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============================================================ [ SE1 Direct ] Issue 713 Monday 7 July 2014 ISSN 1750-0656 ============================================================ IN THIS BULLETIN ============================================================ * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * Advert: Revitalise your training with Moreno Boxing! * What's on this week * Local job vacancies * Small offices & desk spaces for rent * Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum * Business forum in association with Better Bankside ============================================================ { Local news & features from the London SE1 website } * Printed what's on guide 'in SE1' to cease publication Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7676 * Tour de France in London today: bridges shut to traffic Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7677 * Save �6 on tickets to East of Berlin @ Southwark Playhouse Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/e15573 * Lower Marsh turned into 1950s Soho for ITV drama Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7692 * New Kent Road cycle lane: are police 'overzealous'? Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7687 * Last chance to comment on Archbishop's Park sports plans Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7697 * Scene set for Kray twins movie in Roupell Street Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7696 * M&S shuts Simply Food store at Waterloo Station Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7695 * BookBenches appear around Bankside and London Bridge Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7685 * Mechanical elephant starts season of Blackfriars Stories Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7684 * Bermondsey in Bloom 2014: call for entries Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7683 * Waterloo Millennium Green water feature restored Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7682 * 14-storey 'Music Box' tower on Union Street approved Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7681 * Waterloo Carnival features locals aged 2 to 82 Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7690 * Royal Mail halts deliveries after attack on postman Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7689 * South Bank Business Improvement District approved Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7679 * Man jailed for causing death by dangerous driving Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7688 * Jubilee Gardens: businesses & groups urged to join trust Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7675 * Hilton London Bankside hotel 'topped out' Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7674 * Spanish Civil War UK volunteers remembered at ceremony Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7694 * Sunday Service: Southwark's black majority churches Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7691 * Artist/activist Veronica Planton remembered at exhibition Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7693 * Boris Johnson and Darcey Bussell launch Big Dance 2014 Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7686 * Globe Academy pupils sign up shops to CitySafe scheme Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7680 * Unicorn Theatre receives Arts Council funding boost Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7678 ============================================================ { Advert } Bored with your training, fed up with not seeing results, looking for a challenge? Revitalise your training with Moreno Boxing! Try Moreno Boxing - New Boxing Classes, 1-2-1 and small group training Everyone Welcome, No Boxing Experience Needed Timetable: Beginners - Mondays and Wednesdays 8 � 9pm, Intermediates - Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 � 9pm and All Levels on Saturdays 12 � 1pm Book your class and pay online right from our website! Prices: FREE First Class to all first time attendees 1 x Class Adults �10, Students �8 or 10 x Classes Adults �90, Students �70 * 1 Month Unlimited Training Adults �65, Students �55 - OUR MOST POPULAR PACKAGE! Personal Training: 1 Hour 15 Minutes for �50, or 10 sessions for �450, saving �50 50% off your first PT session (worth �25) with the exclusive online promotional code:�PT50-OFF Five free classes worth �50 when a friend joins our unlimited monthly package! Location: London South Bank University Sports Centre, London Road, SE1 0AA Closest tube/train station is Elephant & Castle, 2 minutes' walk away, and London Bridge bus, train and tube station, 10 minutes' walk away Training with amateur champion boxer, qualified ABA boxing coach and Reps personal trainer Carlos Moreno For more info Call/text Carlos 07949 510959, email [email protected] Check out the website http://www.morenoboxing.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your ad here: http://www.se1direct.co.uk/advertising.php Now taking bookings for late 2014 ============================================================ { What's on this week } MUSIC IN OFFICES Wednesday 9 July 12.30pm-2pm at The Scoop at More London, More London Riverside; free Music in Offices facilitates instrumental tuition and sets up choirs in over 35 workplaces across London. This lunchtime concert will feature the current Office Choir of the Year, Norton Rose Fulbright, as well as three other office choirs showcasing a variety of a cappella repertoire. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15874 TREE OR FALSE? WALKSHOP Wednesday 9 July 6.30pm-8pm at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Lambeth Road; �20 from http://se1.info/treeorfalse On this Tree or False? walkshop you are encouraged to investigate the myths about trees and make up a few stories of your own. The Ice Age Tree Trail was a Millennium project by Trees for Cities in which specimens of each of the 34 species of trees to colonise Britain since the Ice age were identified or planted in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15863 CASILLERO DEL DIABLO WINE LEGEND TOUR Thursday 10 July 11am-7.30pm at Potters Fields Park, Tooley Street Start of a nationwide double-decker bus tour to promote Casillero del Diablo wine. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15858 ELEPHANT & CASTLE SHOPPING CENTRE CONSULTATION Thursday 10 July 4pm-6pm at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, Elephant and Castle Second in a series of drop-in sessions as part of the initial planning process for the redevelopment of the shopping centre. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15822 OPEN DAY AT DOWNSIDE FISHER YOUTH CLUB Thursday 10 July 5pm-8pm at Downside Fisher Youth Club, Coxson Place, Druid Street; free Try football, badminton, table tennis, dance, yoga, cricket, archery, swimming and other activities. Refreshments available. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15830 HENRY ELIOT: CHAUCER AND SOUTHWARK Thursday 10 July 8pm at The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High Street; �2.50 (conc �1.50); reservations [email protected] Talk by Henry Eliot. A South East London Folklore Society event. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15407 IN LAMBETH Thursday 10 July to Saturday 2 August Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Sat 3pm at Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway; �18 (conc �16) Jack Shepherd's play about a meeting of two radical minds - the revolutionary Thomas Paine and the visionary William Blake. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15864 LATIN STREET PARTY WITH CUBANA Thursday 10 July 12 noon-2pm & 5pm-7pm at Emma Cons Gardens, The Cut; free Each year Cubana takes over Emma Cons Gardens for the day as part of the Waterloo Quarter Food Festival. Expect loud music, fine Cuban cuisine, cocktails and dancing. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15866 LOUISE MARSHALL - SCOTTISH PIPER Thursday 10 & Friday 11 July 12.30pm-2pm at The Scoop at More London, More London Riverside; free She was chosen as the lone piper to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Edinburgh during his State Visit to Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government in 2010. She also performed for Her Majesty the Queen alongside top British Soprano Lesley Garrett and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the naming ceremony of Cunard�s newest Ocean Liner 'Queen Elizabeth' in Southampton. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15876 WORLD CUP EXTRAVAGANZA Friday 11 July 3pm-7pm at Marlborough Sports Garden, Marlborough Playground, Union Street; free Come along and celebrate the World Cup with Bankside Open Spaces Trust. Activities include beach football, food, arts & crafts, face painting and much more. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15839 BERMONDSEY ART TRAIL Saturday 12 July 11am-5pm at Bermondsey Street, Bermondsey Street; free An opportunity to visit artists, galleries, curators and art studios from Melior Street in the north to Willow Walk in the south. The event is free and no booking is required. Simply turn up and feel free to navigate your own way round (download a map here) or take advantage of guided tours starting at the Horseshoe Inn in Melior Street at 11am and 12.30pm. The guided tours include access to studios not otherwise open to the public. Shortwave Cinema in Bermondsey Square is showing a programme of short art films between 2pm and 4pm. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15902 SUMMER FETE Saturday 12 July 12pm-3pm at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, 108 Stamford Street Games, cakes and savouries, ice creams, bric a brac, nearly new toys and book stalls. All welcome at this friendly, family event. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15909 DAVID IDOWU PEACE EVENT Saturday 12 July 12pm-6pm at Tabard Gardens, Tabard Street; free Annual event held each July in memory of David Idowu, fatally wounded in Tabard Gardens six years ago. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15819 THE STOCKMKT Saturday 12 July 4pm-10pm at Bermondsey Square, Bermondsey Square; free The StockMKT returns to Bermondsey Square with street food, drinks, bands, DJs and other stalls and traders. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15681 MINT STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL Saturday 12 July 12pm-5.30pm at Mint Street Park, Southwark Bridge Road; free A free, family-friendly community music festival, which aims to encourage people of all ages to support local talent and participate in making music. It is part of Our Big Gig, a music celebration taking place across the UK. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15838 BASTILLE FESTIVAL Sunday 13 July Around Borough Market and Bankside; free For the seventh year running, Bankside and Borough Market are hosting London's largest free Bastille Day Festival to celebrate France's national day with an extravaganza of all things French. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15793 ============================================================ { Local job vacancies } * Trustee, United St Saviour's Charity [volunteer] * HR Administrator, Blackfriars Settlement * Part Time Sales Assistant, Waterloo Body Station * Cleaner, Styles House TMO * Kitchen helper See 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 } * Studio space available, London Bubble See 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 } * Route 453 http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/183231 * Asbestos http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/183207 * Blackfriars Road refuge http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/183137 * Bedding plants wanted http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/183116 * HISTORY Sumner Buildings http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/183115 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 } * Office rental wanted - 1000 sq ft near London Bridge http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/8/182956 * Room hire required http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/182754 * Room hire enquiry http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/182374 Read more at http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/7 ============================================================ CONTACT DETAILS ============================================================ Before sending us event information please see http://www.banksidepress.com/listings/ Editor: James Hatts - [email protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2014 Bankside Press Postal address: 27 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY ============================================================ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ============================================================ You have received this email because you signed up to receive weekly mailings about SE1 news and events. 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