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======================================================= [ SE1 Direct ] http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Issue 164 | Monday 22 December 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A very happy Christmas from the SE1 Direct team We'll be back as usual next Monday morning with a New Year what's on guide ======================================================= >> IN THIS BULLETIN ======================================================= * What's on this week * ADVERT: New Year's Party & January Half Price Sale * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * SE1 news from around the web * SE1 Noticeboard * In the London SE1 Forum ======================================================= [ What's on this week ] Here's our pick of this week's community and cultural events. For a more comprehensive what's on guide check out this month's 'in SE1' - see http://www.inSE1.co.uk for details. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROST FAIR ON BANKSIDE Monday 22 December 12-10pm on the riverside by Shakespeare's Globe Riverside fair in front of the Globe with craft and food stalls, street theatre, carols, bell ringing, art and tree dressing. Lunchtime activities for children from 12 noon. From 6.30pm there will be mulled wine and chestnuts available. http://www.southwark.gov.uk ELEPHANT & CASTLE CHRISTMAS FUN DAY Monday 22 December From 1.30pm at the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre Live music, tea and cake, face painting and baloons for chidren. From 4.30pm there will be Latin American singing and dancing, Father Christmas, giveaways and Nativity (pesebre) sets. http://www.elephantlinks.co.uk CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT BOROUGH MARKET Until Wednesday 24 December Monday & Tuesday 12 noon-6pm; Wednesday 10am-3pm Borough Market is open for a final opportunity to buy high quality produce for the Christmas table. The Market is then closed until Saturday 3 January when normal opening hours resume. http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk RADIO 4 MIDNIGHT MASS FROM ST GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL Wednesday 24 December 11.15pm at St George's Cathedral, Lambeth Road and live on BBC Radio 4 Midnight Mass at Southwark's Roman Catholic cathedral starts early this year to accommodate the needs of Radio 4's broadcast. The new Archbishop of Southwark, the Most Revd Kevin McDonald, celebrates the first Mass of Christmas. The Cathedral Choir sing the Mass to the setting for double choir and organ by Charles-Marie Widor and a feast of carols including Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Adeste Fideles. The service is preceded at 10.45pm by Readings and Carols (led by the Girls' Choir). Mass (and the Radio 4 broadcast) start at 11.15pm prompt. The congregation is asked to be seated before 11pm. There will be no admissions after Mass has started. http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=604 (BBC Religion) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ (listen live online) http://www.southwark-rc-cathedral.org.uk OTHER CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT SE1 CHURCHES Listings for several churches can be found in our monthly printed what's on guide - available to download via http://www.inSE1.co.uk Many churches now have their own websites: Southwark Cathedral (Anglican) http://www.dswark.org/cathedral St George's Cathedral (RC), Lambeth Road http://www.southwark-rc-cathedral.org.uk Christ Church Southwark (Anglican), Blackfriars Road http://www.christchurchsouthwark.org.uk St George the Martyr & St Alphege (Anglican) http://www.stgeorgethemartyr.co.uk St John's Waterloo (Anglican), Waterloo Road http://www.stjohnswaterloo.co.uk Our Lady of La Salette & St Joseph (RC), Melior Street http://www.rc.net/southwark/londonbridge-lasalette/ Precious Blood (RC), O'Meara Street http://www.preciousblood-borough.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------- Running an event? http://SE1direct.co.uk/inclusion.php ======================================================= [ ADVERT: New Year's Party & January Half Price Sale ] Bankside Restaurant - New Year's Party and January Half Price Sale Start the New Year in style with a fabulous party at Bankside Restaurant. It costs an affordable �40 and includes: Reception drink Luxury two-course buffet Champagne toast Disco till 2am Southwark Rose hotel, located opposite the restaurant, is offering party guests a special New Year's rate of just �67 per room inc. breakfast. (creating a total package of just �73.50 per person, based on two sharing a room). The famous Bankside January Sale returns from Friday 2 to Wednesday 14 January, All Bankside restaurant food will be discounted by 50% (starters and desserts just �2.00 and mains from �3.50 to �5.75. There are no coupons to collect or special menus. Just enjoy the usual generous portions of fresh quality food at a discounted price. For more information and reservations contact the restaurant on: Tel/fax: 020 7633 0011 email: [email protected] http://www.banksiderestaurants.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------- 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: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FROST FAIR RETURNS TO BANKSIDE The famous Frost Fair known to William Shakespeare is returning to Bankside today after a 189 year break. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/770 NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR ARCHBISHOP'S PARK Archbishop's Park, one of the few public green spaces in north Lambeth and the largest in SE1, has been preserved for at least one more generation. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/769 ANGLICAN COMMUNION LEAVES SE1 The permanent secretariat of the Anglican Consultative Council moves this week from its Waterloo Road building. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/768 IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS VISIT SE1 The Archbishop of Canterbury has held talks with the Chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim and senior colleagues at Lambeth Palace. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/767 AIR AMBULANCE LANDS ON PALESTRA SITE The Air Ambulance landed on the Palestra site opposite Southwark Station on Wednesday. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/766 'TATE TOWER' JUDGEMENT POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY A High Court judge has postponed judgement on the appeal by Bankside residents against the planning inspector's decision to grant the go-ahead to a 20 storey tower next to Tate Modern. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/765 ======================================================= [ SE1 news from around the Web ] Each week we trawl the web for news and features about SE1 people, places and organisations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cluster of skyscrapers planned for Waterloo station http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=601 - Skyscrapers Bovis Lend Lease winds Bankside123 contract http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=57 - CityOffices A visitor from Cairo's impressions of Bankside http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=598 - Cairo Times Saatchi Gallery launches children's Art Prize http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=599 - PA/Scotsman Million visitors to Tate Modern's Weather Project http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=600 - PA/Scotsman What the Papers Say Awards under London Bridge station http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=603 - Guardian ======================================================= [ SE1 Noticeboard ] For those odd bits of news which don't fit anywhere else... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SEE THE UNSUCCESSFUL OLYMPIC LOGO DESIGNS Mill Street-based design firm John Nash and Friends has set up a gallery on its website for the entrants who entered the London 2012 Logo Bid competition held earlier this year. As designers they were naturally inquisitive to see what everyone else did. http://www.nashdesign.com/2012_LOGO/olympic_.html ======================================================= [ In the London SE1 Forum ] Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent discussions at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Christmas Day - Emergency pharmacies - Extra height... [Tabard Square tower] - Third World Postal Service - Window cleaning - Tate Tower facilities... - St Christopher House - Southwark council benchmarked - Frost Fair on Bankside - The Pagoda - Where to buy a Christmas Tree?� - Michael Caine - Tate Tower 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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