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Westcombe NEWS Est. 1973 Free to 3800 homes, and in libraries & some shops September 2013 Issue 7

A community newspaper commended by the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies Monthly newspaper of The Westcombe Society: fostering a sense of community Whose side are they on? Welcome to

ow many times have you driven along Local people have alleged that cars Mycenae House! HOld Dover Road, planning to do a bit awaiting sale are often parked in the street, of shopping, only to find there's no place sometimes six or more. This would signifi- to park? And then driven home . . . cantly diminish opportunities for shoppers Our news editor, Geoff Garvey, asked to stop and shop. this question in February 2012... and 18 If this is true, then there is clearly a months later, the answers still remain breach of the planning condition, and EXACTLY THE SAME. Council enforcement action is required. At that time, we reported that in Whose side are they on? January – 2012! – , the Royal Borough's That is the question local traders are begin- Highways Committee decided "on further ning to ask – parking is just one issue. consultation". Even though the committee However, another gripe, business rates, is was presented with a petition signed by not down to the Council: they are laid 14,000 people demanding free but down by central government, and the controlled parking, no decision has WN local council has no control over been made. 18 months later, we still reporter them; but, as a London Council await results. report indicated recently, 7,000 small In June local Councillor Geoffrey businesses have closed across the capital, “... what a find this place is ... one of London's best kept secrets” Brighty asked the Council for an up-date and the burden of taxation is not helping. on the outstanding parking review. He told For this reason, the Federation of Small ycenae House has just launched a Brewery and Chiswick-based Fullers, the WN: “Unfortunately following the Businesses (FSB) London is calling for a Mfabulous new Café Bar. It’s a locally made scrumptious cakes and sand- aborted consultation on parking in Old freeze in business rates for 2014/15. replacement for both the old bar and the wiches and all other produce from locally old café to combine them into a modern, based suppliers.” Dover Road, it is now part of a Borough- One thing the Council can do is to wide review of parking which is due to review its proposals on "the pavement tax". stylish and comfortable place to hang out. The old café has now been replaced Styled on a 1930’s New York Deli café, with a new workshop and meeting room report ‘sometime’ – but seems to have In July, the WN reported on Council plans, been kicked into the long grass.” which could cost traders up to £2,000 a it complements the look of the original with disabled access. This is an important So the parking problem continues, com- year. If some traders feel compelled to 1930’s architecture of the house – but also development for the house as all other pounded by a problem identified years ago close in the light on this extra burden, it provides a contemporary setting for resting meeting rooms are located on the first and by the Westcombe Society Environment means that the number of boarded up from all the activities of the house. second floors. The room will be a flexible Committee: at that time they strongly shops will continue to grow – and council This new development is just the start space with kitchen facilities but will also opposed a planning application for a sec- revenues from rent will suffer as a result. of a planned raft of improvements, rede- be suitable for meeting and workshops for ond hand car-dealership in Old Dover And the community will suffer, too. A velopments and building upgrades planned up to 20 people. Road on the grounds that it would con- “real lose-lose situation,” one could say. for the next few years. Next on the agenda tribute to serious traffic congestion. A spokesman for the Council said: is a new long building lease from the The borough approved the planning “The policy was agreed by Cabinet on Royal Borough of Greenwich which will Injured fox cub application, in its wisdom . . . and, sure 23rd Jan. and letters were sent out to all unlock the potential for major building n July, Marilyn Little heard that there was an enough, there IS serious traffic congestion relevant traders . . . They were a precursor developments including the desperately Iinjured fox on Westcombe Hill, and called in Old Dover Road. Looking through the to visits from the Street Trading Team, needed customer lift to all four floors. out Eddie from Willow Wildlife Rescue –a local charity supported by the Westcombe files, the WN discovered that the planning who make an assessment for Licensing and The new café bar has seen heavy invest- Society. application was granted on a number of ed in new equipment and new stock to assist in completion of applications. . .” The fox was little more than a large cub but conditions, including: The Council points out that all local offer a broad selection of healthy food and beverages whist providing a licensed bar had obviously been hit by a car and had what “No loading or unloading of vehicles authorities bar one in London are making seemed to be a broken leg. It had settled itself arriving or departing from the premises use of the London Local Authorities Act for drinks from quality wines, draught down by the roadside but unfortunately just shall be carried out except within the cur- 2007 “to facilitate and manage the trading beers, bottled beers and spirits. before Eddie arrived it was scared by the traffic tilage of the premises, and all activities in question. The fees charged in the Royal The coffee at Mycenae House is now and ran down the road, dragging its leg. associated with the business shall be con- Borough are pretty well the lowest in amongst the best available locally after the “Due to the amount of traffic we couldn't see where it went,” said Marilyn. “ Eddie had a fined to the curtilage of the premises. All London ... The first square metre is delivery of a state-of-the-art bean to cup cars displayed for sale and awaiting dis- fresh coffee machine – “We are told that good look for it but couldn't find it. I apolo- charged at £7.00 per week, with each addi- gised for an unsuccessful trip but he was only play for sale shall be located within the tional square metre charged at £3.50.” the latte is particularly recommendable,” said the manager, Mark Johnson-Brown. too happy to try. So we are making good use of application site.” The reason given was: The East Greenwich Business Association our donation!” Mark added: “We plan to stock as much “To avoid obstruction of surrounding in partnership with the FSB has launched Ed: If anyone manages to locate this fox cub, local produce as possible with local beers streets and to safeguard amenities of a petition to oppose the Council's scheme. please ring Eddie Williams at Willow from the Greenwich-based Meantime adjoining properties”. Google: “Street trading petition”. Wildlife Rescue on 07956 472 284. < < NEWS BRIEFS > > –––––––– The Westcombe Society –––––––– The Members’ Evening View our new web site! Burglary threat The Westcombe Society has created its new Garden tools have been used in a number of is on Sat 7th Sept. 7.00 - 10.00 pm website - http://www.westcombesociety.org/. burglaries/attempted burglaries in the in Mycenae House. For a preview, see page 2. Blackheath Westcombe Ward. Please make sure Invitations have gone out for this party but if you have not received yours that all tools are stored in securely locked and would like to come, please contact Caroline on 020 8853 0948. Run to the Beat garages and sheds. Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research are once Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning again the official charity for Run To The Beat Westcombe Park Hood-lums 2013. The Run to the Beat half marathon is on A woman who boarded a train at 6.00 pm on is on Fri 27th Sept 10.00am to 2.00pm in Mycenae House. Sunday, 8th September, and starts and finishes March 24th. at Charlton Station had her mobile Please come & support this event in Greenwich Park. Among the roads affected phone snatched from her grasp as the train & help raise funds for Macmillan. If you are interested in helping are: Old Dover Road west of Banchory Road, arrived at Westcombe Park Station. Police are on the day or by making cakes and sandwiches for sale at the Vanbrugh Park, Charlton Way, Trafalgar Road searching for two young men in light, and dark, Coffee Morning, please contact Caroline on 020 8853 0948. and Woolwich Road. Over 19,000 runners are grey hoods they believe can help with their expected to make their way around the 13.1 enquiries. Anyone with information should mile course. www.runtothebeat.co.uk Children’s Nearly New Sale, ring 0800 405040, or to remain anonymous, is on Sat 28th Sept 2.00 - 4.00pm at Mycenae House. Bargains galore in * Race for Life on July 7th raised nearly £1m call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 for Cancer Research UK. Well done, all! children’s & babies’ toys, clothes & equipment. Entry 30p (50p non members of the Westcombe Society) Children enter free. Traffic petition Meet your police A petition signed by 95 residents of Westcombe The Blackheath and Westcombe Safety If you are interested in having a table or rail to sell your nearly new items, Hill and Siebert Road on behalf of the Neighbourhood Team will be hosting a meeting please contact Joanne on 07709 571777. Westcombe Hill Neighbourhood Watch was at St John Fisher Church, Kidbrooke Park Road handed to Geoff Brighty to deliver to the on September 12th from 3.00 - 4.00 pm – and Westcombe Society Quiz Night. also on September 25th. council meeting on 31st July. The petition was The date has changed to Friday 1st November 2013 at Mycenae House. to request Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) Police in Greenwich can be contacted by email More information will be in the October issue. to enforce the speed limit. at: policegreenwich @met.police.uk September13x.QXD_WN.QXD 19/08/2013 10:24 Page 2 COMMUNITY NEWS

WESTCOMBE NEWS Coping with All editoriAl correspondence to: welfare reforms neville Grant, The Editor The government has considerable public [email protected] support for attempts to reduce the Tel. 0208 858 8489 Neville Grant views the Westcombe Society's new website: http://www.westcombesociety.org welfare bill with “benefit caps”, and one All MAteriAl to Be sent to: strategy adopted has been “the universal ave you ever hit on a website, and got website or the Westcombe News. credit”. Unfortunately, research by the [email protected] Hlost and confused? No chance with “You can find out more about us by respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation deadline for october: 16th Sept. our new website! It is extremely user- clicking on the links on the website menu– has shown that many on benefits are little news editor: Geoff Garvey friendly, and very informative, and we best to start with the ‘About Us’ option.” better-off when working. Meanwhile, environment editor: Sarah should all give our grateful thanks to The other options, across the top of the the Trussell Trust has revealed that since Winterbottom Emily Norton, Anne Robbins and Marilyn home page, are Events, Westcombe News, benefits were cut, three times more house- reporters: Denise Scott-McDonald Little for their hard work in setting it up. Environment, E-Alerts – and then two holds are turning to food banks. In parenthesis, we should also pay invitations, to Join us and Contact us. MARY ANDREWS describes what local environMent coMMittee tribute to Dave Riddle, who has for years Explore this website, and, just with the people are doing to alleviate the problems emily norton All queries and placed the Westcombe News on a site host- Westcombe News, you immediately get a comments to: 020 8853 2756 Don’t let’s sit here moaning…….” ed by Goldsmiths. I understand that all the sense of what it is like to live, not just The Planning and Environment sub-com- “said an organiser of the event held at St back numbers of the Westcombe News somewhere in London, (or Greenwich if mittee: John’s church in July to discuss how to [email protected] included there will eventually find their you prefer!) but in a local community – respond to the Welfare reforms of the gov- http://www.westcombesociety.org way onto our new website. something very rare in any major city. ernment, “…but let’s try to respond posi- Yes, our website is not stationary – it is The website highlights the main areas tively on behalf of our neighbourhood.” distriBution being added to all the time, hopefully, by of activity carried out under the auspices of It was these welfare reforms – briefly Myles dove & Barbara Henley users, too, when comments are invited. the Westcombe Society – Events, the alluded to in August’s WN, that prompted Jean-Jacques and Maureen Aune The website opens up with a very clear Westcombe News, and the Environment. the meeting, hosted by the Greenwich Volunteer distributors please phone home page starting with a Welcome – and Under “Environment” for example, Borough Deans (who represent local 8853 3740, we need your help! you can see an overview of ongoing issues, there is information about the work of the churches to the Council) which included AdvertisinG MAnAGer such as the latest planning applications, environment committee. In addition, there representatives from local charities and and news about John Roan development, are other sections on transport, planning Marilyn little, 163 Westcombe voluntary organisations as well as Eileen the Greenwich Line users Group (with the and licensing, and green spaces. There is Hill, se3 7dp 020 8853 1312 Edwards, who co-ordinates the local somewhat bibulous mnemonic "GLUG", also an invaluable section called Links, (email:[email protected]) authority’s Welfare Response Team. and cycling in Greenwich Park. You will where you can find out all about a host of Eileen outlined the help the council All adverts payable in advance by also find coverage of events that occurred sister organizations in our neck of the provides to 3,577 Greenwich households – cheque to the Westcombe society. too late to be included in the WN, like the woods, too numerous to list here. including 2,000 children – affected by the costs: Race for Life that took place on July 7th. Readers may feel slightly alarmed by a displAY: Single column 6cm x 6cm: Housing Benefit reduction (the ‘bedroom One - four issues £35, five-plus issues £30 Click on the invitation to continue section called E-Alerts. In the immortal tax’). Saying ‘Let’s share our good ideas each. Other sizes: please inquire. reading, and at once you get the chance to words of the late Michael Winner (and and common desire to help’ she urged us classified Ads (Market Place) 30p per word ‘go interactive’ with these words: David Cameron!) ‘Keep calm, dear!’ This to dialogue with the council (while making (A telephone number = one word. An email/ “Please explore and let us have any section enables you to register with the clear that money is extremely tight). web address = 3 words.) Deadline for all comments. Comments can be emailed to webmaster, and receive information on Mike Leader, pastor of Charlton and adverts is 10th day of the preceding month [email protected] Please also events, planning applications or consulta- Blackheath Christian Fellowship, high- printed by: trojan press contact us if you have any information that tions that come in too late to be covered by lighted the Council’s practical and moral contact the Westcombe society: might be interesting to other residents or to the Westcombe News. support for local initiatives such as Street [email protected] the society. We would also love to receive Something for everyone, then. And Pastors and the Greenwich Foodbank. publisher: The Westcombe Society photographs if you are happy to share them don't just contact us – join us! Yes, a The second speaker, Marva Millwood, chairman: Marilyn Little with us and the local community via our warm welcome awaits you! was a local debt councillor with national Tel. 020 8853 1312 charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP), Letters to the editor may be edited through lack of space. Views which is ‘passionate about lifting people expressed are those of the writers only, and are not necessarily those of The views expressed in the Westcombe News Letters the Westcombe Society or the WN. out of debt and poverty through its award- are not necessarily those of the Westcombe winning debt-help service and money Society or of the Editor. From: Zoe Cooke dwellings close to the Heath by recognition of their quality? management courses’. We take all reasonable precautions to protect Westcombe Park Road the organisers, and this letter Perhaps a certificate to dis- the interests of our readers by ensuring as far I have lived in Westcombe gave no additional information play in their window, from the CAP provides a free service to 100 as possible the bona fides of our advertisers Park my entire life, and usual- about the event or how to reg- Traders Associations or Local clients in Greenwich who have been but cannot accept any responsibility for them. ly enjoy the Westcombe News, ister for it. If you wanted to Chamber of Commerce? impoverished by relationship breakdown, Any complaints should be addressed to the as it celebrates community and publicise Race for Life you I feel efforts like this which unemployment and benefit cuts, like the advertiser. showcases how great an area could have written in! We improve our already very pleas- ant area should be acknowl- 400 families who will be worse off under we live in. I was however, make a point of publicising the work of many charities, but edged. Any ideas, readers? the Total Benefit Cap. Marva emphasised To access back-numbers (in colour) go to: incredibly disappointed at http://www.westcombesociety.org/westcombe-news/ cannot claim to be comprehen- CAP’s holistic approach to tackling both issue 6 [for July/August]. Westcombe Society’s Blog: sive! Next year, perhaps we From: Tony and Deana Roe On the front page in your debt and its causes; clients are befriended http://westcombe.blogspot.com can expect to receive some col- A couple of related and curious and supported until they are debt-free – piece on the Race For Life, incidents have recently occurred umn inches from you? The typically for five years. you rejected a fantastic oppor- paper is yours, too! at our house. On our return from tunity to show how great a 2. Nimby. There was absolute- Spain on the 27th July, Also present were Meridian Money Westcombe society membership fundraising event Race For ly no triumphalism: what hap- we were mildly disconcerted to Advice, and youth charities, Superkids, Life is. There were no details pened is what was reported. see that our house had been sold XLP, Greenwich Youth for Christ, and please send this membership form to: about how to get involved or There is not an editorial policy in absentia. The Winkworth sold Emmaus Greenwich, whose community of peter Lewins, 221 Westcombe h ill, participate at all, and the on this event. That said, the sign attached to our front gate homeless in Plumstead gives people ‘a majority of the column was ongoing issues seem to be was apparently put up in error, it s e 3 7Dp bed…and a reason to get out of it’. dedicated to how to complain * the way Lewisham has should have been on 23 Name...... about the potential noise. It granted a commercial licence Beaconsfield Close, not Road. Questions and discussion among the “in perpetuity”; a unique This we could just about audience revealed a desire to help by shar- Address...... was incredibly disheartening to read. I hope that after the arrangement, I think. understand, although the neigh- ing ideas, working together and using indi- bours were rightly concerned at ...... event you use a lot of column * the incompetence shown so vidual time and skills. Surely a positive far by the organisers. 10 - our unannounced departure. inches showing the event and t el...... 50,00 fans are to be disap- However there are now two response – better than “sitting here moan- how people can donate. pointed not by the WN, but by Council parking bay suspensions ing.” e mail: ...... Furthermore, the triumph the organizers who could not signs outside our house. They with which you applauded the From the archives . . . Please enclose payment as appropriate: get their act together! both read Closed on August 1st defeat of NIMBY was A spokesman for the for Removal at 23 Beaconsfield Westcombe News October 1974: Family membership £12 [ ] appalling. You write that Blackheath Joint Working Road. It could I suppose be individual membership £8 [ ] between 10,000 and 50,000 Party adds: “Disappointed another error and the removals Flying Fireman s enior c itizens/unwaged £4 [ ] people hoped to attend. That's pop fans can of course easily refer to a different property but I 10 - 50,000 people who are travel to the O2, where there think we will make sure we are Fireman Jim Wills (38) is building an now disappointed that they will be no disturbance to local around on the morning of the aeroplane in the front room of his home cannot attend. Such events are residents and the delicate eco- 1st, just to be on the safe side! of Humber Road – a real one, not a toy! balance of the Heath grassland great for bringing people It already fills the room, and is being together, creating a sense of will not be damaged.” From: Helen Othen built with an eye to getting it out when it community, and frankly, are a Your readers might like to know lot of fun. Surely that's what From: Gabi Marston Coraline that the Greenwich marine artist, is ready. It is the first Pietenpol Air Peter Kent, now has a blog site, the Westcombe Society should Road Camper to be built in GB, though the Shopping at the Standard is packed with esoteric views and embody as well. American design goes back to 1927. made more interesting by the drawings of activities along The aircraft will have a range of Ed: Thanks Zoe. The paper excellent imaginative and often Thames-side London and the belongs to the readership not humorous window displays of Thames Estuary. See approx. 450 miles when complete. to the editorial team, and what the Cats Protection League shop. http://riverwatchreturns.com. Editor’s Note: Mary Mills tells us that is printed is what is sent in. These are of such a high This will also lead you to his he really did fly this aircraft – at Biggin The information on Race for standard (no pun intended!) that new website (www.peterkent- Hill – for a bit. Did anyone take any I wonder if there is any organi- greenwich.co.uk) – both are well Life came straight from a cir- photos? cular delivered to some sation which could give official, worth a visit!

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Gavin Pip Pip Hooray! McGregor Ormiston Road Eye-sore

he volunteers who created and now Tcare for the community orchard of apples, pears and plums in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce have renamed themselves Pip!, which stands for Planting in the Pleasaunce. While keeping the fruity theme central, the new name also takes account of the other work the local residents have been doing in the area, including wildflower sowing, planting to boost biodiversity and other, future activities to support local food growing and wildlife. As well as going by the name @pip- greenwich on Twitter, the group also has a page on the brand new website of the Friends of East Greenwich Pleasaunce – go to www.fegp.org/pip, where you can Is this the most over-the-top traffic and appropriateness of the signs, contrary read their mission statement, join the “calming eyesore in the Royal Borough to Department of Transport advice in their Facebook group and find out about events of Greenwich?” asks Ormiston Road resi- ‘Reducing Sign Clutter` (Traffic Advisory and opportunities to get involved. dent, Steve Chantrell. Leaflet 01/13, January 2013 ) “It has to be seen to be disbelieved. It “The Department’s advice is that signs certainly ranks as one of the costliest and should be minimal and sympathetic to their Council accused of hypocrisy most unsightly – as well as being pretty environment,” says Steve. “With new useless,” he claims schemes, the aim is to avoid clutter on the ocal readers of the Evening Standard decade and a half. “The new seven foot width restriction basis that less is more. Lfor August 8th. may have been “Their website offers a range of posts comprises no less than six posts, twelve “They strongly recommend that local intrigued to read this news item: available with employers in order to max- separate signs, four lights, two bollards authorities should consult fully on the Thomas Turrell, a former employee of imise job opportunities for local people . . . (striped) and two islands – all this in a details of the design so that residents can Labour-run Greenwich who is standing for “In the case of Mr Turrell, his contract quiet residential road which already has a understand and comment on their placing the Conservatives at Blackheath of employment was with Manpower and 20mph speed limit, and where vehicles and appropriateness. Westcombe said: “When I worked for the not the Council. They have assured us that cannot pass each other due to parking on “This the local council signally failed to council I had a zero-hour contract.” He he was not employed on a zero-hours con- either side. do. It even failed to include its finalised accused local Labour councillors of tract. The advert for the post made both of “The main reason the council gives is to design in a document that was sent out to hypocrisy for condemning such contracts. these points clear. deter heavy goods vehicles speeding past residents. This story also featured on Channel 4 “Manpower have assured us that time- Halstow School in the next road. But “Why is the Royal Borough ignoring news as reported by Michael Crick. sheets were submitted showing he worked traffic approaches the school from many the Departments’s advice? If there had The WN has now been told by the 35 hours a week. Under his contract, Mr other directions, entirely unaffected by the been proper consultation on visual impact Council that the story is factually incorrect, Turrell accrued and was paid holiday pay.” width restriction.” and appropriateness, I am confident most and Mr Turrell seems to have been igno- Some of these statements are difficult to “All it achieved in its first week of residents in Ormiston road would have rant of the terms of his contract. square with the Council’s website, which operation was at least three vehicles hitting rejected the scheme”, he said. A spokesman from the Royal Borough states that: “[For some jobs] Contracts will it, including one which took a three inch Ed: See also WN April 2013 page 7: told the WN: “The council does not and be offered on a zero-hours basis, as the chunk out of its kerb”, he said. “Change for change’s sake”; and Helen has not employed anyone on zero-hours requirements are ad hoc.” “Ormiston Road residents were not Causley’s letter to the editor in May 2013. contracts. We do not support this. properly consulted on the visual impact What do readers think? “The council runs an employment project called GLLaB which has placed Votes for over 16,000 people into work over the past Potty (-) training in the new century PUBLIC MEETING to form a Women! ichael Gove wants five-year-olds to A new invention, the iPotty could be an learn computer-programming – Friends of Greenwich and he Votes for Women exhibition at the M answer to his prayers: last year, Mr Gove TGreenwich Heritage Centre gave a rivet- though most authorities point out that the sent a copy of the King James Bible to Woolwich Foot Tunnels ting glimpse of what it was like to cam- ability to think in an abstract rather than a every primary school in the country. In paign – for years – for a cause that today we concrete way starts in most children the same spirit, perhaps he should send an at 10 CENTRE, TARVES WAY, take for granted. Not then! between the ages of six and eight – and is iPotty to every nursery school. GREENWICH (behind Greenwich DLR, This exhibition reminded those living in not fully developed until one is a teenager. Parents are meant to use the iPotty plus at end of Straightsmouth) Greenwich that history was being made on iPad as a toilet training tool, thus it has on 5th SEPTEMBER at 7.00PM their doorsteps, with several key local figures Calling all carers what you’d expect from such a product in the suffragette movement: Rosa May (such as a removable potty bowl). Join us to start a group that will help promote Billinghurst, who campaigned in a wheel- Age Exchange in Blackheath Village has the use and enjoyment of both foot tunnels. chair (sometimes being hurled out of it by three events that carers may find helpful: If you wish to get more involved before burly policemen . . .), and Emily Wilding * Inspired Carers’ Group: Drop-in session or after this meeting please contact us. Davison, who famously, tragically, died on for people with dementia and their carers: Committee membership of the friends group Derby Day under the hooves of the King’s creative activities and special events through- will be decided at the meeting. If you wish to horse in 1913. out the year. Mondays 12.30 - 3 2.30 pm in volunteer yourself or another for committee the Studio membership, especially for the roles of The exhibition included many interesting Chairperson, Treasurer or Secretary, artefacts and documents (including a "Troll" * Care after Caring Support group please contact: letter written to Rosa), and recent newspaper A warm welcome for those who were carers, and may perhaps be bereaved or have had to Ian Blore 0208 293 1796 or reports of women fighting for their rights move. Call Tony or Jacqueline on 8318 9105 John Phillips 0208 244 2192 Or visit our around the world – indicating that the cam- - or just turn up! Mondays 2.45 - 4.0 pm draft website at www.fogwoft.com paign is far from over – "La Luta Continua". An iPad stand is attached to the front Sadly, this exhibition fortnightly from 2nd Sept to 9th Dec. and includes a plastic cover/enclosure to closed at the end of August. * Memories project: record your memories, protect the tablet from “messy hands.” It was curated by Carolyn or those of a loved one. Tuesdays 9.30 - Read more: Mycenae House Ayers, a recent graduate 11.00 am To book a free place leave your www.digitaltrends.com/ community centre from Goldmiths. details at the box office on at No. 11 or call mobile/ipotty-for-ipad/ #ixzz2Mkvg6WV1 “…. one of London’s best kept secrets” Well done, Carolyn! Alex on (020) 8318 9105 Twitter: @digitaltrends A & A LANDSCAPES     Landscape Specialists



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Meet your neighbour: Angela Burr celebrates the Rock with life and work of a valiant Anna Townend environment campaigner Felix! n his letter to the WN in July this year, I Iwas pleased to see that Trevor Allman shares my view that Anna Townend deserves a medal for her forty year contri- bution to local and national issues. LEFT: The He is right, she does ask awkward and iBand. frequently annoying questions, but often RIGHT: some shots pertinent and insightful ones. She has over of a gig at the years put up the backs of many local Thomas notables – not just Greenwich Council. Tallis But those who denigrate her often know little of her rationale or contribution. elix’s School of Rock (FSOR) is a gramme during half terms, Easter and sum- Born in Bexhill, Anna has been a life- Greenwich based music charity for mer holidays, where age-grouped kids are F long and enthusiastic promoter, both glob- children. It was established in 2004 by banded together with experienced tutors ally and locally, of environmental and eco- Felix Glenn, a local teacher. and musicians (plus a technical assistant logical issues, including global warming, The organisation has been teaching chil- for each band) to prepare them for THE and is still an active campaigner. Her dren to ‘rock’ in band formation on guitar, GIG on the final day. motto: 'thinking globally, acting locally'. bass, drums, keyboards and vocals, plus a Playing to a heated crowd of enthusias- Anna believes that there should be a wide range of other instruments including tic parents, grandparents plus brothers and balance between the built and natural envi- brass, strings, harmonica and ukulele. sisters is always a winning combination! ronment around us. The built environment An energetic and community focused As a small, self-funded charity, FSOR PHOTO: Linda Sole of cities needs to be balanced towards pro- charity, in their 9 years, they have tutored relies on the good-will of parents and viding spaces for nature. Anna in her beloved Dwarf Orchard over 800 children from over 70 schools, tutors and the sale of tea, coffee and cakes She has particularly campaigned for the and hosted over 150 community music at the gigs, plus small donations by local importance of nature to be integrated into aspects of nature, and encouraging them events including Lewisham Peoples Day. organisations. THE GIG is a really spec- community awareness and borough plan- and their parents to be aware of and appre- FSOR has an independent bursary fund tacular feast of live rock and pop perform- ning procedures. She has partly channelled ciate the natural environment. to assist single income families plus a fan- ances by talented young musicians, often her green perspective to planning issues She also invited national and local tastic bursary scheme for Thomas Tallis with very little experience. THE GIG costs through her involvement in the Greenwich speakers to give talks on environmental School kids; they can do FSOR for just just £1 for kids and £2 for adults. Conservation Group. issues under the umbrella 'Wildlife City’. 10% of the full cost! The next gig is on Thursday October 31st Often questioning and becoming a thorn These Wildlife City events took place over The philosophy at FSOR is Self-esteem at 3.00 pm at Thomas Tallis School, in the flesh of local council planners and a period of nearly twenty years, with the through music. “We’re here to bring out Kidbrooke Park Rd, SE3 9PX developers, Anna was one of the Oxleas support of Greenwich Community the true potential of young people in this The next FSOR School is Half Term Nine' who helped see off the motorway College. area. FSOR gives them a unique opportu- Mon 29th - Thursday 31st October through Oxleas Wood in the 1990s. In 1979, during National Tree Week, nity to shine and an enormous confidence www.fsor.org.uk Anna was a founder member of the she organised a “Plant trees for children” boost,” says Felix. Call Felix on 07888 717 605 for more Westcombe Society, and is also a member campaign, with much support from the They use a four day experiential pro- information. of many local environmental groups, such Park Superintendent, Mr Murray. as the Greenwich Society, the Friends of The children picked the seeds and they Apples ’n Oranges Greenwich Park, and what is now the were planted in the Park greenhouses, and Greenwich Wildlife Advisory Group. later transferred to the Dwarf Orchard. Anna is a founder member and current Later, some of the trees were used to Apples ’n Oranges in Old Dover Road is under new ownership and has had a complete make-over. convenor of Greenwich Environment replace those destroyed by the great storm We are a high-class greengrocers & fruiterers – Forum through which she has channelled of 1987. selling an extensive variety of fresh vegetables her concerns about environmental issues. The Dwarf Orchard has won various & fruit including some organic produce. She was one of the first, in a letter in 1996 prizes including recently a London We also stock Olive Oil, packaged nuts & spices to Virginia Bottomley, to suggest the cre- Conservation Trust award, and Anna was as well as pre-packed salads and fresh eggs. ation of the Millennium Village on the short listed last year for the National Trust We are open Monday to Saturday – Peninsular. 'Local Heroes' award. 8.00am to 7.30pm. The dwarf orchard A plum property development site Self-service – but help is at hand if required. Much of her energy has been devoted to On a number of occasions over the last the Queens Orchard formerly known as the thirty years Anna, with community sup- Orders taken for collection. 020 8858 1307 Dwarf Orchard in the north east corner of port, has had to fight off attempts to turn Do come along and meet us, Greenwich Park. Anna first visited the site the garden into a housing site. It was only we will be happy to serve you! in 1969. She later turned it into an ecologi- when she confirmed through her research cal garden (one of the first in London), that the outer wall of the garden was the Childcare for ages 3 months – 5 years wildlife reserve and educational centre for original Tudor wall that, with public sup- local children, and provided for a number port, she got it listed, thereby ensuring that of years work experience for unemployed the site became permanently safe. I can see a teenagers and released offenders. Given her years of unstinting support Initially unofficially, and officially from for environmental issues, and the manner 1981, she carried on this work until it was in which Anna has worked tirelessly to great nursery returned to the Council in 2008. She set up protect and enhance the magic of the Greenlands in Trust to manage it with the Dwarf Orchard, it is particularly unfair to from here aid of volunteers with some funding from consign her to oblivion and write her out herself and local financial help. of its history, as has happened in so many If you’re looking for a nursery that will help your child to grow and develop – From as early as 1975, she started a newspaper reports. choose Zoom Nurseries. range of activities and projects involving Isn’t it time that Greenwich Council and At Zoom every child enjoys an individual Learning Journey. A record that tracks young school children, teaching them in the Royal Parks searched their consciences terms they could understood the practical and recognised her contribution in some their daily progress through our fantastic fun-filled learning environment. 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Arts coMMunitY tHeAtre & operA BLACKHEATH DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS Westcombe Society THE GREENWICH THEATRE Crooms Hill, SOCIETY, St Mary’s Church Hall, Cresswell Park, Greenwich, London SE10 8ES 020 8858 7755 Blackheath 4th Thursday of every month, 2.00 for Dates for your diary: Tues 17th - Sat 21st September MOBY DICK: a 2.30. Next meeting: 26th Sept A.G.M. followed by Sept 7th. Members’ Evening, Main Hall, romp through Melville’s classic tale Barry Venning on True Originals: outsider art - Mycenae House Eves: 7.30pm Sat Mat: 2.30pm some self-taught artists and others outside the Sep 27th Macmillan Coffee Morning, bar/ Prices: £17.50 (Concessions £12.50) mainstream Non-members £5 on the door. Matinee and first night, all tickets £12.50 www.artsinblackheath.org.uk or ring 83187550 Main Hall Mycenae House Sept 28th Children’s Nearly New Sale Sun. 29th Sept. 7.30 TAIKO MEANTIME GREENWICH DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS trad. Japanese rhythms and techniques with eclectic, Quiz Night, Main Hall SOCIETY King William Court, the University of Fri. Nov. 1st original compositions from the company founded in Greenwich NEXT LECTURE: Mon. 9th Sept. Nov. 23rd Dickensian Christmas Bazaar, Greenwich in 2001 £15.00 children/concs £12.50 Shafts of Light – The Phenomenon of Mining Art - Blackheath Girls High School, Mycenae Road Monday 30th September 7.30 THE GHOST Robert McManners 8852 7873 Non-members £8.00 Printing in Blackheath CANCER RESEARCH LUNCH The next fund- SHIP, based on the story by Joseph Conrad since 1978 BLACKHEATH ART SOCIETY raising luncheon is on Thursday 5th September at the Tickets: £15.00 concs £12.50 “Impressions of Greenwich and Blackheath” Clarendon Hotel, Blackheath from 12 noon to 2:30pm. THE SPACE 269 Westferry Road London E14 From your ideas or Artwork Blackheath Art Society Exhibition at Discover The cost is £8.50. PAUL MARTIN speaks on “Magic 3RS 0207 515 7799 / www.space.org.uk we can print at a Greenwich (upstairs gallery), ORNC, Cutty Sark & Mind-Reading” To book please phone Wendy on Nearest stn: Mudchute (DLR) Buses: D3, D7, 135 reasonable cost: Gardens, Greenwich SE10. Open daily: 10am to 5pm. 020 8265 0335 by Monday 2nd Sept. latest. 26th August - 1st Sept 8.00 pm STORY OF A • Business cards 7th September to 1st November. CROSSNESS PUMPING STATION, The Old NIGHT PIANIST Works, Crossness S.T.W. Belvedere Rd, London • Invoices • Letterheads MADE IN GREENWICH GALLERY, 324 Creek 3rd - 21st Sept 7.30 pm Shakespeare’s COMEDY SE2 9AQ 020 8311 3711 is open Sunday 1st Sept. • Books • Brochures Road SE10 9SW September group show: OF ERRORS 21st Century version! £14 | £10.00 from 10.30 am - 4.00 pm admission £5 (children, • Forms • Invites "Elsewhere: Greenwich artists out and about". under 16, free). Car parking is on site. 24th-28th Sept 7.30pm THE MEMOIRS OF LUCY Musical play: A jazz singer’s road to success • Wedding Stationary cHildren INDUSTRIAL HISTORY SOCIETY BELL 17th September. Terry Scales gives an illustrated talk 1a Lizban s t on the Rise and Fall of the Pool of London. Meetings GREENWICH THEATRE WorsHip are held at The Old Bakehouse, Bennett Park, SE3 (at blackheath, London s e 3 8s s Tues 3rd - Sat 7th Sept. SAM ROSE IN THE the back of Age Exchange Shop. There is no on-site Mon, 9th Sept,7.30pm at Christ Church, t el: 020 8853 2268 SHADOWS 7.30 pm Sat Matinee 2,30 pm Ages 8+ parking – please do not park there, but use the car Trafalgar Road Institution and Induction of Tue 10 - Sat 14 September SINCERELY, MR park behind the station. Meetings start at 7.30 and e mail: [email protected] Rev'd Margaret Cave as Team Rector of the TOAD Eves: 7.30pm Sat Mat: 2.30pm £17.50 non members are charged £1. www.trojanpress.com (Concs £12.50) Matinee & first night, all £12.50 SECOND CHANCE CHOIR – Renamed Parish of East Greenwich. BLACKHEATH HALLS Greenwich Meridian Choir! A workshop for both Sat, 14th Sept. London’s 1st ever Ride + Stride Sat 12th Oct. 3.0 pm Recital room. OLD beginners and more experienced singers alike will be a national event where people are sponsored to held at Sunfield Methodist Church Hall, Old Dover McDONALD & THE THREE PIGS A comical walk or cycle between places of worship. Road, Blackheath, near the Standard shopping Centre version of the 3 pigs with mime, participation, and Over 100 faiths are taking part. on 22nd September at 2.00 until 6.30pm and the SPECTRUM a big book. Ages 4 - 9. Tickets: £7.00 More info at www.heritageoflondon.com cost will be £25.00, including refreshments, and a Painters and Decorators WOODLANDS FARM St Georges Glenluce Road is open for this event £5.00 credit to the Autumn terms fees.If you are inter- Interior/Exterior 331 Shooters Hill. Tel. 0208 319 8900 ested in either the workshop, or joining the choir as a 10 am - 5.00pm with refreshments, book & craft Every Thursday Toddler Club 10am - 12pm regular member, (rehearsals are Thursday evenings stalls, nearly new stall etc. For more information during term time), please contact No job too Small £2 per adult, children free contact Cynthia on 020 8858 2883 Meet the animals, enjoy some crafts or just play. Jean Valsler at 0208 8527548 or email Clean and Reliable [email protected] CUTTY SARK: The race is on! Or Susanna Gadd at 36457596 or email susanna- 11.30 - 1330 & 1400 - Music Free Estimates Sat 7th & Sunday 8th Sept. [email protected] 1600 Create your own board game inspired by Cutty BLACKHEATH BRIDGE CLUB welcomes all BLACKHEATH HALLS Tel 020 8463 0100 30 Years Experience Sark’s races around the world players to duplicate sessions in Mycenae House Mon. BLACKHEATH HALLS ORCHESTRA SE LONDON DADS GROUP DADS ALERT: & Thurs. 7.15 pm & on Wed. at 1.15 Tel. 8851 2609 REHEARSALS begin Sun 15th Sept. 2.30 pm Call 020 8853 2759 Regular stay-and-play for dads and children under WESTCOMBE WRITERS’ CIRCLE 1st. Thursday Other dates: Sunday 22, 29 Sept.; 6, 13, 27 Oct.; 3, five @ Sherington Children's Centre, 14 each month, 2.30-4.30 at Mycenae House. Ring Joan 10 Nov, 2:30pm - 5:30pm, Sun. 17 Nov. 2pm - 5pm or 07950815412 Sherington Road every Wednesday from 9:30 - Paice on 8305 1652 or Rosemary Gill on 8858 5088 Subscription: £57 | concs. £51.00 11:30am. Contact: www.SELondonDads.org.uk or BLACKHEATH FLOWER CLUB Meets third BLACKHEATH GOES GOSPEL REHEARSALS Friday of every month at 1.45 pm at Mycenae House email: [email protected] Come and join our Blackheath Halls Gospel Choir. HAVE YOU MADE BLACKHEATH & GREENWICH WOMEN’S INSTITUTE: First Wednesday of every month at Suitable for all, no previous experience necessary. YOUR WILL? 7.30 pm at Sunfields Methodist Church, Old Dover Rehearsals: Monday 16, 23, 30 Sept; 7, 14, 21, 28 Road, SE3 8SJ [email protected] October; 4 Nov. 7:30pm - 9:30pm Performance: SIDCUP PLUMBING LIVE CANDLELIT JAZZ AT MYCENAE Fri. 8th Nov. Subscription: £57 | £51 conc Peter Bowyer, Professional HOUSE special featured guest each month. Occurs on MUSIC APPRECIATION WITH MATTHEW Will Writing Services For all your heating & plumbing the second Friday each month. Bar & Food available. TAYLOR (Member of the Society of Will Writers needs. 8pm. £10/ £8 See http://www.jazznights.co.uk/ Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Mondays: 23, 30 and the Institute of Professional ENGLISH FOLK MUSIC 9.00 pm every September; 7, 14, 21 Oct; 4, 11, 18, 25 Nov.; Will Writers) From a dripping tap to a new Tuesday at the Lord Hood pub, Creek Road; main- 2 December | 10am | Recital Room Boiler install stream jazz every Thursday. For more information and to make a booking con- Single/Double Wills BLACKHEATH HALLS tact: Lionel Lewis on 020 8297 1075, email Powers of Attorney Wed 18th September 2.00 - 4.30 pm [email protected] or Michael Mellish on Gas Safe Re: 290 Direct to TEA DANCES: sequence dancing, quickstep, cha 8852 6391. Fee: £75 (10 week course) Professional Insurance Engineer cha cha and more, compered by Mr Wonderful CHARLTON HOUSE: FREE! Home Visits Dancing. TICKETS: £5 includes light refreshments Every Friday at 1.00 pm: Sept 6th. Tel. 07557-407-369 Tickets: 020 8305 9300 or 020 8463 0100 Olga Stezhko, piano, plays Mozart, Liszt & 0800 389 7387 SPINNING & WEAVING EVENT at Debussy Sept. 13th. Royal Academy of www.sidcupplumbing.co.uk SEWINGTIME 7 Delacourt Rd, SE3 8XA Music presents Emma Halnan, flute, and www.londonwills.com Sat. 28th Sept, 10.00 am - till 4.00 pm, in aid of Daniell King-Smith, piano: Bach, Tchaikovsky Macmillan Cancer Support. Drop in any time! Sept. 20th Riccardo Call 8465 5520.www.sewingtime.co.uk Bozolo piano plays AGE EXCHANGE, 11 Blackheath Village Brahms and others DJ Jeff & Jo’s Boogie Woogie Afternoons.Waltz fox- Sept 27th Lyrit THE POINTER SCHOOL trot, quickstep, tango - and more! Come and join in - Milgram violin & or just watch, and enjoy.£3.00 includes tea, cake, and Morta Grigaliunaite, “Doubles in size” chat. Every 3rd Friday in the month, 2.00-4.00 pm piano, play Beethoven • First Class Examination Results BLACKHEATH QUAKERS: 50 YEARS • Organic Food Fridays 7.30 Quaker Meeting House, FREE TALKS locAl councillors • Breakfast Club & After School Care Lawn Terrace, SE3 9LL Booking: • Christian Evangelical in outlook [email protected] or 07582 729 185 Conservative: Sept. 20th. Peace and Reconciliation Cllr. Geoff Brighty • Numerous Extra-Curricular Clubs Tel. 8921 5663 (Town Hall) or • Large variety of outdoor and PE activities TERRY WAITE Conversations with Idi Amin, 8858 9731 (Home) Revolutionary Guards, General Gaddafi, Hezbollah geoffrey.brighty@ • 3 languages taught Oct. 18th. Affluent city, austere times greenwich.gov.uk JUDITH MORAN: Quaker Social Action Cllr. Alex Wilson Londoners struggling on low incomes Tel. 07783 611607 Nov. 15th. Drone warfare: convenient killing? 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THE ARTS Blackheath Art Society at Discover Blackheath Halls Triumph A review of the Halls’ production of Verdi’s Macbeth

Greenwich Ann Hillary he community opera version of Verdi's Lady Macbeth – an outstanding per- he Blackheath Art Society TMacbeth in July was a huge success. formance by Miriam Murphy – achieved are pleased to be invited The production involved professional the near impossible, starting off “more Tback by the Old Royal Naval singers of international repute in the key deadly than the male”, but ending in a College to show recent work by its roles, an adult chorus drawn from both the most poignant sleep-walking scene artists in the upstairs gallery at community and Trinity Laban, local school watched by the ghosts of the children she Discover Greenwich. children from four local schools – two of may or may not have had . . . What came Visit the exhibition any day from them "special" schools – and the to mind was L.C. Knights' famous essay 7 September to 1 November to see Blackheath Halls Orchestra – composed of "How many children had Lady vibrant and varied work by this tal- amateurs who play to a high professional Macbeth?" – a question first posed, jocu- ented group of local artists. You standard; all backed up by a very creative larly, by F.R. Leavis. No joke in this pro- will see a broad variety of tech- production and design team headed by duction. niques, modes and interpretations Director Christopher Rolls, assistant direc- To see these different groups coming on the theme: “Impressions of tor Natalie Katsou, and Nicholas Jenkins, together for a common creative purpose in Greenwich and Blackheath”. Musical Director. an outstanding production of a great oper- 66 years since it was launched, There is no better way to present opera atic classic was heart-warming. the Blackheath Art Society is flour- to a wider audience. The involvement of General manager of the Halls Keith ishing! the school children was particularly Murray is to be congratulated for setting This active group of painters, print- ABOVE:In the appreciated, and not just by the parents: up this very talented community orchestra, makers and crafts people show their garden by T. Colman the children came from St Margaret's Lee, followed by an annual community opera, work around the Royal Borough in RIGHT: Wolfe Charlton Park Academy, Greenvale School, (every year since 2006) that has become a annual exhibitions and Open Monument by and Trinity School. Well done Rose firm favourite with the community – and Studios. After a recent successful Wayne Foskett Ballantyne for bringing them all together. has also achieved critical acclaim. N.G. exhibition in the Blackheath Halls, (detail) BELOW: Up This was a modern dress production, The Halls provides a unique opportunity the Society’s new show at Discover River Thames with the soldiers sporting AK47s and to become involved in Community Greenwich is not to be missed! by Ann Hillary desert boots. Macbeth changed from pro- Opera, and other events throughout the fessional soldier to a murderous dictator in year, with workshops for orchestral play- “Impressions of a uniform bedecked, Gaddafi-like, with ers and singers. If you would like to be Greenwich & epaulettes and gold braid – but these Blackheath” added to the community programme dis- Blackheath Art baubles did him no good as the opera tribution list email your details to Society ended in a kind of "Scottish Spring". [email protected] Exhibition at Discover Greenwich Chaucer at the (upstairs gallery), ORNC, Cutty Made in Sark Gardens, Greenwich Greenwich SE10. Open: 10am to 5pm. 7th Sept. to 1st gallery Nov. Contact: Ann Hillary Neville Grant 020 8853 3405 ave you visited the Made in HGreenwich gallery at 324 Creek Road, Sad news for theatre goers Greenwich yet? It is situated very close to or 25 years, Galleon Theatre operated public outcry and thousands of letters and the DLR station and Cutty Sark. Fupstairs at St. Christopher's Inn on emails from theatre supporters dismayed at Featured in our columns a year ago, Greenwich Station forecourt at the much- the theatre’s closure. the gallery goes from strength to strength. loved Greenwich Playhouse, which staged Alice de Sousa, Greenwich Playhouse’s Local residents Ed and Irena Hill started it Geoffrey Chaucer - “the Father many creative and innovative productions. award-winning artistic director said: “There to showcase local talent: the gallery not of English Literature” Greenwich Playhouse’s fight for survival, is in Greenwich no shortage of budget hostel only features local arts and crafts, it also Greenwich (‘therne many a shrew is in’ as has now, sadly, been lost. On the 3rd July, at accommodation. There is however a pro- offers poetry events – and acts as a forum he joked in the prologue to The Reeve’s an 'informal hearing', Greenwich Councillors found lack, following the closure of the where people can network and exchange Tale) and probably, according to Peter unanimously voted to grant Beds and Bars Greenwich Playhouse in April 2012, of quali- ideas, particularly on protecting and Ackroyd (who did a transliteration of (ex-theatre landlords) 'change of use' permis- ty theatre entertainment.” enhancing the local environment: it is a Chaucer), wrote much of The Canterbury sion for an illegally built backpacker’s hostel The search for an alternative venue con- place of welcome where you can drop in Tales while living here. Certainly, his pil- to replace this much loved SE London studio tinues – one suggestion: the West Greenwich for a cup of coffee and a chat. grims passed through Deptford and theatre. This decision was made despite Library might be a possibility. The quality of the work is uniformly Greenwich on their way to Canterbury. high, and all the work on show is for sale Eltham is also mentioned in one of his at affordable prices, including prints, other poems. In 1386, he stood surety for Myth-maker Autumn Concert photos, paintings, drawings, posters, greet- one Simon Manning of East Greenwich, ings cards, gifts and books, Jewellery, who it is thought was his brother-in-law. he Centenary Company invites us all Glass, Ceramics, Textiles, and Metalwork. Around this time Chaucer was made Tto an evening of words and music, As well, of course, as Edward Hill’s Commissioner of Walls and Ditches – with (cabaret and classical) in aid of Action famous photo-spheres. special responsibility for the Thames wall Against Hunger. The Centenary Company Also on offer is quality scanning, photo- between Woolwich and Greenwich. is well-known for its entertaining produc- shop and printing on demand. However, not all his experiences locally tions of Gilbert and Sullivan. In the inner part of the gallery is “the would have been happy – in 1390 he was This fun event is on Monday 23rd Hothouse”, with seating for 20 - 30 and a attacked and robbed at ‘le Foule Ok’ in September, 7.30 for 8.00 pm, at the 55-inch screen. It can be hired for poetry Deptford: he lost personal property includ- Nelson Room of the Trafalgar Tavern, Park readings, individual exhibitions, art videos, ing his horse – and more than £20 of Row, Greenwich SE10 9NW. book signings, group discussions & events. money belonging to the Crown. Plus ca The magnificent Nelson Room, upstairs The next event is on Tuesday 17th change . . . at The Trafalgar Tavern, overlooking the September at 7.00 pm, when Graham Graham Fawcett’s lecture-performance Thames at Greenwich, provides a wonder- Fawcett gives one of his acclaimed lec- is on Tuesday 17th September at Made Catwoman by Vanilla Beer ful setting for this event. tures – this time on Geoffrey Chaucer. in Greenwich Gallery, 324 Creek Road. MYTHMAKER is an exhibition of paintings Doors open at 7.30pm with seating at Graham has already led sessions on Tickets are £10.00, and include a light by Vanilla Beer at The Greenwich Gallery tables of 10. Book early for this fun Pushkin and Emily Dickenson at the buffet and drinks, on sale at the Gallery. Peyton Place Greenwich London SE10 8RS Gallery, and for his next talk, on Chaucer, Or send a cheque, payable to Greenwich (8465 5968) from Sept 13th - 28th. evening – tickets at £12 a head are avail- able in advance. Early bird offer: buy a he brings back with him Sue Aldred as a Landscape Artists. to MIG, 324 Creek There will be a Round-table discussion on reader, herself a specialist on Middle Road, Greenwich SE10 9SW. Or ring 020 Post Avant-Garde Marginality at the gallery whole table by 13th Sept. for £108! English: a happy reminder that history, 8293 9823. at 3.00 pm on Sept 22nd with mathematician Booking: ring 07970 866034, or email too, was “made in Greenwich”. [email protected]. (Interval and art critic Tony Mann and artist Peter [email protected], Chaucer has long been associated with Clossick. All welcome! or turn up on the door on the night. 7.40 pm, buffet 8.30 pm)

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All in good time? M.A. Qavi ll Saints Church clock has fallen on again. Then, sadly, the glorious experience Solar-panel update Ahard times once again. This iconic of the London Olympics enjoyed by the feature on the Heath fell victim to benign thousands in the Washer-women’s Bottom ANNE ROBBINS “Even on a spring day, not very warm neglect from 1994 onward before its and Church Field parts of the Heath was and somewhat overcast, it is possible restoration in time for the Millennium at marred by the sight of the Church Clock to draw on the power of the sun . . .” the urging of village traders and residents which had come un-stuck on 3rd August. under the guidance of the then MP for On Marathon day, which was some Lewisham East, Bridget Prentice [the three weeks after we reverted to British Glasgow Rose]. Summer Time, the Church Clock was The comprehensive overhaul and refur- showing GMT. Last May the clock got bishment of the mechanism under the stuck at quarter to eleven, and in July three supervision of saintly Jonathan Betts, the of its four faces went out of sync with the curator of Horology at the Royal fourth. Each and every malfunction takes Observatory, was supposed to have weeks and months to rectify. restored the clock to its pristine condition. The health of this clock matters because The frequent breakdowns and malfunc- of its landmark situation on Blackheath. tions experienced recently suggest it has The church authorities claim no knowledge not been so. For example, in 2011 the why it keeps malfunctioning so often. s I come upstairs, now, the collector is at 30º, gas bill, typical savings are clock went comatose for months on end: Perhaps readers can help in devising a towards my airing and the temperature at the around £55 per year for a banners appeared in the Village and out- strategy for the maintenance of this clock. Acupboard, I can bottom of the cylinder is small home, £150 for a side the Church before it started ticking hear a low hum. It makes 24º. Whenever the collec- larger house. It’s worth me very glad: the sound tor is more than 2º warmer paying some attention to tells me that my solar panel than the water in the cylin- maximising its efficiency. Christopher’s column is working, and heat from der, the pump starts up, and For instance, you should the sun is being transferred heat makes its way from buy washing machines and Now that the replicate in many gardens – but why not have a go? Mix flat-topped flowers like sedum and to my hot water tank. the roof. dishwashers that have a butterflies’ gone yarrows, with simple daisies and slight, unpre- We installed our solar At the top of the tank, feed from the hot water, not In Barbara Kingsolver’s tentious, grasses such as deschampsia (or you thermal system (not to be the water is 42º, and later just from the cold. And latest novel Flight, the could just simply let your lawn 'go' in patches confused with a photovolta- the gas boiler will con- you may need to adapt your unsung heroes (or victims) are the King and see what you get). ic system, which makes tribute to raise the tempera- patterns, perhaps showering Billies – not as you might have thought a rock- Spread the joy of nectar with chives, evening electricity from sunshine) ture to 55º, in time for in the evening when the ing blues band from Grenoble, but the nickname primroses and late flowering asters, and for next at the end of 2008, after a evening showers, washing- system has had a chance to given to the Monarch butterfly – a reference to year add some early bee food like comfrey (ear- tussle over planning was up, and so on. In summer, work, rather than the morn- its orange colour, and William of Orange, who liest is symphytum grandiflorum, good ground resolved. The regulations the water can reach up to ing. But in both 2011 and shared the throne of Protestant England in the cover in summer). late 17C. Doing your small bit will make a difference have been relaxed since 70º just from the solar 2012, our gas bill for the In the novel, the butterflies are seriously and you might get to love a slightly shaggy then, but conditions apply input, so there is very little July-September quarter was endangered because of climate change - thus patch with a buzzy feel to it. for conservation areas such call for the boiler. under £70. That is very making it highly relevant today ... Soon, we should have the result of the 'citi- as Westcombe Park, and for Anyone who has tried to satisfying. No surprises then, sadly, to read that given zens scientist' Big Butterfly Count*, but hopes locally or nationally listed work out their gas and elec- But solar power isn’t the late cold Spring, and the gloom brought are high that the news might be better than for buildings. It’s worth tric bills will recognise how just about the money. It about by last years 'summer', butterflies may be the few past years. checking with local plan- difficult it is to quantify saves some of the carbon in a worse state than ever before. Insect ‘hotels’ too are very fashionable (and ning officers, and you can energy use in terms of cost. dioxide we would have They emerged weeks later than last year, but expensive and elaborate), but just adding some anecdotally, the picture seems better in places, logs or chunky branches to your insect-friendly get advice from the govern- It’s a similar conundrum released into the atmos- after the late summer’s hot weather area will attract a wider range of visitors and ment’s Planning Portal. In with solar thermal. Our phere, so it helps in the (www.bbc.co.uk/nature/23327715). provide some cold weather shelter. addition, solar panels must control unit tells us how struggle against climate Walking through rough unmown grass in comply with building regu- many hours the pump has change. The amount may Hyde Park (Buck Hill – the sound of grasshop- Christopher Raven lations, to ensure that a run (6,489 in the 4½ years) not be huge, in terms of pers was astonishing), there were many butter- * The big butterfly count is a nationwide survey roof is strong enough to and the kilowatt hours, or tonnes of carbon saved, but aimed at helping us assess the health of our flies – and a dragonfly actually SAT ON MY support the weight. energy use, for that. But it helps me think about SHOULDER! environment. It was launched in 2010 and has This is a patch in full sun, and so hard to rapidly become the world's biggest survey of A solar thermal system the heat transfer figures other reductions, like using butterflies. like ours consists of a col- aren’t shown. And it would the car less, and improving lector, with pipes inside be almost impossible to the insulation of the house through which fluid runs; a calculate, as the transfer of to use energy more effi- pump for circulation; and a heat begins at 2º but can be ciently. large cylinder with two much higher: even in win- The airing cupboard is coils in it, one for the gas ter, it can heat a cold tank always warm, so we don’t heating and one for the of water up to 60º. need a clothes dryer: solar. The collector is set The collector’s summer another saving of energy on our south-facing rear safety mechanism kicks in and carbon output. And we roof, and catches the sun’s at 130º (the pump switches have enjoyed supporting a rays from morning till late off at a lower temperature, new technology, one which afternoon. As it does, the to save the mechanism and in time will affect power liquid picks up heat and the the cylinder from melting!). generation patterns, and pump – which makes that Happily, others have employ thousands. happy hum – circulates it made useful estimates. The into the hot water cylinder, excellent YouGen website, Websites: where the heat transfers covering many aspects of Planning:http://www.plan- into our domestic supply. renewable energy, suggests ningportal.gov.uk/permis- Even on a spring day that a solar thermal system sion/commonprojects/solarpa like today, not very warm can provide up to 60% of a nels/ Advice:http://www.yougen.co. and somewhat overcast, it household’s hot water. uk/ renewable- is possible to draw on the With hot water account- energy/Solar+Thermal/ power of the sun. 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