deptford Church Street, between 27.5 metres and 54 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Creek Road.

4. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Council proposes, under section 90A of the Highways Act 1980: (a) to construct the type of road humps known as a “speed tables” within cycle lanes referred to in paragraph 3 above:

(i) in Creek Road: (A) between 10 metres and 1.3 metres west of the eastern kerb-line of McMillan Street (easternmost arm); (B) between 32.8 metres and 40.5 metres east of the eastern kerb-line of McMillan Street (easternmost arm); (C) between 90.1 metres and 44.7 metres west

of the western kerb-line of Gonson Street; (D) between 12 metres west of the western kerb-line of Gonson Street and 6.2 metres east of the eastern kerb-line of Gonson Street; (E) between 37 metres and 83 metres east of the eastern kerb-line of Glaisher Street; (F) between 63.8 metres and 81 metres east of the eastern boundary of No. 191 Creek Road; and (G) between 23.4 metres and 32.3 metres west of the eastern kerb-line of Norway Street;

(ii) in Norway Street, between 9.8 metres and 17.8 metres north of the northern kerb-line of Creek Road; (b) to construct the type of road humps known as a “speed tables”: (i) in Creekside, for 6.2 metres south of Creek Road; and (ii) in Gonson Street, for 8.6 metres north of Creek Road; The Speed Tables would each be an elevated section of carriageway with a flat top, with a maximum height of 100mm above the carriageway. The lengths given above include the ramps which will have a maximum gradient of 1:10.

5. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Council propose to convert certain lengths of footway into cycle tracks, using powers under section 65 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Shared-use cycle tracks, for use by pedal cyclists and pedestrians, would be provided on the existing footway in: (a) Norman Road, the west side, for 8 metres south of Creek Road; and (b) Glaisher Road, the east side, between 5.8 and 13.1 metres north of Creek Road. Cyclists and pedestrians would share the full width of the shared-use cycle track with each having equal rights over it.

6. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich proposes under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984: (a) to establish “zebra” pedestrian crossings on speed tables referred to in paragraph 4 above with centre lines in Creek Road: (i) approximately 59.7 metres west of the western kerb-line of Gonson Street; and (ii) approximately 69.5 metres east of the eastern boundary of No. 191 Creek Road; and Associated zig-zag markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times, would be placed on the carriageway either side of the pedestrian crossings. (b) to relocate and provide a combination of new pedestrian crossings, pedal cycle crossings and combined pedestrian/pedal cycle crossings:

(i) at the junction of Creek Road, Norman Road and Norway Street;

(ii) at the junction of Creek Road and Glaisher Street; and

(iii) at the junction of Creek Road and Deptford Church Street.

7. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents, including maps, giving more detailed particulars of the Orders, pedestrian/cycle crossings and cycle tracks are available for inspection during normal office hours until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made or, as the case may be, the Council decides not to make the Orders, at the Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills, Strategic Transportation, Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, 6HQ. 8. Further information about the proposed Orders, pedestrian/cycle crossings and cycle tracks may be obtained by telephoning Strategic Transportation on 020 8921 4320.

9. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, pedestrian/cycle crossings or cycle tracks should send a statement in writing, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made, to the TMO Team, Project Centre, Unit 2 Holford Yard, London, WC1X 9HD, or by email to GreenwichTMOconsultations@projectcentre.co.uk (quoting reference PCL/TMO/JP/1000005987), to arrive by 13th November 2019.

10. Persons objecting to or making representations about the proposed Orders, pedestrian crossings or cycle track should be aware that in view of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 23rd October 2019 SCHEDULE – lengths where ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions would be provided Creek Road: (a) the north-east and north side: (i) from 53 metres west of the eastern kerb-line of McMillan Street (eastern arm) to Gonson Street; (ii) from Glaisher Street to 57 metres east of the eastern boundary of No. 191 Creek Road; and (iii) from 154.5 metres east of the eastern boundary of No. 191 Creek Road to its junction with Norway Street; and (b) south-west and south side, from Deptford Church Street to 49 metres east of Norman Road; and Deptford Church Street, the east side, from Creek Road to 69.5 metres north of Berthon Street; Glaisher Street, the east side, from Creek

Road to Clarence Road.

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) FOOTPATH BETWEEN 32 & 34 FAIRTHORN ROAD TO WESTCOMBE HILL FOOTBRIDGE 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 Network Rail who need to carry out renewal work.

2. The Order will come into operation on 8th November 2019 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 3 days. 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 pedestrians from entering, exiting, proceeding through the footpath between 32 & 34 Fairthorn Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation pedestrians will be diverted via Fairthorn Road footpath, Woolwich Road footpath, Farmdale Road footpath and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force.

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.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 11/10/2019 (INTERNAL REF: PL/174/LA376417)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) OAKLEY DRIVE, SE9 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 Thames Water who need to carry out a permanent reinstatement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 4th November 2019 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 1 week. 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, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading). In Oakley Drive from the side of No 2 Beaverbank Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Beaverbank Road and Oakley Drive. 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.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 10/10/2019 (INTERNAL REF: PL/173/LA376111)

Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENSE – LICENSING ACT 2003 Notice is given that NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, Park Row, Greenwich, SE10 9NF, contact: Claire Bastin has applied for the grant of a Premises License for the

following premises: North Lawns of the Queen’s House and National Maritime Museum,

A record of this application may be inspected by appointment.

Other persons may take representation to the Council on this application by no later than Monday 11 November 2019.

Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of the four licensing objectives, namely: • Protection of children from harm • Prevention of Public Nuisance • Prevention of crime and disorder • Public safety Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to a maximum fine of £5,000.

It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises: Provision of alcohol from the food and beverage carts and recorded background music for the temporary ice rink, which be located on the North Lawns in the front of Queen’s House, between the hours of 1000-2100 from 27th November 2019 - 12th January 2020.

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Offering access to Central London within 12 minutes by train, it is a popular choice for buyers looking for a vibrant, village location with easy access into the capital and further afield.

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to move into, with one, two and three-bedroom apartments and a limited number, four- bedroom villas remaining. The architecture of Forbury has been designed to reflect the unique and distinct character of Blackheath, with a modern take on the traditional Victorian house. Located on Lee Terrace, within the Blackheath Conservation Area, Forbury is just moments from the charming high street, as well as Blackheath Common, one of the largest areas

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of common land in Greater London.

The last remaining four-bedroom villas are thoughtfully planned for modern life, with generous living spaces arranged across four floors. The garden floor features an open-plan kitchen, family and dining area, while bi-fold double doors lead from the dining area into a patio garden. The ground floor includes a generously sized living room, a perfect space for relaxing and entertaining. The first floor features three bedrooms and

a family and guest bedroom, while the second floor is dedicated to the master bedroom. The master bedroom benefits from a luxury en suite, dressing area and bifold doors leading on to a private seculed terrace, flooding the room with light.

Blackheath train station is a nine minute walk from the development and offers regular services to London Bridge in just 12-minutes, Charing Cross in 20-minutes and Canary Wharf in 30-minutes*.

Commuters also have easy access to the DLR at Lewisham only 0.8 miles from Forbury, which links residents to the tube network at Bank and Tower Hill. For international travel, London City and Heathrow airport are both less than 30 miles away from Forbury.

Prices start at £1,495,000 for a four-bedroom house and £540,000 for an apartment.

For further information please call 020 39442 215, or visit www.forbury-blackheath.co.uk

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