Issue 1179
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MILLWALL IS MY RELIGION, THE DEN IS MY CHURCH
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POLICE ALERT OVER JELLY CON Millwall’s first wedding was a roaring success
Wheelchair-bound victim sold box weighted with jelly and tissues instead of a £300 iPhone
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By Oliver Pugh
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TWO DISGRACEFUL thieves are being hunted by police after they robbed a wheelchair-bound man of £300.
The 32-year-old victim was duped into handing over the cash for what he thought was an iPhone, but was actually a re-sealed box weighted with jelly and a bag of tissues. Full story on page 4...
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Editorial
What is the best way to honour our war heroes of the past?
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OUTHWARK’S WAR effort is something that all future generations should remain rightly proud of, but the horrors and aftermath that comes with war has and continues to affect young men that bravely sacrifice their lives for their country.
The eleven local men that received Victoria Crosses are fittingly being honoured with plaques on the streets in which they lived over the next few years as we play out the hundred year old events that changed the course of world history. Men like Frederick Holmes from Bermondsey - the first to receive a VC in the early months of the Great War. In our three page tribute to the ‘Southwark Sacrifice’ we note however, how he returned home to a less than great war hero’s welcome. Four years later he had been forced to sell his VC medal along with a scrapbook telling of his exploits in order to save his wife and four children from the workhouse. By the 1960s he left this country for a better life in Australia. Unfortunately we never really learn the lessons of history and today as young men and women return from war zones in the Middle-East we are still failing to look after them upon their return. Here in Southwark we can be proud of the work being done by charities like UK Homes 4 Heroes, set up over four years ago by Bermondsey and Camberwell Pearly King Jimmy Jukes. It is estimated that over 4,500 previously serving members of the British Armed Forces are sleeping rough in the UK today. As the MOD makes further cuts this figure is going to rise. From the start the News has backed the work of this charity and highlighted the plight of our local soliders that have been forced to either sleep rough or go to hostels with ex-cons and drug addicts. All political parties in the borough were quick to support our campaign with Homes 4 Heroes. Alongside only Manchester City Council Southwark Council agreed to give ex-service men and women priority on the housing list. The best tribute we could give to our war dead over the past 100 years is to make sure that all those who serve overseas currently are given a priority for council housing and better futures when they come home. Southwark has a glorious history in terms of its war effort, but like the rest of the country has not always done all it could to create a land fit for heroes. Let us make sure that we now lead the way in making sure the efforts of our armed service personnel are rewarded with more than well-deserved medals and plaques. To find out more about Homes 4 Heroes visit www.ukhomes4heroes.org.uk
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APECK ALYPSE NOW By Amelia Burr
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AN APOCALYPSE has wiped out life as we know it, humans are barely surviving in the overgrown metropolis that once was London, but signs of new life are flourishing at the indestructible Peckham car park.
This is the futuristic vision of a model-maker who has recreated the local landmark in a scale model complete with abandoned cars, a handful of survivors and foliage crafted from weeds from his own duck pond. The idea came to local artist, Nick Cobb, who lives off Peckham Rye, when he was stood on the top of the
car park watching the sun go down last September. A Hollywood apocalyptic film was playing at the pop-up cinema below and Nick got to thinking about his next project. “As I worked on the details I found my thoughts drifting to who might live there and how they might cope if the world as we know it had collapsed. I imagined a century had passed and
that survivors of an apocalyptic event had returned to the cities to scavenge,” said the 56-year-old father of two. Nick, an artist who has lived in the area for 30 years, spent months handcrafting the eight foot model and scavenging for materials in skips. “Your imagination should be set free to think ‘what happened here?’” said Nick about the forthcoming exhibition
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of his model in Nunhead in September, adding that he hopes for any adults who come to see it, it will “transport” them back to a youth of playing with toys.” The Peckham Multi-Storey Car Park Ruin will be on display at the Corner Pop Up Gallery in Nunhead Green from September 22 to 26 at 12pm to 2pm every day.
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POLICE APPEAL AFTER DISABLED MAN ‘SOLD JELLY INSTEAD OF IPHONE’ Police would like to speak to these people in connection with the incident
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Millwall’s first marriage was a roaring success By Oliver Pugh
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FOR SOME couples the only place to get married is a church – but for one devoted pair the only ground special enough was the hallowed turf of The Den.
Life-long supporter Billy Wiltshire and his fiancé Sammy-Jo leapt at the chance at holding their nuptials at Millwall FC, making them the first to have ever tied the knot at the ground. The idea was a dream-come-true for Peckham lad Billy, but his wifeto-be had one problem to contend with: she was an Arsenal fan. “She was actually quite easy to convince,” said Billy, 28. “I was blown away when she said yes [to it].” The two lovebirds were married on Saturday in front of 70 friends and family, and with their nineyear-old daughter Ruby at their side, in an executive lounge. The ceremony was followed by a trip into the tunnel and onto the sacred grass, and by pie and mash courtesy of Arments in Walworth. “It was an amazing day, I must
admit,” said Sammy-Jo, also 28. “I think I’ve been converted into a Millwall supporter now, because of the day.” “Zampa the Lion even came for a visit – it was actually my brother – but he came for a visit,” she added. Asked what the best bit of the day was, Billy gave the only right answer. “Seeing [my wife] walk down the aisle. I could stop sweating then, she was running a bit late and I was getting a bit twitchy,” he said. “Seeing her and my daughter both dressed up blew me away, and getting down and going in that tunnel – it’s got to be a childhood dream for anybody.” “My dad’s parents worked at the old Millwall. They had the pub that was opposite. It has always been around my family, on both sides.” He added: “For me I’ve got cousins and family that support other teams – we always have banter, as you do – and for them to turn up and have everything Millwall, [that] felt quite good.” But Millwall didn’t have it all their way on the day, Sammy-Jo managed to sneak a little bit of Highbury red onto the pitch.
“I actually had an Arsenal garter on,” she said. “It was the first time, obviously, he had seen it.” Both the newly-weds paid tribute to the staff at the club, who they said had been brilliant. They now hope to book a honeymoon to Tenerife, where they went for their first holiday as a couple.
Victim loses £300 after arranging to buy phone over Gumtree By Oliver Pugh
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TWO DISGRACEFUL thieves are being hunted by police after they robbed a wheelchair-bound man of £300.
The 32-year-old victim was duped into handing over the cash for what he thought was an iPhone, but was actually a re-sealed box weighted with jelly and a bag of tissues. Paralysed from the chest down after a fall from a balcony in 2008, the victim said the con had set his recovery back. “Something like this happens and it’s like a step back in terms of your independence,” he told the News. “They’ve over stepped the mark.” “Since it’s happened I’m thinking twice about trusting people,” he added. But what upset him even more was that the two youngsters knew he was severely disabled before they met him. “I had explained the situation to them,” he said. “They could even see the wheelchair in the back of the car.”
Police are now investigating the incident and have described it as a fraud. The victim had answered an ad on the classified website Gumtree to buy the iPhone after his own went missing on a trip to Spain. He arranged to meet the seller at Surrey Quays Road on Thursday July 24 at around 5pm. Two teenagers who met him there showed him what appeared to be an unopened iPhone box with a receipt. The victim asked them to break the seal so he could check it but the suspects said they would only do this if they received the money first, so the victim handed over £300 and was given the box. As he began to break the seal the suspects made off towards the direction of Lower Road and the victim discovered it contained only jelly and a packet of tissues. Anyone with information should contact Southwark CID on 0207 232 6293 or call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
No arrests two weeks after Aylesbury Estate cleaner stabbed By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
NEARLY TWO weeks after a council cleaner was stabbed at work in broad daylight, no arrests have been made.
Southwark Council stepped up security measures after a worker on the Aylesbury was stabbed three times and robbed while he was at work on Friday July 18 at 2.30pm. The man, said to be in his thirties, was returning his cleaning cart to the store in Michael Faraday House off Thurlow Street when he was attacked. The victim was taken to hospital in a
critical condition, but has since been discharged and is expected to make a full recovery. The police say the investigation is still ongoing. Cllr Michael Situ, cabinet member for environment, recycling, community safety and volunteering, described the incident as "The most serious we have experienced in recent years,” and advised other cleaners on the Aylesbury to go around in twos for their safety while the incident was investigated. Any concerned staff could also be relocated to another site and access to the council’s counselling service was offered.
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By Oliver Pugh
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A FIRE broke out at the top of a distinctive six-storey block of flats in Bermondsey last week, causing traffic jams for over an hour.
Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to the blaze at the junction of Druid Street and
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Tower Bridge Road. They were quick to extinguish the flames and were seen using axes to break up decking on the terrace of the top floor flat. A spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade said the cause of the fire was under investigation. Planning approval for the bright orange and grey building was given in 2003.
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iPod Nano hidden in cistern
By Oliver Pugh
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A PERVERT who filmed his female work colleagues as they used the toilet has been placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.
Robert Kelly had recorded footage of six women on an iPod Nano that was hidden under a cistern in one of the cubicles. He was only caught after a plumber found the device and the police were called. The investigation identified that the iPod was registered to Kelly, 52, and a subsequent examination of his work computer revealed a video of a female member of staff using the toilet at the Southwarkbased publishing company. Kelly was arrested by police on December 19 2012 for voyeurism and admitted installing the device, but claimed that he did it to catch someone who had defecated on the ladies’ toilet floor one evening. Examination of the iPod identified further deleted videos of women
using the toilet. It also unearthed a recording of a woman inside her home address using her toilet. Kelly was charged in June 2013 with six counts of voyeurism but the subsequent trial collapsed. Further evidence from a hard drive recovered from Kelly's office at work showed that he had more images of a voyeuristic nature, along with more recordings made by Kelly in his office. On Thursday May 27 he changed his plea to guilty to six offences of voyeurism. Kelly, a publishing manager of Manor Park in Richmond, was sentenced on Thursday July 24, at Woolwich Crown Court. The judge imposed a six month jail sentence suspended for two years, a one year supervision order, told Kelly he must conduct a sexual offending course for 60 days, and that he will be placed on the sex offenders register for seven years. Investigating officer DC Sarah Naisbitt of Southwark CID: "This was a complex investigation that involved detailed examination and
Robert Kelly
The iPod Nano used by Kelly
evaluation of computer files, where crucial evidence was secured. “I would like to thank all witnesses in this investigation, Kelly violated these women in their place of work where they felt they were secure and had no idea that images of such a discreet nature would be taken of them in this way. “I hope that they can take some consolation that he admitted the offence and as a result will have to sign on to the sex offenders register for a number of years. This type of intrusion is not acceptable and the Metropolitan Police will support all victims and pursue all suspects."
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Victims of cabbie sex attacker win compensation from police BERMONDSEY
Two women brought claims against Met under the Human Rights Act By Oliver Pugh
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TWO WOMEN who were sexually assaulted by the Rotherhithe cabbie John Worboys have won compensation totalling £41,250 from the Metropolitan police.
Both of the women were repeatedly let down by the force and felt they were not believed by officers when they complained of being attacked, a High Court judge said. Mr Justice Green said the police was guilty of ‘systemic and operational failures’, which allowed Worboys to become one of Britain’s most prolific serial rapists. Between 2002 and when he was remanded in custody in 2008, Worboys raped and sexually assaulted at least 105 women in the back of his taxi, using a mixture of alcohol and sleeping
pills to drug them. One of the women who won their case against the Met, identified only as DSD, was the first of Worboys' victims to make a complaint to the Met in 2003, while the other, NBV, contacted them after she was attacked in July 2007. The judge said last Wednesday that DSD and NBV, who brought their claims under article 3 of the Human Rights Act, which relates to inhuman or degrading treatment, should receive £22,250 and £19,000 respectively. DSD alleged that she suffered a depressive disorder as a result of her treatment by officers during the 2003 investigation, while NBV claimed that she suffered serious distress, anxiety, guilt and an exacerbation of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression because of her treatment in 2007.
The judge said the assaults had also left the women unable to sustain relationships, including sexual ones. He identified systemic failings that meant Worboys's spree of violent attacks was not ended earlier as well as numerous individual omissions in the cases of DSD and NBV. He rejected the Met's argument that the victims should not get compensation because both had received payments from their civil high court claims against Worboys and from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). They recovered a net amount of £10,000 each from Worboys while DSD was paid £13,500 and NBV £2,000 by the CICA. The judge made clear that he was focusing on harm specifically attributable to the Met's failings. When the initial ruling of liability was given in February, a Met spokesperson said: “The claims were not defended on the basis of factual differences between the parties; but rather based on the appropriate interpretation of
European human rights law. “The case has raised important arguments regarding the boundaries of police responsibility and liability and we believed that it was important for these principles to be tested before the courts.” They added: “The MPS has previously apologised for mistakes made in the investigation of rapes committed by Worboys. “The judge acknowledged that the failings in this case were very much historic; a recognition that in the interim we have made important and significant changes to the way we investigate rape, which remains one of the most challenging and complex policing issues. We are committed to providing the best possible service to victims, ensuring that they are at the heart of every investigation.” He gave the Met permission to appeal but said it had been agreed that the damages would not be recouped should the appeal succeed. Worboys, of Sovereign Crescent in Rotherhithe, was jailed for life in 2009. Cabbie - John Worboys
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Bungled works slammed by lawyer’s report EXCLUSIVE
By Amelia Burr
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DELAYS, BODGE jobs and a lack of leadership in a council major works debacle have been exposed by an independent report this week.
A lawyer was appointed in January to look into why the relationship between Southwark Council and the residents of Draper House in Elephant & Castle had “broken down completely” over the last three years. In her report published this week, Claer Lloyd-Jones listed a catalogue of errors in how the council managed the works to improve the block after seventeen years of no improvements.
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ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: Two men have been charged in connection with a break in at a college in the early hours of Monday morning.
The intruder alarm was set off at the London College of Communications at Elephant & Castle just after 1.30am when a window was smashed at the rear of the property. A sixteen-year-old and 25-yearold Jamie Yon, of Hindmans Road, are charged with burglary and are both on bail till they appear at Camberwell Magistrates Court in August.
Safer lorries on way
SOUTHWARK: HGVs without sideguards and safety mirrors for spotting cyclists and pedestrians could be banned as early as next year if a proposed Transport for London scheme is rolled out. A consultation on the Safer Lorries was launched this week.
“All of the historical issues... at Draper House have seriously disadvantaged residents and led to an inadequate service from the council over an extended period since 1994,” she writes. Long-awaited refurbishment to the block began in 2011 but hit problems immediately with a six month delay to getting started and then initial contractor Breyer being suspended in November 2012 “following a serious carbon monoxide incident which hospitalised a Draper House resident.” The project limped on for three years with contractors AE Elkins on board and a further succession of delays and “substantial problems” with the quality of some of the work. “I have seen holes left in walls and skirtings for more than a
year.....trailing electricity wires, thermostats and heating not working over extended periods,” wrote Ms Lloyd-Jones. “I am not qualified as anything but a lawyer but common sense tells me that what I have been shown is not adequate or satisfactory.” The report points to a lack of leadership from the council with two project managers, a clerk of works and a lead designer all in play at one point and an “inability to make decisions within the on-site project team.” The Draper House Residents’ Association (DRA) is “pleased the report has finally recognised the good work of residents during this difficult time, and indeed praised us for it,” said Luisa Pretolani, chair of the DRA. “For three years we tried to help, but we were repeatedly turned away. We
Man dies in collision
A 61-YEAR-OLD man has died after a collision with a motorbike on Peckham Road last week.
tried to save the borough's residents thousands of pounds, but were thwarted by the staff appointed to help us,” she added. “We tried to tell them, but they simply wouldn't listen.” Councillor Richard Livingstone, cabinet member for housing, said: “It's been a long road for residents of Draper House in terms of the works to their building and how they were managed, but I hope that this investigation and report, which was compiled with their assistance, will help to find a positive way forward in future. We will now be looking carefully at how we can implement the recommendations set out in the report.”
The great escape By Amelia Burr
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A DRIVER and his passenger had a miracle escape after their car smashed through the barriers of the Elephant & Castle roundabout, flipped over and landed on its side in the pedestrian subway
just before 8pm on Tuesday night.
The pair were trapped inside the BMW for a while after it collided with another car and ended up wedged in the subway, but the driver in his 30s escaped with an arm injury and a woman passenger in her 20s had only a facial injury when she was freed from the wreckage. Both were taken to St Thomas’s Hospital with minor injuries as the police and vehicle recovery experts struggled for hours to get the car out of the subway. This is not the first time vehicles have crashed through the pedestrian barriers with similar incidents happening at the Elephant and Castle roundabouts in 2007 and 2010.
The pedestrian, named locally as Charles ‘Charlie’ Douglas from Camberwell, was just outside his home on or near a zebra crossing on the junction of Southampton Way and Peckham Road when the fatal collision happened on June 23 just before 10.30pm. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Loved ones have left flowers and moving tributes on Peckham Road – with one card signed to ‘Uncle Charlie the great’ and another saying he will ‘never be forgotten’. His neighbours have described him as a ‘very good man’ who will be sorely missed by those who knew him. David Lewis, of Sceaux Gardens Tenants & Residents Association, said Mr Douglas had lived in Marie Curie House on the Camberwell estate since 2009 – just metres away from the site of the collision – after moving from Peckham. Mr Douglas shared a flat with his son after moving to the estate – but it is not known whether the son was living at Sceaux Gardens at the time of his death. “He was a good man, very friendly and always stopped to talk,” said Mr Lewis. “I had the shock of my life when I found out it was Charles that had died. “A group of us at Sceaux Gardens want to organise a floral tribute for his funeral. He will be missed.” Residents said Mr Douglas was famous in the estate for his friendly disposition and long dreadlocks. “We all knew Charlie. His dreads were 6 foot long – he used to tie them up so they wouldn’t drag on the floor,” said Roger McDonald, who lives in Racine House, next to Marie Curie. “He had time for everyone and would always stop and chat. A lot of us are upset.” Imran Shah, owner of Payless newsagent near the location of the crash on Peckham Road, witnessed the aftermath of the incident. “It is so sad what has happened – he was a very good man,” he said. “He used to come into my shop almost every day and I would see him walking past all the time.” The motorcyclist, a 26-year-old-man, was taken to hospital by ambulance. He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and bailed until a date in November.
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Denies using fake notes for iPad
A 20-year-old accused of paying for an iPad with more than £300 in fake £20 notes was granted unconditional bail.
Reggie Bissett denies two charges under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act following the alleged purchase on July 28 in Jamaica Road, Bermondsey. He was alleged to have responded to an advert placed on the classified ads website Gumtree by the owner of the iPad. He entered not guilty pleas to tendering the paper as genuine, while knowing it was a counterfeit of a currency note, and having control of it while knowing it was a counterfeit currency note with intent. Bissett, of Swanmead in Bermondsey, will stand trial for the alleged offences on December 3 at Camberwell Magistrates’ Court.
By Oliver Pugh
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FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT champion David Haye has presented the world’s first weather ‘pawcast’ for dogs to help owners keep their four legged friends healthy in this summer’s hot weather.
Haye warned that pooches should not be left in cars for even a minute,
Fined for joint
A BUILDER who was caught with a joint of cannabis as he walked through Bermondsey was fined.
Anthony Allen, 25, was stopped and searched by officers in Galleywall Road on June 6. They found a small cannabis cigarette on him, which he said was for personal use. Camberwell Magistrates’ Court heard that he had previous convictions for ‘similar matters’, with the last in 2010. He admitted a charge of possession of Class B drugs on Friday morning. “It’s silly really,” he said. “I was meant to go home and smoke it, but I got pulled up.” Magistrates were told that he was having to take time off work following a period of ill health. Allen, of Cathay Street in Bermondsey, was then fined £90.
as temperatures soared to 28C in London. The Bermondsey fighter, known as The Haymaker, also explained that his own dogs were terrified of the thunderstorms that have come with the heat. “Many dogs, including my own Chihuahuas Oscar and Milly find thunderstorms very scary, so protect them using blackout curtains and turn on lights to mask the flashing
In the dock...
Had cannabis
A CLEANER breathed a visible sigh of relief when he heard he would not be going to prison for carrying a small amount of cannabis in Burgess Park.
Nilson Venegas-Cortes, 21, appeared close to tears as the details of his arrest on July 7 were read to the court. Venegas-Cortes was stopped by plain clothed police officers as he stood with friends. All three of them smelt of cannabis, the court heard. He admitted a charge of being in possession of Class B drugs, but only after he asked: “Will I have to go to prison?” Magistrates were told that he had one previous caution for a similar offence. The chair of the bench said: “You were cautioned by the police for carrying cannabis and yet it’s happened again.” Venegas-Cortes said: “It has been seven months and they haven’t
lights of the thunder. “Make sure you don’t get cross at your dog, they are already scared enough as it is.” The doggy forecast, launched by More Than Pet Insurance, pinpointed areas in the UK where hotter temperatures and humidity levels could put some dogs at risk of heat stroke. A temperature risk scale, developed by vets, is displayed in the clip,
caught me, and I smoke at home normally,” he said. Venegas-Cortes, of Southwell Road in Camberwell, was then fined £140. The court heard he earned £1,200 as a cleaner every month.
Bought in bulk
A PART-time steward who was caught with a ‘significant’ amount of cannabis when police raided his flat was granted bail until he is sentenced. Rhett Coleman’s home in Borough – which he shares with his father – was littered with the Class B drug and officers found 227g in total. The search warrant was executed on July 26 at the address in Gerridge Street after the Met “received intelligence” about Coleman. The 24-year-old admitted a charge of possession of Class B drugs and claimed that he bought in bulk to save money.
telling dog owners areas where it will be difficult for their pets to stay cool. Haye, a WBA champ, said: “I’ve been a two weight world champion and fought in front of millions but being a weatherman for dogs is definitely a first. “However, as a dog lover and owner I know too well the hazards our four legged friends face on a hot day.”
Coleman, Gerridge Street, was employed by the University of London at an address in Holborn, the court heard. His case was adjourned until July 28 for a pre-sentence report to be completed. He was granted unconditional bail until that time.
Accused of GBH
A 34-year-old accused of a serious assault in Peckham was remanded in custody.
Horace Hutchinson faces a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent following the alleged incident on July 24 in Peckham High Street. His case was committed to Woolwich Crown Court, where he will appear for a preliminary hearing on August 8. Hutchinson, of Allenby Road in Plumstead, blew a kiss to his girlfriend as he was led from the dock.
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THE FIRST WORLD WAR - A HUNDRED YEARS ON
By Amelia Burr
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On Monday it will be 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany. Four years later and the bloody battle had claimed the lives of ten
The war hero returned from battle only for him and his family to become destitute
million soldiers and civilians and injured twenty million.
Southwark played its part in the war effort, some gave their lives and some fought for peace, but everyone paid a price.
VC medal winner Frederick Holmes, to be honoured with a paving stone with his name on in Abbey Street
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE THEIR NAMES
A WAR hero is going to be honoured with a named paving stone next month in the street where he lived.
In a national scheme to recognise World War One soldiers who earned a Victoria Cross for their bravery, Frederick Holmes will be one of the first to have his name set in stone as a flag is laid in Abbey Street, Bermondsey on August 26. Service records describe how, whilst under heavy enemy fire and with no thought for his own life, Fred scooped an injured bugler over his shoulder and carried him to safety, dodging German shells and bullets all the while. He then saved a British gun from being captured by the enemy by attaching it to a horse and galloping with it through the war torn fields back to British territory. The honour of his medal, earned just two weeks into the war, sadly did not keep Fred in a life he
deserved after the war. By 1922, he had been forced to sell his VC medal along with a scrapbook telling of his exploits in order to save his wife and four children from the workhouse. Fred’s book and medals were turned up by Peckham scrap dealer, Bill Gilbert, forty years later, who tried to trace the veteran. Fred was found living in Australia in 1962 and his belongings were sent out to him, save for his Victoria Cross, which had sadly been sold to a dealer and could not be recovered. Fred Holmes was not alone in his post-war destitution. An article in the Daily News reads: “Two years ago today, Corporal Arthur Henry Cross, of the Machine Gun Corps, won the Victoria Cross and a fortnight later the Military Medal. Today he and his wife and children are living in one of the worst of Southwark’s slums in a
two-roomed tenement in Trinity Buildings, Mermaid Court, Borough.” Arthur, who had earned his VC medal for going in to an enemy trench armed only with a revolver and forcing seven Germans to surrender and carry guns to the British lines, found himself unemployed on his return. When he and his family were invited to Buckingham Palace by the King, Arthur’s poor wife was mortified that she could not afford a new pair of shoes for the occasion. A sympathetic reader of the Daily News sent her a pair so the family could go to the royal garden party. Eleven Southwark men were honoured with a VC for “valour in the face of the enemy,” and the streets where they lived will all be paved with their names 100 years after they were awarded their medal.
BERMONDSEY’S BRAVE BOYS
BEFORE THE war, Bermondsey’s Mayor, Harry Fuller Morriss visited Bermondsey’s best, the 22 battalion in training, and wrote an enthusiastic letter to the national press.
“To watch these fellows here and see the way clerks become cooks, young lawyers turn ambulance men, men in all positions in life – all ready to be in units in defence of their country,” he wrote in his book, ‘Bermondsey’s Bit in the Greatest War’. When the battalion was called up, a young Bermondsey boy by the name of Will Porter, who Morriss had known for many years, waved to him as they left their drill hall in Abbey Street for the front. “A fine-charactered lad. He laughed at fear, whistled and sung in the best of
spirits , just as all our brave lads seemed to do.”Porter rose to the rank of Seargeant and earned a DCM before he was killed at Souchez, France in 1916. The 23-year-old was just two days away from leave, when he would have returned to his family in Bermondsey. Porter’s platoon captain, E.W. Mayhew, wrote to his family and said: “He was killed bravely doing his duty in the frontline trenches, to which we were called up last Tuesday. I was with him at the time and his death was instantaneous, which I always think is some consolation to know.” A soldier from Walworth lost his sight in battle as a German ‘dummy’ exploded in his face in 1915. Corporal Albert Moore of the Duke of
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Eight of the nine Bartlett brothers from Dulwich Village fought in the Great War
Third Battle of Ypres-October
S AT HOME AND AT THE FRONT Cornwall’s Light Infantry was on night duty in Armentieres near Neuve Chapelle when he and another officer saw what they thought was a German sentry. “I motioned to the officer to keep still,” Moore told a newspaper, “ and we lay quiet for some minutes when I whispered ‘You lie here and keep his attention drawn, and I will take him in the rear’.” When Moore, of Portland Street, got closer he saw it was a dummy. He gave it a push and it exploded, throwing him into the air. “As I came down I was all in flames,” said Moore. “I was suffering terrible agonies. There was a ditch nearby with water in it and I struggled up to it and plunged myself in.” Moore managed to walk with the help of the other officer, who was also injured,
but found when he returned to safety that he had been permanently blinded by the blast. Back at home, two men in Bermondsey Street were doing their bit to save the lives of thousands of soldiers. Morriss said Dan Atkinson and William Hore “…deserve to rank as brave as any men who won honours in the war,” as they struggled in the life-threatening work of finding a neutraliser for the poison gas, HMT. The pair worked for hours at Austin’s factory with liquid ammonia to produce the only neutraliser used by the British and French forces. The Brandram Brothers of Rotherhithe made explosives for the war effort and Gillam and Spencer saw 80 of their men sign up of which fifteen lost their lives.
A mother of seventeen from Walworth had six sons and two sons-in–law fighting in the Great War. Mrs T Heard of Carter Street, was a widow when her beloved sons went to war. They survived but not unscathed. Private Arthur Septimus Heard of the Canadian Scotts went to France in 1915. He was badly gassed but was one of twelve to get out of the attack alive when 180 of his comrades perished. He was sent straight back to the front line afterwards. One of Mrs Heard’s other sons, Private James Bower Heard also continued fighting after he was badly wounded in the leg and the arm and was suffering from rheumatic fever. Her son Alfred, was not yet 17 when he was severely wounded at Neuve Chapelle . He went back to the front line but was
Three of Mrs Heard’s sons from Walworth paid a heavy price for doing their duty
again badly hurt in his right groin and in his hand, earning him his third gold bar. A family with nine sons from Dulwich Village had eight of them fighting at the front. Mr and Mrs A H Bartlett and their brave boys were featured in a local newspaper in 1917. Lance Corporal Guy Bartlett, a well-known Dulwich Hamlet player at the time, even received a
letter of appreciation from the Major General commanding his division which read, “ I wish to place on record my appreciation of your conspicuous gallantry in pushing forward with your Lewis gun and holding a strong point under heavy fire until you and all your team were wounded. Although wounded in the face by shrapnel, you remained at your post until relieved.”
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MANY HOMES had more than one family member fighting at one time and where ‘bands of brothers’ were battling at the front, their family’s sacrifice was honoured in the local press.
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Greetings from Bermondsey – a post card sent to residents telling them of the new war memorial to be unveiled in 1920
LIGHTS OUT
Bermondsey and Rotherhithe War Memorial
THE LIGHTS will be going out all over Southwark as part of the Royal British Legion’s campaign to create a wartime blackout to mark the centenary of the Great War. They are asking people all over the country to turn off their lights at 10pm for an hour on Monday August 4, leaving just a single candle burning in a shared moment of reflection at the exact time Britain declared war 100 years ago.
A candlelit vigil will be held at Bermondsey and Rotherhithe War Memorial in West Lane during the ‘lights out’ hour and a service will be held to honour the soldiers who lost their lives. Jo Eagle, a 93-year-old war veteran will be there along with Simon Hughes, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark. “It’s such an important point of history, that we should mark it with due respect for the people that lost their
lives,” said Gary Magold who co-runs the poppy appeal for Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. “Those people did their duty and it changed their lives forever.” The lights will be going out in Tooley Street and Tower Bridge as part of the unusual memorial, inspired by a quote from Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, in August 1914 “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.”
Winnie Williams (right), who lived through both World Wars, with friend Grace Chinnick
‘I’VE LIVED THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS’
A WOMAN who has survived two World Wars is getting ready to celebrate her 104th birthday on Sunday, the day before the centenary.
“I was glad it was over,” said Winnie Williams about the end of the war. “People didn’t want it. A lot of people were killed,” she added. “I wanted to forget it.” Winnie, born and bred in Peckham and currently living at the Greenhive care home in
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Brayards Road, remembers when the Land Army girls came to eat dinner with her guides troupe. “They used to come to visit us and have dinner with us. They were nice,” said Winnie, who can still recite her guide’s promise word for word. When asked what Winnie had planned for her forthcoming birthday, her friend Grace Chinnick, 94, replied: “Go out and get drunk!”
Alfred Salter
AS SOUTHWARK’S men went off to war by the truck load and Britain’s propaganda machine began to churn out stories of Germans roasting children over fires and trampling babies underfoot, there were some voices of dissent in the borough, including that of community champions, Alfred and Ada Salter.
The local GP wrote a passionate denunciation of the war, originally published in the Labour Leader, but widely reprinted as a pamphlet. “Look! Christ in khaki, out in France thrusting His bayonet into the body of a German workman,” wrote the future MP. “See! The Son of God with a machine gun, ambushing a column of German infantry, catching them unawares in a lane and mowing them down in their helplessness. Hark! The Man of Sorrows in a cavalry charge, cutting, hacking, thrusting, crushing, cheering. No! No! The picture is an impossible one, and we all know it. “That settles the matter for me,” he continued. “I cannot uphold the war, even on its supposedly defensive
side, and I cannot, therefore, advise anyone else to enlist or to take part in what I believe to be wrong and wicked for myself.” The Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder asked if Salter was ‘proGerman’ on their placards, especially after he defended a local vicar who came under attack for being a German sympathiser. W. Kaye-Dunn, pastor of Manor Chapel, Southwark Park Road returned from a holiday before the war started in Germany. He wrote in the church magazine of how much he had enjoyed his break saying “What delightful people the Germans are. How kind to the stranger. How human, how cousinly, how Christian.” In September 1914, a woman attacked the pastor with her handbag and a torrent of violent abuse followed as an angry mob wrecked
the church and drove KayeDunne out of town. As Alfred Salter had publicly defended the vicar and opposed the war, he was also subjected to attacks including bricks thrown through the windows of his home in Storks Road, Bermondsey. Addressing the crowd from the top of his steps he said:“I’ve looked after you when you were sick. I’ve served you night and day. Is this the way you reward me? Go home, you sinners!” And they did. Alfred’s wife, Ada, left Bermondsey and travelled across war-torn France to attend an antiwar conference in Switzerland and became a leading member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom during the war
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Community leader led fight for peace
Ada Salter
years. By 1916, anti-war rallies on Peckham Rye were relatively common as the death toll rose and compulsory service for all men aged 18-41 was brought in. With thanks to local history enthusiast John Taylor for his research into Alfred and Ada Salter’s campaign for peace.
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Firefighters rescue child with potty jammed on head
DULWICH: A CHILD who managed to get their head jammed in a potty was rescued by the fire brigade last week.
Ivory handed in after wildlife appeal
By Amelia Burr
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FOUR ELEPHANT tusks were handed in to Peckham police station last week as part of a London-wide appeal to stop the illegal ivory trade.
The two ‘raw’ and two carved tusks were handed in to Peckham police
station on Friday by a man whose great-grandfather worked in India in the 1930s and was given them as a gift. The small collection is worth anything from £2,000 - £4,000 according to values given by the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2011. “I'm really pleased with the raw ivory
tusks that were handed in at Peckham Police station last week as they're exactly the type of items that we want to keep out of trade,” said DC Sarah Bailey of the Wildlife Crime Unit. The tusks, which judging by their size might have come from a young elephant, are illegal to sell without a license. A police campaign launched earlier this month asked people all over
London to hand in unwanted items made from elephant ivory and other endangered species to help stop the trade in its tracks. If anyone has any information regarding wildlife crime in the capital please contact police on 020 7230 8898 or wildlife@met.police.co.uk or anonymously at Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Fire chiefs have urged parents to keep a closer eye on their children after fire fighters were called out to free the unfortunate youngster two weeks ago. The London Fire Brigade has spent £240,000 rescuing children in the last five years - around five calls per day. Back in 2009, fire fighters came to the aid of another Dulwich youngster – this time with their leg stuck in a merry-go-round. Dave Brown from the London Fire Brigade said: "Kids are always crawling about and exploring so accidents are bound to happen, but when we are releasing children from under tables and out of TV speakers it diverts our attention from other emergencies. "Many of the incidents we get called to could be avoided with a little bit of common sense. During this summer holiday, I would ask parents to keep an eye on their children and only call 999 if it is a real emergency."
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Police look for Jag after gun sighting
SOUTHWARK: A car connected to the sighting of a firearm outside a pub is being sought by police.
Detectives believe the 2003 registration green S-type Jaguar has links to the Southwark area. The appeal followed the detection of the weapon in the car park of the Thatched House pub in Ripple Road, Barking on Sunday July 27 at around midnight. Anyone who had information concerning the owner of the vehicle or information about the firearm was asked to contact Barking and Dagenham CID by dialling 07500 108 529 or 101. Police said all information received will be treated in strictest confidence. Alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Shad Thames man on Guy’s board BERMONDSEY:A Shad Thames resident has been appointed to serve as a nonexecutive director on the board of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
Steve Weiner was approved at last week’s meeting of the Trust’s Council of Governors which includes elected representatives of patients, members of the public and staff. Steve, who is originally from the US, works in London as group treasurer with the international consumer goods company Unilever. "I look forward to applying the skills, experiences, and values I have learned at Unilever in such an excellent NHS trust and team,” he said. He replaces David Dean after he left the trust to take up a new role with the healthcare regulator Monitor. Sir Hugh Taylor, chairman of Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “I am delighted that we have been able to attract such an outstanding individual as non-executive director. “Steve brings a wealth of talent and experience from the commercial sector to the Board which will be invaluable as we face the major challenges which lie ahead for the NHS.”
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Woman who had three strokes aged just five defies all expectations and gets top degree By Amelia Burr
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A WOMAN who suffered three strokes as a child and “grew up” in hospital, has defied all expectations by graduating with a first class degree and says “if you put your mind to it you can do it!”
Esther Adeyinka was born with sickle cell disease (SCD), and the strokes she had at five years of age meant she had to re-learn to walk, talk and eat again. “Most people didn’t regard me as a human being because I looked different and sounded different,” said the 24-year-old from Walworth Road. She struggled at school to take things in and says she was told by her teachers that she would not be able to go to college. “I was bottom of the
class,” said Esther. ‘People were very quick to underestimate me and that gave me low self-esteem.” SCD is an inherited blood disorder that affects a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body and is most common in people of African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean or Asian backgrounds. In spite of the debilitating amount of time Esther had to spend in hospital to replace her sickle red blood cells with healthy ones, she made sure she got the qualifications she needed to go to university to study business. “I knew I had to get up and do it for myself,” she said. After not getting the grades she needed at A-level, Esther did an access course to go on to her dream course at the University of Roehampton. Even though she had to regularly trek across London to get treatment at Guy’s first thing in the
Funeral home break-in arrest BERMONDSEY
By Oliver Pugh
oliver@southwarknews.co.uk
A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the burglary of a prestigious funeral director’s in Bermondsey.
Precious paperwork and mementos from 200-years of family history were taken from F A Albin & Sons during the break-in on Saturday July 5. Jon Dyer, one of the directors, said the intrusion into the sacrosanct business has
left the close-knit team reeling. “Maybe people just haven’t realised what a wrong thing it is to impede on a place like this,” he said. “But if there’s anything in them – anything at all – maybe they could at least hand the stuff back. The importance of some of the stuff to our family, to the area, it’s like a heritage to the area.” A spokesperson for the Met police told the News: “We can confirm that a 28year-old man, who was arrested in connection with the investigation on 11
July, has been bailed until a date in August.” Albin’s is one of the most respected businesses in the borough and has been nominated for a blue plaque this year. Staff from the firm have also been awarded medals by the Ministry of Defence for their work in Afghanistan and Iraq, where they flew to retrieve the bodies of soldiers who had died in action. Anyone with information was asked to contact the police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
morning, she graduated with a first class degree last year. “It was really challenging for me and for me to have got this degree, I really do think it was the grace of God
that got me through.” July is sickle cell awareness month and Esther, who is now supporting young people to develop their skills, has a message for the 12,500 people in the UK suffering from SCD – “If you have a positive spirit you can achieve what you want in life. It doesn’t just happen. You have to put the effort in and make it happen,” said Esther who is getting married later this year.
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Flat plan Application put in to turn pub into seventeen new homes By Oliver Pugh
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OWNERS OF Bermondsey pub the Stanley Arms have applied for permission to redevelop the building into flats.
According to planning documents, this would involve demolition of the pub and
construction of a six-storey building in its place. If approved by Southwark planners, this would include seventeen homes, with five onebeds, two two-beds, and ten threebedroom flats. The pub in Southwark Park Road is a freehold and has been owned and run by the same family for 20 years.
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‘FIRED FOR SMOKING’ Worker of 12 years hits out at supermarket giant By Amelia Burr
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A MAN is battling a supermarket giant after they sacked him for gross misconduct for smoking a cigarette outside the store he had worked at for twelve years.
Michael Clarke, of the Yellow Brick Estate in Peckham started as a Store Assistant at Morrisons in Peckham High Street but was promoted to a department manager five years ago. Between Christmas and New Year, Michael went in to do a few extra hours on a Sunday morning to “help
out” before the store opened. The 54year-old was scraping the ice off his car in the car park when he smoked a cigarette. A member of senior staff saw him and four days later he was sacked for ‘gross misconduct’. “I was shocked. I thought it was well over the top,” said Michael, who is now trying to survive on agency shifts. “I’ve got bills galore. I’m struggling big time. “Everyone I spoke to says it’s trivial, especially after twelve years service. They didn’t give me a warning or anything,” he added. Michael has been given a tribunal
date for appealing against the decision on August 5 but his solicitor is unsure whether the case will go ahead because the supermarket asked all their employees to sign a notice informing them they could be sacked if they smoked in the customer car park. Michael says he still thinks the decision to sack him was “very harsh”. “I think it’s the big man against the little man and the little man lost out again. It’s totally out of order. The little man’s got no chance,” he said. Morrisons were unable to comment as legal proceedings are underway.
Training charity fears for future if funding lost By Amelia Burr
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A CHARITY training hundreds of people every year to get them back into work could be shut down if they lose their funding
Myrrh, a grass roots training and education charity based in Elephant and Castle, Walworth and Brixton, is currently funded through Lewisham and Southwark College (LeSoCo) but they have been told to stop enrolling people on new courses as their contract is up for ‘review’ in September. Owen Hamden, 51, of Comber Grove in Camberwell, said he could not find a college where he could “realise my dream” of becoming a motor vehicle engineer before he started at Myrrh because he is disabled and he is now “fearful” about finding another course. “It would be such a shame for this college to close down,” said Levi
Setahul, who is on a mechanics course at the Ossory Road campus. “This course has helped me regain my confidence and gain a trade for my future that I am passionate about.” The charity, established in 1994, has 400 learners on its books, many of whom are long-term unemployed with literacy and numeracy difficulties. Myrrh ran into problems in 2012 when money from the Skills Funding Agency was pulled because of ‘quality issues’ and given to LeSoCo, who were obliged to continue subcontracting a service from Myrrh for a year while they improved. Myrrh principle, Anita Faherty, says since then the record for their learners completing the courses has gone from 69 to 90 percent. This has been partly due to them now offering more short courses lasting just two days, but also changes in how they adapt their courses to the needs of their students.
Earlier this year LeSoCo dropped to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating, which Anita says has sparked a review of all their subcontracted services that could be impacting negatively on their results. "They say it's their subcontractors bringing them down," said Anita, "but I don't understand how we are if we are achieving success rates of 90 percent. I don't feel it's fair to be pushing it on to subcontractors," added Anita who is concerned for the learners who could get left behind if Myrrh goes under in a climate where quick results are king. “The college is reviewing the performance of all its contracts in order to safeguard the quality of training,” confirmed LeSoCo principal, Ioan Morgan. “While in some cases we may decide not to renew contracts, we will honour existing arrangements until they come to the end of their term so learners are not disrupted.”
Learners with principle Anita Faherty
CHAPEL TO BE RE-BUILT AFTER DEMOLITION
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Council ‘deeply disappointed’ building knocked down without consent By Hannah Skellern
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A CAMBERWELL chapel is being rebuilt after it was demolished without planning consent, the council has said.
The brick chapel, which was located in a conservation area on Grove Park and thought to have been built in the 1920s, was knocked down earlier this year. The building, which was positioned behind a former Victorian convent, was used as a chapel until the late 1970s. Mike Rook, chairman of the Ivanhoe Residents Association, said: “It’s a great loss for the area. “There was a lot of history to the chapel. The nuns from the convent
used to go there to pray.” Jay Tooker, who lives next door to the former chapel, said the developers have started to build a new structure on the plot, which looks “similar” to the original building. “The fact is, no matter how similar they build the new structure, we will never get the chapel back. It won’t be the same,” he said. Habitat Construction LLP was granted planning permission to convert the chapel into a family home back in 2011 – but a later application to demolish the building was rejected. Cllr Mark Williams, cabinet member for transport, planning and regeneration, said: "We were deeply disappointed to learn the chapel had been demolished without planning consent. Immediate and significant action was taken as soon
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Resident Jay Tooker, next to the chapel, which is now being rebuilt
The chapel in 2013, after the roof had been removed
as the complaint was received and several enforcement options were considered. “Our immediate concern now is
Rising bills could be the end of historic church
Rev: We’re like a family for some By Hannah Skellern
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SHOPPERS HAVE voted with their tokens for the Evelina to get £200 from their supermarket.
Asda in the Old Kent Road run a Chosen by You, Given by Us campaign every two months where shoppers can give tokens, received with every purchase, to their choice of three charities. The charity with the most tokens at the end gets a cheque for £200 from the Asda Foundation and this time the lucky winner was the News’s Evelina campaign to raise £100,000 for the hospital.The two runners-up also get a cheque for £50.00 each.
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Lesley Davis, a phlebotomist and Charity Champion for Evelina, went down to collect the cheque last week on behalf of the hospital. This is not the first time Asda has helped out with our campaign. Over Christmas they raised over £300 by running a lucky dip in store while staff dressed up as festive elves. The News would like to thank all the shoppers who chose Evelina for your help in reaching our target.
A NINETEENTH Century church may be forced to close its doors for good after its’ reverend revealed he may not be able to scrape together the funds to survive the next year. Reverend Paul Collett, who has run the
The chapel exterior in 2011
ensuring whatever is built is as close in design as possible to the original chapel and we will be making sure the developer comes forward with such a
Rev Paul Collett with his wife Carol Nanton
South London Tabernacle Baptist Church in Camberwell since 1990, is struggling to find the cash to keep the historic church afloat. The congregation was subsidised by temporary funds from the Baptist Union of Great Britain for seven years – but the financial support came to an end in 2013. Now, loss of funds, rising utility costs, and a £35,000 fee for roof repairs have left Rev Collett battling to foot the
scheme as part of a new planning application for the site." Habitat Construction LLP refused to comment. building’s bills. The historic church was originally located on Peckham Road from 1880, but moved to its’ Bushey Hill Road site in the 1970s after the building was damaged in the Second World War. The Baptist Church, which relies on voluntary donations and renting out the building for events, now has a congregation of 15 – a far cry from its’ peak membership of around 800 back in 1914. Rev Collett, who runs the church alongside his wife, Carol Nanton, said: “It is becoming more and more of a challenge to stay open each year. “We need to solve this financial crisis – we’re on the edge of running out of money.” He said the potential closure of the church, which puts on fortnightly community Open House events for scores of people, as well as regular services and bible study groups, would be a loss to the community. “We are like a family for some people and our Open House is open to everyone, whether they are members or not. “I know that people are worried for our future and would be very sad to see us go.”
Mum of stabbing victim speaks at anti-knife crime event WALWORTH: The mother of a boy who was stabbed to death spoke at an event targeting knife crime in young people last week.
The STOP event run by charity, World of Hope, was attended by Grace Idowu, whose 14-year-old son David was stabbed in Tabard Street, Walworth, in 2008.
A group of youth ambassadors put together an information leaflet on knife crime which was launched on the day. The deputy mayor of London, the Mayor of Southwark and the police borough commander also attended the event at the Damilola Taylor Centre on July 19.
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Hundreds turn out for ‘brilliant’ fete By Amelia Burr
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MORE THAN 300 people turned out for an old fashioned fete on Saturday to see the Chelsea Pensioners and Punch and Judy By Amelia Burr while the kids could get rides on a donkey and have a go on the bouncy amelia@southwarknews.co.uk castle.
"It went brilliant. It absolutely went brilliant," said Jeanette Mason, Chair of Ledbury Tenants' and Residents' Association (TRA). "I didn't know if I was standing on my head or my feet. It was exhilarating and exhausting. It was an all round good day." The Mayor of Southwark, Sunil Chopra, opened the event which one 80-year-old guest told Jeanette reminded him of when he used to go to the village fair in Cornwall as a boy. The hard-working TRA raised £150 for the Freddie Farmer Foundation from stall
sales and a 'guess how many sweets in the jar' competition as well as meeting people from neighbouring estates, "Other estates came down, breaking that barrier down," said Jeanette. "They were coming from here, there and everywhere." The event was supported by the South Bermondsey Partnership and Southwark Council.
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A CROWD of intrigued residents packed in to a community meeting last week to see the work of a group of volunteers who are making a scale model of their town centre.
Community action group, Peckham Vision, has led the initiative with 35 enthusiastic novices building a cardboard model so local people can get involved in the plans to redevelop the area around Peckham Rye station. On Wednesday night the work in progress was shown to the public for the first time before a meeting with
architects Ash Sakula, who have been appointed by the council to engage local people in the first stages of the design of the revamped station. Eileen Conn of Peckham Vision described the 100 percent volunteerrun event as “a joyous celebration of wonderful community collaboration.”
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PENSIONERS ENJOY A KNEES-UP CAMBERWELL
Party held in honour of centenary of First World War By Amelia Burr
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A PARTY of pensioners had a good old fashioned cockney knees-up in the park on Friday afternoon to honour the men and women who served in the forces as the 100 year anniversary of the First World War approaches on Monday.
Around 200 members of the Southwark Pensioners Centre (SPC) gathered in Camberwell Green Park for a “very happy
afternoon,” according to Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle, cabinet member for adult care, arts and culture and chair of the SPC Trustees. "Despite the stormy weather we continued the party in true war-time spirit!" she said.
The party-goers enjoyed Arments’ pie and mash, a live band and cockney singing duo, ‘Bill and Ricky’ as well as a appearances from Pearly King and Queen, Jimmy and Michelle, The Mayor of Southwark and Harriet Harman MP.
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Cannabis bust
PECKHAM: Police found 100 cannabis plants as they busted a ‘factory’ last week.
After tip-offs from some of the neighbours, officers raided the flat on Tuesday and found the plants along with a tent full of lighting and heating devices used to grow cannabis. A 33-year-old man was arrested for cultivation of cannabis and possession with intent to supply class B drug. He was interviewed under caution in connection with the investigation and enquiries are ongoing The plants were seized, along with snap bags, weighing scales and several phones and laptops.
Shot fired in Commercial Way
PECKHAM: A suspected gunman is being hunted by police after a shot was fired out of the window of a betting shop last week.
The police were called to Commercial Way in Peckham at around 5pm on Thursday but the suspect ran from the scene in the direction of Sumner Road. Detectives from the Trident gang unit are now searching for a black man in his late teens or early twenties, of slim build who was said to be wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and an item covering his face. No one was injured in the incident and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information should contact Trident detectives on 020 8785 8580 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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NATIONAL THEATRE’S ANNUAL FREE FESTIVAL TO TOUR SOUTHWARK By Hannah Skellern
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SUMMER’S annual Watch This Space free festival will be going on tour for a fortnight around Southwark.
The National Theatre’s alfresco theatre and dance events – held in
South Bank in previous years – will be travelling across the borough in July and August. The shows featured will be MicroShakespeare from Spain's Laitrum Teatre, an acrobatic comedy called Crazy in Love by Joli Vyann, and Kamchàtka by Kamchàtka Companyia, a play about eight
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Acrobatic and theatre troupe Jolie Vyann who will be performing in Crazy in Love
travelers lost in the city. The free festival will be travelling to locations including Canada Water Plaza, Blackfriars Road, Peckham Rye and this year’s The Elephant & The Nun Festival in Burgess Park. Councillor Dora Dixon-Fyle, Cabinet Member for Adult Care,
Thousands celebrate Eid in park
Arts and Culture said, “The Watch This Space events are a real treat for Southwark. It’s a great way for people all over the borough to come together, marvel and celebrate local artists and performers for a wonderful summer to remember in some of our many open spaces.”
The festival will kick off in Southwark with a performance of Micro-Shakespeare in Christ Church Gardens, Blackfriars Road on Friday August 1, and conclude with Crazy in Love at The Elephant and the Nun Festival in Burgess Park on Saturday August 16.
An estimated 10,000 people attend event in Burgess Park By Amelia Burr
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THOUSANDS OF people descended on Burgess Park on Monday afternoon to celebrate Eid - the end of the Muslim holy month of fasting called Ramadan.
The annual festivities, now in their fifth year, was packed with a funfair, food stalls with nosh from all over the world, henna painting and of course a bouncy castle. An estimated ten thousand people attended this year’s event and Muslims, who always donate to charity at the end of Ramadan, helped to raise thousands for the Human Relief Foundation when they gave money before the traditional outdoor prayers at 10am. “It’s really grown since its first year,” said organiser Musharraf Chaudhury. “Other boroughs are looking to emulate it as well now. They want to do something outdoors that involves the whole community,” he added. “Eid is one of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar,” said Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle, cabinet member for adult care, arts and culture. “It’s fantastic that people from all over the community can come together and share in the festivities of this free event, regardless of their beliefs.”
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PECKHAM
BAR DUO CREATE OWN TONIC WATER By Oliver Pugh
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A BERMONDSEY Street bar has perfected the first modern tonic made to a Victorian recipe.
Its distinctive golden-brown colour comes from the use of real cinchona tree bark in the mixture, which gives the syrup and tonic its quinine. Lawrence Mason and Nick Crispini came up with the idea while working in the gin bar 214 Bermondsey. They now hope to sell their product, Bermondsey Tonic Water (BTW), online and to bars and restaurants.
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A footnote in Whitten Timber ’s histor y
THAT WAS an interesting article in last week’s Southwark News about Whitten Timber's 100th birthday. It mentions the campaign against the demolition of their premises along with many others on Peckham High Street in the late 70s / early 80s. There is a further story behind this...
I was convenor of the Peckham Action Group (PAG) from 1977 - 1982 which led the campaign against the plans at that time. Robert Whitten and I worked very closely together in the campaign which brought together thousands of people across the political spectrum and business and community interests, and saved the historic town centre from destruction. When the plans were defeated and Whitten Timber was saved, they presented me with an original painting by William Whitten and a leaded glass planter with the inscription "To Eileen and PAG for efforts towards securing our future from the Directors of Whitten Timber." Eileen Conn, Peckham
We are cock a hoop over carer contracts
SOUTHWARK UNISON is "cock a hoop" at the decision taken by Southwark Council to require it's Home Care contractors to offer a guaranteed minimum number of hours each week and pay travel
time to it's workforce.
Southwark UNISON branch has been lobbying the council to end Zero Hours contracts since these contracts were awarded back in 2010. I'd like to thank Home Care workers in Southwark for their dedication and commitment since 2010. They still provided excellent care despite seeing their terms and
conditions plummet. In particular Caroline Firmin who has showed real bravery in standing up for Home Care workers in an industry where retribution can be swift. I'd also like to thank UNISON National Officers Matthew Egan and Helga Pile for running such a brilliant national campaign. As well as more and more council's
signing up to UNISON's Ethical Charter, the campaign has influenced the Kingsmill Report and Labour Party policy so that if returned in May 2015 the Labour Party has promised legislation to rid us of the exploitation that is a Zero Hour contract. Any Home Care workers reading these reports who would like to know more about how UNISON can
support them in their working lives is strongly urged to contact our Branch Office on 020 7525 3600. Southwark UNISON's campaign doesn't end here. We await the early meeting promised by Cllr Peter John to discuss what an In-House Home Care service would look like. Sue Plain , Branch Secretary Southwark UNISON
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AS AN interested long-time Peckham local I attended the Peckham Vision Model Launch held in Rye Lane's intriguing revamped dilapidated Bussey Building on Wednesday 23rd July 2014.
Attendees, including locals, architects, business interest, passersby and Southwark authority reps were, clearly, all blown away by the inspirational ideas that flowed from an all-day Peckham event overseen and organised by the amazing, tireless Peckham campaigner Eileen Conn MBE and her many Peckham Vision supporters and Peckham
More help is on its way for childcare
YOUR EDITORIAL last week said that the chance of more government help for parents struggling with the cost of childcare is “extremely slim if not zero”.
Thankfully, more help is already on its way. From next autumn, the Coalition government is introducing a new ‘tax-free childcare’ scheme. This will give working parents a 20p discount on every £1 they spend on childcare, saving families in Southwark up to £2,000 each year. This is on top of the free childcare hours to 3 and 4-year olds already receive (as well as disadvantaged 2-year olds). Liberal Democrat Ministers and MPs are actively considering further ways they can help parents, and the party will undoubtedly include some of these ideas in its 2015 General Election manifesto. I don’t even wish to make this a particularly party-political point, as it is inevitable that other parties will also be considering their own manifesto policies for parents. Childcare is recognised as a huge
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modellers. An evening's meeting finally sought to glean ongoing ideas that could encourage Peckham's Rye Lane heart to beat ever faster with suggestions as to social, municipal, commercial and business design that would, undoubtedly, have potential to raise Peckham's Rye Lane heartland above any of South London's high streets for sheer nerve in municipal and social design. – And all centred around Peckham Rye's outstanding architecturally listed Victorian railway station that, presently and sadly shrouded and hidden behind nondescript concrete might be
cost for families, so it would be foolish for any political party to ignore it. Locally, my colleagues and I have also been pushing Southwark Council to do more about childcare, including suggesting free chilcdare hours which was fully costed in our alternative budget. Any parents who wish to find out more about the new tax-free scheme and how it works should do an online search for ‘tax free childcare’, where you will soon be directed to the relevant government websites. Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, Leader Southwark Liberal Democrat Group
‘Facts’ on 20mph speed limits
WE WOULD just like to clear up a couple of facts about the 20mph speed limit for Southwark following Mr Mayer’s letter last week (Let’s not just go on an anti-car crusade).
Firstly the evidence about the safety benefits of 20mph is really strong and far from being “pretty thin”. The definitive study in 2009
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on the impact of 399 20mph zones across London over a 20 year period found they delivered a 42% fall in levels of road casualties. Bringing in 20mph speed limits alone delivers around a 20% reduction in road casualties. Mr Mayer also argues that cars have been getting safer. This is true but it is vulnerable road users – cyclists and pedestrians – who are paying the price. In 2005, cyclists and pedestrians made up 47% of those killed and seriously injured on Southwark’s roads; by 2013 the figure had jumped to 64%. By 2013 just 6% of those killed or seriously injured were car occupants. Southwark’s roads have become relatively far safer for car occupants than for pedestrians and cyclists. In a borough where almost threefifths (58.4%) of all households do not own a car and less than 1 in 7 of us (13.2%) travel to work by car, surely it is right that the borough’s speed limit should be one which offers a far fairer balance between the needs of drivers and the vastly greater numbers of those who choose to walk and cycle. Jeremy Leach Chair Southwark Living Streets
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Hughes did keep promise on legal aid
SIMON HUGHES has kept the promise he made to use his role in government to protect vulnerable groups from changes to legal aid.
Simon has made sure that there have been significant changes to the original proposals. These changes mean that children at risk, victims of domestic violence and trafficking are now excluded from the residency test which will determine who can have legal aid paid for by the taxpayer. Liberal Democrats are now having to deal with the consequences of massive debts run up by Labour when they were in power. The debts this government inherited make it a bit hollow for their local candidate to complain now about measures to cut the cost of legal aid to local taxpayers. The Labour candidate needs to remember that Ed Miliband said last week that a future Labour government would make further cuts to legal aid if they won the next election. James Robert Fearnley, Rotherhithe
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Flower power
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ULY HAS seen mostly hot and humid conditions with strong breezes and high humidity levels.
Some plants were confused by the variable spring weather which has encouraged various shrubs and annuals into early flowering - such as Sunflowers blooming in June (instead of late August) and blackberries producing their first ripe berries also in June, months ahead of the traditional blackberry season of early September. There is some leaf loss occurring from larger trees in the strong July winds. Keeping up with weeding and watering are the usual tasks in the garden during high summer but there is other work to be done. Roses need attention, they have been in bloom for months and need constant dead heading, apply a liquid feed (seaweed as a tonic or a proprietary rose food), well rotted compost can be placed around the base of the plant. The latter will help conserve water in hot spells. Summer pruning of fruit trees can also be carried out; before tackling this job it is best to read up on the subject. It is important to prune correctly, if carried out at the wrong time future flowering can be disrupted and this in turn will affect fruiting. There is also some planning to be done for next season. As summer progresses think ahead to autumn displays and plant flowering bulbs - the usual tiny Cyclamen and Colchicum (Autumn crocus). In the vegetable plot autumn potatoes (the variety Charlotte) can be planted during July or August, they should be ready to harvest from October onwards. Even if you do not have a garden, potatoes can be planted in grow bags on the balcony/patio. They are quite easy to look after and it is a delight to dig fresh potatoes for immediate use. Curly kale is a very hardy cabbage and can tolerate a range of growing conditions. Sow seeds directly into the ground in July; these plants should provide a supply of leaves through the winter months. The garden is at its peak in July - there are a gorgeous range of perennials, shrubs, herbs and annuals in bloom. Some of the traditional medicinal and aromatic plants flower at this time of year - such as the English Lavenders, St John’s wort, Yarrow and Echinacea (a perennial grown in the flower border). St John’s wort has bright yellow flowers and in full sun they have a golden glow. Yarrow (A. millefolium) is usually a wild hedgerow herb but there are also hybrid ornamentals available to grow in the garden. It is tall with feathery leaves and compact flower heads, the hybrids come in a colour range from yellow, pink and red. (Note the foliage can cause irritation to sensitive skin). (Always seek the advice of a qualified herbal practitioner/health care professional before using any plants for medicinal purposes).
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ANISE GALLERY 13a, Shad Thames, SE1 (07808-864653) Pelo Malo Puerto Rican artist Jennifer Kaplan-Ortiz will discuss how Curly and Afro-Caribbean hair is viewed negatively around the world; ‘Pelo Malo’ will touch themes of beauty, along with racial and gender issues felt by women. Anise Gallery, Aug 7, 6pm-9pm, Aug 8-10, 12noon-5pm, free. ASC GALLERY Erlang House, 128, Blackfriars Road, SE1 (020-7274 7474) Sigrid Holmwood: A Peasant Painter’s Garden A show combining rare peasant paintings from Hallands Art Museum in Sweden with Sigrid Holmwoods contemporary paintings made with hand made paints. ASC Gallery, Mon-Sat 1.30pm-5pm, ends Aug 8, free. BANKSIDE GALLERY 48, Hopton Street, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7928 7521) Off The Wall A joint summer exhibition by artists from the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Bankside Gallery, From Aug 1, Mon-Sun 11am-6pm, ends Sep 7, free. BERMONDSEY SQUARE 2, Bermondsey Square, SE1 Matt Welch: Don’t We We Run Run Things Things? A multi media installation. Bermondsey Square, Phone for times, ends Aug 16, free. CAFE GALLERY PROJECTS 1, Park Approach, Southwark Park, SE16 (0207237 1230) Sites Of Collective Memory New animated works by Jordan Baseman, Shona Illingworth, Delaine Le Bas and Damian James Le Bas and Roz Mortimer. Cafe Gallery Projects, Wed-Sun 11am5pm, ends Aug 10, free. CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ARTS 89, Southwark Street, SE1 (020-7620 0086) Laura Youngson Coll Works by the artist using techniques of on-laying, paring and manipulating saturated leather. Contemporary Applied Arts, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm, ends Aug 31, free. COPPERFIELD GALLERY 6, Copperfield Street, SE1 Eric van Hove Eric van Hove (b.1975) is a nomadic artist whose work is committed to creating links between local and global issues. In February 2014 he presented ‘V12 Laraki’ (2013), the conclusion of nine months of work and the centre piece to the Marrakech Biennale. Copperfield Gallery, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm, closed 2-31 Aug, ends Sep 20, free. DESIGN MUSEUM 28 Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, SE1 (020-7940 8790) Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things A number of key 20th-century design items offering an insight into everyday objects. Design Museum, MonSun & Bank Hols 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Jan 4 2015, £10.75, NUS £6.50, concs £9.70, under 12s free. Louis Kahn: The Power Of Architecture Works and designs by the American architect. Design Museum, Mon-Sun & Bank Hols 10am-5.30pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Oct 12, £12.40, child £6.20, NUS £9.30, mems/under 12s free. Time Machines: Daniel Weil And The Art Of Design The Argentinian designer showcases witty and imaginative pieces from his 30-year career. Design Museum, Mon-Sun & Bank Hols 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Aug 31, free, plus admission £12.40, child £6.20, NUS £9.30, mems/under 12s free. DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Art And Life Individual and collaborative works from Ben and Winifred Nicholson. Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tue-Fri 10am5pm, Sat, Sun & Bank Hols 11am-5pm, ends Sep 21, £10, OAP £8, unwaged/disabled/NUS £5, under 18s/mems free. Jan Van Huysum: An Impossible Bouquet, Four Masterpieces Four works from both private collections and the gallery. Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm, Aug 25, 10am-5pm, ends Sep 28, includes entry to the Permanent Collection £10,
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in Southwark
Holy Crusaders leave Unholy Legacy
Photo by: Marc Brenner
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DAVID ELDRIDGE'S 'Holy Warriors' is a play that poses an awful lot of questions, writes Matt Baker...
For instance, can one man's choices really echo through history for the best part of a millennium? Here the man in question is Richard the Lionheart, and the choice is his decision to ignore the opportunity to settle Western differences in the Holy Land whilst on Crusade. The Lion heart's refusal to accept the olive branch, offered by the Great Salahadin, is used as a jumping off point explore the nature of conflicts that span generations, drawing each successive epoch into more violent and bitter rivalry, until all hope for reason and peace is lost. After his assassination, Richard finds NUS/unwaged/disabled £5, OAP £9, child free. FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM 83, Bermondsey Street, SE1 (020-7407 8664) Couture Techniques: Workshop Back by popular demand! Led by Zandra Rhode’s dress maker Jolanta Cerniauskiene, this workshop will give you the know-how and confidence to work with high-end fabrics such as chiffon and silk satin. Fashion And Textile Museum, Aug 30, 11am4.30pm, £70. Made In Mexico: The Rebozo In Art, Culture & Fashion This summer the Fashion and Textile Museum stages the first-ever exhibition on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th-century culture by artist Frida Kahlo. Fashion And Textile Museum, Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-5pm, ends Aug 31, £8.80, NUS £5.50, concs £6.60. GABRIEL FINE ART Cottage 2, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane, SE1 (0207-987 6762) Summertime Gabriel Fine Art is honoured to present you with the works of three talented England-based female painters this summer, Emma Harrison, Katharine Dove and K Blick. Gabriel Fine Art, Sat & Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, ends Aug 12, free. GASWORKS 155, Vauxhall Street, The Oval, SE11 (020-7582 6848) Dependency Art exhibition featuring
himself in Purgatory where the spirit of his dead mother asks if, in the matter of Jerusalem, Richard has acted wisely. To help him consider this shows him the future of the Holy City, and he is given the chance to choose a different future. I often find it hard to absorb any plot device that is so fantastical in modern theatre; here, however, amongst the Elizabethan splendour of the globe it works well. The cast are excellent, and deliver a powerful ensemble performance that made for a great evening. The original score for the piece perfectly capture the sorrow felt so deeply in the region, and was a testament to the musicianship of the four strangely costumed figures at the back of the stage.
works by Patricia L Boyd, Moyra Davey, Melanie Gilligan and Marianne Wex. Gasworks, Mon-Sun 12noon-6pm, ends Aug 3, free. GREENGRASSI 1a, Kempsford Road, SE11 (020-7840 9101) Shio Kusaka Works by the contemporary artist. Greengrassi, Tue-Sat 11am-6pm, ends Aug 2, free. GXGALLERY 43, Denmark Hill, SE5 (020-7703 8396) Flock 2014 Works in various media. GXgallery, From Aug 8, Mon-Sat 9am6pm, ends Aug 28, free. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM Lambeth Road, Elephant & Castle, SE1 (020-7416 5000) Mark Neville Images of British soldiers and the civilian population of Afghanistan. Imperial War Museum, Mon-Sun 10am6pm, ends Sep 25, free. JERWOOD SPACE 171, Union Street, Bankside, SE1 (020-7654 0179) Anna Bunting-Branch A painting installation inspired by Margaret Cavendish’s utopian fantasy novel A Description Of A New World, Called The Blazing World. Jerwood Space, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-3pm, closed Bank Hols, ends Aug 30, free. Jerwood Makers Open 2014 Commissions by five makers and designers. Jerwood Space, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-3pm, ends Aug 31, free.
Without doubt this is a piece of theatre that requires sustained effort from the audience, but is well worth the price. With recent goings on in Gaza and the West Bank I left with the feeling that the play's pessimism over the future of the Holy Land is probably well justified. Indeed, as I watched the late night news I found myself wondering what decisions our generation will make that will cause regret for future generations. A sign I think, of a well written play indeed. Shakespeare’s Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT August 2nd August 24th Box Office: 020 7401 9919 tickets.shakespearesglobe.com
Jerwood Makers Open: SLAM Last Fridays Monthly late-opening event in association with South London Art Map. Jerwood Space, Aug 29, 6pm-8pm, free, adv booking required. LLEWELLYN ALEXANDER 124-126, The Cut, SE1 (020-7620 1322/1324) Not The Royal Academy 2014 Paintings and drawings that didn’t make it into the Royal Academy’s summer exhibition. Llewellyn Alexander, Tue-Sat 10am7.30pm, ends Aug 16, free. Society Of Feline Artists: Annual London Show 2014 Paintings, prints and drawings by more than 50 artists. Llewellyn Alexander, From Aug 1, Tue-Sat 10am-7.30pm, ends Sep 30, free. London College Of Communication Elephant & Castle, SE1 (020-7514 6500) Pape Topographies: A Collaboration Between Anna Fricker And Patrick Sutherland Research work undertaken to investigate the de-inking of paper using high-intensity ultrasound. The project incorporates a collection of images made by Anna Fricker in 2006, during her post as Research Assistant at the UAL Materials and the Arts Research Centre (MATAR). The results were edited by Patrick Sutherland and first shown at the Institute of Physics in 2007, and later published by Surface Coatings International. London College Of Communication, Tue & Thu 12noon & 2.30pm, ends Aug 29, free.
MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 (07985658443) Art Of Recovery The Long Gallery will be showing how art can help teenagers in their journey towards recovery from mental illness in an exhibition. Maudsley Hospital, Mon-Sun 4.30pm-6.30pm, ends Sep 26, free. MENIER GALLERY 51, Southwark Street, SE1 (0207-407 3222) Evocative 24 artists reflect on ‘the power of the evocative’ in their work, exploring subjects as diverse as nakedness, courage, lorry driving, music CDs, football, WWI, family photos and footsteps. Menier Gallery, Mon-Thu & Sat 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Aug 5-30, £8. NATIONAL THEATRE: Lyttelton South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Charlie Waite: Silent Exchange A display of recent and important landscape images. National Theatre: Lyttelton, MonSat 9.30am-10.30pm, Sun 12noon-6pm, ends Sep 20, free. Orso Major Gallery 19, Lower Marsh, SE1 (07958-760624) Summer Daze Exhibition The summer exhibition at Orso Major is a group exhibition of work by popular artists, Sarah Hamilton, Julia McKenzie, Janet Brooke, Kimm Stevens and Jennifer Collier. Orso Major Gallery, Tue-Fri 11am6pm, Sat 11am-3pm, ends Aug 2, free. OVALHOUSE 54, Kennington Oval,
Kennington, SE11 (020-7582 7680) Demonstrate! Movement driven photography project aimed at helping disabled youngsters engage with their creativity. Ovalhouse, Sat 10.30am12.30pm, ends Aug 30, phone for prices. ROXY BAR AND SCREEN 128-132, Borough High Street, Bankside, SE1 (020-7407 4057) The Creative Bubble – POP UP Art Gallery Each month, The Creative Bubble will host a rotating pop-up gallery showcasing exciting new artists alongside established talent from around the world for 30 days. Roxy Bar And Screen, MonSun 11am-11pm, ends Aug 25, free. Silverprint Gallery 120, London Road, SE1 (020-7620 0169) We Are Somewhere The latest exhibition from The Silverprint Gallery, showcasing the three best recent graduates from the BA Photography Degree at the London College of Communication. Silverprint Gallery, Mon-Wed & Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Thu 9.30am-8pm, ends Aug 8, free. SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE 85, St George’s Road, SE1 (020-7091 9650) As Above So Below An indoor vertical edible garden. Visitors are encouraged to play a role in its life by watering and nurturing the plants. Siobhan Davies Dance, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, ends Sep 21, free. Kim Norton: Lines Levels Layers Ceramicist Norton exposes the raw materiality of clay. Siobhan Davies Dance, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-8pm, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, ends Sep 21, free. South Bank SE1 Totally Thames: Rivers Of The World Large-scale artworks created by students from schools in London, New Orleans, Taipei and Jhelum. South Bank, From Aug 16, Mon-Sun dawn-dusk, ends Sep 14, free. SOUTH LONDON GALLERY 65-67, Peckham Road, SE5 (020-7703 6120) Julia Crabtree And William Evans Following six months as the Nina Stewart Artists-in-Residence in the SLG’s Outset Artists’ Flat, Julia Crabtree and William Evans present an unfurling installation across the first floor galleries. South London Gallery, Tue & Thu-Sun 11am6pm, Wed 11am-9pm, ends Sep 14, free. Last Seen Entering The Biltmore Works by Richard Artschwager, Barbara Bloom, Guy de Cointet, Richard Healy, Nan Hoover, Allison Katz, William Leavitt, Darius Miksys and Ola Vasiljeva. South London Gallery, Tue & Thu-Sun 11am6pm, Wed 11am-9pm, fourth Fri of month 11am-9pm, ends Sep 14, free. SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Katherine Araniello The London-based artist hosts the most audacious dinner party to date. In this live art and digital performance Araniello does her utmost to control her surroundings. Meanwhile, the butler and her personal assistant have access to unlimited alcohol and her guests babble becomes intoxicating. Purcell Room, Sep 2, 7.30pm, £15, concs £7.50, mems free. The House In The Sky The exhibited artists are Helen Carmel Benigson, Eloise Hawser, Yuichi Higashionna, Marguerite Humeau, Serena Korda, Lorna Mills, Ujino, Rory Pilgrim, Yu-Chen Wang and O Zhang. Hayward Gallery, Sun-Mon 10am6pm, Tue-Thu 10am-11pm, Fri & Sat 10am-1pm, ends Sep 7, free. The Human Factor: The Figure In Contemporary Sculpture A major survey examining how figurative sculpture has been reinvented from the late-1980s to the present. Hayward Gallery, Mon 12noon-6pm, Tue, Wed, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, Thu & Fri 10am-8pm, ends Sep 7, £10, OAP £9, concs £8, ages 1218 £6.50, mems/under 12s free. Southwark Cathedral Montague Close, SE1 (020-7367 6700) Gabriela Gira: Revelations A selection of pin hole photographs illuminating historic symbolic artefacts. Southwark Cathedral, Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, ends Aug 22, free. TATE MODERN BANKSIDE, Holland Street, SE1 (020-7887 8888)
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Special flowers
THE DULWICH Picture Gallery will exhibit a special collection of works by the 18th-century Dutch artist Jan van Huysum.
'An Impossible Bouquet, Four Masterpieces by Jan van Huysum' will bring together beautiful works from private collections alongside Dulwich’s own painting that together showcase the artist’s ingenuity and astonishing ability to paint flowers, fruit and insects with minute attention to detail. Included within the display are two paintings that have remained together since they left Van Huysum’s studio around 1732: Flowers in a Vase with Crown Imperial and Fruit and Flowers in front of a Garden Vase. Their complementary compositions suggest he conceived them as pendants (painted as a pair) - a rarity amongst his oeuvre of 241 paintings. His impressive arrangements could depict over 35 different types of flowers, which, before modern cultivation techniques, would never have been seen together at the same time of year. To overcome this Van Huysum worked from sketches and painted some of his arrangements over two years, explaining why he signed his paintings with two dates. Van Huysum is widely regarded as the greatest still-life painter of his time. His Abstraction And The Sublime Works exploring affinities between the American post-war abstractionists and European landscape painters. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Around Abstract Art 1920-1935 An exhibition exploring the development of abstract art. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Arte Povera And Anti-Form An art exhibition curated by Mark Godfrey and Helen Sainsbury. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Artist Rooms: Robert Mapplethorpe Self portraits by the American photographer. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Oct 26, free. Vanessa Bell And Saluoa Raouda Choucair Works by two artists from different periods and different locations who were both pioneers of abstraction in their own place and time. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Aug 23 2015, free. Joseph Beuys: Artist Rooms This display of sculpture brings together works by the German artist from the early 1980s. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31 2015, free. Constructionism Curated by Tanya Barson and Matthew Gale. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Cubism Exhibition illuminating the perceptual and conceptual aspects of the art movement. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Giorgio De Chirico And Jannis Kounellis An exhibition exploring how two different artists responded to surrealism. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.
ambitious compositions demonstrate his ability to combine a huge variety of species into beautiful, coherent still lifes that made him popular with collectors both during and beyond his lifetime. The paintings included within this display were once owned by prominent 18th-century collectors, including the Gallery’s founders, Sir Francis Bourgeois and Noël Desenfans, as well as the Swiss painter and dealer Jean-Étienne Liotard.
Exhibition dates: 1 July 2014 – 28 September 2014 Free entry with a ticket to the Permanent Collection Full Price £5; Senior Citizens £4; Unemployed, disabled, students, children, Friends FREE Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, SE21 7AD
Niki De Saint Phalle And Richard Serra Two artists working in the arte povera, or poor art tradition. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Elegies Works by Claude Monet, Joan Mitchell and Lee Ufan. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Elements Of Chance Exhibition of surrealist art which toys with the notion of chance. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Andrea Fraser: Projection A video installation by the Los Angeles-based artist. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Aug 31, free. Leon Golub & Hrair Sarkissian: Facing History Works by two artists whose subject-matter is violence and atrocity. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Thomas Hirschhorn And Germaine Richier Two contrasting sculptures that focus on the body. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Nicholas Hlobo Artworks which utilise craft techniques of stitching and weaving. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Homeworkers Works employing materials traditionally associated with the domestic sphere. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Somnath Hore Abstract paper works by the Bengali artist. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, phone for prices. Ellsworth Kelly Retrospective exhibition to mark the artist’s 90th birthday. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.
New nostalgia exhibition COLIN O’BRIEN has been taking photographs of Londoners and London scenes since 1948. This August O’Brien will once again be exhibiting a carefully selected collection of images in gallery@oxo, to follow on from his 2004 and 2006 exhibitions here.
From travellers in Hackney (1980) to a fairground in Elephant and Castle (1962) O’Brien has been capturing commonplace moments that are often overlooked by photographers for 65 years. Capturing the commonplace is
Beryl Korot A video installation that explores themes of history and memory. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, free. Alex Katz: Artists Rooms A selection of paintings by the American artist. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, free. Malevich: Revolutionary Of Russian Art Paintings by the radical and influential 20th-century artist. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Oct 26, £13.10, concs £11.30, National Art Pass/Art Fund mems £6.55, concs £5.65, under 12s free. Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs Coloured cut-out paintings made between 1936 and 1954. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Sep 7, £16.30, concs £14.50, under 12s free. Mark Rothko Paintings presented to the Tate by the artist himself. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Modern Project. Tate Modern, Mon-Sun open-access, ends Sep 30 2015, free. New Images Of Man An exhibition exploring how artists responded to the barbarities of the mid-20th century. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Pino Pascali Works by one of the most important 1960s Italian artists. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Charlotte Posenenske An exhibition curated by Jessica Morgan and Kyla McDonald. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Realisms Exploring how many 20thcentury artists resisted the onslaught of abstractionism. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Albert Renger-Patzsch An exhibition of works by the influential 20th-century
what makes O’Brien’s images so special, he has documented a way of life that is now long gone. Born in 1940 in a very different Clerkenwell to the one we know today, O’Brien photographed the London working life of the 1950s and 60s. “Most of my pictures have been taken in London, where I was born and have lived all my life. The London street scene is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for me.” With a photographic journey spanning 65 years O’Brien has
photographer. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Mark Rothko Paintings presented to the Tate by the artist himself. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Russian Revolutionary Posters A display of street posters from the Soviet era. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian And Zarina Hashmi Two artists whose work explores memory and cultural dislocation. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Surrealism And Beyond A variety of works exploring how surrealist artists approached dreams. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. The Reclining Nude Exhibition of works exploring the evolution of this artistic tradition in the 19th and 20th centuries. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Cy Twombly Paintings and sculptures evoking the ancient world. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Bill Viola Display of works by the pioneering video artist. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Lawrence Weiner This cycle of works from 1988 consists of 10 statements, each suggesting a physical action or invoking the manipulation of an object or material. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Jan 31, free. Henry Wessel Photographs depicting America’s social landscape. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10am, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. THE GALLERY @ Oxo Oxo Tower
painstakingly selected his favourite images for this exhibition. Although the images are not chronologically ordered they all convey a past existence, of a world that has changed out of recognition over that period of time. 65 is a must see exhibition for anyone wanting to be taken on a nostalgic journey of a way of life that no longer exists.
Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, SE1 9PH until August 10th gallery@oxo FREE ADMISSION
Wharf, Bargehouse Street, SE1 (0207021 1686) Framing Hope A photography exhibition by Jillian Edelstein celebrating 25 years of eradicating poverty in countries around the world with FXB International. The Gallery @ Oxo, Aug 14-31, Mon-Sun, 11am-6pm, free. Vitrine Gallery Bermondsey Square, SE1 Matt Welch: Don’t We We Run Run Things Things? A multi media installation. Vitrine Gallery, Mon-Sun dawn-dusk, ends Aug 16, free. WHITE CUBE BERMONDSEY 144-152, Bermondsey Street, SE1 (020-7930 5373) 399 Days: Rachel Kneebone The largest and most ambitious single installation Rachel Kneebone has created to date – 399 Days is composed of highly detailed porcelain tiles, constructed to form a towering architectural sculpture. White Cube Bermondsey, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12noon-6pm, ends Sep 28, free. Gilbert & George: Scapegoating Pictures For London Contemporary collaged prints by the established duo. White Cube Bermondsey, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12noon-6pm, ends Aug 28, free. Archbishop’s Park Carlisle Lane, SE1 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare A chaotic yet fun way to experience a Shakespearean classic on headphones. Archbishop’s Park, Aug 14, 12noon, free. EMMA CONS GARDENS 103, The Cut, SE1 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare A chaotic yet fun way to experience a Shakespearean classic on headphones. Emma Cons Gardens, Aug 8, 12.30pm & 5pm, free. LONDON WONDERGROUND Jubilee Gardens, off Belvedere Road, SE1 (0844545 8282) Between The Sheets With Miss Polly Rae Burlesque superstar Miss Polly Rae returns to the London stage. London Wonderground, Aug 1 & 9, 9.30pm, £17.50. Briefs – The Second Coming Entertaining and mischief-making show of cabaret, modern circus theatre, comedy and sequins. London Wonderground, From Aug 28, Tue-Sun 7.30pm, ends Sep 28, £15.50.
Cirque Du Cabaret (The Tassel Club) A colourful and stylish blend of cabaret, live music, modern circus-theatre and burlesque. Not suitable for under 18s. London Wonderground, Aug 8, 9.30pm, Wonder Seats £24.50, Early Bird Discount £17.50. Eyes Down! Bingo With Ida Barr Christopher Green presents his pensioner-friend, Ida Barr with her unique Bingo show. London Wonderground, Aug 9, 2pm, Aug 30, 4pm, £21.50. House Of Burlesque Miss Tempest Rose welcomes you to an evening of glitz, glamour, decadence and entertainment. London Wonderground, Aug 7, 14, 21 & 28, 9.30pm-10.45pm, £14 & £15.50, Wonder Seats £20.50. Miss Behave’s Gameshow Miss Behave is your hostess for this entertaining, energetic and decadent, late-night show. Not suitable for under 16s. London Wonderground, Aug 30, 9.30pm, £15.50, concs £14. The WOW Show: Wonderground On Wednesdays Fun and entertainment for the middle of the week, with a range of performers showcasing their talents. London Wonderground, Aug 6 & 20, 9.30pm, £12.50. Lower Marsh Lower Marsh, SE1 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare A chaotic yet fun way to experience a Shakespearean classic on headphones. Lower Marsh, Aug 30, 10am & 1pm, free. Myatt’s Fields Park Cormont Road, SE5 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare Experience a Shakespearean classic through headphones. Myatt’s Fields Park, Aug 3, 11am & 2pm, free. LOWER MARSH Lower Marsh, SE1 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare A chaotic yet fun way to experience a Shakespearean classic on headphones. Lower Marsh, Aug 30, 10am & 1pm, free. Myatt’s Fields Park Cormont Road, SE5 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare Experience a Shakespearean classic through headphones. Myatt’s Fields Park, Aug 3, 11am & 2pm, free. Natio NATIONAL THEATRE South Bank, SE1
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Dogfight in Southwark Playhouse
DOGFIGHT PREMIÈRED OffBroadway in 2012, winning the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and it was also nominated for five Outer Critics Circle and two Drama Desk Awards.
November 21, 1963. The night before their deployment to Vietnam, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, the unassuming and idealistic waitress he enlists to win a cruel bet, she rewrites the rules of the game and opens his eyes to what really matters in life.
Southwark Playhouse, The Large, 77-85 Newington Causeway , SE1 6BD Box Office: 020 7407 0234 www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Friday 8 August Saturday 13 September Times: Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm; Saturday matinee at 3.00pm £22.00/£18.00 concessions; all previews £12.00 (8 -12 August) (020-7452 3000) Hotel Polly Stenham’s latest play is set on a desert island. National Theatre, MonSat 8pm, mats Sat 3pm, ends Aug 2, £12 & £20. Watch This Space Festival: Crazy In Love! A physical comedy about the highs and lows of falling in, and falling out of love. National Theatre, Aug 30, 5pm, free. Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare Experience Shakespeare in a chaotic yet fun way by listening to a classic through headphones. National Theatre, Aug 10, 12noon & 3pm, free.
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NATIONAL THEATRE: LYTTELTON South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Great Britain Richard Bean’s anarchic satire about the media, directed by Nicholas Hytner. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.15pm, audio described perf Aug 1, audio described mat perf Aug 2), ends Aug 23, £15-£50. NATIONAL THEATRE: OLIVIER South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) A Small Family Business Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy drama, offering an exposure of greed, is directed by Adam Penford. National Theatre: Olivier, Aug 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, 26 & 27, 7.30pm, mats Aug 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 & 27, 2pm, ends Aug 27, £15-£50. Medea Helen McCrory stars in the title role, in Ben Power’s new version of the Euripides’ tragedy. National Theatre: Olivier, Aug 5-7, 11-14, 18-23, 25 & 28-30, 7.30pm, mats Aug 6, 13, 23 & 30, 2pm), ends Sep 4, £15-£35. OLD VIC 103, The Cut, SE1 (0844-871 7628) The Crucible Arthur Miller’s masterful drama, re-imagined in director Yael Farber’s production. Old Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm, no perf Aug 4, ends Sep 13, £10-£55. ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN 372, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 (0207820 1222) Hot August Fringe 2014: Dr Woof, Rubyyy Jones And The Familyyy Fierce A mix of cabaret, comedy, bands, sketch, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and more. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Aug 18, 7pm-11pm, £8.
Hot August Fringe 2014: Freddie & Holly, Mister Meredith And Moonage A mix of cabaret, comedy, bands, sketch, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and more. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Aug 13, 7pm-11pm, £8. Hot August Fringe 2014: Hot August Fringe With Voodoo Mick, Madame Katastroff And Baby Lame Cabaret, comedy, bands, sketch, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and more. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Aug 4, 7pm-11pm, £8. Hot August Fringe 2014: Madame Katastroff, Baby Lame And Ben Craig A mix of cabaret, comedy, bands, sketch, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and more. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Aug 7, 7pm11pm, £8. Hot August Fringe 2014: Regarding X, Kitsch Kittens And Frank Lavender Back for its sixth year, the Hot August Fringe runs from 1-22 August, presenting a programme of brilliant entertainment with cabaret, comedy, bands, sketch, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and more. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Aug 20, 7pm-11pm, £8. Hot August Fringe 2014: Regarding X, MemLife And Ben Craig A mix of cabaret, comedy, bands, sketch, theatre, burlesque, spoken word and more. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Aug 21, 7pm-11pm, £8. The Big Bingo Show With Timberlina & Hey Balen A night of reckless hilarity, great music, spontaneous dance routines, bearded ladiness and topical banter – what better way to start the week. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Mon 8.30pm, free entry, £1 per game. SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE 21, New Globe Walk, SE1 (020-7401 9919) Antony & Cleopatra Eve Best stars as the Queen of Egypt, with Phil Daniels as Enobarbus, in Jonathan Munby’s production of Shakespeare’s drama. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Aug 1, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 19 & 21, 7.30pm, Aug 3, 17 & 24, 6.30pm, Aug 31, 7pm, Performed at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Aug 8, 11.59pm, mats Aug 5, 13, 14 & 20-22, 2pm, Aug 10, 1pm, Aug 1-24 £15-£42, standing £5, Aug 31, £25-£45, Premium Tickets £60, standing £10. Holy Warriors A new epic drama written by David Eldridge, set during the
Crusades during the 11th and 12th centuries, right up to the modern day conflicts of the Middle East. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Aug 2, 16 & 23, 7.30pm, Aug 10, 6.30pm, mats Aug 3, 17 & 24, 1pm, £15-£42, standing £5. Julius Caesar Dominic Dromgoole directs the Shakespeare’s Globe production of the Roman political drama. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Aug 4, 11, 14 & 27-29, 7.30pm, Indoor performance in Sam Wanamker Playhouse, mats Aug 1, 2, 12, 15 & 16, 2pm, £15-£42, standing £5. King Lear Joseph Marcell stars in this Shakespeare’s Globe touring production. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Aug 6, 9, 18, 20 & 22, 7.30pm, mats Aug 7-9, 19 & 23, 2pm, £15-£38, standing £5. The Comedy Of Errors William Shakespeare’s short farce is directed by Blanche McIntyre. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Aug 30, 7.30pm, Aug 31, 6.30pm, £15-£42, standing £5. SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Bryony Kimmings: Sex Idiot An unapologetic account of female sexuality in the 21st century. Foyer, Aug 12-16, 7.45pm, Aug 16, 9.30pm, £17, concs £8.50. L’orchestre Dhommes-Orchestres The music of Kurt Weill. Purcell Room, Aug 1 & 2, 7.45pm, Aug 3, 6pm, £20, concs £10, mems free. Ursula Martinez An investigation of sex, identity and the internet. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, Aug 5-9, 7.45pm, Aug 9, 9.30pm, Aug 10, 6pm, £17, concs £8.50. Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby Three short works by Samuel Beckett, performed by Lisa Dwan. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, Aug 19-21 & 26-30, 7.45pm, £19, concs £9.50, mems free. SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85, Newington Causeway, SE1 (020-7407 0234) A Bright Room Called Day Pulitzerprize-winning playwright Tony Kushner’s celebrated play. Southwark Playhouse, Mon-Sat 8pm, mat Sat 3.30pm, ends Aug 16, £18, concs £16. Dogfight A book musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, based on the 1991 film written by Bob
Comfort. Southwark Playhouse, From Aug 8, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm (press night Aug 13), ends Sep 13, Aug 812 previews £12, Aug 13-31 £22, concs £18. In Lambeth Jack Shepherd’s drama imagines a meeting between Tom Paine and William Blake. Southwark Playhouse, Aug 1 & 2, 7.30pm, mat Aug 2, 3pm, £18, concs £16, prev perf £10. St Mark’s, Kennington Kennington Park Road, SE11 (020-7061 6454) Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare A chaotic Shakespearean experience through headphones. St Mark’s, Kennington, Aug 7, 12.30pm & 4.30pm, free. ST THOMAS’ HOSPITAL Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 (020-7978 1545) Watch This Space Festival: Crazy In Love! A physical comedy about the highs and lows of falling in, and falling out of love. St Thomas’ Hospital, Aug 28, 5pm, free. Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare Enjoy a fun Shakespearean experience by listening to a classic through headphones. St Thomas’ Hospital, Aug 28, 12noon & 3pm, free. TEA HOUSE Theatre 139, Vauxhall Walk, SE11 (020-7207 4585) Teatime Wonder Game Be immersed in a dreamland and a secret tea party, play a game with unexpected rules or even, as it may sometimes seem, no rules at all. Experience a taste of the surreal in a performance that involves live music, storytelling and gambling. Tea House Theatre, Aug 30, 7.30pm-9.45pm, £20. THE CINEMA MUSEUM 2, Dugard Way, SE11 (020-7840 2200) Charlie Ward Sound&Fury’s immersive sound installation casts the audience as patients on a wartime hospital ward. The Cinema Museum, Wed-Sun 3pm, 3.30pm, 4pm, 4.30pm, 5pm, 5.30pm, 6pm, 6.30pm, 7pm, 7.30pm, 8pm, 8.30pm & 9pm, ends Aug 3, £5. THE MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY 53, Southwark Street, SE1 (020-7378 1713) Forbidden Broadway Musical revue exploring the history of American theatre. The Menier Chocolate Factory, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, ends Aug
16, £27.50-£32.50, Premier Seats £35, Meal Deals £35.50-£39.50, Tue-Fri, Sat & Sun 8pm & 3.30pm concs £25. THE MILLER 96, Snowfields, SE1 (0207407 2690) Hoopla Improv Comedy Club Hoopla presents a selection of the best improvised comedy in London every Friday and Saturday night. At least two different improv groups each night from the UK’s flourishing live impro scene. The Miller, Fri & Sat 8pm-10pm, ends Sep 27, £5. THE OLD SCHOOL YARD 109-111, Long Lane, SE1 Comedy At The Old School Yard Great comedy night featuring a fantastic mix of newbies & established comics. The Old School Yard, Wed 8pm-10pm, ends Dec 3, free. The Scoop At More London The Queens Walk, Riverside, SE1 (020-7403 4866) More London Free Festival: The Ring Cycle Plays (The Rhine Gold/The Valkyrie/Siegfried/Twilight Of The Gods) Gods and Monsters Theatre present an exciting adaptation of the librettos composed by Richard Wagner, which you can see in four parts, or during one visit. The Scoop At More London, From Aug 6, Wed-Sun 6pm: 6pm The Rhine Gold, 7pm The Valkyrie, 8.30pm Siegfried, 9.30pm Twilight Of The Gods (StageText captioned perf Aug 21), ends Aug 31, free. UNICORN THEATRE 147, Tooley Street, SE1 (020-7645 0560) Crazy In Love! A physical comedy about the highs and lows of falling in, and falling out of love. Unicorn Theatre, Aug 24, 12.30am-1pm & 3.30pm-4pm, free. Micro-Shakespeare A fun way to experience a Shakespearean classic on headphones. Unicorn Theatre, Aug 29, 12noon-2pm & 5pm-7pm, free. UNION THEATRE 204, Union Street, Southwark, SE1 (020-7261 9876) Pacific Overtures An epic musical tale of how the child becomes the master. Union Theatre, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 2.30pm, ends Aug 2, £20, concs £18. See Rock City And Other Destinations A contemporary musical set in tourist destinations across America. Union Theatre, From Aug 15, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat & Sun 2.30pm, ends Aug 30,
£16. Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens 139, Vauxhall Walk, SE11 Watch This Space Festival: MicroShakespeare Experience a Shakespearean classic through headphones. Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Aug 14, 3pm, free. WATERLOO EAST THEATRE 3, Wootton Street (Entrance In Brad Street), SE1 (020-7928 0060) Whistleblower, The Story Of Edward Snowden Richard Roques’ cautionary tale. Waterloo East Theatre, Aug 1 & 2, 7.30pm, mat Aug 3, 4pm, Aug 1-3 £17, concs £15, Aug 3 £17, concs £15. WATERLOO MILLENNIUM Green 14, Baylis Road, SE1 (020-7403 3393) Watch This Space Festival: Crazy In Love! A physical comedy about the highs and lows of falling in, and falling out of love. Waterloo Millennium Green, Aug 13, 5.30pm, free. WHITE BEAR THEATRE 138, Kennington Park Road, SE11 (020-7793 9193) Muswell Hill Torben Betts’ darkly funny play is directed by Roger Mortimer-Smith. White Bear Theatre, From Aug 13, TueSat 7.30pm, Sun 6pm, ends Aug 30, £14, concs £10. Twelfth Night A vibrant, sexy and hilarious retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tale. White Bear Theatre, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 6pm, ends Aug 9, £14, concs £10. YOUNG VIC 66, The Cut, SE1 (020-7922 2922) A Streetcar Named Desire The awardwinning Gillian Anderson stars as Blanche DuBois in Benedict Andrews’ production of Tennessee Williams’ 1947 drama. Young Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed 2.30pm, Aug 2 & 30, 2.30pm, ends Sep 19, £10-£35, phone for availability. The Events David Greig’s daring new play asks how far forgiveness will stretch in the face of atrocity. Young Vic, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mat Sat 2.45pm, ends Aug 2, £10, £19.50, concs available. To submit listings, please enter events online at least four weeks in advance at www.pressassociation.com/Listings /AddYourEvent
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CRYPTIC PUZZLE Clues Across
4 Several frogmen (6) 8 Meeting Constance with diplomacy (7) 9 Reverend gentleman breaks the circle (6) 10 Man with loads of work (9) 11 Gain a point? It's intoxicating (4) 13 Stays for the postscript (5) 14 Father, in tatters, an example to us all (7) 16 Two-by-two in close-up (7) 18 Inscribed in memory, by the sound of it (5) 19 Bird heard to make money (4) 21 Plagued to be leased round the beginning of May (9) 22 Wash all I have on (6) 23 Asleep? Right, before it's about and cancels everything (7) 24 It's nonsense about the lair of the animal (6)
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CRYPTIC ACROSS: 1 Rebels 7 Isolate 8 Contain 9 Nadir 10 Relenting 12 Ewe 13 Edam 15 Edified 17 Rear 19 Did 21 Partition 22 Moose 27 Noisome 24 Tangent 25 Anonym DOWN: 1 Recorder 2 Bangle 3 Learned 4. Going 5 Landed 6 Peer 7 Indifferent 11 Ewer 13 Edit 14 Moonbeam 16 Edition 18 Abound 20 Disown 21 Pekes 22 Mite QUICK ACROSS: 1 Fringe 7 Amateur 8 Unclasp 9 Ratio 10 Slenderly 12 Sue 13 Sees 15 Despoil 17 Else 19 Met 21 Triumphal 22 Juror 23 Tonnage 24 Pinnace 25 Zealot DOWN: 1 Foursome 2 Inches 3 Grandee 4 Harry 5 Mettle 6 Trio 7 Appropriate 11 Nude 13 Slap 14 Smallest 16 Immense 18
STEP UP 5: ALL IN (PG) Daily at 1.35 3.45 6.00 Pass List Suspended THE NUT JOB (U) Daily at 11.30 1.20 4.35 (No 1.20 Wed/Thu) Pass List Suspended GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (12A) 3D Daily at 9.00 2D Fri-Tue at 12.50 3.10 6.15 Wed/Thu at 1.20 3.45 6.15 Pass List Suspended HERCULES (12A) 3D Daily at 11.20 2D Daily at 6.40 8.50 Pass List Suspended BOYHOOD (15) Daily at 8.15 Pass List Suspended EARTH TO ECHO (PG) Daily at 4.20 6.35 8.40 Pass List Suspended HOUSE OF MAGIC (U) Daily at 11.35 2.50 Pass List Suspended DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (12A) 3D Daily at 3.35 6.20 2D Daily at 1.30 8.45 Pass List Suspended PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE (U) Daily at 1.10 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 3D Daily at 1.25 2D Daily at 11.15 3.40 (No 3.40 Wed/Thu) (Mon 11.15 Subtitled) Pass List Suspended TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (12A) Fri-Tue at 8.10 Pass List Suspended THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (12A) Fri-Tue at 5.35 (Tue 5.35 Subtitled) MALEFICENT (PG) 2D Fri/Sun/Tue/Thu at 11.25 RIO 2 (U) 2D Sat/Mon/Wed at 11.25 (Wed 11.25 Subtitled) THE INBETWEENERS 2 (15) Wed/Thu at 1.40 3.50 6.00 8.20 Pass List Suspended
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13:15 22:15 Thu 10:20 13:15 19:15 s/t EARTH TO ECHO (PG) Wheelchair Access, Infra Red, 1h 56m–mild bad language, threat Fri-Sat 10:45 13:00 Sun 10:45 s/t 13:00 Mon-Tue 10:45 13:00 Wed 10:45 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (12A) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 26m–moderate fantasy action violence, threat, moderate bad language Fri-Thu 12:30 15:20 18:10 21:00 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (12A) 3D, Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 26m–moderate fantasy action violence, threat, moderate bad language Fri-Sat 13:20 14:20 16:10 17:10 19:00 20:00 21:50 22:40 Sun-Tue 13:20 14:20 16:10 17:10 19:00 20:00 21:50 Wed-Thu 14:20 17:10 19:00 20:00 21:50 HERCULES (12A) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 03m–moderate violence, bloody images, moderate sex references, strong language Fri-Tue 12:45 17:45 Wed-Thu 18:00 HERCULES (12A) 3D, Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 03m–moderate violence, bloody images, moderate sex references, strong language Fri-Sun 15:15 20:00 Mon 15:15 s/t 20:00 Tue 15:15 20:00 Wed-Thu 20:30 THE HOUSE OF MAGIC (U) Wheelchair Access, Infra Red, 1h 50m–scary scenes, mild threat, very mild bad language Fri-Tue 10:30 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 07m–mild violence, threat Fri-Thu 11:20 13:45 16:15 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) 3D, Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 07m–mild violence, threat Fri-Tue 11:15 THE INBETWEENERS 2 (15) 3D, Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 01m–strong sex references, nudity, very strong language, drug misuse Wed 12:15 13:00 14:00 14:45 15:30 16:30 17:20 18:00 19:00 19:45 20:30 21:30 22:00 22:50 Thu 12:15 13:00 14:00 14:45 15:30 16:30 17:20 18:00 19:00 19:45 20:30 21:30 22:50 THE NUT JOB (U) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 1h 51m–mild action, very mild bad language, mild rude humour Fri-Thu 11:15 15:45 THE NUT JOB (U) 3D, Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 1h 51m–mild action, very mild bad language, mild rude humour
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D (12A) 122 minS CONTAINS: moderate fantasy action violence, threat, moderate bad language Fri 12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00; 23.59 Sat 12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00; 23.59 Sun 12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00 Mon 12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00 Tues 12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00 Wed12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00 Thurs 12:00; 15:00; 18:00; 21:00 BORN TO BE WILD 3D (U) 45 min Fri 10:30 SPACE STATION 3D (U) 45 min Sat 10:30 HUBBLE 3D (U) 42 min Sun 10:30 JOURNEY TO MECCA (U) 40 min Mon 10:30 SEA MONSTERS (U) 43 min Tue 10:30 MYSTERIES OF EGYPT (U) 40 min Wed10:30 JERUSALEM 3D (U)
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THE GREYHOUND
All live Premier football, & Irish GAA Games shown here
Sat 2nd August Karaoke 6pm til Close
Sun 3rd August BBQ & Karaoke 3pm til Close
Monday 4th August PJ McCormack From Ireland Look out for future events & singers
109 Peckham Hill Street 0207 639 2402
ST GEORGE’S TAVERN We will be holding a memorial service for the great RONNIE CHURCH who sadly passed away on May 22 2014 at the age of 75
1939 - 2014
• Free buffet & music by TIPP TONY • Attaching a plaque to the bar in memory of Ronnie • Come along and help us celebrate his life • Find the black ball
Sunday 3rd August IRISH DJ & Pick an envelope
St George’s, 14 Coleman Road, London, SE5 7TG Tel: 07923 452 015 • Email: bluesywin@yahoo.co.uk 343 from New Cross and 136 from Lewisham both come down Southampton Way.
Help us collect for Evelina
All welcome...
THE EVELINA Children Appeal is asking bars and pubs across Southwark to get involved - from holding a benefit night to just taking a collection tin. All bars and pubs that hold a fundraising night will get promotion in the News. But if you can’t hold an event and still want to help take part we can provide every bar with an official collection tin and poster, so your punters can help the kids with their loose change. To get a collection tin delivered to you or to find out more call 020 7231 5258 or email news@southwark.co.uk
Saturday 2nd August
KARAOKE WITH DAN
We can cater for all your needs
BT & Skysports available now!
The China Hall Pub 141 Lower Road, Rotherhithe, SE16 2XL
Tel: 020 7237 5875
You can donate at: The Ship Aground - Wolseley Street, Dockhead, Bermondsey The St George’s Tavern - Coleman Road, Camberwell / The Good Intent - East Street, Walworth The Old Bank - Blue Market Square, Bermondsey / The Angel Pub - Bermondsey Wall East, Bermondsey The Queen Vic - Southwark Park Road, Bermondsey / The Hand & Marigold - 224 Bermondsey Street Destinations Hostels and Bar Co Ltd - 65 Union Street / The Shipwright Arms - 88 Tooley Street Union Jack - 225 Union Street / The Leather Exchange - 15 Leather Market Street Simon the Tanner - 231 Long Lane / The Crown - 108 Blackfriars Road The Horseshoe Inn - 26, Melior Street / The Charles Dickens - 160 Union Street Crown & Cushion - 133-135 Westminster Bridge Road / The Pineapple - 53-55 Hercules Road The Anchor Tap - 28 Horseley Lane / The Thirsty Bear - 62 Stamford St Hornimans at Hayes - Unit 26 Hays Galleria / Hole in the wall - 5 Mepham Street Fentiman Arms - 64 Fentiman Road / Nolans Free House - 33 Wilcox Road Pride of Pimlico - 85 Tachbrook Street
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Excellent fare at the talk of SE5 THE CROOKED WELL
16 GROVE LANE, CAMBERWELL, SE5 8SY 020 7252 7798 – WWW.THECROOKEDWELL.COM
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nce again the people at The Crooked Well have produced excellent fare and service, showing that over the three years since my last visit their standards have remained impeccably high, writes Michael Holland...
On a blustery Monday evening the esteemed Doctor Itch and myself arrived to find wine glasses glistening from the light in the chandeliers on perfectly laid tables. One of the young men on call led us to our little vantage point before proceeding to fetch freshly drawn water and delicious breads. While we settled in he went through the day’s special main course, dessert and cocktail. There was a nicely thought-out menu, with some obviously tried and tested
dishes that I remember from before, plus some new, exciting additions, from which we found a good selection of meat, fish and veg options. Every one of them looked like a good choice. A well-chosen, though over-long, wine list was given to us and I quickly picked out a Pay’s d’Oc Vermentino, a little French number that definitely had some Ooh La La! The Itch had met me for dinner straight from her weekend away with a new fancy man whom she says must remain anonymous but who must be doing the trick as she sat there with a smile reminiscent of the cat that got the cream; so after what seemed an age, and the waiter returning twice for her drink order, she eventually found an Emiliana Merlot from Chile to her liking. My Crisp Salt & Pepper Squid arrived just in time to save my companion from further interrogation; the softness of the seafood inside belied the peppery tang of its delicious crust, each morsel leaving its own mark on my palate. The starryeyed Emma worked her way through an extremely tasty Gazpacho, the ideal chilled soup for summer. She had it with two lovely crab cakes that added something special to what could have been a mundane starter.
Just yards away from the main Camberwell drag of kebabs and chicken wings, The Crooked Well sits in a quiet, leafy road where one can dine and drink in (almost) pastoral peace. We enjoyed the wines and the view as I dug for information on my partner’s travels. Our waiter had talked me into the Earl Grey Martini, and what a piece of work that was! Who would imagine that tea, gin, lemon juice, egg white and sugar could blend so beautifully? Emma Itch, now getting into the swing of things, had another merlot. A succession of exceptionally wellpresented meals went past on trays to other diners, but it wasn’t long until it was our main course that landed before us. After much deliberation I had gone for the Duck Breast, Hazelnut Puree, Spinach and Griottines, which turned out to be alcohol-soaked cherries, and very moreish they were too… The pinkness of the duck breast revealed its softness as it laid there, wanton, on the bed of spinach. The Doctor, no doubt regaining energy after a hectic weekend, went for the Ribeye Steak. I had a little sample slice and could tell that it was as juicy as its new owner. Its new owner agreed
between mouthfuls. We had been fine-dining for almost an hour by now and were feeling the effects, but with a job to do we persevered on to the dessert menu. Just reading through it nearly took me out! Looking for something light at this late hour of the game I chose the Chilled Peach & Strawberry Soup with Vanilla Ice Cream and it was a dream; the liquidised berries making the perfect accompaniment to the ice cream and peaches. My lady friend, who may not have eaten for the best part of two days, had a belly-busting Banoffee Tart with Candied Pecans. But this was Banoffee with a twist, the toffee in a crisp pastry with banana on the side. It must have been nice, as I wasn’t offered a taste this time… To help these two dishes down The Itch had a Monbazillac dessert wine from France, while I opted for the Heritage Tawny Wiese & Krohn from Portugal. It was a brilliant ending to a brilliant meal. The Crooked Well is for either celebrating or snacking with a beer or glass of wine. They have lunch deals through the week and their weekend breakfasts are the talk of SE5 and beyond.
THE DAMAGE
Vermentino Emiliana x 2 Gazpacho Squid Ribeye Duck Breast New Potatoes Seasonal Greens Early Grey Martini Banoffee Tart Strawberry Soup Tawny Port Monbazillac TOTAL FOOD (1-5) AMBIENCE (1-5) VALUE (1-5) DISABLED ACCESS DISABLED TOILET PRE-BOOKING
£4.00 £14.00 £8.25 £7.80 £21.00 £17.50 £3.00 £3.00 £7.50 £5.50 £5.50 £4.50 £6.35
£103.30
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YES NO RECOMMENDED WEEKENDS
34 WHAT’S ON
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history
Looking after Bermondsey for 225 years
BEFORE FUNERAL homes were even invented the Albins were patrolling the graveyard at the old Bermondsey Abbey as Wardens. In an age when people had bells put on their fingers so they could ring for help if they woke up to find themselves buried alive, the wardens would listen out for the ringing and fend off body snatchers, writes Amelia Burr...
The birth of the funeral parlour came with the Victorian obsession with death in the 1800s, as did most of the rituals we observe today, like wearing black. "They thought it was the only colour you could see through into the spirit world," said Barry Albin-Dyer, owner of FA Albin & Sons. Frederick Albin set up a Funeral Home and stables at Snow’s Fields in 1861 after falling in love with a sister nurse at Guy’s hospital. "They got married, had sons and the business flourished," said Barry, who added they were well placed to provide a service to the people using the hospital next door. In the early 1900s the main business moved to a shop in Old Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, and in 1940, Frederick Albin went in to partnership with another stalwart of London funeral directors, George Dyer. George’s son, Barry Albin-Dyer grew up and learnt his trade in the Bermondsey shop. "I grew up there with coffins in the corner," said Barry, whose school friends rarely came over to play. "There was a fantastic family atmosphere. My dad was very clever he never closed any doors so I could go anywhere so I wasn't afraid of it." His mum, dad, brother, uncle granddad, all pitched in and Barry, at the age of seven, was given the regular job of polishing the brass plaque bearing the Albin Dyer names on the door. During the Second World War George was working day and night to keep up with the death toll from the bombings. In 1918 Spanish flu killed nearly as many as the war and Albin’s were dealing with 30 deaths a day some days along with the nightmarish job of collecting the dead. "During the war and the bombings we had to collect bodies in sacks," said Barry."My father was out all night collecting people and trying to help people. It made him quite unwell for a while. The smell and the atmosphere and the tension of trying to get it right is extraordinary," he said. Now in its sixth generation, Barry says the way Albin's deliver their service has not changed over 225 years. "We're a constant," said Barry, who says he is often told that while Albin's are still around everything will be OK. But what did Barry learn from his father, and the Albin family? "That the body is sacred," said Barry. "For example, we have women look after women and men look after men here because there's some sort of decency in that." Another formative experience for Barry was when his mum died when he was seventeen years old. The loss was devastating at the time but taught him about bereavement from an early age. "It put me in good stead in caring for others," said Barry, who does not regret
A march past Albins, Old Jamaica Road, on VE Day, 1945 (main); The family (At right, from top left to right) Arthur, Ernest, Frederick, Stanley, George, and the shop in Old Jamaica Road.
a thing about his 60 years in the family trade. "It's been the most wonderful career. I look back and think I've been the luckiest person," he said. "This is 24/7. I open this business every Xmas morning so people can come and be with their loved ones because they don't get another chance but it's not a chore. People come in having lost someone and wish me a nice Xmas. They are thinking of you and they are grateful to you. To help people at the worst moment and to be welcomed into their homes and their lives has made my life worthwhile really. I'd never do anything else." As the business has expanded over the years and the firm has taken on the harrowing task of bringing servicemen home from Afghanistan and Iraq, Barry says, there is no place quite like Bermondsey. "I've done funerals
everywhere in the world but I've never done funerals to the degree of respect and love and care of this community. That's why I still live here and work here. I absolutely love the people here," he said. FA Albin & Sons has been nominated
for a Southwark Blue Plaque this year. To vote for Albins or any of the other nominees you can email news@southwarknews.co.uk or admin@southwark.org.uk or fill in a voting form at any library in the borough.
LIST OF SOUTHWARK BLUE PLAQUE NOMINEES THIS YEAR:
F.A. Albin’s Funeral Directors The Concrete House George Dyers Taylor Finnish Seamen’s
Mission Wee Willie Harris Peckham Fire Station Surrey Docks Farm Silvester Road
Sorting Office Whitten Timber James Henderson Leslie Illingworth The John Bull Arch
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PROPERTY 35
202-204 Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 4RT 020 7232 2222 • Email: bermondsey@oppida.com
1A Rotherhithe New Road, Surrey Quays, London SE16 2AH 020 7232 0111 • Email: surreyquays@oppida.com
SALES
PROPERTY OF THE WEEK
Rossetti Road SE16
Oppida are pleased to offer for sale this well presented spacious ground floor two bedroom apartment within this sought after development.The property comprises a bright and spacious lounge,fitted kitchen, modern bathroom with three piece bathroom suite. Located within a short walk of South Bermondsey Rail line station which is one stop to London Bridge Rail line station and benefits from allocated parking.
£285,000 Leasehold
Radley Court, SE16
A two double bedroom semi detached house with garden near the Albion Canal in a prime SE16 location. The property comprises entrance porch, reception room and fitted kitchen with access to the rear garden. To the first floor there are two double bedrooms and a bathroom. The property benefits from private off street parking space. The location of the property is ideal with Canada Water underground station (Jubilee line) a 5 minute walk away, also providing superb access to local amenities such as the Surrey Quays shopping centre, Entertainment Park and nearby schools.
£330 pw / £1430 pcm
Slippers Place, SE16
A spacious two double bedroom flat located within a 5 minute walk to Bermonsdey tube station (Jubilee line). Situated on the 6th floor of this purpose built block the property comprises a reception room, kitchen, bathroom and balcony with views over Southwark Park
£325 pw / £1400 pcm
Matson House SE16
Oppida are pleased to offer for sale a two bedroom split level apartment on the top floor of a popular and well located council block overlooking Southwark Park and within a short walk of Bermondsey Jubilee Line station. The property comprises two double bedrooms, a modern fitted kitchen and bright lounge with private balcony overlooking communal gardens. An ideal first or investment purchase.
£395,000 Leasehold
LETTINGS
Stevensons Crescent, SE16
Dunnage Crescent, SE16
Vancouver Road SE23
Oppida are please to offer for sale this bright and spacious top floor Victorian conversion. The property comprises of a 18ft reception room, two double bedrooms two bathroom and fitted kitchen. The property benefits from double glazing, Velux windows, gas central heating, feature fireplace, 24ft communal garden and off street parking. The property is also within close proximity to Forest Hill and Catford train stations.
£349,995 Leasehold
Crown Place SE16
Oppida are pleased to offer for sale this bright and spacious two double bedroom apartment, split over fourth and fifth floor of this modern gated development. The property comprise of a 22ft open plane lounge/kitchen, mezzanine bedroom. The apartment benefits from a private balcony, underground secure parking. Located moments from South Bermondsey Rail Line Station.
£419,995 Leasehold
Lavender Road, SE16
A spacious 1 bedroom apartment on the first floor of this modern block. The property was recently decorated and comprises of new kitchen, large living room with wooden flooring, bathroom and double bedroom. It is located within short walk to South Bermondsey BR station.
A modern purpose built two bedroom apartment on the ground floor in good decorative order with fully fitted kitchen, lounge, bathroom, door entry phone and off street parking. The property is located less than 10 minutes walk to Surrey Quays and Canada Water Tube Stations.
A spacious 2 bedroom house located in quiet cul-de-sac near Rotherhithe Street. The property comprises 2 double bedrooms, large lounge with conservatory, back garden, separate fully fitted kitchen and bathroom. Benefits include parking space and laminate flooring on the ground floor.
£265 pw / £1150 pcm
£330 pw / £1430 pcm
£370 pw / £1600 pcm
www.oppida.com
36 PUBLIC NOTICES
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Southwark News, Thursday July 31, 2014 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
The planning applications listed below can be seen in the register of planning applications on the council’s website at www.southwark.gov.uk. You can use facilities at your local library or one stop shop to access the website. Comments should be sent by email to planning.consultation@southwark.gov.uk (please ensure that you use this email address to avoid delay in your comments being taken into account) or by letter to Southwark Council, Development Management (5th Floor Hub 2), PO Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX within 21 days of the date of this notice. Comments received later than that date may be received too late to be taken into consideration. Objections or comments based on personal grounds, such as the sex or race of the applicant or effects on the value of your property are not valid material planning considerations and will not be taken into account in deciding the application. Comments marked 'confidential' will not be considered in making the decision on the application. Protecting your personal data Please note that for your comments to be taken into consideration they will be published on our website (as part of the register of planning applications) where they can be seen by the applicant and the public. If you include your name, signature, postal address, telephone number, email address, or other personal information with your comments this will also be seen. Your comments may be summarised in the report on the application. For your comments to be taken into consideration you do not have to give any personal data if you do not want to. However, if you do not give your postal address we may not be able to fully assess the impact of the development on you and therefore may not be able to give much weight or consideration to your comments. If you do not provide a postal or email address we will not be able to contact you on any matters relating to the application, including any re-consultation and letting you know the decision made. Please ensure therefore that you only provide personal data belonging to you that you accept can be seen by others. Comments for publication without personal data can be attached to a covering email or letter that includes your contact details. If you give information belonging to someone else please ensure that you have their permission to do so. If the applicant appeals against the council's decision any comments you make will be forwarded to the applicant and the Secretary of State and may also be published on The Planning Inspectorate’s website. Appeals. Where an appeal is made against a refusal of planning permission for an application shown as a householder application, and which is to be dealt with on the basis of representations in writing under the Householder Appeals Service, any comments you make about the application will be sent to the Secretary of State and there will be no further opportunity to comment at the appeal stage. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: ACA-development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; ALB-development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); CNA-development within a conservation area; DDP-departure from the development plan; LBA-works to or within the site of a listed building; MPA-major planning application; EIA-environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council – there will be a charge for the copy). [17/03/2013] 109A BELLENDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE15 4QY (Ref. 14/AP/2248) Construction of a mansard roof extension with front and rear dormer windows, retention of roof terrace on the second floor and insertion of 1 x rooflight. (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: William Docherty 020 7525 1997) BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR, 63 BERMONDSEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 3XF (Ref. 14/AP/1565) Installation of one air condensing unit at rear ground floor roof level. (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Adam Greenhalgh 020 7525 5428) BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR, 63 BERMONDSEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 3XF (Ref. 14/AP/1566) Installation of one air condensing unit at rear ground floor roof level. (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Adam Greenhalgh 020 7525 5428) FLAT A, 61 BROOK DRIVE, LONDON, SE11 4TU (Ref. 14/AP/2044) (Householder Application) Erection of a single storey rear extension and replacement of windows. (within West Square C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lewis Goodley 0207 525 5976) 68 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HE (Ref. 14/AP/2401) (Householder Application) Erection of a single storey rear ground floor extension to dwellinghouse (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Marina Lai 020 7525 5403) LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, 24-25 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AB (Ref. 14/AP/2070) Like for like replacement of 5no. external wall mounted AC condenser units plus 1no. new additional wall mounted AC condenser. 5no. existing obsolete R22 Gas AC condensers will be removed, the existing wall brackets retained for re-use with the 5no. new units. (within Camberwell Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) FLATS 1-8, 94 CAMBERWELL GROVE, LONDON, SE5 8RF (Ref. 14/AP/2365) Replacement of metal windows and doors to upvc and flat entrance doors renewal. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) FLAT 1-14, GROVE COURT, CAMBERWELL GROVE, LONDON, SE5 8RG (Ref. 14/AP/2447) Replacement of timber windows an communal staircase to UPVC. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416)
BOROUGH MARKET, CATHEDRAL STREET, LONDON, SE1 9AL (Ref. 14/AP/2423) Display of the Paddington Bear (measuring1540mm in height including the the box metal plinth), as part of the 'Paddington Trail Statues' in the Southwark are for two months from Thursday 23rd October to Tuesday 30th December. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) 29 CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD, LONDON, SE22 9EX (Ref. 14/AP/2394) (Householder Application) Erection of a second floor mansard roof extension with front and rear facing dormers plus side/rear extension at ground floor to provide additional residential floorspace to existing dwellinghouse. This proposal affects the character or setting of the nearby The Gardens Conservation Area. Reason(s) for publicity: ACA (Contact: Joel Turner 020 7525 3386) FLATS 1-8 & 9-24, 72 GROVE LANE, LONDON, SE5 8TW (Ref. 14/AP/2386) Replacement of timber windows and backyard doors to UPVC and flat entrance doors renewal (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) 1 GROVE PARK, LONDON, SE5 8LT (Ref. 14/AP/2417) (Householder Application) Removal of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension, with flat roof and lantern roof lights and a new sash window to the rear elevation. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lewis Goodley 0207 525 5976) FLAT 1-6 , 551 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LB (Ref. 14/AP/2580) Replace existing windows with white double glazed UPVC windows. Replace main front door to communal area with composite permadoor in Larkin Style. This proposal affects the character or setting of the nearby Dulwich Wood. Reason(s) for publicity: ACA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465) 40 NUNHEAD GREEN, LONDON, SE15 3QF (Ref. 14/AP/2089) Change of use from A1 (retail) to A4 (drinking establishment) (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Adam Greenhalgh 020 7525 5428) THOMAS A BECKET, 320-322 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5UE (Ref. 14/AP/2432) Removal of existing internally illuminated poster panel lightbox and replacement with a new internally illuminated slimline poster panel with LED lighting and digital poster images (on flank elevation above first floor level). This proposal affects the character or setting of nearby listed building(s):304 Old Kent Road. Reason(s) for
publicity: ALB (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540) 23 PARADISE STREET, LONDON, SE16 4QD (Ref. 14/AP/2332) Creation of x9 self contained dwellings comprising; the conversion of the existing listed building to create x7 residential flats; the erection of x1 self contained 2 storey dwelling; the erection of x1 5 storey dwelling with roof terrace to the northern rear elevation of the existing building facing Cathay Street; and erection of 3 storey rear extension to the rear elevation of the existing building to accommodate a new internal staircase. (within Edward III's Rotherhithe C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Dipesh Patel 020 7525 1778) 21-23 PARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 9EQ (Ref. 14/AP/2294) (Householder Application) Refurbishment of a pair of semi-detached houses as single residential dwellings. Works proposed comprise: replacement of existing windows, removal of existing cast iron balconies, construction of new single storey conservatories to the rear, introduction of conservation rooflights to roofs, retrospective consent for demolition of garden wall between Nos. 21 and 23, rebuilding of garden wall between Nos. 21 and 23 in a revised location, re-arrangement of garden wall and railings to side of No 21. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289) 21-23 PARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 9EQ (Ref. 14/AP/2295) Refurbishment of a pair of semi-detached houses as single residential dwellings. Works proposed comprise: reordering of internal layouts, replacement of existing windows, removal of existing cast iron balconies, construction of new single storey conservatories to the rear, introduction of conservation rooflights to roofs, retrospective consent for demolition of garden wall between Nos. 21 and 23, rebuilding of garden wall between Nos. 21 and 23 in a revised location, re-arrangement of garden wall and railings to side of No 21. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289) 30 RADNOR ROAD, LONDON, SE15 6UR (Ref. 14/AP/2440) Outline approval (scale and access) for a new dwellinghouse on an infill site that currently forms part of the garden to 30 Radnor Road (within Peckham Hill Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) 265 ROTHERHITHE STREET, LONDON, SE16 5HW (Ref. 14/AP/2336) Change of use of existing ex-hotel conferencing facility to residential and alterations to the
building to create a single dwelling. (Grade II* listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289) 265 ROTHERHITHE STREET, LONDON, SE16 5HW (Ref. 14/AP/2335) Change of use of existing ex-hotel conferencing facility to residential and alterations to the building to create a single dwelling. (Grade II* listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289) STANLEY ARMS, 418 SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2ET (Ref. 14/AP/1336) Demolition of existing public house and erection of a building upto a maximum of 6 storeys in height to provide residential development comprising up to 17 dwellings (5 x one bedroom, 2 x two bedroom and 10 x three bedroom flats) Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Wing Lau 020 7525 5729) 50 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON SE1 1UN (Ref. 14/AP/1874) Change of the existing office (use class B1) building to retail (Use Class A1) at basement, lower ground floor and mezzanine and nine residential (use class) units from first floor to sixth floor inclusive including additional extension at sixth floor (roof) level. (within Thrale Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Fennel Mason 020 7525 5470) 144 THURLOW PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE21 8HN (Ref. 14/AP/2396) (Householder Application) Rear single storey extension and loft conversion with proposed new dormer to rear of dwellinghouse (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Jonathan Payne 020 7525 7708) 1 TOWER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 3JE (Ref. 14/AP/2404) Alterations to shopfront including installation of ATM (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Helen Goulden 020-7525-5349) TOWER BRIDGE, TOWER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON SE1 (Ref. 14/AP/2291) Internal alterations to the South Abutment at Tower Bridge to make the area suitable for use by school groups. The work comprises of the removal of a partition and lobby, new handrails to the east and west stairs, installation of two sinks and replacement of light fittings. (within Tower Bridge C.A.) (Grade I listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289)
Dated 28 July 2014 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date GARY RICE Head of Development Management
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
INTRODUCTION OF BOROUGH-WIDE 20 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT
The London Borough of Southwark (20 m.p.h. Speed limit) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2014
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the council of the London Borough of Southwark (‘the council’) on 31 July 2014 made the above-mentioned order under section 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, pursuant to agreement under section 19 of the Local Government Act 2000 with the council of the London Borough of Lambeth and the council of the London Borough of Lewisham, in accordance with regulation 7 of the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2000 with respect to the effect of the order in boundary roads shared with those boroughs. 2. The general effect of the order, following determination by the council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning and Transport of objections received to the scheme (see:http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgDecisionDetails.aspx?IId=50003983&Opt=1 ) as advertised by public notice on 27 February 2014 (see:- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60793-2005676 ), will be to impose a maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour in all roads within the London Borough of Southwark, inclusive of all boundary roads shared with the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Lewisham. Exception to this speed limit would be made in respect of Crystal Palace Parade, all roads or parts of roads managed by the Dulwich Estate, and all roads or parts of roads designated as part of the Transport for London road network (red route).
3. For information about the council’s policy for making Southwark a 20 m.p.h. borough, please visit:http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/100011/transport_and_streets/3431/boroughwide_20mph_speed_limit
4. Copies of the order, which will come into force on 01 August 2014, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection until the end of a period of six weeks from the date the order was made at the upon request at Public realm projects - network development, Southwark council, Environment and leisure, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 or e-mail:- traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk to arrange an appointment.
5. Any persons desiring to question the validity of the order or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the orders may, within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 31 July 2014
NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
DISABLED PERSONS PARKING PLACES
The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Disabled persons) (No. *) Order 201* The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘C2’) (No. *) Order 201*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the council of the London Borough of Southwark (‘the council’) propose 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) to provide new ‘at any time’ unlimited stay disabled persons parking places, 6 metres in length, at the following locations: [i] BECKWITH ROAD, the north-west side, at the boundary of Nos. 7-9 Beckwith Road; [ii] CAULFIELD ROAD, the south-west side, outside No. 16 Caulfield Road; [iii] CHESTERFIELD WAY, the north-west side, outside No. 28 Chesterfield Way; [iv] CROXTED ROAD, the north-east side, at the boundary of Nos. 94-96 Croxted Road; [v] ELLIOTT’S ROW, the east side, outside No. 32 Elliott’s Row; [vi] ELLIOTT’S ROW, the east side, opposite No. 44 Elliott’s Row; [vii] REVERDY ROAD, the south-east side, outside No. 29 Reverdy Road; [viii] ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD, the north-east side, extending north-westward from a point 5.5 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Cope Street; [ix] ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD, the north-east side, extending north-westward from a point 23 metres north-west of the northwestern kerb-line of Cope Street; [x] WOODWARDE ROAD, the north side, at the boundary of Nos. 84-86 Woodwarde Road; and (b) to split or reduce in length existing permit holders’ parking places in ELLIOTT’S ROW so as to accommodate the provision of the disabled persons parking places referred to above. 3. Further information may be obtained by contacting Mr. Michael Herd of the council's Public realm projects parking design team by telephone on 020 7525 2131. 4. Copies of the proposed orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the proposal may be viewed either: online at:- http://www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders or, for paper copies, upon request at Public realm projects, Environment and leisure, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 to arrange an appointment.
5. Persons wishing to object to the proposal, or make any other representations in respect of it may either use this online form: https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=1081 or send a statement in writing (in the case of an objection, stating the grounds on which the objection is made), to: the Traffic orders officer, Public realm projects, Southwark council, Environment and leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or via e-mail to: traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference PRP/ND/TMO1415-007 by 21 August 2014.
6. In the preparation of an objection and the statement of grounds of objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of any objection or representation may be communicated to other people who may be affected. Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with current access to information legislation. Dated 31 July 2014
NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm
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THE A100 GLA ROAD (TOWER BRIDGE ROAD AND TOWER BRIDGE APPROACH, LONDON BOROUGHS OF SOUTHWARK AND TOWER HAMLETS) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING AND SUSPENSION OF BUS LANE AND ONE WAY OPERATION) ORDER 2014
1. Transport for London having consulted with the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3. 2. The purpose of the Order is to enable carriageway resurfacing works to take place at A100 Tower Bridge Road.
3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from:
(1) entering or exiting A100 Tower Bridge Road at its junctions with Queen Elizabeth Street, Tooley Street, Druid Street, Roper Lane, Tanner Street and Fair Street;
(2) entering, exiting or proceeding on Queen Elisabeth Street between its junctions with A200 Tooley Street and A100 Tower Bridge Road;
(3) stopping on A100 Tower Bridge Road between its junctions with Roper Lane and Stevens Street;
(4) proceeding in an southerly direction on A100 Tower Bridge Road between East Smithfield and Abbey Street;
The Order will also:
(5) permit all vehicles to use the westbound contra-flow bus lane on A200 Tooley Street between its junctions with Tower Bridge Road and Potters Field;
(6) permit all vehicles to turn right from centre traffic lane of the eastern arm of Druid Street into A100 Tower Bridge Road;
(7) permit all vehicles to turn right from the eastern arm of Fair Street into A100 Tower Bridge Road; (8) permit all vehicles to turn left from the northbound carriageway of and right from the southbound carriageway of A100 Tower Bridge Road into Tooley Street;
(9) suspend the one-way operation on A2207 Tanner Street and Druid Street permitting twoway operation between its junctions with A200 Jamaica Road to A100 Tower Bridge Road; (10) suspend the of one way operation on Roper Lane permitting two-way operation.
The Order will be effective at certain times between 17th August 2014 and 30th November 2014 every night from 09:00 PM to 06:00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs. The works will be carried out in phases and not all of the roads will be closed simultaneously and the extent of the southbound closure of Tower Bridge Road will be reduced in length in later phases.
4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.
5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by traffic signs via: (for the southbound closure of Tower Bridge Approach) (westbound traffic from East Smithfield and eastbound traffic on Tower Hill) Tower Hill, Minories, Goodman’s Yard, Mansell Street, Aldgate High Street, Fenchurch Street, Gracechurch Street, King William Street, London Bridge, Borough High Street, Duke’s Street Hill and Tooley Street to normal route of travel, (for southbound traffic on Mansell Street and eastbound traffic on East Smithfield ) East Smithfield, Dock Street,Prescot Street and join the previous diversion route at Mansell Street, (for the closure of the eastern arm of Queen Elizabeth Street) (for non HGVs and low sided vehicles) Shad Thames, Jamaica Road and Abbey Street to normal route of travel, (for HGVs and high sided vehicles) Shad Thames, Jamaica Road, Lower Road, Rotherhithe New Road, Galleywall Road, Southwark Park Road and Grange Road to normal route of travel, (for traffic wishing to turn right from Tooley Street into A100 Tower Bridge Road and the closure of Tooley Street) traffic will be pre diverted via Borough High Street Great Dover Street Tower Bridge Road to normal route of travel (for non HGV and low sided vehicles wishing to continue on Tooley Street) as previous diversion but continue on Abbey Street to normal route of travel (for traffic wanting to continue on Tooley Street) (for HGVs and high sided vehicles) Tower Bridge Road, Grange Road, Southwark Park Road, Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe New Road and Hawkstone Road to normal route of travel, (for traffic wishing to turn right from Tanner Street into A100 Tower Bridge Road) Bermondsey Street, Snowfields, Weston Street and Long Lane to normal route of travel, (for traffic wishing to proceed on A100 Tower Bridge Road in southerly direction or wishing to turn left into A100 Tower Bridge Road from Tooley Street, Druid Street and Tanner Street) Tooley Street, Borough High Street and Great Dover Street to normal route of travel, (for traffic wishing to turn left from the eastern arm of Fair Street into Tower Bridge Road) Tower Bridge Road northbound, Tooley Street, Tanner Street and Druid Street to normal route of travel.
Dated this 31st day of July 2014
Mark Whitaker Head of Operations, Road Space Management, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (KITSON ROAD, WYNDHAM ROAD, TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Kitson Road at it’s junction with Addington Square to No’s 15 New Church Road and Rust Square at it’s junction with Kitson Road (b) New Church Road will be made two way for access and egress purposes from No’s 15 to the junction of Camberwell Road. (c) Wyndham Road at it’s junction with Camberwell Road and Camberwell New Road, the associated side roads will be closed as the work progresses: Farmers Road – Redcar Street – Toulon Street – Comber Grove – Crown Street
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The alternative route for (a) will be via Addington Square, Camberwell Road (c) Camberwell New Road, John Ruskin Street, Camberwell Road or as indicated by the traffic signs displayed.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The works for (a) will take place between the 18th – 19th August 2014, and for (c) will take place between the 13th – 16th August between the hours of 20:00hrs and 05:00hrs. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 31st July 2014. Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2364 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ELSIE ROAD, TINTAGEL CRESCENT, CASPIAN STREET, ASHBOURNE GROVE, TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Elsie Road at it’s junction with East Dulwich Grove and Grove Vale. Tintagel Crescent at it’s junction with Elsie Road. (b) Caspian Street at it’s junction with New Church Road and Notley Street. (c) Ashbourne Grove at it’s junction with Lordship Lane and Melbourne Grove. (d) Dagmar Road at it’s junction with Maude Road and Graces Road.
The alternative route for (a) will be via: Grove Vale, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich Grove. (b) Edmund Street, Picton Street. (c) Lordship Lane, Chesterfield Grove, Melbourne Grove. (d) Vestry Road, Graces Road, Wilson Road, or as indicated by the traffic signs displayed.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The works for (a) will take place on 8th – 10th August, (b) 12th August, (c) 8th August, (d) 11th August Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 31st July 2014. Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2367
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SURREY PACE bowlers Matthew Dunn, Jade Dernbach and Chris Tremlett have committed their futures to the club by signing new contracts.
Dunn, 22, has signed a new two year deal that will keep at the club until at least 2016. The right arm quick has enjoyed a breakthrough summer this year, establishing himself as one of the club’s frontline bowlers. Dernbach, 28, has committed to another two years. An experienced campaigner, and one of the finest limited overs bowlers in the country, he has played for Surrey since the
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SURREY WILL hope to smash their way into the Natwest t20 blast finals day on Saturday with big hitter Jason Roy expected to lead from the front.
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The contest against the Welsh outfit was Surrey's opening group stage game of the Royal London One Day Cup, and Guildford proved to be a batting paradise once again. Put into bat on their own high scoring second ground Surrey made 307 in their 50 overs thanks largely to Rory Burns who hit a responsible 87 after some early innings jitters. Burns got good support from Steven Davies, Azhar Mahmood and Zafar Ansari as Surrey made it past the 300 mark, but it proved not to be enough. Opener Will Bragg top scored for the visitors with a knock of 88 and with Murray Goodwin chipping in
The Southwark side travelled to promotion chasing Epsom and were asked to bat on Saturday. Dulwich notched up 156 runs in their allotted overs with Michael Currey top scoring with 42. But the home side made light work of chasing down that score with opener Ben Hudson scoring an unbeaten 91 as Epsom made it home with the loss of just two wickets. Dulwich now sit one place above the relegation zone, they are separated from Trinity MidWhitgiftian CC by six points, with six more games of the season to complete.
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SURREY COMMENCED their tilt at a 50 over title with a loss against Glamorgan last Sunday despite posting a total in excess of 300.
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DULWICH CRICKET Club are just above the drop zone in Surrey Championship Division Two after their latest defeat last Saturday.
It all kicked off with pictures of the Queen with her Royal Ascot winner ESTIMATE splashed all over the papers with headlines that the hoss had tested positive for an illegal drug. We were all gobsmacked. Well I know I was. Then the news trickled out that the drug which had been discovered was morphine. That struck me as being very odd because morphine is not a performance enhancing drug, quite the reverse. I sends hosses to sleep just like it does us humans. Once Sir Michael Stoute admitted that at least one other hoss in his yard had tested positive for morphine several other trainers came out and confirmed that they too had had positive morphine tests. It was immediately clear that there was no skulduggery, only contaminated hoss feed. It soon transpired that the morphine contamination was from poppy seed in a particular mixture of feed. On a serious note I should add that the dope testing is now so sophisticated that NOS (naturally occurring substances) like poppy seed which used to pass without a second look, now cause major shock waves. Back in the day when I was active I used to have a paddock that was next to a field where they grew marijuana and my hosses used to love to lean over the paddock rails and eat the stuff. I was not the drug plant, it was the agricultural variety of cannabis which is widely grown for the manufacture of rope and textiles, but be that as it may, we often sent hosses straight from that paddock off to the racetrack and we never heard a dickie bird back from the drug testing boys. I suppose all the publicity about hosses being doped is as a result of the Godolphin scandal. A good scandal sells newspapers and pulls in a television audience so for the foreseeable future there are going to be plenty of drug molehills turned into mountains. I was delighted to see the feature in the Racing Post last week praising my trainer Michael Wigham who I spoke so highly of here last week. First in the field again. I lead, others follow. Mr Wigham has an excellent chance of winning the Stewards Cup at Goodwood next Saturday with FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. I had a look at the hoss on the gallops last Saturday morning and he looks in fine fettle. My only concern is that we do need some rain to take the sting out of the ground. The course will be watered but just lately the sun has been so hot the ground simply bakes. The ground at Goodwood is very fast draining lying as it does over the chalk of the South Downs. Fairway to Heaven is owned by a charming and very wealthy young man who is very big in golfing holidays. He has invited me down to join him and his party at Goodwood next Saturday, but I shall only go if the weather cools down a bit. This heat wave really gets to me. I just have to sit in the shade otherwise I would fall over if I had to walk any distance. Old age, doncha just love it?
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HAMLET BOSS Gavin Rose insists all first team places are up for grabs as his side hit the business end of their pre-season preparations.
This week Dulwich have already completed games against Crystal Palace and Sevenoaks Town before they play three more times in four days starting with Saturday's contest against Whitehawk. Speaking before the Palace game Rose told the News: “There are places up for grabs. They are all playing for a shirt and there is not a lot between the twenty odd players who we have in the squad right now.” He added: “We will be looking largely to build on fitness between now and the first game of the season and as we get closer to that game we will work on other things in terms putting together a team. I will then pick the people who I think will do
the best job in the first team.” As they enter this busy period Dulwich have no major injury worries, with the exception of Harry Ottaway who will miss the start of the season. The Hamlet manager said: “It was good news that the injury was not a [leg] break but the bruising is in the same area where he had problems before and that makes things difficult for him. “He won't be available for the first game of the season, but we think in around four weeks time he will be competing for a place.” Laurent Hamici was a striker at Champion Hill during Roses' predecessor Craig Edwards tenure as boss and Rose has resigned the frontman who has already put in a couple of appearances in preseason. “I didn't take anybody on from the Craig Edwards team as we wanted a clean start. But Laurent has come in and worked hard and we hope he hits the ground running for us.”
Rose said. “Since he left Dulwich last time he has gone to some good clubs and done quite well and we hope he will be getting plenty of goals for us.” Rose added: “We have brought in a number of new faces in preseason and they have all commented on how warm the reception they have got in and
around the club, and I want to thank the fans for what they have done in terms of that.” Dulwich kick off their Ryman Premier League campaign on Saturday week when Harrow Borough visit Champion Hill. For a list of Hamlet's remaining pre-season games visit www.pitchero.com/clubs /dulwichhamlet.
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The Fish will complete their preparations this Sunday against Glebe having lost four of the five outings they have completed so far. But Walton stated there has been much to take from those contests. He said: “Results wise it has not been the best pre-season but when we play people in the right positions and players play in the right roles we have been very good. “All managers say it but results don't matter in pre-season but we have got a lot more positives from pre-season than negatives. I'm really happy about the players that have come in and joined us.” As the club announced last week the bulk of those players come from the SE16 area, something Walton believes can only help the supporters' owned club. He told the News: “It's nice to have so
many local lads and I think that is good for us in the long term. They know that the club has a good future ahead of it and all about our past. It can only be a good thing for the team.” Despite Walton's wish not to try out too many players around 50 people have trialled for the club in five games, resulting in wholesale changes in many contests. On the plus side the club now has a dedicated physio to supplement the off the field team. Walton added: “We are always looking for help with sponsorship and for people to come forward and help us. As I said the club has a good future as it heads home to a new ground next year and now would be a good time for people to get involved as we prepare for that.” Fisher start their league campaign on Saturday August 9 when they travel to Ashford United. They play their first home fixture two days later against Phoenix Sports. For more information visit fisherfc.co.uk.
Teenage tennis star doubles up By Tom Ulicsak
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SOUTHWARK TENNIS player Andrea Poveda Ocampo had a Andrea Poveda busy time of it when she Ocampo from competed in the Ellesse Chandos Southwark City regional event at the Chandos Tennis Club club in Middlesex.
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The Lionesses fell to their second league defeat of the season at the weekend
Walton upbeat about Fisher pre-season FISHER CO-MANAGER Billy Walton insists there are positives to take from their pre-season despite a disappointing series of results.
Glovers too handy for Lionesses
Results have not gone Fisher's way this pre-season
In the U16 event the youngster from Walworth won three matches against higher rated opponents before losing 7-6 6-3 to finish as runner up. In the women’s event she defeated fellow Southwark City Tennis Club player Rushan Tonge-Bobia in the quarter finals whilst club mate Vittoria Cutini fell at the semi final
stage. But Poveda Ocampo came through to contest the final against a national standard player. Despite great court coverage Andrea was not able to contain Emilia Banos-Gregorians eventually losing out 6-2 6-0. For more information about Southwark City Tennis Club visit www.southwarkcitytennisclub.jimdo.com
GOALS FROM Nicola Cousins and Helen Bleazard were enough to secure Yeovil a third win of the season, while the Lionesses dropped to sixth in the Women's Super League Division Two following their second league defeat of the campaign.
The Glovers took the lead in the thirteenth minute when Cousins stabbed home from close range, after the Millwall defence failed to clear their lines. The hosts went close again on 21 minutes as Ellie Curson had an angled shot turned behind for a corner by Lionesses’ keeper Sarah Quantrill. The visitors best chance of the half came from Lily Agg, ten minutes before the break, when her attempted long range effort was well saved. In the second half Yeovil made the brighter start as débutante Sarah Wiltshire was denied by a one handed save by Quantrill. The hosts doubled their lead in the 73 minute. A foul on Wiltshire gave Bleazard the opportunity to fire home a sweetly struck free-kick from the edge of the penalty area and secure all three points. Reflecting after the final whistle Millwall boss Alberto Kurt said: “I thought we kept the ball better, I thought we were the better side in terms of going forward and creating chances. “We battled, we worked hard. Yeovil are not a bad side, but we did not deserve to lose the game today if I’m being perfectly honest. We tried hard, we worked hard and we are disappointed that we didn’t get anything from the game.”
Free Club for Aylesbury residents
BURGESS PARK Sports Club is offering free places to Aylesbury Estate residents for junior sports camps starting this and the following Monday.
The camps run from Monday to Friday, from 10am to 3pm each day, for children aged from six to twelve-yearsold. They feature an exciting range of sports including tag rugby, hockey, football and rounders. Aylesbury Estate residents can participate for free while the full price is £35 for others who wish to take part. More information and signing up details can be found at www.burgesssports.org or by calling Vernon Neve Dunn on 07703052759.
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Millwall Premier League MOPAC Festival WITH THE summer holidays fast approaching, Millwall Community Trust arranged for an inspirational speaker to attend their Premier League MOPAC programme last week to support young people with their choices heading into the summer period.
The action packed evening which took place at Millwall’s Lions Centre included an educational and awareness workshop delivered by Paul Hannaford who is a real life example of change, reinforcing his message across the country to thousands of young people about the life of crime, drugs and violence and that it isn’t a positive or productive way to live your life. He spoke with the group about his experiences that have made him the person he is today, along with memories that an earlier life of crime had inflicted upon him. This inspirational talk was
followed by an organised football tournament which included teams from ten targeted youth clubs and estates across Lewisham and Southwark for around one hundred young people aged between twelve and sixteen. Through the Premier League MOPAC programme, Millwall Community Trust have been able to broaden the area of targeted work with young people within the two boroughs. It has created more positive opportunities such as new weekly targeted estate football sessions, specific individual support with hard to reach young people; this is in partnership with the Youth Offending Services, Probation Services and Pupil Referral Unit’s and further extensive work within the HMP Youth Offending Institutes Should you wish to find out more about the programme then please contact Millwall Community Trust and ask for the MOPAC project manager.
Ben Kinsella Exhibition – Time to move on to another area of London Millwall Community Trust have been hosting the Ben Kinsella Exhibition for over a year now.
Our two charitable Trusts have worked together on educating the young people of Southwark and Lewisham about the dangers and consequences of KNIFE CRIME. Over 2700 young people have attended the guided sessions, ranging in age from 10 years to 20 years old. This comprises over 120 groups of young people, ranging from primary school classes to older groups from Pupil Referral
Units, community groups including youth organisations and groups from our own community engagement programmes like ‘Premier League Kicks’. We are proud to have had the opportunity to be part of the Ben Kinsella exhibition and its impact on our community. We wish them well for the future and hope that we can host this important interactive exhibition again in the future. For more about Ben Kinsella please visit www.benkinsella.org.uk
Easter hoping for opening-day start Forward on his pre-season form
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By Alex Aldridge
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JERMAINE EASTER has been a stand-out performer in preseason.
The striker hit back-to-back goals in friendlies against Dartford and Stevenage and has chalked up two assists in behind-closed-doors fixtures. But the Wales international has no idea whether he will be in Ian Holloway’s starting XI for the game against Leeds United on August 9. Despite the first clash of the season being less than two weeks away, the Millwall boss has not yet hinted at his preferred line-up. "I have no idea what team the manager might pick - he's playing his cards very close to his chest,” Easter said. “All you can do is keep on working hard and hopefully I've done enough in pre-season to warrant a place in his XI. But I honestly can't call it.” Easter added: "Pre-season has been tough but enjoyable. The gaffer has worked us hard and if you want to be one of his forward players, you have to be fit and be able to get about the pitch. "I've done pre-seasons which have been ridiculous but this has been enjoyable - you feel like you're learning and benefiting from everything that we've been doing.” Easter is adapting to a new role on the left side of a three-pronged attack. "That's where the manager sees me
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GREGORY OFF THE MARK
SUMMER SIGNING Lee Gregory scored his first goal in a Millwall shirt in a behind-closeddoors friendly against Aldershot last week.
And Lions boss Ian Holloway has been impressed with the striker since his arrival from Halifax Town. "It's great for him to get off the mark," Holloway said. "If that game had been at Aldershot's ground, he would have scored for Millwall - so he has done now as far as I'm concerned. "Lee's got good link up play and he's better in the air than I thought he was."
playing,” he explained. “It's enjoyable - you can get into pockets of space and sometimes you can find yourself unmarked in the box. “It's something I'm having to learn and I'm really focusing on what the gaffer is saying with regards to my positioning and the work I have to do defensively. You're never too old to learn. You're never restricted to one position with the way the manager wants to play - rotation is the most important thing in his team. “You've got to know how to play in different positions so that when you're in a different part of the field you know how to adapt. "On the left, you still get opportunities to score goals but you have to create goals as well and I've managed to do it in pre-season.” The Lions complete their preparations for the new campaign on Friday when they host Spanish side Real Mallorca at The Den - in only their third friendly which will be open to the public. "The lads now have two lots of 90 minutes under their belts so we should be feeling fitter and stronger going into the game on Friday,” said Easter. “It's another chance to improve our match fitness and make sure we're in peak condition for the most important game, which is Leeds. We feel fit so it makes no difference if we've been playing games on the training ground or in front of a crowd - it's all about getting the minutes and fitness in, so
that's the important thing. "We've done a lot of work on our defensive unit and how the manager wants us to press the opposition, so playing Mallorca will give us a chance to put that into practice. “They will probably see more of the ball than us so it will be a very important exercise for us.” Easter played under Holloway at Crystal Palace but says his two spells under the 51-year-old have been markedly different. "Ollie came into a Palace team that was flying high and it was difficult for the manager to implement what he really wanted to do because it was a case of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. “But here he took over a group of lads who were extremely low in confidence and lacking in direction and he's turned things around. “It seems to me like he's really enjoying the job because it's a challenge for him and he can stamp his authority on the squad. "You can have a laugh and a joke with Ollie but when it's time to work he's the most serious man on the training field. “Hopefully there will be a massive change in the performances and results this year. The lads are quietly confident behind the scenes that we can have a decent season and I think it should stay that way. “We don't need to be shouting from the rooftops about what we think we can achieve because we need to stay focused as a group."
MALONE’S WOLVES DREAM
SCOTT MALONE has to wait until the final day of the season to return to Wolves.
Malone began his career at Molineux but was sold to Bournemouth in 2012. So the defender admits he is relishing the Lions' two clashes with the Midlands side - especially the away game. And the 23-year-old already has a picture in his mind of how he'd like that day to pan out. Malone said: "Hopefully we'll be fighting for promotion. "That's the dream for me this year - to get promoted at Molineux."
GUEYE TO GET HELP
IAN HOLLOWAY is determined to help Magaye Gueye get his career back on track.
The Lions have snapped up the winger, formerly of Everton, on a one-year contract after he impressed during a two-week trial stint. Holloway believes he can bring out Gueye's undoubted talent during his time at The Den. "Every now and again you take on a player like him," the Millwall boss said. "I'm going to put him straight. Players lose their way for all sorts of reasons. I want to get him back on the right path."
NELSON BREAKS FOOT
SID NELSON has been ruled out for a month with a broken foot.
The young defender picked up the injury during an U21 friendly against Billericay Town last weekend. "I was really impressed with Sid but he's got a fractured metatarsal," manager Ian Holloway said. "I wanted him to play for the first team in a practice game but unbeknown to me he played for the U21s.I wouldn't have played him in a game like that. I didn't think he was playing so we've got that wrong."
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him but if he doesn’t want to come here then I’ll move on, it’s not a problem.” Briggs was still training with the Lions as of Tuesday but Holloway does not expect the former England U21 international to hang around. “I think he’ll move on - he needs to impress other people now,” said the Millwall boss. “There’s no point training and coaching somebody who isn’t going to be my player either.” Meanwhile, Holloway has told opening-day opponents Leeds United not to waste their time by watching Friday’s friendly with Real Mallorca. The Lions manager will not be giving anything away with regards to his starting line-up for the first game of the Championship season on August 9. “I’m going to keep my cards very close to my chest,” he said. “If Leeds come to watch us, they won’t have a clue who is going to start the following week. “We’ll train on Friday morning for an hour-and-a-half and the lads will play 45 minutes each in the evening. We’ve played 90-minute games behind-closed-doors and I don’t think Leeds were allowed to watch those. “Everyone will get a chance to chase the ball against a Spanish side and do a bit more running. “We’re training before the game so it will be like a full-time job for the players - it’s about time some of these boys did that!
EXCLUSIVE
By Alex Aldridge
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MAGAYE GUEYE had reached a dead end at Everton.
So instead of seeing out the final 12 months of a five-year contract at Goodison Park, Gueye cut his losses and walked away. His first instinct was to quit English football altogether. A £1million signing from RC Strasbourg, expectations were high when Gueye arrived on Merseyside. Back in 2010, the Paris-born star was in the France U21 set-up and pushing for an appearance in the senior national side. But Gueye made just 24 Premier League appearances in the following four seasons with the Toffees, and realised his career was stagnating. In the end, deciding to quit Everton and part with a lucrative pay packet came naturally. “Money is not my problem right now. My problem is not playing,” Gueye told the News. Despite initially impressing under manager David Moyes, the 24-year-old admits he never felt comfortable at Everton. He struggled with the language barrier and was dogged by issues in his personal life. And his progress was stunted further by an injury during the tenure of Roberto Martinez, who played Gueye just once - for nine minutes against Stevenage in the FA Cup. “I played quite well in my first year at Everton but after that it was very difficult for me because of the language and my understanding of English,” Gueye explained. “It made it hard for me to be in England and that affected my football a lot. But I’m 24 now, I’m more mature and I’ve learned a lot. “I was young - only 19 - when I went to Everton and the squad was already settled. “Moyes played the same team every week so it was very difficult for me as a young player to find a place, but I did play well when I got my chance. “It’s hard to change a team when the team is playing well and that made it hard. “After we changed manager, it was even more difficult for me because new players came in and I was injured for a long time. “I wasn’t ready to play for Martinez, to be fair. I was injured, I wasn’t fit, I hadn’t played in a long time and the team was playing very well without me. “I can’t make any excuses about my time at Everton. I signed a five-year contract there and I had one year left but I wanted to leave because I need to play. “I need to show people what I can do on the pitch. “When you have some issues outside of football it’s very hard to be focused on what you do. “Things are getting fixed now so everything is set up for me to do well and concentrate.” Millwall were not the first club to make a move for Gueye this summer. At the start of July, he visited the
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French star on sticky time with Toffees and moving to London training facilities of German seconddivision side FC Erzgebirge Aue. But Ian Holloway talked the attacker into moving to London. “Before I knew Millwall were interested, I went out there to look around - but I didn’t like it,” Gueye said. “At first I wanted to leave England and maybe go back to France or somewhere in Europe, but I had a very good meeting with the manager here and he convinced me to stay. “I trained with the team for a few weeks and Millwall is a good club for me. I’m desperate to play more football and I’m excited for the Championship to start. This is a good opportunity. “The manager likes me and he’s already done a lot to help me and put my career back on track, which I really
appreciate. I’ve come here to play football - I just want to play again - and try to help the club do well.” Gueye, who is staying in a hotel with his wife while he finds a place to live, has cousins in Clapham and Penge - so the capital could soon feel like a home from home. But his first target it to be fit for the season-opener against Leeds United on August 9. “I’m feeling much fitter than I was before I came here. “I was very, very tired because I’d been very busy trying to find a new club and flying a lot. Training by yourself is not the same as training with the team, but I feel I’m getting back to full fitness and hopefully I will be ready. “I don’t know if that will happen, but
I’m trying to be fit for Leeds - if not for the second game. I’m not far away.” Where Gueye will play remains to be seen. He became known as a winger at Everton but prefers playing up front. “I’m not a winger at all - people get confused and it kills me! “I’m left-footed and when I went to Everton, I remember Moyes said to me, ‘you have a wonderful left foot, I want you to cross the ball to Tim Cahill all the time’. So that’s what I did. “But I’m not a left winger - normally I’m a second striker, playing just behind the main striker. But I’m good at crossing so Everton put me on the left and the right. “The manager here knows about this but I’m a creative player and football is
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Beevers shrugs off Millers bid By Alex Aldridge
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MARK BEEVERS insists he has no intention of leaving Millwall after Rotherham’s failed bid for him this summer.
“... I’m not a left winger - normally I’m a second striker, playing just behind the main striker. But I’m good at crossing so Everton put me on the left and the right” all about being on the pitch - positions and squad numbers are not as important for me. “It doesn’t matter where I play because I know I can create chances wherever I am. “I wouldn’t say I’m that quick but I’m quite skilful and I like running with the ball. I like taking risks because for me
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football is about risks - if you don’t try new things, you won’t score a goal. “I like to get forward whenever I can. I’m no good at headers - that’s why I take corners and free-kicks normally. I’m quite a creative player and I like taking set-pieces.” Gueye’s hopes of being a regular for the French national team faded long ago, but
The Millers’ paltry offer of £150,000 for the centre back was rejected in June. And despite having his roots in Yorkshire, Beevers would not be interested in a move away from The Den. “The bid came out of the blue to be honest,” Beevers told the News. “We’d just finished the season, Rotherham had just got promoted and suddenly they put a bid in. It didn’t get any further than that - it got rejected and that was it. I haven’t heard anything since. “It’s not a big talking point for me because I love it down here. I’ve been at Millwall for two years there have been ups and downs and we’ve had good times and bad - but I’ve really enjoyed it. “There are good people here. It’s a big move for a northerner to come down here - when I first did it I wondered whether I’d enjoy it, but I really have.” Beevers is readying himself for his second full season with the Lions after making a storming finish to the 2014-15 campaign. The 24-year-old’s return to form in the final run in was a key factor in the club’s Championship survival. “I wasn’t involved when the gaffer first came in, which was frustrating for me. “When a player isn’t involved, he has to aspire to become better and do more. I think that’s what I did a long with a few of the other players. “That mindset brought the best out of us just in the nick of time. “Staying up last year was one of the biggest achievements of my career so far. Looking at us in March, when we were rock-bottom of the league, everybody would have been thinking that we weren’t getting out of it with the fixtures we
he is determined to resurrect his career and make a name for himself in England. “I thought I would play for France,” he said. “But when you don’t play for your club that becomes impossible. For me, this year is crucial - it’s a chance for me to play regularly and become a very good player.”
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had left. “It was up to us to go to the likes of Middlesbrough, Forest and Wigan and get three points. I’m sure most Millwall fans would have taken a draw from those three games. As players maybe we were thinking about drawing away from home and then winning our games at The Den - but it ended up being the other way around. “We just had to believe in ourselves. It was an up and down season - a bit of a rollercoaster.” Millwall have played just two pre-season friendlies so far this summer - against Dartford and Stevenage - because of police restrictions. But while Beevers admits the situation is unusual, he does not believe a lack of competitive fixtures has hampered the squad’s preparation for the new season. And a final warm up game against Real Mallorca is being played at The Den on Friday night. “The training has been very tough,” Beevers said. “The Portugal trip was relentless - we did three sessions a day out there and then double sessions when we got back. “There have been plenty of training games behind-closed-doors which have allowed the lads to play 45, 60 and 90 minutes, so although there haven't been many friendlies we have got a lot of game time under our belts. “I've not experienced it like this before. Wherever I've been we've always had four or five friendlies but this year there have only been two or three. “We've played amongst ourselves which isn't quite the same as playing other teams but fitness-wise we've been getting plenty out of it. “You would imagine Mallorca will come here on Friday and pass the ball around like Real Vallecano did last year. The likes of Stevenage and Dartford have been more direct whereas Mallorca will play a possession game. “It will be a good test for us.”
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Smith could be Best bet EXCLUSIVE
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MILLWALL ARE chasing Blackburn striker Leon Best.
Talks flounder over free agent's wage demands EXCLUSIVE
By Alex Aldridge
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MILLWALL TRIALIST Matthew Briggs has turned down a contract offer from Ian Holloway.
Briggs has been training with the Lions for three weeks but his Den move is now in severe doubt. The left back was released by Fulham at the end of last season but he convinced Holloway to table a deal that would have seen him stay in London. However, talks with the 23-yearold have stalled - and Millwall are
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ready to walk away from the negotiating table altogether. Boss Holloway told the News: “I don’t think that’s happening now. We’ve offered Briggsy something but he wants a lot more than I’m going to pay him. “I’ve got a certain amount of money left and if he’s not going to accept what I’m offering then he’s not the right one for me. His agent says we are quite a way off. “I like Briggsy but it was always going to be tight this summer with the number of players we already have under contract. “I could have worked well with ...continued on page 46
But the Lions fear rival interest from Wigan and Derby could kill their chances of signing the 27-year-old. Ian Holloway has spoken to Rovers counterpart Gary Bowyer about a season-long loan for the former Newcastle United frontman. The Republic of Ireland international earns £25,000-a-week at Ewood Park but Blackburn are willing to stump up over half of his wages to get him off their books. However, Holloway expects to be pipped to Best's signature by a Championship rival. Chelsea youngster Patrick Bamford has also been the subject of an enquiry from Millwall, but Middlesbrough are poised to nab the 20-year-old. Boro boss Aitor Karanka worked with Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid and Bamford is heading to the Riverside as a favour between friends. “I’m not best mates with anybody!” Holloway said. “Bamford won’t be coming to us - lots of bigger clubs have asked about him.” With moves for Best and Bamford seemingly dead in the water, Holloway could yet revive his interest in Leeds United’s Matt Smith. The Lions saw a bid for the 25-yearold rejected in June but remain keen on the frontman. Holloway refused to discuss Smith specifically but said he was prepared to wait for his top targets. “I’ve got some gunpowder dry if I need to use it,” the Millwall boss added. “Do I need a striker at the moment? I don’t know, I might have enough. “But it makes sense to save some of the budget in case somebody else becomes available. It’s a waiting game. Sometimes I’ll be patient and wait for what I want. “It’s no good taking someone for the sake of it. Nobody is jumping out at me right now but I know what I want. “I might already have enough because the lads here look ready to rise to the challenge. “I’m not that bothered at the moment because I’ve got plenty of choices and I’m happy to see what develops.” THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2010 WAS 77.4%