FOOTBALLER’S TRIBUTE TO STABBED TEEN
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By Oliver Pugh
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LIVERPOOL FC footballer Jordan Ibe has paid tribute to a “cool guy” who was stabbed to death in Borough last Friday.
David Maxwell, eighteen, collapsed and died outside an off-licence in Pilgrimage Street after the incident at around 2.30pm. The teenager from Borough Road had known Bermondsey-born Ibe from football games played as children in a nearby park. As news of David’s death spread among friends and family on Friday night, Ibe tweeted a message to his 224,000 followers. “Can’t believe this, RIP David. Was always cool whenever I saw you around …You’re in God’s hand lil man,” he wrote. Speaking on Tuesday night after he scored for Derby County, where he is now on loan, Ibe said David’s death had shocked and upset him. Full story on page 4...
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HE CASE of disabled former Royal Marine Commando Richard Mason is a classic failure on the behalf of the council to carry out basic communication with a tenant in need.
At the News we praised the ruling administration’s policy of giving current and former armed forces personnel priority on the council’s housing allocations scheme, but that is no good when in practice they don’t even try to work out what their needs are. Since the 69-year-old fell and broke his hip two years ago he has been trapped in his home, and if it was not for both his carer and his friend the veteran’s plight would never have been heard. Three months ago the News was assured by the cabinet member for housing that a suitable ground floor property had been found. Red-faced Cllr Livingstone now has rightly held his hands up to the error, blaming “Chinese wishpers” within the council. The truth according to him is that staff tried to contact Richard Mason a couple of times to see if widening his areas of choice would mean they could find a ground-floor flat more quickly, but after making two phone calls which he did not answer they failed to do anymore. Whatever the reason for him failing to pick up the phone, surely people tasked with dealing with vulnerable people’s housing needs do not work along a quota of making just two calls before marking it down as task completed – when it clearly is not!
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T IS good to see the council is taking the fight to the High Court to help residents and school children who are going to be unnecessarily affected by the Super Sewer.
No-one including the leader of the Council Peter John and even the Save Your Riverside residents' campaign group is disputing that the fight to stop a Super Sewer is now lost, but they are questioning why the Chambers Wharf end should be used as the drive site. A machine is used to dig the sewer - pretty much like a mole - as it goes from one side to the other. Thames Water in their wisdom have chosen to drive from this side, despite it being more densely populated and built up than over in the East End. Abbey Mills is a large industrial site owned by Thames Water that can be accessed by a canal. You can assume that as smaller boats would have to carry spoil from Abbey Mills instead of large ship coming up the Thames at Chamber’s Wharf, Thames Water would save money doing it as planned. However, Thames Water are the developer here and the decision to ignore the massive disruption by using Chamber’s Wharf was that of the Government. The Secretary of State chose to ignore the findings of the five individual planning inspectors ,who after six months of hearing from experts just passed the Chamber’s Wharf proposal through without significant amendments.
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ROTHERHITHE By Ellie Ross
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A ROTHERHITHE woman is set to take part in the world’s first expedition to the Arctic Pole – and has had to prepare by learning everything from skiing to fighting off a polar bear.
Lisa Pook will join explorer Jim McNeill, and 26 amateur adventurers, in a bid to become the first people to reach the so-called Northern Pole of Inaccessibility in February. It is the farthest point from any coastline - 800 miles away from landmass, in the very centre of the Arctic Ocean - and has only ever been reached by plane. The team will divide into four groups of seven, each covering a 200-mile leg of the route on skis. They will travel ten miles a day for 20 days - while dragging a 60kg sled. The groups will switch over using a small aircraft to drop one group into position and collect the other. McNeill, founder of Ice Warrior - the group that trains ordinary people to become competent explorers – will lead the trip and aims to complete the entire 800-mile route. It is not his first attempt to reach the Pole of Inaccessibility – he had to abandon solo trips in 2003 and 2006 after catching a flesh-eating disease and falling into open water. To prepare for the challenge, Lisa, 32, has had to learn how to ski, face temperatures of -40, tie knots - and defend herself from a polar bear attack. She was also taught how to care for a team mate in the event of hypothermia, a heart attack or impalement. The senior policy and programme officer – who was inspired to take part after a talk by McNeill at the Royal Geographic Society – said: “I’m really excited. I’m training five days a week, pulling 60kg tyres behind me and jumping up the steps on Stave Hill in Rotherhithe. The whole team is so geared up and ready for it.” Part of Lisa’s preparation involved two trips to Svalbard, an island off northern Norway, for polar training. She said: “There was lots of cold water immersion and we learnt how to
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use flares and a rifle in bear training. Hopefully I won’t have to use them for real on the expedition. “Everyone in the team will have a different job depending on their skill set – from being responsible for the tent, to cooking. “I’m going to navigate. It’s quite pressurised, especially when you are on skis pulling a huge weight behind you and might have ice boulders in the way.” Lisa joined Rotherhithe-based Bootcamp SE16 in March, and trains with owner Stephanie Henderson in Russia Dock Woodland.
Stephanie said: “Lisa’s challenge is going to be 70% mental so I have been putting her in situations she will struggle with psychologically. Pulling tyres across gravel can be harder than pulling a sled across smooth ice.” The primary aim of the expedition is scientific – to monitor ice movement and predict the future of the Arctic. Scientists on the trip will feed back information to groups including Reading University, Scott Polar Research Institute, and National Snow and Ice Data Center. The group – made up of six women
However, the trip will not be able to proceed unless each team member raises a personal target of £25,000. Lisa has put in £11,000 and has a further £14,000 to raise. “This money covers everything from the logistics of getting to the start line, to fur, food and scientific equipment. “I have spent all my savings on it and have spent the last ten months training for the expedition. I eat, breathe and sleep it. We, as a team, are ready and we didn't go, we would all be upset - but we would have to try again!” www.gofundme.com/polarpook
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LIVERPOOL PL AYER JORDAN IBE DESCRIBES VICTIM AS A ‘COOL GUY ’ By Oliver Pugh
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LIVERPOOL FC footballer Jordan Ibe has paid tribute to a “cool guy” who was stabbed to death in Borough last Friday.
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David Maxwell, eighteen, collapsed and died outside an off-licence in Pilgrimage Street after the incident at around 2.30pm. The teenager from Borough Road had known Bermondsey-born Ibe from football games played as children in a nearby park. As news of David’s death spread among friends and family on Friday night, Ibe tweeted a message to his 224,000 followers. “Can’t believe this, RIP David. Was always cool whenever I saw you around …You’re in God’s hand lil man,” he wrote. Speaking on Tuesday night after he scored for Derby County, where he is now on loan, Ibe said David’s death had shocked and upset him. “Obviously I found out from one of my friends that a guy in the area that I know had passed away. Victim: Obviously everyone was upset and David [so are] the people around the area,” Maxwell
he said. David was pronounced dead as he lay on the pavement at around 3.15pm by a doctor from London’s Air Ambulance, which had landed in Tabard Gardens. His body lay in the street, covered by a small tent, for several hours as police examined the scene well into the night. A post-mortem examination held on Saturday at Greenwich mortuary confirmed David’s cause of death as stab wounds. Ibe said: “It’s just a person I know in the area – the local park that I used to go to and play football. “They lived quite close to mine and I would always see him riding his bike, he was a cool guy – it’s bad, I mean, passing away. “I would play football in the park I would see him around – that’s the second time someone that I know… the first one was one of my friends that’s passed away in the same area – so obviously it’s bad and I’ve been upset about it,” the eighteen-yearold winger added. On Monday Police charged a man with David Maxwell’s murder. Ronnie Atuqiya, 20, of Second Avenue in Dagenham was due to appear in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Another man, an eighteen-year-old from Southwark, was arrested by detectives on suspicion of perverting the course of justice over the weekend and has been bailed to return at a later date.
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CCTV appeal after ticket staff floored with punch
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POLICE HAVE appealed for help to identify a man who vaulted a ticket barrier at London Bridge station and punched a member of staff in the face. The 26-year-old ticket inspector was knocked to the ground in the attack on July 30 and left “incredibly shaken up”. The assault began when the inspector refused to accept the passenger’s 16-25 ticket because he did not have a valid rail card to prove his age. The British Transport Police (BTP) has now released CCTV footage of the incident in an effort to identify the offender. Detective Constable Rod Harbron, of BTP’s Workplace Violence Unit, said: “A man entered London Bridge station at 3.20pm and approached the automatic barriers on the main concourse. He showed a 16-25 ticket but did not have the valid railcard to prove his age. “When challenged by the ticket inspector, the man vaulted the barriers and punched him in the face. The attack was only stopped when members of the public intervened and the suspect made off – jumping back over the barriers and running from the station.” BTP officers arrived within minutes and conducted a thorough search of the
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A PAEDOPHILE who boasted of raping a six-year-old to an online investigator while indulging in a four day cocaine binge is facing years behind bars.
Paul Murphy, 41, was snared by a covert online investigator when he was trawling an adult website and using SKYPE chat. Hiding behind names Hybrid30 and Midnight Black, Murphy boasted of raping a six-year-old girl. Murphy's sickening claims also included that he had sexually assaulted three girls and sexually assaulted a nine-year-old boy. Unaware he was talking to the police, he bragged about convincing a fifteen-year-old girl to have sex with him. During the course of the 'chat' on November 5 last year, Murphy sent the undercover officer a string of child abuse pictures, some of which he claimed were his victims. The following day, Murphy's work address was searched as officers
feared he was a 'hands on' child abuser. Murphy was arrested and interviewed. In interview, Murphy said he was in a long term relationship and his girlfriend was pregnant. He said he was suffering from worry and stress and had indulged in a four-day cocaine binge at the time of the offences. He said it was just sexual talk based on fantasy, claimed there was no evidence he had ever abused a child and refused to acknowledge the children were underage. Murphy even insisted he supported many children's charities. Bearded Murphy admitted ten charges of possessing indecent images of children at Southwark Crown Court. He denied three counts of possession of movies showing indecent images of children, which was accepted by prosecutors who offered no evidence on one of the counts. Murphy, of Acorn Walk, Rotherhithe, was bailed ahead of his sentence on December 8.
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Wax house tapering out
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By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
A HOUSE MADE out of wax is still slowly melting to the ground in Southwark Street as part of an arts festival.
The second storey of the installation, produced by artist Alex Chinneck, has now disappeared, and soon only the roof will be left. The work celebrates a candle-making factory which stood in Bankside two hundred years ago.
Council challenges ‘Super Sewer’ decision in High Court By Oliver Pugh
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THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to approve Thames Water’s £4.2billion ‘super sewer’ has been challenged in the High Court.
Southwark Council formally applied for a judicial review of the scheme last Thursday, claiming that it will have very significant impacts on the lives of 4,000 people. The council is specifically opposing the proposal to dig part of the fifteen-mile tunnel from Chamber’s Wharf in Bermondsey. At its height the six year construction works could see an HGV travelling past the site every fifteen minutes. Work is also expected to go on 24-hours-a-day for three of the six years. Cllr Peter John, leader of Southwark Council, said they had been advised they had a strong case, but compared the battle to David and Goliath. “I can now confirm we have issued the High Court with an application for a Judicial Review into the Secretaries of State's decision to approve plans for the super sewer in their current form, because of the devastating impact the work will have on the lives of the thousands of people who live, work and go to school around the proposed Chamber's Wharf tunnel drive site,” he said. “Our position was supported by the findings of the five individual planning inspectors who, after six months of hearing from experts and residents alike, concluded that using Chambers Wharf as a drive site would have very significant
Chamber’s Wharf
impacts on the lives of residents and that Abbey Mills would be a more appropriate site with far less impact. This point was ignored by the Secretaries of State who did not even consider the alternatives put forward and simply felt the need for the project outweighed our concerns about the way Chambers Wharf was being used. “We have discussed this with legal counsel and believe we have a strong case, but we are under no illusions, we are very much David taking on Goliath.” Barney Holbeche, chair of the Save Your Riverside residents' campaign group, said: "The credibility of the planning process is in doubt because of this decision on the tunnel and we therefore welcome the decision of Southwark Council to question the legalities of it." A Government spokesman said they had full confidence in the robustness of the approval but that they were unable to comment on any ongoing legal proceedings. “As one of the country’s leading infrastructure projects, the Thames Tideway Tunnel will modernise the capital’s ageing sewerage system,” they said.
Benefit night organised after man’s roof fall death
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Millwall players expected to make appearance at fundraising night By Oliver Pugh
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A BENEFIT night is being held in Bermondsey this weekend for a man who fell off a roof and later died.
Dave Clark, 55, was working on a building in Brighton when he fell and damaged his spine on September 30. Though he was paralysed from the waist down, friends said he was making progress and sitting up in St George’s Hospital in Tooting. But when he was moved back to Brighton hospital last Tuesday a blood clot developed and starved his brain of oxygen. He died later that day. Dave’s girlfriend Beverley Fenn – known as Millwall Bev – had moved from Bermondsey to Brighton to be with him around four years ago, but they had been together for six. After initial signs of recovery, Dave’s death has come as a shock to friends and family. Kevin Downey, who is organising the benefit night, said: “Dave was a gentleman. I never knew anyone who didn’t like him.” Another friend, Tara Grimes, said: “There wasn’t one photo of Dave without a smile. “[Bev] has always said it was the best six years of her life.” Some Millwall players were expected to make an appearance at the event on Saturday, where cash will be raised from auctioning – among a host of other things – signed football memorabilia from Arsenal and Millwall. Originally, the night had been
Dave Cark with his girlfriend Beverley Fenn
planned before Dave’s death, to raise money for Beverley’s hotel bills while she stayed in Tooting. She had been made redundant just
two weeks before. Now in Dave’s memory, the event will be held at the Blue Anchor pub in Southwark Park Road from 5pm.
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Tickets are £5. A number of Dave’s friends from Scotland are also expected to travel down to attend.
By Oliver Pugh
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CUSTOMERS HAD nowhere to hide in Surrey Quays shopping centre last week when 3D body scanning was offered for free.
The hi-tech machine mapped the customers’ body shapes and produced a virtual avatar of them. Afterwards customers met with a stylist and colour consultant who talked them through their body scan, advising which styles and colours best suited suit their shape and skin tone. Shopper Emma Colwell, who was celebrating her 29th birthday on Saturday, said "I don't normally do things like this,
Sonia Costelo Branlo and Phillippa Quinn with their scan results
but it was really interesting to find more about fashion and what suits me and my body shape. I didn't realise there was a
triangle shape or that colour can draw attention away from the body. It makes it easier to go shopping."
While police rule out the possibility of foul play the funeral arrangements are on hold, Kevin and Tara said.
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Dealing from flat
A DRUG dealer who was caught selling cannabis out of his flat was told he would have to be sentenced in the crown court.
Police found around £500 of skunk in Jordan McLean’s Bermondsey home when they raided it on July 1. They also found McLean trying to make his escape through the kitchen window. Twenty six bags of cannabis were discovered in the fridge and £500 cash in a video game box. The 25-year-old stood with his head bowed throughout the hearing on Thursday. The prosecution claimed that text messages on McLean’s phone showed “clear arrangements with other parties” and were “indicative that the defendant is street dealing”. However, McLean’s solicitor said this was not true and that his client
By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
A NATIONAL circus school chose a car park in Peckham to show off their skills last week. The National Centre for Circus Arts’ class of 2014 chose the top of the multistorey car park off Rye Lane to show off their trapeze, juggling and acrobatic prowess. The unusual location was selected because of its views over the capital, which have recently been highlighted as under threat by local campaign groups, who say proposed highrise towers could block the impressive vista. The petition to protect Peckham’s rooftop views now has over 1,000 signatures at www.change.org.
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only dealt to friends from his flat. “He has stated that he was smoking half of the drugs and supplying the other half,” he said. McLean, of Snowsfields, admitted a charge of being in possession of 59.42g of Class B drugs on October 16. Magistrates committed his case to Woolwich Crown Court for sentencing, at a date yet to be fixed. Until then he was granted unconditional bail.
Not a bright idea
A THIEF who stole light bulbs from a shop and then assaulted a security guard in the car park was granted bail.
Andre Brown, 28, had the bright idea to take the bulbs – worth £20.98 – from B&Q in Old Kent Road on October 16. When he appeared at Camberwell
Green Magistrates’ Court on Thursday last week he admitted a charge of theft from a shop and a charge of common assault. No light was shed on the circumstances of the assault, as the case was adjourned so Brown could apply for legal aid. Brown, of Christopher Close in Rotherhithe, was granted unconditional bail until later that afternoon.
Assault denied
A 20-YEAR-OLD accused of kicking a man in the head as he sat on the pavement outside the Ministry of Sound nightclub appeared in court.
Shahbir Mahammed denied a charge of assault by beating following the alleged incident on October 15 in Gaunt Street,
LAST WEEK the News printed an article (taken from a court agency report) entitled ‘I was there but I wasn’t involved’.
The article was about the trial of four people following the death of Chris Foster in November 2013. Two men are on charges of conspiracy to commit GBH, and two are accused of helping two of the gang escape after the attack. The article also stated that one man had already pleaded guilty to murder, and three others had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit GBH. In the article, we referred to the court hearing details of a phone call made by one of the defendants, Ricky Huggins, and incorrectly stated that this call was made to another defendant, Aytach Lisani. In fact, the Court heard that the call was made to Aydin Salih, who is not involved in the trial. We are happy to set the record straight and apologise to Mr Huggins for this mistake.
Four year old missing in Peckham park
THE JURY IN THE TRIAL INTO THE KILLING OF CHRIS FOSTER STOP IS NOW CONSIDERING ITS PRESS: VERDICTS...
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claiming self-defence. Following a short hearing on Thursday, Mahammed’s case was adjourned for trial at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court on April 20. Mahammed, of Falmouth Gardens in Ilford, was granted unconditional bail until that time.
Sent to Crown Court
A 21-YEAR-OLD accused of punching and kicking a man in the head was granted unconditional bail.
Patrick Walsh was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm when he appeared at Camberwell Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. It followed the alleged attack outside the Uxbridge Arms in Bath Terrace, Elephant and Castle, on April 17.
SEVERAL POLICE teams descended on Peckham Rye Park on Tuesday night after a four-year-old girl went missing.
Officers were called just before 4,30pm and immediately covered all exits to the park and started a search of the area. After twenty minutes officers were approached by a woman who had found the girl wandering alone in the park. She was given a ride in a police car and reunited with her mother. Inspector Kelvin Jackson-Robbins, of Southwark police said: “We were very relieved that the little girl was found safe and well and reunited her with her mother so quickly. “We would like to thank the lady that found her and brought her to officers searching the park, we’re very grateful to her”.
Walsh spoke only to confirm his name and address during the short hearing. He gave no indication as to his plea. Walsh, of Bath Terrace, was granted bail to attend Woolwich Crown Court on November 13.
Alleged motorbike thief
AN ALLEGED motorbike thief who was accused of taking a £2,400 Yamaha from a man who was selling it was bailed.
Omar Rahman, eighteen, denied a charge of theft of a motorcycle following the incident in Abbey Street, Bermondsey, on April 8. Rahman, of Benworth Street in Bow, was granted bail with conditions of not contacting the alleged loser in the case. He faces a trial at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court on March 25.
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LAST MAN STANDING
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ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
It was set up over 100 years ago to help the poor, became a favourite of Queen Mar y, and withstood The Blit z , but now Crossways Church is at a crossroads as it prepares to leave the last building on the Heygate
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Reverend Peter Stevenson looks over the rubble that was the Heygate Estate
OYALTY AND film stars have graced a church mission set up over a hundred years ago, now the last building standing in the midst of a demolished housing estate. As cranes and rubble surround the Crossways Church in the New Kent Road and the last of the former Heygate Estate has been pulled down, Reverend Peter Stevenson told the News of the forthcoming pilgrimage to their new home, what he really thinks of the regeneration of the area and when Michael Caine told him to get off his land, writes Amelia Burr...
Reverend Herbert Kenward opened the mission in 1904 when Elephant & Castle was a very different place. Before the Welfare State, high unemployment led to grinding poverty with large families living in one filthy room and crime rates so bad even policemen feared walking the beat. Drink was the only solace for the weary masses, with the numerous pubs full of the desperate and their children day and night. After running the mission for a few years, Rev Kenward writes in the Crossway Chronicle of how the Children’s Act of 1908 would benefit his forlorn flock because it would make it illegal to give alcohol to a child under five. “This will be an incalculable boon! During one day 107 children and 111 babies were seen taken into one Public House near Crossway!,” he wrote. In the struggle for survival, this
miserable and Godless place had less than 50 people rattling around in a church hall for 900 until it was taken over by the London Congregational Union and became one of the Crossways mission. In 1908 Rev. Kenward describes how the centre, then on Gurney Road, had built up a regular congregation of 700 from every walk of life, with sixty activity sessions a week from rollerskating to political meetings. By 1911, the centre reports several thousand people coming every week and over a thousand children attending their Saturday night entertainment session. By 1917, the work of the Crossway mission was so well known that Rev Kenward received a visit from Queen Mary, royal consort to King George V. She was so impressed with the thriving centre, the hostel they ran for the destitute, the crèche and the baby clinic, that three years later she was still sending gifts to the church. Until the end of World War One she sent refuge parcels of clothing and food on a regular basis but in 1920 a religious tapestry came from the palace and on the back was written: “With best wishes from HH the Queen.” Rev. Kenward and Queen Mary built up such a friendship that when he became ill some years later, she is said to have sent flowers to him from Sandringham. In 1942, a delayed bomb explosion right in front of Crossways killed 19 people and injured 150 more. The undetected bomb had been dropped some time before but had burrowed so far underground that no one knew it
How the new church near Draper House may look
was there until it went off one Saturday night in June of that year. A new technique was used to try to detect survivors under the rubble with microphones laid on the debris linked up to loudspeakers. The rescuers called for complete silence before they called out ‘If you can hear, knock with a brick or shout’, but the detector did not pick up any replies. After huge improvements to people’s prospects in the area with an employment boom in the fifties and the replacement of the slums with brand new sprawling housing estates, the Crossways congregation had dwindled to just three women when it moved into its new home on the Heygate in 1971. Reverend Peter Stevenson, who has been leading the centre for five years, says with increasing numbers of immigrant communities coming to the
area over the last twenty years, the mission has returned to its roots of trying to meet the needs of the community, rather than being exclusively a place of worship. “Now we are needed more than ever,” said Rev. Stevenson, who is proud to host ten different congregations at Crossways, as well as a day centre for asylum seekers. After 40 years on the estate, the council sold the site to developers, Lend Lease, in 2010, who have demolished the homes around Crossways, ready to build the new luxury Elephant Park. As the church owned the freehold, the council had to either buy them out or build a new church for them somewhere else. One option on the table was to put them in the old Town Hall building on Walworth Road. Rev Stevenson almost signed on the dotted
line before he had a change of heart and decided it would be too big. He is now wondering if this was a divine intervention as a few months later a fire ripped through the building, causing extensive damage. A planning application went in last week for a new two storey Crossways church mission in Hampton Street. The new build will require the demolition of neighbouring Draper House residents’ garages and, as they have already put up with several years of building work around them, the plans have already met with local opposition. “I know it’s not to do with me,” said Peter. “It’s more to do with the disruption they’ve had over the years... if it gets past the planning stage I hope the community will work with me and tell me what they need. I’ve got a building so let’s work in partnership to get things going.” As billions of pounds worth of regeneration get underway in Elephant & Castle, some campaign groups have asked if it will really benefit the local community who may be priced out. Rev. Stevenson takes the approach that if you can’t beat them, join them. “I don’t think we should have a lottery because it’s a tax on the poor but we’ve got it, we lost that battle, and now I’d go to them for money. “We can’t beat them so I get close to the people who make most of the decisions to be a sort of conscience to them. I can’t change their decisions but I can ask the questions, like ‘what if you just create a more expensive slum?’. It’s not a question people want to answer.”
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When the Reverend met Michael Caine CROSSWAYS HAS been used as a green room for Attack the Block and Michael Caine blockbuster Harry Brown.
Rev. Stevenson heard that Sir Michael liked artwork of himself hanging at the entrance to the church, so he arranged to go and give it to him in the hope that he would agree to be patron of Crossways. He drove up to his house but meeting one of his screen heroes did not go according to plan. “He wanted me off his land as quickly as possible,” said the Reverend, who admitted “that one backfired on me.” But after a little gentle persuasion from his family, Sir Michael did agree to be patron for Crossways, but Reverend Stevenson dares not ask him to open the new church in case he gets the same reaction again.
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ubble left behind after the bombing of 1942 (above); and men at the church in the 1920s
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Tower’s beef with Oxo spoof By Oliver Pugh
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HARVEY NICHOLS’restaurant in the Oxo Tower has asked for a spoof post on a website to be removed after customers followed its advice and turned up with handfuls of OXO cube wrappers in the hope of a free cocktail.
A year ago a user of the site, called Reddit, offered up these words to a visiting tourist: “Keep it to yourself, but you can get a free cocktail at the bar at the top of the OXO tower if you take ten wrappers from OXO cubes with you.
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OXO cubes are about £3 a pack and are useful in cooking anyway; everyone’s a winner! “You get a different cocktail depending on the wrapper type - beef is different to vegetable stock for example. They rotate these choices weekly but they’re all pretty cheap cocktails, don’t expect too much.” A spokesperson for the OXO Tower restaurant confirmed that customers had tried to use the wrappers in the restaurant. “We contacted the website asking them to take it down because customers were genuinely trying to redeem the wrappers,” she said.
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Stabbed in buttocks
PECKHAM: Three teenagers were arrested after a sixteen-year-old was stabbed in the buttock last week.
Police were called to Southampton Way on Tuesday evening to reports of a disturbance. When the officers arrived on the scene shortly after 7.30pm they found a group of teenage boys surrounding the victim, who was taken to hospital. His buttock wound was not life threatening and he was later discharged. Three sixteen-year-olds were arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and have been bailed to a date in December pending further enquiries.
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Campaigner calls for probe into ‘tarpaulin arrest’ CAMBERWELL
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CAMBERWELL
By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
The three day demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament against the interests of large corporations dictating government policy resulted in 39 arrests, including that of London Assembly Member and former Camberwell councillor, Jenny Jones. Baroness Jones was arrested after trying to prevent long term Camberwell resident Donnachadh McCarthy from himself being arrested for holding a folded up tarpaulin in his arms. According to the police it is against the law to be in possession of any item which could be used “for the purposes of remaining or staying” allowing you to sleep overnight on the grass. As four officers tried to wrestle the tarpaulin from the 55-year-old, who is known for his campaigning for segregated cycle ways in Southwark on behalf of ‘Stop Killing Cyclists’ and has recently published the book, Prostitute State, he was forced to the ground and Jenny Jones was handcuffed. In a film documenting the arrests, the
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AN ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner has asked for an investigation to be launched into his arrest for being in possession of a tarpaulin in Parliament Square.
Donnachadh McCarthy being arrested as Baroness Jenny Jones, AM, looks on
four officers are then seen carrying McCarthy, a News columnist, to a police van in handcuffs surrounded by a protective shield of ten other officers. “It was completely over the top,” said McCarthy, who has since written to Simon Hughes, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark and the Justice Minister, to ask him to launch an investigation into the incident, which he described as “unacceptable in a democracy”. Although Jenny Jones was swiftly dearrested, McCarthy said he was kept in handcuffs for three hours after his arrest, which he believes shows that free speech is no longer permitted where it is most needed. “If you can’t have free speech in front of your MPs what’s the point?” The police confirmed that a 55-year-old
male was arrested under a by-law specific to Parliament Square and for not providing his name and address, but did not want to comment further on an open case. A spokesman said protesters had been informed individually that they were in breach of legislation and that if they chose to remain, they would be removed. “Our role is to facilitate peaceful protest whilst balancing the needs of London communities and minimising any disruption. We will not take sides, but we seek to apply the law fairly and proportionately,” he said. Mr. McCarthy says he did try to give his name and address, but officers would not take it unless he handed over the tarpaulin, which he refused to do because it was his private property.
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£1,000 reward to find rare breed heavyweight puss Cat weighs same as 6 month old baby and plays fetch like a dog By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
THE DEVOTED owner of a lost rare cat has offered a £1,000 reward for its safe return.
Reezy, who weighs the same as an average six-month-old baby, is a Pixie-bob cat, a pedigree breed from America with a temperament more like a dog than a cat. Owner, Sam Adams says his two-year-old feline friend goes everywhere with him, sleeps on his girlfriend’s head at night and can even play fetch on demand. The heavyweight pet went missing for the first time on Sunday morning, when the back door of Sam’s flat in Vestry Road,
Camberwell, blew open. After five days on the mean streets of SE5, Sam is so concerned about the welfare of his furry friend, he has offered a hefty reward. “I know there are a lot of compassionate people out there, but if there’s something worth a thousand pounds hiding in your garden you might be more likely to go out and look for it. We are perfectly prepared to part with that if he’s returned safely,” said the 28-year-old, who usually takes Reezy to work with him. Sam has put fliers up all over the local area but is now hoping the financial incentive will get the local kids on the case. If you find Reezy, you can call Sam on 07961 098 564.
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Ex marine stuck in flat - 3 months after being promised a new one Housing boss: Treatment ‘not good enough’
By Oliver Pugh
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A DISABLED former Royal Marine Commando is still waiting to be moved to a ground floor flat – three months after Southwark Council assured him it would happen “as soon as possible”.
Richard Mason, 69, has effectively been trapped in his second floor home, which does not have wheelchair access, since he fell and broke his hip two years ago. After a year of trying to get him moved from his flat in the Four Squares Estate in Bermondsey, his friends became so concerned about the deterioration in his health that in desperation they contacted the News. His carer Deborah McGuigan said at the time: “Had he been in this condition when he was housed here, he wouldn’t have been housed here. I just don’t understand how they can leave him here – if there’s a fire he’s buggered really.” Following a call from this newspaper in August, the council’s Cabinet member for housing finally appeared to promise the veteran a suitable property. “We intend to offer Mr Mason a ground-floor home that has just become available and sincerely hope that his situation is permanently resolved as soon as possible," said Cllr Richard Livingstone. However, three months later and Mr Mason has only been offered a flat on the first floor of another block of sheltered accommodation. His friend Michael Wyatt, 67, said: “They were prompted by [the News] stirring up a hornets’ nest but that has died down and they have gone back to being Southwark. [Mr Mason] has no clout. He is of no consequence really.” This week Cllr Livingstone said it
had been an error to suggest a ground-floor flat was available; this was actually not the case, he said, blaming “Chinese whispers” within the council. "I am sorry that Mr Mason hasn't yet been moved to accommodation more suitable to his needs,” he said.
“They were prompted by [the News] stirring up a hornets’ nest but that has died down and they have gone back to being Southwark. [Mr Mason] has no clout. He is of no consequence really”
Cllr Livingstone then went on to admit that Mr Mason’s treatment had ‘not been good enough’. He added: "We recognise the contribution made by current and former armed forces personnel and this is reflected in the priority they are given in the council's housing allocations scheme. “In this instance, officers will be in contact with Mr Mason and he will be offered the next available ground floor flat in the area of his choice. “I hope that Mr Mason will find a new home that meets his specific needs very soon."
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Charlie Chaplin’s son talks to the News about upcoming film WALWORTH
By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
IN THE year after Charlie Chaplin died, grave-robbers stole his body and held his family to ransom for its safe return. A new film dramatising this six month saga features Charlie’s son Eugene, who told the News about the Walworth-born star of stage and screen and ‘The Price of Fame’.
Chaplin died on Christmas Day, 1977 and a few months later his grieving wife and eight children received a chilling call from the local police where they lived in Corsier-sur-Vevey, by Lake Geneva, saying his grave was open and his body was missing. At that time, Eugene says the whole of Switzerland was on edge because of the recent kidnapping of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who was subsequently killed by the Red Brigades and the thoughts of the family and the police immediately turned to a terrorist plot. But the reality turned out to be much more Chaplinesque, as the family were inundated with calls from fakers claiming they had stolen the body. “The family didn’t know who we were talking to most of the time. You have several people phoning up saying ‘we did it’. We had to say ‘please give us proof’,” said Eugene, who is now 61years-old and still living in Switzerland. Throughout the ordeal, Eugene said his mother, Oona, was determined not to pay the thieves a penny in case it encouraged them to try to take living members of the family. “My mother always said ‘it’s a dead body’ and ‘I don’t want anyone to think that we are ready to pay a ransom because they could go and take one of the kids’,” said Eugene. “It was most stressful for my mother and it just went on and on,” he added. Over six months the net closed in on two Eastern European crooks who slipped up by always calling the family from phone boxes in the town. The Swiss police stationed an agent at every phone booth and caught the bungling body snatchers in the act. Once they were safely behind bars, the wife of one of the thieves wrote to the family to apologise for her husband’s actions and Oona graciously offered her forgiveness. When Charlie was reburied, the family put concrete around the grave to stop anyone trying the same stunt again. More than 35 years later and Eugene is now appearing in a film dramatisation of that morbid misdemeanour. In a true tribute to his father, he is playing a circus manager in The Price of Fame, set to be released next year. “My father really loved the circus,” said Eugene. “We’d go every year to see the Swiss National Circus and after each show he invited everyone back to our house. It was very nice, some came with their animals, like alligators...you can imagine how impressed as a kid seeing all that.”
CHAPLIN AND THE BODYSNATCHERS
The Chaplins and six of their eight children in 1961 (left to right) Geraldine, Eugene, Victoria, Chaplin, O'Neill, Annette, Josephine and Michael
Star’s son Eugene on new movie that tells tale of ransom plot
When the French director, Xavier Beauvois, first approached the family about the idea, Eugene was not keen. “Personally I didn’t like the idea too much,” he admits, but then Beauvois asked if he would be a consultant because of Eugene’s experience as an artistic director in the circus and gradually he was won over by his
talent and enthusiasm. Eugene was not expecting to make an appearance in front of the camera until he got a call out of the blue from the costume department asking for his measurements. “That’s the first I know about it,” he said. For Eugene the film retells the horrendous incident when his father’s
Son backs Save the Coronet campaign
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S son has spoken out in support of a theatre threatened with demolition, where it is thought his father once performed.
Eugene Chaplin, now 61, has been known to have a secretive pint in the Charlie Chaplin pub next to the Coronet, which is at risk of being knocked down as part of owner Delancey’s redevelopment of the neighbouring shopping centre. As the silent film star was born round the corner in East Street and took to the stage from the age of five, it is thought likely that he would have trod the boards at Elephant and Castle Theatre on the same site in the late 1800s. “It’s very possible,” said Eugene
who added that he was “definitely” in favour of saving the Coronet from demolition. “I’m all for saving old theatres and cinemas,” he said. “It’s part of British History, especially the music hall and I think the English are very proud of it.” Eugene has previously been to visit the blue plaque which marks out the house his father grew up in, and the building in Kennington which used to house Lambeth workhouse where Charlie stayed with his mother and brother, bringing former family films to life of when Chaplin took his wife Oona round the same sites. “Being a music hall artist at that time was very difficult because you were travelling a lot and they
body was stolen as a comedy caper in a great tribute to his father, who was a screen icon to Beauvois. “I’m touched that he did a tribute to my dad in that way,” he said.
weren’t very well paid and it was a very tough business,” said Eugene, who said his father was always proud of where he came from. “He always had his roots for that part of London,” he said. “He has always been my father, the person on the screen is someone else. It’s only with time you realise how important he was.” Richard Littman, Director of the Coronet Theatre said: “It’s wonderful to hear that Eugene is backing the campaign to save the Coronet. The theatre’s cultural heritage is a really important part of its history, not least because Eugene’s father performed here as a child. Needless to say, we’re absolutely delighted to have his support.”
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Pedestrian injured in car collision
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ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: A pedestrian was hospitalised on Saturday night after he was in collision with a car at the Elephant and Castle roundabout.
The man in his 30s was treated for head injuries at the scene of the incident, which took place just after 7pm, and taken as a priority to King’s College Hospital. He remains in hospital in a stable condition. No arrests had been made as the News went to press.
Great , great gran didn’t believe that she was 100 until she received a card from the Queen
By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk A GREAT, great grandmother only believed she had really turned 100 when a card from the Queen arrived.
Margaretta Annie Furnish said she had a “smashing” time with the five generations of her family who came to her birthday party on Friday afternoon. “I’m very lucky,” said the mother of four, who has lived in Peckham for over 60 years. “I’ve had a good life” Welsh-born Margaretta moved to Camberwell when she was just fifteenyears-old to find work. She married her Cardiff sweetheart and by the time the Second World War started, they already had three children. The centenarian
remembers hiding under the table in their home in Camberwell Green, trying to avoid the ‘flying bombs’. She said during that time and while she has been living in Lyndhurst Way in Peckham she has had wonderful neighbours. “If you needed any help, you could just go to them and they wouldn’t expect anything.” Working as a cleaner until the age of 65 and a regular at St Giles’ Church when she was still able to get there, Margaretta says the secret to a long and healthy life is “keeping busy.” In fact, Margaretta still feels so full of life, she could not believe she was turning 100. “I didn’t expect it,” she said. “When they said I was 100, I said ‘I’m not’ but I know now because I’ve had a card from the Queen.”
Teen stabbed in broad daylight
DULWICH: Police are appealing for information after a teenager was stabbed in Dulwich on Sunday morning.
The nineteen-year-old was taken to hospital after the incident at the junction of Crystal Palace Road and East Dulwich Road at 11.30am. His injuries were not thought to be life threatening. Detectives from Southwark CID are investigating the incident but as the News went to press, no arrests had been made. The police are now appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact Southwark CID via 101 or to call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
SOUTHWARK REMEMBERS Birthday girl Margaretta with her family
The Worshipful Mayor of Southwark, Southwark Council, and the Royal British Legion, invite you to attend the borough's Remembrance Service on Sunday 9 November 2014 at The St Saviour's War Memorial, Borough High Street, SE1.
The service will be led by The Very Rev Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark, and local church ministers. Please gather at 10.45am. Other services will be taking place at Kennington Lane, the Dulwich Memorial, the Camberwell Memorial, and West Lane.
The official borough service is traditionally attended by the First Citizen of the borough, past Mayors, Free Citizens, Honorary Aldermen, Southwark’s three MPs, the Leader of the Council and opposition parties, Southwark’s London Assembly Member, representatives from The Royal British Legion, members of HM Armed Forces, members of the Emergency Services and the Representative Deputy Lieutenant. An Armistice Service will be held at West Lane War Memorial, SE16 (off Jamaica Road), on Tuesday 11 November 2014. This service will be led by The Rt Rev Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Woolwich, and local church ministers. Please gather at 10.45am. Members of the public are most welcome to attend these services. Remembrance Sunday is the day traditionally put aside to remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. On this day, people across the nation pause to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service men and women. The act of observing a two minute silence began in 1919, following the Armistice at 11am on 11 November 1918 at the end of the First World War. In 1921, the year the Royal British Legion was formed,‘Armistice Day’ was formally adopted as the national day of remembrance.The two minute silence is held at 11am on 11 November, when the nation pauses to honour those who gave their lives in conflicts past and present. The Royal British Legion is the national custodian of remembrance, a role which ensures that those who gave their lives for peace and freedom are duly remembered.With this in mind,The Worshipful Mayor of Southwark, Councillor Sunil Chopra, urges the citizens of Southwark to buy a poppy and wear it in support of the continued good work being carried out by the Royal British Legion.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,AND IN THE MORNING,WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
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Skyscraper plans move forward By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk A SKYSCRAPER originally meant to house key workers approved seven years ago will finally be built... but without the 159 flats set aside for public sector workers.
‘Floating tower’ gets green light
By Oliver Pugh
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A 26-storey ‘floating tower’ of luxury flats was given the green light for construction on Tuesday night by Southwark councillors.
The new building will sit next to the Shard in St Thomas’ Street and house 148 new homes, none of which will be affordable. Sellar, which also developed the Shard, intends to work with Notting Hill housing to provide affordable homes in cheaper areas of the borough. Justifying its decision in a planning statement, the developers said extra lifts and stairs would be needed for affordable homes if they were forced into the proposed tower, which would spoil the design of the building. Otherwise service charges would make the flats unaffordable, they added. If Sellar and Notting Hill fail to agree
on the delivery of 188 ‘affordable’ habitable rooms elsewhere, the developer can pay £18.8 million to the council instead. One proposed site for the affordable homes was the site of the former Woodene block in the Acorn Estate, Peckham. To make way for the new tower in St Thomas’ Street, Fielden House 28-42 London Bridge Street and 21-27 St Thomas Street will be demolished. Among other businesses, the buildings currently house a branch of Starbucks, Splazzo café, and a newsagent. When the plans were being prepared earlier this year, James Sellar said: “We believe the proposed development will not only further enhance LBQ [London Bridge Quarter] in its present form but will substantially elevate the public realm surrounding the transport hub and complement the redevelopment of the station which is due to complete in 2018.”
Quill plans changed to private only
The developers of a planned 31storey student block named ‘the Quill’ hope to redesign it so it can house private flats instead.
Originally the building, in St Thomas’ Street, was to become home for 470 King’s College London students but now the drawings have been converted to allow the construction 119 private flats. The outside of the building appeared unchanged from its original design, known for the spikes on its roof, which was supposed to reflect Southwark’s literary heritage. Affordable housing would be provided elsewhere in the borough, if the new plans were approved.
The 44-storey tower on the site of the old London Park Hotel in Newington Butts was given planning approval in 2007 when the London Wide Initiative was focused on providing housing to key workers who were priced out of London. But the project stalled when the housing market took a nose dive in 2008 and the
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land eventually passing to City Hall. Last year Mayor Boris Johnson announced the 457 flats would be for long term private rent and now developers, Realstar, and construction company, Mace, are on board, the build can finally begin. “With London's unprecedented population growth, housing supply and affordability is now our biggest challenge and we need to double the number of homes being built,” said the Mayor. Since the original plans were approved, the building, due to be completed in 2018, has lost thirteen flats and gained seven metres in height to incorporate a sprinkler system on each floor.
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WRESTLING STARS LEAVE THE RING FOR ANTI-BULLY DRIVE
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By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
THREE WORLD class wrestlers went to smack down bullying at a school in Southwark yesterday.
Youth theatre finds temporary home
An artist’s impression of the old town hall transformed into the new Theatre Peckham
By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
A 30-year-old youth theatre company has found a temporary home in a library and a school while a bespoke theatre is built on the site of its original base.
Theatre Peckham, responsible for producing local talent like John Boyega, who has been cast in a role in the new Star Wars film, have been on their site in Havil Street since they opened in 1985. That building is going to be demolished with a
brand new theatre and administrative centre set to throw open its doors in 2016. For the next two years the older students’ courses will be based at the second floor of Peckham Library and Saturday courses will continue to run at Peckham Harris Academy. “The temporary move presents us with an exciting opportunity, placing us right in heart of the community and offering us an opportunity to reach new audiences,” said Theatre Peckham founder, Teresa Early. “It will be very much business as usual for us.”
Some students will be taught in Peckham Library over the next two years
Crane drivers want pay rise By Oliver Pugh
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CONSTRUCTION SITES at Elephant and Castle and London Bridge station will grind to a halt on Friday after crane operators voted to strike over their pay.
Some of the 180 drivers who are taking part in the stoppage are expected to picket Lend Lease’s site, One the Elephant. Two further stoppages are planned for the following Fridays, November 14
and 21. UCATT, the construction workers’ union, said the strikes would cause a “huge amount of disruption”. The action is designed to put pressure on HTC Plant Limited to increase the wage of crane drivers. Steve Murphy, General Secretary of construction union UCATT, said: “Construction sites are facing massive disruption because HTC have failed to make a realistic pay offer to our members.”
The WWE stars stepped into the ring at Globe Academy in Harper Road to “spread the word about tolerance and respect” to 150 primary school pupils. Big E was the first to make an impression, a 20 stone tank of a man who can deadlift a Fiat Punto, he bagged the WWE Intercontinental Championship title in November last year. Ghanian-born Kofi Kingston is more famous for his smile….and using a chair as a pogo stick and walking on his hands before ‘boomdropping’ his opponents, which involves jumping on them from a height with both legs out in front. To complete the happy hat-trick, Paige from Norwich, sounds, and at first sight, looks harmless. But this WWE Divas Champion comes from a long line of wrestlers and has a reputation for her signature Paigeturner move which is a swinging leg hook followed by a fireman’s carry slam. G l o b e headteacher, Sam Colburn, said she was hoping the championship wrestlers would help the school create a “calm environment, so that teachers can teach and students can learn.” “It’s always valuable for pupils to learn from positive role models – so welcoming the performers from WWE helps pupils to understand that through hard work and positive behaviour you can achieve your dreams – and possibly even worldwide fame.” The anti-bullying rally is part of a national scheme to tackle the widespread problem which sees 50 per cent of children aged ten to fourteen report being bullied at school and as many as one in three children experience cyberbullying.
Wrestlers the Big E and Paige
£170m black hole predicted in health fund Southwark News, Thursday November 6, 2014
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By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk AN AGEING population and high levels of people with long term health conditions in Southwark has led to a predicted black hole of over £170million in the borough’s health service funding in five years’ time.
The council has just been successful in securing £22million from the government to help change services now, to head off the impending budget gap so that the ballooning older population can be supported to stay in their own homes, avoiding expensive hospital stays. The application for the Better Care Funding Grant says Southwark’s “emergency admission rates for the over 75s are among the worst in the country” with above average levels of older people with long term conditions to support. The borough is expecting to have an additional 900 people aged 85 and over to care for by 2010, and an increase of around 5,000 more older people with long term illnesses in the next ten years. With the new funding coming in, the council and Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), made up of the borough’s GP practices, are hoping to increase community care services for the elderly and decrease emergency admissions by 3.5 per cent, but they have admitted this is “ambitious” and may not be achieved due to a London-wide trend of admissions increasing year on year.
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Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle, Southwark’s cabinet member for adults, arts and culture said the Government preapproved Southwark for the Better Care funding which “is a great vote of confidence for us and our services. “The £22m is part of the overall budget and there are lots of other new ways of working to reduce any future funding gap such as GPs trying to manage patients with long term
conditions more effectively, hospitals making efficiency savings and changes to the way services are commissioned so health and social care work together to prevent people needing acute care such as a stay in hospital. "However we are very aware that there will still be funding cuts, and while local authorities are doing their bit to keep their communities healthy,
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Kids join star at film fest
BAFTA AWARD-winning actor Carey Mulligan joined children from Boutcher Primary School in Bermondsey at the opening of a film festival on Tuesday. Mulligan was there to open the Into Film Festival 2014 at a special screening of Disney’s latest nature
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documentary Bears, at the Odeon in Leicester Square. Around 750 schoolchildren, many dressed as their favourite film character, attended the screening. The festival will enable 300,000 young people aged five to nineteen to learn about film, and interact with filmmakers.
this is a problem on a national scale and will need national policies and funding to truly meet the demands that will be placed on our health care systems by a growing, and ageing, population." Dr Jonty Heaversedge, chair of Southwark CCG, said: “It is our aim to help people stay out of hospital if they don’t need to be there by providing better services closer to home.”
5,000 More older people with a long term illness in ten years
‘BRAZEN’ SCRAP DEALER WHO BOUGHT STOLEN MEMORIAL PLAQUES BANGED UP
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By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
A ‘BRAZEN’ scrap metal dealer who stooped to buying stolen plaques from memorials to the dead has been banged up for fifteen months.
Dulwich crook, Joseph Collier, said he had no knowledge of the hundreds of inscribed panels – taken from cemeteries across the south-east, but CCTV footage showed the 72-yearold overseeing the cutting up of the memorial plaques on machines at his scrap yard in Croydon. Even after he was arrested and granted bail he was then caught buying brand new copper wiring from an undercover police officer who made it clear it was stolen. Collier was found guilty of three counts of possession of criminal property, one count of disguising criminal property and one count of attempting to
A stolen bronze dragon statue; and some of the broken up memorial plaques
receive stolen goods last month and sentenced to fifteen months in prison at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday. "I can only describe Collier's attitude throughout this whole process as brazen,” said Sergeant George Shannon, who led the investigation. “He tried to deny any knowledge of receiving stolen items, but some of the memorial plaques even had the mud and wall plugs attached where they'd been prised from the graves. There was little doubt that he knew they were stolen and he had absolutely no regard for the law. His actions, in accepting stolen metal, have fuelled other criminal activity by thieves stealing metal to make a quick profit by selling it to unscrupulous scrap dealers like Collier.” Police raided Collier's DSM Scrap Metal Yard in Bensham Lane, Croydon, in May 2012 as part of a London-wide crackdown on metal theft. When they entered the scrap yard, the police officers found several bags and boxes filled with hundreds of memorial plaques that had been stolen from cemeteries, with some even marked with SmartWater – a liquid that has a unique forensic
'code' that allows police to trace their origin. Many of the plaques had been cut up at the yard into small pieces in an attempt to disguise them. A large bronze dragon statue that had been stolen from an address in Teddington, was also found, as well as a statue of Jesus Christ, which had been stolen from Putney Vale Cemetery. In order to identify where the plaques had been stolen from, officers from Croydon spent several hours piecing them back together. Collier was arrested and charged with offences the following day and was bailed pending his court appearance. In March 2013, suspicious that Collier was continuing to receive stolen goods whilst on bail and awaiting his trial, police contacted UK Power Networks, who assisted them with an undercover operation where an officer sold brand-new copper wiring to him, making it obvious to Collier that the goods were stolen as he was accepting it. The police are now considering further action against Collier under the Proceeds of Crime Act to confiscate any assets he has gained through his criminal activity.
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HUNDREDS OF creepy treats sold like hot cakes last week and raised over a hundred pounds for the News’ Evelina campaign.
Arments’ pie and mash shop put homemade cupcakes on the menu for Halloween and raised £105 in cake sales with money still coming in from a raffle and donations. “The cake sales went batty!” said co-owner Cheryl Arment.“We sold 200 in just under two hours! Next time we will make more!”
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MP Harman in T-shirt row
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HARRIET HARMAN has ended up red faced after wearing a T-shirt to parliament promoting feminism, which turned out to have been produced in an alleged sweatshop where women are reported to be paid 62p an hour.
Harriet Harman, MP for Camberwell and Peckham, wore the shirt bearing the slogan “This is what a feminist looks like’ to Prime Minister’s Questions last week to support the Elle magazine campaign on behalf of The Fawcett Society. The wardrobe choice was said to be designed to embarrass David Cameron, who was the only one out of the three main
party leaders to refuse to be photographed wearing the campaign T-shirt. But an investigation by the Mail on Sunday claimed that the £45 T-shirts were produced in a factory in Mauritius where the women machinists sleep sixteen to a room. A Labour Party spokesman said: "This was a campaign run by Elle and the Fawcett Society to promote feminism and we were happy to support it. Anything else is a matter for Elle magazine and the Fawcett Society." The Fawcett Society said their own investigation carried out this week “categorically refutes the assertion” that the T-shirts were made in a ‘sweatshop’ and that all workers were paid above the national minimum wage in Mauritius - but this can be as low as 30p an hour.
Every little helps for the Wickway
A BUSY but run down community centre celebrated a make-over by a group of local volunteers with a party on Friday morning. The Wickway Community Centre opened on the Gloucester Grove Estate
in Peckham in 1975 and badly needed the free facelift from volunteers organised by Tesco Community Champion for Southwark, Julie Nottingham. Local traders and young people from
the borough all chipped in their time and skills to renovate the tired building, which was attended by Harriet Harman, MP for Camberwell and Peckham, on Friday to celebrate the refurbishment.
Harriet Harman MP wearing the T-shirt in parliament
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Cancer Centre patient power
THE ROLE that Diana Crawshaw, Chair of the patients have Patient Reference Group, breaks played in the ground for the new Cancer shaping the Centre with Simon Hughes MP development of the new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital has been recognised by two national awards schemes.
GUY’S AND St Thomas’ nurses who developed a ‘passport’ for asthma patients and a telephone assessment clinic for patients with suspected bowel cancer were winners at the prestigious Nursing Times Awards.
These national awards ‘showcase the superb innovations that are shaping and improving nurse-led care in the NHS and independent healthcare providers’. Nurses were also shortlisted in three other individual categories – clinical research nursing, enhancing patient dignity, and infection prevention – and twice for the team of the year award. Clinical nurse specialist Karen Newell and colleagues won the respiratory nursing category for developing a special passport that helps asthma patients seek medical help in the event of an asthma attack. Karen says: “Asthma patients are at their most vulnerable when they are having an asthma attack.
The respiratory team
They can feel completely out of control and so are likely to avoid seeking medical help. During an attack patients can find it difficult to talk, so the passports provide clinical staff with the appropriate information. “The passport is saving lives because patients are now more likely to go to A&E when they need to.” Colorectal consultant nurse Harriet Watson won the
cancer nursing category after launching a telephone assessment clinic for patients with suspected bowel cancer. She says: “Early diagnosis of bowel cancer improves the chance of survival and quality of life. Rather than waiting for an outpatient clinic with one of our surgeons, local GPs can now refer patients with suspected bowel cancer for a telephone appointment with me or a
Not Always A&E this winter ONLY GO to A&E when it is absolutely necessary – that is the key message of an eye-catching NHS campaign which is back this winter.
‘Not Always A&E’ posters featuring a family of seven-foot tall yellow figures with various ailments will be appearing on buses and billboards throughout south east London over the coming weeks. They aim to raise awareness of the alternatives to A&E, including the Urgent Care Centre at Guy’s Hospital and local pharmacists. If you can’t wait to see your GP but don’t need A&E, the Urgent Care Centre at Guy’s can help. This walk-in service is open from 8am-8pm every day of the year – staff can treat a wide range of minor injuries and illnesses including broken bones, burns, bites, sprains, infections and wounds.
colleague. “We assess the patient and book them in for the most appropriate test for their symptoms.” Deputy Chief Nurse Yinglen Butt says: “I want to congratulate all our staff who were shortlisted with a special mention to our award winners. The most important thing is that their initiatives have already had a big impact on patient care.”
James Hill, a head of nursing at Guy’s and St Thomas’, says: “We want local people to be aware that, although there is no A&E at Guy’s, the Urgent Care Centre may be able to help. “But if someone needs treatment for an accident or emergency, they need to go to their nearest A&E, for example at St Thomas’ Hospital.” Dr Adrian McLachlan, a GP in Lambeth who also chairs Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, says: “We hope that people will think before going to A&E if it is not a health emergency. “Our campaign focuses on sore throats, upset tummies and coughs and colds because people suffering from these conditions often visit A&E when they don’t need to. “In most cases a visit to your local pharmacist for advice and rest at home will get you better as quickly as anything else.”
The new Cancer Centre at Guy’s will bring together the majority of cancer treatment provided by the Trust under one roof when it opens in 2016. The Patient Reference Group for the Cancer Centre is shortlisted in the patient involvement category of the Quality in Care (QiC) Oncology Awards 2014 – the winners will be announced on 9 December. And Catherine Dale, Programme Manager for Patient Centred Care, is a finalist in the patient champion category of the 2014 NHS Leadership Recognition Awards for London – the winners will be announced on 20 November. The Patient Reference Group is working alongside staff and external partners to develop the full plans for the Cancer Centre.
Staff get flu jab to protect patients
CHIEF NURSE Eileen Sills is leading the call for Guy’s and St Thomas’ staff to have the flu jab to protect themselves and patients this winter.
Eileen was one of the first staff to get vaccinated after our annual flu immunisation campaign got underway on Monday 13 October – and she is also helping to vaccinate nurses, doctors and other colleagues herself. Eileen says: “Our responsibility as healthcare workers is to protect ourselves so we can protect our patients – and we can all do that by having a flu jab. “By getting vaccinated our staff are not only taking responsibility for their health but also protecting our patients as well as their own friends and family, especially if they have children or care for someone elderly.” Flu can affect anybody and can cause severe illness, even in healthy people. In vulnerable people such as children, the elderly, pregnant women and those with longterm health conditions, it can lead to severe infections, complications and even death.
Eileen Sills has her flu jab
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POLAR DARE SE16 woman in first expedition to the Arctic Pole News - page 3
Utmost admiration Politicians stand up for Ambulance crew against tax dodgers
YOUR ARTICLE ‘Ambulances on time in only 69% of cases’ (News, 30th October) gave me the chance to praise the London Ambulance Service for the professionalism of their staff.
I have, unfortunately, had to call on their services three times this year for my wife, and on each occasion, with three different crews, I have admired their professionalism, expertise, sympathy, throughout the journey to the A&E Department at St Thomas’s Hospital. Throughout one trip, with my wife in extreme pain, the woman attendant held my wife in a ‘bear hug’ to cushion the jolts caused by the dreaded road humps. Although the article concerned response times jargon, what really counts is how good the ambulance crew perform when they arrive. They have my utmost admiration and gratitude and that includes all the medical staff one meets in the A&E, up to admission to the wards. And to think these people were recently having to go on a four hour strike over a pay rise. It’s a national disgrace that our medical frontline staff have to go to such lengths, when those buffoons in the House of Commons are asking, and probably going to get, 11 per cent. In just a word, these percentage rises should be reversed. Any News readers agree? Reg O’Donoghue, Walworth
OVER 65 people in Southwark Council area have campaigned for the government to crack down on the tax dodging by large multinational companies that costs the UK and poor countries billions.
Accross the UK people are demanding action. Eight-four per cent of the UK public is angry about multi-national companies avoiding tax according to a poll last year. As part of Action Aid’s Towns Against Tax Dodging I am calling on local politicians and political parties to make a commitment to tackle tax dodging ahead of the next election. Readers can find out more at www.townsagainsttaxdodging.org.uk Gillian Flower, Dulwich
Remember the brave locals against WWI THIS MONTH, in this grim centenary year, it's right we remember and honour the men - almost three-quarters of a million from this country alone - who gave their lives on the battlefields of the First World War.
Many alas were needlessly sacrificed by blundering commanders, careless of human life. So let's not celebrate the generals, or the politicians who
prolonged the war over four years of slaughter. But the men themselves deserve our respect. Most acted from a spirit of duty and patriotism, and should be saluted for their endurance, courage, and comradeship in extreme conditions. At the same time I suggest we should also remember the brave minority of men and women who opposed the war despite propaganda and social pressure, followed often by court martial, hard labour and ill-treatment. There were hundreds active in this part of London. Some are well known, like Ada and Alfred Salter. We catch only glimpses of the others, though most of their names are on record in press reports and official files. Men like the trade unionist Arthur Gillian, from West Dulwich; or Eddy Jope, from Peckham, courtmartialled three times; or the brothers George and Percy Boxall, from Bermondsey. They should be honoured too. John Taylor, Rotherhithe
Help the Legion and wear your poppy
AS THE local MP for Bermondsey, the Borough and Walworth, and for the national headquarters of the Royal British Legion, I always wear my poppy with great pride. Our servicemen and women
deserve both our support and our respect. Their bravery and valour doesn’t just keep us safe here in the UK, but also allows us to help those most in need overseas. Sometimes though, that bravery comes with a terrible price. The Royal British Legion and others do a vital job of helping to support families which suffer bereavement or injury. The demands are growing every year. I was proud to open the new Royal British Legion drop-in centre on Borough High Street this summer. However, to provide this and other services, the Royal British Legion relies heavily on volunteers and donations. This is year is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One and the 70th anniversary of D-Day. So I hope that a record number will this year give to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal – and wear their poppy with pride. Simon Hughes, MP for Old Southwark & Bermondsey
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AST MONTH I had the pleasure of speaking at the Annual General Meeting of Dulwich Helpline & Southwark Churches Care of which I have been patron for many years.
I’m delighted to have been invited to become their Honorary President when I stand down from Parliament next year. Since it was set up in 1993, the charity and its army of 447 volunteers has helped thousands of local elderly people to combat isolation and loneliness, live better quality lives and improve their physical and mental health. Through their 145 befriending relationships and 21 regular activity groups, the charity continues to build bridges for residents in Southwark over 60 with their peers and volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Dulwich Helpline & Southwark Churches Care recruits volunteers and then matches them with older people in the community who are isolated, who might need lifts, small amounts of gardening and domestic help or just some company. The average age of the people Dulwich Helpline & Southwark Churches Care supports is about 82 years old and, of course, at that age getting out of our homes can become more difficult. But age doesn’t mean we stop wanting social contact. Older people still want to determine for themselves what they do and who with, but facilitation helps it to happen. In the last year Dulwich Helpline & Southwark Churches Care has also begun to provide specific early support for people with dementia and their carers with funding from the City Bridge Trust, Richardson Family Charitable Trust and First State Foundation. At a time when, more and more, GPs and health and social care professionals are focusing upon better co-ordinated preventative care, better integration of services, and enabling people to take a more active role in their own health and wellbeing, it is charities like Dulwich Helpline & Southwark Churches Care that help make a real difference every day - through Yoga to Bridge groups, through intergenerational activities with local schools, to thousands of volunteer driving trips per year. We all owe our thanks to every single one of their volunteers and staff. If you want to contribute to their work or make a donation then you can at http://www.dhscc.org/.
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The Shadow is after-tipping!
THE SHADOW needs to look again at his ‘headline naps’.
Peace Accord was first tipped after it ran up a sequence of 4 wins, it then finished 2nd on 18/9. Subsequently it ran again and was not tipped by The Shadow and duly won. He mentioned Charter as having been gambled on when successful by connections while he was at another meeting, although he had not tipped it. In another article he then advised us that he was attending the ‘Arc’ on the strength of his winnings from a Peace Accord/Charter double. They had indeed both won, but he was ‘aftertiming’ again, having not tipped either. His only winner recently, (ie tipped prior to running )was Elis Eliz at 4/6. ‘Shadow’ I await your response. David Johnson, via email
My dog could have done better
I WOULD like to draw to your attention the inaccuracies that appear in The Shadow's column week in and week out.
Just to highlight this week alone and the claim that the winners he has tipped since July 12th Big Thunder has not won since 27/09/13 Telescope since 21/06/14 and Chain of Events since 13/06/14. At best its lazy at worst it’s a con. Then we have the claim that he tipped Frankel every time he won, a claim I dispute, but at an average starting price of 4/1 on my dog could have done the same and he can’t read. Then lastly Sprinter Sacre and his belief that the Tingle Creek chase will come too soon for him - next week it may do but the Tingle Creek chase is not till December 6th. All this rubbish in one article, I won’t touch on the 2 Tips for last week’s Racing Post Trophy that were not even entered. I could go on but the list would be too long. Albert Lawson, via email
Neighbourhood officers not down
I WRITE in response to Jenny Jones’s regarding policing on your letter pages on 31 October.
It is simply untrue to say there are fewer officers working in Neighbourhoods than in 2012. The Mayor and Commissioner have promised an additional 2,600 officers in Neighbourhood teams by 2015, with all boroughs seeing an increase.
Durand’s Wharf The bridge could span from Durand’s Wharf to an impounding lock off Westferry Road
An image for a previously planned bridge from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf
I WRITE in response to last week’s article (Page 23) headed: Bridge Plan to Link Rotherhithe with Canary Wharf.
Personally I am in full support of this renewed ‘Brunel Bridge’ proposal, which will undoubtedly be the 'Safety Valve' that helps to alleviate the traffic flow pressures that are increasing every month in the Rotherhithe & Bermondsey area, and will of course get
We are on target to meet this commitment with 2,565 already in post. This increase is part of the Mayor’s commitment to maintain the size of the Met to around 32,000 by 2015. With the biggest recruitment campaign in recent years now taking place, the Met are on course to deliver on this promise. Rather than cutting officers as Jenny Jones suggests, we have put the safety of Londoners first by taking them out of the back office and inefficient and underutilised buildings and putting them back on the streets where the public want them. Crime is now falling faster in London than the rest of the country and we are on track to meet the Mayor’s target of a 20 per cent reduction in neighbourhood crimes by spring 2016. Stephen Greenhalgh, the Deputy Mayor for Policing And Crime
Lights out!
TURNING OFF traffic lights in Southwark will slash emissions, wasted fuel and delays.
Traffic lights are vital for safely managing the flow of great volumes of traffic on busy roads during peak
progressively worse in the next ten to twenty years. I must first correct Rotherhithe resident, Dr Richard Shuttlewood, who stated “As far as I can tell as of October 2013 there was planning consent for 2,800 homes in the Canada Water area alone". Well I can inform Mr Shuttlewood that that figure has now at least doubled, and could eventually treble by the end of the finalised Canada Water Area Action Plan (CWAAP), which is being decided upon by the Government’s Planning Inspector at this very moment. Yes, six to seven thousand new flats are going to be built on the Rotherhithe peninsula alone. This new figure was acknowledged by Mr Smith (Planning Inspector) at the recent Examination in Public (EiP) which took place at Council Headquarters just a few weeks ago. Unbelievably at that four day hearing the council’s transport officer told the planning inspector that "Since the previous 2011(EiP) the traffic results from the council’s new 'Rotherhithe Multi Modal Transport' (further study) showed that there have been 'significant Reductions' in traffic flows in the
times, but studies show that during quiet periods, they cause delays while providing no safety benefits. Most of Southwark’s drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians can relate to waiting at a red light late at night where the roads are empty. The solution is to turn off those traffic lights between midnight and 6am, ensuring motorists from all directions stop and use their discretion to give way to other drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. This system has been shown to be safe, has been used in Europe and America, and has even been trialled successfully in parts of the UK. If we turned them off during the 6 quietest hours of the night we could save 53 minutes per junction per night. Implementing this at suitable junctions – not at pedestrian crossings or major junctions – could save over 2,000 hours of idling per year, which equals a savings in time and fuel of more than £10m. Transport bosses should greater prioritise the value of Londoners time, especially when drivers spend 170 million hours a year sitting in traffic. This could slash millions of hours of emissions and put an extra £40m in driver’s pockets by 2020. Gareth Bacon, GLA Conservative
Brunel Bridge blank canvas: don’t waste it!
Rotherhithe Area”. Residents who live here know this is laughable, with total gridlock now being common place. The Brunel Bridge idea was previously on the agenda, but shelved by Mayor Johnson, when Canada Water was designated as an 'Opportunity Area' (2,500 flats). Now it is designated as a 'Town Centre' meaning (6,000 to 7,000 flats). The master developers (British Land) along with Southwark Council, Simon Hughes MP, Caroline Pidgeon AM, and Mayor Boris Johnson should not miss this golden opportunity to link a Pedestrian/Cycle bridge to Canary Wharf. British Land’s Master Plan for Harmsworth Quays, and the Shopping Centre, will soon be made public. If the Brunel Pedestrian/ Cycle Bridge is to be a real possibility, it would be poor planning not to incorporate good quality and well thought out 'Green P&C linkages’ which would be essential for this to all work. It’s no good building a bridge without the linkages. It’s a blank canvas - don’t waste it! Steve Cornish, Rotherhithe Londonwide Assembly Member
How difficult can it be?
EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION is one measure of Good Government and on this measure Southwark fails.
Southwark refuses to build continuous segregated cycle lanes. Southwark refuses to use regeneration to regenerate roads into safe shared space for all users. Southwark refuses to design a statistically accurate survey (Stat 101 which every adult on the planet takes) to measure what people want from transportation systems in Southwark. The council has just issued a Cycling Strategy and Consultation. The Cycle Strategy offers nothing much to the vast majority of residents and they’ll never actually know what residents want from the worst “consultation” I have ever attempted to fill out. I just don’t get why perfectly normal bureaucrats and politicians in a better than average democracy are so reluctant to build safe shared transit corridors everywhere. Abby Taubin, East Dulwich
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Green Southwark DONNACHADH McCARTHY
Donnachadh McCarthy is the founder of 3 Acorns Eco-audits (www.3acorns.co.uk) and www.nationalcarbonfootprintday.org. His home in Camberwell was London's first carbon-negative home.
First anniversary of a spate of cyclists’ deaths
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HE FIRST anniversary of last year’s awful spate of six barbaric cyclist deaths is in mid-November.
These tragedies included Richard Muzira’s in Southwark and led to the massive peaceful Die-In protest outside TfL’s HQ on Blackfriars Road, that was broadcast all over the world. Since then, neither Southwark Council, Boris Johnson nor the government have made any meaningful investment in cycling or pedestrian safety. Stop Killing Cyclists is marking the anniversary by taking the protests to a national level, by staging The National Funeral for the Unknown Victim of Traffic Violence on Oxford Street on Saturday Nov 15th. The protest will take a coffin in a funeral procession from Bedford Square (meet 12 noon – leaving 1pm), down Oxford Street to Marble Arch. At Marble Arch the protesters will then stage a dramatic Die-In around the coffin, representing the millions of UK pedestrians, cyclists and motorists who have been violently killed, maimed or poisoned over the last 10 years by our lethal motorised traffic culture. A report in the Lancet estimated that 4,500 lives could be saved in London every year if we moved to a pro-walking and cycling culture like they have in Holland. Another 60,000 people would be saved a year, every year, of living with disabilities. Breast cancer, heart diseases, depression and even dementia would be radically reduced. In Southwark, that would equate to saving 1,400 lives over the next ten years or avoiding 19,000 years of people living with disabilities. Yet Southwark’s so-called new cycling policy issued by the new Labour administration is cashless, cycle-lane less and spineless! November’s protest calls for our residential streets to be made safe for kids, real investment in cycle lanes, reduction in speed limits, longer junction crossings for pensioners and elimination of carcinogenic traffic pollutants and CO2 emissions. A coalition of pedestrian, environmental and cycling groups is endorsing the event. Full details about the 10 Demands and the event are on the website www.stopthekilling.org.uk and you can sign up on the Facebook Page: National Funeral for the Unknown Victim of Traffic Violence. Please come and share with your friends and help us make our streets fit for humans yet again!
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Happy 25th Birthday 8th November
Birthday memories of our lovely brother who we will always miss but who lives on in our hearts. Gone too soon
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27.11.23 - 6.11.98 Good luck to all 22 dancers representing Carragher Academy at the National Championships. We are very proud of you all! Love Sarah, Jessica & all Team Carragher
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GALLERIES
ART BERMONDSEY 183-185, Bermondsey Street, SE1 Jonathan Baldock: Notes From The Orifice A solo exhibition by British artist Jonathan Baldock including new sculptural and wall-based works, installation and performance. Art Bermondsey, Tue-Fri 12noon-7pm, Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 15, free. ARTS LAV 180, Kennington Lane, SE11 Under Ground Women A new exhibition by female mixed media artists in ‘Artslav’, a Victorian Gentlemans Lavatory in Kennington Whatever next! Arts Lav, Nov 14, 6pm8pm, Nov 15-22, 12noon-7pm, Nov 23, 1pm-4pm, free. WeegeeWeegee ‘Souls Of The Unrepentant’ An Exhibition Of Collages A surreal journey inspired by dreams, an amalgamation of childhood fantasies fuelled by passion for anthropology, myths and fables. Arts Lav, Mon-Sun 12noon-8pm, ends Nov 11, free. BANKSIDE GALLERY 48, Hopton Street, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7928 7521) Cultivation & Creativity; An RHS And RWS Collaboration Bankside Gallery is delighted to present Cultivation & Creativity which showcases works featuring the four Royal Horticultural Society gardens as seen by Royal Watercolour Society artists. Bankside Gallery, From Nov 5, Mon-Sun 11am6pm, ends Nov 16, free. United Society Of Artists A showcase of works by artists from across the UK. Bankside Gallery, Nov 18-23, 11am6pm, free. Watercolour Secrets: RWS Autumn Exhibition An exhibition of paintings that feature in the RWS’s how-to book. Bankside Gallery, Nov 1, 11am-6pm, free. Beaconsfield 22, Newport Street, SE11 (020-7582 6465) BERMONDSEY SQUARE 2, Bermondsey Square, SE1 Sculpture At Bermondsey Square Commission 1: Karen Tang A largescale sculpture inspired by the 1959 science-fiction movie, The Giant Behemoth. Bermondsey Square, MonSun, open access, ends Apr 30, free. BUSSEY BUILDING/ THE CLF ART CAFE 133, Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 (020-7732 5275) Opening Of Studio Dirk A series of paintings. Bussey Building/ The CLF Art Cafe, Nov 1, 10am-6pm, free. CAFE GALLERY PROJECTS 1, Park Approach, Southwark Park, SE16 (020-7237 1230) Annual Open The 30th Year Hundreds of small works at attractive prices, the Cafe Gallery Open Exhibition, representing all artists, consolidates its position as the Open Exhibition. Cafe Gallery Projects, From Nov 26, Wed-Sun 11am-4pm, ends Dec 14, free. By Ourselves: The Installation Andrew Kotting with Iain Sinclair reveal their great English pilgrimage, a selfenacted novel in the tradition of Pilgrim’s Progress as an installation within the raw vast space of Dilston Grove. Cafe Gallery Projects, From Nov 26, Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, ends Dec 14, free. CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS Peckham Road, SE5 (020-7514 6300) Between Thought And Space A diverse group of creative practitioners respond to a specific space. Camberwell College Of Arts, Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, ends Nov 11, free. CECILIA BRUNSON PROJECTS Royal Oak Yard, SE1 (020-7357 9274) Amy Gadney: Ghost Load Gadney combines her abstract painting practice with appropriated techniques in aiming to trick the eye. Light, colour and optical illusion are enhanced in frosted shells where the original materiality becomes a memory, a phantom of its original form. Cecilia Brunson Projects, Tue-Fri 2pm-6pm, Sat 12noon-4pm,
ends Nov 15, free. COPPERFIELD GALLERY 6, Copperfield Street, SE1 Tom Dale: Department Of The Interior A 6.5m high, black Leatherette bouncy castle, will be presented alongside new work, for Tom Dale’s solo exhibition. Copperfield Gallery, Wed-Sat 12noon-6pm, and by appointment, ends Nov 14, free. DESIGN MUSEUM 28 Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, SE1 (020-7940 8790) Designers In Residence Designs exploring the notion of disruption. Design Museum, Mon-Sun 10am5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Feb 4, £12.40, child £6.20, NUS £9.30, mems/under 12s free. Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things A number of key 20th-century design items offering an insight into everyday objects. Design Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Jan 4 2015, £10.75, NUS £6.50, concs £9.70, under 12s free. DRAWING ROOM Tannery Arts, 12 Rich Estate, Crimscott Street, SE1 (020-7394 5657) The Nakeds A group exhibition looking at drawings of the body exposed. The naked body is frequently the physical terrain artists traverse in search of the inner self. Drawing Room, Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 29, free. DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Painting Canada 2: Emily Carr And The Indigenous Art Of The North West Coast Paintings, drawings, writings and sketchbooks providing an insight into the mind of the Canadian artist. Dulwich Picture Gallery, From Nov 1, Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm, ends Feb 22, £10, OAP £9, unwaged/disabled/NUS £5, Art Fund mems £6, under 18s/mems free. EMBASSY TEA GALLERY 195-205, Union Street, SE1 (0207-2747474) 6th Passion For Freedom Festival 2014 Passion for Freedom - art competition 2014. The event promotes freedom and equal rights for all citizens and secularism. Embassy Tea Gallery, Nov 5-15, 10am-6pm, free. FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM 83, Bermondsey Street, SE1 (0207407 8664) How To Draw Vintage Fashion An educational display on how to draw key looks from the 20th century. Fashion And Textile Museum, MonSun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18. Knitwear In Fashion Photography A selection of fashion photographs by Norman Parkinson. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18. Pattern Watts Architects’ Wallpapers 1870 To Today An exhibition devoted to Watts, the leading heritage textile and wallpaper company. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18. GABRIEL FINE ART Cottage 2, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane, SE1 (0207-987 6762) Catharsis A Symbiosis Of Science And Art Gabriel Fine Art in a collaboration with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity presents an inspiring and thought provoking exhibition with a mix of drawing, photography, painting, sculpture and an interactive installation. Gabriel Fine Art, From Nov 14, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm, ends Dec 3, free. GASWORKS 155, Vauxhall Street, The Oval, SE11 (020-7582 6848) Pio Abad: Some Are Smarter Than Others The first major UK solo exhibition by the London-based Filipino artist. The exhibition focuses on the cultural legacy of former Filipino dictators Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and their extravagant collections. Gasworks, Wed-Sun 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 16, free. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM Lambeth
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Gory story
AS I write this I stare out of my window at a small herd of children, seasonally festooned in monster masks, skeleton body suits and a host of other paraphernalia that lets me know it is Halloween and that I shall spend the evening ruing the day they were born as they pester me for sweets and assorted goodies in lieu of having cruel pranks played on my property and myself, writes Matt Baker...
If, like me, you find this an infuriating way to pass an evening but still wish to get into the Halloween spirit, you could Road, Elephant & Castle, SE1 (0207416 5000) Horrible Histories: Spies Immersive installations based on Terry Deary’s children’s book series. Imperial War Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.30pm, ends Jan 4, £6.20, concs £4.40, family £12.25-£19, ages 4-15 £3.30, under 4s free. New Contemporary Art Exhibition By Jane And Louise Wilson At IWM Turner Prize nominated artists Jane and Louise Wilson exhibit their new video installation Undead Sun at IWM London. The work was commissioned to mark the Centenary of the First World War by Film & Video Umbrella for IWM. Imperial War Museum, MonSun 10am-6pm, ends Jan 11, free. JERWOOD SPACE 171, Union Street, Bankside, SE1 (020-7654 0179) Jerwood Encounters: Suspicion A Jerwood Encounters exhibition curated by Dan Coombs. Jerwood Space, From Nov 5, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-3pm, ends Dec 7, free. MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 (07985658443) Pathways And Pebbles Pathways and Pebbles, the new exhibition at the Maudsley Long Gallery explores Pat Mear’s complex journey through art and life. Maudsley Hospital, Mon-Sun 9am-7pm, ends Dec 29, free. MENIER GALLERY 51, Southwark
in Southwark
do worse than visit the Southwark Playhouse for the splendid ‘Grand Guignol’ by Carl Grose, a light hearted look at the world of the macabre that pays homage to 1903 Paris and the Theatre du Grand Guignol that delighted audiences with its shocking and graphic horror plays. We are invited behind the scenes and in to the minds of the writers and players of the infamous theatre as the world of murder and horror on stage becomes all too real for this superb cast. As the ‘Grand Guignol’ is threatened with closure the company resorts to
Street, SE1 (0207-407 3222) WW1 Exhibition - “The Dogs Of War Unleashed”: Satirical & Propaganda Maps Of The First World War A rare collection of original satirical maps and propaganda posters, postcards, puzzles and printed ephemera highlighting the power of maps through satire and propaganda in galvanising patriotic popular support for the war on both sides of the conflict. Menier Gallery, From Nov 26, Wed & Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 11am4pm, ends Nov 29, free. MORE LONDON 2A, More London Riverside, SE1 (020-7403 4866) The Best New Creatives Of NOISE Festival 2014 NOISE Festival presents a free two-part outdoor visual art exhibition across London’s Southbank, celebrating 55 up and coming creatives, selected by NOISE Festival 2014 Curators Brian Eno, Tim Marlow, Gerald Scarfe and Elaine Constatine. More London, Mon-Sun dawn-dusk, ends Nov 7, free. MORLEY GALLERY 61, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 (020-7450 1826) Edward Bawden: Storyteller An exhibition celebrating the work of Edward Bawden. This will be the first major retrospective of the artist’s work to take place in London since his death in 1989. Morley Gallery, From Nov 4, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, ends Nov 26, free. PECKHAM PLATFORM 89, Peckham
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increasingly gruesome methods to ensure that the show does, indeed, go on. Plenty of blood and gore as well as gags - a truly triumphant splatter fest – and definitely a treat. The standout performance from Emily Raymond is worth the admission alone. Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD until 22 November Box Office: www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk 020 7407 0234 Ticket Prices: £18, £16 (conc.)
High Street, SE15 (020-7358 9645) Peckham Platform Open 2014 This exhibition invites people that have a connection to Peckham to contribute their artworks to exhibit together at Peckham Platform. Peckham Platform, From Nov 29, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, ends Dec 20, free. Peckham Square Studio The exhibition ‘Peckham Square Studio’, opening in September, will feature black and white portraits of local people taken by Eileen Perrier on Peckham Square. Come along to Peckham Platform and see whose portraits will be exhibited. Peckham Platform, From Nov 17, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm, ends Dec 15, free. ROD BARTON 41-45, Consort Road, SE15 (020-7639 0400) My Tarp Has Sprung A Leak: Kenneth Alme Rod Barton is pleased to present, My Tarp Has Sprung A Leak, the first UK solo exhibition of Norwegian artist Kenneth Alme. Rod Barton, Thu-Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 22, free. SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE 85, St George’s Road, SE1 (020-7091 9650) Christian Kerrigan: First To Bloom, Last To Leave - Part 2 Artist Christian Kerrigan presents the second half of a two-part exhibition. Siobhan Davies Dance, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun-Thu 10am-8pm, ends Dec 14, free.
SOUTH LONDON GALLERY 65-67, Peckham Road, SE5 (020-7703 6120) Lawrence Weiner: All In Due Course Weiner presents a group of inter-related works that will be seen across the main and first floor galleries, and continue outdoors, running along the expansive Victorian brick wall of the SLG’s Fox Garden. South London Gallery, Tue & Thu-Sun 11am-6pm, Wed 11am9pm, ends Nov 23, free. SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Catching Dreams The UK’s annual national showcase of art by prisoners. Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, MonSun 10am-11pm, ends Nov 30, free. Koestler Pop-Up Art Shop An opportunity to view the work entered into the Koestler Trust Awards 2014. Spirit Level (White Room) at Royal Festival Hall, From Nov 22, Mon-Sun 2pm-7pm, ends Nov 30, free. The White Plein-Air Videos and an installation of paintings highlighting contemporary Russian political art. Hayward Gallery, Mon 12noon-6pm, Tue-Wed, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm, Thu & Fri 10am-8pm, ends Nov 9, free. Wind Of Time Contemporary works by Russian artists exploring the sociopolitical context of their homeland. Hayward Gallery, Mon 12noon-6pm, Tue, Wed & Sun 11am-7pm, Thu & Sat 11am-8pm, ends Nov 9, free.
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Dad Dancing
DANCE LIKE nobody's watching! This was general consensus of the lively and appreciative audience at 'Dad Dancing' on a bustling Friday night, writes Susan Hallissey...
Without a glitterball in sight, no chiffon or sequins to speak of, I lusted after my Saturday night fix of 'Strictly'. A stage lined with old sofas, wonky chairs, extra cast members and a definite lack of orange tan was hardly a match. As Rosie Heafford, Alexandrina Hemsley and Helena Webb performed a contemporary piece with their respective fathers Adrian, David and Andy I yearned for a 'Samba'. Whilst studying dance, Rosie, Alexandrina and Helena coaxed their SPACE STATION SIXTY-FIVE 373, Kennington Road, SE11 (020-8299 5036) Graphic Details Drawings, comics and graphic novels by 18 female Jewish artists. Space Station SixtyFive, Thu-Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Dec 13, free. SULGER-BUEL LOVELL The Loft, unit 2 La Gare, 51, Surrey Row, SE1 (020-3268 2101) Of(f) Africa Group Exhibition Sulger-Buel Lovell is proud to present the inaugural exhibition and gallery launch exhibiting selected works of represented gallery artists from Africa; sculptor Abdulrazaq Awofeso, photographer Ralph Ziman and mixed media artist Vivien Kohler. Sulger-Buel Lovell, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, ends Nov 15, free. TATE MODERN Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 (020-7887 8888) Abstraction And The Sublime Works exploring affinities between the American post-war abstractionists and European landscape painters. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & 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, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, 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. 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.. 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-
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dads into a dance studio to share their love of movement, explain career choices and spend time together devising this unique show. We were given glimpses into the lives of the main characters through various and inventive forms of anecdotes. Later all the cast delivered a 'father' memory - some funny, some sad - but all touching. It takes courage to perform, but to dance a contemporary piece solo in front of an audience was not only brave but incredibly moving! When 'Dad David', the first soloist, performed I found it truly emotional. Dads Adrian and Andy showed passion, commitment and a huge dollop of energy! Once everyone danced
10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Elegies Works by Claude Monet, Joan Mitchell and Lee Ufan. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Elements Of Chance Exhibition of surrealist art which toys with the notion of chance. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Everyday Alchemy: Contemporary Sculpture Sculptures which use commonplace objects to explore notions of value. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Omer Fast A four-channel video installation projected on two doublesided screens, so that only two projections can be seen at any one time. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, 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,
to Marc Bolan’s 'Children of the Revolution' it felt nothing but joyous as they shared their moves! Closing with all the cast dancing, the exuberant audience clambered over their seats to join in - Me included! Well I wasn't going to miss out! My friend was up too - and they even added a glitterball! Yay! A beautifully eclectic soundtrack of pop, reggae, jazz and classical - something for everyone – sparked off the emotions. 'Dad Dancing' created an overwhelming sense of love, of being human, vulnerable and courageous! Why stay in on a Saturday night watching dancers when we can do it for ourselves - with or without glitter!
Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, phone for prices. Alex Katz: Artists Rooms A selection of paintings by the American artist. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, free. 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. Minimalism An art exhibition curated by Helen Sainsbury. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. Aleksandra Mir: First Woman On The Moon A multimedia exhibition curated by Stuart Comer and Valentina Ravaglia. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, 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 10am6pm, 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. Arte Povera And Anti-Form An art exhibition curated by Mark Godfrey and Helen Sainsbury. 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, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm
5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free. TELEGRAM GALLERY Peckham Road, SE15 Seascapes: Recent Photographs By Hayley Nia Thomas An exhibition of photographs of the Celtic Sea by Hayley Nia Thomas. Prints available to buy from £200. Telegram Gallery, Nov 4-8, 11am11pm, Nov 9, 12noon-10pm, Nov 10, 11am-4pm, free. THE BRIDGE LOUNGE & DINING ROOM 186, Tooley Street, SE1 London Photo Gallery: Exhibition We are delighted to confirm that we will be representing 11 photographers in a six-month exhibition to be held at the prestigious Bridge Lounge Dining Room 186 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ. The Bridge Lounge & Dining Room, Mon-Sun 10.30am11.30pm, ends Dec 23, free. THE VAULTS 10, Leake Street, SE1 (020-7401 9603) Vaults Of Terror This Halloween The Vaults Gallery will be transformed into The Vaults of Terror. In this kooky exhibition, 21 artists interpret the theme of TV Horror through the mediums of screen printing, drawing, sculpture and installation. The Vaults, Nov 1, 11am7pm, free. TRISPACE GALLERY & BAR Tower Bridge Business Complex, 100, Clements Road, SE16 (020-7252 0196) ArtGemini Prize 2014 Finalists’ Exhibition 760 entries 44 countries ArtGemini Prize 2014 showcasing 47 short-listed artworks. TriSpace Gallery & Bar, Nov 1, 11am-6pm, free. UNIT24 20, Great Guildford Street, SE1 (020-8123 7324) Joseph Kucinski: Charitable Deceptions Of Nostalgia Joseph Kucinski, American Portland-based abstract painter is opening his first solo exhibition in London. Work on show is inspired by artist’s frequent flights from the East to the West Coast of the States as well as novels by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Unit24, Nov 1, 11am-6pm, free.
GIRLFRIENDS IS one of several musicals I have seen at the Union theatre, and some similarities are beginning to emerge. Firstly they have a talent for digging out slightly obscure or forgotten works by well known writers, and giving them a well deserved airing. Secondly, the costume budget will make the average school play look lavish; perhaps this explains the penchant for dry ice? Thirdly the choreography and use of a minimal set will be clever and effective. I still have fond memories of the use made of hula hoops in Pacific Overtures to symbolise both the constraints of destiny and the power of witnessing an event. Finally and most importantly, the singing will be brilliant, writes Katie Kelly..
Girlfriends is no exception to any of the above and the vocal performances are the strongest yet. Howard Goodall has written a score which intentionally showcases the harmonising potential of its largely female cast. There are strong individual performances but it is in the big set pieces, particularly at the end of both acts, that this show really shines. I would also pay tribute to the band, who bring real energy and sensitivity to their accompaniment. That said; if I had any criticism of this show it would be the lack of a stand out, catchy tune, and the occasional use of over obvious rhyme in the lyrics which punctured the sincerity of some moments. An example of this would be as one character laments the loss of her lover, a poignant
moment rather spoilt for me by “we lost him over France, he didn’t stand a chance” The setting for the story is 1941 Norfolk and the lives of women who have come from all over the nation to volunteer at an air base “because watching’s not enough. We’re made of stronger stuff”. They recover from their initial disappointment at being confined to parachute packing and tea making and resolve to make the best of things in a highly charged atmosphere where the threat of defeat is very real and every airman’s flight might be his last. At the heart of the action is a love triangle between the handsome young officer whose heart is won by one woman, but who ends up in bed with her more pragmatic and available best friend. This is a straightforward show, but not unsubtle, as it attempts to wrestle with the reality of wartime lives and choices and even permits an exploration of the morality of bombing campaigns, through the sterling performance of Catriana Sandison as the almost deserter ‘Jas’. All in all, though you may not go home humming the tunes, you will not regret an evening in the company of the Girlfriends.
The Union Theatre, 204 Union Street, London, SE1 0LX until 22 November Tuesday-Saturday 7.30pm. Saturday/Sunday 2.30pm Tickets £20 / £17 Concessions. Box Office: 020 7261 9876 www.uniontheatre.biz @theuniontheatre @UnionHGSeason
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WITH A cluster of nigh on legendary TV comedy stars all on stage together it was pointless staying home to watch telly, so I found myself stranded in the West End watching Neil Morrissey, Ade Edmondson, Miles Jupp and Robert Webb stranded in Neville’s Island, writes Michael Holland...
These four somewhat intrepid, middlemanagement ‘explorers’ had been volunteered on to the company ‘team building’ weekend in the Lake District but had soon found themselves stuck on an island in Lake Derwent after their rowing boat hit rocks and capsized with a rather gormless Neville (Morrissey) as Team Leader. Edmondson‘s Gordon makes a great entrance by crawling out of an on-stage quagmire and immediately berates Neville for, well, being gormless. The Gang of Four unfit fellows are more or less nonchalant about this turn of events as they have a phone and food and camping equipment and clothing, and the first few minutes provides us with loud laughs as we get to sus out each of their characters: the Christian bird-watcher, the one who brings everything (even a dinner jacket!) and VITRINE GALLERY Bermondsey Square, SE1 Jonathan Baldock: Notes From The Orifice VITRINE Bermondsey Street is delighted to present a solo exhibition of work by British artist Jonathan Baldock including new sculptural and wall-based works, installation and performance. Vitrine Gallery, Wed-Fri 12noon-7pm, Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 15, free. WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE GALLERY 14, Baylis Road, SE1 (0207928 2243) Sacred Spaces - Textile And Mixed Media Art Exhibition Thirteen Textile Group is a group of London-based textile and mixed media artists. Using fabric, paper, stitch, print, paint, text and found objects each artist has created an individual response to the theme of Sacred Space. Waterloo Action Centre Gallery, Nov 24-29 11am-6pm, ends Nov 29, free. WATERLOO MILLENNIUM GREEN 14, Baylis Road, SE1 (020-7403 3393) Nigeria @ 100: Transforming A British Experiment? Some of Nigeria’s best nurtured talent will collectively be on display to mark Nigeria @ 100. Waterloo Millennium Green, Nov 1, 11am-6pm, free. WHITE CUBE BERMONDSEY 144152, Bermondsey Street, SE1 (0207930 5373) Tracy Emin: ‘The Last Great Adventure is You’ A major new exhibition by Tracey Emin, her first at the London gallery in five years. White Cube Bermondsey, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 16, free.
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BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE 59a, Bethwin Road, Camberwell, SE5 (0207701 0100) Cycles Of The Southern Wild In November 2012 Cat Gerrard began a journey across America, by bicycle. She soon learned that 2767 miles is not just a journey on a map: it’s a journey into our own depths. Blue Elephant Theatre, Nov 4-8, 8pm, £7, concs £6, Southwark Resident £5. Myths The Greek Myths retold as you’ve never seen them before, accompanied by live music. Blue Elephant Theatre, Nov 18-30, 8pm-
Gordon and Neville. Soon, though, the phone fades and the food fails to materialise and they metaphorically feed off each other. Or Gordon does, as he has all the best put-down lines which he delivers with his own style of delivery – one that rarely drifts far from that which we know so well and involves lots of shouty arm-swinging – as he finds every negative possible in the situation. His continual sarcasm eats away at his comrades until it eventually turns back to bite him. Most of the time Tim Firth’s Neville’s Island is very funny but towards the end some of it seemed a little pointless. I felt it was presented as a sketch show with just a Lights Down - Lights Up to introduce the next sketch rather than a set change, because there was only the
9.15pm, ends Dec 6, £12.50, concs £10, Southwark Residents £8.50. Spare Tyre Scratches Spare Tyre presents provocative and abrasive new writing by three emerging artists aged over 70. Writers explore ageing: looking back, looking forward, looking towards death. Blue Elephant Theatre, Nov 16, 6pm-8.30pm, £6. The Son Of Heaven, The Servant Of God & The Map Of The World Beijing, 1582. An Italian Jesuit presents the Emperor of China with a map as tall as a man and twice as wide, one of the first ever to show the whole world, old and new, East and West. Blue Elephant Theatre, Nov 11-15, 8pm, £6, concs £5, Southwark Resident £4. CANADA WATER CULTURE SPACE 21, Surrey Quays Road, SE16 (0208692 4446) Blind Beat-boxing champion Grace Savage looks at what young people are currently listening to in the world. Canada Water Culture Space, Nov 7, 7.30pm-10pm, £10, concs £8. Robin Ince: Blooming Buzzing Confusion The stand-up prods and mangles the last 100 years of the human brain. Canada Water Culture Space, Nov 8, 7.30pm-9.30pm, £13, concs £10. The Shipwrecked House Claire Trevien crafts a shifting nautical landscape within the confines of troubled domesticity. Canada Water Culture Space, Nov 13, 7.30pm-10pm, £10, concs £8. DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Christmas Special Puppet Shows Festive shadow puppet show. Dulwich Picture Gallery, Nov 23, 10.15am & 1.30pm, £5. JUBILEE GARDENS Belvedere Road, SE1 Winter Festival: La Soiree The awardwinning modern circus show returns to the capital, with a range of performances in cabaret and burlesque, physical theatre and comedy. Jubilee Gardens, From Nov 5, Fri-Sun 7pm, Tue-Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 10pm (press night Nov 11, 8pm), ends Jan 11, £15£67.50, concs available. NATIONAL THEATRE: DORFMAN South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000)
one set. One specific thread to the narrative was quite grating, but it eventually became the final twist to end the play, and it was that that just about turned be back into liking this play. Lots of good visual and verbal gags, nicely written script, and well performed, but ultimately it did seem like I was stuck on an island with four middle-age, middle-management men. Duke of York’s Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London WC2 until 3rd January 2015 Box Office: 0844 871 3051 www.nevillesisland.co.uk £15 - £55 Monday – Saturday 7.30pm and Wednesday & Saturday matinees 2.30pm
Here Lies Love The award-winning, immersive musical by David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, and DJ and producer, Fatboy Slim. National Theatre: Dorfman, Mon-Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 5pm & 9pm, ends Jan 8, £15-£45. NATIONAL THEATRE: LYTTELTON South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) 3 Winters A family drama set during tumultuous events in the history of Croatia, written by Tena Stivicic. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Nov 26-29, 7.30pm, ends Feb 3, £15-£50. Romeo And Juliet (Ages 8-12) A modernised version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Nov 1, 11am & 2.30pm, Nov 47 & 10-14, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £12, concs £8. NATIONAL THEATRE: OLIVIER South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Behind The Beautiful Forevers David Hare’s epic drama based on the awardwinning book by Katherine Boo. National Theatre: Olivier, Nov 10-15, 17, 19-22 & 25 (press night Nov 18, 7pm, mats Nov 19 & 22, 2.30pm), booking to Jan 31, £15-£35. Romeo And Juliet A swift, contemporary celebration of Shakespeare’s much-loved drama. National Theatre: Olivier, Nov 1, 11am & 2.30pm, Nov 4-7 & 10-14, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £8 & £12. OLD VIC 103, The Cut, SE1 (0844-871 7628) Electra Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, adapted by Frank McGuinness. Old Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 3pm , ends Dec 20, £10-£55. ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN 372, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 (0207820 1222) David Hoyle: Illustration: Gary Clarke Avant-garde hilarity from the controversial cabaret artist. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Nov 13, 8.30pm, £10. David Hoyle: Illustration: Dusty Limits Cabaret artiste. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Nov 27, 8.30pm, £10. David Hoyle: Illustration: LaJohn Joseph Avant-garde hilarity from the controversial cabaret artiste. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Nov 20, 8.30pm, £10. SECRET LOCATION SE1 Fifth Column An exciting immersive work combining promenade theatre,
DULWICH ARTIST Susan Wadsworth is an artist with a concern for the environment combined with a love of vivid, and playful, artworks. She uses the everyday debris of our society in imaginative ways, collecting and transforming found objects into formal compositions of threedimensional pieces. This can include toys, plastic bags, broken calculators, sweet wrappers and much more. She calls this process 'recycollage'.
Susan also creates paintings and prints influenced by urban art, such as graffiti and cartoons, as well as by reoccurring natural motifs. She uses a range of mediums, including hand painted linoprints, collage and mixed media. Susan's creations are invariably exuberant, often colourful, and frequently puckish. This collection will include her bold cut outs that replicate natural patterns, her mixed media paintings, a wide range of 'recycollage' pieces and her omniform, polychromatic, wall
audience participation and digital technology. The show starts at a Secret Location to be emailed to audience members a week prior to the event. Meet at the Stone Circle outside the National Theatre. Secret Location, TueSat 7.45pm, mats Sat 3pm, ends Nov 16, £18. SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE 21, New Globe Walk, SE1 (020-7401 9919) Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Simon Armitage takes to the stage to perform his acclaimed translation of the poem. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Nov 23, 2.30pm-4.30pm, Nov 24, 7.30pm-9.30pm, £10-£60. ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore John Ford’s 17th-century tragedy. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Tue-Sun 7.30pm, mats Thu-Sat 2.30pm, ends Dec 7, £25-£45, Premium Tickets £60, Standing £10. SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) John Waters: This Filthy World: Filthier & Dirtier The American film director, actor, writer and comedian talks about hitch-hiking from Baltimore to San Francisco in the spring of 2012. Royal Festival Hall, Nov 11, 7.30pm-9.30pm, £22.50 & £27.50, concs £11.25 & £13.75. Al Murray The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor Observational humour and cheeky banter. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Nov 28-30, 7.30pm, Nov 29, 4pm, £25.50. No Man’s Land Dramatic readings from the extraordinary new anthology No Man’s Land. Southbank Centre, Nov 9, 7.45pm, £12, concs £6, mems free. One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean’s comedy drama is a unique mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Nov 28-30, 7.30pm, mat Nov 30, 2.30pm, £25.50, concs £12.25, mems free. SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85, Newington Causeway, SE1 (020-7407 0234) Grand Guignol A performance of the comedy and thriller Grand Guignol. Southwark Playhouse, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, ends Nov 22, £18, concs £16. Saxon Court A razor sharp satirical comedy to darken your Christmas set in
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hangings. Susan is an avid collector (she owns over 100 robots), and the exhibition will include curios separate from her main work. These will include 'Polythene Pam' - a woman created by, and dressed with, plastic bags, bottle tops and other recycled items. Susan's work is never short of innovation, arresting colour combinations, and a quirky sense of humour.
Jeannie Avent Gallery , 14 North Cross Rd ,Dulwich SE22 9EU Daily 10am- 6pm; 14th November to 26th November www.susanwadsworth.co.uk
the City during the height of the financial crisis. Southwark Playhouse, From Nov 19, Mon-Sat 8pm, mat Nov 29, 3.30pm, ends Dec 13, £10. Who Do We Think We Are A kaleidoscope of personal stories from 1914 to 2014 infused with live music and physicality to create a lifeenhancing evening in the theatre. Southwark Playhouse, Mon-Sun 8pm, mats Nov 1, 8 & 15, 3.30pm, ends Nov 15, £10. THE CASTLE 280, Crystal Palace Road, SE22 (020-8693 1872) The Castle Comedy Club Live stand up comedy hits Dulwich. The Castle, Nov 20, 8pm-10.15pm, £7, adv £5. THE MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY 53, Southwark Street, SE1 (020-7378 1713) Assassins Jamie Lloyd directs Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical. The Menier Chocolate Factory, From Nov 21, TueSat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, no mats Nov 22, 23 & 30, extra perf Nov 24, 8pm, ends Mar 7, previews £30, Meal Deal previews £38, Premium Seats previews £3.750. Fully Committed Becky Mode’s comedy set in a Manhattan restaurant, stars Kevin Bishop as the actor, Sam Peliczowski. The Menier Chocolate Factory, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, ends Nov 15, £25, £27.50 & £29.50, Premium Seats £32.50 & £35, Meal Deals £33 & £35.50. THE MILLER 96, Snowfields, SE1 (020-7407 2690) Cabarera: Back To The Swinging 60’s Cabarera is a monthly night of era-themed entertainment; character comedy, sketch and music. Great acts performing bespoke material for the era in question. This month it’s the swinging 60’s. A unique and alternative evening of fun. The Miller, Nov 3, 8pm11pm, £4 & £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. UNICORN THEATRE 147, Tooley Street, SE1 (020-7645 0560)
Black History Month: How Nigeria Became: A Story, And A Spear That Didn’t Work (Over 8s) This colourful and quick-witted production offers a creative insight into Nigeria’s beginnings in 1914. Unicorn Theatre, Nov 4-7, 10.30am, mat Nov 8, 2pm, £16, concs £13, under 21s £10. Girls Like That (Over 13s) A play that explores the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology. Unicorn Theatre, Nov 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 18 & 20-22, 7pm, mat Nov 7, 11-14, 19, 21 & 22, 11am, Nov 6, 11, 13, 15, 18-20 & 22, 2pm, Nov 8, 2.30pm, £16, NUS/OAP/unwaged £13, under 21s £10. The Fourth Wise Man (Over 4s) Artaban, the wisest of them all, spots a beautiful new star in the sky that leads to a special baby. Unicorn Theatre, Nov 30, 1.45pm, ends Jan 4, £16, concs £13, under 21s £10. WHITE BEAR THEATRE 138, Kennington Park Road, SE11 (020-7793 9193) Trashman’s Dilemma The European premiere of Bruce Gooch’s Trashman’s Dilemma: the play that wowed fringe audiences across Canada. “This play has the seeds of brilliance; amazing strength in this cast.” Patricia Bradbury: The View, Hamilton, Ontario. White Bear Theatre, Nov 16 & 17, 7.30pm-9pm, £5. YOUNG VIC 66, The Cut, SE1 (0207922 2922) Far Away A chilling drama written by Caryl Churchill, directed by the JMK Award Winner, Kate Hewitt. Young Vic, From Nov 7, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.45pm, no mat perfs Nov 8 & 12 (press night Nov 13, 7pm), ends Nov 29, Nov 7-12 previews £10, Nov 13-29 £10 & £15. The Cherry Orchard A lyrical production of Anton Chekhov’s classic drama, translated by Simon Stephens. Young Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm (no mat perfs Nov 12 & 26), ends Nov 29, £10-£35. To submit listings, please enter events online at least four weeks in advance at www.pressassociation.com/Listings /AddYourEvent
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s we stand in crowds gasping at the spectacle of exploding fireworks on November 5 each year, it is easy to forget that the burning effigies our children just launched on to the fire represent a Catholic coconspirator to what would have been the most devastating terrorist plot in our nation’s history, writes Amelia Burr...
But was the fateful letter revealing the treasonous plot to kill the King and blow up the heart of our nation’s government delivered to a Lord in Southwark? It is Fawkes who is remembered for the conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament as it was due to open for session in 1605 along with King James 1and the entire protestant-led government. But he was just one of a group of Catholic men, led by Robert
Pictures courtesy of Southwark History Library
Gunpowder, treason and plot confusion in Southwark
Catesby, determined to overthrow the protestant regime at that time, wiping out the royal family and all of its supporters. The plot, which had Lord William Parker Monteagle, who was been over a confused in the history books with year in preparation, Viscount Montagu from Southwark was foiled at Chief the eleventh hour when a letter was Minister, leading to the searching of the anonymously delivered to one of the grounds which uncovered Fawkes in a Catholic Lords who was due to attend store cellar beneath parliament parliament when all within it would surrounded by numerous barrels of have perished. It was Lord William Parker Monteagle gunpowder. Various sketches of a ‘Monteagle who received the historic letter and House’ in Southwark, dated in the immediately took it in person to 1800s, declare in their captions that it is Whitehall to show Robert Cecil, the The original letter sent to Lord Monteagle, warning him of the treasonous plot ©NationalArchives
THE LETTER SENT TO LORD MONTEAGLE
It is suspected that it was Francis Tresham, Monteagle’s brother-in-law, who was most likely the anonymous author of the letter warning him not to attend parliament on November 5 when he writes: “this parliament will receive a terrible blow.”
TRANSCRIPT OF THE LETTER
My lord, out of the love I beare to some of youere frends, I have a care of youre preservacion, therefore I would aduyse you as you tender your life to devise some excuse to shift youer attendance at this parliament, for God and man hath concurred to punishe the wickedness of this tyme, and thinke not slightly of this advertisement, but
retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety, for though there be no apparance of anni stir, yet I saye they shall receive a terrible blow this parliament and yet they shall not seie who hurts them this cowncel is not to be contemned because it may do yowe good and can do yowe no harme for the dangere is passed as soon as yowe have burnt the letter and i hope God will give yowe the grace to mak good use of it to whose holy proteccion i comend yowe.
MODERN DAY ENGLISH VERSION
My lord, out of the love I have for some of your friends, I want to make sure you are safe. Because of this I would advise you to not attend this sitting of parliament because God and man have agreed to punish the wickedness of this time. Do not think this is a joke, go to your estate in the country where you will be safe, because although there is no sign of any problem yet, this parliament will receive a terrible blow, but they will not see who it is that hurts them. This advice should not be ignored as it may do you some good, and it can do you no harm because the danger will have passed as soon as you have burned this letter. I hope God grants you the grace to make good use of it, and that he protects you.
A sketch of Montagu House produced in 1814, clearly labelled as ‘Monteagle House’ in the Victoria County History records of the 1500s.
the home of Lord Monteagle and other sources go further and declare that it was the place the letter was delivered. In the History and Antiquities of London, Westminster and Southwark by Thomas Allen, published in 1828, Allen references a Gentlemen’s magazine from 1808 which describes the house in detail. “The writer in the above work calls this mansion Monteagle-house and says it was the residence of the lord of that name, who here received the anonymous letter, which led to the discovery of the gunpowder plot.” But as Allen goes on to point out, this is almost certainly a mistake arising from the similarity of the names Monteagle and Montagu. There was in fact a Lord Montagu, who lived in Montagu House on Montagu Close in Southwark. The house is often referred to as Monteagle House in historical records, implying that the two names were to some extent interchangeable at that time. Other reports tell us that there was even confusion at the time the plot was revealed, leading to Montagu House in Southwark being searched for gunpowder, in case Lord Montagu, who was also Catholic, was in fact part of the conspiracy. The Montagu family had previously been suspected of being recusants and
Montagu House
in 1599, just six years before the infamous plan was uncovered, Montagu House was searched on suspicion of the family’s involvement in a plot against the realm, but neither gunpowder nor weapons were found. Records show that Viscount Montagu was committed to the Tower on November 15 in 1605, implying that the he was suspected of being involved in the gunpowder plot, but he was released in the following August on payment of £200. There is no evidence of his being concerned in the plot, though a letter he wrote to his father-in-law, the Earl of Dorset, said that Guy Fawkes had in fact been his servant for four months, and had waited at his table about the time of his marriage. The land which became Montagu Close in the 1500s was previously home to St Mary Overy, and was given to Anthony Browne in the dissolution of religious houses through his close friendship with Henry VIII. As well as causing a disturbance through his notorious bowling alley on the site, the house may well have been one of the many houses in Southwark identified in the Stow survey of London which made the borough a “stronghold of faction and dissent” as most of the sectaries in the capital were said to be housed here by 1665.
The first ordnance survey map of Southwark drawn up in the 1800s shows where Montagu House used to be, next to St Saviours Church
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Dual crossword
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4 Take exception to something (6) 8 Beg the wretch to get some knowledge (7) 9 Alarm at being right in the battle (6) 10 Acted as if they had given a preliminary treatment (9) 11 Does one usually start to age about a fever? (4) 13 Caught sight of about five? Or more? (5) 14 Cultivates the soil, disregarding the dangers (7) 16 Conscience can produce knowledge without study (7) 18 A banquet is produced quickly round the east (5) 19 We hear they listened to the crowd (4) 21 Does every shopkeeper deal in the slave market (9) 22 Fame about a spoken part of speech? (6) 23 Sticks together about fifty drawings (7) 24 Get rid of the humbug, and pour off the wine (6)
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4 Grass cutting implement (6) 8 Seaman (7) 9 Decorous (6) 10 Baking dish (9) 11 Blessing (4) 13 Expiate (5) 14 Solicit (7) 16 Method of calculating by symbols (7) 18 Dazzling light (5) 19 Couple (4) 21 Type of beetle (9) 22 Suffocated (6) 23 Dissimilar (7) 24 Calls forth (6)
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1 Mere upset before sound gentlemen coming out (9) 2 Gave food round the second and praised the whole (9) 3 Case which gives you a chance to branch out? (5) 5 The board will lose nothing in locking for a poet (4) 6 Take your future wife into your employment? (6) 7 Names held by champions (6) 9 Wild fear about the left (5) 11 The period to sit in very wretched conditions (9) 12 The world parliament generally is behaving in a strange way (9) 15 A thick skinned nut (5) 16 One way in which the red has divided (6) 17 Smooth ninety nine can give a contrary meaning (6) 20 I am in business for perfection (5) 21 Castor for one (4)
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1 Spider (9) 2 One with a different opinion (9) 3 Gay (5) 5 Restore to health (4) 6 Walk stealthily (6) 7 Wandering (6) 9 Uses vigorously (5) 11 Earth moving vehicle (9) 12 Exclusion from society (9) 15 Think deeply (5) 16 Fierce Indian (6) 17 Male escort (6) 20 Coil of yarn (5) 21 Give up (4)
Solutions to last week’s crossword
CRYPTIC: ACROSS: 1 Anchor 7 Diehard 8 Prattle 9 Stray 10 Sentiment 12 Sin 13 Ural 15 Lessons 17 Edge 19 Eel 21 Devouring 22 Diver 23 Largest 24 Merrily 25 Player DOWN: 1 Apposite 2 Chains 3 Outline 4 Beast 5 Fairer 6 Eddy 7 Defensively 11 Tile 13 User 14 Laughter 16 Neutral 18 Govern 20 Lively 21 Drain 22 Dome QUICK: ACROSS: 1 Entity 7 Service 8 Portent 9 Inapt 10 Uncertain 12 Eve 13 Beam 15 Immense 17 Sell 19 Hem 21 Dignities 22 Tower 23 Nailing 24 Precede 25 Agents DOWN: 1 Expounds 2 Thrice 3 Theorem 4 Train 5 Pirate 6 Sent 7 Steam engine 11 Evil 13 Beet 14 Messages 16 Shining 18 Lawyer 20 Minion 21 Dried 22 Type
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PECKHAM MULTIPLEX TICKETS: 0844 567 2732 Fri 7 – Thu 13 Nov
INTERSTELLAR (12A) Daily at 4.30 8.00 Extra Perf SatSun at 1.00 Pass List Suspended SAY WHEN (15) Daily at 4.15 6.25 8.40 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 2.00 Pass List Suspended NIGHTCRAWLER (15) Daily at 7.45 Pass List Suspended OUIJA (15) Daily at 9.15 Pass List Suspended FURY (15) Daily at 8.45 Pass List Suspended THE BABADOOK (15) Fri-Wed at 6.30 Pass List Suspended NORTHERN SOUL (15) Thu at 6.45 Pass List Suspended THE BOOK OF LIFE (PG) 3D Daily at 3.45 Pass List Suspended THE BOOK OF LIFE (PG) 2D Sat-Sun at 11.40 1.45 Pass List Suspended TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) 3D Daily at 5.40 Pass List Suspended TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) 2D Daily at 4.10 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 11.45 1.50 Pass List Suspended THE MAZE RUNNER (12A) Daily at 4.00 (Subtitled Tue 4.00) GONE GIRL (15) Daily at 5.30 8.30 Extra Perf SatSun at 2.15 Pass List Suspended ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (PG) Sat-Sun at 12.00 1.55 (Subtitled Sun 12.00) DOLPHIN TALE 2 (U) Sat-Sun at 11.50 BOXTROLLS (PG) Sat-Sun at 11.55 Watch With Baby TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) Thu at 11.30am THE MAZE RUNNER (12A) Thu at 11.30am GREENWICH PICTUREHOUSE TICKETS: 0871 902 5732 Fri 7 – Thu 13 Nov
INTERSTELLAR (12A) Fri/Sat/Mon/Wed & Thu at 1.00, 4.30, 8.00, Sun at 12.00, 3.30, 7.00, Tue at 12.00, 4.30, 8.00 MR TURNER (12A) Fri at 1.40, 2.45, 4.55, 6.00, 8.10, Sat at 12.00, 1.40, 3.15, 4.55, 6.30, 8.10, Sun at 12.45, 1.00, 4.00, 4.15, 7.15, 7.30, Mon at 12.00, 3.15, 4.55, 8.10, Tue at 1.40, 2.45, 4.55, 8.10, Wed at 12.00, 1.40, 4.55, 8.10, Thu at 12.00, 1.40, 2.45, 4.55, 6.00, 8.10 NIGHTCRAWLER (15) Fri at 3.15, 6.00, 9.00, Sat at 3.15, 6.10, 9.30, Sun at 2.30, 5.10, 7.50, Mon-Thu at 3.30, 6.15, 9.00 THE BOOK OF LIFE (U) 3D Sat at 11.25, Sun at 10.30am GONE GIRL (18) Fri at 2.55, 8.30, Sat at 3.00, 8.45,
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cinema Sun at 3.30, 6.45, Mon at 1.30, 8.20, Tue at 3.15, Wed at 2.00, 5.15, 8.20, Thu at 8.20 PRIDE (15) Fri at 12.15, 6.00, Sat at 12.15, 9.00, Mon at 6.00, Tue at 12.30, Wed at 3.00, Thu at 3.00, 9.00 LEVIATHAN (15) Fri at 12.15, 8.45, Sat at 12.15, 6.00, Sun at 11.15, Mon/Tue at 12.30, 8.30, Wed/Thu at 12.30, 5.30 BATTLES OF CORONEL & FALKLANS (PG) Sun at 1pm OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (PG) Mon at 1pm HERMITAGE REVEALED (U) Tues at 6.30pm & Thurs at 12noon Kids Club Sat, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (U) - Sat, 10.30 for 11am Big Scream Fri INTERSTELLAR or PRIDE & Weds NIGHTCRAWLER or GONE GIRL - 10.30 for 11am Toddler Time 10.30 for 11am Monday Fri INTERSTELLAR or PRIDE & Weds NIGHTCRAWLER or GONE GIRL - Mon at 6.30 FRANKENSTEIN (JONNY LEE MILLER AS CREATURE) - NT Encore Tues at 12noon STILL THE ENEMY WITHIN & Film maker Q&A - Wed at 8.30 ODEON SURREY QUAYS TICKETS: 0871 224 4007 Fri 7 – Thu 13 Nov
ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (PG) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri 14:00, 16:10,Sat–Sun 12:00, 14:00, 16:10, Mon–Tue 14:00, 16:10, Wed 12:00, 14:00, 16:10, Thu 14:00, 16:10 ANNABELLE (15) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri–Thu, 21:50 BOOK OF LIFE (U) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red,Fri 13:00, 15:30, 17:40, Sat 10:40, 13:00, 15:30, 17:40, Sun–Thu 13:00, 15:30, 17:40 BOOK OF LIFE (U) 3D Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri13:50, 16:10, Sat, 11:20, 13:50, 16:10, Sun 11:20s/t, 13:50, 16:10, Mon– Tue 13:50, 16:10, Wed 11:20, 13:50, 16:10, Thu 13:50, 16:10 THE EQUALIZER (15) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri–Thu, 21:40 FURY (15) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri–Thu, 18:40, 20:10 GONE GIRL (18) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red,Fri–Thu, 20:40 INTERSTELLAR (12A) Wheelchair Access, Audio
Described, Infra Red, Fri, 12:30, 14:10, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:30, Sat 10:30, 11:50, 12:30, 14:10, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:30, Sun 10:30, 11:50, 12:30, 14:10, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, Mon 12:30, 14:10s/t, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, Tue 12:30, 14:10, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, Wed 11:50, 12:30, 14:10, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, Thu 12:30, 14:10, 15:20, 16:20, 17:50, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, THE MAZE RUNNER (12A) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri 13:20, 16:00, Sat–Sun 10:50, 13:20, 16:00, Mon–Thu 13:20, 16:00 NIGHTCRAWLER (15) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri–Wed 18:10, 20:50, Thu 18:10, 20:50s/t OUIJA (15) Wheelchair Access, Infra Red, Fri–Thu 18:20, 21:30 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red,Fri 14:20, 17:00, 19:30, Sat–Sun 11:40, 14:20, 17:00, 19:30, Mon–Tue 14:20, 17:00, 19:30, Wed 11:40, 14:20, 17:00, 19:30, Thu 14:20, 17:00, 19:30 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) 3D Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, Fri–Thu 13:10, 15:40, 18 MALEFICENT (PG) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Kids Screen, Infra Red, Sat–Sun 11:00 BEGIN AGAIN (15) Wheelchair Access, Senior Screen, Infra Red,Wed 11:00 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY–PART 1 (12A)(TBC) Wheelchair Access, Now Booking, Infra Red, 20th Nov 00:01, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00, 20:00, 21st Nov–23rd Nov 11:00, 14:00, 17:00, 20:00, 24th Nov–27th Nov 14:00 , 17:00, 20:00 BIG APPLE CIRCUS: METAMORPHOSIS (12A) Wheelchair Access, Now Booking, Odeon Plus Culture, Infra Red, 15th Nov 12:00 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: L’ELISIR D’AMORE (LIVE) (12A) Wheelchair Access, Now Booking, Odeon Plus Culture, Infra Red, 26th Nov 19:15 RITZY CINEMA TICKETS: 0871 902 5739 Fri 7 – Thu 13 Nov
INTERSTELLAR (12A) Fri 1:20, 5:30, 9:10 Sat 1:20, 5:00, 8:40 Sun 12:00, 4:30(digital), 7:50 Mon – Thu 12:10, 3:50, 7:30 THE CASE AGAINST 8 (CTT15)
Fri 4:00 Sat 11:30 Sun 11:50 Mon & Tue 1:00, 8:50 Wed & Thu 1:00, 6:30 THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS (12A) Fri 1:30 Sat 2:00 Mon 4:30 Tue 12:15 Wed 4:30, 9:00 Thu 12:15, 9:00 MR TURNER (12A) Fri & Sat 2:00, 5:15, 8:30 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 8:10 Mon – Thu 1:40, 5:00, 8:15 NIGHTCRAWLER (15) Fri 1:10, 9:30 Sat 3:50, 9:30 Sun 2:20, 8:15 Mon – Thu 3:20, 9:10 THE BABADOOK (15) Fri 10:45pm Sat 6:10, 11:00pm Sun 11:30, 8:10 Mon – Wed 12:15, 6:20 Tue & Thu 2:20, 6:20 THE BOOK OF LIFE 2D (U) Sat 11:00, 1:30 Sun 10:50, 1:50 GONE GIRL (18) Fri & Sat 3:00, 6:15 Sun 5:00, 7:30 Mon – Thu 12:00, 6:00, 8:40 IDA (12A) Fri 9:10 Sat 8:20 Sun 11:00am Mon – Wed 2:30 Tue & Thu 4:30 NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC (15) Fri 6:30 Sun 3:30 PRIDE (15) Fri 3:45 Sat 12:15, 8:20 Sun 5:30 Mon – Thu 3:30 Big Scream MR TURNER (12A) & IDA (12A) Fri 11.00am, doors at 10.15am (Big Scream Members only) Toddler time HUMF: PROGRAMME 4 (U) Tue & Thu at 11:00am Kids Club HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 2D (PG) Sat at 10:30am (Kids Club Members only) Subtitle screening MR TURNER (12A) Mon at 5:00pm Guardian live: RICHARD AYOADE ON TRUFFAUT’S DAY FOR NIGHT (15) Sun at 4:00pm TATE MODERN & Moma: HENRI MATISSE (AS LIVE 12A) ENCORE Mon at 6:30pm Film Africs 2014: KADJIKE+FISH OF THE LAND (15) Fri at 6:30pm VIRGIN MARGARITA plus Q&A (15) Fri at 8:30pm BAOBAB AWARD SHORTS 2 (15) Sat at 4:00pm THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM (15) Sat at 6:30 THE MESSENGER+SHORT plus Q&A Sat at 8:30pm Discover Tuesdays HERMITAGE REVEALED (U) Tues at 6:30pm Vintage Sundays THE BATTLES OF CORONEL AND FALKLAND ISLANDS (PG) Sun at 1:00pm Late Nights MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN (15) Fri & Sat 11:15pm BFI IMAX TICKETS: 020 7199 6000 Fri 7 – Thu 13 Nov
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Raw-inspiring dining THE RAW FOOD SUPPER CLUB
BOULANGERIE JADE, 145 LORDSHIP LANE, SE22 8HX
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hances are you’ve been to more restaurants than Simon Beswetherick has had hot dinners, but the tables are turning with the uncookedcook’s new Raw Food Supper Clubs, writes Laura Burgoine...
The Raw Food diet is rapidly gaining momentum, so much so that on a recent Friday night in East Dulwich, 30 people happily paid good money to be served three courses of meat-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free, raw food. If you thought Jesus’ loaves and fishes stunt was impressive, prepare to be amazed as Simon makes caviar from Japanese seaweed and ‘spaghetti and meatballs’ with neither meat nor wheat. As we all sat around a long table at Lordship Lane’s Boulangerie Jade, sipping non-alcoholic watermelon and rose ‘refreshers’, it was immediately apparent all the guests had one thing in common: an obsession with nutrition and healthy eating. I could talk to people about
health food until the organic grassfed cows come home, so if you’re the same you need to join the (supper) club. Of course not every guest adhered to a strictly raw-only diet, but I did quickly discover that turning up to a Raw Food Supper Club and not owning a dehydrator is like working on Wall St and not wearing a Rolex. Nonetheless we debate the merits of certain seeds and nuts, I’m introduced to nutritional yeast and kelp noodles, and a guest from west London tells us about his Intermittent Fasting diet – not the 5:2 but rather the 16:8 (made famous by Hugh Jackman, who used it to get into shape for Wolverine), where he fasts for sixteen hours every day, then eats for eight hours. He’s lost nine kilograms, has boundless energy, works out harder and has never felt better. All eyes widen as we bite into our kale chips. “It’s not a diet…” he begins. “It’s a lifestyle,” we chime. Leader of the pack, Simon has been a raw food devotee since 2012. After suffering from bloating, poor digestion and poor quality sleep, the 41-year-old cut out fried food, refined sugar, alcohol, dairy, and animal products and boosted his vegetable and fruit intake. The idea behind raw eating is to eliminate junk food and opt for eating whole foods in their purest form. This summer gone, the cook’s rawfood creations, documented on
Instagram, attracted the attention of one particular follower, who invited Simon to Milan to help design the menu for Italy’s first fully raw vegan restaurant. After an intensive month inventing raw, vegan pizza and pasta recipes, Simon returned to London determined to carry on his raw food project. It’s a highly impressive feat, as his creations are beautifully presented and this style of ‘cooking’ is highly laborious and meticulous. The aperitif; blinis with crème fraiche and caviar (made from dehydrated sliced sweet potato and regular potato and served with a cream made from cashew nuts and caviar made from algae) take 48 hours to dehydrate. They’re extremely tasty; after being dehydrated, the potatoes’ natural density is replaced with an impossible lightness, which contrasts perfectly with the rich flavour of the nut cream and the salty sting of the seaweed. If you were unaware of the ingredients you’d never know this was a raw creation, and this is the beauty of Simon’s recipes. The Provençal kale chips take kale to a new and infinitely superior level; a tomato, herb and cheese flavour combats kale’s natural wallpaper taste. I’m told it’s probably nutritional yeast that does this; I make a mental note to buy a dehydrator. For the main course the pesto-filled marinated mushrooms are superb and definitely worth
trying to create at home. Our palates are cleansed with a simple, refreshing persimmon and pistachio salad; by this stage I’m feeling quite satisfied, almost full, despite having really only ingested nuts, seeds and leaves all evening. The spaghetti and meatballs is probably the most highly anticipated dish of the evening; we all speculate how Simon’s going to pull this one off sans wheat and meat. The spaghetti is made from thinly sliced courgette, the sauce is a delicious sundried tomato concoction and the meatballs are made from crushed up sunflower seeds and hemp seeds. “Isn’t hemp cannabis?” one guest enquires eyeing the ‘meatball’ suspiciously. She’s quickly corrected as another guest comments “I think we’d be in trouble if it was; this is the wrong place to come down with the munchies!” The Pièce de résistance is the dessert: the cacao-chilli cheesecake. It looks like cheesecake. It tastes like cheesecake. But it contains neither cheese nor cake. It’s guilt free and you’re full after eating a third because it’s so nutrient dense. The creation is deceptively simple too, containing only raw cacao power, coconut oil, chillies that pack a punch, and cashew nuts. Our Paleo 16:8 guest had spent the night informing his girlfriend he’d probably need to go for a burger afterwards, but by the end of the meal he admitted he was completely
satisfied; a sentiment we all shared. Clearly, from small seeds big things grow.
The Raw Food Supper Club will continue on the last Friday of every month; the next one is on Friday 28 November from 7:30pm at Boulangerie Jade, 145 Lordship Lane, SE22 8HX. Cost: £35 for a four-course meal. Advanced booking essential. www.facebook.com/RawDiningClub
MENU
Aperitif: Watermelon and rose refresher Provencal kale chips Blinis with crème fraiche and caviar Dinner: Pesto-filled marinated mushrooms Persimmon and pistachio salad Spaghetti with meatballs Dessert: Cacao-chilli cheesecake
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FOOD (1-5) AMBIENCE (1-5) VALUE (1-5) PRE-BOOKING
£35 for a four-course meal
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ESSENTIAL
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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
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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK
Arnold Estate SE1
A well presented three double bedroom ground floor apartment. located on the ever popular Arnold Estate, just moments from the delights of Shad Thames and within walking distance of both London Bridge (Jubilee, Northern and National Rail) and Bermondsey (Jubilee) station. The property offer a lot of natural light and benefit's from it's own 26ft private paved garden. Ideal investment location.
Leasehold £449,950
Dunnage Crescent, SE16
Oppida Estates are pleased to present this wonderful top floor two bedroom, two bathrooms in sought after development overlooking South Dock Marina. The property comprises large reception room leading on to a balcony, fully fitted separate kitchen, master bedroom with en-suite, second bedroom and a bathroom. Dunnage Crescent is located within short walking distance to Surrey Quays Station and Shopping Centre. Greenland Pier offering river taxi service is close by.
£370 pw / £1603 pcm
Brunswick Quay, SE16
Redecorated one double bedroom flat in the highly sought after Brunswick Quay development, situated only a short walk to Surrey Quays and Canada Water Stations. The accommodation comprises good size double bedroom, bathroom with shower, reception and semi open plan kitchen. Benefits include wood floors throughout, private patio garden and garage for storage.
£320 pw / £1386 pcm
St Helena Road SE16
A bright and generously proportioned one double bedroom apartment on the fourth of this popular local authority block, this property enjoys a great location moments from Surrey Quays overground station and is within easy reach of a great range of amenities to include Surrey Quays shopping centre and Canada Water station.
Leasehold £225,000
LETTINGS
Bowditch, SE8
An excellently presented top floor 4 bedroom flat. The property comprises of 3 double bedrooms, 1 single bedroom, a fully-fitted kitchen / diner, bathroom and 2 reasonably sized balconies. Benefits include wooden flooring throughout, water views and being finished to an extremely high standard. The property is situated close to local transport links for Canada Water and Surrey Quays.
£465 pw / £2015 pcm
Stevenson Crescent, 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.
£265 pw / £ 1148 pcm
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Sybil Phoenix SE8
One of the most desirable locations in South East London. Surrey Quays/Deptford is well served by public transports, such as Canada Water Jubilee Line and Surrey Quays Overground stations, the Greenland Docks pier for Thames Clipper boats is at close proximity. This location also offers easy access to The Royal Borough of Greenwich and all it's bars and restaurants. Deptford Park is within a short walking distance of this property.
Freehold £425,000
Pynfold Estate SE16
Oppida are pleased to offer for sale this attractive one double bedroom fourth floor apartment located on a popular local authority block just moments from Bermondsey Jubilee line station, Southwark park and the River Thames. The property offers a fully fitted kitchen with integrated appliances, modern fitted bathroom and presented to the market in excellent condition throughout.
Leasehold £275,000
Lower Road, SE8
A pleasant one bedroom ground floor flat in a good decorative order. The property is offered furnished and comprises double bedroom with built in wardrobes, bathroom and living room with semi open plan fully fitted kitchen. The property benefits from secure parking place and small private patio. Surrey Quays station and shopping centre are within short walking distance.
£250 pw / £1083 pcm
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Part Time Maths Tutor Required (4 days a week) Start: December 2014
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Salary: £23000 - £26000pa pro rata. (according to qualifications and experience)
The Bosco College works with young people aged 16+ to train them for employment. We need a caring individual who will work together with the young people to improve their Maths skills in order for them to be able to compete in the world of work. The work is challenging, but very rewarding.You must hold a recognised qualification in teaching e.g. DTTLS, PGCE or Cert Ed. This is not an ESOL position, so candidates only holding ESOL qualifications should not apply.You will be teaching Functional skills at Entry level, Level 1 and Level 2, within a study programme, therefore, knowledge of functional skills is essential. Occasional teaching to GCSE level may be required. You will be expected to be creative in using resources that are interesting, relevant and appropriate to the needs of the young people in the learning situation. Candidate will need to be empathic towards the needs of these young people and be able to communicate with them effectively. The Bosco Centre is committed to the safeguarding of young people, and as such, you will be required to complete an enhanced CRB check. Previous applicants need not apply.
Please apply by email, attaching your CV in the first instance, to theboscocentre@yahoo.co.uk Closing date for applications: Friday 21st November 2014
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A rare opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual to join our team in the heart of Chelsea as a Care Assistant OR Senior Care Assistant.
Applicants must have a proven track record providing exemplary standards of care to persons over the age of 65 years.
Care Assistant
It is essential that you hold a NVQ 2 in Health & Social Care or HSCD Levels 2.
Senior Carer
You must hold a NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or HSCD Levels 3 with a current administration of medication certificate and have proven experience of working in the care sector.
Successful applicants for the above roles can expect: A pleasant working environment, Rates of pay that reflect experience and qualifications, Weekend and bank holiday enhancement, an occupational sick pay scheme and Continuous professional development / training and an opportunity to gain further qualifications. These positions are subject to a full enhanced DBS disclosure and ISA.
To apply: Please forward your CV to Georgia.james@stwilfridssw3.org.uk or apply online at http://www.stwilfridssw3.org.uk/current-vacancies/.
St Wilfrid’s is a 44 bedded Care Home, owned by the Daughters of the Cross of Liege a Christian Charity. If you require any further information about these roles call 0207 351 5339 between 8.30am and 4:.30pm and ask to speak to Georgia James.
Part Time Business and Administrator Tutor Required (5 days a week) Start: December 2014
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.45am – 12.15pm
Salary: Negotiable (according to qualifications and experience)
The Bosco College works with young people aged 16+ to train them for employment. We need a caring individual who will work together with the young people to improve their Business and Administration skills in order for them to be able to compete in the world of work. The work is challenging, but very rewarding. You must hold a recognised qualification in teaching e.g. DTTLS, PGCE or Cert Ed. This is not an ESOL position, so candidates only holding ESOL qualifications should not apply. You should also have a subject specific qualification in Business and Administration at Level 3 or relevant experience. You will be teaching Business Administration at Level 1, within a study programme, and also the Certificate and Diploma at Level 2 and 3. The awarding body is City and Guilds. You will be expected to be creative in using resources that are interesting, relevant and appropriate to the needs of the young people in the learning situation. Candidate will need to be empathic towards the needs of these young people and be able to communicate with them effectively. The Bosco Centre is committed to the safeguarding of young people, and as such, you will be required to complete an enhanced CRB check. Previous applicants need not apply.
Please apply by email, attaching your CV in the first instance, to theboscocentre@yahoo.co.uk Closing date for applications: Friday 21st November 2014
Jobs at Southwark Here are some of the roles we are currently advertising Approved List Support Officer
Procurement Support Officer
Salary range: £21,969 - £26,523
Salary range: £21,969 - £26,523
Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
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Closing date: 13-Nov-2014
Closing date: 13-Nov-2014
Reference number: SC00859
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Practice Co-Ordinator
Salary range: £33,639 - £40,017
Salary range: £24,399 - £29,868
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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] UPPER MAISONETTE, 212 BERMONDSEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 3TQ (Ref. 14/AP/3790) Roof extension to square-off the existing butterfly roof to create a mansard roof, with projecting rooflight above; increase in height of the rear wall of first floor flat, in conjunction with second floor rear extension; the creation of third floor rear terrace, with associated balustrade, above the proposed second floor extension; alteration to second floor rear window; and addition of third floor window and patio door (accessing the proposed terrace). (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Samuel Uff 0207 525 5447) 151 CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD, LONDON, SE5 0SU (Ref. 14/AP/3562) Demolition of the existing property and the erection of a replacement building containing four floors plus basement, comprising a retail unit at part ground floor and basement levels with a mix of 1 one bedroom and 3 two bedroom flats across the remainder of the ground floor accommodation and the upper floors, together with refuse and recycling store. (within Camberwell New Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Samuel Uff 0207 525 5447) 23 COPPERFIELD STREET, LONDON, SE1 0EP (Ref. 14/AP/3632) (Householder Application) Removal of existing ground floor rear elevation window and patio door. Combine two existing openings to one larger opening to install a set of double french doors and fixed panel to the side. Move existing first floor rear window laterally by 550mm. (within Union Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh
0207 525 5447) 23 DENMARK HILL, LONDON, SE5 8RP (Ref. 14/AP/3301) Installation of x2 new external ATM's to replace existing with one aperture being altered so that the machine can be lowered to allow better use from wheelchair users (within Camberwell Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Tessa Craig 0207 525 7463) 128 GORDON ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3RP (Ref. 14/AP/3896) (Householder Application) Erection of a two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension on the first floor and a conservatory, providing additional accommodation (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: MHeaney 0207 525 3920) BLOCK A, 27 GREEN WALK, LONDON, SE1 4TT (Ref. 14/AP/3278) Re-insertion of one timber sash window to second floor within bricked recess (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Marina Lai 020 7525 5403) 110 B GROSVENOR TERRACE, LONDON, SE5 0NL. (Ref. 14/AP/3420) (Householder Application) Erection of a mansard roof extension and a roof terrace, providing additional accommodation to the top floor flat (within Grosvenor Park C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Samuel Uff 0207 525 5447) 127 HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9LY (Ref. 14/AP/3940) Erection of a canopy and replacement boundary fence. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Sonia Watson 020 7525 5434)
62 OAKHURST GROVE, LONDON, SE22 9AQ (Ref. 14/AP/3859) (Householder Application) Erection of rear extension at second floor level and roof above. (within The Gardens C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Samuel Uff 0207 525 5447) LAND AT 247-251 LOWER ROAD AND 2-8 PLOUGH WAY, LONDON, SE16 2LS (Ref. 14/AP/3814) Removal of condition 17 (sound level for balconies) of planning permission dated 20/12/2013 [application no.13/AP/0568 for the Redevelopment of vacant site to provide a four storey building comprising 2 three bed maisonettes, 7 one bed flats, 4 two bed flats and 1 three bed flat (14 total) above ground floor commercial unit (A1 retail /A2 financial and professional services / B1 office/ D1 community) and associated landscaping, cycle storage, disabled parking and recycling facilities]. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Dipesh Patel 020 7525 1778) 44A THE GARDENS, LONDON, SE22 9PZ (Ref. 14/AP/3160) (Householder Application) Erection of second floor extension to create studio space and private roof terrace area. (within The Gardens C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh 0207 525 5447) 65 TOWER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4TL (Ref. 14/AP/4001) Replacement of the existing internally illuminated mega 6 'light box' display (37.5m2) with an internally illuminated 'LED screen' display (37.5m2) (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Samuel Uff 0207 525 5447) 4 VICTORY PLACE, LONDON, SE17 1PG.
(Ref. 14/AP/3839) Roofing over of existing walled yard to the rear of the property to provide additional residential accommodation and associated structural alterations. Alterations to internal room plan of two flats on first and second floors, replacement of two existing windows on front elevation with sash windows and external work to reconfigure soil vent pipe and boiler flues. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) 4 VICTORY PLACE, LONDON, SE17 1PG. (Ref. 14/AP/3840) Roofing over of existing walled yard to the rear of the property to provide additional residential accommodation and associated structural alterations. Alterations to internal room plan of two flats on first and second floors, replacement of two existing windows on front elevation with sash windows and external work to reconfigure soil vent pipe and boiler flues. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) 120-128 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 1JL (Ref. 14/AP/3729) Advertisement consent for the installation of 5 advertisement signs, comprising 3 x illuminated fascia signs, 1 x freestanding non-illuminated sign, 1 x wall-mounted non-illuminated sign and 1 x non-illuminated elevational sign. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Neil Luxton 020 7525 4424) Dated 06 November 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
STATUTORY NOTICE
Notice is hereby given in accordance with section 19(3) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that the Governing Body of Charles Dickens Primary School intends to make a prescribed alteration to Charles Dickens Primary School (A Community School) Toulmin Street, London, SE1 1AF. The proposed alteration is to change category from a community school to a foundation school with effect from 8th December 2014. The reason for considering Foundation Status is to further improve our school – Although our most recent Ofsted report stated that “this is an outstanding school”, we are not complacent and are determined to work hard for further improvement. We see Foundation Status as being a key component in our future development as it will enable the school to continue to raise standards through closer partnership with the local community and services for young people.
By becoming a Foundation School we will be able to share experiences with other schools across the Borough and learn from each other as we develop strategies and processes for improvement. There is an expectation from government that schools will take a lead in delivering the Every Child Matters agenda, the vision of Extended Schools and the Children’s Plan. The additional freedoms open to us as a Foundation school and our commitment to co-operate with other agencies will, we believe, be an important component in our school’s development of these initiatives. This Notice is a summary of the full statutory proposals. Copies of the complete proposal can be obtained in paper copy by writing to John Finch, Clerk to the Governing Body, care of the School Office, Charles Dickens Primary School, Toulmin Street, London, SE1 1AF and marking the envelope “Statutory Proposals” or by downloading the documents from the school website at http://www.charlesdickens.southwark.sch.uk/index.html Within four weeks of the date of publication of this proposal any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to John Finch, Clerk to the Governing Body, care of the School Office, Charles Dickens Primary School, Toulmin Street, London, SE1 1AF. Objection or comments must be received by Thursday 4th December 2014. Signed:
Nik Nicol Chair of the Governing Body of Charles Dickens Primary School
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (SHAND STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed route) (Pottery Street and Wilson Grove) (No. *) Traffic Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘G’) (No. *) Order 2014 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, 49 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the orders would be to continue indefinitely the provisions of the London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed route) (Pottery Street and Wilson Grove) (No. 1) Experimental Traffic Order 2013, the London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Pottery Street and Wilson Grove) (No. 1) Experimental Traffic Order 2013, and the London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘G’) (No. 2) Experimental Traffic Order 2013 - as made on 21 February 2013 (see:https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60428-1768808), that is:- (a) to provide one-way westbound traffic working with a pedal cycle contra-flow in POTTERY STREET between its junctions with Marigold Street and Wilson Grove; (b) to provide one-way northbound traffic working with a pedal cycle contra-flow in WILSON GROVE between its junctions with Jamaica Road and Janeway Street; (c) to provide ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions:- [i] on both sides of POTTERY STREET between its junctions with Marigold Street and Wilson Grove, and [ii] on the east side of WILSON GROVE at its junctions with Janeway Street and Jamaica Road; and (d) to remove the existing permit parking place located in POTTERY STREET between its junctions with Marigold Street and Wilson Grove. 3. For more information about these proposals, please contact Mr. Chris Mascord of the council's Public realm projects team: telephone 020 7525 5385.
4. Copies of the proposed orders and a plan giving more detailed particulars of the proposal may be viewed either: online by visiting http://www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders or, for paper copies, upon request at Public realm projects (parking design), Southwark Council, 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/TMO1415-022 by 27 November 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 06 November 2014
NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark and in consultation with Transport for London hereby gives notice that to enable duct works to be carried out by UK Power Networks, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Shand Street between its junctions with Tooley Street and Crucifix Lane. The alternative route would be via, Tooley Street, Barnham Street, Crucifix Lane.
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. Works will be in operation on Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd November2014.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 6th November 2014 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2492
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
Publication Date: Thursday 6th November 2014
POTTERY STREET AND WILSON GROVE: ONE-WAY TRAFFIC WORKING WITH PEDAL CYCLE CONTRA-FLOW
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (MONNOW ROAD) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate duct works by Centercomms Ltd, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Monnow Road between Southwark Park Road to No’s 146. The alternative route would be via: St James Road, Simms Road, Monnow Road.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The works will be in place from the 10th – 12th December 2014.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 6th November 2014. Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2452
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE MADE UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE LICENSING ACT 2013
Please take note that we, ELEPHANT SHACK LIMITED have made application to the local licensing authority for a new premises licence in respect of ELEPHANT SHACK, UNIT 18, THE ARTWORKS, ELEPHANT ROAD, LONDON SE17 1AY. The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, on or from the premises are: The Supply of alcohol from 1100hrs to 0030hrs Monday to Sunday. The provision of late night refreshment from 2300hrs to 0100hrs Monday to Sunday. The opening hours from 0700hrs to 0100hrs Monday to Sunday.
A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by The Licensing Service, c/o Southwark Environmental Health and Trading Standards, 3rd Floor Hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 5LX A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also on our web site at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication
It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.
Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Date of Application: 31st October 2014
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (UNION STREET)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (UNION STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable a crane operation to be carried out by Southern Cranes and Access Ltd, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
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The alternative route would be via Great Suffolk Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Great Guildford Street..
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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.
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Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Union Street between its junctions with Great Suffolk Street and Risborough Street.
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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.
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Works will be in operation on the 16th November, if due to adverse weather conditions then the restriction will be in place on either the 23rd or 30th November.
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Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 6th November 2014
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable bridge works to be carried out by Network Rail, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Union Street between its junctions with Southwark Bridge Road and Ayres Street. The alternative route would be via Southwark Bridge Road, Marshalsea Road, Redcross Way.
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. Works will be in operation between the 10th November 2014 – 28 February 2015.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 6th November 2014 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2493
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2450
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (PARK STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate works by UK Power Networks, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Park Street between Maiden Lane to No’s 20. The alternative route would be via: Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark Street, Stoney Street.
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.
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Dated this 6th November 2014. Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2455
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3. The purpose of the Order is to facilitate the Annual Scandanavian Street Market and Play Streets as indicated in the schedule to this notice. The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle from:(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;. (b)
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waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice.
The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (b)
The works will be in place between the 20th – 21st November 2014.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2014
anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark.
The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.
For information regarding this Scandanavian Market please contact Markets on 0207 525 6002 or for information relating to Play Streets or this order please contact: Parking & Road Network Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 6th November 2014
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Southwark Council, Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management SE1 5LX Ref 2490 / 2494 Schedule
Road Albion Street (Scandanavian Market)
Alleyn Road (Play Street)
Extent Between Renforth Street – Neptune Street Between Neptune Street (Norweigan Church) – Old Lower Road) Blocked end (St Olav’s Business Centre) Partial Closure Width restriction No’s 47 – 59
Date of event Friday 21st November – Sunday 23rd November 2014
Prohibited Hours 06:00hrs – 19:00hrs
Friday 21st November – Sunday 23rd November 2014
06:00hrs – 19:00hrs
Sunday 9th November 2014
14:00hrs – 17:00hrs
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (VARIOUS ROADS) (NO. 2) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (STONEY STREET)
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of LB Southwark carriageway resurfacing works to be carried out in the roads listed in the Schedule to this Notice, it intends to make an Order the effect of which would prohibit vehicular traffic in the sections of roads specified in the Schedule to this Notice.
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Whilst works are in progress or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in the sections of roads shown in columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule to this Notice.
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Exemptions would 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 work and for works vehicles, any vehicle being used in connection with police, fire or ambulance purposes and anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
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Alternative routes for diverted traffic would be available as shown in column 3 of the Schedule to this Notice.
Works would be part of a rolling programme and would be expected to commence and finish on the dates shown in column 4 of the Schedule to this Notice.
Dated this 6th day of November 2014.
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Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate duct works by Centercomms Ltd, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.
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 Stoney Street between Clink Street and Winchester Walk. The alternative route would be via Southwark Street, Bedale Street, Winchester Walk, Winchester Square, Clink Street, Stoney Street
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The works will be in place between the 20th – 24th November 2014.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 6th November 2014
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2435 - 2444
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
SCHEDULE
STREET 1 Warner Road
EXTENT 2 Camberwell New Road - Crawford Road
DIVERSION 3 Denmark Road, Camberwell Station Road, Camberwell New Road
Theobald Street
Entirety
Southwark Park Road
Galleywall Road – Raymouth Road
Southwark Park Road
Blue Anchor Lane – Galleywall Road
Southwark Park Road
Ambrose Street – St James’s Road
Parkhouse Street
Entirety
Latona Road
Entirety
Haymerle Road, Bianca Road/Brideale Close, Bird In Bush Road and Glengall Road
Dovercourt Road
Entirety
Daniel’s Road
Tappesfield Road – Linden Grove
Woodwarde Road, Beauval Road, Townley Road, Calton Avenue
Access and egress maintained for residents
DATES 4 Thursday 13th November 2014 Sunday 16th November 2014 – Monday 17th November 2014
Galleywall Road, Rotherhithe New Road, Raymouth Road, Southwark Park Road and Clements Road
Friday 28th November 2014 – Saturday 29th November 2104
St James’s Road, Clements Road, Drummond Road, Southwark Park Road, Galleywall Road and Lynton Road
Monday 24th November 2014 – Tuesday 25th November 2014
Blue Anchor Lane, St James’s Road, Clements Road, Drummond Road, Southwark Park Road, Galleywall Road and Lynton Road
Wells Way and Southampton Way
Linden Grove, Nunhead Grove and Daniel’s Road (West)
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Wednesday 26th November 2014 – Thursday 27th November 2014
Friday 14th November 2014 – Saturday 15th November 2014
Monday 17th November 2014 – Tuesday 18th November 2014 Tuesday 18th November 2014
Thursday 20th November 2014 – Friday 21st November 2014
National Fraud Initiative
The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in its national fraud initiative for the prevention and detection of fraud.
For this initiative, we are providing details of social care service users (including residential homes) alcohol licence holders, market traders, council creditors, council payroll and pensioners, blue badge, freedom pass and parking permit holders, tenants, leaseholders, housing benefit claimants, council tax chargepayers and those on the housing waiting list so that they can be compared to information provided by other public bodies and for local data matching . This will allow us to identify inconsistencies which may require further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out. You do not need to respond to this notice.
Further information is available on our website at www.southwark.gov.uk . However, if you do have any questions, you should contact Norman Coombe on 020 7525 7678.
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DOCKS’ MOCKEY DOUBLES UP TO DEFEAT HAWKS
48 HORSE RACING/FOOTBALL
Hillyfielders Hawks 0 Docklands JFC U16s 2 By Erol Jones
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A KEVIN Mockey brace of goals proved to be enough for Docklands who came out on top in a clash between two sides at the summit of the Selkent 'A' under sixteen league.
Mockey's man of the match performance leaves him on eight goals, scored in seven games, as his Bermondsey side overcame a tall physical outfit in the shape of the Hawks. After an average performance last week the under sixteen's got back to basics this week and it eventually got them the points. Early on however skipper Daniel Bruce-Tagoe haD to be at his best as
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he marshalled the strongest defence in the league, who once again held out for another clean sheet. Credit should also be given to Reece Cave who once again deputised in between the sticks, and once again played a key role at the back. That tight defensive display allowed Docklands to play and by the break Mockey had already bagged both of his goals. The second half followed the same pattern as the first with Docklands dominating the play only for a marginal offside decision, and a great save from the Hillyfielders keeper, stopping the visitors adding to their first half tally. The victory sees Docklands maintain their place at the summit of the table, with a five point advantage over the Hawks in second spot.
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Over the sticks
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very year at this time of the year, I tell myself and I tell my readers that I am going to make a special big effort to be more enthusiastic about jump racing.
Thameside sneak tight encounter
Thameside Gold u13s 2
Docklands JFC u13s 1
By Danny Belcher
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DOCKLANDS UNDER thirteens were unlucky not to come away with at least a share of the points in a ding dong encounter in Thamesmead at the weekend.
until the 20 minute when Thameside took the lead after a winger slipped in unmarked at the back post. With the wind against them Docklands found it hard to get out their own half at times, but they had two chances to draw level when a Harry Watson long range effort and Teddy Belcher's low drive both went inches wide. Those near misses meant Thameside held their narrow advantage going into the break. The home side doubled their lead, with
Skipper Daniel Bruce-Tagoe once again set the example for Docklands U16s
a mirror image effort of their opening goal, ten minutes after the restart. With no substitutes to call on Docklands had to get their passing game going to relieve some pressure, which they managed to do and it wasn't long before they pulled a goal back A good move involving Tyrese Flash and Joe Coombes found Watson on the right hand side who subsequently placed a inch perfect though ball for the advancing Josh Hyam to drill into
Tigers prove too much for Mitcham Both teams were evenly matched up
By Ed Richardson
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SOUTHWARK TIGERS under twelves endured the torrential rain of Sunday morning and cruised to a comprehensive win over Mitcham.
Outscoring their opposition by six tries to two, in very wet conditions, the Tigers played a fast and open running game of rugby. Some exceptional attacking play was made easier thanks to complete domination from the forwards in all set pieces and overpowering physicality at the breakdown. Elijah Smith and Jasper Richardson led from the front with committed performances that resulted in a handful of turnovers that paid dividends, with each player running in individual tries from the
breakdown. But it wasn’t only the forwards that impressed. Playing at inside centre Deneal Bennett gave a master class in how to draw in the defence and create space on the wing with some beautifully timed runs and offloads, allowing Jimmy Bunker to run in two easy tries. Bennett also added to the try count with a classic crash ball from the back of the scrum near to the Mitcham line thanks to a perfectly weighted pass by scrum half Sebastian Malcolm. A club spokesman said: “At full time all players were soaked to the skin and covered in mud, but all proud of a solid team performance. “Next week we face old rivals Park House at Burgess Park which promises to be hard fought contest, but with our recent form they may well have the edge.”
the far corner. As Docklands went in search of the equaliser they left a few gaps at the back and were kept in the game by four outstanding saves from Michael Mcshane. In the final minute Watson again found Hyam whose effort was pushed onto the post. The defeat leaves the visitors in fourth place in the league table having won three and lost three of their first six encounters.
Mitcham proved no match for the relentless Tigers
Once again I am trying to like jump racing more but every year it gets a little bit harder not to look at the flat racing all weather cards for a bet than the cards of much more high profile National Hunt races. I have tried to think my way through this odd prejudice I have against hosses racing over obstacles. It is not the hosses. They are magnificent. brave and heroic equine athletes. In action they are a joy to behold. It is not the jockeys, they are probably the most fearless sportsmen and women on earth. So just what is it I find difficult to come to terms with? I think it is the owners and the trainers and the county set who follow the sport. I am a working class lad, one of a large family raised by incredibly hard working parents in the back streets long since bulldozed. However successful I have been, and I have been successful, I will never betray my working class roots. I stick out like a sore thumb in the company of the county set and I refuse to take steps to blend in with them. I am not saying I am scruffy or unkempt when I go racing, I take a great deal of trouble with my turnout but I prefer a dark suit, collar and tie and shiny shoes. The big majority of jumps enthusiasts dress very expensively but in a style as though they were going deer stalking or salmon fishing. It would not be so bad if all of the county set dressed uniformly like the cast of Downton Abbey but they do not. Looking at the owners and trainers enclosure at a jumps meeting it looks like an explosion in a tweed mill. Paul Nicholls was on Channel 4 racing last Saturday with clothing of all colours and shades but it was his daft hat which had me hooting. I think these trainers try to outdo each other on who can have the biggest, daftest cap. Nicholls’ titfer was mustard yellow and the size of a small dusbin lid and approximately the same shape. How can anybody hope to be taken seriously with such an object on his head? Back on the topic of the flat racing the figure for the trainers’ performances are out this week and I am proud to say, my trainer, and my friend Michael Wigham has the best winners to runners figures of any trainer by a mile. My view of training hosses has been completely transformed since I became attached to the Hamilton Stables maestro. I have had my eyes opened to the real art of placing hosses to best advantage. I was coming back from the football last Sunday evening and I called him to congratulate him on his achievement. I asked him what he was doing and he replied that he was at home having a bite to eat before he went to bed. I could just see him at his kitchen table stacked with form books and copies of the Racing Post and the racing fixture lists, a cheese sandwich in one hand going through the racing opportunities for his hosses in the days ahead. He is one of the most dedicated men in the sport and works tirelessly for every winner he sends out.
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Rio checks out Hamlet
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Crawley Down Gatwick 2 (AET) By John Prendergast
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FISHER NEEDED luck, and a great deal of determination, to make it into the hat for the next round of the FA Vase after putting in a bitty display against Crawley Down Gatwick on Sunday.
The Fisher side who battled away against Crawley Down Gatwick
Chalfont St Peter 0
A SECOND half brace of goals from Dean McDonald ensured Hamlet made short work of Southern League Central side Chalfont St Peter on Saturday.
The victory ensured Dulwich progressed to the second qualifying round of the FA Trophy where they will take on fellow Ryman Premier League side Metropolitan Police on Saturday November 15 away at Imber Court. Before McDonald got on the scoresheet at the weekend it was
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The fixture calendar, changed to fit in with cup commitments, meant Hamlet had no game this weekend but they have arranged a game this Sunday, kicking off
The QPR defender, who hails from Peckham and is a close friend of Hamlet gaffer Gavin Rose, sat amongst the crowd in East Dulwich after getting an unexpected mid-season break from competitive action. The ban, given for comments the 35year-old made on twitter, did mean that he had spare time to check out the work of his old friend from Southwark who is now in charge of football affairs at Champion Hill. Rose told the News: “Rio said he enjoyed the atmosphere and the way the team played football. I did not tell the team he was coming along. “To me it wasn't a big thing but it might have been to others and we didn't want anything to distract from the important thing of getting a result on Saturday. “Also he did not to make a big thing about it and just wanted to come along and watch the game with as little fuss as possible.”
Fisher gave it a go they seemed to be drifting out of the FA Vase. Crawley sub Mark Barnard should have put the game out of reach for Fisher before the equaliser, and Alcock also hit the bar for the visitors as time ticked away. But Fisher got out of jail with their freaky late goal and the out of form Crawley side may now rue missed opportunities. The replay of Sunday's game took place last night after the News went to press. To find out that result visit @fisherfc on twitter. The winner of that contest will take on Greenwich Borough in the next round of the Vase, a game pencilled in for Saturday November 22.
teenage striker Shawn McCoulsky who netted first, getting on the end of a Nyren Clunis cross in the 23 minute to give Dulwich a deserved lead. The second Hamlet goal came four minutes before the break when a Chalfont defender was caught in possession and the ball was played to Xavier Vidal on the right. He delivered a low cross that McDonald swept home without breaking stride. The game was completely out of reach for the Buckinghamshire side when McDonald scored again just before the hour mark. Clunis picked out McDonald in the penalty area before the front man brought the ball under control with one
touch and swept it home with the second. Speak after the contest Hamlet manager Gavin Rose said: “The performance was OK. We played against a side who are struggling in their league but that can be difficult and we took out time to get into the game. “But once we got to grips with things we played some decent football and it was a good game.” He added that cup progress was not on his radar, but that would come if Dulwich approached games in the correct manner. Rose added: “We don't look at a cup game any differently to a league game,
we just go out to win the next game we play. It just been that in the cups this
season we have not been at our best and lost on the day.” For the latest Hamlet news visit www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichhamlet.
at 1pm, against the Conference South outfit. Rose told the News that he was keen to have a game for a variety of reasons despite his squad being stretched this season due to a hefty injury list. He said: “Being a friendly it does gives us more flexibility in terms of selection and we will probably look at one or two
boys from pro clubs which we wouldn't normally have a chance of doing. “But we will be taking the game very seriously, as will the guys from Farnborough, and we will be treating it as a game we want to win.” He added: “We wanted to get a game in as for the majority of the season we play Saturday to Tuesday and to go from that
to a break of ten days or so is too much. “It also serves to keep the players in shape and in the conditioning that they are used to by playing regularly. In their current condition playing the game against Farnborough shouldn't be a problem.” The search for new recruits will not start and end on Sunday, and the Hamlet
manager stated that they are working hard to pull in new faces. Rose said: “In the next two to three weeks we will be looking at two to three players. Who comes in depends on the situation of players at other clubs, amongst other thing, but that is what we hope to do as we approach what we think is a key stage of the season.”
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Shawn McCoulsky opens the scoring against Chalfont St Peter
Hamlet look at new players in friendly DULWICH HAMLET are set to trial new faces in their weekend friendly against Farnborough as Gavin Rose explores various options to bolster his squad.
EX-ENGLAND international Rio Ferdinand took in Dulwich Hamlet's game against Chalfont St Peter on Saturday as he sat out the first of a three match ban he picked up last week.
penalty in the final minutes when Piers Hanifan was felled in the area. Instead Crawley broke out, after the home sides claims were waved away, only for Fisher keeper Adam Highstead to fell Josh Alcock in the area as he exposed a non-existent Fisher back line. However Alcock could only hit the post with the spot-kick and in added time a wild challenge on Boyle saw Fisher get a penalty of their own, which Jamie Taylor converted. As the rain poured down Fisher started on the front foot in the extra 30 minutes but clear cut chances did not come their way. Instead sub Andy Goodwin headed Crawley in front once more and whilst
McDonald brace ensures Trophy progress
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Rio Ferdinand pitches up at Champion Hill on Saturday
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Extra time could not separate two sides who have had disappointing league campaigns this season, although Fisher's recent good form would point to them as being favourites before a ball was kicked at the weekend. In the end Fisher needed Crawley to miss a penalty, hit the bar twice and give away a bizarre late free-kick, for which they were royally punished, in the final minute of extra-time. Even after Seb Boss was correctly deemed to have picked up a back pass Fisher needed another stroke of luck as Calum McGeehan's mishit free kick from six yards was flying well wide before it deflected into the net off sub Kareem Boyle. All the drama came late in each period with Crawley taking the lead, a goal they barely deserved, just before halftime when Mo Shuga's gave the visitors the lead. But after the break Fisher struggled to break down a side now playing with confidence as the home side began to lose shape and discipline in a disjointed showing. To the home team's credit they did not give up at any point and this was what largely saw them through in a game in which they toiled for large periods. Just as it seemed the game was drifting towards an away win in normal time the home side were denied a
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FISH OFF THE HOOK IN VASE
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NOVICE TITLE FOR LYNN’S FIGHTER LYNN
50 BOXING/FOOTBALL
By John Prendergast
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FLYWEIGHT LOUIE Lynn picked up a National Novice title at the weekend in his debut in the white vest of his Camberwell club.
The nineteen-year-old, who boxes for Lynn Boxing Club on Wells Way, defeated Alex Maphosa, from Middlesbrough, on a unanimous points verdict at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-leSpring. The long trip to just outside Durham proved fruitful for Lynn and his trainer Terry Pearson who was delighted his man took the national crown against a tidy opponent. Pearson said: “He won a unanimous verdict and I was really please with how he performed. It was his first fight for us and it was a national final, so he was a touch nervous but he handled it all ok and came through. “He fought good opposition, the
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Middlesbrough boy won in the under ten bout novices last season so to come through that was good. In my eyes Louie won every round.” Lynn fought in the class B category, for boxers with between eleven and twenty contests on their record, but the teenager has had to sit out the majority of the tournament in the lead up to the final as he could not be matched up. Pearson told the News: “He came to us in the close season. He had a couple of fight in recent times but really he has had a long break since fighting as a junior but we knew what he was about in the gym and we were confident he could win. “Ideally we would have liked him to have a good bout in the lead up to this, but it can be hard to match up at his weight. “So we made the sparring really tough for him and he was not found wanting no matter who we put him in with.
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Fisher boys pull out stops on Dynamo Show
THREE FISHER boxers pulled out stoppage victories at the Dynamo Boxing Show at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon on Saturday.
Louie Lynn was crowned National Novice Champion at the weekend
“It says something about him that he can come straight into a big fight and perform too. He will go on a few shows now for the rest of the season and [Head coach] Samm [Mullins]
will then make a call about what to do with him going forward. “That could be staying in the novices or, if he is deemed to be ready by Samm, a step up to elite level.”
Stansfeld extend unbeaten run with cup win Greenways FC 1
Stansfeld O&B Club 2
By Lloyd Bradley
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S T A N S F E L D ' S TREMENDOUS start to the season continued on Saturday with a victory over Kent County Premier Division side Greenways FC in the Bill Manklow Inter-Regional Cup.
The win took their unbeaten run to eleven games since the start of the season. Stansfeld top goal-scorer Billy Shinners opened the scoring
on eighteen minutes, after good work from Freddie Sansom ended with him setting the striker up with a simple tap in from six yards. Stansfeld keeper James Bradley pulled off a brilliant save from a close range header from Greenway's Cameron Gray to keep the scores level soon after the opening goal. Shinners added his second goal after 30 minutes with a brilliant lob over the advancing keeper to give Stansfeld a bit of breathing space. With the half time whistle approaching Sam Ryan had the chance to put the game beyond reach, but a wicked bobble just as
he went to shoot saw him push his shot wide with the goal at his mercy. Greenways benefited from the break and reduced the deficit within ten minutes of the restart, when striker Aaron Kleman turned and volleyed home from the edge of the area. Ryan, Shinners and substitute Martin Giltinane all went close for Stansfeld but it needed a smart save with his feet from Stansfeld stopper Bradley to prevent the game going into extra time. A nervous end to what should have been a comfortable victory but Stansfeld man of the match Stansfeld progressed nevertheless.
Hopping to get Fisher home A DEDICATED Fisher FC fan is hoping to raise cash to help his club return home to Rotherhithe by doing a quickfire ground-hop of 50 London stadiums next week.
Ian Murphy, Press and Communications Officer at Fisher, will use his week off from work to take in as many grounds as he can and hopefully raise funds to help his beloved club. At present Fisher play their home games at Champion Hill in Dulwich, but they are primed to move back to within a stones throw of their old
ground in Salter Road if they can pull together enough funding. Although Murphy may not raise anything approaching what Fisher need to move to their proposed new ground at St Paul's Recreation Ground, he felt that he wanted to chip in with whatever he could. He told the News: “I was trying to think of a way to raise money in order to help Fisher go home. “There are a lot of grounds in London I would like to go to and haven't been to before so I decided that I would do that, and along the way raise cash for Fisher through
sponsorship or by collecting at games that I go to.” He added: “I won't be going to games at all of the grounds but at ones I do watch I will be getting permission to bring a pot around, or leave on the bar, and raise cash that way as well as through sponsorship.” The ground hop will get underway this Sunday and will end on Saturday week when Fisher travel to Tunbridge Wells. If you are interested in sponsoring Ian then contact him by e-mail at ian@fisherfc.co.uk.
Freddie Sansom
Ian Murphy is attempting to visit 50 grounds to raise cash for Fisher FC
Two junior boxers, Michael Avid and Kanishka Amiry, made short work of their opponent on the night and senior fighter Charlie Wynn matched his younger clubmates with a first round stoppage. Club coach Steve Hiser said of twelveyear-old Avid: “We had been trying to match Michael up for a while. We had done so six times only for it to fall through so he was up for the show on Saturday. “He boxed very well by all accounts and was just too good. His opponent was pulled out by the corner in the second round. He is one of our future stars I think.” Amiry, sixteen, also picked a win again leading to good reports. Hiser added: “He is somebody who we will probably put in the junior novices soon as he has just won his third bout out of three. “Again it was a TKO stoppage and again he boxed well. I have got high hopes for him and he has a terrific attitude to training, he does not miss a night. That is just as important as talent if you want to do well.” Wynn, 22, was quicker to finish the job on the night even though Hiser and his coaches had asked him to take a more considered approach to boxing. “He stopped his man in the first round. We all know Charlie can punch but we have been trying to get him to take his time, and stop getting hit so much.” Hiser said. “He can come out too quickly sometimes. He stopped his man early but the signs are he is starting to bide his time a bit more and box rather than just going for it despite the early stoppage.”
Lioness Fisk graces international stage ENGLAND’S UNDER seventeen team began their UEFA European W o m e n ’ s Championship Group games with a 5-0 thrashing of Grace Fisk Bulgaria, and young Lioness Grace Fisk was one of the stars of the show.
Fisk, who made her Women’s Super League debut for Millwall against Oxford United in September, captained England and played the full 90 minutes as well as scoring twice to set her team on course for victory. Midfielder Hannah Cain gave England a lead on thirteen minutes before Fisk netted on the half hour mark and again on 57 minutes to give her side an unassailable lead. The scoring was completed by substitute Georgia Stanway, who plundered two goals in three minutes. A club spokeswoman said: “Everyone at Millwall Lionesses would like to congratulate Grace on her outstanding performance and wish her every success for the rest of the tournament with England.” For the latest Lionesses news during the close season visit www.millwall.fawsl.com.
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Millwall’s Halloween Holiday Club
THE OFFICIAL Millwall holiday soccer school programme returned last week for the October half term at Millwall’s indoor sports venue, the Lions Centre. Across the week, the popular course engaged over one hundred young people aged from six to twelve. The soccer school which consisted of close control techniques, team games, shooting practices and 5-aside matches gave all the children the opportunity to learn and develop their football skills in an indoor environment. Millwall first team player Jack
Powell, who has recently been involved in Ian Holloways plans, visited all the children after first team training last Thursday and answered various questions from the children, such as what inspired him to be a footballer, who his footballing heroes were and what a footballer’s diet should consist of. Jack then stood back and watched the new Millwall generation show off their own skills in 5-a-side matches, which Jack also helped to referee. On the final day, which was also Halloween, the children had their own spooky treat and were visited by our face painter, who gave the children Halloween makeovers. Each child who attended the week
will be visiting The Den in a few weeks’ time when Millwall face Middlesbrough in their Championship encounter; all the children received complimentary match tickets from the Club. Millwall Community Trust are now running their new term-time and Saturday football courses and will shortly be announcing a Christmas Special, so contact the Trust for more information.
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The gaffer
After playing non-league football in the 1980s, Mark Warburton decided to become a city trader. But when he turned 40, he launched his coaching career.
He told his wife: “We have the money in the bank, the house is paid for, our lifestyle won’t change. I want to do this: 10 years to achieve something in the game. It’s now or never.” He got his foot in the door at Watford before joining the set up at Griffin Park in 2011.
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3 Shittu
Wilkinson
7 Martin
16 Dunne
6 Williams
27 McDonald
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14 Douglas
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Gregory
4 Diagouraga
7 Judge
5 Craig
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4-1-2-3 14 Briggs
15 Upson
19 Gray
23 Ramallo
3 Bidwell
1 Forde
17 Toral
6 Dean
27 Button
10 Odubajo
Key battles Williams
Diagouraga
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Toumani Diagouraga has returned to the Brentford XI in recent weeks, operating in a holding role just in front of the back four. The Paris-born, former Watford star is a combative midfielder and, at 6ft 4in tall, does a good job of shielding the Bees' defence. His opposite number, Shaun Williams, plays in a similar position but does a very different job for Millwall. There will be a contrast of styles in the middle of the park.
Briggs
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Odubajo
This will be a fascinating battle. Briggs and Odubajo both like to get forward for them, attack is the best form of defence. But if one gets caught too high up the field, the other will be able to run into acres of space. Briggs' physicality could give him the edge.
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BEHIND ENEMY LINES - BRENTFORD
Millwall vs Brentford - The Championship Saturday, November 8th Kick off: 15:00
BRENTFORD HAVE adjusted well to life in the Championship after winning automatic promotion from League One last year.
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The News spoke to Jacob Murtagh from GetWestLondon to get an earlyseason report on the Bees. It looks like Brentford are coping pretty well with the step up? Every point they get is a point towards safety as far as they are concerned. That said, Brentford have shown that they are a match for the best teams in the division. They beat Derby, lost narrowly to Watford and Bournemouth, and with a bit more luck they could be pushed higher up the table. They’re tickling along nicely.
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How has Andre Gray settled in after his bigmoney move from Luton?
He’s played more games than anyone expected, himself included. Another of their summer signings, Scott Hogan, got injured in August and Hogan would have been earmarked for that central spot with Gray coming off the bench. But he’s taken to it really well - he should have scored a few more goals but he’s very raw and still adapting to the Championship and Brentford’s style of football. He’s done well because there’s a lot of pressure on his shoulders coming from the Conference - to step up and be the main striker for a second division club is hard. He’s only going to get better. Stuart Dallas has also impressed going forward. He’s scored four goals but was out for a month with an injury. You wondered whether he’d make the step up but he has done. He’s played really, really well out wide. He’s scored a couple of winning goals too against Derby and Blackpool.
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Star man Andre Gray
Was Brentford’s summer spending expected?
They spent £1million on Moses Odubajo, about the same again on Jose Peleteiro Ramallo and £500,000 on Gray. But they also sold Adam Forshaw to Wigan for more than all of those three put together, so that covered their spending. That said, owner has definitely put his hand in his pocket. But if you compare their spending to that of other Championship clubs, then it’s peanuts. For Brentford, it’s big bucks and they broke their transfer record twice in the summer.
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Mark Warburton is in first managerial role - how did his appointment come about?
Warburton was initially brought in as a coach a few years ago. He went for the
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job once before but Uwe Rosler got it instead and he was made sporting director. Warburton used to run the NexGen series, which is effectively the Champions League for youth teams, so he knows a lot about youth development and that’s what the Brentford owner was really keen on. Warburton has a lot of strong links at Premier League academies and helped get players on loan from the likes of Everton. So when Rosler left in December, he was asked to take over.
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How have evolved Warburton?
Brentford under
The style of play is similar to what it was under Rosler - but the big
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difference is that they are more gungho. They won’t sit back and defend against anyone. It’s a small thing, but they’ll leave people up on the halfway line when they’re defending corners whereas Rosler would have all 11 players back in the box. The first thing Warburton did was to leave at least two players up at a corner. He wants his team to play flowing football and they’ll line up in a 4-3-3 formation. He’s been to a lot of big clubs in Europe to watch their training sessions and shape his philosophy. The owner, Matthew Benham, owns a Danish Superliga side as well (FC Midtjylland). And he also runs a betting analysis company which gives him access to a huge amount of knowledge and information on the lower leagues around Europe. That’s
Passes per game
45.2
Jonathan Douglas
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why Brentford have signed players from Almeria and Sporting Lisbon recently.
Who’s impressed you this season?
Jonathan Douglas. He’s played in the Championship before but not since he was with Leeds five years ago. He’s not getting any younger, he’s 32 now, but he’s in the best form of his life. Most of the time he sits in just in front of the back four but Toumani Diagouraga has come back into the side recently, giving Douglas the license to go forward. Douglas is joint top-scorer with four goals but he’s also that defensive shield.
Clearances per game
9.2
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HYP HYP HORRAY!
Winger scored first goal since August after session with ex-boxer
EXCLUSIVE
By Alex Aldridge
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MARTYN WOOLFORD has always been fascinated by the psychology of sport.
So his interest was piqued by the arrival of a former Boxing world champion turned hypnotherapist at the club last month. Glenn Catley gave a three-hour motivational talk to Millwall’s squad at the start of October, outlining the benefits
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IAN HOLLOWAY has challenged his out-of-contract stars to earn new deals.
15 Millwall players are set to become free agents next summer. He said: "They are going to have to learn that if you want something from me, you have to give me something that I want, which is finishing higher up the table. "I have got some decisions to make and a lot of them will be financial and geared towards putting the squad back to where it should be. "I could sweep the lot out and clear three quarters of my budget."
of his brain training services. Woolford was keen to find out more, so booked a one-on-one session with the exfighter last week. And three days after their first meeting, the winger scored against Watford for the first time in 11 matches. Coincidence? “Maybe Glenn is better than I first thought - I might have to see him more regularly!” joked the winger, tongue in cheek. But for Woolford, mastering the mind could be a serious matter. “I find that kind of stuff interesting,” he told the News. “It ties in with a lot of
books that I’ve read myself on sports psychology. “What Glenn does is at the extreme end of things but I’m willing to try anything that could possibly help me as a player or give me an edge. I’m open-minded. “If it helps me then great, if it doesn’t then I’ve not lost anything. “A lot of what I’ve read in the past made sense to me so with Glenn coming in, I wanted to give it a go. “The hypnotherapy is new to me and kind of an extreme side to sports psychology, but I’m interested in how the brain works and I believe it could have a positive effect on me.
“Glenn talks very well, he knows his stuff and it’s worked for him in the past. It helps that he is from a sporting background. “When a fitness coach comes in who’s in good shape, you are more likely to buy into what they are saying and Glenn has practised what he preaches. “He believes in his methods which makes it easier for you to believe in them. I’ve seen him for a little introduction and I’m keen to see him again.” Woolford opened the scoring at Vicarage Road with a brilliant turn-andfinish inside the box. “It was good to get a goal after a little bit
MARTIN WANTS MORE GOALS
DUO'S WORKRATE KEY
GUEYE AND MARTINEZ BACK IN THE FRAME
LEE MARTIN believes the only thing missing from his game is goals.
The winger has made a strong comeback from a knee ligament injury that kept him out for a month. “I feel like I fully understand my role under the gaffer and that things are coming together for me,” he said. “I’m at an age where I’ve learned from my mistakes as a youngster my positioning and movement off the ball - and I’ve adapted to Championship football. “I’m missing a couple of goals then I’d be a good package really."
THE RETURN to fitness of Lee Martin has helped Millwall press their opponents higher up the field, according to Ian Holloway.
Holloway also hailed Scott McDonald's work rate and said his closing down is crucial to the Lions. "Lee gives us that," Holloway said. "He understands where I need him to go. So does McDonald. "McDonald has been a revelation – the way he has played, worked and enjoyed himself. "All he needs is a couple more goals and then to me he'd be back to being as good as he was at Celtic."
MAGAYE Gueye and Angel Martinez are back in Ian Holloway's thoughts.
Gueye had been dropped from the squad due to a lack of fitness, while Martinez has yet to feature for the Lions since injuring his calf. Holloway said: "Magaye's running times are coming down and that's all you can ask for. "I've been able to bring him back into the group. "To play in my team you need to be able to run hard so we tried to get Angel running but he tore something. "But he's back now and training well."
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of a dry spell and I was pleased with how I took the chance,” he added. “Scoring goals is the best part of the game so to go a few games without scoring was a little bit frustrating, but I’m always confident that I will score. “It’s not like it’s been getting me down or I’ve been losing confidence. I didn’t get disheartened. “It’s been slightly stop-start for me this season. The manager has been changing the team around and resting players, and I’ve been one of those at times. “I had a little niggle that I’ve been battling through as well but I wouldn’t say it’s been terrible, it’s been quite steady and hopefully nicking a goal will be the start of a good run of form. “I landed heavily on my heel so that’s been bothering me a little whenever I plant my foot - it’s a hard one to rest because you can’t really stay off the bottom of your foot. “It’s hard to say how much it’s affected me - I don’t know whether that’s part of the reason I’ve been in and out of the team. Hopefully I’m past that now - I feel fit and I feel good.” As well as playing through a slight injury, Woolford has been asked to play out-of-position at times. Against Wigan, he started in the middle of midfield rather than in one of the wide roles. But the 29-year-old is happy to fill in where needed. “When the manager took over last season he was moving me here, there and everywhere,” Woolford added. “He said to me at the start of this season that he thought that was a little unfair on me, but I told him not to feel like that. “I enjoy playing in different positions and learning new roles. It’s helped me know where other players are supposed to be so I’ve gained a lot from that. “So I told the manager not to feel like he was being harsh on me - I’d rather be moved about than left out, so if it keeps me on the pitch then I’m more than happy. “I’ve enjoyed playing in different positions and in centre midfield especially. You can get more involved, get on the ball and make things happen.”
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Briggs blazes over from distance after the first Millwall spell of the game. Couple of crosses into the box came to nothing.
SK Y BET CHAMPIONSHIP
MILLWALL 2 Martin 72, Williams 88
BLACKBURN ROVERS 2
Duffy 37, Gestede 65
Date: Tuesday 4th November 2014 Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Darren Deadman Man of the match: Shaun Williams
44 Wilkinson
3 Shittu 15 Upson
6 Williams
Gregory - 60
7 Martin
12 Marshall
Conway - 81
11 Rhodes
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19 Fuller
Varney - 87
MILLWALL HAVE their flaws but their fighting qualities cannot be questioned.
Dunne - 64
39 Gestede
22 Duffy
11 Woolford
29 Evans
10 Cairney
5 Hanley
15 Baptiste
25 Tunnicliffe
14 Olsson
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Gueye - 74
30 Steele
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Head to Head 54% 6 8 5 13
Possession
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Shots on target
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Shots off target
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Corners
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Fouls
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1 Bournemouth 2 M'boro 3 Watford 4 Derby 5 Ipswich 6 Wolves 7 Norwich 8 Blackburn 9 Charlton 10 Nottm Forest 11 Cardiff 12 Brentford 13 Reading 14 Sheff Wed 15 Huddersfield 16 Millwall 17 Leeds 18 Rotherham 19 Wigan 20 Brighton 21 Fulham 22 Birmingham 23 Bolton 24 Blackpool
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9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 1
3 3 5 5 6 6 5 5 9 7 4 4 3 8 5 6 5 5 7 7 3 6 2 3
4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 6 5 7 4 6 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 10 11
33 26 30 28 24 22 24 26 19 23 21 18 22 12 24 17 17 15 17 16 22 14 17 8
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Rhodes heads wide a good chance for Blackburn. Marshall's cross wasn't dealt with at all well.
Williams has a pop from 35 yards and Steele tips over. Slippery ball, worth a go!
Another set-piece goal conceded. Duffy puts it in at the second attempt from Marshall's free kick.
Dramatic last gasp equaliser shows Holloway's men have stomach for the fight By Alex Aldridge at The Den
14 Briggs
16 Beevers
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Lions come good after
First chance of the game and it's for Blackburn. Baptiste in acres of space on the overlap but lashes into the side netting.
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For the second time in three home games, the Lions came back from the dead after The Den came alive. As has often been the case in SE16, it took a dubious red card and a touchline fracas to ignite the crowd. But when the hardcore 8,250 warmed up, Blackburn melted in the heat. Two goals and a man down, their manager and his assistant sent to the stands, Millwall were left to follow the fans’ lead. The atmosphere became frenzied and so did the players. They harnessed their feelings of injustice, found extra reserves of energy and grew stronger in adversity. That has not often been true of the Lions in recent seasons. Holloway may have lost his head in the dugout but, to his credit, he has taught his side how to keep theirs. They did so against Wolves, when they came back from 3-0 down to draw, and here again in even more unlikely circumstances. Millwall’s set-piece defending is poor - they have conceded eight consecutive goals from free kicks and corners - and that must be addressed, but fostering a strong team ethic is even harder to crack. Holloway has already managed that. The rest will follow. As expected, Danny Shittu and Mark Beevers were back in Millwall's starting line up having sat out Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Watford. The rest of the team was unchanged, although strikers Lee Gregory and Mathias Ranegie were passed fit to return to the bench. Scott Malone was missing through injury. Blackburn had the first chance of the game in the sixth minute when Jordan Rhodes picked out the advancing full back Alex Baptiste, who lashed the bouncing ball into the side netting. Millwall started the game poorly and their only sight of goal in the opening 20 minutes was a speculative Matthew Briggs drive
that drifted well over. Rhodes then spurned a good opening for the visitors when he beat David Forde to Markus Olsson's cross only to head wide of the target. With the Lions struggling to break down a well-drilled Rovers defence, Shaun Williams took the direct route to goal when he blasted a 35-yard shot at Jason Steele, who tipped over. Scott McDonald also saw an effort kept out by Steele but it was the visitors who took the lead in the 37th minute when Marshall's free kick was put in by Duffy. Tom Cairney could have made it 20 on the stroke of half time but his strike, intended for the bottom corner, flew narrowly past the frame of Forde's goal. Having been booed off at the break, Millwall came out with renewed energy at the start of the second period. Williams and Upson both had efforts on goal from the edge of the box before Martin's goal-bound effort was deflected over by Ryan Tunnicliffe. But when Andy Wilkinson slid in with Marshall for a 50-50 challenge, referee Darren Deadman brandished the red card after encouragement from the Blackburn bench. Holloway and his staff were furious with the away dugout and a huge melee ensued, with Bircham given his marching orders. Back on the field, and with the hosts in a temporary state of disarray after going a man down, Gestede headed in a free kick to make it 2-0. But after excellent hold up play from Ricardo Fuller, Martin dragged a low shot into the corner to pull one back. Holloway was then ordered to leave the touchline after making one complaint too many to the fourth official and took a seat in the directors box. He quickly disappeared again, though, and revealed afterwards that he watched the closing minutes of the match on a monitor in his office. And he “hit the ceiling” when Williams blasted in from the edge of the box to draw Millwall level.
Gestede wasted a guilt-edged opening in the fifth of seven additional minutes as a pulsating match was brought to an end with the score at 2-2. Martin, whose goal kick-started the
comeback, said afterwards: “Blackburn seemed to take their foot off the gas and we saw an opening. “It’s almost like we need to concede to get ourselves going at the moment but we’re a good team.
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sparks fly at The Den Better. Fuller gets hold of the ball in the box, touches it off to Martin and his shot deflects over the bar.
Wilkinson went over the ball, Marshall was holding his shin. Ref thought about it before bringing out the red. Huge scuffle in the dugout.
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Free kick, again, met by Gestede. His header trickles into the corner. Millwall reduced to ten men and 2-0 down.
Ten-man Millwall reduce the deficit to one goal. Martin drifts inside and sticks it in the bottom corner.
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Roof has just blown off The Den. Edge of the box, Williams, bottom corner. 2-2!
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hat about my team? What about their recovery? The spirit was absolutely fantastic. We have to stop conceding goals from setplays, and we will be working hard on that once again in training. The players will be getting bruises on their heads because they are going to be heading a lot of balls.
But I'm delighted with the goals we scored. After Watford I talked about the need to get more shots in on goal because sometimes we have been going side to side too much, and they did that.I had a feeling we would score an equaliser because my boys have been fantastic. It was a great game of football overall. We want our fans to be proud of their team and I think they will be tonight. The crowd were absolutely fantastic and really played their part; they drove us on to get that result. The way they came into the game made a difference. I love everything about this place and I hope the supporters enjoy coming to watch their team. We've been working hard on a number of things in training based around being tough to play against home and away. We're changing our mindset and I think we are getting better all the time. Everything we are doing looks really good apart from those set-plays. How proud am I that we could do that with 10-men? Yes, it was a draw, but it was as exciting a draw as you will ever see.
It’s all about belief. “Their first goal went against the run of play - we were half-decent and keeping the ball well, without being too threatening. We dug deep and to get the point is a massive
positive in our eyes. “The gaffer changed things around at half time, went to a different formation, and until Wilko got sent off it was looking good. “That was the turning point because
we looked a better team in a different formation, so credit to the manager for that. “We scored the goals with ten men but we were looking the better team before that, so it was the change of
shape that made the difference really. We just kept believing. “The manager has been on at us about getting shots off and that paid off for Willo at the end - it was a great goal and we’re buzzing.”
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Player Ratings: Forde 6, Wilkinson 6, Briggs 6, Shittu 6, Beevers 6, Williams 8, Upson 6 (Gregory 6, 60mins), Woolford 7, McDonald 6 (Dunne 6, 64mins), Martin 8, Fuller 7 (Gueye 7, 74mins)
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MILLWALL ARE waiting to hear if they will face any action from the Football Association after a touchline ruckus at The Den.
Manager Ian Holloway and his assistant Marc Bircham were both sent to the stands for clashing with the Blackburn bench during a dramatic 2-2 draw on Tuesday. Rovers coach Craig Short was also removed from the touchline by referee Darren Deadman as Andy Wilkinson’s controversial red card prompted a mass
brawl. The FA are expected to investigate what happened, while the Lions had until 5pm yesterday to appeal Wilkinson’s dismissal, which carries a three-match ban. Chief executive Andy Ambler told the News: “The referee’s assessor was at the game looking at it and the reports from the fourth official and the referee will go in. “In the cold light of day, I don’t think what happened was as bad as it actually seemed. There was a lot of passion. “The FA will have a look at the events of Tuesday night and we await their findings before commenting further.”
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Holloway was banished from the dugout in the 75th minute of the match after complaining about another dubious decision. He then watched the closing stages including Shaun Williams’ 88th-minute equaliser - on a television monitor in his office. “I had a nice cup of coffee,” he said. “What else could I do? I had no contact with Marc Bircham, because he was already off. “It was their reaction to the tackle that I felt the referee could have dealt better with. I have a lot of time for [Blackburn manager] Gary Bowyer but I didn’t at that moment.
“I didn’t feel that was right. Every one of them on their bench ran out and then their bloke gets up again - it’s just a tackle, isn’t it? It wasn’t a bad one. “And Ricardo Fuller has a boot mark on his groin and we got nothing for that. The lads deserve all the plaudits and I feel like I’ve let them down because you have to remain calm if you can. “But how many more [decisions will go against us]? I’ve got to learn to stay calm but if you don’t fight, care and show passion when you feel aggrieved, then you might as well pack it in. “What I’m loving is Millwall and the crowd here. I’m absolutely loving it.”
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MARTIN: LIONS MUST STAY COOL
LEE MARTIN insists Millwall can’t afford to waste their energy on referees.
Den scuffle set to be reviewed by Wembley bosses
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The Lions have been drawn into confrontations with officials in their last two matches. There was a half-time scuffle in the tunnel during Saturday’s defeat at Vicarage Road after a contentious free-kick led to Watford’s second goal. And a brawl broke out when Andy Wilkinson was sent off against Blackburn in midweek. But Martin and his teammates composed themselves before staging a magnificent comeback with ten men to draw 2-2 - after boss Ian Holloway had been removed from the dugout. “The manager told us to keep our heads, not have a go at the ref and then he got sent off himself! It’s quite ironic,” joked Martin. “Maybe the players should fine him - it would be a big Christmas party if we did! “We knew we had to keep our mouths shut and get on with it. We seem to be getting a lot of bad decisions at the moment but we can’t keep moaning and wasting our energy. “At Watford, we were zapped from being so angry with the officials. But there’s no point and we’re better off saving that for when we’re out on the pitch.” Martin felt Wilkinson’s red card was a harsh decision - and that ref Darren Deadman should have been stronger as he dealt with the fallout on the touchline. He said: “It was a 50-50 ball. You’ve got to take into consideration the conditions and the fact it’s a slippery surface. Both players were committed. “The ref made a bigger deal of it than it really was. The fourth official was in his ear. He could have done a bit better on that front but as players we had to get on with it.” THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2013 WAS 83.5%