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======================================================= [ SE1 Direct ] http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Issue 157 | Monday 3 November 2003 ======================================================= >> IN THIS BULLETIN ======================================================= * What's on this week * ADVERT: Trustees wanted for Waterloo Green Trust * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * Restaurant & theatre offers with Lastminute.com * SE1 news from around the web * In the London SE1 Forum ======================================================= [ What's on this week ] Our pick of this week's community and cultural events: ALL SOULS' DAY COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Monday 3 November 12.45pm at Southwark Cathedral Choral Eucharist for All Souls' Day with music from Faur�'s Requiem. http://www.dswark.org/cathedral CHRIST CHURCH GARDEN - GARDENING DAY Tuesday 4 November 10.30am-1.30pm at Christ Church Garden, Blackfriars Rd Come and have fun in your garden with the Bankside Open Spaces Trust - all welcome for bulb planting. Also a free hanging basket to take home http://www.bost.org.uk BETTER BUSES FOR SOUTH LONDON - MEETING AT CITY HALL Tuesday 4 November 6pm in the Assembly Chamber, City Hall, Queen's Walk Come to City Hall and tell your London Assembly member Valerie Shawcross how to improve your local bus services. Do you think crime is a problem on your bus route? Do driving standards concern you? Is a new bus route needed? Should buses be more frequent? Does the wrong type of bus serve your area? Are there any other issues you want to raise? Val has organised these meetings because she wants your views to be taken into account by Transport for London who are consulting on bus improvements. Guest speakers include: Andrew Boag (London Buses) and John Stewart (Lambeth Public Transport Group). If you plan to attend please email [email protected] An alternative daytime meeting will be held at 4pm on Monday 10 November. http://www.london.gov.uk ROSE THEATRE SITE OPEN DAY Wednesday 5 November 11am-5pm at 56 Park Street Come along and see what has captured the imagination of some of this country's most famous actors. Soak up the atmosphere. Feel the emotion. Sense the real theatre and feel a part of history! Admission free but donations will be gratefully received. See website for details of The Jew of Malta which is being staged at the Rose site this week. http://www.rosetheatre.org.uk FRENCH MARKET IN BERNIE SPAIN GARDENS Friday 7 to Sunday 9 November 12-6pm (Sun 12-5pm) in Bernie Spain Gardens, South Bank Delicious bread, delicatessen style items, groceries, chocolate and wine direct from France. http://www.oxotower.co.uk LORD MAYOR'S SHOW FIREWORKS Saturday 8 November 5pm on the river between Waterloo & Blackfriars Bridges To mark the end of the Lord Mayor's Show and the beginning of a new mayoral year, London's most spectacular annual fireworks display will fill the skies over the Thames. This year's will be a particularly spectacular display thanks to the presence of the B��gg. This traditional Swiss 'old man of winter' is three metres tall, two metres wide, stuffed with explosives and standing on top of a huge conical bonfire: he is sure to start the fireworks with a bang! The display is fired from a barge moored on the Thames between Waterloo and Blackfriars bridges. The Skylark 2 Gallery at Oxo Tower Wharf is inviting firework-watchers to visit the gallery and enjoy a drink between 6pm and 8pm - see http://www.skylarkgallery.com for directions. http://www.lordmayorsshow.org/otd/fireworks.shtml REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY ACROSS SE1 Sunday 10 November 10.50am at the War Memorial, Borough High Street The annual wreath laying for those who died in the two World Wars includes the two minute silence. The War Memorial is outside the former Town Hall which now houses the Slug and Lettuce. At St George's RC Cathedral there will be a special service by the memorial outside the Cathedral, beginning at approx 10.45am. The 11.30am Mass will be a Requiem for all war dead. The Choral Eucharist at Southwark's Anglican Cathedral will start at 10.55am to incorporate the Act of Remembrance. The silence will also be observed during the 10.30am Eucharist at St John's Waterloo. ------------------------------------------------------- Running an event? http://SE1direct.co.uk/inclusion.php ======================================================= [ ADVERT: Trustees wanted for Waterloo Green Trust ] NEW TRUSTEES The Waterloo Green Trust is currently seeking new local trustees and would be keen to hear from anyone who would like to come and join us. We are presently particularly keen to obtain the services of a TREASURER Meetings are held once every 6 weeks in the evening and last about two hours For further information please contact: Deborah 020 7928 4427 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------- Get your ad here http://SE1direct.co.uk/advertising.php ======================================================= [ Local news & features from the London SE1 website ] The London SE1 website team updates the SE1 news and features throughout the week: BURGLARS ARRESTED IN MARSHALSEA ROAD THANKS TO NEIGHBOURS Police have praised the actions of Southwark residents who helped police to arrest two men suspected of attacking an elderly woman while burgling her flat. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/698 LIBERTY X TO PLAY THE CORONET AT WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT Pop sensations and Brit award winners Liberty X will be performing a special one-off concert at the Elephant & Castle's Coronet in aid of Crusaid - the national fundraiser for HIV and AIDS - on 30th November as part of the charity's World AIDS Day http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/697 LOTTERY CASH FOR RED CROSS GARDEN Red Cross Garden in Redcross Way is to receive �514,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards Bankside Open Spaces Trust's work to return the space to its former glory. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/695 MICHAEL HOWARD CHOOSES SAATCHI GALLERY FOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCH Shadow Chancellor Michael Howard came to the South Bank on Thursday afternoon to announce his candidacy for the leadership of the Conservative Party in one of the oak-panelled rooms of the Saatchi Gallery in County Hall. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/694 BRIDGET JONES' FLAT STARS IN BENEFIT FRAUD CAMPAIGN Borough Market's Globe Tavern can currently be seen on advertising posters around London as part of a government anti-benefit fraud campaign. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/699 OPEN IMAGE COMPETITION SET FOR WATERLOO EXHIBITION Entries are being invited for the third International Open Image Competition. Selected entries will be shown in a two week exhibition at the Waterloo Gallery in Baylis Road next spring. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/700 REOPENED CORONET TO BOOST LOCAL FILMMAKERS An agreement with the Elephant Links SRB programme means that when the Coronet Cinema reopens this month there will be dedicated facilities and time allocated to budding local movie makers for screenings and regular cultural film festivals. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/701 ======================================================= [ Restaurant & theatre offers with Lastminute.com ] SILKA - SOUTHWARK STREET - 50% OFF FOOD BILL Designed by award-winning architects, the focal point of Silka's interior is its open-plan kitchen. This modernist feel is complemented by high culinary standards, where an emphasis on healthy eating and energy balanced contemporary Indian cuisine provides an ideal antidote to the frantic pace of city life. - 50% off the a la carte menu - Food only, beverages are not included in this offer - Lunch and dinner: Monday - Saturday - Until Sunday 30 November http://lastminute.se1direct.co.uk/?id=110 ON THE FUNNY SIDE @ THE BLACKFRIARS PAVILION Only �7.50 & a free hot buffet meal Fortnightly stand up night in the gloriously intimate and relaxed surroundings of the Blackfriars Pavilion. Each show features four outstanding stand-ups, handpicked from the best of the London circuit, and regular compere extraordinaire, UnderHand's very own, Matt Holt. http://lastminute.se1direct.co.uk/?id=117 HIS GIRL FRIDAY STARRING ZOE WANAMAKER At the National Theatre - only �10 on Tuesday 11 November http://lastminute.se1direct.co.uk/?id=117 ======================================================= [ SE1 news from around the Web ] Each week we trawl the web for news and features about SE1 people, places and organisations How the Guardian took over Tate Modern's Turbine Hall http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=566 - Guardian Third prisoner escapes from Newington Causeway court http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=567 - SLP Why the Festival Hall is an architectural wonder http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=568 - Guardian ======================================================= [ In the London SE1 Forum ] Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent discussions at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ - Pink tank - Pub bag snatcher - Tower Bridge closure - Southwark Rooms - Parking Nazis - Tabard Gardens TMC ballot - St George's obelisk - why? - Wicked (part 4) - Management Companies - Crossbones Graveyard Halloween Procession - Is Southwark Blaineless? - Do-gooding (joining a residents' association) - River boat to Canary Wharf - Primary schools To read and respond to all these discussions and more, go to: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ ======================================================= >> CONTACT DETAILS ======================================================= Before sending us event information or press releases, please read this page: http://www.SE1direct.co.uk/inclusion.php Editor: James Hatts - email [email protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2003 Bankside Press ======================================================= >> SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ======================================================= Not yet a subscriber? 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