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Issue 107 | 12 November 2002

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>> IN THIS BULLETIN 
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* What's on this week
* ADVERT: Feast - dinner parties made easy
* Local news and features from London-SE1.co.uk
* Arts Reviews from London-SE1.co.uk
* SE1 news from around the Web
* In the London SE1 Forum

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[ What's on this week ]

Every week we highlight a selection of community and
cultural events

WHO CARED? AND SO WHAT?
Wednesday 13 November
6.30pm at the Florence Nightingale Museum, 2 Lambeth
Palace Road; �5 (conc �4)
Dr Eric Gruber on military nursing 1642 to 1854.
http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk


BOOKS & THE BOOK WORLD AT THE CALDER BOOKSHOP
Thursday 14 November
6.45pm at the Calder Bookshop, 51 The Cut; �3 (conc �1)
Clive Bradley (former chairman of the Publishers'
Association) chairs a distinguished panel; with
Philippa Harrison (publisher and literary agent),
Nicholas Cleeve (editor of The Bookseller) and the
bookseller Robert Topping. They will discuss the
effects of current trends and changes in the book
world. 
http://www.calderpublications.com


CITY HALL: LONDON'S LIVING ROOM OPEN DAY
Sunday 17 November
2-5pm at City Hall, The Queen's Walk; free
Open day for public to enjoy views from top of the new
landmark building. 
http://www.london.gov.uk


CINEMA ORGAN SOCIETY WURLITZER RECITAL AT EDRIC HALL
Sunday 17 November
3pm at Edric Hall, South Bank University, Borough Road;
�6
A recital by David Mackenzie, resident organist at
Odeon Leicester Square, on the giant Wurlitzer organ
from the Trocadero in the Old Kent Road. Ticket
includes tea, coffee and biscuits.


'THE BOROUGH' ON ITV1 LONDON - PROGRAMME 3
Sunday 17 November 
4pm on ITV1 London (note EARLIER time than usual)
Third programme in the second series of the SE1
docusoap. At Forte's Gents Hairdressers, Dasos is not
impressed by his dad's choice of hair products which he
thinks old fashioned. And community officer PC Keenan
warns off illegal traders from around Tate Modern


ERNEST READ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - IMAGES OF AMERICA
Sunday 17 November
6.30pm at St John's Waterloo, Waterloo Road; �7
Dvorak- Symphony No 9 "From the New World"
Copland- Appalachian Spring
Barber- Essay No. 1 for Orchestra
http://www.erso.org.uk

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[ Local News and Features from London-SE1.co.uk ]

Our team of contributors updates our news and features
throughout the week at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk
Here are some of the highlights from the past 7 days:


FREE CYCLE TRAINING IN LAMBETH
If you fancy using your bike to go to work or the shops
but don't feel confident to use the roads help is at
hand courtesy of Lambeth Council.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/359

OFSTED BOOST FOR GRANGE SCHOOL
An SE1 primary school that was judged one of the worst
in the country just five years ago has been praised in
its latest Ofsted report.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/358


WATERLOO'S MILLENNIUM GREEN
Six weeks after the official opening by Lambeth Mayor
June Fewtrell, the Waterloo Millennium Green's
facilities are now being brought into full use.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/357


KEVIN SPACEY AND ELTON JOHN AT OLD VIC
Kevin Spacey and Elton John are teaming up to stage a
one night show at the Old Vic.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/356


URGENT REPAIRS TO NEW HUNGERFORD BRIDGE
Six weeks after the opening of the second walkway,
cracks have developed in the paving on the new
Hungerford Bridge crossing, linking the South Bank with
Charing Cross. Many slabs have come loose, whilst
others are cracked or broken.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/355


TEDDY BEARS HOSPITAL AT GUY'S
The A&E department may have closed, but Guy's Hospital
last weeek attended to the medical ailments of hundreds
of SE1 schoolchildren's teddy bears.
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/353

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News throughout the week at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk
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[ SE1 news from around the Web ]

Every week we trawl the web for news stories and
features on SE1 people, places and organisations

Auditions for buskers at London Bridge station (ES)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=239

Interview with manager of E&C Shopping Centre (SLP)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=241

Downturn crisis for Tea Trade Wharf buyers (ES)
http://www.se1direct.co.uk/quicklink/go.php?id=242

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[ In the London SE1 Forum ]

Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent
discussions at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/

- Fancy a kick about? (Football)
- The old petrol stations on Grange Road
- Topnotch at London Bridge
- Chicken shop of horrors in Borough High Street
- Squirrels - grey menace
- Renting out flat - state of SE1 rental market?
- Draft London Bridge Planning Framework

http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/

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