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A community newspaper commended by the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies Monthly newspaper of The Westcombe Society: fostering a sense of community A lorry's human cargo Traffic hotspots: t was around 1.00 Ipm on Monday 29th December when WN Betty Padilla looked time to act reporter up from the job she was doing at Go West Hairdressers at the top here are continuing reports of a new schools, hospitals and care homes of Westcombe Hill to great deal of disillusionment with should not be built next to air pollution see a large white pan- Tmainstream politics in the UK. The hotspots; and schools next to busy roads technicon, the size of result: the growth of minority parties such should be fitted with air filtration systems. two houses, parked as the SNP and UKIP. Joan Walley MP, chair of the commit- opposite. How to counter this trend? Well a good tee, said: “New figures suggest air pollu- That’s funny, it’s a start may have been made this year with tion could be killing almost the same num- Spanish lorry she the brave proposal for plain-paper packag- ber of people as smoking in the UK, yet thought. As she PHOTO: ing of tobacco products. the government seems unwilling to put watched, the driver Neville Grant Another good way to restore some of saving lives before economic growth.” got out to ask the way. this faith, is to seize the dying days of the A good start might be to do more to A friendly passer-by pointed to a nearby off the “illegal immigrants” – if that is present parliament in a way that would encourage bio-diesel. building. A Spanish-speaker, Betty was what they were – and handed them over to benefit not just Greenwich, but London, about to cross the road to see if she could immigration authorities. and every city in the country. The impact on children help out when someone dashed in. One young man nearby said “If they are Listeners to the BBC were disturbed to “Children growing up near busy roads with “There’s something going on!” she cried. that desperate to get here, you'd hope that hear that in 2015, so little legislation was high NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) and particle The driver had opened up the back of there would be some way of allowing them planned that MPs were being advised to emissions have stunted and impaired lung his lorry – and out stumbled six cold and to stay.” However, a holding centre, and return to their constituencies on development,” she added. “Over 1,000 exhausted people, two of them children. deportation, is more likely. . . Wednesdays – presumably to prepare for schools are only 150 metres away from Allegedly, another appeared from beneath Betty said: “The poor driver was in battle in the forthcoming General Election. major roads. Protecting children and the lorry. One of them then did a runner. shock. He said that the vehicle had been There is however one piece of legisla- vulnerable people in the worst affected The police were called, and within ten carefully checked on his departure from tion that is crying out to be passed. It’s areas must be made a priority.” minutes, two police vehicles arrived. The Calais. At least my Spanish came in controversial, and not that straightforward, A number of schools in our area are police behaved “impeccably”, and carried handy.” and would make some people very cross: very near traffic hot spots, and should defi- this is legislation to clean up our cities. nitely be made a priority; they include Invicta and Halstow Primary Schools, St Death by diesel Alfege with St Peters' Church of England The tunnel: “part of a Drivers of diesel-fuelled vehicles have Primary School, and the Millenium School. been encouraged to buy them by well- Greenwich Council is also building a new meaning but ill-informed legislation: the school on the Greenwich Peninsula – St strategic travel plan” idea was to make diesel cheaper in an Mary Magdalene school, due to open in he latest consultation on the detailed Silvertown Crossing has been deemed a effort to limit greenhouse gases. 2015, very near the proposed Silvertown Tproposals for a tunnelled, tolled ‘Nationally Significant Infrastructure However, up to 60,00 people die each Tunnel. Campaigners claim this is another Thames crossing between the Greenwich Project’ which will probably be approved year from disease caused by air pollution – reason for opposing a new tunnel. peninsula and Silvertown is in process – by an Infrastructure Planning Commission including the N02 gas emitted mainly by This issue is above party politics. If all the deadline for representations from the and a secretary of state in early 2017. diesel engines. As the WN has repeatedly parties were to agree on introducing the public ended in December. Although there will be ‘hearings’ before warned, "the devil is in the diesel." necessary legislation, to be phased in over The proposed new tunnel could bring then there won’t be a public enquiry, let A recent report by a House of the next two years or so, the issue would major changes to the traffic patterns of the alone a vote by local councillors. Even the Commons cross-party environmental audit not become a political football in the area. Levels of air pollution and road London Mayor, who chairs TFL, will not committee is very concerned over the General Election: and would do much to noise are also likely to be affected if the get a look in. Given the seeming major public health issues caused by air restore faith in our political leaders. plans are carried out. inevitability of the tunnel you have to pollution. Evidence given to the committee Meanwhile, in a separate development, The Westcombe Society held a public admire the determination of the No to indicates that diesel vehicles produce 22 the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has meeting on December 3rd to gather views Silvertown Crossing campaign . . .” * times as much particulate matter and four announced radical plans to ban diesel cars of its members. A report on this meeting However, we should not give up: it is times as much NOx – the term covers both from the French capital by 2020 as part of can be found on page 7. understood that the Council will be trying nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide – as an anti-pollution drive. If Paris can do it, The questions now being raised concern to fight for amendments to the scheme, and petrol vehicles. The committee is urging why can’t London? how genuine this consultation can be? The arguing for a number of conditions, in the government to change the tax system. Are you listening, Boris? Or are your WN has learnt from reliable sources that order to soften any impact the scheme The committee also recommends that hands tied by Westminster? the tunnel is regarded as part of a strategic might have on the local area. national transport plan, and even if the Among these amendments would be a < < News briefs > > Council opposed it, it would be likely to ban on lorries over a certain size, and a go through in any case. The WN can do no commitment to improvements in public Parking issues has since been arrested. Advice New Year Honours better than quote ex-Cllr Alex Grant: transport. A ban on diesel-fuelled vehicles Cllr Geoff Brighty writes: Now from the police is obviously to Local people honoured include “... you have to admire the chutzpah of might also be imposed after an interval - that the Council has adopted its keep your shed locked, and if film actress Emily Watson who Transport For London – going through the Parking Strategy, the develop- you have bikes in there then to once lived in Maze Hill, and but this might be a WN pipe-dream . . . ment of which was given as the padlock them to something, if Blackheath resident Peter motions of an extensive ‘consultation’ on a *For an exhaustive analysis of the politics most recent excuse for not get- you can. Our local SNT team Holbrook, CE of Social new motorway that is, as near as damn it, of East London River Crossings ting on with the Old Dover Road can also arrange to "stamp" your Enterprise UK. Also Paul already almost certain to be built. The (ELRIC), visit Alex.Grant.meP parking review, I put down a bike, to improve the chances of Howard of the Minnie Bennet written question at a recent recovery if it is stolen. sheltered accommodation home Council meeting asking when it In December, jewellery was in Shooters Hill. Westcombe Society would be undertaken. stolen from a property in Sat 21st Feb – Helpers’ and Newcomers’ Party 7.00 – 10.00pm Mycenae House The answer I got from Cllr Shooters Hill, and a woman was Thanks Invites will be going out to our magnificent helpers. If by any chance you don’t Danny Thorpe, the Cabinet mugged in Langton Way. The Westcombe Society has Member for Regeneration and Police warn of continung received a message of thanks receive your invite, please contact Caroline on 020 8853 0948 Transport, was that a review of incidents at the Natwest’s ATM from Macmillan Cancer Support to let us know if you are able to join us. parking in Old Dover Road machines in Old Dover Road. It for the £1,224.50 raised last If you are a newcomer to the area and would like to meet your neighbours would be part of the 2015/16 seems the police have been hav- year. “Your group is making a and those involved in the Westcombe Society, please let us know via “parking works” programme. ing some difficulty in getting difference at probably the most [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you. Something to keep an eye on! CCTV film from the bank. difficult time in someone’s life.” The WN has learnt that some Crime watch ATM machines are now proof Well done Sat 7th March - Daffodil Tea 2pm – 4pm Mycenae House St John's Park was hit by a num- against “Lebanese loops” used Sun Yah for so quickly recover- Invites will be going out to our regular guests. However, if you would like to attend ber of attempted shed thefts/ by fraudsters to grab customers’ ing from the fire in December. and haven’t been before or haven’t received your invite, please let us know. Likewise break-ins, on both sides of the cards. The ATM to use at the And to the East Greenwich if you know of someone in the Westcombe Park area who would like to come along, street, late last year. Natwest Bank is the one furthest Pleasaunce for their New Year then please contact us. The person to contact is Caroline on 020 8853 0948. A man known to the police from the newsagent’s. Wassail in January. FEBRUARY2015_WN.QXD 23/01/2015 11:32 Page 2 COMMUNITY NEWS Eirona WESTCOMBE NEWS The Christmas Bazaar All editoriAl correspondence to: Wiseman neville Grant, The Editor he Dickensian Christmas e are very sorry to record the death [email protected] TBazaar is the Westcombe Won Jan. 12th, shortly after her 97th Tel. 020 8858 8489 Society’s major fund-raising event birthday, of Eirona Wiseman, who lived in of the year. It seems a long time All MAteriAl to Be sent to: Westcombe Park Road for many years. ago now, but people are still We extend our deepest sympathy to her [email protected] feeling the benefit of it, today. children, Gillian, Richard and Buffy, and deadline for the March issue: The Westcombe Society’s other members of the family. 16th February Christmas bazaar and carol singing Janet Sweet writes: news editor: operation raised over £2,500 for Eirona was a friend of mine for more than environment editor: Maggie the society’s charity of the year, 50 years and taught me most of my stage- Gravelle the 999Club. craft. She joined the Alexandra Players in reporters: The community - that means The money has been used 1973 and appeared in, and directed, many you! already to go towards the purchase plays, including a critically-acclaimed of industrial laundry equipment. production of Harold Pinter’s The environMent coMMittee The people who attend the 999 Caretaker, and Way Upstream by Alan emily norton All queries and Club in Deptford, many of them Ayckbourne, which set almost insuperable comments to: 020 8853 2756 homeless, can now turn up, have a shower, said he was most impressed by the technical challenges on the tiny stage [email protected] get their clothes washed and dried, eat a Westcombe Society’s activities. available to the Alexandra Players. distriBution square meal, and emerge refreshed and Marilyn Little, chairman of the Society, In one of Eirona's own pieces for our Myles dove & Barbara Henley clean ready to face the world again. said “We are tremendously grateful to programmes, she said that at the age of 17 Brian carroll, roger Kidley, Joanne “It makes such a difference,” said Blackheath High School for Girls for she just wanted to go on the stage, but her lucas, and patricia slade-Baker. Andrew Mitchell. It seems that cleanliness allowing us to use their premises for the parents persuaded her to "get a proper job" Volunteer distributors please phone may not mean the next thing to Godliness; event.” and go on acting as an amateur, which she 020 8853 3740, we need your help! but it makes a huge difference to some- She also said how much the society did for the following 70 years and never AdvertisinG MAnAGer one’s confidence and self-respect. appreciated the support of many local regretted. She wrote two plays premiered Marilyn little, 163 Westcombe Without the Westcombe Society’s assis- traders and businesses in support of the by The Alexandra Players, All is not Gold Hill, se3 7dp 020 8853 1312 tance the numbers of those who can benefit bazaar, a list of whom appears on page 3. (1993) and No Contribution (1980). ([email protected]) from the 999Club would be far smaller. Without them, and the terrific team of Her Christian name is unusual, it was Opening the bazaar, Holby City actor Bob volunteer helpers, the bazaar would never composed specially for her. She was of All adverts payable in advance by Barret (aka Dr Sasha Levy, pictured above) be able to get off the ground. Welsh descent and could easily slip into a cheque to the Westcombe society. costs: reenwich and Blackheath Ecogroup launched the local Welsh accent for character parts. Her displAY: Single column 6cm x 6cm: G'Meatfree Monday' campaign on Monday 19th January at father was a doctor and Eirona trained as a One - four issues £35, five-plus issues £30 The Studio at Age Exchange. physiotherapist and worked for a while at each. Other sizes: please inquire. Meat-free Meat Free Mondays is all about helping people to have one the Miller Hospital in Greenwich. classified Ads (Market Place) 30p per word The funeral at 2.00 pm on February 3rd (A telephone number = one word. An email/ day a week free of meat. It doesn’t have to be a Monday! is at the Blackheath & Charlton Baptist web address = 3 words.) Deadline for all Mondays Eating more vegetables is good both for your health and for adverts is 10th day of the preceding month the planet. The UN’s top climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri Church in Shooters' Hill Road, where Eirona worshipped for many years. printed by: trojan press campaign states that “People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming. UN figures suggest that meat We are very sorry to report the death contact the Westcombe society: production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere on January
  21st of Yanno Patrinos. [email protected] launched than transport.” There are lots of other reasons, too: Our deepest condolences to Hilary. We publisher: The Westcombe Society                     visit http://www.meatfreemondays.co.uk hope to print      
             an obituary next month.  !"#$    % %    &%      & chairman: Marilyn Little    %        '                 (     )                                  Tel. 020 8853 1312    Any views expressed are those of the*   
 +     ,              - writers only, and are    &  %                      -         .        WN or the    Westcombe Society. The views expressed in the Westcombe News Letters to the editor not necessarily those of the are not necessarily those of the Westcombe Society or of the Editor. From: Christine Godwin Number We take all reasonable precautions to protect I hope the Westcombe Society and oth- 57A: the interests of our readers by ensuring as far ers will strongly oppose the planning as possible the bona fides of our advertisers application to demolish the art-deco but cannot accept any responsibility for them. house at 57a Westcombe Park Road. Any complaints should be addressed to the This house has been neglected for a very advertiser. long time, even when inhabited, and it has now been empty for at least two To access back-numbers (in colour) go to: years, although there were buyers will- www.westcombesociety.org/westcombe-news/ ing to restore it. series of free fact sheets to help local Westcombe Society’s Blog: There was a similar situation at a residents deter squirrels and rodents http://westcombe.blogspot.com large Victorian house two doors away, from their homes, as well as foxes, also subject to deliberate neglect by moles and birds from their gardens. owners who hoped to profit by demol- The fact sheets can be ordered free Westcombe society membership ishing it and building a block of flats on of charge from [email protected] the land; after much local opposition, or by calling Animal Aid on 01732 please send this membership form to: From: Margaret Hussey Woking the Council stood firm, and the house 364546. Address: peter Lewins, 221 Westcombe h ill, Thank you for some very good issues of the Westcombe News was eventually restored with care and The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, s e 3 7Dr marking the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of WW1. converted into flats, without loss of Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1AW The casualties not mentioned in your coverage were the 306 period character. This precedent should Name...... British and Commonwealth soldiers who were executed for cow- help to inform the planning decision. From: Eimear Address...... ardice or desertion. The real cause for their offences was often a The art-deco house has historical value; Mallen in psychological reaction to the stresses of war. Today they would it adds to the architectural diversity of Australia ...... have been diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress syn- this conservation area, and should not As regards the t el...... drome or combat stress reaction. be replaced by a modern block of flats Charlie Hebdo They are commemorated at the National Memorial Arboretum which – at four storeys – would dwarf cartoons, the e mail: ...... at Alweras in Staffordshire. The monument above is called Shot the buildings on either side. It appears only thing I Satish Kumar at Dawn and was unveiled there in 2001. Created by the British that the garden and trees would also be wondered about Please enclose payment as appropriate: public artist Andy De Comyn, it is modelled on the likeness of threatened. is where do Égalité et Family membership £12 [ ] 17-year-old Private Herbert Burden, who lied about his age to Ed: The Royal Borough of Greenwich Fraternité fit in – or does Liberté trump individual membership £8 [ ] enlist in the armed forces, and was later shot for desertion. has agreed that this proposal is inap- them by a mile? s enior c itizens/unwaged £4 [ ] The 306 wooden stakes speak for themselves. propriate 'by reason of its excessive height, scale and bulk would constitute From: Christine Harrison an inharmonious and unsympathetic SPECTRUM I found your newsletter on line and wondered if you could help overdevelopment of the site' and have me with any information regarding the following: refused planning permission. It is pos- Painters & Decorators In 1901 Bridget Robinson (neé Costelloe) was living at 60 sible that an appeal will be lodged. Ormiston Road, Greenwich with four children still at home. Aged Interior/Exterior 40 years, she was widowed and worked as a ‘Police Station From: Kate Fowler Tonbridge Matron’ at Westcombe Park Police Station where her husband No job too Small In cold weather, we should be aware Clean and Reliable John had been a policeman. that wild animals may search for In 1911 she was still working as the station matron but living warmth and sustenance within our Free Estimates at 14 Combedale Rd, Greenwich. She died in 1931, address 35 homes. Combedale Rd. According to family stories she was given 'a full Animal Aid encourages people not to 30 Years Experience police funeral' – this is what I wondered if you could help with panic and call in ‘pest' controllers. as I have searched on the web but found nothing at all. She was Instead, we ask people to take a few Tel. 020 8853 2759 my husband's great-great-grandmother. practical steps to encourage that animal Ed: Can any of our readers help? to move on. Animal Aid has produced a or 0795 0815412

2 Westcombe News February 2015 FEBRUARY2015_WN.QXD 23/01/2015 11:32 Page 3 LOCAL NEWS Many thanks to all our Success for Tena

he Croatian playwright Tena Stivicic donors and sponsors Tlived on Shooters Hill Road while study- Our Christmas Bazaar could not succeed without the support of local ing for her MA in Creative Writing for businesses and traders. With their assistance, the Westcombe Society Performance at Goldsmiths College, Vesna raised over £3,000 for the charity of the year, the 999Club. Domany told the WN. Tena’s play 3 Winters, currently on at The Sponsors/Bids: Fergus Noone Montpelier National Theatre, depicts a family living over David Lloyd Kidbrooke Framed photos Neals Yard four generations in Zagreb. BurnitFitness Framing on the Heath Newsagent Westcombe Hill The family dynamics subtly mirror John Cockcroft Go West Nicky’s News Croatian history and politics. Although now Blackheath Conservatoire Greenwich Theatre Oddbins Blackheath living in Islington, Tena continues to visit Cluttons Laicram Pravin Supermarket Blackheath and Greenwich as some of her Felicity Lord Locale Premier Shop favourite places in London. Westcombe/Collins Cleaners Pares Sainsburys Raffle: Passion Flower Standard DIY Apples n Oranges Pegga Stores Standard Post Office Is it a village, or a town? B Brown Sparkes Scullery Blackheath Cooks Gifts/Bottles/Hamper: Sparkes Butchers The Blackheath Society argues that the New Kidbrooke Village Blackheath Gallery Goldings Sue Clark Master Plan proposals are still unacceptable Blackheath Pet Supplies GreenwichPicturehouse Village Deli Cote Marks & Spencer Waitrose n the last couple of months of 2014, being designated a Strategic Development Cook Marnells Well Bean IBerkeley Homes submitted to the Royal Location in the Mayor’s London Plan – Davys of Greenwich Mini Market Westcombe News Borough of Greenwich a series of planning and therefore a suitable area to provide the applications seeking approval to intensify additional homes needed to address the development in three areas of the shortfall in housing provision – it was felt Schools in Greenwich “among Kidbrooke Masterplan Area - Phase 3 that the supporting public transport (Village Centre), Phase 5 (Meridian Gate) infrastructure was inadequate. The building and Phase 6 (Blackheath Quarter). densities and heights envisaged were not the best in the country” In summary, the developer is seeking to acceptable. increase the number of dwellings in the The anxieties expressed over this new rimary schools in the Royal Borough of per cent of local authorities in England. KMA as a whole from an approved figure development echo a more general concern: Greenwich are among the best in the With 86 per cent of the borough’s 11- P of 4,000 new homes to a proposed figure that there are areas of Greenwich where country. That’s the verdict of The Sunday year- olds achieving the expected standard of 4,782 new homes. It also proposes to development is taking place, willy-nilly, Times. Its influential ‘Top 500 State in reading, writing and maths, compared increase their height significantly. without consideration of transport and Primary Schools’ list Greenwich schools with the national average of 79 per cent, Strong views were expressed at a public other infra-structure, and green space: an among the high achievers. Greenwich is the fourth best in the country. meeting in December. Despite the site issue which is causing increasing concern. Among the 32 London boroughs, the The success of Greenwich’s primary newspaper puts Greenwich third – just schools was underlined in December. The behind Richmond and Wandsworth. current national target is for schools to The news is a glowing tribute to the have at least 65 per cent of pupils reaching Renewing your Freedom Pass? dedication and hard work of the borough’s the expected level for 11-year-olds (Level lder readers really value their Freedom said there was a specific problem in Mr primary school teachers, supported by par- 4) in reading, maths and writing.The great OPasses, not so much perhaps for the Hardy’s cases involving several computer ents, governors and council education staff. news for Greenwich parents is that every money that they save, as for the convenience. errors. He pointed out that some 850,000 The Sunday Times used Key Stage 2 single primary school is meeting this tar- Four months short of the expiry of his Londoners are due to renew their passes by results from 2013 to draw up its top 500 get. Only 21 other local authorities can Freedom Pass, local resident Malcolm Hardy 31st March 2015. All Freedom Pass holders list. In Greenwich, these results have make this claim – out of 152 in England. was informed that it was no longer possible were given the options of returning their improved year-on-year, putting Greenwich For a profile of Invicta Primary School to renew a Freedom Pass in a post office, paper form or renewing online. He said that primary schools in the top performing 25 please see page 6. “presumably because Royal Mail wants too the Freedom Pass website was tested much in payment to maintain the service.” rigorously with older users to deal with any He decided to renew online – and was problems: so far the online process is Cars of the future totally frustrated by repeated and unsuccess- working “reasonably well” for most people, ful efforts to complete the procedure. he said. London Councils have taken on hat do Milton Keynes, Coventry, The trials are being carried out by He says: “It involves scanning documents extra staff to cope with the workload, and to Bristol and Greenwich have in com- GATEway (Greenwich Automated Transport W to attach in JPG format. But the website give telephone assistance to those who need it. mon? Answer: they are all conducting trials Environment), a consortium led by Transport refused to accept files as attachments – and So if you need to renew your Freedom of driverless vehicles. Research Laboratories (TRL) – originally the rejected my post code as not being a London pass, don’t panic! Thanks to Malcolm Hardy, Greenwich will see the biggest trial, and highly respected Road Research Laboratory postcode. Nick Raynsford MP and Mr O’Brien for rais- in case you have visions of the Standard founded in 1933. “I am 74 years old but quite computerate, ing and dealing with these issues. being taken over by ghostly cars without The trials are to start this year; however, so I fear that a great many other pensioners Malcolm Hardy comments: drivers, think again: initial tests will take eventually, by 2016, is hoped that driverless will have as much or more difficulty in I find it difficult to accept that the problem was place in car parks and in routes off main vehicles will offer a shuttle service, taking making the application. I advise other specific to me alone and only because I tried to roads on the peninsula. Three different zero- people to and from various attractions in applicants to go to the trouble of mailing the correct my name and address that had been emission driverless vehicles will be tried out. Greenwich. application, with photo-copies of the required wrongly scanned. With the increasing use of documents.” scanners, I'm also very wary of the mistakes The WN contacted our MP, Nick that OCR systems can make. It would be Designing London Raynsford, and got an almost immediate interesting to hear if other people have also had problems; also how many people have his year, the Friends of Blackheath by 15% in the next five years. Under this response from the Chief Executive of depended on younger members of their family London Councils, John O’Brien. Mr O’Brien THalls annual architecture lecture is by pressure how can we retain and improve to cope with the online application. Sunand Prasad, PhD, a senior partner in what is best and beautiful about the city? Penoyre & Prasad Architects, speaking And all this while cutting emissions? Do you have 2 or 3 hours to spare a week? Any time to suit about designing London for 2020. London's status today has been gained Lovely cafe you! It will be good fun, & great for meeting local people In the current decade, a population the at the expense of very many Londoners for * Lively atmosphere – and have as many teas and coffee as size of Birmingham's will be added to whom living here is less and less afford- seeks lovely you like AND listen to any nice music you choose London. London's economy is set to grow able. What can we do through planning, * Make a difference in your community architecture and technology to volunteers * Will provide training - and work experience! make a London to love? The lecture is on Wed 11th Feb. at says Please email me: [email protected] 8.00 pm. £12 (£10 seniors, £6 LIZZIE COOPER Pistachios in the Park, East Greenwich Pleasaunce students) Box office 8463 0100

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FEATURES 恭禧發財 A high old time in Old Dover Road Happy t’s the 6th of December – ‘Business ubiquitous mince pies; but look, the health Saturday’. This is when the local shops shop is giving out gluten-free mince pies. Iin the Old Dover road and around the Outside Moca my son has set up his New Standard show-case themselves, with key-board where he and guitarist/ singer special deals and Christmas discounts, Roza from his band Cadence are belting raffles, free samples etc in an attempt to out Christmas carols… attract more custom. Once upon a time Blackheath Pet Year! My son Micah, living near the Standard, Supplies had a life-size toy dog chained to ever community-minded, is playing key- a bollard outside the shop. It began nipping bit late, you might think? Not if A New Gallery board outside Moca, the Italian delicatessen people so they had to put it down…! Ottie Ayou’re Chinese! Chinese New Year - Traders: The East India Company and and café, so I decide to check it out… and the Bea kiddies’ emporium is like the Year of the Goat - is on February 19th, Asia is a new permanent gallery exploring I’ve lived in the Old Dover Road for Aladdin’s cave. Wondering how to make a and the National Maritime Museum and Britain’s maritime trade with Asia, focus- over twenty five years. I’ve witnessed Baked Alaska, or an Egg Benedict? Queen’s House, Greenwich have a number ing on the role played by the East India many changes. H. Hirst & Son the bakers’ Blackheath Cooks will enlighten you. of February Family Events to celebrate. Company. on the corner of Stratheden Road used to A man from the chip shop is plying There is a full programme of events for For over 250 years, the East India be Hirst the butchers; several newsagents shoppers with hot chips; the road is children and family visitors. Company uniquely shaped trade between have become Mini-marts. Moca humming. In Passionflower, Celebrate Chinese New Year and British Britain and Asia. The gallery explores the the Italian café used to be Well MAURICE BEN I buy a cyclamen on special East Asian heritage at the National influence of Company trade and power, Bean Health shop before that ROSE offer. A lady with a hibiscus Maritime Museum with a day of work- tracing the changing relationships between moved across the road; the Hair remembers in her coal black hair peeks shops and performances. Come along with Britain and Asia that this brought about. Salon next door is now Bella’s “Business out at me from behind the all the family, and discover more about Hair Boutique & Academy. Saturday” potted plants. The Moca café how trade by sea brought people and cul- Blackheath Eye-care Opticians has become a focal point; tural celebrations from Asia to Britain. was once a patisserie. outside is a table piled with wedges of February school holidays, Monday 16- G.G Sparkes the Organic butchers has classic Panettone, Crostini and a selection Friday 20 February 2015 On Saturday always been there. But Blackheath Cooks of Italian cured meats. 21st from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm there are was once a Computer Shop, Apples n A character in a black suit fedora and free family workshops and activities, with Orange the greengrocers are under new red scarf materialises strumming a guitar performances and story-telling management with a dazzling array of fruit singing a Music-hall ditty about a mother and veg plus pickles, soft fruits and Turkish bathing a baby who slips down the plug- delight. The Royal Grill was once the Star ole!… The Alexandra Players’ new shows Burger. Marks and Spencer Food Hall was The owner of Pet Supplies in a red tunic he Alexandra Players are putting on Cinderella, The Untold Story is almost a once Safeways and then Morrisons. Every and Santa Claus hat joins us in a rendition Ttwo one-act comedies from Thursday pantomime: the audience has to decide day, the 386 bus ploughs back and forth of Jingle-Bells: for a moment Old Dover 19th to Saturday 21st February, “Which of the characters is the REAL with customers for this vibrant shopping Road has become the Russian steppes and The double bill looks interesting: Cinderella?” The Flesh Game is about centre on our doorsteps. the 386 is a one-horse open sleigh; and Cinderella - The Untold Story and The ladies at a weight-loss farm. Janet Sweet So here am I strolling down the Old Christ, there’s Julie Christie all wrapped in Flesh Game. As usual, the performances told the WN: “Some lines are slightly adult Dover road passed Sun Garden Cottages furs – while we’re freezing our butts off. take place at Alexandra Hall, Bramshot but we think there is nothing offensive.” opposite the British Oak. In Delacourt But Moca manageress Lucia Levoci forti- Avenue, Charlton SE7 7HX. Hmmm! Sounds intriguing . . . Road, I pop into the Mental Health Charity fies us with hot chocolate; a great, great The performances on February 19th and Tickets: £9 (£8 Concessions) Children shop for mince pies and mulled wine. day for community spirit. “Oh, Excuse me 20th start at 8 pm; on February 21st they (under 16) £5. Box Office 07867 627 987 Outside G.G Sparkes there’s a table for that nice man with the chips is back . . .” are at 2.00 pm and 6.30 pm. Both plays are or [email protected] organic hot-dogs; dogs, hot, and healthy. * Micah, Piano Teacher, Accompanist suitable for children and adults. website: www.alexandraplayers.org.uk Other tables have been set up for the and Session Musician, 07942231967 A Kosovo Blood is thicker than water . . . Christmas he NHS blood and trasnsplant service To download the app, search Tis urging us to swap the gym for a 'NHSGiveBlood' in the app store. for Charlton donor chair this year. Make a note in your diary now! NHS Blood and Transplant is asking BLACKHEATH The Church Of Jesus Football Club people in Greenwich to consider spending Christ Lds (Main Hall) 2-4 Lee Road an hour of their time to donate blood in the Blackheath London SE3 9RY t has been a tough new year for New Year. With each blood donation Thu 2nd Apr 14:00-16:30; 17:30-20:00 Isupporters of Charlton Athletic, potentially saving or improving up to three GREENWICH MINI MOBIL yet there is one part of Europe lives, this good deed can help more people Emirates Greenwich Peninsula Emirates where the red shirt is being worn with pride this month. PHOTOS: than your average resolution. Airline Cable Station Car Park Of Steve Garvey Two hundred school children Every blood donation is vital, but NHS Gllab Learn Centre Chandlers Avenue from Kosovo spent two days at Christmas newly renovated Sports Palace for the event, Blood and Transplant particularly needs to North Greenwich SE10 0G battling it out for a coveted jersey from the with seating for several thousand spectators. ensure supplies of the universal blood Thu 9th Apr 10:00-12:30; 14:00-16:30 Championship club in a special tournament There were fourteen matches on the open- group O Rh Negative which is often in CHARLTON Asda Stores Ltd Bugsbys taking place in the Balkan state. ing day with the quarters, semis and final on short supply as demand is so great. The Way London SE7 7ST The third annual Kosovo football tourna- the 27th December. The competition winners, NHS also needs to ensure supplies of the Fri 6th Mar 13:40-16:30; 17:30-20:00 ment for children kicked off on Boxing Day Zekirija Rexha defeated Fehmi Agam 3-1 in rarer blood groups A Rh Negative, B Rh Tue 28th Apr 13:40-16:30; 17:30-20:00 in the city of Gjakove. Twenty-two schools the final, with the trophy now taking pride of Negative and AB Rh Negative as these are Wed 29th Apr 13:40-16:30; 17:30-20:0 took part, with the event receiving television place at the champions’ school. also vulnerable to shortfall. LEWISHAM Shopping Area and radio coverage over the two days of Following the success of this event, a To book an appointment to donate visit High Street Lewisham, SE13 6LS tough competition. The standard of football second tournament is planned for April. This www.blood.co.uk or call 0300 123 2323 to Mon 26th Jan 10:00-12:30; 14:00-17:00 was extremely high and the finalists each will comprise children from the top football find your nearest session. It is also easy Mon 16th Mar 10:00-12:30; 14:00-17:00 received a Charlton kit and other momentos. clubs from all over Kosovo. And, next to book through mobile apps for Windows, Tue 31st Mar 10:00-12:30; 14:00-17:00 The competition first started in 2012 when December, the Zekirija team will once again Android and Apple devices. 10th Apr 10:00-12:30; 14:00-17:00 local teacher Steve Garvey joined forces with line up to defend their own title, but this time Westcombe Park US charity Service International to set up a they will play their matches wearing their Christmas tournament for Kosovan football newly-acquired Charlton shirts. Westcombe park dental practice clubs. Since then, it has grown in size with Treatments Available the emphasis now on school children who Treatments Available rarely have the chance of playing in competi- ZoomZoom Tooth ToothWhitening Whitening tions. Steve teaches at The Pointer School in

DentalDental Implants Implants Blackheath, and has been a long-standing Invisalign supporter of Charlton. Invisalign “For me it was the chance of giving pupils Smile Makeovers Smile Makeovers aged 11-14 in Kosovo an opportunity to play

ToothTooth Coloured Colouring Fillings Fillings in their own tournament and to get Charlton’s name known in the Balkans,” he said. Anti-Wrinkle Treatments & Dermal Fillings Anti-wrinkle Treatments and Dermal Fillers Steve raises the money by running in 13 Station13 Station Crescent, Crescent, Westcombe marathons. (He completed six in 2014!) This WestcombePark, London Park, SE3 London 7EQ SE3 7EQ Tel. 0208 853 3304 Fax: 0208 858 1784 Christmas the Kosovan children used the Tel. 0844 375 6996 Fax. 0208 858 1784 Located next to Westcombe Park Train Station 4 Westcombe News February 2015 FEBRUARY2015_WN.QXD 23/01/2015 11:32 Page 5

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NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM Sat 21st Feb. Helpers' & Newcomers’ Party, THE GREENWICH THEATRE Crooms Hill, THE QUEEN’s HOUSE: Sat 7th March Daffodil Tea Greenwich, London SE10 8ES 020 8858 7755 WAR ARTISTS AT SEA Until February 2015 A Sat 21st March Nearly New Sale SHAKESPEARE SHUFFLE Fri 30 & Sat 31 new display showcasing the very best of the muse- Sat 4th April Easter Egg Hunt Mycenae Gardens January 2015 Five acts. Five approaches. One um’s collection of First & Second World War art Fri 17th April Quiz Night thrilling play shown five different ways THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EXPLORATION May: AGM: Dates to be confirmed JEKYLL AND HYDE Wed 11th - Sat 14th Feb. 1768 - 1780 In The Queen’s House. See the Stubbs Sat 27th June Members' Evening Robert Louis Stevenson’s cult classic Jekyll and Kangaroo (and Dingo) saved by the public, and work Fri 25th Sept Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning, Hyde is reinterpreted in this modern adaptation set of artists from all three of Captain Cook’s voyages Sat 26th Sept Nearly New Sale in an alternative London of the future, written by BLACKHEATH DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS Sat 10th Oct. Chrysanthemum Tea Jo Clifford and multi award-winning touring com- SOCIETY, St Mary’s Church Hall, Cresswell Park, Fri 23rd Oct..10.15 Quiz Night pany Sell a Door Blackheath 4th Thursday of every month, 2.00 for Please ring Joanne on 07709 571777 if you would THE FORBIDDEN DOOR Sat 21st Feb. Printing in Blackheath 2.30. Next meeting 26th Feb. Valerie Woodgate on like to help out on any of these events! Don't open that door! As soon as the rule is laid down, since 1978 Joseph Wright of Derby. Portraying people and we know it will be broken. Once the door is opened, coMMunitY scenes of his northern home town in the 18th cen- then what? - adventures! All of us love a good tale, From your ideas or Artwork tury. Non-members £5 MYCENAE HOUSE and this is a wonderful one. Expect love, loss, drama, we can print at a GREENWICH DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS Fri 6th Feb. 8.00 pm FAKE THACKRAY danger, horror, humour, twists and trials. A scintillat- reasonable cost: SOCIETY King William Court, the University of John Watterson presents the words and songs of Jake ing combination of music, sound and story. • Business cards Greenwich NEXT LECTURE: 9th Feb.: From Thackray as if the master was there before you. BLEAK HOUSE Tue 24th - Thu 26th February • Invoices • Letterheads Mauve to Mumbai Talk by Susan Kay-Williams Includes songs about , gypsies, gorillas, landladies, Join The Pantaloons Theatre Company for a fog-filled For thousands of years man dyed textiles using plants • Books • Brochures cock and bull, bantam cocks, cops, nuns, and things adventure in Victorian London. When a dead body is and insects for the colour, but in 1856 an 18-year-old • Forms • Invites people get up to on national monuments. £10.00 discovered in Mr Krook's Rag-and-Bone shop, a web student discovered the first fully synthetic dye, • Wedding Stationery Fri 13th Feb. JAZZ NIGHTS, 2nd Friday of every of mysteries starts to untangle . . . Mauve. 020 8852 7873 Non-members £8.00 month. Featuring JazzNights Allstars & guests. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Fri 27th- Sat MADE IN GREENWICH GALLERY 8293 9823 Backed by Phil Mead Trio hosted by Dave Silk £10.0 28th Feb. Our boys have returned home from war. 1a Lizban s t The gallery will be closed throughout February. THEATRETRAIN GREENWICH The real battle is just beginning: the war of the sexes. blackheath, London s e 3 8s s cHildren & FAMilY Dance - Act - Sing, Professional theatre training for KATE Wed 4th - Sun 8th March 2015 t el: 020 8853 2268 children aged 6-18 every Saturday 10-1pm. TT Minis Twice winners of the NSDF Emerging Artists Award, GREENWICH THEATRE, Croom’s Hill e mail: [email protected] classes for 4-5 year olds 12.00 -1.30pm: Mycenae Lost Watch bring their acclaimed production to HANDA'S SURPRISE House Blackheath. Contact Diane on greenwich@the- Greenwich following dates at the New Diorama www.trojanpress.com Sun 15th - Mon 16th Feb. 11.00am, 12.30pm, atretrain.co.uk or T:07977 582456 Theatre and Pleasance Islington. 2.30pm, 4pm Travel to Kenya and follow in Handa’s THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS Talk at Mycenae THE SPACE footsteps as she journeys to see her best friend Akeyo, House Sat. 7th of March at 12 noon by Suresh Sippy, Email: [email protected]: 020 7515 7799 in the next village... Handa is taking 7 delicious fruits £10 Interested readers can call Suresh directly on 269 Westferry Road, London E14 3RS as a surprise – but 7 animals have different ideas… 07931 561 885. THE DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS 10th - 28th Feb. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS S George’s CANCER RESEARCH LUNCH 7.30pm £14/ £10 The channel want a sensational doc- Tue 17th & Wed 18th Feb. Award-nominated Thurs. 5th February at The Clarendon Hotel, umentary about volatile protesters. What they get is Immersion Theatre and the critically-acclaimed WESTCOMBE PARK Montpelier Row, Blackheath SE3 0RW Prize draw & far more explosive… Cambridge Touring Theatre present a spectacular Raffle. To book, call Wendy on 8265 0335 by Mon. The Collector 3rd -14th March, 7:30pm £12/£10 musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale. 2nd February. £8.50. They say, ‘There are two sides to every story.’ I think CAPTAIN FLINN AND THE PIRATE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY SOCIETY that’s very true. People are always jumping to the DINOSAURS Thu 19 - Fri 20 February 17th February John Kennedy Melling talks on The wrong conclusions… The truth is a lot more compli- Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs arrives on Your neighbourhood Church Noakes family and the Noakesoscope: Greenwich cated. What if anything has the socially reclusive these fair shores for an adventure filled with music, on Glenluce Road Film Pioneers Meeting at The Old Bakehouse, entomologist Frederick Clegg got to hide? merriment and mischievous pirates! Bennett Park, SE3. Please use the car park behind the BLACKHEATH HALLS station. Meetings start at 7.30: non members £1. Music Rev’d Tim Yeager Team Vicar Sat 14th Feb 3.00 pm The ADVENTURES OF BLACKHEATH HALLS 07804 614245 PERSEUS £7.00 BLACKHEATH HALLS Tel 020 8463 0100 FRIENDS’ ANNUAL ARCHITECTURE website: http://www.st.georges-westcombe- Sat 28th Feb. 3.00 pm £7.00 THREE PIGS MUSIC APPRECIATION WITH MATTHEW RICHARD GRIERSON LECTURE HALF TERM AT WOODLANDS FARM TAYLOR RECITAL ROOM, Orchestral park.org.uk/ Wed. 11th Feb. 2015 at 8.00pm To book, please call 020 8319 8900. Splendours 10.00 am on: Mondays 2nd, 9th., 23rd Sunand Prasad, Past President Riba (2007–2009): Regular worship times Wed. 18th Feb. 10.00am-12.00pm & 1.00pm- Feb. and March 2nd. £10 per lecture | £80 full course Maybe it’s because: Designing London 2020 Sundays at 11.00am Holy Communion 3.00pm A Stickman Adventure. £3 per child. TUES. 3rd FEB 6.00 pm TRINITY LABAN Tickets: £12 (£10 seniors, £6 students) Box office: Wednesdays at 8.30 am Morning prayer Thurs. 19th Feb. Welly Wander 1.00 - 3.00 pm SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, “Side-by-Side” in the 8463 0100 www.blackheathhalls.com Explore the farm with our welly trail. £1 per child. GREAT HALL Conductors James Ham and Jonathan BLACKHEATH BRIDGE CLUB duplicate sessions Special February events: Friday 20th Feb. 11am – 1pm and 2pm-4pm Get Tilbrook direct our fourth Side-By-Side concert this in Mycenae House Mon. & Thurs. 7.15 pm & on Wed. Wed 18th Feb. 11.45 am Ash Wednesday service Wild in the Woods Learn how to survive in the wild. academic year with a performance of Weber’s Der at 1.15 Tel. 8851 2609 £3 per child Age 7+ See our website: Freischutz Overture, and Beethoven’s Fifth. Free, but BLACKHEATH & GREENWICH WOMEN’S and, beginning February 25th: [email protected] Player ticketed. Box office: 8463 0100 Wednesdays at 12.30 pm Lenten Course on the INSTITUTE: First Wednesday of every month at MONDAYS 9th., 16th & 23rd FEB. at 1.10pm 7.30 pm at Sunfields Methodist Church, Old Dover Beatitudes FR IENDS OF GREENWICH PARK LUNCHTIME RECITALS in the RECITAL Thursdays at 8.00 pm Lenten Course on the Road, SE3 8SJ [email protected] ROOM sponsored by he Friends of Blackheath Beatitudes The Annual Lecture Many Mansions is by local GREENWICH MERIDIAN CHOIR If you are Halls. A light lunch is available before the recital. historian Neil Rhind. A look at Crombie House on interested in joining the choir as a regular member, Thursday 26th Feb. TRINITY LABAN Park Vista, Maze Hill House, Vanbrugh Castle & (rehearsals are Thursday evenings during term time), SOLOISTS’ COMPETITION FINAL 7.30 pm Meet at 89 Westcombe Park Road House, Montague House etc. Sun. 22 Feb.at 11 a.m. contact Jean Valsler on 0208 8527548 or email Great Hall. Free, but advance booking recommended. in the King William Building, at The Royal Naval [email protected] FRI 27 FEB 18:00h GREAT HALL TRINITY College, Greenwich. Tickets: £10 (to include a glass GLOBAL FUSION MUSIC & ARTS Free work- LABAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, “Side-by- of wine) from Friends of Greenwich Park, 3 Orchard shops Fortnightly Tuesday & Friday evenings 7.30 - Side”: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 6 in B Minor Drive, SE3 0QP. Tel: 020 8852 8831. Cheques 8.30 at Mascalls Meeting Rooms off Victoria Way (Pathétique). Free, but please book: 8463 00100 payable to Friends of Greenwich Park with an sae. Charlton SE7 7TT: Tai Chi. Singing, Drumming, STERNBERG DUO FRI 20th FEB. 7:30 PM per- Writers’ Group, African Dance Info: 020 8858 9497 formance: Mozart, Beethoven & Strauss Sonatas ENGLISH FOLK 1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London, SE1 8UE MUSIC 9.00pm Tickets: £20, £16 (conc.) Based in Vanbrugh Hill The Pointer School every Tuesday the Sternberg Duo have an international reputation, at the Lord pub, and have just released their third CD. (Blackheath) Creek Road; Local studio performances: Usually last Sunday of jazz Thursday each month. Sun. 22nd Feb. 6.00 pm: Beethoven & Strauss 137 Vanbrugh Hill in the Plaza building at AGE EXCHANGE foot of the hill, near 386 bus stop (behind the frosted BOOK SALES: on glass window). Studio performance also on Sun 29th the second Saturday March 6.00 pm: CD highlights. Tickets: £10.00 every month (except booked in advance www.steinbergduo.com

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As part of our series on local schools, the WN looks at Want to write? Then read! ANGIE SMITH, Literacy Leader at John Roan School, Invicta Primary School recounts the visit of author Shivon Sudesh ears 7 and 8 at John YRoan had the opport- unity of meeting a young but very inspirational and talented author on the morning of 8th December. Shivon Sudesh’s novel Wolves Within was PHOTO:: published in August 2014. Neville Grant She wrote the novel over t long last Invicta Primary School would “have its condition needs met by the a period of fifteen months has been given the go-ahead: plans programme”) fell short of a promise of a during her last year at for the redevelopment of the new building. school while studying for A her A Levels and during school were passed at a planning meeting For two years after the council first put in January. There were no objections. in its bid, Invicta School waited to hear her first year at King’s Invicta Primary School is a great local when it would get better buildings. As the College, London. This is why it is part of our whole school success story. Last year it was judged as former governor (and ex-pupil at the Shivon arrived in this country from policy that all students should bring their “Outstanding” by Ofsted. No wonder that school), Alex Grant observed in his blog, India when she was ten years old: she current reading book to school every day. it received more than 200 applications for meanwhile, “it was galling that the could speak no English. Within a year she The students had lots of questions the sixty places available - the school has Coalition Government could find the was able to read, write and speak fluently following her presentation (which included been growing at the rate of one extra class money for 180 new Free Schools before in English. a video) and greatly benefitted from the every year. giving money to existing schools like When one of the students asked Shivon visit. The school has also been supporting Invicta that badly needed rebuilding.” how she was able to accomplish this Her talk will have inspired all the Bishop John Robinson School in For a long time, the school had to wait impressive achievement, her simple students to work hard and always strive to Thamesmead – a huge vote of confidence to find out whether it would be rebuilt or response was “reading”. do their best and have the faith to believe in the head, Marie Corbett, and the other remodelled, and when work would start. This was music to my ears as my mes- that they can achieve their goals. In staff at Invicta. As documented in the WN However, it emerged that the construc- sage to students is always the same when particular, I believe Shivon’s talk will be a two years ago, it has a thriving Children’s tion of Invicta and other schools in the pro- they ask me how they can improve their huge encouragement to those students who Centre in its grounds, offering a range of gramme was to be conventionally funded literacy skills: “the best writers in the either have difficulty with their reading services for under-fives and their parents. by the Education Funding Agency (EFA). school are those who always have a read- and writing or who have English as their It is also opening on a new site in This means the process should have been a ing book on the go.” second language. Deptford, in Benbow Road. lot quicker than if it had been done by a What is the secret of the school’s suc- Private Finance Initiative (PFI). cess? The head, Mrs Marie Corbett, says: The good news now means that work Local advice & drop-in centres “I am extremely proud to be can begin almost immediately – the Headteacher of Invicta and it is hoped that work will be reenwich Local Labour and Business Kidbrooke Project Office & Skills Centre Primary School. I get the completed within the year. G(GLLaB) brings its services to resi- 85 Tudway Rd, Kidbrooke, SE3 9YG opportunity to support, nurture The plans are to construct a dents in their local communities. GLLAB Project Office open: Tues.10am -12.00. and encourage the development new two-storey building at the gives support and advice on jobs and skills Skills Centre open: Tues. 2.00 - 4.00 pm of both pupils and their fami- northern end of the existing site, Services available include: Telephone Rachael on: 07774 666 983 to lies; as well as my staff.” bordering Invicta Road, with a * confidential one-to-one assessment of arrange an appointment. A parent (quoted on the maximum height of 8.2 metres. your skills and training development needs schools’s website) said: “I'm impressed by This will house an entrance lobby, offices, * a personal advisor to help you produce a Eltham Centre, 2 Archery Road, Eltham the professionalism, approachability and toilets, nursery playrooms, reception and Personal Development Plan that establishes SE9 1HA Information, advice and guid- commitment of staff at Invicta. They seem infant classrooms (all on the ground floor); the process for achieving your work aim ance service: Friday 9.30am to 1pm.& to have struck the right balance between on the first floor, there will be junior * specific and relevant training and work 2pm to 4.30pm. Phone Hayri on: 07903 discipline and care.” classrooms, a staff room, library resource experience opportunities. 199 043 to arrange an appointment. However, Invicta has long been in need centre and storage space. * information on specialist agencies that of better buildings. Its current building To the west of the main building there can also offer you support, skills and Work and Learn Bus dates back to 1952, replacing a Victorian will be a single storey building with a experience matching to job vacancies The GLLaB Work and Learn Bus is an out- building that was badly damaged by maximum height of 6.6 metres which will * job search support such as workshops reach resource for bringing GLLaB infor- wartime bombing, and this 1950s recon- accommodate a main hall, kitchen and din- and help with job applications mation, advice and guidance services to struction was never intended to be perma- ing area. This building will be slightly set * assistance with travel fares, childcare communities around the borough. nent. By and large the building (apart from back from the western boundary to allow fees, protective clothing and tool kits Please ring 020 8921 2440 to find the lat- the addition of some portacabins because for screening by a nature trail (which will where funding is available. est timetable. of its recent expansion to two forms of surround the whole site). The rest of the GLLaB has three centres across the entry) is exactly as it was in the early site will comprise playgrounds, amenity Royal Borough of Greenwich: 1980s. Its windows and roof have reached grassed areas, and a playing field grassed the end of their lifespan and the building is area on the southern part of the site. GLLaB Work & Learn Centre, simply not fit for purpose. As a result of these improved facilities, Chandler's Avenue, North Greenwich, Susan Clark Interiors In late 2011 the Council put in a bid there will be an increase in pupil and staff SE10 0GE Monday to Friday 9.30am to to the Government’s Priority School numbers to 420 and 75 respectively. No 4.30pm. Telephone: 020 8921 2440. Building Programme (PSBP) for funds to change in the school’s catchment area is rebuild Invicta and three other Greenwich envisaged. The Head teacher Marie Corbett Woolwich Work and Learn Centre, primary schools. said, “Everyone at Invicta is really excited Old Library, Calderwood Street, In May 2012 the council was told that about the prospect of getting a modern Woolwich SE18 6QW the bid had been successful, although the school for our children. We can’t wait to Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm. language used (each school was told it get started!” Telephone: 020 8921 2440. Susan Clark Interiors Fun with Arthur Smith

ot the New Year Blues? Need cheer- fantastic comedy, sparkling music, saucy ing up? Look no further! This stand-up, scintillating theatre and more. 113 Humber Rd G BASED IN GREENWICH, WE ARE YOUR LOCAL London SE3 7LW February, Blackheath Halls have two treats Arthur is of course well-known in ELECTRICAL SERVICES COMPANY. in store. Greenwich, a local boy who went to John From changing a light bulb to a full rewire... Construction to complete renovation First, on Thursday Feb 12th, at 8.00 Roan School. Apart from Arthur – “the Carrying out an electrical safety inspection to Project Management • Interior Design pm, the Laughing Boy Comedy Club fea- compere beyond compare” – the evening fault nding... Upholstery • Joinery • Lighting WE CAN DO IT ALL tures Peter Firman, star of BBC1’s The features one of Britain’s best loved come- ! Curtains • Blinds • Paint Magicians, bringing his trademark mix of dians, Jenny Eclair, and The MacCarricks, We are NICEIC approved and a member of the Antique Furniture • Gifts • Cards comedy and jaw-dropping magic. “two of the freshest and most energetic Electrical Safety Register. Then on Sat. Feb 21st. , “The House of performers in Edinburgh this year.” For a free quotation, please call or email and we’ll [email protected] be happy to help. www.susanclarkinteriors.com Fun” is back with Arthur Smith, promising Box office: 8463 00100. p: 020 83336759 m: 07887 571058 0208 305 2299 a truly uproarious night of variety, with Tickets: £17.50 | £15.00 e: [email protected]

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Planning applications can be viewed in the library, or at the Woolwich Library on the lower ground floor of the Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington St. They may also be viewed on www. green- ENVIRONMENT wich.gov.uk/planning The Westcombe Society’s Troubled bridge over water iver-watchers are intrigued Environment Committee report Rby the proposals put for- John Roan planning application 57A Westcombe Park Road ward by an outfit called the A meeting of the Planning Committee con- A planning application submitted to the Garden Bridge Trust for a gar- sidered three applications with regard to council to demolish 57A WPR and replace den bridge over the Thames. John Roan School. They concerned light- it with a block of eight flats, mostly two- The £175 million scheme has ing, which local residents complain is too bedroomed. has been turned down. now been approved by both bright, directed at the wrong angle and The Environment Committee objected councils involved – Lambeth alight too late at night; the siting of the both to the demolition of a unique local and Westminster Councils. lockers which are unsightly due to the building, which although not perhaps the The bridge – brainchild of removal of the trees which screened the best of its kind, nevertheless contributes to designer Thomas Heatherwick area; Community Use: the Westcombe the local variety of buildings in the conser- and actress Joanna Lumley – Society WS supports the use of the build- vation area; also to the new building which will provide an area for people maintenance. Concerns have also been ings by the community but there is concern would be larger in footprint and in height. to learn about gardening and raised about the potential loss of views because of the hours, including weekends, No to IKEA horticulture. such as St Paul's Cathedral. that it proposed the buildings stay open. The campaign continued with a demonstra- The 1,200 foot pedestrian bridge will Civil engineers have also called it "the At the planning meeting all three applica- tion on December 6th. Recently a lawyer feature a wide variety of shrubs, plants and most expensive footbridge in the world". tions were allowed but councillors agreed acting on behalf of the group informed even trees. It is claimed that the cost of Bridge expert Simon Bourne says the cop- that there were concerns that needed to be them that until the council actually issued the scheme will be met by companies, per cladding makes the bridge five to 10 resolved through urgent meetings between an order there was no outline planning charities, and individual donations, with times more expensive than it should be. the school and local residents and Matt consent. The public were asked to request £60m pledged by the Treasury and TfL. He told BBC London that the cost is "five Pennycook agreed to take up the relevant that before granting such permission, However, the plan has run into strong to 10 times more than you'd expect a foot- issues with the Director of Children's further, independent, traffic assessments local opposition. It would mean the closure bridge to be". Services. should be carried out. of Temple Station for six months, felling However, Ben Emmott, the Executive 30 trees and the loss of greenspace on the Director of the Garden Bridge Trust, says South Bank, to accommodate the bridge that around 90% of local respondents landing at Bernie Spain Gardens. support the proposals. The project has Westcombe Woodlands Anti-bridge campaigners point out that received “huge support” from Londoners. TIM BARNES losing green space to create green space Not from our neck of the woods, makes little sense. They also argue that the though: one disgruntled local resident e continued our volunteer work we hope that early this Spring we will have estimated 7.1 million visitors a year would complained: “While central London gets Wthroughout last year, and planted access to the lower part of the woodlands, lead to over-crowding in areas already yet another (unnecessary) bridge, here we about 300 wild flowers. The fruit trees we which no longer relies on the good will of thronged with visitors. They also claim are desperately short of river crossings.” planted with the aid of a grant from Capital the Mountfields in Maze Hill. Once that that the bridge will cost £3.5m in annual Interested? Visit www.gardenbridgetrust.org or Clean-Up are thriving. access is established and safe, we hope to Email [email protected] The hawthorne and rose hedge planted involve a local primary school for limited between the glade and the Seren Park and supervised access to the woods by the development is now well established. The school children. Troubled tunnel under water glade is a lovely place at any time of the The Lasseter Place end of the woods year and I do urge Friends to turn up as has seen the planting of hundreds of blue- n 3rd December many local residents likely to be used for local journeys. volunteers at one of our monthly work ses- bells together with birch, hazel and aspen Oattended a lively meeting organised by Of particular concern, and an issue sions, so as to enjoy both the surroundings saplings. The four rustic benches made the Westcombe Society about the proposed which divided the meeting, were the pro- and good company. from the wood of a large tree which fell in river crossings. posals to introduce charges for both the The saga of the gate from the Seren the glade, makes an attractive feature. Transport for London are in the process new and the existing tunnel. TfL argue Park Car Park into the woodlands is now At our last AGM we enjoyed a talk of holding public consultations on a num- that “this is as an essential element to nearing its close. The legalities are being from Nick Day of the Plumstead Common ber of alternatives. The one that most manage demand and provide a source of tidied up, with the Blackheath Preservation Environmental Group about the work they affects our area is the Silvertown Tunnel revenue to help pay for construction and Trust Woodlands Company paying for have been doing over the years. which involves building a new tunnel of operation of the new tunnel at Silvertown.” these legal costs. That company and the It is sad that Alex Grant is moving away two lanes in each direction to the east of There was some anger that those living Friends are dividing the costs of the gate from Greenwich and leaving the the Blackwall Tunnels. Traffic from the in west London had the free use of many between them. Committee of the Friends. He has been a new tunnel would join the road system bridges while we in the east face having to We are establishing the path down from valuable supporter and we hope to see him close to the existing southern exit. pay for the few crossings that exist. the mound area towards the car park and again on his return familial visits. TfL claim that, 'the Silvertown Tunnel Others, however, felt that charging was will provide a viable alternative for some the best way to regulate traffic flows and users of the Blackwall Tunnel; reducing could be effective if it was sufficiently congestion, making journeys more reliable flexible. The question is would the level of and significantly reducing the impact of charges be sufficient to regulate the traffic? disruption.' A straw poll was taken at the Many residents agreed that some Margaret meeting based on the questions in the measures need to be taken to ease Gravelle consultation document to inform the the congestion at the Blackwall Environment Committee's response. Tunnel, which at peak times can back up This can be seen on the Westcombe well beyond the Sun-in-the-Sands. Society website. TfL will review the con- But there were concerns about the loca- sultation and publish more details from tion and design of the Silvertown propos- mid-2015 and there will be other opportu- als. There were concerns also that the new nities to respond to their plans in the final tunnel would lead to an increase in traf- consultation in 2015. The TfL website is fic – and yet the changes to the road sys- http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ travel-information tem on the south side of the river, did not /improvements-and-projects/silvertown- appear to cater adequately for this increase. tunnel. Dispersal of traffic on leaving the tunnel PLANNING APPLICATIONS was also thought to be a major problem. See also http//www.westcombesociety.org/ Will the new tunnel reduce congestion and pollution as promised? And since the new 54 HUMBER ROAD ref 14/3694/F Demolish existing extension and shed/garage and tunnel will allow larger lorries to cross, contruct single-storey rear/side extension will it result in more pollution? REAR OF 34 FOYLE ROAD ref 14/3701/F Some people argued that the basis for Demolish existing garages and construct 2 the projected modelling was unclear and two-storey houses lacked detail and there was not enough information about destinations and origins 117 WESTCOMBE HILL ref 14/3715/F Construct first and second floor extensions of current users in order to usefully inform to existing rear extension projected changes in traffic flow. It is not clear how many – if any – users of the TREE WORKS: tunnel will want to use the eastern route. 102 WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD ref 15/0153/TC TfL say the tunnel, 'will also create Fell Himalayan cherry close to house in rear opportunities for new public transport con- 49 ULUNDI ROAD ref 15/0146/TC nections across the river'. Anything that Fell two decayed plums and a bay in rear can affect the very high level of pollution 73 MYCENAE ROAD ref 15/0152/TC in parts of North Greenwich was wel- Crown reduce willow by 30%, magnolia by 4ft and holly by 6ft in rear garden comed although public transport is only

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