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This copy of Lambeth Life cost 5p to produce 15 April 2010 • Issue 91 www.lambeth.gov.uk Making a difference New home Lambeth’s Entertainment Late night opening Pharmacy in SW9 for black architectural What’s on plus Providing 7 days a week cultural gems NHS dispensing Stereo MCs mon-sat 7-11pm archives interview sun 1-5pm Millennium Pharmacy is happy to announce the opening of our FEATURE New branch at Tel. 020 7582 8904 PAGE 3 PAGES 8 & 9 PAGES 17-19 52 Vassall Road, London SW9 6HX. Headlines Rickshaw challenge A CLAPHAM resident is raising money for charities by driving a rickshaw across India. Tom Last call for Basciano is taking part in the Rickshaw Run and will be covering more than 3,000 km in the tiny vehicle that is more commonly used as cheap way to get around Indian cities. Page 6. Community electoral roll champions FIND out who has been recognised for their public- IN less than a month his team is in charge of updat- spirited volunteer work in the Lambeth residents will ing the electoral register borough. Winners of this year’s have the chance to take throughout the year. Civic Awards are revealed on The electoral register is Page 6. part in local and constantly updated as people national elections. move into or out of Lambeth Medical marvels On 6 May votes will be cast and Len said that since the across the borough as residents Prime Minister announced the LAMBETH medical staff who decide who will represent general election more people have been helping Ethiopian them on Lambeth Council and have been coming forward. He children overcome severe facial in Parliament. However, a said: “We have been seeing disfigurements speak about their number of residents could between 40 and 50 people a charity work in the country. Three miss out on the opportunity to day coming into the office to workers from Guy’s and St vote as they did not register as register since the general elec- Thomas trust visited the country part of the annual canvass last to provide medical expertise for tion was announced. year. The deadline for register- charity Project Harar. Page 12. “People do not want to ing is Tuesday 20 April. miss out on having a say in Anyone signing up after both the general and local Braziliant that date will not be included elections. Unfortunately some LAMBETH schools have been on the register in time for this people have left it late to regis- taking part in an annual showcase year’s elections and so will miss ter and the deadline for people of Brazilian martial art capoeira. out on their chance to vote. wanting to cast a vote on 6 More than 500 children showed off Len Lewis is the council’s May is approaching fast.” their moves in the tournament and electoral services manager and Continued on page 3. winners are revealed on Page 20. CURRY OFFER (Sit-in only) 2 for1 For parties up to 6 – call for details 20-21 The High Parade, Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX 020 8696 0123 Also Branches in Croydon & Waterloo [email protected] www.chillichutney.com (Ts & Cs apply) Page 2 • 15 April 2010 www.lambeth.gov.uk In 1886 Thomas Stevens used a penny farthing to become News the first person to cycle round the world News in brief the lambeth picture Adoption support • A HELP line to support parents who have adopted children is being extended. The Post-Adoption Centre (PAC) works with a range of people in the borough who have been affected by adoption, including adoptive parents and permanent carers; adults who were adopted as children; people consid- ering adoption; and birth parents and other relatives. Director of PAC Peter Sandiford said: “PAC counsellors are all qualified and highly experienced in supporting adoptive families, adopted adults and birth relatives.” The helpline, on 020 7284 5879, is now open from 10am to 1pm Monday to Fridays and 5.30-7-30pm on Thursdays. • For more information visit www.post adoptioncentre.org.uk, email advice@post adoptioncentre.org.uk or write to the Post- Adoption Centre, 5 Torriano Mews, London NW5 2RZ. New name for charity causes THE Lambeth Endowed Charities, which hands out more than £2 million to local good causes, has a new identity. It has changed its name to the Walcot Foundation but will continue to support Lambeth residents on low incomes. Last year it handed out a total of £1,996,444, Photo by Stefan Finnis including direct help to students and people moving from benefits to work. Riding high: This is not a sight you see every day – a cyclist taking his Penny Farthing for a spin at the BMX and skate park on Visit www.walcotfoundation.org.uk or Stockwell Road. If you have a good photo of life in Lambeth, send it to [email protected] for your chance to win call 020 7735 1925. £30 in high street vouchers. War fallen to be honoured Underwater art for lido LAMBETH Council has agreed to fund a SWIMMERS at Brockwell Lido this ories by interviewing local people and plaque in honour of Streatham’s war dead. summer will be plunged into a have spent the last few weeks painting The decision follows a local campaign to world of nostalgia thanks to a new them on to the pool’s walls. recognise the contribution of Streatham’s war art installation. The lido is run by charitable organi- dead. The plaque will be dedicated to those During the closed season the pool sation Fusion and Anne Layton from who lost their lives in the conflicts around the has been drained and hundreds of local Fusion said: “It’s an amazing piece of world and will be engraved with the words “In memories have been painted on the work. Myles and Gethan came up with honour of the men and women of Streatham walls. Local artist Myles Quinn has idea to get locals’ memories linked to who gave their lives in the service of their worked with the Lido’s heritage water and paint them on the sides of the country in two world wars 1914-1918 and education co-ordinator Gethan Dick to pool walls so people can dive down and 1939-45 and in other conflicts. At the going create the art work. It means every time a read them. down of the sun and in the morning we will swimmer dives into the pool they will be “They had a deadline to work to remember them. From the people of able to read about someone’s memory because the taps have been switched on Streatham 2010.” It is expected to be unveiled linked to the water. so it is ready for the pool’s opening on 3 on Streatham’s memorial plinth in the summer. The pair collected hundreds of mem- May.” is published by Lambeth Council, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, London SW2 1RW Editor: Ella Cope Advertising: Penny O’Hare or Wesley Lawson Tel: 020 7926 0472 Tel: 020 7926 1274/0354, Fax: 020 7926 2839 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Reporter: Rob Green Design and Listings: Richard Gibbons NEWSPAPERS SUPPORT RECYCLING Tel: 020 7926 1475 Tel: 020 7926 1474 Recycled paper made up 80.6% of the raw material for UK For general enquiries Email: [email protected] Email:[email protected] newspapers in 2006 please call 020 7926 1000. Lambeth Council does not accept responsibility for any goods or services offered by third-party advertisers. Independent audited door-to-door delivery of Lambeth Life is 116,538, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC Regional) Jul-Dec 2009. www.lambeth.gov.uk 15 April 2010 • Page 3 The legal age for voting in the UK was reduced to 18 in 1969 News Penalties for false claims Register to vote POLICE have issued a warning to thought a false allegation had been made. anyone thinking of reporting a In a separate incident a woman reported that she had been robbed of a designer coat and other Continued from page 1. For those already registered, poll cards for crime in order to get an insurance property. But on further questioning she too There are 21 local wards in Lambeth with the local elections have been delivered to their payout. revealed that she had been attempting to obtain a each ward providing three members of the coun- homes telling them where and when they can The warning comes after two people were crime reference number for insurance purposes. cil. That means a total of 63 councillors will be vote. Separate poll cards for the general election handed £80 fixed penalty notices for making Lambeth Borough Police Detective Inspector elected in the local elections, which are held will be sent out to those electors eligible to vote in false reports. In one incident a 30-year-old man Andy Christopher comments: “These false reports every four years. the general election over the next two weeks. dialled 999 and told officers he had had his wallet not only tie up emergency lines but waste valuable The date for general elections varies, but On polling day when electors go to their local and phone stolen in a street robbery. When offi- investigative resources when they should be used must be held within five years of the previous polling station staff will check they are on the cers arrived at the scene they wanted him to drive on genuine victims. They also artificially increase one.