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SE1 Direct 494: Election Hustings, Walk to Work Week & more ============================================================ [ SE1 Direct ] Issue 494 About this email newsletter: http://www.SE1direct.co.uk Daily local news & features: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk Monday 26 April 2010 ISSN 1750-0656 ============================================================ IN THIS BULLETIN ============================================================ * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * Advert: South Bank Yoga * What's on this week * No local job vacancies this week * Small offices & desk spaces for rent * Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum * Business Forum in association with Better Bankside * Noticeboard: swimming at Downside Fisher Youth Club ============================================================ { Local news & features 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. You can also see the news on a map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/map * What questions should we ask the election candidates? Tell us: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/community/election2010/ * Fire at Albert Barnes House on New Kent Road Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4500 * St George in Southwark Festival 2010: pictures Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4501 * Southwark Mysteries: a once-in-a-decade experience Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4499 * Top Tory Liam Fox's Bermondsey home burgled Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4497 * Chris Grayling at launch of Teenage Job Club Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4496 * Man injured in fight at Newington Causeway job centre Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4495 * Network Rail chooses Thames barges for Blackfriars project Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4494 * Ammonia scare at London South Bank University Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4493 * New book - Walking London's Monuments and Statues Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4492 * Artists' tribute to Polish air crash victims Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/4498 ============================================================ { Advert } Iyengar Yoga classes at Christ Church Blackfriars Road Iyengar Yoga is based on the correct alignment of the body. It helps to build stamina and flexibility. When the body is correctly aligned then there is balance in both the mind and the body. Classes are open to beginners and it is an extremely beneficial practice to those suffering with back, neck, shoulder problems etc and also for many other medical conditions. For more information check out my website http://www.southbankyoga.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your ad here: http://www.se1direct.co.uk/advertising.php > Now taking bookings for early June onwards so be quick! ============================================================ { 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 comprehensive what's on guide visit http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/ or pick up a copy of our free monthly printed publication, 'in SE1'. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE: ROXY'S EXTRAORDINARY FILM SEASON Monday 26 April 8pm at Roxy Bar & Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street; �3 A milestone in mainstream queer cinema, with esteemed editor Mick Audsley in conversation. Part of Roxy's 10-week Extraordinary Film Season of screenings introduced by guest speakers. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8779 GUIDED WILDLIFE WALK AT WATERLOO MILLENNIUM GREEN Tuesday 27 April 12.30pm-1pm (meet by the jerk chicken stand) at Waterloo Millennium Green, Waterloo Road; free Join Living Streets for a short guided wildlife walk around Waterloo Millennium Green led by Mary O'Connor of Bankside Open Spaces Trust and Jonathan Trestrum from Putting Down Roots. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8972 WATERLOO LOCAL HUSTINGS Tuesday 27 April 7pm-9pm at St John's Waterloo, Waterloo Road; free Meet your local candidates for Bishop's ward (Lambeth) and Cathedrals ward (Southwark). Find out their priorities for South Bank, Waterloo and Blackfriars, ask questions and hear the debate. Chaired by Revd Giles Goddard. Debate starts 7.30pm prompt. Please arrive between 7pm and 7.30pm if you would like to submit questions. Organised by WaCoCo and South Bank Forum. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8958 GET WALKING KEEP WALKING: LUNCHTIME FITNESS WALK Wednesday 28 April Meet 1pm outside Young Vic, 66 The Cut; free Join Living Streets and The Ramblers for a 30 minute lunchtime walk. You will discover the Imperial War Museum, the Tibetan Peace Garden at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park along with the obelisk at St George's Circus and more. You will also receive a free Get Walking Keep Walking DIY pack containing a full 12-week walking plan, a logbook and a step counter. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8973 WATERLOO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP GENERAL MEETING Wednesday 28 April 7pm at Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Road Whatever happened to Jubilee Gardens? West 8 (architects) with Mike McCart, Southbank Centre & Ted Inman, South Bank Employers' Group. Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has promised �1.5 million towards costs in order to get the gardens opened for the Olympics in 2012. What do you think of the plans? St Thomas' Hospital serves a large number of people across central and south London, and is a major teaching hospital. It is also one of Waterloo's largest sites and improvements and changes could benefit local residents as well as patients and visitors. Steve McGuire explains. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/7940 BLACKFRIARS NEW AND OLD: LUNCHTIME GUIDED WALK Thursday 29 April 12pm-12.45pm; starts Southwark Underground Station, 68-70 Blackfriars Road; free Join Living Streets for a 45 minute guided walk from The Cut via Hatfields to Blackfriars Bridge detailing the history and regeneration of the area. A great chance to learn more about the area in which you work. Places will be limited to the first 20 on the day so if you want to guarantee a place email [email protected] Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8974 DEPTFORD JACK IN THE GREEN: MAY DAY ECCENTRICITY IN BOROUGH Saturday 1 May Decorating the Jack from 10am; set off from The Rake in Winchester walk just before 12 noon The Deptford Jack in the Green will return to the Borough this Saturday. A revival of a colourful and bizarre May Day tradition. The Jack will set off from The Rake in Winchester Walk and complete a circuit round some of SE1's most popular pubs with a brief lunchtime foray across Millennium Bridge and into the City of London. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8978 LAUREN CHILD BOOK SIGNING AT JOHN HARVARD LIBRARY Saturday 1 May 11am-12.30pm at John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High Street; free; booking essential Author and illustrator Lauren Child, best known for thee Charlie and Lola books and Clarice Bean novels, is visiting John Harvard Library. To book for this event email [email protected] or call 020 7525 3889 and leave your telephone number. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8835 SISTER ACT NUN RUN 2010 Sunday 2 May Starts Potters Fields Park; �20 via http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/nunsrun Last year a thousand 'nuns' pounding the streets of London raised more than �30,000 for Barnardo's. The 2010 run will start on Potters Fields Park next to City Hall and make a short loop around Shad Thames going under and then over Tower Bridge. You'll pass the Tower of London and St Paul's before crossing the river and returning past Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8517 GENERAL ELECTION HUSTINGS Sunday 2 May 1.15pm-2.45pm at Garry Weston Library, Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge With candidates from the Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. Candidates have been asked to address: * Homelessness * Regeneration and local community * Immigration and sanctuary * The role of churches and faith communities particularly in relation to these issues ... and take questions from the floor. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8905 POLAND AIR CRASH MEMORIAL CONCERT IN THE BOROUGH Monday 3 May 7pm at St George the Martyr, Borough High Street; free; donations to Katyn Families Association Concert in memory of the 96 victims of the Smolensk plane crash on 10 April who died on their way to commemorate the 22,000 Poles killed in the Katyn massacre of 1940. Violinists Filip Cwizewicz, Michal Cwizewicz and Daniel Pioro perform works by Mozart, Wieniawski, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Szymanowski, Part and Messiaen together with pianists John Paul Ekins and Carson Becke. Filip and Michal's great-grandfather and Daniel's great grandfather were both victims of the Katyn executions in 1940. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8975 WILLIAM BLAKE'S LAMBETH: GUIDED WALK Tuesday 4 May 6.30pm at Waterloo Library, 114-118 Lower Marsh; free; book via 020 7926 1075 or [email protected] I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. William Blake is one of Britain's most world-renowned poets, artists and thinkers. His life in Westminster is widely celebrated, yet his decade in Lambeth from 1790 to 1800, when he produced arguably his greatest works, is undervalued and little known. Discover the traces of Blake's Lambeth with archivist Jon Newman. The walk lasts one and a half hours. Part of the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/8901 ============================================================ { Local job vacancies } * Earn a Bit Of Extra Money By Helping the Over 50s in SE1 * Farm work opportunities, Surrey Docks Farm [volunteers] * Opinion panel member for a TV company Details at http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs Why not advertise your job vacancy here? Only �9.99: http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs/add-a-job ============================================================ { Small offices & desk spaces for rent } * Office space in Bermondsey Street * Commercial space to let - Alaska Buildings Details at http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/offices Why not advertise your office space here? Only �9.99: http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/offices/post-advert ============================================================ { Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum } Our weekly digest of new topics started at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1 * Kitten found - Aylesford House, Long Lane http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125696 * Barefoot London Marathon http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125682 * What's up with Albert Barnes? http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125679 * E.F. Mountain Ltd http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125651 * Southwark Council Elections 2010 http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125619 * Court Tavern history http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125585 * Hays Galleria stalls http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125568 * Wine Bar with outside seating in Borough http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125490 * Violette Szabo ("Carve her name with Pride") http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125466 * Bermondsey school closed due to volcanic ash http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125441 * Cardboard boxes for moving house http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125437 * Old Warehouse Great Suffolk Street http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125432 * Attack on Great Dover St... http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/125403 To see all the current active forum topics, go to: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1 ============================================================ { Business forum in association with Better Bankside } * Looking for meeting space http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/124522 Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/7 ============================================================ { Noticeboard } The Downside Fisher Youth Club in Bermondsey has started an 'Aquatic Swimming Club' and is also offering free swimming lessons to all Southwark young people Monday - Friday, 6pm - 9pm. The Aquatic Swimming Club provides swimming opportunities to all young people from Lifeguard training to 'Aqua Boxing', 'Water Polo' to 'Swim Fitness' and 'Sychronised Swimming'. Free swimming lessons are also available to all those who are beginners, weak swimmers and/or with no or very little swimming experience. Please call Downside Fisher Youth Club on 020 7407 0093 ============================================================ CONTACT DETAILS ============================================================ Before sending us event information please see http://www.banksidepress.com/listings/ Editor: James Hatts - [email protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2010 Bankside Press ============================================================ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ============================================================