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“My sister says Valentine’s Day is cancelled this year, I don’t believe her.” Lottie Plum, 11 years Local Women in N ew Year’s Fight goes on for Honours List The Vanbrugh

well-kept secret was revealed on New AYear’s Eve when Jill Demilew was he Planning Inspectorate has recently awarded an MBE for services to mid - Tapproved plans to build a house on the wifery in the Honours list. A much outdoor space behind The Vanbrugh pub in deserved award to an amazing midwife. East , nearly a year after the Jill was a Consultant midwife at King’s proposals were rejected by Greenwich College Hospital till she retired in 2019. Council. She also received the Chief Midwifery This was the third such planning appli - Gold Award in 2020. cation from the pub’s freeholder – Isle of I am sure many Greenwich residents Man-based Hamna Wakaf Ltd. – which were guided into this world by Jill’s expert would see the loss of 29% of the pub’s hands and welcomed by her joyful spirit outdoor space, including part of its beer when she was an independent midwife garden. many years ago. Congratulations Jill, a Greenwich Council had previously much loved neighbour and friend. refused the plans on the grounds that the Ann Cochran development “would fail to provide a high And..... quality living environment” because the Gwen Zammit has been awarded the proposed amenity space is split between British Empire Medal for services to the two different locations, with much of it community of Charlton, Royal Borough of located beneath the upper floors of the Greenwich. “A very good start to 2021” proposed house. However, the Planning Gwen said. Inspector overturned the decision, stating that “whilst the form of amenity space pro - vision may not match the normal percep - THIS COULD tion of a suburban garden, it would never - theless to my mind be fit for the purpose AFFECT YOU! intended in terms of quantity and quality.” Plans to develop the site have attracted he Council are working to develop a significant opposition from the local com - munity, with fears that the pub’s viability scheme that tackles all of the local ood to see Jools Holland still finds EU country is allowed pick up and deliv - T would be affected by the loss of part of its concerns and issues we have concerning time, in his busy schedule, to read the er a further load inside the host country beer garden. The latest application G the traffic in Westcombe Park. They will Westcombe News! He promises the WN an before returning to the border. received 379 objections, including from be writing to all residents with proposals interview in the coming months so if there (Wikipedia) Westcombe Society and East Greenwich and FAQs in the coming weeks to seek is a question you’ve always wanted to ask “This will give touring artists a rather Residents Association, which consider the your views and ensure the scheme meets him, now’s your chance. Email your ques - larger headache for trucking their equip - pub to be an important and popular local as many of our residents' requirements as tion(s) to [email protected] ment. Plus the additional paperwork for a amenity. Tom Stanworth possible. Maggie Gravelle and we will put them to one of our most carnet to be approved at each EU country’s well-known former residents who still entrance and exit, will no doubt cause keeps his studio here. delays that will affect the logistics of the Post Brexit the business of touring musi - touring agenda... it really is bad. We are cians such as Jools has changed signifi - still trying to determine how this is going cantly, causing more expense all around. to operate (if at all). We appear not to His manager, Paul Loasby, writes, “having know at this stage.” to get work permits for each musician will As for Jools’ manager’s views on be painful. It’s unnecessary red-tape lead - whether music will return to normal after ing to increased costs and large amounts of the pandemic, he had this to say, “Once time spent on paperwork. Then there’s the there is confidence in the efficacy of the problem on cabotage : vaccine I believe that live music will return ‘The European Union allows limited with the a vengeance…..the ‘Live cabotage for road transport. A non-resi - Experience’ is unique and does not replace dent carrier which has driven to another the digital one.” << Newsbriefs > >

V for Life! Road/Westcombe Hill area music and song performanc - V for Life is the world's only adjacent to the A102. es and recorded memories charity working on behalf of A community meeting has from some of the ‘hidden older vegans and vegetarians. been arranged by TfL for the children’ caught up in the It publishes a popular 3rd February for those horrors of the WWII. The lifestyle magazine - from directly affected i.e. those in theme for this year is ‘Be the nutrition, through to seasonal the immediate vicinity and light in the darkness’ to recipes and information on siding the A102, from encourage all to reflect on meal-delivery services. Charton Road to the the depths humanity can sink It runs its own veggie pen- Westcombe Hill junction to and also the ways individ - and phone-pals scheme; pro - with Station Crescent. TfL uals and communities can vides information on the will share progress to date, resist that darkness to ‘be the veggie-friendly care homes next steps and will ask resi - light.’ that it works with; and offers dents for input and sugges - And finally..... grants to support independ - tions. It will also include an Hope Springs Eternal ent living. And if you've ever explanation of how the wondered how your dietary upcoming consultation will beliefs would be protected work including the consulta - should you lose capacity, V tion area. for Life has the answers. Website: www.vegetarianfor - Lest We Forget life.org.uk On 27th January, Royal Borough of Greenwich hanks to footballer and food poverty campaigner, Marcus Rashford, the plight of fam - Noise Barrier remembered victims of the Tilies on low incomes struggling during the pandemic has never been higher on the As part of the Silvertown Holocaust and subsequent political agenda. While it is still being debated in Parliament how to help these families, Tunnel project it was agreed genocides in an online event we can all do our bit to reach out and support those less fortunate during the challenging that a noise barrier would be to mark Holocaust Memorial Wendy Young, times we all find ourselves in. Please donate to local food banks. delivered in the Siebert Day. Woolwich Singers [email protected] Polly Morgan Road/Invicta The event included several community choir leader COMMUNITY

Westcombe News Patrick Early RIP 'We were not the only ones affected' e are sorry to report the death on PUBLISHER W30th December of Patrick Early, a s we all know we live in strange slow moving congested traffic which The Westcombe Society local resident and poet, at the age of 84. Atimes. Although quite why the means a deterioration in air quality not just c/o 163 Westcombe Hill, SE3 7DP or Ma ny local residents will remember read - Government and Greenwich Council chose for residents but for those (including many [email protected] ings of his poems with the InWords group. this moment to close roads in West school children) waiting at bus stops on Chair: Marilyn Little Patrick Early studied Modern Languages Greenwich when a collapse in people’s Blackheath Hill. Tel: 0208 853 1312 at Cambridge, and Applied Linguistics at confidence to use public transport and an Whilst I understand the desire of many Leeds and Essex Universities. He was also explosion in home deliveries has seen huge local residents to live on quieter roads I a graduate of Goldsmith’s School of EDITOR increase in traffic, may have to remain one think we all need to think of the wider con - Creative Writing. Anne Williams of life’s mysteries. sequences. Many readers will be aware of A career officer in the British Council, The impact on the roads of the ‘Hills and the recent Coroner’s inquest into the death All editorial correspondence to: he lived with his family in a number of [email protected] Vales Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN)’ of Ella Addo-Kissi-Debrah which ruled countries including Europe, Latin America in Westcombe Park however is all too evi - that air pollution had made a material con - and the Arab world. dent. Understandably, many residents of tribution to her death – the first time that EDITORIAL TEAM In retirement, he devoted himself to Maze Hill and similar blighted roads in the such a verdict has been recorded. Ella’s Assistant Editor: Polly Morgan poetry. His poems have appeared in a locality want to family lived Jo Burnand number of British and Irish publications. ameliorate their near the South In 2013, he published a collection of his own predicament. Circular Road a ALL PRESS poems Ice Flowers Over Rock with However, there is similar High MATERIAL TO BE SENT TO: Lapwing, Belfast. an inevitable logic Traffic Road to [email protected] Throughout his life, Patrick evinced an to this as similar Blackheath Hill Deadline for February copy: interest in Spanish language and literature, demands will quite and Shooters 16th March2021 and he spent some years working for the understandably Hill. I would British Council in Madrid and Barcelona. grow in the Royal hope that that SUB EDITOR His translation of the poems of one of the Standard and case and the Annie Grey greatest Spanish poets of the 20th Century, Charlton areas as current furore Antonio Machado in a collection, entitled the displaced traf - Pic: Blackheath Society about the intro - A Voice in Time (Our Glass Publishing ENVIRONMENT fic finds a route. The final outcome will be duction of LTNs across may lead 2014) are outstanding. It takes a poet t o Editor: Maggie Gravelle a ‘Berlin Wall’ of locked down roads from to a more considered debate on how to translate poetry. All comments and queries to Woolwich to West Greenwich with huge reduce traffic, and especially polluting traf - We send our condolences to his wife, Emily Norton: 0208 853 2756 implications for those communities and fic, on London’s High Traffic Roads with Stephanie Allen-Early, and family . local businesses. the ambition of Clean Air for All. Neville Grant ADVERTISING Perhaps I should declare an interest here Singapore, a similar size to London, has as a resident of Blackheath Hill for over 25 introduced road pricing which encourages [email protected] years (although previously a happy resi - everyone to use their vehicles less (and is Deadline for Advertising: ‘MAMMA MIA!’ dent of Vanbrugh Park). Blackheath Hill is the only way to tax foreign lorries and 14th March 2021 Have some fun post lockdown home to a mixed community which is pre - firms like Amazon). More locally perhaps by joining a local theatre group dominately social and private housing ten - we could advocate ‘Green Walls’ of plants DISTRIBUTION ants and one which brings great diversity and trees to filter air pollution along appro - Emily Norton and volunteers he Theatre Group at Charlton are to the communities of West Greenwich and priate sections of Blackheath Hill (we were Tel: 0208 853 2756 Tappealing to the local artistic commu - Blackheath. For fans of Charles Dickens it promised something similar by the Royal nity for help with their new production, also features in the first page of ‘A Tale of Borough 25 years ago when they intro - PRINTING Mamma Mia, to be staged in the autumn. Two Cities’. duced a lorry ban in Greenwich Town Trojan Press If you feel too shy for centre stage then Perhaps one of the great disappointments Centre but other priorities for the funding Email: [email protected] there is plenty of opportunity to join in of the current debate is how many of our apparently emerged). www.trojanpress.com with backstage activities... staging, light - councillors and neighbours dismiss our Those with long memories may remem - ing, publicity, etc. Also singers and homes as on ‘the A2’ as if there was an ber 2002 when Blackheath Hill, for rea - The views expressed in the Westcombe dancers, here is your chance to pump up urban motorway across Blackheath. The sons still unexplained, collapsed and News are not necessarily those of the your CV with a credit for performing in decisions to introduce a LTN scheme in became London’s largest pot hole for over Westcombe Society or of the Editor. this entertaining show. West Greenwich has had an huge adverse a year. If Greenwich and Transport for We take all reasonable precautions to “Mamma Mia was chosen because it impact on the 1,500 households on London think the answer to the traffic protect the interests of our readers by will give those attending the opportunity to Blackheath Hill (in comparison there are problem locally is to close all the feeder ensuring as far as possible the bona fides let their hair down and have a good night 170 households on Crooms Hill). As your roads and funnel all traffic along of our advertisers but cannot accept any out!” said Gwen Zammit, the Theatre’s recent feature from East Greenwich mem - Blackheath Hill - beyond its natural responsibility for them. Any complaints Director. bers indicated, the most adverse conse - capacity to cope - well don’t say you should be addressed to the advertiser. Please contact Gwen Zammit at gwen - quence of the West Greenwich LTN is less weren’t warne d! [email protected]. for details. about traffic itself but more about creating Paul Wheeler, Blackheath Hill To access back numbers (in colour) go to: http: //www.westcombesociety.org/west Views expressed are not necessarily those of either combenews Letters the Westcombe Society, or the Westcombe News . Dear Editor, present covid-distancing rules. one has to spend many hours Young people, who have no job, This morning I have heard When we arrived there was a there; as all the NHS stuff and or are in poorly paid jobs, and several disturbing stories of short line of elderly people with the volunteers have been doing the working poor with young problems with the vaccinations required distances between them for the sake of public good. In families, surely have greater in various parts of the country. and several volunteers attentively spite of it the whole procedure needs than over 60s? Older Westcombe society As my experience in Greenwich watching if anyone needed help was smooth and admiringly well codgers don't need to be older membership was to the contrary I would or a seat. All through the organised. cadgers. appreciate if it too was recorded. procedure we were full of I want to thank the NHS, Dear Editor, please send this membership form to: Early on Tuesday of one grim admiration for the brilliant organ - Greenwich Council and all the I really want to thank you and christine Legg, 69 mycenae road, morning in early January, my isation and coordination of med - volunteers. everyone who contributes to London, se3 7se husband and I had a telephone ical staff and many volunteers Vesna Domany Hardy creating and publishing the WN. call from the NHS asking if we facilitating the whole operation. From: Neville Grant SE3 As a relative newcomer to the Name...... wanted to be vaccinated. After After receiving the vaccine, The proposal by Sadiq Khan to area I absolutely love having a our enthusiastic confirmation we administered by the deft hands of raise his share of the council tax local paper! I read it every time Address...... were directed to Charlton House a young doctor, we were led by by over 9% seems ill-judged, and think it’s wonderful that you for Friday afternoon - the place another volunteer to the sitting given that many Londoners are and the team put it together for ...... where the vaccinations in our area allocated for the wait of 15 seriously up against it in these us all. Thank you. area have been taking place. minutes, in case of a possible troubled times. As usual, it will In the light of yet another gov - tel...... After a long dark period of reaction. We were given the hit the poorest the hardest. ernment decision to let children doom and gloom we saw this stopwatch but also some time to Even more ill-judged is the pro - go hungry during school holi - email...... invitation as an opening of a remember many enjoyable events posal to use the extra income to days, I was wondering if you window of light and on that in this beautiful space such as the pay for free travel for 60-year- might consider including a fea - Please enclose payment as appropriate: Friday we were on time for our music appreciation lectures by old working Londoners, who ture about how we can help feed vaccination slots. These are Mathew Taylo r and other beauti - already have free travel - except our neighbours. I know I would Family membership £12 [ ] being given in the wood-panelled ful concerts. perhaps when going to work in like to be doing more but it’s Old Library, a big enough space The library does not have a the early morning, thereby exac - really hard to know how to do individual membership £8 [ ] with separate entrance and exit heating system and in winter it is erbating the generational con - so. It would be great if you could senior citizens/Unwaged £4 [ ] enabling an adherence to the a cold environment, especially if flicts already existing in society. point us in the right direction! 2 Westcombe News February 2021 LOCAL NEWS

We will miss you LONDON’S MOVING EASTWARDS Farewell to Prospero Doreen Jo Burnand

ews that the Silvertown Tunnel has Crossrail across London has sought to Nreceived further condemnation adds to cater for this growth while leaving at the concerns over pollution and the allocation door of south east London’s municipal of affordable housing in a London that is councils the task of providing houses and steadily mov - opportuni - ing eastwards. ties for an The tunnel, area of which is due London e at WN are sad to report the demise to begin con - expected Wof the magazine Prospero which for struction this to grow 26 years has been produced with great oreen Grandon, a long-time resident year and by dedication by the editor, local resident Dof Westcombe Park passed away on would run in 600,000 Chris Ormell. 3rd January 2021, four days short of her similar align - over the Prospero’s subtitle was Philosophy for 87th birthday after a long illness. ment to the next 15 Education and Cultural Continuity, and it Doreen and her husband Aubrey lived in Emirates cable years. campaigned for educational reform. It was the Westcombe Park area for many years, car has been A ‘City the house magazine for the PER Group – moving from Coleraine Road to dealt a further in the (Philosophy for Educational Renewal) first Beaconsfield Road in 1965. The house was blow by MP East’ ris - mooted in 1993 at the University of East very much a place for socialising with for Erith and ing from Anglia, in Norwich, where Chis Ormell many members of the local community Thamesmead, the Isle of was a lecturer in mathematics. PER cam - attending parties that were held on a fairly Abena Dogs and paigns for a process of renewal in which frequently basis. Aubrey died in 1989 but Oppong- expanding schools, colleges and teachers can regain Doreen remained in Beaconsfield Road. Assare, who decried the tunnel’s “continu - into the Thames Gateway offers a vision. the sense of mission, verve and enthusiasm Both Doreen and Aubrey were popular ously escalating costs”. She joins a chorus Spurred on by the success of Canary characteristic of the best schooling of the members of the Westcombe Society - in of opposition to the plans: Matthew Wharf and the regeneration that has fol - past. fact they were amongst the first to join the Pennycook whose Greenwich and lowed subsequently, brownfield sites will It urged education to be placed in the WS at its inception. They both joined in Woolwich constituency would contain one provide the foundations for housing devel - hands of teachers, rather than managers, with all the social events, particularly the end of the tunnel and MP for West Ham, opments interlinked by a network of and education to be about learning to rea - garden parties, entertainment and amateur Lyn Brown’s constituency at the other end, ‘opportunity areas’, among them a £1bn son, and to develop a sense of value, rather dramatics. Doreen continued this have both criticised the plans on the business park for start-up businesses along - than merely to cram for exams by being ‘tradition’ after Aubrey’s death culminat - grounds it would generate more congestion side the River Lee. able to regurgitate facts. Education to be ing in a huge party at Mycenae House for as City Hall seeks to recuperate some of While these plans take shape over the for life, rather than a narrow focus on jobs, her 80th birthday. the £2bn in maintenance costs the tunnel is next few years, London is being pushed Chris Ormell managed to produce four Doreen was keen on music, a passion expected to incur over the next 25 years. outwards and beyond by an expanding issues of this magazine a year for 26 years she brought to her work. She taught at The four-lane tunnel has seen its original band of gold that has sent the price of land – no mean feat. He also organised some challenging schools - The Holy construction estimate of £600m in 2012 rocketing, like the stew of utensil-like ‘tall meetings and conferences both here in Family on the Ferrier Estate and St rise in a 2015 consultation to £1bn. It has buildings’ extending from the once solitary Westcombe Park, Cambridge, and central Patrick’s in Plumstead. Doreen delighted been touted as a means to freeing up con - NatWest Tower. Clusters of red lights at London. in bringing opera to her children, indeed gestion in the South East and in Greenwich night mark out a Greenwich grappling to Chris Ormell will continue with his cam - the staff were always surprised when inter - in particular where tailbacks along the A2 retain some control over what, how and paign via a PER blog, and a pertinent nationally-recognised singers arrived in and through the Blackwall Tunnel have where housing is laid down, while private newsletter wittily called Impertinence. But Plumstead! She took her pupils to Covent seen residents paying for what are long- consortiums plough ahead, supplying ever many of us will miss the intellectual stim - Garden and the staff there reciprocated by overdue improvements. Sadik Khan costlier accommodation to an increasingly ulus that Prospero provided, and its infec - sending their singers to the school to per - claims the tunnel is crucial to improving wealthy clientele: of all the housing on tious idealism. Neville Grant form parts from the operas that were being river crossings in East London that are Greenwich Peninsula a quarter is signed studied. It was an extraordinary endeavour “antiquated and worn out” while cam - off as affordable. HAVE YOUR SAY! at the time but Doreen would continue to paigners claim the scheme is incompatible As Greenwich Council embarks on its oyal Borough of Greenwich have meet ex-pupils after she retired who would with plans to make London carbon free by biggest housebuilding scheme in a decade Rreleased their draft carbon neutral plan talk animatedly about the experiences she 2050. the Government has insisted the construc - to tackle the climate emergency and reach provided. London’s infrastructure has been creak - tion industry “should continue to operate its ambitious target of net zero carbon Doreen was a born organiser and every ing at the seams under the weight of a pop - during the national lockdown”. Just as emissions by 2030. It sets out what Christmas would arrange a holiday for the ulation that has grown steadily with dereg - Canary Wharf rose from the rusting redun - changes and actions they feel are neces - next summer for her friends - sometimes ulation and an expanding EU. London’s dant frames of the West India Docks so too sary. We have until 7th March to give the as many as 20 people. population surpassed its 1939 peak of 8.6m will London continue to grow, but at what Council our feedback, before the plan is She was a keen member of the in early 2015 and, despite Brexit, is price is perhaps a question we cannot formally adopted in spring 2021. Hard Ascension Choir and Blackheath Choir expected to open its doors to another two afford to ask. copies available on request. Email: sus - and carried on singing with them until million before 2050. The expansion of [email protected]. very recently - she could be heard practis - ing in her garden until a few years ago. Doreen leaves a son Adrian and four grandchildren. Her daughter Hilary sadly died three years ago. Doreen will be great - ly missed by her friends and neighbours. Her funeral was held at Eltham Crematorium on 20th January. There is a remembrance page set up on Dementia.uk - https://doreen- grandon.much loved.com if anyone wish - es to make a donation to her memory or share photos or stories of Doreen. Best Served Locally?

e are being urged to support our Wlocal food outlets and indeed many of these have been life-savers during lock - down. It is therefore alarming to read in the News Shopper (22.11.20), that some of these have very poor hygiene standards. Inspectors regularly visit local establish - ments and rate them using the Food Standards' Agency 0 - 5 scale. Several have recently been given a rating of 1, including David Lloyd's Leisure Centre which is used by many local residents.

Westcombe News February 2021 3 FEATURES PLANNING A A Sign of the Times Amy Bird LOCKDOWN e currently have a powerful configuration in the heavens breathe, meditate, do yoga and Tai Chi, walk in nature, dance, Jo Burnand Wthat is having a huge impact on us all, albeit in different sing, make art; anything that brings a sense of inner peace and remember a school report dimly describ - ways. Neptune, the planet of oneness, compassion, sacrifice, unity stillness. Iing me as one minute head down and the and the collective, is forming a challenging square to the Nodes of Neptune invites us to listen to the subtle cues and messages that next peering vacantly out of the window. the Moon. The Nodes represent our destiny and show what we are our bodies give us and to pay attention to our dreams. We all intu - Tearing around a surgery, days later, my currently focusing on for our soul growth, both personally and col - itively know the truth; it’s just a case of developing greater trust in mother looking helplessly on, the doctor lectively. They are currently in Sagittarius and Gemini, two signs this inner knowing. We are encouraged to pray for those we love, diagnosed hyperactivity and suggested she which are very much concerned with truth and lies, for the world we live in and for the world our chil - plan my days with the aim of getting me to opinions versus facts, intuition versus the rational, logi - dren will inherit. Indeed, Neptune helps us to use focus. Trips fishing for sticklebacks, then cal mind. We are being asked to have a long hard look our imaginations to set positive intentions and blackberry picking, then assembling myri - at our beliefs, seeing them for what they are and recog - dream the new world into being. ad sweet treats led me to becoming a chef nising how limiting some of them might be. The Neptune shows us the true meaning of empathy, and of course in a kitchen you don’t stop. Gemini North Node encourages us to use our common forgiveness and unity. It reminds us that we are That is until Covid and furlough came sense and logic and invites us to make time to do some not as different as we think we are and asks us to along. research so that we can back up any intuitive hunches find compassion and understanding for all living For those of us whose time stretches we may have. beings, whether they agree with us or not! ahead to some unknown horizon, having a In the meantime, Neptune is such a powerful force Neptune sometimes asks us to sacrifice something plan is an idea worth trying at least. You right now, because it is in its own sign, Pisces and on a personal level for the sake of an ideal and the don’t have to give every second a purpose, square the Nodes. On one level, it is creating great con - higher good of all. there are all sorts of ways to waste time, fusion as the truth is completely shrouded and obscured so that we For some this sacrifice may involve standing up and speaking out like clapping for Saga Noren in The don’t know what to believe and what information to trust. All is in the face of ridicule, ostracisation and even loss of financial Bridge or arguing with invitees’ choices on not as it seems! The lower vibration of Neptune, which is certainly security, while others may feel that staying at home and not seeing Desert Island discs. But for an amount of playing out on the world stage right now, brings fogginess, confu - their friends or family is a sacrifice they are willing to make in time, you can choose something to devote sion, smoke screens, propaganda, gaslighting, illusions appearing order to protect the frail and vulnerable. Indeed, we may still be yourself to - and for that you need a plan. real, delusions, deception, disillusionment, victim mentality, a asked to make sacrifices in order to bring in the world we want to Using your time for some aim, will attract desire to escape reality, drug and alcohol abuse, burying our heads live in. Short term sacrifice for long term gain. you to the idea of using time, just as not in the sand, fantasy, theatre, trance, glamour, enchantment, spells Martin Luther King had Neptune square his Nodes within his using it, will leave you sitting looking out and magic. Indeed, there is the potential for some kind of “spell” birth chart and is a classic example of someone who made huge of the window. Another good thing about being cast that puts people into a trance, both personally and col - personal sacrifices for the sake of a cause that was far greater than plans is you can choose how much or how lectively. Neptune truly is the master of illusion, potions and the him. In his final speech, before he was assassinated, he literally little time you devote to something. If subliminal message! said “ I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. what you’ve chosen appears daunting, The higher vibration of Neptune, however, encourages us to turn But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to even boring, or you’re not sure whether within for the answers we seek. In our seclusion we are invited to the Promised Land.” There is a sense that he knew that his time your expectations will marry with the real - develop a more tangible connection to Spirit and the Divine so was up, but it wasn’t in vain. Possibly he felt that his life was a ity, put aside only half-an-hour. If it’s that we can cultivate a greater sense of faith, hope and trust and small price to pay for the future of humanity. something you have always been dead set acceptance of what we cannot change. We are encouraged to www.amybirdartandastrology.com on, then now’s the time to give your dreams some time - if only because then you can then tick it off your ‘to do’ list. Keeping Fit in Lockdown Annie Grey My plan has been to devote two hours of an evening to learn how to draw. With my ith the gyms closed again, more and they jump up onto the table where the range of pencils from H6 to HB6 I’ve Wmore people are having to keep up laptop is situated and peer into the screen sketched away at faces in magazines, their fitness regimes whilst at home. This, to see what all the movement is about. hands, especially my own. Then, before although a good idea in theory, can cause Yes, there are hundreds of videos on settling down to wonder at why Happy one or two problems in practice. YouTube but finding ones that suit my Valley had never figured in my life before, Space : Some of the instructors from the needs (bearing in mind the instructors are I would share an hour’s zoom session from gym I usually go to are now running their often very young and I’m … erm … not) around the world, wincing, to start with, classes via Zoom so it’s good to see the can be tricky and become repetitive and my efforts to paint short poses of live people who usually attend the classes, boring after a while. Some of the models. I’m still trying to drag myself albeit on the screen instead of in person. instructors insist on saying things like, “I away from drawing outlines in pencil first However, the room in which my computer see you!” (no, you can’t) or showing how and then filling in with colour, as children is situated isn’t particularly wide so doing much they’re sweating and I should be too do in sketch books, and am sad to say I the grapevine or sashay moves (fellow (no, I’m not). Jo’s copy of the cover of the Dutch haven’t got there yet. gym bunnies will know these) is fraught So until that happy day when the gyms House (see his review What’s On Time, like pennies in a jar, adds up, but with problems – not least the bumping into and pools open again, I shall continue to page). Hats off to Jo for investing his unlike small change, you cannot see time. Its difficult to gauge how well you’re the bookcase one side of the room and the wiggle, jiggle, dance and prance from the time to learn a skill that the Masters using it. What matters is that you are using wall the other. Jumping is causing my comfort of my living room. make look so easy! Victorian floorboards to creak alarmingly it and for that it helps to have a plan. and, according to some of the girls who live in flats, a few com - plaints from the residents below. (And I’m not being sexist when I say ‘girls’ as no ‘boys’ attend our Dance or Legs, Bums & Tums classes.) Children : Some small people have found it very amusing to watch mum hopping about and waving her arms around. Sometimes they try to join in, causing mum to fall over them then have to leave the class to comfort the child who, understandably, doesn’t like being trodden on. Pets : Being small and sneaky (cats especially), they creep in unnoticed then, like the children, can get trodden on. Or

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TV/FILM REVIEWS The Dutch House by Ann Pratchett Book Review

he Dutch House tells the story of at the contrasts of life and the whys and TMaeve and Danny, devoted siblings, wherefores of what makes people become cast asunder and left to fend for themselves what they are. If you have any events, happenings or after an idyllic childhood spent in a roomy While it only shimmers in the back - entertainment you’d like publicised, please mansion on the outskirts of Philadelphia. ground, the unfolding of these characters email: [email protected]. This is a book that lures you in and seems to reflect an America wrestling with Polly and our readers look forward to invites you to take a seat by the fireside itself. You’re left asking questions that can - hearing from you. and read beyond lights out, just for the not really be answered. Like in life you pleasure of it. Feeling like a bystander make your choices and try not to think too Poetry marvelling at the almost fairytale-like much of what could have been. Like with devotion between brother and sister all great books, I learnt from reading it, STILL EUROPEAN reminding me of my own halcyon days. that it was a lesson for myself, more than it till European is a zoom poetry event I’m left to wonder how, out of such a was for any of the protagonists. Shosted by in-words in collaboration seemingly enjoyable read. I could wonder Jo Burnand with the Mary Evans Picture Library ally-Anne Morgan lives in Blackheath Poetry and Pictures Blog curated by Gill Sand shares her lockdown TV and a Music from the Royal Opera House Stoker. film recommendation Thursday 25th February at 7.30 east your senses with a real treat, - Or treat yourself on Valentine's Day, to: Sarah Lawson, Fiona Moore, Gabriel o date, my favourite series has been Fstream opera from the Royal Opera Marguerite and Armand (2017) Moreno, John McCullough, Emma Page, T‘The Crown’ on Netflix. I started House straight into your living room for a 20 January–14 February 2021 Jacqueline Saphra and Richard Westcott watching it during the Spring and fell in reasonable price! The ROH has a host of will read their poems on a European theme Online only love with it during the first episode. I was pre-recorded operatic extravaganzas for and display the pictures that inspired them. Ballet and dance overjoyed at the visual extravaganza and you to watch throughout February, They will also read their favourite poem Frederick Ashton's passionate ballet, set to the casting. I thought Claire Foy was including: by a European poet in translation and Liszt’s tempestuous Piano Sonata, recalls incredible playing the Queen. She really Andrea Chenier from 2015, featuring share the original. the tragic love affair between the courtesan captured the sense of duty and honour that world-famous Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, Free by invitation. Email irena@in- Marguerite, and her lover Armand. Queen Elizabeth herself always portrays. David McVicar's historically detailed pro - words.co.uk to be sent a Zoom link the To find out more and book tickets, visit: The contrast between the Queen and duction brings Giordano's French day before the event. https://www.roh.org.uk/ Princess Margaret is portrayed throughout. Revolution opera thrillingly alive. CLEOPATRA: Yet their love for each other shines through, even though their lives are polar Images of a Dream opposites. Vanessa Kirby is excellent as Online Singing with Emma Bond Margaret. She is one of my favourite Woman actresses. She also stars in the film ‘Pieces ever before have we needed to think week we catch up with our resident CBT rtists love to reimagine the Queen of of a Woman’ on Netflix. Her American Nabout how effectively we breathe. By (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) Egypt, for whose love's sake Mark accent is flawless. developing our breathing techniques we counsellor who motivates and inspires plus A Antony is supposed to have given up his I also thought John Lithgow was bril - can travel towards emotional stability and there is a weekly Musical Theatre quiz too. chance to rule the Roman world. Showing liant as Churchill. A good actor playing a mental well being. So why not lift your 3. Friday Fundraiser for Nightingale Music pictures by Michelangelo, Tiepolo, strong part is always so intriguing and life- spirits during lockdown with Emma Bond, Fridays 10am Delacroix, Moreau, and many others, as affirming. who is offering a host of online singing The second chance of the week to come well as stills from some fabulously extrav - The series of the moment has to be experiences throughout the week on Zoom: together in song. All monies raised go agant films, Lucy Hughes-Hallett discuss - ‘Bridgerton’ . Never before has a period 1. The Listening Hour 7.30pm Sunday £3 towards the charity, Nightingale Music - to es what these gorgeous images can tell us drama series captured the nation in the This relaxing music appreciation class is provide free music sessions for adults with about racial politics and erotic fantasy over way that this colourful, intriguing and the perfect way to wind up the weekend. additional needs and their two millennia. stunningly set episodes has. The anticipa - Throughout February the theme will be carers. This lecture will be presented on Zoom tion that builds whilst the local gossip rap - 'German Lied'. Members will receive email joining idly makes its way around the town has us 4. 'Breath and the Voice - a fortnightly instructions. Guests are welcome for £5 - all watching and waiting for the next 2. Sing Together Tuesdays 10am £6 workshop for our time. Thursday 4th please email [email protected] for engagement, affair, invitation to tea or lav - Continuing until we can meet in choirs, February 10am - 11.15am £6 further details. ish ball to happen. The handsome heart - this is the first of the week's online singing Lecturer: Lucy Hughes Hallett 7pm throb and the pretty young lady are con - community choir rehearsals. Accessible, For Zoom links and further information Monday 8th February 2021 stantly on each other’s toes, sometimes fun and featuring visiting guests this ses - regarding any of these activities, please go Arts Society Greenwich with honesty, sometimes not!! sion is designed to leave you feeling uplift - to www.singtogether.org.uk www.theartssocietygreenwich.org.uk Another great British series is ed and ready to face the day ahead. Each ‘Motherland’ . Series 1 is on Netflix. The contrast between the mothers and one father is so watchable. It explores modern motherhood and the competitive streak that comes with the mothers all vying to be the best and cope with as much on their plate as they can possibly can. Amanda is always fight - ing to keep her place as Top Dog. The lone father has a very controlling wife (who we never meet); he’s always trying to do as she says and is always stressed and flus - tered. There are lots of laugh out loud moments.

Film ‘Military Wives’ on Amazon Video is a must-see. The contrast between the fantas - tic Sharon Horgan and Kristen Scott- Thomas makes the beginning of the film particularly enjoyable. Then as we learn the truth about the characters and the choir gets underway, we see the good side of the two choir leaders, along with much laugh - ter and some tears too. The film portrays that good can come from heartache and tragedy. It is a performance by the whole cast of hope, love, understanding and bonding. We can all do with a positive message right now.

Westcombe News February 2021 5 FEATURES New book A Hidden Gem at Charlton House? Blackheath Village & Environs, vol III

he Summerhouse at Charlton House house, the Summerhouse’s purpose is pre - nyone who walks around this area Treceived a renovation grant of £47k sumed to have been that of a prospect Aintrigued by its architecture, and from Historic England in 2020, but obvi - house, for use during the summer months wanting to know more, will find ously, due to the present circumstances, for dining and enjoying fantastic views Blackheath Village & Environs, vol III work on renovating it has been delayed. It over Greenwich and the City of London. (published Jan 2021) a valuable aid to sat - is thought to have been designed by the The Summerhouse’s repurposing as pub - isfying their curiosity. For example did you ground-breaking architect of the 17th cen - lic toilets continued until the 1990s. know Heath Lane was originally called tury, Inigo Jones, who also designed The During 2017 and 2018, thanks to generous Love Lane and once a secret footpath from Queen’s House in Greenwich. Since such grants from the World Monuments Fund Lee to the Heath? Or that Eastnor House and a donation from the Friends was the home of the Burndepts, the manu - of Charlton House, the Trust car - facturers of Ethophone wireless sets - the ried out works to remove the ‘Rolls Royce’ of early radios. majority of the 1946 repairs, with - The book’s author, Neil Rhind, is out damaging the original fabric Blackheath’s own eminent historian on the of the building. This work was social and architectural development of carried out by students from Blackheath. Neil is a tireless campaigner London South East College under for the preservation of its historic and envi - the direction of architect Charlie ronmental qualities, playing a major role in MacKeith. the rescue and restoration of many local The generous grant from historic buildings including The Historic England will allow for Blackheath Concert Hall and Vanbrugh form Volume IV. essential investigations, develop - Castle. In 1998 he was awarded the MBE The third volume has 610 pages with for services to local conservation. 263 illustrations and maps and covers The first volume of the series appeared Lewisham and Lee parishes. Priced at £20, esteemed beginnings the in 1976 and the second in 1983. Because it is available now from the Society and Summerhouse was bombed of the size of the latest issue, Neil had to can be bought at Waterstones and the in WWII - a German V2 leave out a substantial chapter on north- Bookshop on the Heath once Covid restric - rocket landed next to the west Blackheath, covering Chesterfield tions allow them to re-open. You can buy main house causing signifi - Walk, Crooms Hill and Hyde Vale - which the book from the Society’s website at cant damage and repair are all in the Royal Borough of Greenwich www.blackheath.org or by emailing work was undertaken by the - so Blackheath Greenwich will eventually [email protected]. Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich in the 1940’s Blackheath Village & Environs, vol III contains detailed history and residents’ lists for: when much of the structure -Grotes Buildings, Eliot Place and Eliot Hill including the “lost house” called Eliot Lodge was replaced with London -Hollyhedge House and its windmill Stock Brick. In 1936 the -Dartmouth Row with some remaining late 17th century houses Council converted the build - -Blackheath in the parish of Lee including Lee Terrace to Lee Road; Dacre House and its ing into a toilet block! developed estate; Belmont Hill (and the house which gave it its name) and Marischal Charlton House, built Road, pronounced Marshall Road. between 1607 and 1612, is considered to ment work and repair to take place, which be the best surviving example of a will form part of a much larger restoration Jacobean Manor House in London. Built in project. The vision of Royal Greenwich A & A LANDSCAPES MAN & VAN Landscape Specialists the 1630s, twenty years after the main Heritage Trust is to restore the building to Collections Deliveries house and following the new classical aus - its original condition and put the building terity of Palladianism At a time when the back into use, allowing public access and & House Clearances Newton family were residing in the main enjoyment. Free advice & Qualified For a polite & prompt service WN asked Neil Rhind for any information 1741-1745 (when published) . estimates horticulturalist please contact: he had on the Summerhouse. This was his Smith records its conversion into public All aspects of soft & hard landscaping work carried out including reply: ...The Inigo Jones story is a myth. A lavatories by GBC at a cost of £880 in Edward on A R Martin in his definitive monograph on 1936. Damaged in the last war but restored * Maintenance *Site clearance Charlton House (1929) dismisses it and so subsequently.... * Turfing * Tree surgery 0208 301 5303 or * Fencing * Patios 07906 169705 does John Smith in his 3-vol History of Thank you Neil, although sad to hear * Brickwork Charlton (1970s). Also, it is not on John that the Inigo Jones provenance might not Tel. 020 8318 2530 Rocque's environs of London plan of about be correct.

6 Westcombe News February 2021 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. ENVIRONMENT greenwich.gov.uk/planning

News from Maggie Gravelle Silvertown Tunnel

art of the pleasure of living in have spent much of their time explaining Preparations underway Marilyn Little PWestcombe Park is the proximity to and enforcing Covid regulations, particu - Greenwich Park and this has been even larly the ban on large groups. he Silvertown Tunnel, a public-private through the Blackwall Tunnel to more valuable during Covid restrictions. On occasion the area around General Tpartnership (PPP), is intended to pro - Silvertown where they will be transported But the pandemic is not without its impact Wolfe has been cordoned off to avoid over- vide resilience and reduce congestion by river to landfill. Hazardous waste will on the park. crowding. There has also been an increase through the Blackwall Tunnel. The plan is be transported via trunk roads to specialist 1. Greenwich Park Revealed in unauthorised cycling and many of those for both tunnels to be tolled when contractors south of the river. Following detailed planning and extensive who have been stopped appear not to have Silvertown opens in 2025. These works will take place during 2021 public consultation the park was successful been aware of the restrictions. New signs It will include bus lanes and be able to alongside the construction of the Tunnel in achieving Heritage Lottery Funding for are planned for the spring. In general the accommodate double-decker buses, which Boring Machine Launch Chamber and a the Greenwich Park Revealed scheme. level of crime in the Park remains very low is not the case for the Blackwall Tunnel, multi storey car park. An indicative date However, because of additional expendi - although in London as a whole there has which was built over 100 years ago, for for tunnelling to commence is 2022. ture, due to the pandemic, the budget has been a rise in snatch theft using bicycles foot, cycle, had to be reduced. The main impact of this and e-scooters, which are silent, and one horse-drawn will be on changes to the Learning Centre such case was reported in the Park in the and vehicular and wildlife area. A more modest develop - last quarter. traffic. ment is now planned and at a meeting in 4. E-scooters Currently, December these plans were outlined. Following the last point - a reminder about six single- There will be a period of consultation e-scooters. Currently, it is illegal for pri - deck buses before the revised plans are submitted to vately-owned e-scooter to use the high - per hour use the Council. However, some concern has ways or the public pavements. This is the already been expressed at the proposals to being reviewed, but until any change they Blackwall create an 'active wilderness' with 'natural are banned from the Park and there are no Tunnel; TfL play elements' including tree stump seating plans to change this. TRP recently issued a say the new and climbing possibilities, which could statement, "We believe that the speed and tunnel will disturb the balance between wildlife and stealth of the scooters presents an unac - allow for 20+ accessibility. ceptable risk to pedestrians, particularly buses per 2. Movement Strategy those with mobility challenges, or with a hour from its The consultation has now closed and a visual or hearing impairment. Allowing e- opening, final decision is expected in mid February. scooters to operate in the parks could increasing over time. The Westcombe Society along with other The Westcombe Society submitted com - therefore discourage those who wish to Although people will not be able to walk community groups, councillors, TfL and ments to The Royal Parks. In essence we walk to and through the parks and under - and cycle through the tunnel, TfL is cur - Riverlinx attend a quarterly Community welcomed the closure of The Avenue to mine the peace and ambience of the green rently studying options to aid active travel Liaison Group which is an update on the through traffic, saying "The absence of spaces." across the river. Consideration is being works programme. We hope to provide an traffic in the Park has led to a quieter, 5. Rose Garden given, for example, to a cyclists' shuttle update in the Westcombe News following calmer and safer environment, with consid - When roses become old it is inadvisable to and to changing the way in which the cable subsequent meetings. erably better air quality and this is to be re-plant with roses in the same place, so car is used. The tunnel will also be able to welcomed." However, we expressed our several beds have been devoted to wild - take taller commercial vehicles that cause Further details regarding concern at the possible effect on traffic in flowers and others have been replanted stoppages at the Blackwall Tunnel due to Environmental, Noise and Pollution the surrounding streets. We recognised that with perennials. The wildflower beds were its height restriction. measures can be found on the RBG there were several factors that might be particularly appreciated and many visitors The contract for construction was award - Planning website by searching for causing local congestion; the Hills and requested more information about the ed in November 2019 by TfL to Riverlinx ‘Silvertown’. Vales scheme in West Greenwich, the seeds. The Friends of Greenwich Park who will design, build, and finance the installation of cycle lanes on Trafalgar newsletter gave details of the supplier - works before operating and maintaining Note: The Westcombe Society opposed the Road and changes in travel habits due to www.pictorialmeadows.co.uk. Now would the Tunnel for a period of 25 years starting construction from the start. New roads the pandemic. We noted that RBG are cur - be a good time to order them on-line in from the permit to use date. TfL will not usually generate more traffic in the long rently considering changes to traffic regu - preparation for the spring sowing season. begin making repayments to Riverlinx run and, although the modelling at the time lations to the east of the Park and there - The Westcombe Society is represented on until the tunnel has been built and opened. of planning consent claimed that the intro - fore, although we would not wish to see Greenwich Park Stakeholders and Greenwich TfL also is not liable for additional costs or duction of tolls on both tunnels will mean commuter traffic return to the Park, feel Safer Parks Panel and many residents are delays. no overall increase in traffic and an overall also Friends of Greenwich Park. that any permanent decision should be Before work can start on the construction improvement in air quality, the modelling delayed until traffic levels return to of the tunnel various preparatory works shows that pollution will increase in some some sort of equilibrium. "Only need to be carried out. areas. There is also concern that there then will it be clear whether the The Pressure Reduction System needed would be increased congestion and pollu - remaining routes can cope with the by Southern Gas Networks in relation to tion on other routes as drivers seek to level of traffic in the future ‘nor - the old gasholder site needs relocating and avoid the tolls and concern that the intro - mal'." the coach parks will be moved closer to the duction of tolls on river crossings in East 3. Covid-19 Emirates Airline area. It is also necessary London is detrimental to residents and Greenwich Park remains exceed - to replace the Boord Street Bridge pedes - businesses whilst roads and crossings to ingly busy despite the weather and trian bridge across the Tunnel Approach to the west are not tolled. Although the new it is noticeable that the grass edging the peninsula. The design of the new tunnel will sit within the extended Ultra many of the paths is being dam - bridge is being undertaken by Riverlinx Low Emission Zone a wide group of aged and that new 'desire paths' are with review and approval by TfL and the experts and organisations, including the being created. A twenty minute Royal Borough of Greenwich. A meeting is Westcombe Society, feel that the way in walk is a recommended form of planned with local stakeholders to seek which ULEZ might mitigate problems exercise and it might be a good their views. This will happen after the caused by the tunnel is not fully under - idea to explore some of the routes lockdown restrictions are lifted. stood. This, plus the changing traffic pat - that are less frequented. The police pic: Anne Williams These preliminary works will allow for terns and financial problems caused by the the construction of the Tunnel Portal and pandemic, mean that these groups are cur - the Rotation chamber for the Tunnel rently arguing for a full reassessment of PLANNING APPLICATIONS (See also http//www.westcombesociety.org/) Boring Machine. 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