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Rinse and repeat on the Peninsula Page 6

Countdown to Christmas

Pages 13-22

The Last Jedi at the Observatory Page 10

Cinema ● Theatre ● Comedy ● Books ● Arts ● Music ● Food & Drink ● Jobs

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Swing into Shane Hampsheir bringing festive solo show to christmas the Bob Hope Theatre

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Pick of the week

Crooners, choirs, comedians, cards and creatives

By Holly O'Mahony

BUBBLES AND BUBLÉ AT THE CHURCHILL THEATRE One for those who like to listen to the dulcet tones of Michael Bublé as they sip their festive bubbles: the Churchill Theatre’s Ultimate Bublé Christmas extravaganza is back. Guests enjoy a welcome drink on arrival before settling down for a threecourse meal, followed by a swing-along to favourite Bublé hits. Over-18s only. Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. November 28 - 30, bar open from 6:30pm and dinner served at 7:30pm. Admission: £45 including a welcome drink and threecourse meal. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/default.asp

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SPOT EMERGING CREATIVES FROM THE WORLDS OF FASHION, ART AND DESIGN SAMPLE Christmas, curated by Hemingway Design, returns to Greenwich Peninsula this December to celebrate and showcase emerging creatives from the worlds of fashion, beauty, art, design and homewares. Suss out the next big artists and designers, and browse the on-site market boasting everything from ceramics to sauces. Central Park, Greenwich Peninsula, Bugsby Way, SE10. December 1 and 2, from 11am - 7pm. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whats-on/events/sample/

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The Thomas Tallis Society choir is performing the ultimate festive oratorio, Handel’s Messiah, at St Alfege Church in Greenwich. The choir is conducted by Eamonn Dougan. Come along and listen to Handel’s masterpiece surrounded by the warming glow of candlelight. St Alfege Church, 3 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9BJ. December 1, from 7pm - 10pm.

Admission: £14 - £18. www.st-alfege.org/

CHRISTMAS CARD PRINTING AT CHARLTON HOUSE Join the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust for a lino printing card workshop. All those over 18 are invited to take part and no experience is necessary – just enthusiasm to learn the craft.

Card printing materials, a mince pie and glass of mulled wine (or non-alcoholic equivalent) are included in the ticket price. Pre-booking essential. Charlton House, Charlton Road, London, SE7 8RE. December 1 from 10am 12:30pm or 2pm - 4:30pm. Admission: £7.50 www.greenwichheritage.org/

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American comedian Rich Hall is performing his critically-acclaimed new show Rich Hall’s Hoedown at Blackheath Halls. Audiences can expect stand-up comedy, improvised ballads and a foot-stomping good time. Hall is known for his BBC Four documentaries Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You and Rich Hall’s Presidential Grudge Match plus his BBC Radio 4 series Rich Hall’s (US Election) Breakdown, and has appearances on Have I Got News For You and QI in the past. Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ. December 2 at 8pm.

Admission: £17. www.blackheathhalls.com/

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Spotlight

Greenwich's famed live advent calendar returns C

onstellations, angels and sheep in space are just some of the sights you'll find framed in the windows of Greenwich in the run up to Christmas, writes Holly O'Mahony...

Now in its twelfth year, Greenwich’s Advent Windows sees 24 windows across Greenwich town centre come to life with a unique display centred around one main theme, which this year is Field of Dreams. Over the course of the event, which is organised by St. Alfege Church, one new window will be revealed each day between December 1 – 24. Those keen to browse the Advent Windows can pick up a map and wander between the various displays, which will remain on show until January 2 2019.

“The genius behind the idea of Advent Windows is Gill Moody, the wife of Reverend Chris Moody, the vicar of St. Alfege’s Church,” says Maureen Stapleton, Advent Windows Coordinator. “In 2007, she thought it would be a fun idea to create a live Advent calendar on the streets of Greenwich, with a different location decorating a window during each day of Advent.” Now in its 12th year, the window displays have become a Greenwich tradition the local community look forward to every year, and for many, a welcome alternative to shop bought chocolate calendars.

Materials used by participants to create their window varies hugely, with models, sculptures, collages and even multimedia installations all being used in the past. “Every year seems to have one standout window that everyone talks about that year,” muses Maureen. She herself has created a window display for the Advent Windows since the project began in 2007.

Some of the most memorable window displays of past years have featured inflatable boats filled with dolls to represent the refugee crisis; a six-foot tall Big Ben made out of papier-mâché; a large-scale song sheet for 'Hark the Herald Angel Sing' (with the correct musical notes); and a neon mural highlighting the medical workers during the Ebola crisis.

This year’s theme, Field of Dreams, was inspired by Reverend Moody’s trip to Bethlehem and also Phil Alden Robinson's film by the same name. “In Bethlehem, Reverend Moody visited Shepherd’s Field Chapel, which, according to tradition, marks the place where the angels first announced the birth of Christ,” explains Maureen.

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“He was struck by the location of the chapel, which is in Palestine but where you can also see Israeli settlements. Given that the shepherds were marginalised in their own society but were the first people to hear the Christmas news, Reverend Moody said it is a reminder that no matter how dark things seem to be, one should never give up hope,” she says.

“Similarly, Field of Dreams is a film filled with crazy schemes –

such as building a baseball field in the middle of nowhere – but it concludes with redemption.”

Among those participating in 2018's Advent Windows is a core group who take part every year.

“For that, we’re very grateful,” says Maureen. “The local schools have done it every year since the beginning, as have several families.” Other regular contributors include the Ben Oakley Gallery, Karen Woolven

Flowers, Greenwich Station and the Cutty Sark. “We’re always on the lookout for people who want to do it,” she adds. “The only requirement is that you have to live within the parish boundaries of St. Alfege Church.”

As for individuals taking part, the project largely appeals to artists and those with a “creative bent”, according to Maureen. “But artistic talent is not a requirement – enthusiasm for bringing the

Christmas spirit to the streets of Greenwich is,” she says.

The good news for those hoping to browse all windows within a day is that it's certainly possible to do so; visitors can see all 24 windows in three hours if they plan their route wisely. “Plan a route that makes geographical sense. If you do the route in numerical order you’ll be criss-crossing Greenwich all day,” Maureen cautions. “My family has a tradition of walking around to see them all between Christmas and New Year,” she says, revealing that they always finish their expedition with a trip to Richard the First Pub. “It’d be rude not to stop there for a pint since they do a window,” she adds.

To get the most out of the display, Maureen recommends picking up a map – available from St. Alfege Church, the Tourist Information Centre and West Greenwich Library – or downloading one from the Advent Windows website. Another thing worth researching is whether individual windows are best seen in daylight or at nighttime.

“I hope [Advent Windows] help people get into the Christmas spirit, while also appreciating the wonderful community of Greenwich,” concludes Maureen.

“It’s a very non-commercial way to celebrate Christmas, which is why I think so many people love it. It also allows Greenwich to show its great community spirit and is yet another reason why Christmas in London really is the best.”

Greenwich Advent Windows will be on display until January 2 2019.

Details can be found on www.adventwindows.com

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Arts

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ow Gallery’s latest exhibition Rinse, Repeat, is now open to the public. Created by fashion designer Richard Malone, who is the gallery’s winter colaborator this year, the exhibition is an interactive, multi-disciplinary installation made up of three elements, which together create a conversation around fashion, movement and art, writes Holly O’Mahony...

Despite being just 26 years old, Malone’s designs have been showcased on several London Fashion Week catwalks, while Malone has been profiled several times in Vogue. The aim with Rinse, Repeat, he says, is to highlight the ever changing functionality and potential of Greenwich Peninsula. “The aim of this installation is to literally light up the peninsula with a body of work that is human, joyful, bold, creative and inclusive,” he says.

“The exhibition confronts viewers from outside-in with hypnotic and repetitive movements, as well as improvised, bold moments of motion that stem from the dialogue between maker and performer.”

Rinse, Repeat is, in part, an interactive exhibition. Visitors can try on Malone designs, browse his sketchbooks and listen to sound recordings from interviews with women who influence him – among whom are the architect Farshid Moussavi, fashion writer Sinead Burke, and Malone’s own grandmother Nellie Malone.

“For me, it’s really important that people can feel involved in what making fashion is,” Malone says.

The exhibition is also the first at the gallery to include moving imagery. As part of Malone’s installation, a series of moving images will show performers repeating hypnotic movements, designed to invite the public to examine the reality of making and building around the human form.

“We loved that Richard had this connection to dance and saw

the work of acclaimed fashion designer richard malone comes to Now gallery his fashion relating to another art form,” says NOW Gallery curator Jemima Burrill. “Richard Malone is someone whose work has been on my radar for it’s sculptural dimension,” she says.

“His attention to detail and the way his clothes expand beyond the body as a form made us think he would create work to

challenge how we see fashion.”

Burrill hopes the exhibition will allow visitors to see the process of a fashion designer through carefully curated vitrines of sketches, textiles and photographs. For Malone, it’s also, in part, about showcasing the many different forms fashion can take. “I hope Rinse, Repeat

gives visitors an understanding of all of the different ideas and outcomes that fashion can be; that it’s not always a show,” he says. “Also, I hope it gives them an insight into the process of making new collections, forms or silhouettes.”

Rinse, Repeat is on at NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0SQ. November 28 - January 27, 10am - 7pm weekdays; 10am - 5pm Saturday; 11am - 4pm Sunday.

Admission: FREE. www.nowgallery.co.uk/

lantern making, Christmas tree lighting and fireworks at woolwich winter warmer The annual Woolwich Winter Warmer is being held on Saturday December 1. The event, which has been running for over 15 years, is free to attend and a celebration of both the festive season and the Woolwich community, writes Holly O’Mahony...

Things kick off with a children’s lantern-making workshop, which will run from 11:30am – 2:30pm at Woolwich Library on Wellington Street. The main event will run from 12pm – 6pm, with most of the action

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-– including the lighting of the Christmas tree, carol singing and the fireworks display – taking place between General Gordon Square and Artillery Square.

“In the last three years, the route has been extended to include the Royal Arsenal, to form a link between the two areas,” says a representative of Royal Greenwich’s media desk.

“The Royal Arsenal hold their own event – A RARE [Royal Arsenal Riverside Explore] Christmas on the same day to reinforce this connection.”

The event is about enabling the local community to come together to celebrate the festive season. “The parade workshop engagement programme caters for over 300 local school children. Then there’s the music stage in General Gordon Square, which enables local musicians and community art groups to perform for the community.”

Many of the stalls at the Woolwich Winter Warmer also have a socially conscious ethos at their core. The Greenwich Co-operative Development

Agency (GCDA) is running a Surplus Feast, serving hot food to visitors for a small donation and demonstrating how healthy, meat-free dishes can be created from inexpensive ingredients.

Meanwhile, the Stay Warm Stay Safe team is running an information stall on how to keep warm in cold weather.

Other attractions at the event include an ice carving display, a Christmas craft workshop focusing on recycled materials and a giant colouring cube.

There will also be a face painter and fairground rides to thrill

under-eights.

Woolwich Winter Warmer is taking place on December 1, from 12pm - 6pm. The main event is being held in General Gordon Square, Beresford Square and Powis Street, Woolwich SE18.

The children’s lantern making workshop will run from 11.30am to 2.30pm in Woolwich Library, Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ winterwarmer

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Theatre

SWING INTO CHRISTMAS AT THE BOB HOPE THEATRE A

s true fans of Christmas songs will be keenly aware, December 1 marks the first date that it’s officially acceptable to turn the volume up on your favourite festive playlist and, if you’re that way inclined, sing along at the top if your lungs. If your idea of a good night out is doing exactly that, whilst surrounded by a room of fellow merrymakers, than head to the Bob Hope Theatre in Eltham this Saturday, where Shane Hampsheir is performing his solo show: Shane Hampsheir’s Christmas Swingalong, writes Holly O’Mahony…

The night promises to deliver the very best from the Christmas classical and jazz songbooks.

“The band and I will perform hits from Sinatra, Bing Crosby and other iconic voices of the 20th century,” says Shane. “We’ll perform songs such as Dean Martin’s ‘Let It Snow’, Nat ‘King’ Cole’s ’The Christmas Song’ and some traditional Christmas must-haves, including ‘Away in a Manger’, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ and ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’.” Audience members will be provided with song books and Christmas presents will be handed out to a lucky few as the night goes on.

Shane, who’s originally from Dartford but now lives in Bromley, has been a full-time singer now for 13 years. He’s performed on cruise ships, in hotels, at weddings and in venues throughout London – including the prestigious Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho. Shane always wanted to be a singer.

Growing up, he was inspired by boy bands including Westlife and the Backstreet Boys but above all, he looked up to Robbie Williams, whose TV special at the Royal Albert Hall in 2001 opened Shane’s eyes to the worlds of jazz, big band swing and the Great American Songbook.

Shane began performing his own one-man swing and big band shows in 2005 when he was 17 years old, and attributes much of his motivation and success to the Bob Hope Theatre. “In my first and second years of college, I heard about these amateur dramatics companies in and around Bromley,” says Shane.

“One of them was performing Gershwin’s musical Crazy For You, which I had never heard of but auditioned for, nonetheless,” he recalls. “It was staged at the Bob Hope Theatre and thus began my love for performing at this intimate venue and getting to know its staff.”

For Shane, the accessibility of

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"I can’t wait to bring a fun-packed, energetic and, at times, silly show to this incredible and iconic venue once more.” the Bob Hope Theatre has been as a blessing. “It’s been a great platform to reach a local audience and be able to showcase my music and passion for this style of entertainment,” he says.

A second factor Shane attributes to his success was the support of his father in getting his career off the ground. Following college, Shane soon became busy singing at Christmas dinners and with concert bands – including Greenwich Concert Band – but found he had little time to pursue the projects and concerts that interested him most. “My dad and I decided that we would produce our own Christmas concert that worked with my schedule, and allowed me to present these timeless festive classics to anyone who wanted to get into the Christmas spirit near the beginning of December,” he says. It was Shane’s father who later secured his audition with an entertainment agency, which led to work performing in local pubs, at working men’s clubs and at social clubs. “I knew then that I was on the right track,” he says.

While Shane still held a candle to Robbie, by then his musical taste had evolved to incorporate the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean

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Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tony Bennett. I couldn’t help but ask whether Michael Bublé, whose singing voices bares sizeable similarities to Shane’s, had been much of an influence. “Bublé came on the scene in the mid noughties,” Shane reminds me. “His cover of ‘Feeling Good’ is one of my very favourite recordings and was the real inspiration behind my album track, ‘I Put A Spell On You’,” he adds. “I’m just sad that it seems as though there’s only room at the top for one male big band singer but, at least there’s Bublé.”

At the time of writing, Shane Hampsheir’s Christmas Swingalong is all that’s been announced by way of festive shows this year at Bob Hope Theatre. Is Shane feeling the pressure of presenting the venue’s only Christmas show? “To get into the theatre at all during such a busy season is really an honour,” he says, modestly. “It gives me an opportunity to bring warmth, Christmas cheer and festive melodies to my Eltham audience.

I can’t wait to bring a fun-packed, energetic and, at times, silly show to this incredible and iconic venue once more.”

‘What’s your favourite festive

number?’ I can’t help but ask.

“My personal favourite is ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’,” he reveals. (Good choice, I think.)

“It’s the perfect melody and intricately written. You can beat the original sung

by Judy Garland, but I’ll give it a good go!”

Shane Hampsheir’s Christmas Swingalong is on at Bob Hope Theatre, Wythfield Road, London SE9 5TG. December 1, from 7:30pm.

Admission: £12.95+. www.bobhopetheatre. co.uk/index.html

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Film

Screenings and big questions answered at the Royal Observatory

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f you’re a lover of science fiction movies and find they leave you desperate to dissect them afterwards, then the Royal Observatory’s monthly Silver Screen Science Fiction series is worth having on your radar, writes Holly O’Mahony...

The offering is formulaic: each month, a cult blockbuster sci-fi movie is screened in the observatory’s planetarium, followed by a short talk on the science behind the fiction delivered by one of the Royal Observatory’s astronomers.

Next up, on December 1, is Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), the eighth and most recent film in the main Star Wars franchise. The plot follows Rey (Daisy Ridley) who is undergoing Jedi training from Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), in the hope of turning the tide for the Resistance in the fight against Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order. General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), meanwhile, are attempting to escape a First Order attack on the Resistance fleet.

In true Silver Screen Science Fiction form, the screening will be followed by a talk on the physics

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of space dogfights, remote projections and how to build a lightsaber.

“Silver Screen Science Fiction is a great, non-academic forum for chatting about things in what we hope is an entertaining way,” says Dr Edward Bloomer, an Astronomer at the Royal Observatory. “The flight of imagination in any new Star Wars film gives us the chance to discuss new worlds, new technologies and new creatures; there's a lot for us to chew on.”

For Dr Bloomer, the screenings

are also an important tool for reminding people that the observatory is somewhere you can go and talk to astronomers.

“Questions from the audience are part of the fun, and sometimes they produce a fresh set of things to discuss – more science to talk about, or ideas on which films to add to our lists,” he says.

The sci-fi screenings fit with the Royal Observatory’s primary focus on public engagement and education. The institution is keen to make astronomy exciting and accessible to the public, and the

movie nights are one of several ways the astronomers look to achieve this aim. “We've been doing one-off talks about the science behind popular culture for quite a while, but a couple of years ago we decided to make it a regular event in our planetarium,” explains Dr Bloomer. “Screening sci-fi movies (occasionally straying into other genres, too), and following these up with short talks about the 'science behind the fiction' is a relaxed way to get a dose of entertainment mixed up with some facts and discussion,” he says.

The decision as to which films to screen often come about as the result of “rambling chats” between the astronomers in the office.

“Sometimes we think a film will tie in nicely with something else happening on-site, so we can approach a similar topic from a different angle, and sometimes we choose a film that is relevant because of a development in astronomy or another area of science,” says Dr Bloomer. “Other times, we look at films that let us talk about what has changed since they were made, and there have been quite a few that are hopeless from a scientific point of view, but give us a launching pad to discuss interesting ideas,” he admits. So, why go with The Last Jedi for this month’s screening?

“As we head towards the holidays, watching an action-packed blockbuster in the planetarium is a pretty enjoyable way to spend an evening, we think!” Dr Bloomer laughs.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is showing at the Royal Observatory, Blackheath Ave, London SE10 8XJ. December 1, from 6:45pm 9:45pm. Admission: £10.30/£7.20 concessions/£8.20 children. www.rmg.co.uk/

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Family BELT OUT YOUR FAVOURITE FESTIVE NUMBERS

SANTA COMES TO GREENWICH Make sure the kids have their Christmas wish list at the ready, because Father Christmas is returning to his grotto at Greenwich Market on November 21. Santa’s arrival coincides with the switching on of the market’s twinkling Christmas lights. Greenwich Market, 11 Durnford Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9HZ. December 1 & 2, then 8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 & 23. Thursday - Saturday 12:30pm – 5pm; Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm; Christmas Eve 11am – 3pm. All proceeds go to Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice. www.greenwichmarket.london/

Back by popular demand, Blackheath Halls is hosting its annual Festive Family SingAlong event on December 1 as part of its Family Day celebrations. The afternoon is an opportunity to join the choir in singing all their favourite Christmas songs and carols in what is an upbeat, fun family event. All together now: “Deck the halls with boughs of holly!” Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ. December 1, from 3pm - 4pm.

Admission: £8/£6 for under 16s including a festive treat for children. www.blackheathhalls.com/

CHRISTMAS AT WOODLANDS FARM

SEE THAMESMEAD SPARKLE

Woodlands Farm is hosting its Christmas Fair on December 2, providing a chance to shop for unique Christmas presents and enjoy a festive day out on the farm. Browse the stalls selling handmade country crafts and take the little ones to see Father Christmas, who happens to be landing his sleigh in the farmyard just in time for the fair.

Woodlands Farm, 331 Shooters Hill, Welling DA16 3RP. December 2, from 11am - 3pm. Admission: £1/£0.50p for children. www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org/

Head to Thamesmead Clock Tower on November 30 to celebrate the switching on of the Christmas tree lights. Live music acts will also perform at Thamesmead Christmas Sparkle, while children's fairground rides, craft stalls, food stands, and even a hot chocolate and mince pie giveaway will keep everyone jolly.

Clocktower Dental, 12 Joyce Dawson Way, Thamesmead Town Centre, London SE28 8RA. November 30, from 4pm 7pm. Admission: FREE. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/

A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS AT GREENWICH PICTUREHOUSE Greenwich Picturehouse is screening Bob Clark’s 1983 flick A Christmas Story, as part of its 12 Days Of Christmas season, celebrating a selection of vintage, festive favourites. Set in Indiana in the 1940s, the story follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ralphie, who mounts a full-scale, hintdropping, Santa-begging campaign for his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. Greenwich Picturehouse, 180 Greenwich High Rd, London SE10 8NN. December 2 at 12pm.

Admission: £8/£5 for children. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Greenwich_Picturehouse

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IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF THE AVENGERS Those who are more excited about superheros than santa – at least for the time being – should make their way to the ExCeL Centre where a new interactive exhibition: Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N is currently showing. The high-tech, multi-room experience offers fans of all ages the opportunity to delve into the superpowers and backstory of each of Avenger character. ExCel London, Royal Victoria Dock, Western Gateway, London E16 1AL. Open daily until March 2019, from 10am - 10pm. Admission: £25/£14 children aged 13 and under. www.avengersstation.co.uk/

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Food & Drink

Blink and you'll miss this tiny culinary gem You wouldn’t know Hullabaloo was there unless you were looking for it. Despite its Deptford High Street address, the tiny, almost-vegan Indian restaurant – just three tables and counter seating – is actually tucked around the corner on Douglas Way, writes Holly O'Mahony...

Thankfully, a friend had tipped me off. What she’d said was Hullabaloo is the place to go in Deptford for decent Indian food.

Hullabaloo looks nothing like your typical Indian restaurant found on your typical UK high street. Plush, carpeted interiors have been swapped for wooden floors and surfaces, while there’s not a formal, clinicallywhite tablecloth in sight – instead the wooden tables lay bare and exposed. Lending itself to western hippy vibes, the restaurant is kitted out with rustic cutlery pots, exposed lightbulbs hanging from ropes and a scattering of houseplants.

While Indian inflections can be heard in the playlist and seen in a spread of retro Bollywood film posters smothering the walls.

The result is amiable, trendy and refreshing.

On the dark and drizzly autumn night of our visit, the warm glow from the restaurant’s windows was a pleasing sight. This warmth was followed through by Baloo, the restaurant’s founder and head chef, who was all smiles and handshakes as soon as we pushed open the door. Before opening Hullabaloo in 2017, Baloo had previously worked in Mayfair’s Tamarind – one of the first Indian restaurants in the world to receive a Michelin star.

He’d also worked with twice Michelin starred chef and TV personality Atul Kochhar.

Baloo was late to finding his way in the kitchen, though.

Born and raised in Ambala, into a big and very traditional Indian family, he lived by the status quo that dictated women do the cooking and men enjoy the eating. Following school, Baloo studied Hotel Management in Delhi. “To be honest, at that time I couldn’t cook anything,” he admits.

Baloo ended up working as a hotel shift manager but a few months in, found his fascination lay within the kitchen, so he began training to be a chef.

“After a while I managed to land a job working as a chef in one of India's most famous 5 star hotels – The Oberoi in Delhi, where I spent the next few years learning my trade,”

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Hullabaloo 111 Deptford Hig h Street SE8 4NS. www.hullabalo

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Baloo had previously worked in Mayfair's Tamarind - one of the first Indian restaurants in the world to receive a Michelin star he says. Then one day, an offer came out of the blue to move to the UK and work for Mogul, an Indian restaurant in Greenwich.

Ten years later and Baloo has been living in London ever since. Having been a vegetarian all his life, making his own restaurant meatfree was an obvious choice.

Deptford was also a given for Baloo, since the area had become his second home since moving to the UK. Hullabaloo’s menu is actually entirely vegan bar the dishes that come with paneer – a soft, Indian cheese.

There’s also no booze license here, but diners can bring their own or make do with canned soft drinks, masala chai or a non-vegan mango lassi.

We began our meal with a couple of starters, opting for an onion bhaji and a portion of Paneer Shaslik. The bhaji arrived on a slate, sliced and drizzled with a sweet and fragrant chutney, like a small plate in a fine dining institution.

We were off to a good start.

The paneer followed, arriving in a similar format and punctuated with chargrilled peppers and onions. The slabs of cheese themselves were fresh and pleasingly ungreasy.

Nourishment came in the form of the Veg Saadwala – a muddle of spinach, spices and tofu – while the Veg Chilli Masala, which we opted to add paneer to, was smoky, slightly tangy and thankfully not too

spicy. A generous plate of Peshawari naan was fluffy and heavy on the coconut – rightly so. But the star of the show, for me, was the Dal Makhani – slow cooked black bean lentils with tomato and fenugreek – which was buttery and silky enough to give Dishoom’s acclaimed House Black Daal a run for its money.

While those who are oblivious to Hullabaloo’s existence probably haven’t noticed it before, the restaurant has built up a loyal crowd of regular customers since opening a year-and-a-half ago. On the night of our visit, the little joint was packed by 7pm. Our advice? Join the crowds and dig in.

the damage Onion Bhaji Paneer Shaslik Veg Chilli Mesala Veg Saagwala Dal Makhani Peshawari naan Lachha Paratha

£3.50 £5 £6 £6 £6 £3 £3

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Woolwich Christmas tree Woolwich will be lighting up the night at the Christmas tree lighting and lantern parade this 1 December.

There will be live entertainment, a lantern parade, street performers and a grand fireworks finale.

The recycle-themed lantern parade will pass through Gordon Square and head to Royal Arsenal riverside for the firework finale show.

A free lantern making workshop will be held earlier in the day from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm in Woolwich Library for any children who want to participate in the parade.

There will be free parking in all the council run car parks. You can find a list of these car parks on their website: www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk Where: General Gordon square, Beresford square and Powis Street.

Woolwich SE18 When: 1 December, 12 pm to 6 pm Price: Free

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Christmas in Thamesmead

Enchanted Eltham Eltham Palace and Gardens will be transformed into an enchanting winter wonderland covered in lights and decorations, writes Hannah Kanik...

They will use light, colour and sound to create the magical mazes and trails. The ancient moat will host a choreographed fountain show that will make the water rise and fall in conjunction with the music.

After exploring the grounds, guests can

browse the fairgrounds stalls for Christmas gifts and enjoy the rides and rocking boats.

In the grounds, you can try to find the talking tree or projections on the palace walls. Marshmallows, mulled wine, and mince pies will be available for purchase as well.

Where: Eltham Palace and Gardens When: 6 – 9 December, 4.30 to 9 pm Price: £12 www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/ whats-on/eltham-enchanted

Watch the Christmas lights illuminate the night at the Thamesmead Clocktower switch on show.

Residents of the area can experience the decorations light up the town with festive cheer. There will be a hot chocolate and mince pie give away, food and drink stalls and live entertainment.

The whole family can enjoy the children’s fairground rides and craft stalls as they wander through the lit up streets of Thamesmead.

The event is being run by Greenwich Council who are partnering with Peabody housing. The event will be free and runs from 4 pm to 7 pm on 30 November.

Where: Thamesmead Clocktower, Joyce Dawson Way, Thamsemead SE28 When: 30 November, 4pm to 7pm Admission: Free

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SEA LIFE London has hatched the perfect Christmas plan with Penguin’s First Christmas. Following the birth of its Gentoo penguin chick earlier this year, the south bank attraction is inviting guests to celebrate Christmas with the aquarium’s residents as they prepare to give the chick a first Christmas to remember.

Guests in search of snow and seasonal fun will have the chance to help a group of elves find the missing gifts for the feathered fledgling which have been lost inside the attraction. As well as tracking down the presents, guests can waddle over to Penguin Point for a fun festive

show. There will also be the chance to learn all about the infant chick with themed talks, whilst weekend guests can warm up their vocal chords ahead of the big day with themed Christmas carols.

Alongside the seasonal activities, guests can also enjoy everything else SEA LIFE London has to offer, including the creepy crawlies of the new Rainforest Adventure, Ocean Invaders: Enter the World of Jellyfish, the Ocean Tunnel and Shark Walk.

The Penguin’s First Christmas show and activities run from 17 December- 31 December. Tickets: www.visitsealife.com/

Santa lands in Shrek’s swamp Get ready for a festive misadventure this Christmas at Shrek’s Adventure! Visit the magical Grotto in Far Far Away where Santa has landed his sleigh Boulders are being swapped for baubles and mud pies for mince pies as a magical Grotto is set to open with a special visitor this Christmas at Shrek’s Adventure!

Step through the doorway to Far Far away and get ready for a wonderful journey through the swamp where Santa Claus has landed his sleigh.

All young misadventurers who visit the Grotto will receive a shrektacular gift and photo opportunity with Santa himself.

Your adventure begins as you board a magical 4D flying bus to Far Far Away, with the loveable, yet mischievous Donkey. Journey through Shrek’s Swamp, then down Drury Lane and even pop by the Muffin Man’s house, as you become part of an incredible interactive escapade featuring some of your favourite characters including Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin and Pinocchio. Calamity, chaos and endless fun are the name of the game so strap in for a brilliantly bonkers and immersive walkthrough experience, which the whole family can enjoy.

The Grotto is open on Saturday 24th November, Sunday 25th November, Saturday 1st December, Sunday 2nd December, Saturday 8th December, Sunday 9th December, Saturday 15th December, Sunday 16th December then every day from 17December until Sunday 24 December For more information and to book your tickets early for £5 per child visit: www.shreksadventure.com/london/

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Greenwich Market

Where: 11 Durnford Street, Greenwich Market When: Every weekend in December Price: £5 per child In the spirit of Christmas, give back to the community this holiday season.

Greenwich Market is donating all proceeds to the Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice. Guests will walk through the historic Greenwich Market to find Santa’s Grotto with elves guiding you through the grotto and arts and crafts before meeting Father Christmas himself.

Tickets: www.communityhospice.org.uk/

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Dulwich Park Where: Dulwich Park When: December 1- 24 on select days Price: £22.50 per child The Whippersnapper Winter Wonderland Experience is offering an hour long Christmas adventure with treats and sweets, face painting and gingerbread decorations. Kids can drink hot chocolate and eat mince pies, and adults can enjoy mulled wine, while they await their meeting with Santa.

City Cruises

Where: River Thames, from Tower Pier When: December 1- 16 Price: £16 for kids, £28 for adults For something a bit different this winter, check out Santa’s river cruise. Set sail down the Thames with Santa for an afternoon of storytelling, hot chocolate and presents. There will be soft drinks and cookies for kids and mulled wine and mince pies for adults. There’s also a café bar for additional refreshments.

Tickets: www.citycruises.com/

Southbank Shrek’s Adventure

Where: Shrek’s Adventure, Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB When: November 24–December 24 Price: £7.50 Santa and Shrek collide head on at Shrek’s Adventure on the south bank. Perfect for a fun day out during the festive season, the whole family can explore the wonder of Pixar and make their way through the fairy tale themed shows. Guests will meet Shrek and other fairy tale favourites before making their way to Father Christmas.

There, kids get to sit on Santa’s lap and all children receive a present.

Tickets: www.southbanklondon.com/

Museum of London

Where: 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN When: 1 December to 23 December Price: From £10 per child The Museum of London offers the traditional Christmas experience against the backdrop of a Victorian village and festive decorations. Kids can walk down the historic, decorated roads to find Santa and receive a special gift and souvenir photo.

Tickets: www.museumoflondon.org.uk/

Bexleyheath Christmas Grotto

Where: Broadway Shopping Centre Bexleyheath When: 17 November to 24 December Price: £5 per child Take a break from Christmas shopping at

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There will be queue entertainment and a special gift for each child.

Tickets: www.communityhospice.org.uk/

Ruxley Manor

When: 19 November – 12 December Where: Ruxley Manor Price: from £10 Spend 45 minutes enjoying the magic of Christmas at Ruxley Manor. Guests will be led by elves and mother Christmas to play the ‘coconut shy game’ in the grotto entrance. Then, there will be arts and crafts that guests can bring home, such as magical reindeer food to sprinkle on your lawn on Christmas Eve and an elf hat.

Then, guests will be led to meet Father Christmas. They are offering special sessions for children under two called My First Grotto, as well as reduced capacity time slots for those with special needs.

Tickets (maximum of two adults per child): www.ruxley-manor.co.uk

Brixton Windmill

Where: Windmill Gardens off Brixton Hill SW2 5EU When: 16 December from 2pm-5pm Price: suggested donation of £3 per child Wander into a winter themed windmill and meet Santa and his reindeer at the Brixton Windmill. The Windmill gardens will be full of fun activities like making Christmas decorations and colourful Christmas wreaths. There will be a face painter there and festive refreshments.

Join in in carol singing and browse the stands for last minute Christmas presents.

You can even meet Santa’s reindeer in the garden.

Tickets: www.brixtonwindmill.org/

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DASHING THROUGH DARTFORD Santa’s Grotto is back at Hawley Garden Centre. Christmas is coming, the magic has begun.

The Elves are eagerly awaiting your arrival at the Hawley Garden Centre Grotto.

Without revealing too many secrets, people can expect to be taken on a magical journey.

Children will receive a personalised ‘I’ve met Santa’ certificate and all good children will receive a gift from Santa suitable for their age.

Don’t forget to say hello to ‘Dancer’ and ‘Dazzler’ the resident reindeers.

The centre also has a photographer on site for the occasion.

Santa’s Grotto is at Hawley Garden Centre, Hawley Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7RB, from November 24-December 24. Phone: 01322 224108. Admission: £10 (includes 2 adults per booking). www.hawleygardencentre.co.uk

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P UB LIC NOT IC ES 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) Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (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.

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.

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Date: 28/11/2018 Publicity for Planning Applications.

Applicant: Mr M Ryan 18/3324/F Site Address: ST THOMAS MORE SCHOOL, FOOTSCRAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 2SU Development: Construction of a part 1/part 2-storey building providing additional

classrooms and a Multi-Function Hall for use by the local community

for evening and weekend events. The extension would facilitate

the school growing from a 4-Form to 5-Form entry school (an

increase in 150 pupils) [REVISED DESCRIPTION].

Applicant: Blue Ocean Properties Development Ltd 18/3386/F Site Address: 192 Burrage Road, Plumstead, SE18 7JU Development: Construction of a two-storey, two-bedroom dwellinghouse in the rear

garden fronting Frederick Place.

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON Applicant: Creed Hairdressing 18/3726/F Southwark News, Thursday October 2018 Site Address:

12525Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 8PP Development: Change of use from Building contractors office (Class B1) to Hairdressers (Class A1).

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE Applicant: Mr Kilroy 18/3792/MA Site Address: 120 PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3RE

An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country

Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection

with the planning permission 16/2909/MA, dated 06/12/2016 for

the Alterations to the facade, roof and materiality as amendments to

previously approved planning permission dated 08/08/2016

(Ref: 16/0679/F) to allow:

- Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Drawings) to allow:

- Alterations to basement

- Alterations to windows

- Alteration to roof hatch

- Relocation of solar panels

- Enlargement of bi-folding doors

- Raising of roof of existing extension by 150mm

- Variation of Condition 2 (Facing Materials) to allow:

- Re-wording of condition to replace 'before any work

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PLUMSTEAD COMMON N Rahmanian 18/3885/HD 178 LANGTON WAY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7JR Construction of a single storey side extension, enlargement and replacement of windows on front and rear elevations at first floor

level and installation of replacement windows at the side elevation,

dormer window and ground floor front elevation.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH Applicant: USTEL 18/3929/MA Site Address: ROYAL GREENWICH TRUST SCHOOL, 765 WOOLWICH ROAD,

GREENWICH, LONDON, SE7 8LJ Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country

Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection

with the planning permission dated 13/11/2017 (Reference:

17/2594/F) for the alterations and additions to expand the Royal

Greenwich Trust School from 600 to 950 students including

construction of new buildings (3,613 sqm Gross Internal Area) to

provide a 4 Court Sports Hall, a Lecture Theatre/Hall, classrooms,

education facilities, parking, cycle parking, substation, landscaping and

associated works to allow:

Increase the height of the atrium parapet by 520mm

Re-arrangement of the east façade windows and louvres and;

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Conservation Area: Adj to Thames Barrier & Bowater Road www.jobsort.co.uk Applicant: Mr D & Mrs A Marley 18/3953/F Site Address: 30 HADRIAN STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9AQ Development: Construction of a single storey rear extension and installation of two

roof lights to the rear roof slope.

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH Applicant: S Field 18/3955/HD Site Address: 35 MAIDENSTONE HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8SY Development: Formation of temporary opening in external front wall and temporary

landscaping to form access ramp to basement level for piling rig and

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Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Applicant: Mrs G Blundell 18/3960/HD Site Address: 175 WESTCOMBE HILL, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7DP Development: Demolition of existing garage and erection of a new outbuilding in rear garden.

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK Applicant: Dr S Rickard Liow 18/4003/HD Site Address: 6 ST JOHNS TERRACE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RT Development: Construction of a single storey rear extension and installation of a

first floor side window.

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON Applicant: Mrs C Watts 18/4037/HD Site Address: 43 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, SE10 8NT Development: Installation of replacement spiral staircase at ground floor level and

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Grind & Co 18/3764/L 17-19 NELSON ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9JB Installation of partition walls, replacement of bar areas, seating, kitchen, new internal decorative works and painting of shopfront to Raven Grey (Colour Palette 18B29) with the installation of two nonilluminated fascia signs, one illuminated menu board and two non- illuminated bus stop signs.

WEST GREENWICH Grade 2 S Field 18/3956/L 35 MAIDENSTONE HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8SY Work to the foundations to stabilise the building comprising construction of a piled re-enforced concrete raft at basement level and temporary lifting of internal ground floor boards and joists.

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Grind & Co. 18/3763/A 17-19 NELSON ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9JB Installation of two non-illuminated fascia signs, one illuminated menu board and two non-illuminated bus stop signs.

WEST GREENWICH Costa Ltd 18/3949/A Blackheath Retail Park, 100 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, SE10 8DA Display of 1x internally illuminated fascia tray sign, 1x internally illuminated double menu sign, 1x internally illuminated height barrier with internally illuminated poster frame and text, 2x internally illuminated key seller signs, 2x internally illuminated roof letters with sign trays and 1x non-illuminated banner sign. adjacent to Ashburnham Triangle Creed Hairdressing 18/3998/A 125 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 8PP Installation of a new fascia sign.

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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Rochdale Road] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 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 LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003 or FOR A PURSUANT TO SECTION 34 Notice is given that: [AKS Brands LTD 81 Bellegrove Road, Welling, DA16 3PG] has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: [Locker 2200, Unit 6, Safestore, Charlton Gate Business Park, Anchor & Hope Lane, Charlton, SE7 7RX] A record of this application may be inspected by appointment.

Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than [18/12/2018] Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one of the four licensing objectives, namely: • Prevention of Crime and Disorder • Prevention of Public Nuisance • Public Safety • Protection of Children from Harm 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: [Off-Sale & Supply of Alcohol (Internet Sales), 11:00 hours until 18:00 hours Monday to Saturday - closed Sunday].

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* 1. 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.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be: (a) in Moorehead Way, the east side, from 10

metres south to 60 metres south of Ensign Street to

provide single yellow line waiting restrictions operating

between 8am and 5pm on Mondays to Fridays

inclusive; and (b) to 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 (a) above and

to bring them in line with the on-street layout in

other sections of Moorehead Way. 3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents, including maps, giving more detailed particulars of the Orders 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, SE18 6HQ. 4. Further information about the proposed Orders may be obtained by telephoning Strategic Transportation on 020 8921 4901.

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders 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/1000005224), to arrive by 19th December 2018.

6. Persons objecting to or making representations about the proposed Orders 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 28th November 2018

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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 Royal Borough of Greenwich who need to carry out crane works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 3rd December 2018 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 2 days with further works until 28th February 2019 which will notified seven days prior to each set of works. 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, Rochdale Road on the side of Bevan Road and Carnation Road between Dianthus Close and Coltness Crescent.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via (i) Rochdale Road, Bostall Hill, Howarth Road, McLeod Road and Vice versa. (ii) Dianthus Close, Coltness Crescent 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. All enquiries 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 23rd November (INTERNAL REF: PL/079/LA353988)

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ABBEY WOOD

Basildon Road Surgery, 111 Basildon Road, SE2 0ER Abbey Wood Community Group, Abbey Wood Community Centre, 4 Knee Hill, SE2 0YS Trayners, 34-36 Grovebury Road, SE2 9BB C2K Youth Community Centre, 2 Penmon Road, SE2 9PH Abbey Wood Library, Eynsham Drive, SE2 9PT ----------------------------------------------

BLACKHEATH

Blackheath Library, Old Dover Road, SE3 7BT Westcombe Park Station, Station Crescent, Westcombe Park, SE3 7EQ Blackheath Newbridge Working Mens Club, 22 Charlton Road, SE3 7HG Mycenae House Community Centre, 90 Mycenae Road, SE3 7SE Westcombe Park Dental Practice, 13 Station Crescent, SE3 7EQ Manor Brook Medical Centre, 117 Brook Lane, SE3 0EN ----------------------------------------------

CHARLTON

Charlton Dental Care Ltd, 88 Charlton Road, SE7 7EY Charlton Village Dental Practice, 20 The Village, SE7 8UD The Fairfield Centre, Fairfield Grove, SE7 8TX Queen Elizabeth Hospital, A&E Reception, Stadium Road, SE18 4QH Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Main Reception, SE18 4QH Charlton Athletic Football Club, the Valley, Floyd Rd, SE7 8BL Time Court, Woodland Terrace, SE7 8DD Charlton Library, Charlton House, Charlton Road, SE7 8RE ---------------------------------------------

DEPTFORD

Armada Court Community Hall, 21 McMillan Street, Deptford, SE8 3EZ ----------------------------------------------

ELTHAM

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) Anglesea Road, SE18 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 repair works to a main.

2. The Order will come into operation on 10th December 2018 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 6 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 vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading. In Anglesea Road, Rear of 7 Ashlar Place.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Crescent Road, Sandy Hill Road, Brookhill 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 19/11/2018 (INTERNAL REF: PL/080/LA359826)

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Middle Park Community Centre, 150 Middle Park Avenue, SE9 5SD Vista Fields Children’s Centre, Middle Park Avenue, SE9 5SD Briset Corner Surgery, 591 Westhorne Avenue, SE9 6JX St Mary's Community Centre, 180 Eltham High Street, SE9 1BJ Eltham Centre foyer, 2 Archery Road, SE9 1HA Eltham Library, (in Eltham Centre), Archery Road, SE9 1HA Anstridge Community Hall, Anstridge Road, Avery Hill, SE9 2LL University of Greenwich (Mansion Site), Avery Hill Campus, Bexley Road, SE9 2PQ Coldharbour Library, William Barefoot Drive, SE9 3AY Coldharbour Leisure Centre, Chapel Farm Road, SE9 3LX Eltham Palace, Court Yard, SE9 5QE M J Rooney Construction Ltd, Studio1, Orangery Studios, Orangery Lane, SE9 1HN Sunny Dent Dental Practice, 188 Bexley Road, SE9 2PH Eltham Community Hospital, 30 Passey Place, SE9 5DQ The Neighbourhood Dentist, 416 Well Hall Road, SE9 6UD The Vape Shop, 52 Well Hall Road, SE9 6SH ----------------------------------------------

GREENWICH

Nisa Local, John Harrison Way, SE10 0EL Greenwich Council (in foyer), 6 Mitre Passage, SE10 0ER Gllab Work and Learn Centre, Chandlers Ave, SE10 0GE East Greenwich Library, Woolwich Road, SE10 0RL Greenwich Theatre, Croom's Hill, SE10 8ES West Greenwich House, 141 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA West Greenwich Library, Greenwich High Road, SE10 8NN Alfa International School of English, Meridian House, Greenwich High Road, SE10 8TL Greenwich Magistrates' Court, 9 Blackheath Road, SE10 8PE Royal Standard, 67 Pelton Road, SE10 9AH Cutty Sark Halls of Residence, 1 Welland Street, SE10 9ED Forum @ Greenwich, Trafalgar Road, SE10 9EQ Greenwich University (Cooper Building) Students Union, King William Walk, SE10 9JH Greenwich University Dreadnought library, Park Row, SE10 9LS University of Greenwich (Maritime Campus), East Lodge, 30 Park Row, SE10 9LS Discover Greenwich (Tourist Information Centre) College Approach, SE10 9NN

Greenwich Communications Centre, 164 Trafalgar Road, SE10 9TZ Plumbridge Medical Centre, 32-33 Plumbridge Street, SE10 8PA Woodland Surgery, Woodland Walk, SE10 9UB Vanbrugh Dental Centre, Vanbrugh Hill, SE10 9HQ Waitrose, Dreadnought Wharf, Victoria Parade, 1 Thames Street, SE10 9FR Greenwich Square Health Centre, 2nd Floor, The Greenwich Centre, 12 Lambarde Square, SE10 9GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -

KIDBROOKE

Concierge Team, City Point Concierge Suite, Campbell Court, Meadowside, Kidbrooke Village, SE3 9XT Dentcross Kidbrooke Village Dental Surgery, 3 Elford Close, SE3 9FA Kidbrooke Dental Centre, Telemann Square, SE3 9YR ---------------------------------------------

MAZE HILL

Trafalgar Café, 98 Trafalgar Road, SE10 9UW Maze Hill Station, Tom Smith Close, Maze Hill, SE10 9XG ----------------------------------------------

PLUMSTEAD

Slade Library, Erindale, SE18 2QQ Shrewsbury House Community Centre, Bushmoor Crescent, SE18 3EG Eglinton Children's Centre, Paget Rise, SE18 3PY Barnfield Project, Oak House, 71 Barnfield Road, SE18 3UH Garland Road Dental Centre, 2 Garland Road, SE18 2AE The Trinity Medical Centre, 213 Burrage Road, SE18 7JZ Plumstead Library, Plumstead High Street, SE18 1JL Greenwich Community College, 95 Plumstead Rd, SE18 7DQ Ash Green House Residential & Nursing Home, Sandbach Place, SE18 7EX Glyndon Community Centre, 75 Raglan Rd, SE18 7LB Glyndon Medical Centre, 188 Ann Street, SE18 7LU Conway Medical Centre, 44 Conway Road, SE18 1AH The Waverley Practice, 37 Waverley Crescent, SE18 7QU Plumstead Health Centre, Tewson Road, SE18 1BH ----------------------------------------------

THAMESMEAD

Gallions Reach Dental Clinic, Bentham Road, SE28 8BE Thamesmere Leisure Centre, Thamesmere Drive, SE28 8RE Gallions Housing Association, 90 Titmuss Ave, SE28 8HL Peabody Group, 19A Joyce Dawson Way, SE28 8RA ----------------------------------------------

WOOLWICH

Woolwich Crown Court, 2 Belmarsh Rd, SE28 0EY Gllab Work and Learn Centre, Old library, Calderwood Street (opposite Sainsbury's) SE18 6QW Sainsbury Woolwich, 25 Calderwood Street, SE18 6QW All Saints Medical Centre, 13a Ripon Road, SE18 3PS Saint Marks Medical Centre, 24 Wrottesley Road, SE18 3EP Heronsgate Medical Centre, Goosander Way, SE28 0ER Woolwich Community Centre, Leslie Smith Square, SE18 4DW Clockhouse Community Centre, Defiance Walk, Woolwich Dockyard Estate, SE18 5QL Waterfront Leisure Centre, Woolwich High Street, SE18 6DL Olan, 130 Powis St, SE18 6JL McDonald's, 54-58 Powis St, SE18 6LQ Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6PW Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6PW Woolwich Centre Library, 21 Love Lane, SE18 6QT Sheltered Housing, 51 Vincent Road, SE18 6RW Brookhill Children's Centre, 130 Brookhill Rd, SE18 6UZ ----------------------------------------------

WOOLWICH DOCKYARD

Escreet Grove Surgery, Escreet Grove, SE18 5TE ----------------------------------------------

WOOLWICH ARSENAL

The Greenwich Heritage Centre, Artillery Square, SE18 6ST The Point, 47 Woolwich New Road, SE18 6EW Smile With Pride Dental Care Ltd, 81A Powis Street, SE18 6JB Equitable House General, Gordon Place, SE18 6AB Royal Arsenal Medical Centre, 21 Arsenal Way, SE18 6TE

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