Newsletter #132 (Spring 2002)
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T WIC y Relax. You're in safe hands. TO FOSTER AND SAFEGUARD THE AMENITIES OF DULWICH Whatever pressures you deal with on a daily basis, moving home can be one of i[([([:i:[\,, the most stressful. And in our eight inter-linked branches over South East London, our Newsletter 132 Spring 2002 experienced teams are here to make the whole process as easy as possible, right up until the day you move. What's On .................................................................................................. 4-5 Annual General Meeting .................................................................................. 6 So, whether you're looking to buy or Our Priorities ............................................................................................. 7-9 Dulwich Park ........................................................................................... 11-14 sell, please contact us. Crystal Palace Park ................................................................................... 16-18 Norman Ackroyd Exhibition ........................................................................... 19 We'd be delighted to help you move. Dulwich Community Hospital. .................................................................... 21-22 Tree News ................................................................................................... 23 Dulwich Farmers' Market .............................................................................. 24 Bird Watch .................................................................................................. 25 Traffic and Transport ................................................................................ 26-28 Dulwich Village Fire in Local Churches - What Can Be Done? .............................................. 29-32 39 Dulwich Village Old College Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club ..................................................... 32 SE21 7BN An Unnecessary Journey I Have to Make ......................................................... 33 Dulwich Society Garden Group Annual Report 2001.. .................................... 35-36 Tel 020 8299 4499 Garden Mammals ........................................,. .. , ......................................... 37-39 Fax 020 8299 6629 Brothel in Dulwich? ...................................................................................... 40 Email [email protected] Alexander Parkes, Plastics Pioneer .............................................................. 41-41 Diary of a Garden Designer ....................................................................... 43-44 West Dulwich Cover illustration: Dulwich Park Aviary c 1905 (Photograph courtesy of Keith Holdaway) 93 Rosendale Road THE DULWICH SOCIETY NEWSLETTER SE21 8EZ The Dulwich Society Newsletter appears quarterly, in March, June, September and Tel 020 8761 0900 December. The deadline for each issue is the 1st of the previous month, so the deadline Fax 020 8761 9594 for the next issue is 1st May. Contributions of any sort are very welcome, for Email [email protected] consideration by the Editor, either typewritten or on disc (Microsoft Word format). Articles with illustrations ( or ideas for illustrations) are particularly welcome. Contributions should be sent to the Editor, Nicholas Reed, c/o 63 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BJ (Tel: 020 8659 5776). Would potential contributors please give their telephone number as well as their address. Kinleigh Registered under the Charities Act 1960 - Reg. No. 234192 kfh.co.uk Folkard & Hayward Registered· with the Civic Trust - 1 - If you require specialist and sympathetic advice that OFFICERS encourages conciliation rather than confrontation, then we can help. We offer a free twenty minute initial Chairman consultation and hold a legal aid franchise to Adrian Hill, 4 Stradella Road, SE24 9HA Tel: 020 7274 4838 conduct family work Vice Chairman William Higman, 170 Burbage Road, SE21 7AG Tel: 020 7274 6921 iffo Secretary Patrick Spencer, 7 Pond Cottages, College Rd, SE2 l 7LE Tel: 020 8693 2043 209 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 SHA Treasurer late appointments 6pm-8pm Wednesdays Russell Lloyd, 138 Woodwarde Road, SE22 8UR Tel: 020 8693 2452 www.lordshiplane.co. uk/business/ cliffords Membership Secretary Tel. 0208 299 3784 Wilfrid Taylor, 30 Walkerscroft Mead, SE21 8LJ Tel: 020 8670 0890 Members of the Solicitors Family Law Association and the Law Society's Children Panel MEMBERS Chairman Planning & Architecture Ian ·Mclnnes, 56 Burbage Road, SE24 9HE Tel: 020 7274 1226 Chairman Traffic & Transport Alastair Hanton, 8 Gilkes Crescent, SE21 7BS Tel: 020 8693 2618 Chairman Trees Stella Benwell, 38 Dovercourt Road, SE22 8ST Tel: 020 8693 1447 Chairman Wildlife INDEPENDENT DISPENSING OPTICIANS Judy Marshall, 7 Pickwick Road, SE21 7JN Tel: 020 7326 1362 IN DULWICH TO GIVE YOU PERSONAL ATTENTION Representative Local History OAKLEY French Connection DONNA KARAN FaCE Patricia Reynolds, 15 Great Spilmans, SE22 8SZ a FaCE Agnes B DOLCE & GABBANA CHANEL Chairman Garden Group nautica FLEXON Paul Smith DK.NY belle John Ward, 135 Burbage Road, SE21 7AF Tel: 020 7274 5172 AIR TITANIUM Karen Millen Newsletter Editor Nicholas Reed, c/o 63 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BJ Tel: 020 8659 5776 SPORTS EYEWEAR CHILDREN'S FRAMES CONTACT LENSES NHS & PRIVATE TESTING Advertising and Distribution Manager Margaret McConnell, 9 Frank Dixon Way, SE21 7ET Tel/Fax: 020 8693 4423 29 DULWICH VILLAGE SE21 7BN TEL: 020 8299 0230 Also at 41 New Cavendish Street London W1G 9TW Tel: 020 7935 2124 www.rogerpope.co.uk Website: www.dulwichsociety.co.uk - 2 - - 3 - Sunday March 24th Farmers' Market at Dulwich College (see page 24) (9.30am to 2pm) MARCH 2002 Sunday April 21st Can tores Roborienses in Christ's Chapel next to the NowtoApril 14th William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the (3.00pm) Gallery. Choral and instrumental recital by choristers Magnificent. Exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. from the Grange School in Cheshire. Tickets £5 include tea and biscuits. (Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery) Saturday March 2nd Wildlife Excursion. Meet Froglife's London 'pond Thursday April 25th Art is just another form of light entertainment. In the doctor', Nicholas Meade, in Sydenham Hill Woods on (8.00pm) Linbury Room. A discussion on modern art. Tickets £12 Saturday, March 2nd. Nicholas will he talking about the Students £7 to include refreshment. (Friends of Dulwich ponds in the woods and giving tips on how best to attract Picture Gallery) amphibians like frogs and newts to your own pond and Sunday April 28th Farmers' Market at Dulwich College (see page 24) garden. He works full-time as a roving troubleshooter for (9.30am to 2pm) Froglife an NGO that gives members of the public MAY 2002 inspiration and practical information on creating and maintaining ponds that will attract and sustain a rich Friday May 17th Belgravia Ensemble of London. Music for violin, cello (8.00pm) variety of wildlife. and harp. Tickets £ 15. (Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery) Walk the talk - which will last about an hour and is suitable for all ages - from 2pm, meeting at Crescent Saturday May 18th Lambeth Orchestra Concert at St. Luke's Church, West Wood Road entrance to the woods. Admission is free. (7.30pm) Norwood SE27. Grieg - Holberg Suite, Ibert - Flute Waterproof footwear advisable. Concerto, Beethoven - Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. Soloist: Charlotte Walls (flute) Croydon Music Festival - Thurs March 21st Highly Recommended Plants. An illustrated lecture Concerto Award Winner 2001 (8.00pm) by well-known plantsman Brian Hiley at the St. Faith's Centre, Red Post Hill. There will be plants for Sunday May 19th "1960s Architecture: The Walk." A guided walk by sale. Arranged by the Dulwich Society Garden Group (3.00pm) Ian Mcinnes, Chairman of Planning in the Dulwich Society, who recently gave a talk on this subject to the March 22nd & 23rd Mostly Mozart. In Dulwich Picture Gallery. Semi-staged Friends of the Picture Gallery. Meet at the Tollgate in (8.00pm) performance by Candlelight Opera. Supper interval - supper can be pre booked at the Cafe. Tickets £ 16. College Road. (Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery) May 17th to 25th The 10th Dulwich Festival. For programme details visit Friday March 22nd Bruce Ford Recital. In the Gallery. Recital by the www.dulwichfestival.co.uk, or telephone 0208 299 1011. (8.00pm) renowned tenor, Bruce Ford, with champagne and May 22 to. Aug 26th Inspired by Italy: Dutch Landscape Painting 1600-1700. smoked salmon. Tickets £24. Friends price £21. (Friends Exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. of Dulwich Picture Gallery) Saturday May 25th Tree Walk in Belair Park. Led by Catherine Olver, Saturday March 23rd Lambeth Orchestra concert at St. Luke's Church, West (2.00pm) Fellow of the Linnean Society. Meet in the car park. (7.30pm) Norwood SE27. Matthew Taylor - Overture: The Needles Sunday May 26th Farmers' Market at Dulwich College (see page 24) Op. 26, Arthur Hinton - Piano concerto, Elgar - (9.30am to 2pm) Symphony No. 2. Soloist: Dan Franklin Smith (piano). - 4 - - 5 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the 39th Annual General Meeting of the We try to ensure that the general amenity of the Dulwich area Dulwich Society will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, 25th April 2002, continues to be maintained. This is probably best done by at St. Barnabas Church Centre, Calton A venue, Dulwich, SE21 7DG picking specific targets and reviewing these regularly. What we can achieve usually depends on making representations to AGENDA other bodies, sometimes repeatedly,