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======================================================= * Spread the word about SE1 Direct to your neighbours * ======================================================= [ SE1 Direct ] http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Issue 253 | Monday 12 September 2005 ======================================================= >> IN THIS BULLETIN ======================================================= * What's on this week * Advert: South Bank Alexander Centre * Local news from the London SE1 website * Local business news from the London SE1 website * Features from the London SE1 website * Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum ======================================================= [ What's on this week ] Each week we select a few highlights from the community and cultural events taking place over the next seven days. For a more comprehensive what's on guide check out 'in SE1' - our monthly printed publication - see http://www.inSE1.co.uk for details. NORTH LAMBETH AREA COMMITTEE Tuesday 13 September 7pm at Pedlars Acre Community Hall, Opal Street, SE11 Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=987 Come and hear about: tunnel Project in Vauxhall co-ordinated by the Cross River Partnership, an update on the Council's long term Street Lighting Project, and delivering the Community Strategy in North Lambeth http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/CouncilDemocracy/ SOUTHWARK MYSTERIES WALKS Tuesday 13 & Wednesday 14 September Meet 7pm at John Harvard Library in Borough High Street Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=743 Free walks led by John Constable Tue 13: The Outlaw Borough Wed 14: The Ghost Walk (Haunted inns, a Roman cemetery and Cross Bones graveyard.) CLEVER COMMUTER CHALLENGE: GOOD GOING WEEK Thursday 15 September Begins at 8.15am at Peckham Pulse and finishes at Potters Fields Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1057 Participants have to race from Peckham Pulse to Potters Field by Tower Bridge by any method. Everyone who enters will enjoy a free breakfast - and get to prove themselves a Clever Commuter. To take part email [email protected] or turn up at Peckham Pulse on the day. Each entrant timed from start to finish. You can travel by any method: car, bus, train, tube, bike, scooter, motorbike, rollerblading... or your own personal secret transport weapon! The route is only 5 km, so a perfect cycling, skating or walking distance. http://www.mobilityweek-europe.org http://www.goodgoing.co.uk HEALTHY LIVING DAY FOR OVER-50s AT ELEPHANT & CASTLE Friday 16 September 10.30am-4pm at the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre in the space above Tesco Metro; free Map: St George the Martyr Charity event for over 50s with stalls, music, gentle exercise, a raffle and light refreshments. Stalls from Age Concern, Southwark Pensioners' Forum, Charterhouse-in-Southwark, Blackfriars Settlement and Southwark PCT. More information: [email protected] THAMES NELSON FLOTILLA Friday 16 September 12 noon The recreation of Nelson's water-borne funeral procession arrives in Pool of London from Greenwich. HMS Belfast fires a salute as the flotilla continues upstream to King's Reach opposite Oxo Tower Wharf. 40 traditional oared craft including HMS Victory's Cutter, shallops and three City livery company barges. The Havengore, which bore Sir Winston Churchill's coffin in 1965, precedes the procession accompanied by Dunkirk Little Ships. http://www.thamesnelsonflotilla.org 1 BLACKFRIARS ROAD SKYSCRAPER CONSULTATION Friday 16 & Saturday 17 September Fri 3.30-6.30pm; Sat 9am-12 noon at London Nautical School, Stamford Street Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1011 Public consultation on proposal for 70-storey building on corner of Blackfriars Road and Stamford Street. http://www.thebeethamorganization.com WATERLOO CARNIVAL DE CUBA Friday 16 September 4pm; free Map: Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=736 Procession of fantastical creatures created by pupils and parents from Johanna Primary School. Procession will travel through Lower Marsh, down Frazier Street and through the Tanswell Estate. The procession will arrive at Millennium Green at 4.30pm where the performers will be welcomed by Kate Hoey MP and the procession will be followed by music and dancing on the Green until the event closes at 7.30pm. Live music and salsa on the Green with Cubana and Carnival de Cuba. THE MAYOR'S THAMES FESTIVAL Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September Annual festival on and around the Thames between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge. A packed weekend of fun for all the family, culminating in a night carnival on Sunday night and fireworks in association with ITV. For a concise guide to what's on, see page 8 of the September issue of 'in SE1' - download a PDF from http://www.inSE1.co.uk http://www.thamesfestival.org OPEN HOUSE LONDON Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September More than 20 architecturally significant buildings in SE1 (and dozens more across London) open their doors to the public for free this weekend. For a concise guide to what's open and when, see page 8 of the September issue of 'in SE1' - download a PDF from http://www.inSE1.co.uk http://www.openhouselondon.org OPEN WEEK AT ST MARY MAGDALEN BERMONDSEY From Saturday 17 September Sat 10am-4pm at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey Street Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1056 The historic church of St Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey Street will be open on Saturdays 17 & 24 Sep 10am-4pm, and Monday 19-Friday 23 Sep 9.30am-12.30pm. http://www.stmarysbermondsey.org.uk IMMORTAL2 - NO FIT STATE CIRCUS AT POTTERS FIELDS Saturday 17 September to Sunday 2 October Tue-Sun 8pm (matinee Sat & Sun 3pm); �15 (conc �10) Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1055 Mixed media contemporary circus fusing film, circus, live music and theatre inside futuristic silver Big Top. Direct from the Edinburgh Festival. http://www.nofitstate.com WORTH THE WALK - NATIONAL WALKING DAY - LAMBETH Sunday 18 September Meet 2pm at Lambeth North station; free (booking essential - [email protected] or 01386 751500 by 7pm Friday) Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1054 Lambeth Walk via Hercules Road hearing associations with William Blake, a circus strongman and filming locations for Passport to Pimlico, Lambeth Road viewing the Museum of Garden History and Lambeth Palace to Albert Embankment with the International Maritime Organisation and Fire Brigade HQ. Then into Black Prince Road mentioning the Doulton Lambeth Studio and through Duchy of Cornwall housing to the site of mediaeval Kennington Palace at Kennington Cross. Now via Kennington Road with the only surviving home of Charlie Chaplin to Cleaver Square past Lambeth Art College and the White Bear Theatre. http://www.tourguides.co.uk/national_walking_day.html WORTH THE WALK - NATIONAL WALKING DAY - SOUTHWARK Sunday 18 September Meet 2pm at the Southwark Needle, south end of London Bridge; free (booking essential - [email protected] or 01386 751500 by 7pm Friday) Map: http://quicklink.se1direct.co.uk/?id=1017 Southwark walk takes in through 2000 years of history from a Roman settlement through to Tate Modern. We leave the 1970s London Bridge (on the site of many earlier ones right back to the Romans) towards Southwark Cathedral. The Shakespeare trail takes us to the George Inn and the site of the 16th century Rose theatre and the Globe theatre reconstruction. We pass by the Borough Market with its Bridget Jones and Harry Potter connections. We see the remains of the Bishop of Winchester's Palace and the infamous Clink Prison. We end with new attractions Vinopolis, Tate Modern and the Millennium Bridge. http://www.tourguides.co.uk/national_walking_day.html ======================================================= Running an event? http://SE1direct.co.uk/inclusion.php ======================================================= [ Advert: South Bank Alexander Centre ] Thinking of change? Lighten your life with the Alexander Technique. Using the Alexander Technique you can become... * alert * balanced * relaxed * focused * effective * confident South Bank Alexander Centre, 27a Blackfriars Rd, SE1 020 7928 6378 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------- Get your ad here http://SE1direct.co.uk/advertising.php ======================================================= [ Local news from the London SE1 website ] Remember you don't have to wait till SE1 Direct drops into your mailbox to get a local news fix. The London SE1 website offers the latest news throughout the week. TONY BLAIR VISITS BERMONDSEY The prime minister came to Bermondsey on Monday to deliver a major speech on education at the new City of London Academy in Lynton Road. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1723 CATHEDRAL'S PLAN FOR ALL HALLOWS SITE VETOED BY COUNCIL Southwark Cathedral's controversial plans for the redevelopment of the All Hallows church site in Copperfield Street have been turned down by Southwark Council. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1719 BEETHAM TOWER PLAN PRAISED BY CABE BUT WESTMINSTER WILL OBJECT The proposed 740ft skyscraper by Blackfriars Bridge has been praised by CABE as a "bold addition to London's skyline", but Westminster City Council is preparing to object to the scheme. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1718 MISSING GIRL'S BODY FOUND IN THAMES NEAR HMS BELFAST Police searching for a girl who fell into the Thames from Albert Embankment in the early hours of Sunday morning have recovered her body from the river near HMS Belfast. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1717 MORLEY STREET FALL WOMAN IDENTIFIED A woman who died after a fall from the balcony of flats in Amigo House, Morley Street, on August Bank Holiday Monday has been named as Julie Katnoria, 24, of Webber Row. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1716 ======================================================= [ Local business news from the London SE1 website ] BUTLER'S WHARF ARCHITECTS COMMENDED FOR DANSON HOUSE RESTORATION Architects Purcell Miller Tritton of Maguire Street last week received a commendation from RIBA London for the restoration of the capital's "the most significant building at risk". http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1722 ======================================================= [ Features from the London SE1 website ] ANNA FORD OPENS WATERLOO FAIR BBC News presenter Anna Ford was at St John's Churchyard in Waterloo on Saturday to open a community fair. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1721 KEVIN SPACEY UNVEILS OLD VIC'S NEW SEASON Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey this week announced his plans for the Waterloo theatre into 2006, including a unique British/Iraqi collaboration on The Soldier's Tale. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1720 ======================================================= [ Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum ] Our weekly digest of topics raised in recent discussions at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/ - Local builder needed - small job - any recommedations? - Leaks or Rising Damp - I don't like wet floors! - Thameslink 2000 Inquiry - Broken digital camera needs fixing - Burnt work top - Time Out delivery - HOW many coffee shops in TBR? - Violent activities @ Mint Street Park - BOST reply - Information on Stantley House, Frazier Street - The Founders Arms - Southwark CC mini zone - Southwark One Stop Shop aka "Face to Face" - Advertising in the sky over London - St Georges Circus - derelict Georgian terraces - MOT testing in SE1 - Artists studio - All Hallows Church, Copperfield Street - Care homes in SE1 * Please note that you need to register separately for the London SE1 Forum - your login details for this email newsletter (shown below) will NOT work on the forum. * 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 protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2005 Bankside Press ======================================================= >> SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ======================================================= - WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE? - CHANGING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? 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