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2 It is your community, you have the right to a say in what happens
It is easy to forget just where we live.
Eltham is rather unique in my opinion.
It is open and green and has many parks
and open spaces, many of them very
old and a few of cultural and historic
signifi cance. It is on the doorstep of
perhaps the greatest city in the world.
Eltham does have a lot to off er its
residents. But the rewards of living in
a wonderful community are not easily
won and a lot harder to maintain. It
takes eff ort.
In a general sense we get what we aspire
to. If we want a safe, strong, welcoming
and healthy community we have to do
something. it will not magically appear
on its own.
A strong community spirit leads to a
safe community. Mankind has been
to the moon and back, yet we often
have trouble crossing the road to meet
the new neighbour. Change that. Say
high to your neighbours, they do not
have to become your best friends, but
acknowledging them with a smile and a
welcoming 'Hi' is a good thing and will
help you feel better, and hopefully them
too.
The same applies to the high street. Not
a week would pass without someone
commenting on the demise of this
business or that. Or reminiscing on
businesses that once existed on our high
street. Times change and businesses will
come and go as a matter of the natural
order of progress. We would not expect
to see a blacksmith on the high street,
nor a typewriter sales shop.
Tastes change, technology advances,
the economy gyrates. The conventional
wisdom holds that businesses must
adapt or die. Indeed, the scrap heap of
history is littered with once best-selling
concepts that failed to remain relevant.
For us, the only way we can contribute
to the welfare of local businesses is to
use them. Businesses that attract our
attention and money are the ones that
will be there again tomorrow for us
to use. Those we do not support on a
regular basis cannot survive and will
disappear. And the businesses we think
we do not want will remain, as long as
they are supported.
Local councils such as Greenwich
can only do so much. Deciding what
businesses should operate where, is
outside the role of town planning.
Regeneration planning. is tricky.
While the council can encourage
development with incentives, it cannot
and should not become directly
involved in property development. It
will be very interesting to see what
Greenwich has planned for the old Co-
oP building on the high street. On one
hand I applaud them for the courage
and foresight of taking control of the
pivotal building on our high street. I
hope their game plan is to hold it until
the right opportunity presents itself, or
turn the building over to
public use in some fashion
or another. Time will tell.
Council Leaders
retirement
For those
who have
not heard the
news, the council leader Chris Roberts
announced that he will not be standing
in the elections of 2014. Love him or
hate him, there can be little or no doubt
that he has strongly led Greenwich
through a very diffi cult time and I am
sure history will refl ect his tenure as
one of growth and general prosperity
for Greenwich. His will be a hard act to
follow.
Grove Market Place
I dare not tempt fate, but it does seems
that there is likely to be action on
the controversial development on this
eyesore site. On page 4 we carry a story
that was given to us just as we went
to press, so we have had little time to
deeply investigate the proposal. We will
follow the story up in future issues as
information comes to hand.
There also seems to be action down the
hill at the Coronet
site with a planning
application for a
Pizza Hut takeaway
on the site. Better
than an empty
shell, I guessEnjoy life:
Enjoy Eltham.
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OPINION, FROM MY DESKISSUE NUMBER 76
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MARCH 2013
Long time readers of SEnine might
rightly say 'here we go again.'
Cathedral Group, operating as Eltham
Renaissance have relinquished the
Eltham property at a declared loss of £7
million to Citygrove Securities PLC.
Citygrove background
Citygrove state that their strength
is working with local authorities,
landowners, fi nancial institutions,
occupiers and other industry
professionals to secure sites, obtain
planning permissions and construct
high quality buildings. "Our business
has grown over the years but our
ambition has remained the same: to be
productive, profi table and a pleasure to
do business with".
Their web site further states that all
of their schemes are pre-let to major
operators in the retail, leisure, hotel and
offi ce sectors.
The man behind Citygrove is chairman
Toby Baines. The declared principal
activity of the company in the annual
report (YE 2010) was that of acting
as a project manager to a number
of associated property development
companies in the United Kingdom and
Spain.
Eltham Renaissance press release.
Richard Upton, Director of Eltham
Renaissance said in a press release:
"We acquired the Grove Market Place
site just as the economy went into free
fall in 2007. Since then we have been
working very hard to secure a future
for this important site in the heart
of Eltham. The deal we have struck
with Citygrove to take the scheme
forward does just that. I am confi dent
that the exciting future we planned
for the site will now be delivered by a
partner with considerable experience
and commitment to Eltham’s Town
Centre. It has been a somewhat painful
experience for us to have to write off
£7m value from our books, but, we
move on and this is the right decision
for Eltham. “
Recent history of the site.
The site, long seen as a white elephant
because of its location, was acquired by
the Cathedral group in October 2007.
Before fi nalising plans, a public
consultation was held. The group's
objective was stated as; to maximise
the regenerative benefi t of the scheme
and to bring about a renaissance of the
Town Centre. A new company called
Eltham Renaissance was set up with the
view to developing this site.
DLA Architecture were retained on the
project, creating a scheme inspired by
the London Plane Tree. The £45m mixed-
use regeneration scheme comprised
129 apartments including 35%
aff ordable housing, new restaurants, a
convenience store and doctor’s surgery.
The Grove Market Place scheme was
refused permission by a Greenwich
Council planning committee but that
decision was overturned on appeal in
2009.
Many local residents objected, claiming
the scheme was out of character for
the area, far too large and there was
not enough parking for the hotel and
restaurant.
Concerns were also raised about noise
and congestion caused by delivery
lorries making right turns into the site
because Court Road was already the
eighth most congested road in London.
In October 2012 Eltham Renaissance
gained approval to reduce the
aff ordable housing to 20% claiming the
existing 35% as unviable, blaming the
recession.
The change was approved by council.
The Future
SEnine was told that plans were moving
forward at speed and Citygrove plan to
be on site with the demolition phase
of their development by early summer
2013. Citygrove are considering their
development options. Negotiations
are currently underway with a number
of partners to occupy the supermarket
and hotel spaces.
Grove Market Place SoldAfter years of inaction on this town centre eyesore, a group called
Citygrove plan to start demolition this summer.
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Ships of stone: The Islands of Mervyn Peake The works of one of Eltham College’s most famous old boys,
Mervyn Peake, are to feature in a unique exhibition starting in SE9 this month.
It was as an illustrator and painter
that Peake fi rst made his name and
the Gerald Moore Gallery’s exhibition,
which opens to the public on Saturday
March 23, will feature works which are
on public display for the fi rst time.
There will be major loans from The Estate
of Mervyn Peake, The National Portrait
Gallery and other public collections in
the UK.
The exhibition reveals and explores his
fascination with islands that started
in Eltham College and remained with
him throughout his career in which he
illustrated Stevenson’s Treasure Island,
among many other books including
A l i c e ’ s
Adventures in
Wonderland,
Swiss Family
Robinson and
the Ancient
Mariner.
It was later
that Peake’s
a b i l i t i e s
came to the
fore, most
famously as
the writer of
Gormenghast
books of
surreal fi ction.
The exhibition, Ships of Stone: The
Islands of Mervyn Peake takes a new
look at the work of the visionary artist,
writer and illustrator by focusing on
one of Peake’s lifelong obsessions with
islands.
This exhibition shows the landscapes
and characters of the island emerging
in his illustrations for Treasure Island
(1949), his novel Mr Pye (1953) and in
his descriptions of the metaphorical
island of Gormenghast Castle.
The exhibition uses audio recordings to
bring Peake’s writings alive alongside
objects and artworks that span his
career, many of which are on public
display for the fi rst time.
Mervyn Peake was born to Missionary
parents in China and grew up there until
the age of 11. In 1923 he started school
at Eltham College, formerly the School
for the Sons of Missionaries. By this
point, he had learned Treasure Island,
his favourite book, by heart and early
stories, paintings and drawings reveal
a thirst for adventure and a fascination
with islands.
Exhibition is open on Saturdays
from March 23 to May 18 inclusive
from 12noon-4pm.
Gerald Moore Gallery at Eltham College,
Mottingham Lane, London SE9 4RW. More
information from [email protected]
www.geraldmooregallery.org or
020 8857 0448. Free entry.
Mervyn Peake, Original page for Captain
Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, 1939, ink
on paper. Reproduced by permission of
the Mervyn Peake Estate.
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Eltham retained its distinctiveness.
It Encourages a high standard of
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addition to encouraging the preservation, development and
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Is it with a ‘y’?
No, it isn’t with a ‘y’! And it’s two ‘b’s. I’m
not a spider.
I had the same thing with my maiden
name. Yes, it’s Towell with two ‘l’s,
nothing to do with bath or tea! Derived
from a tollkeeper I’m led to believe.
If there’s anything
guaranteed to get my
goat, it’s having my
name spelled Jayne, as
in Jayne Mansfi eld, the
actress, whom I blame
for all this confusion.
It’s a perfectly good and
traditional name as it is,
I can’t see how putting in a ‘y’ makes it
any more interesting or exotic. I heard
of one parent who said that if they had
20 girls, they’d call them all Jane and not
a ‘y’ in sight.
I immediately and without reservation
apologise to the one in a hundred or so
families in Eltham with a member called
Jayne with a ‘y’.
It’s possible that it originally came from
the surname, which does indeed have a
‘y’, although it’s quite rare, (none in our
local phonebook), rather than a trendy
attempt to gild the lily.
Of course, names are very personal
things and we all have our own opinions.
Our family has so far tended to stay
traditional.
We’ve always reserved our creative side
for naming our pets. We started with our
guinea pigs Blackie, Brownie and Ginger
(let’s not go there). We then moved on to
calling our goldfi sh after the characters
in TV’s Friends (Phoebe, Joey, Monica,
Ross, Chandler and Rachel). And now,
the tame rats have taken on the names
of sweets (Rolo, Wispa and Button).
Our dear Tabby just had to be ‘Nutmeg’
although more recently her nick name
has become ‘Sausage’ after we heard
that’s the Duke of Edinburgh’s pet name
for the Queen.
I learned recently that there’s a new fad
for calling pets by human names and
vice versa. So a new
generation of cats and
dogs are being called
Henry, Louie, Stella
and Mia. Meanwhile
their owners will be
answering to Tiddles
and Fido!?
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The sign, which has stood in Passey
Place for 20 years, was subject to
a renovation after withstanding the
ravages of the weather since it was
unveiled on 11 September 1993.
It depicts a range of features from
Eltham’s history and landscape,
including the Tudor Barn, Severndroog
Castle, the Avery Hill Winter Gardens,
Shooters Hill woodland, St John’s
Church and Eltham Palace.
The refurbishment has corrected fading
to its south face and areas of paint
which had fl aked off .
It was originally unveiled by the then
chairman of the Eltham Society Marion
Kennett (bottom left), in 1993, with its
designer Paul Cookson, who lives locally.
The cost of the renovation was split
between the Eltham Society and
Greenwich Council.
Chair David Sleep said: “The sign now
looks like new and we’re grateful for
the support of the council. It’s a good
reminder of the historical attractions of
the area.”
Meanwhile, plans are advanced for New
Eltham to have at least one village sign
of its own. The fi rst would stand at the
main crossroads with possibly a further
one at Clare Corner, at the junction of
Green Lane and Footscray Road.
An application has been made by the
New Eltham Residents Association
to the Co-operative Society’s
Neighbourhoods Fund to pay for its
design and erection, with contributions
from local businesses.
The association is looking for comments
from local people about the features
of the area which are depicted and
have put forward a draft version for
consideration which contains:
• a steam engine, refl ecting the arrival
of the Southern Railway and the
growth of the ‘village’.
• a pair of 1930s houses, showing the
nature of the area.
• hockey sticks and a golf club to show
the many sports grounds
• oak leaves, representing the parkland
of Royal Blackheath Golf Club and
Avery Hill Park.
Barbara Whiting, secretary of the New
Eltham Residents Association, said:
“We’re looking for people’s views on
what might go on the sign.
“The aim is to foster greater awareness
and interest in the features of the area.
It’s about building identity and pride in
New Eltham”, she said.
Comments on the proposal should be
addressed to 194 Green Lane
New Eltham London SE9 3TL or via the
NERA website at www.nera-se9.com.
NERA plan to use Paul Cookson who
designed the Eltham sign to do the
artwork.
The sign for Mottingham village was put
up in 2009. Among the features on it is a
reference to AD 862, the year of the fi rst
recorded reference of ‘Modingahema’,
which means the land of Moda's people.
The tree symbolises a plane tree that
dates back to 18th century in front of
Eltham College, Eric Liddell, the athlete,
went to school at the college; ears of
corn refer to farming in the area, and the
cricket bat symbolises the cricketer W G
Grace who lived in Mottingham Lane
from 1909 to 1915.
Town Sign Eltham’s town sign has been given a facelift thanks to the Eltham Society and Greenwich Council.
Picture courtesy the John Kennett collection
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16 Feb to Sunday May 19 ‘This Eltham Of Ours’,Art exhibition featuring paintings of Eltham 1910-1920
Tuesdays to Saturdays, entry free
Greenwich Heritage Centre, Woolwich SE18 4DX from
9am – 5pm, Free
Wednesday to Saturday March 6 to 9‘When We Are Married’Classic comedy by J B Priestley
Bob Hope Theatre production
Wythfield Road, Eltham
Tickets £9 (conc £8, Weds and Thurs only)
7.45pm (plus 2.30pm Sat)
Monday March 11The Pleasaunce: Past, Present & Future’Illustrated talk with pictures of the park from Tudor times
onwards
Friends of Well Hall Pleasaunce
Tudor Barn. Free entry. 7.30pm
Wednesday March 13Irish folkEltham folk club
Blackheath Rugby Club, Kidbrooke Lane
8.30pm
Thursday March 14Quiz nightProceeds to Cancer Research UK
St Thomas More School, Footscray Road
£6 per person, tables of six. 7.30pm
Book tickets from 020 8850 5901
Friday 15 MarchRecitation of Dickens by Roger GartlandActor reads a selection of Dickens’ works
St Mary’s Community Centre, Eltham High Street
Tickets priced £5 each; booking essential from 8850 2040.
7.30pm
Wednesday to Saturday March 13 to 16The Match GirlsTEPOS Music Box Production
Bob Hope Theatre, Wythfield Road
Tickets £13 (£10 conc)
020 8850 3702 or www.bobhopetheatre.co.uk
7.45pm (plus Sat 2.30pm)
Sunday March 17Handel: ‘Israel in Egypt’Eltham Choral Society
Blackheath Choir, Amadeus Orchestra
Director Peter Asprey
Blackheath Halls
Tickets £18 and £13. 7.30pm
Sunday March 17Eltham Farmers MarketPassey Place
Range of fresh local produce. 10am – 3pm
Sunday March 17Wild daff odils, history and fossils of Lesnes Abbey WoodsGuided walk, Eltham Nature Club
Meet Monks Close, Abbey Wood SE2 0QG
More details www.elthamnatureclub.co.uk
£1.50 members, £3 non-members. 2-4pm
Wednesday 20 MarchEaster Concert Mottingham Village Concert Band at Our Lady Help
of Christians Church, corner of Mottingham Road
and Leysdown Road at 7.30pm. The programme will
include seasonal music. Admission is free with a retiring
collection.
Wednesday March 20Exhibition and sale of work of ceramics and paintings by Doris SalterPlus Open Day
Haimo Centre, Greenwich Community College SE9 6DZ.
Further information from Sarah Moody
020 8859 7498. 10am and 4pm.
Wed March 20 – Sat March 23‘Whistle Down The Wind’West End hit musical set in the Deep South
Eldorado Musical Productions
Bob Hope Theatre, Wythfield Road 8850 3702
Adults £13.50 (conc £11.50) 7.45pm (also Sat 2.30pm)
Saturdays March 23 to May 19‘Ships of Stone: The Islands of Mervyn Peake’Art exhibition with the works of the famous illustrator
Gerald Moore Gallery at Eltham College, Mottingham
Lane SE9 4RW. Details: www.geraldmooregallery.org or
020 8857 0448. Free entry. 12noon – 4pm
Tuesday March 26‘Gardening, the Aristocracy and Sexual Intrigue’An illustrated talk about Sissinghurst Castle
By Kevin Tooher of Hadlow Horticultural Trust
All proceeds to Cancer Research UK
St Mary’s Community Centre, Eltham High Street
Tickets £6 from 020 8850 5901 - 7.30pm
Wednesday March 27Tudor Barn wine clubEnjoy up to 6 wines and 3 courses
£35 booking essential 0845 459 2351 - 7.30pm
Wednesday March 27‘Mitchell, Martyn and McTell’ SingaroundEltham Folk club
Blackheath Rugby Club. Kidbrooke Lane - 8.30pm
Saturday March 30‘The Magic of Musicals’Songs from the shows
Shane Hamsheir and friends
Bob Hope Theatre. Proceeds to Help for Heroes
£10 from 8850 3702 or www.bobhopetheatre.co.uk
7.30pm
Sunday April 7‘Don’t Stop Believing’Rocking to Beat Cancer
Bob Hope Theatre - £10
All proceeds to cancer charities
2.30pm and 7.30pm
Saturday April 13Imagine the BeatlesTribute Band
Bob Hope Theatre, Wythfield Road
£12.50 (conc £11) 7.30pm
Wed April 17 to Sat April 20The Revenge of Sherlock HolmesSidcup Operatic Society
A musical mystery based on Conan Doyle’s characters
Bob Hope Theatre, Wythfield Road
Tickets from £10.50 8850 3702
7.45pm (plus 2.30pm Sat)
Sunday April 21Bluebell walkGuided walk, Eltham Nature Club
Kemnal Woods , off Sidcup bypass
Meet Kemnal Park cemetery BR7 6RR
More details www.elthamnatureclub.co.uk
£1.50 members, £3 non-members - 2-4pm
Wednesday April 24 – Saturday 27Jekyll and HydeMusical based on RL Stevenson novel
Bob Hope Theatre
£13.50 (conc and Weds, Thurs £11.50)
7.45pm (also Sat 2.30pm)
Tuesday 14 to Saturday May 10Calendar GirlsBob Hope Theatre productions
£9 (conc £8 Tues – Thurs)
C o m m e r c i a l Ad ve r t i s i n g i n W h at 's O n
Rates start at £12.50 per Column Centimetre This space would cost £25.00 / month** plus vat, term booking. NFP are always free.
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WHAT'S ON
When we are Married is a classic marital
comedy. Set in 1908 Yorkshire this is the
story of three uptight couples who were
married on the same day, fi nding out 25
years later that technically they’d never
been married. Their horror and shame
confl icts with the ‘what ifs’, all combined
with attempts to conceal their
predicament. How can they continue
looking down on the servants? What
will they do?
The ensemble of 14 has been
rehearsing since before Christmas, and
has really enjoyed working together on
this entertaining play. Set in real time,
in one sitting room, this is a character
led production, well written and moral,
but light and witty. Suitable for young
and old alike, the comedy ensures the
disgrace of living in sin can be followed
even by those who wouldn’t normally
see the issue.
Director Maggi Law played the maid
Ruby Birtle 40 years ago, and has
always loved the richness and comedy
of JB Priestley’s work generally, and
this comedy particularly. This time the
young maid Ruby is played by Francesca
Fox-Simmonds. Nancy Holmes is played
by Ria Mahady who was
seen as the love interest
in Dick Whittington this January.
The three couples are Alderman Joseph
Helliwell and his wife Maria (Peter Law
and Ann Asheden), Counsellor Albert
Parker and his wife Annie (Andrew
Hogarth and Gill Grubb) and Clara
and Herbert Soppitt (Pat Adams and
Graham Johnson).
The three 'wives' actresses will continue
working together, as they will appear in
Calendar Girls in May. In the spirit of the
original calendar the cast will be raising
money for leukaemia and lymphoma
research. And their fundraising eff orts
will include producing a calendar in
the style of the original. The calendar
is just the thing to start marking on all
the must-see shows coming up at Bob
Hope.
Satire of smug British Conservatism
BOB
HOPE
THEATRE
COMING ATTRACTIONS
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PREVIEW by Beattie Slavin
Sunday Night LiveLet there be latte!
With Americano, cappuccino and decaf skinny mocha with cream.
Eltham Christians have a new outlet,
on a Sunday evening once a month,
occupying a section of Costa Coff ee
usually the busy haunt of shoppers
during the week.
The sessions are accompanied by
music, with a guest singer providing
sustenance alongside the liquid
refreshment.
The genesis of the idea came from
Eltham Green Community Church who
begat ‘Sunday Night Live’ as an informal
low-key Christian meeting space in
familiar surroundings.
The only ‘service’ element to
proceedings is at the coff ee counter
with the full range of coff ee and cakes
available for purchase.
Pastor John Watson said: “Our guest
singer each month plays a mixture of
songs, some cover versions, some self-
penned, which may or may not have a
Christian message to them.
“The idea is to provide a neutral
environment without an element of
preaching where people of all ages can
come together and chill out”, he said.
The SNL franchise was started in Costa
Coff ee Loughborough in 2009, since
then it has spread across the nation,
currently operating out of Costa
Coff ee, Starbucks, Caff e Nero and best
independent cafes.
Sunday Night Live in Eltham is hosted
by the community church, whose
permanent location is in Westhorne
Avenue.
John said: “This is an event that simply
aims to build a community of people
who enjoy coff ee, cakes and ‘live
entertainment with a twist of faith’
It fi rst started in Eltham in October and
convenes on the fi rst Sunday of the
month, admission free. The next session
is on Sunday March 3, starting at 7pm
with guest singer Hannah Marshall.
Further information from www.egcc.co.uk/new-
sunday-night-live
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Postmaster Sapna Patel and husband
Sandeep have expanded their post
offi ce and general stores, which has
re-opened as a Londis independent
grocers.
Sapna, with her parents Suryakant and
Champa, have run the post offi ce since
1997 and decided to expand due to
popular demand.
There has been a post offi ce on the
premises since the 1920s and was
the fi rst for the Eltham area, serving
the expanding local population and
commuters from the Eltham Park
railway station, which closed in 1984.
Sapna said: “We are excited to be able
to off er our customers a much wider
range of produce and will
be open for much longer
hours.”
The shop, which was
closed for three weeks
while building work and
re-fi tting too place, is
being re-named Eltham
Park Londis.
“The post offi ce is still
operating as previously
but the shop fl oor is
much larger”, said Sapna.
Local Store & Post Offi ceEltham’s oldest post office, in Westmount Road,
has been transformed.
104 Westmount Road Eltham SE91UT
Not in Eltham where you can see a
dedicated band of ladies stalwartly
trying to keep this beautiful art form
alive.
Although no defi nite date can be given
for the ‘invention’ of lace, it is most likely
that what we now regard as lace arose
in the early sixteenth century.
Open woven fabrics and fi ne nets
that had a lace-like eff ect are known
to have existed for centuries, but their
techniques did not contribute to those
developed for the great European laces.
Early references to ‘lace’ in English texts
almost certainly refer
to ‘ties’, as this was the
primary meaning of
the word lace until well
into the seventeenth
century.
A true lace is created
when a thread is
looped, twisted or
braided to other
threads independently from a backing
fabric.
In England a style known as the Queen
of English Lace, Buckinghamshire Point.
was developed.
Honiton lace was made in Devon, and if
you have seen Queen Victoria’s wedding
dress you will understand the beauty of
it,
Bedfordshire lace was being made in
the Midlands.
Would you like to make a family heirloom?
We have a few
places at the
lace class which
meets on a
Friday morning
from 9.30 until
12 noon in the Progress Hall. We would
really like to welcome visitors to see what
we are doing with a view to joining the
class, which is very reasonably priced.
If you would prefer you can telephone
Margaret Vick for more details on
01732 884101
Is Lace making a Dying Art?
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BUSINESS FEATURE
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their duty is to make safe as quickly as is possible and reduce the risk of further damage to you
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Founded in 1995, London and Kent construction is a full-service
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London and Kent construction is a solid player in the construction market with a portfolio of clients and building projects. We also have a great team of talented tradesmen and tradeswomen which has grown in strength over the years.
London and Kent construction is centrally located in Eltham SE9, giving easy access to southeast London and northwest Kent, however we do work in other areas by arrangement.
We provide free detailed quotes and professional advice
We survey and provide design services for planning permission
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When choosing a tenant you can
never guarantee that they will
always pay their rent on time and of
course treat a landlord’s home with the
respect that a homeowner would.
A recent statistic from the National
Landlords Association (NLA) suggested
that 49% of their landlord members
had experienced tenant arrears in the
past 12 months. This fi gure seemed
shockingly high.
Rent arrear rates on Conran's managed
properties it is under 1% which is an
astonishing fi gure when compared to
the UK average standing about 9%.
Conran customer satisfaction rates
are over 95% from both tenants and
landlords.
Conran is very proud of its off ering
especially when it comes to looking
after landlords and their properties. Of
course there are occasions where there
will be rent arrears and tenants treating
their property inadequately but these
numbers are incredibly low.
So what do Conran do diff erently;
Many estate agents allow the sales
person to undertake the tenant
references in order to deem if a tenant is
suitable. This business model is doomed
to fail as there is a vested interested in
that sales person making the deal and
they could easily manipulate the tenant
information to make it look better than
it is.
Conran has a compliance team in
place, at arms length from the sales
process. Their role is to see if there are
any reasons why a potential tenant(s)
should not rent the property. In the
process employer references are sought
and backed up with proof such as pay
slips and bank statements. Previous
landlords are contacted to vouch for the
credibility of their previous tenant. They
are checked for creditworthiness and
past convictions from various reference
agencies. A guarantor is subject to the
same process should it be needed.
On the rare occasion when there is a
complaint it is generally because we ask
for lots of information.
It is important to build a strong and
professional relationship with a tenant.
The Conran team are very aware that
when possession orders get put in
front of a judges they, in their opinion,
are looking for ways and loopholes not
to grant it, and therefore the landlord
cannot remove the tenant. Conran fi nd
it best to stop matters going to County
Court by developing professional
relationships. Of course there are times
when mediation between a landlord
and tenant fails and court is the only
option.
When this happens all the notices, such
as the Section 21 or Section 8, must
be served correctly and all paperwork
must conform with The Housing Act.
Conran understand and follow correct
procedure.
It is recommended, when you use an
estate agent, that you take advantage
of their managed service. There are
examples of private landlords who
found their own tenants and used
downloaded internet forms only later
to fi nd they could be facing fi nancial
costs amounting to fi ve fi gures because
these forms were out-dated and would
not stand up in court. Unless you are
very experienced in managing property
and have a good understanding of The
Housing Act then beware, as managing
property may seem simple, but when it
comes to an issue, one mistake will cost
dearly. When a property is managed
by a professional company the liability
is with that estate agent and not the
landlord.
For further information contact Anne
Angus at Conran, an experienced
manager of the lettings compliance
team.
Conran letting can be contacted on 0208 312 8316
or via email
Property LettingThe Managing Director of Conran Estate, Simon Hughes
talks about letting property with Conran Estates.
Volunteers to help with the
community vegetable garden in
the historic Well Hall Pleasaunce are
being sought.
The team grows a range of produce
from runner beans to rhubarb and
spinach to strawberries in a series of
island beds within the walled gardens.
The aim is to recall the garden’s history
as a provider of food to the Well
Hall Estate and to enable visitors to
participate in the upkeep of a section of
the park. All produce is shared between
the volunteers.
Garden organiser Barbara Niedenthal
said; “We’re looking for people able to
give a little time on a regular basis to
help plant the vegetables and keep
them watered.”
Barbara can be contacted on 020 8319
2127 or email [email protected].
Volunteer Gardeners
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PROPERTY FEATURE
Following the successful screening of
moving pictures around the early 1900s
particularly at travelling fairgrounds,
more permanent premises were sought
by entrepreneurs keen to capitalise
on a new craze. Up and down the
land existing premises were adapted
but when the ever present fi re risk of
the early fi lms became a reality and
lives were lost in the panic to exit the
cinema, legislation was drafted in the
Cinematograph Act of 1909 which
included isolation of the projection
room from the auditorium.
The fi rst recorded local fi lm screening
was of the Coronation of King George V
in June 1911 at St John’s Parish Hall, now
the Bob Hope Theatre, remembered by
a local lad who helped to hand-crank
the projector.
In 1912 architect Mr Frederick H
Buen of Wanstead, representing
The Eltham Cinema Company Ltd.,
investigated high street locations for a
cinematograph theatre including the
possibility of a stable conversion to
the rear of The Castle public house, on
council owned land next to The Rising
Sun with an exit lane behind the library
into Archery Road, and the eventual
choice of a long leasehold piece of land,
near Westmount Road.
The main ‘mover and shaker’ for
the company was Mr William
H Browning, who besides his
interest in fi lms and cinema
was also a local estate agent
with premises in the small
offi ce by the cinema site, which
survives at 1a Westmount Road
(now Alltype Roofi ng). Plans
were drawn up by Mr Buen
for a cinema/theatre with a
screen at the high street end
and a rear projection box in
an upper room accessed by
an external metal staircase.
Also proposed was room for a
small orchestra to occasionally
augment the pianist who provided the
mood music for the silent fi lms. The
licence to operate was granted by the
London County Council after details of
an inspection by the Fire Brigade’s Chief
Offi cer was completed.
There was some
local opposition
to the cinema
and to placate
this concern
Mr Browning
d i s t r i b u t e d
a booklet
to reassure
residents. This must have been the only
publicity as no mention of the opening,
on 7 April 1913, of The Eltham Cinema
Theatre Ltd., appeared in the local press.
His eight newly recruited usherettes
were kitted out in ‘Quaker’ costumes
with wide white collars and large plum
coloured bows at the back of their hair
and took the picture goers eye as they
were soon married off and a new set
engaged!
One of the early fi lms in August 1913
was Quo Vadis, quoted as ‘The fi lm of
fi lms’. This was screened for six days
and had been seen by King George V
and Queen Mary. Seats were priced at
6d, 1 shilling and 2 shillings with three
performances daily at 2.45, 6 o’clock and
8.30pm and the manager was George
Standing.
In January 1914 the weekly programme
was split into two sections with a full
two hour programme of diff erent short
fi lms and ‘all the news’ with prices at
3d, 6d, and one shilling. The First World
War started that year and the cinema
became popular as people wanted to
see the newsreels with pictorial images
of ‘the Front’. On occasions women
would approach the manager in tears
and ask for a tiny piece of fi lm showing
a husband or son who had been killed
after the fi lm had been taken. Soldiers
and nurses in uniform were given free
admission.
After the war
the London
Film Company,
who made
many of the
shown fi lms,
was bought by
an American
group which
ushered in
the screening
of fi lms from
A m e r i c a
featuring the
likes of Fatty
Arbuckle, Larry
The Eltham Cinema TheatreJohn Kennett looks at the story of Eltham’s first cinema
Some of the staff in the early days of the Eltham Cinema Theatre; the cinema is dated 1913; A Sailor
Tramp, 1922 British silent adventure fi lm.
Plan of the cinema from original plans drawn by Arthur Penny
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HISTORIC ELTHAM
Seamon, Harold Lloyd and Charlie
Chaplin. Miss Lipscombe accompanied
the silent fi lms on the piano. When old
age crept up she was replaced by Leila
Crisp who had occasionally deputised
for her through the encouragement of
her brother Maurice who became the
second projectionist in 1919. Initially
nervous his advice to her was, ‘When
the action is quick play quickly, when
slow play slowly, and if the fi lm breaks
down for God’s sake keep on playing’.
The projectionists went by bus via New
Cross or Peckham to Wardour Street,
Denham Street and Soho to collect the
fi lms. If they travelled back on a steam
bus that ran on paraffi n and
the burners went out there
was a huge cloud of vapour
and the driver had to re-light
them with a taper. To protect
the fi lms they travelled on the
open top deck in all weathers.
In 1921 the Eltham Cinema
Company was amalgamated
into the newly-formed Kent
Cinema Circuit with almost the
same directors. They then built
the Palace Cinema in the High
Street by Passey Place in 1922
and kept the Eltham Cinema, as it was
named, to deter any competition but
still showed silent fi lms which were to
be overtaken by the ‘talkies’ which came
to the Palace
in 1930. The
writing was on
the wall for the
small cinema
which, despite
a recent
refurbishment,
closed early
in 1931; it had
been a popular
a t t r a c t i o n
for the many
new residents
and their
children who
had moved into Eltham. One resident
recalled that they never queued but
fought their way to the small box offi ce
and made for the centre seats if they
were fi rst in. On the rare occasions
when the fi lm broke the lights would
go on as the projectionist tried to mend
it and the children would pass the time
by throwing screwed up toff ee papers
at one another.
The abandoned cinema was unused for
a couple of years. Mr Herbert Webbey,
of Bexley Road, who was for a short
time owner of the Kent Cinema Circuit,
sold the Palace cinema in 1934 to Union
Cinemas and converted the former
silent cinema into a photographic studio
trading as Pattons Photo Prints Ltd. The
seats were removed and replaced by
darkrooms for developing, printing
and enlarging photographs. Roll fi lms
were collected from chemist’s shops for
development and printing and cinema
posters were printed to advertise fi lms
outside cinemas. Behind the studio a
two-storey building (still there behind
the fl ats) with steps to the top fl oor was
used as a rest room for meal and tea
breaks. Post-war users of this building
included commercial photographers
Express Still Ltd., Thermal Insulation,
Honour Installations, and Beach
Imaging for laser cartridges and ribbon
re-inkers until 2001. From 1949 to 1965
the former cinema was leased by Hinds,
the nearby departmental store, mainly
for a furniture depository.
Two post-war prefabs were built on the
land at the corner of Westmount Road
and in 1964 Woolwich Borough Council
bought the lease for the adjacent old
cinema which was demolished in 1968.
An ambitious project by the Westmount
Theatre Trust for a theatre on this
combined corner site did not bear fruit
as in 1973 Greenwich Council opened
the two storey wooden Eltham Mini
Town Hall which survived until 1998.
The site was sold by the Council and
the present fl ats were built between
2000 and 2002 when the fi nal block,
on the old cinema site, was completed.
Although the cinema, which opened
one hundred years ago has gone, Mr
Browning’s late daughter Mary Wootton
donated one of the old projectors to
the Greenwich Heritage Centre.
All pictures are from the John Kennett collection
Programme from 1929
1968 demolition
The former cinema in 1965 when Hinds relinquished their lease
New fl ats on cinema site, 2002
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HISTORIC ELTHAM
The exhibition will include a sale of
some of Doris Salter’s many works,
undertaken as part of an epic 40 year
career at the college.
Doris, who died in 2010 aged 86, had
been an enthusiastic scholar of the
creative courses at the Haimo Centre
of Greenwich Community College.
Her tuition was so successful that on
four occasions her works were chosen
for the Royal Academy’s prestigious
Summer Show.
“She loved the courses and was an
active participant until shortly before
she died," said her son Chris Salter who,
together with brother Anthony, are
staging this colourful exhibition.
Doris enjoyed the sculpture, life drawing,
landscape and painting courses, using
both oils and watercolours; in addition,
she attended U3A classes in New Eltham
From her home in Gourock Road, she
would make the journey to Haimo
Centre at least three times a week to
take part in the classes.
In time, her home became crowded
with her artworks from both the courses
and her many trips out in the locality,
and further afi eld, applying the skills she
had learned from her many tutors over
the years.
Her family have had many of the works
in storage and have now decided it is
time for them to be put them on view.
All proceeds from the sales will be split
between the renal unit at King’s College
Hospital, Denmark Hill, where she
received treatment and the Greenwich
Community College Trust, which has
been set up to fi nancially support
students.
Chris said: “She always loved to be
creative and the tuition and friendship
she received while attending the
courses were very important to her. It
was a huge part of her life.
“She was particularly keen on the
Impressionists and her work refl ects
that”, added Anthony
Many of her works are of outdoor scenes
or natural subjects such as wildfl owers.
In between, she raised six children with
her husband, Richard, who was head of
Woodhill primary school in Woolwich.
College principal Gary Chin said: “Doris
was a very popular and talented student
and we are delighted to be able to
display her work to the general public
and at the same time help raise money
for charity. The works on show by Doris
Salter not only celebrate the quality of
work produced by our students but
also demonstrate how important adult
education courses are to the local
community."
The exhibition is being combined
with an open day at Haimo which
will showcase the variety of courses
which are available at Haimo, from
bookbinding, clothes making, ceramics
and upholstery to the full range of art
skills classes for diff erent abilities of
students.
“The Open Day will be a great chance
for members of the public to come in
and see what we do here and the range
of arts and crafts courses they can study
themselves”, said Mr Chin.
The exhibition and open day is being held on
Wednesday March 20 between 10am and 4pm.
Further information from Sarah Moody on 0204pm.
Further information from Sarah Moody on
020 8859 7498.Greenwich Community College
Haimo Centre, Haimo Road, SE9 6DZ.
Keen Artist RememberedAn exhibition of the work of one of Greenwich Community
College’s keenest students is being held this month.
Below; Sons Anthony and Chris
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The search is on for an artist and her
subjects who might be able to write
an interesting chapter on the history of
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The quest started by the uncovering
at Greenwich Heritage Centre of two
watercolour pictures which depict a
team of Air Raid Precautions volunteers
on shift.
In August 1941, an artist called Norah
L Reid painted two watercolours of the
ARP Control Room offi ces sited in the
Tudor Barn.
But little is known of either Norah or her
subjects whose names are written out
on the back of the paintings, nor how
the pictures came to be at the Heritage
Centre.
Tudor Barn lessee Marcus Luck, who
uncovered the pictures recently said: “I
don't know if Norah was an offi cial war
artist or whether she was just a local
person recording a unique piece of
British history.
“Either way she produced at least two
beautiful period pieces, just one year
after the Battle of Britain.
“In one of the paintings a group of fi ve
women sit around a table, it is 11.40 am
and they are taking a break over what
looks like a game of cards. The ladies are
members of "B" watch and they are; Miss
HV Vernon; Mrs DPB Evans who was the
Telephone Supervisor; Mrs J Hinsworth;
Mrs FAA Pryer and Miss EMJ Crowley.”
It would be great if any of those people
are still around, or perhaps there are
close relations locally who would have
some information”, he said.
“I think that there is an interesting story
here and it is just possible that some of
those quietly heroic ladies are still alive
or their sons and daughters. Can you
identify any of them?”
The pictures will be among the
many on show at a special evening
in the Tudor Barn in March
“The Pleasaunce: Past, Present and
Future’ is the theme of the park friends
group meeting on Monday March 11 at
7.30pm.
There will be an illustrated presentation
of the pictures which date back
to the park’s inauguration in 1933,
the renovation of the Tudor Barn
in 1936 together with more recent
enhancements, plus an explanation of
plans for the future.
Members of the public are invited to
bring along, or send in advance, any
pictures they have of the park in former
years.
The evening is free and experts on the
park’s history, gardens and wildlife will
be on hand to give details.
Friends AGMThe presentation will include a short
AGM and account of the Friends’
activities over the last year. Refreshments
will be available from the Tudor Barn
restaurant.
“The Pleasaunce: Past, Present and Future’ is on
Monday March 11 at 7.30pm. More information
from [email protected] or 07894 711765.
Old Painting Star at Art ShowRecently Rediscovered Paintings to appear at Art Show
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When did you start acting?
From 1966 I did 10 years in repertory
theatre travelling around the country.
After that I spent some time working
for BBC radio and I worked with Mark
Rylance at The Globe doing Shakespeare.
I have also appeared in the West End, on
television, radio and fi lm.
Most enjoyable time?
One of my fondest times was a seven-
year spell with the National Theatre. I
loved working there and appeared in
lots of diff erent plays.
What then?
On my last night in 1984 I was in a pub
with some of the other actors and we
decided to set up our own company
and called it Not The National Theatre.
There were three of us, all former
National Theatre actors.
How did that go?
It was a success. We got Sir Ian McKellen
and Harold Pinter to be our patrons.
We toured all over the world, always
managed to pay our way. In 1985
we went behind the Iron Curtain to
Romania and Czechoslovakia and in
1992 the Foreign Offi ce invited us
to perform in Argentina. We did an
adaptation of Hard Times. The whole
experience was wonderful.
When did you leave the company?
It came to an end in 1998 but I still
perform and I've got an agent.
What's your next project?
On March 15th I will be reading some
Dickens classics at St Mary's. I'm going
to do an adaptation of half of Nicholas
Nickelby and some of A Tale of Two
Cities, which starts with a robbery scene
on Shooters Hill. I'll also be reading Mr
Chops, which is a not so well-known
Dickens story about a dwarf who wins
the lottery, and in the second half of the
evening I'm going to do some of the
Sykes and Nancy story from Oliver Twist.
Are you a fan of Dickens?
Absolutely. He made far more from
public readings than he did from selling
his books. It started with A Christmas
Carol in the 1850s and he adapted a
further sixteen of his novels and short
stories for tours of England, America
and France, until three months before
his death in 1870. Towards the end he
would get very weary doing them.
Do you get weary doing them?
No, I really enjoy them. I've done a
couple of tours of Britain and had a
sell-out show of A Christmas Carol at
St Mary's in Christmas 2011 and 2012. I
don't charge a fee and the money goes
to charity.
Have you always lived in this area?
When I married in 1969, we settled in
Woolwich, later moving to Shooters Hill,
then to Lee and now Blackheath. My
wife said Greenwich was the greenest
borough so that's where we should
live. I love the woodland of Eltham, for
its history as well as its natural beauty.
Ironically, Dickens walked a lot in this
area when he wanted to think of the
stories. He would sometimes walk up
to 20 miles in one night, laughing and
crying as he thought of the story he was
constructing.
Why do you care so much about the
NHS?
I'm old enough to remember my mother
paying a doctor so I believe strongly
in the NHS. I remember the story of a
doctor who did his fi rst NHS job in a
council house in Eltham. A baby boy
had mumps and was coughing terribly.
The child's mum said she didn't want his
help because she couldn't aff ord to pay
for it and he said, 'My dear, from today
you don't have to pay for it, it's free'. And
he said he felt an overwhelming sense
of emotion and great pride.
How are you involved in the
campaign to save Lewisham
Hospital?
I'm a member of a couple of internet
protest groups called 38 Degrees and
Keep NHS Public.
I've been to the marches and
demonstrations with my banner which
reads: 'We can bail out the banks but
not the hospitals'.
It maddens me that the Health
Secretary completely disregarded the
feedback from GPs in Lewisham and the
overwhelming public opinion.
Actor Roger Gartland, 68, this month gives his third reading of Charles Dickens in Eltham. He tells Matt Bell
about his career, his passion for the author and his fight for the NHS.
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"The Genius of Charles Dickens"Following the success of "A Christmas Carol" at St.
Mary's in 2011 and 2012, Roger Gartland reads
from two chapters of "Nicholas Nickleby", "Tale of
Two Cities - The Bastille Prisoner" and "Oliver Twist -
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27Don't fi nd fault, fi nd a remedy
In order to share her thoughts on the
subject, she’s cooked up a blog and is
inviting everybody to dig in.
Her aim is to promote produce which
comes from local sources and independent
suppliers with strong roots in their local
community.
What started as a response to some
gastric problems she was having has
become an all-consuming hobby. But not
so all-consuming. In fact, very selectively
consuming.
Emily, who’s 26, and works with children
who have behavioural and social problems,
said: “For various health reasons, I had to be
careful what I was eating.
“But then I started thinking more deeply
about what was in the food we were buying
and where it was coming from.”
Her main problem is with highly processed
food which has been transported long
distances and mass-farmed using pesticides
and intensive animal rearing.
This seed of an idea has grown and come to
fruition on the blog ‘Eating Kent’ whose tag
line is ‘my mission to get a little bit smarter
about what I eat and where it's come from’
(http://eatingkent.blogspot.co.uk/).
The response has shown that hers is not
a lone voice in a junk food wilderness,
with more than 1,000 views from diff erent
people in its fi rst few weeks.
Emily is ‘local produce’ herself, having lived
in Mottingham and thereabouts all her
life, having attended Edgebury primary
and Bullers Wood schools in
Chislehurst before going to
drama college.
She hopes to keep the content of
her blog varied with tips on the
best places to buy local produce,
recipes and foraging advice.
To give a fl avour of her blogging
menu, Emily has put together
some tips for SEnine.
Meat:
“I like New Eltham butchers. They
know exactly the farms their
meat has come from and often
it’s either from Kent or Sussex.
“It’s worth looking out for game,
which is abundant in Kent. The
stall from Godmersham Game
at Eltham Farmers Market is great because
you can buy pheasants, venison, rabbit,
partridge, all of which has come from just
down the A2.”
Cafes
“There are lots of good independent ones
in Eltham without having to frequent the
chain stores. They tend to give you more
individual service and fresher produce.”
Fruit and vegetables:
“I’m not particularly green-fi ngered but
I’m going to have a go. In particular, we’re
planning to plant some fruit trees of our
own. I prefer local independent green
grocers, but they’re a bit of a dying breed.
Again, the farmer market is good with a
wide a range of produce coming from Kent.”
Seasonality:
“There are plenty of reasons why it’s a good
idea to buy fruit and vegetables that are
in season. Firstly, they tend to be much
cheaper. Secondly, they are more likely
to be local; for example Kent strawberries
in summer, rather than Chilean ones in
February. What’s more, local produce in
season tastes much better.”
Eating Out:
“Again, restaurants which serve local
produce are the ones I go for. For example,
New Eltham butchers supply many small
independent restaurants in Eltham and the
surrounding area.
Home Deliveries:
“I swear by the delivery which comes
from the Kent Veg Box scheme (www.
kentvegbox.co.uk). All the produce is local
and it starts at just £6 a week for vegetables
and £8.50 for fruit. It’s all in season and you
learn to plan your recipes around what’s
there.”
Fish:
“Kent Veg Box will also bring fi sh which has
been caught on the south coast. There’s also
fresh local fi sh at Blackheath Farmers Market
which is very high quality.”
Independent Shops:
“I like to support them even if the produce
isn’t always local. For example the new
Oriental suppliers, Crystal’s Palace in
Westmount Road,”
Eggs:
“My aim is to have my own ducks and
chickens in the back garden which would
give us a regular supply. I know that
Woodlands Farm have their own, so I’ll be
heading there for some advice and perhaps
some chicks.”
For Emily Bailey, she definitely is what she eats.But her appetite for talking about food is never satisfied.
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FRESH FOOD FEATURE
Pint-sized Harry lifted the bronze
medal in his age group at the British
Judo pre cadet championships and has
been ‘talent spotted’ for a place in the
national training programme for the
sport.
Harry decked lads who towered over
him at the championships proving that
‘it’s the way that you do it’ that counts.
His superior technique in the fi nal leg
saw him take the bronze medal in a
fi ght which was only seconds old when
Harry, 13, swept his opponent from his
feet and left him facing the ceiling.
It was the biggest achievement yet in
Harry’s fi ve year sporting career which
started when his primary school staged
a judo demonstration event.
“It was a great feeling to win that fi ght
and collect the medal”, said Harry, who
attends the College’s Sherwood school.
Although early days, Harry was inspired
by last summer’s Olympic Games when
he was able to see some contests and
met local silver medal winner Gemma
Gibbons.
“It would be great if I was able to take
part in the Olympics some time”, he said
Much training and local competitions
saw Harry get his chance on the national
mat last month.
He attends training three days a week
at the Tsukuru Judo Academy (motto:
Constructing Character, Creating
Champions) in Orpington and has
achieved ‘green belt’ status under coach
Rob New.
Despite being small for his age, Harry
has plenty of time to grow and is not
being ‘fed up’ by his advisers.
“My coach said that I have plenty of time
to catch up my weight and height, so
I’m just concentrating on my technique
at the moment”, he said.
“I got the letter from the England squad
after they saw my performance in
Sheffi eld. It gives me the opportunity to
attend training camps with the squad
and train with them”, he said.
He has been sent an annual programme
of championships and training camps
and is obliged to tell the squad if he is
unable to attend scheduled events.
As well as the judo, Harry plays a bit
of football and is making his subject
choices this year for GCSEs.
A Champion of the FutureA call-up to the England Judo Squad has
been the reward for a day trip to Sheffield for Year 9 Crown Woods College student Harry Lougheed.
Keep fi t and computer classes for the
over 50s are starting at Age UK in
Sherard Road.
The resource centre, formerly the Age
Concern day centre, is running free, 12
week Fit for Life programmes including
an hour of gentle physical activity and
relaxation as well as considering diet
and healthy lifestyle.
The keep fi t programme starts on
Tuesday 9th April 2013, 10am - 12pm.
The 12 week computer programmes
start with a free taster session on Friday
1 March, 10am - 11.30am and 12pm
- 1.30pm; also Friday 8 March 10am -
11.30am and 12pm - 1.30pm. The £60
12 week programme then begins on
Friday 12 10am - 11.30am for beginners
and Friday 12 April 12noon - 1.30pm for
improvers.
To book a place contact Yvonne Conway and for
computer classes and Julia Cawthorne for keep
fi t. Both can be reached on 020 8315 1850
Resource Centre, 2-6 Sherard Road,
Eltham, SE9 6EX
Over 50's Courses
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YOUNG ELTHAM
Over the winter, our parks and open
spaces have been crowded with
seagulls, anything up to 1,000 at a time
at Avery Hill.
The old wives’ tale is that ‘it must be a
bad day at the coast’. Others believe it
is because they are fed up of chips and
want to have some inland food because
they are dieting!
If the coast the old wife had in mind
was that of Scandinavia, then there’s
something in it, now that ornithologists
have worked out the movement of
most bird species across continents.
In truth, the vast majority of the herring,
black headed and common gulls we
see inland over the winter months
aren’t from our coast but are here for
the warmer climate here than is found
in more northerly latitudes. Of the two
million or so black headed gulls here
over the winter, less than a tenth are UK
residents.
So, therefore, a cold and windy day in
Eastbourne and Margate is not going
to make a signifi cant, or indeed any,
diff erence to the bird count in our part
of suburban London.
When it comes to the breeding season,
these birds will have fl own back over
the North Sea to nests on the coasts of
Denmark, Sweden and Norway, where
they can feed their young on a
diet of fi sh.
Similarly, most of the resident
UK birds prefer to bring up their
young in nests on the coast,
either on cliff s, trees or on ledges
in towns.
While living inland for the winter,
the birds fi nd rich pickings on
wet grassland by bringing up
worms and insects which are close to
the surface when the grass is soggy,
much as they do on the inter-tidal
habitats on the coast.
Herring gulls hunt fi sh and other sea
creatures, their feet are adapted to
swimming to match this coastal lifestyle
but they also take carrion, rubbish, litter,
and waste food from landfi ll sites, as well
as eggs and chicks of other seabirds.
And, of course, chips with everything.
Guided walks to see two of the
area’s fi nest wildlife spectacles
are being organised by Eltham Nature
Club this spring.
The wild daff odils at Lesnes Abbey and
the bluebells in Kemnal Woods are a
natural delight that excite will excite all
lovers of wildfl owers.
The club has organised
walks, open to non-
members as well, to see
both; in March, they will be
visiting Lesnes Abbey, also
taking in a view of the 900
year old abbey remains and
the famous fossil beds in the
ancient woodlands which
overlook the Thames.
The April meeting of the club
will be a tour around Eltham’s ‘hidden’
woods, around the old Kemnal Manor
off Sidcup By-pass. The woods boast
one of the fi nest carpets of bluebells
in south east London, as well as some
major specimen trees.
The March walk is on Sunday March
17 at 2pm, meeting at the junction of
New Road and Monks Close, Abbey
Wood, SE2 0QG.
For the April walk, it will be Sunday
April 14, again, starting at 2pm. The
meeting place will be the car park
of the new Kemnal cemetery off the
London-bound side of Sidcup by-pass
BR7 6RR.
Both walks are £1.50 for members and
£3 non-members. Membership is £5 a
year. More details at
www.elthamnatureclub.org.uk or ring/text 07894 711765.
Chips with Everything
Eltham Nature Club - Spring Walks
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NATURAL ELTHAM
The smartly renovated diner and
pub, complete with original 1930s
fi ttings, has been linking up with good
causes in the area since it re-opened in
February last year.
Each month, the White Hart joins with
a diff erent local charity for a quiz and
carvery night which is proving a hit
with friends and families looking for a
fun night out.
The evenings are held on the fi rst
Wednesday of each month and attract
up to 100 contestants, who pay £10
each for the evening, including a full
choice of a carvery roast meat and
vegetable meals.
So far this year, hundreds of pounds have
been raised, with Age UK’s skills team
Men In Sheds benefi tting in January
and Demelza hospice in February.
From the entrance fee, £4 is donated
to the month’s nominated charity,
which also takes the proceeds from the
evening’s raffl e.
Lined up for March,
the proceeds will
go to the Guides
Association, in
April, ‘Rocking
to Beat Cancer’
charities will
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the evening will
be for Leukaemia
research.
The April and May events will build on
the White Hart’s links with the nearby
Bob Hope Theatre.
Already, the White Hart off ers a special
deal for theatre-goers with a 10 per cent
discount on food for people attending
productions at the theatre around the
corner in Wythfi eld Road.
For the April, the cancer fund
raising event links in with
forthcoming production at the
Bob Hope and, in May, with the
fi ve night run of Calendar Girls, in
conjunction with the WI.
Local charities wishing to benefi t from a
fund raising quiz night later in the year
should contact the White Hart to put
their names on the list.
On Mother’s Day, Sunday March 10,
there will be a special carvery three
course meal which costs £19.95 for
adults and £12.95 for children with
themed events also planned for Easter
and use of the garden opening up as
the weather improves.
The venue is becoming increasingly
popular for events, such as hen nights
and parties with spaces available
accommodating anything from 25
in the rear snug to 100. The White
Hart also caters for ‘celebration of life’
refreshments and wakes.
David Hinchley, joint director, along
with daughter Stacey, who is in charge
of the kitchen, and partners Alex Mayers
and Simon Robson, said: “We’ve had a
really good fi rst year and are providing
a high quality and relaxing service for
our customers.
We especially like
supporting the
community and
local good causes,
so we’re pleased to
have been able to
help raise a good
sum of money
over the year.”
The traditional White
Hart carvery operates
seven days a week
with Sunday lunch from12noon to 6pm with
a full restaurant and grill menu from 12noon
until 9pm Tuesdays to Saturdays with steaks
and mixed grill. Contact them at 2, Eltham
High Street London SE9 1DA on 020 8850 1562,
[email protected] and website
www.whiteharteltham.co.uk
Generous White HartA total of £4,000 has been raised for local charities
at the refurbished White Hart in lower Eltham High Street in its first year.
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Elt'Ham & Cheese PizzaSPY understands there's some stirring in
the undergrowth at the Coronet at Well
Hall with a takeaway Pizza Hut in prospect
and a possible opening by May.
Glover Throws Down Gauntlet….The subterranean world of opposition
politics has been rocked to its foundations
by the news that veteran naysayer Eileen
Glover, (AKA Guthrie), has been dumped by
her party for the council elections next year.
SPY understands that the forthright Eltham
South Conservative councillor doesn’t
intend to give up without a fi ght. She has
called for the gauleiters from Central Offi ce
to root out the enemy within. As she has
been serving as the party’s Chief Whip at
the Town Hall, SPY wonders whether there
might have been an ‘Andrew Mitchell
moment’? Or perhaps more than one?
The Guthrie years….Highlights of Eileen’s career have been
supporting the re-building of the old lido
in Eltham Park South and opposing the
Eltham Centre, built on the much loved
and lamented derelict Sun Yard works
depot, which was previously such an asset
to the town centre. About the proposal
to spend £4.5m extending the library and
building the new pools and leisure centre,
she commented at the time “to say we are
not happy about it is an understatement”.
As a councillor for Eltham South, a key
interest has been to condemn the Grove
Market Place site to indefi nite dereliction
rather than support some kind of viable
re-development scheme, a battle she
also appears to have lost. One battle she
won, with others, was creating St Mary’s
Community Centre in the High Street when
Sainsbury’s came to town, something she
also opposed.
With friends like that…Being an opposition member in the One
Party State that is Greenwich Council is
a form of ‘Xtreme politics’ that wouldn’t
appeal to many. So SPY takes its hat off to
veteran Oppostion Cllr Dermot Poston, who
has served on the council continuously
since 1968. As anyone who has met the
redoubtable Cllr
Poston will learn,
his fi rst experience
of council life was
a 'Golden Era' was
when his party was
actually in power
locally with milk
and honey being
dispensed free
from the Town Hall steps. SPY understands
Dermot has decided to stand down
at the next election and wishes
him well. Perhaps a vacancy
for deposed Glover in Eltham
North?
One door closes…Mrs Glover’s replacement on the council
has until recently been occupying the
unpaid but probably more worthwhile
role as chair of the Avery Hill Park friends
group. This shuffl ing of roles leaves some
vacancies on the group, an important and
interesting organisation which needs fresh
blood to help develop the park. In recent
years, the park has benefi tted from the new
café, money from the Mayor’s priority parks
initiative and the proposed refurbishing
of the Winter Gardens. Anyone interested
should contact Jonathan Bangs in the parks
department on 020 8921 4127 or jonathan.
CERA to NERA….SPY understands that Eileen’s attentions
have diverted to New Eltham where she
is helping to steer discussions on the
provision of a village sign. The proposed
design for the work contains generic images
of 1930s housing, a steam train, sporting
implements and some oak leaves. Other
candidate features could be the historic
and imposing Wyborne School, charming
Theobalds Cottages in Avery Hill Road or a
beehive, a pub of which name has graced
the area for centuries before the current
incarnation. The good burghers of New
Eltham Residents Association are looking
for views and feedback on their project, see
www.nera-se9.com.
Bowled over…Maybe the sign could pay homage to the
recently honoured New Eltham champion
bowler Andy Thomson to whom SPY gives
belated congratulations to for his award
by the Queen of an OBE in the New Year’s
Honours list. Andy has won countless titles
in his long career and only last year lifted
the World Indoor individual championship
trophy in front of millions on TV.
Sign for next time?Talking of signs, with SEnine’s exclusive
that Boris Johnson is to take over our local
stations next year, it seems likely that there
will yet another re-brand of the platforms.
SPY hopes this will give scope for the new
signs to say something relating to nearby
Well Hall Pleasaunce, the Tudor Barn and
the home of children’s author E Nesbit, who
wrote..…wait for it….’The Railway Children’!
Rather than the Green Chain Walk, which
doesn’t run within half a mile of Eltham
Station.
School outing..….Back in Eltham High Street, SPY suggests
shoppers keep an eye out for a gang
of well-dressed offi cers with pens and
clipboards looking behind dustbins and
over fences. If spotted they might well be
a sub-committee of the shadowy Eltham
Regeneration Board, itself a subset of the
council, which now runs the town. Regular
SPY followers will remember it was these
Commissars who suggested that Eltham
CoE School might like to disappear from
Roper Street and, Tardis-like, re-enter the
atmosphere somewhere else. Like the
early versions of Dr Who’s travel machine,
however, its landing site was unpredictable
and the Board proposed plonking it on top
of Beadle’s (now Ancaster’s) Nissan garage
in Eltham Hill. However, the owners of the
site informed the council that there were
travel machines of a more prosaic nature
already there, which they had no intention
of moving. Also the Commissars had
unfortunately failed to inform the school
of these plans. Now armed with a cheque
for £2m or so from the government for an
overdue school re-build, SPY understands
they continue to traverse the town centre
looking for somewhere else to put it, in
order that there might have a further area
of derelict land on which to form yet more
imaginary re-development plans to add to
all the others.
And fi nally….With the planned departure of council
leader Chris Roberts, SPY wonders whether
his propaganda Pravda Greenwich Time will
exit with him. Costing more than £750,000
a year with a marginal informational
content that is subservient to the general
hype, SPY suggests a more appropriate
communications regime would signal a
good start for any new leader, whether
it is the long-serving Jackie Smith, the
favourite, or Eltham’s John Fahy. In any
case, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles
is committed to taking enforcement
action against such offi cial outpourings
by Roberts’ departure date in April 2014.
Only two councils in the country produce
such a weekly bulletin, all the others opting
for useful and comprehensive quarterly
digests, full of information about council
services and contact details at a fraction of
the expense.
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Yalways newsy, sometimes
irreverent and often controversial,
but never the opinion of SEnine.
Whilst many people
have been campaigning
for the 132 route to
become double deckers mainly due
to overcrowding on certain parts of
the route and at certain times of the
day, they must have been pleased
when TFL confi rmed that they would
change them from single deckers.
For the paralympics period we
seemed to get both double deckers
running during the busy times and
single deckers the rest of the time,
which seemed ideal, then it went back
to single decker completely before
they were suddenly changed back
to double deckers completely a few
weeks later.
Sounding ungrateful I know, the
double deckers we have now got are
shabby, unclean and badly designed
buses apparently brought from
Merton garage they were unwanted,
they serve a purpose but are not very
nice.
Perhaps we are only going to have
these tatty eff orts until we have the
new Routemaster allocated to this
route which I think is the least the
passengers and drivers deserve on
this very busy and important route.
Come on TFL passengers in Eltham,
Greenwich and Bexley deserve better.
Mr D. Wiff en
1941 Dartmoor Crash
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I saw your recent article (December
2012) about Eltham Explorer Scouts
linking up to remember airmen from
a WW2 crash on Dartmoor.
I am researching this event and have
data now on two of the crew but not
Charles Lyon or Ronald Brames.
I would like to follow up possible
relatives of the young airman (Brames)
who was buried in Eltham.
Your help would be greatly
appreciated.
John Lowe
Exmouth, Devon
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John, was seeking photos of Graftons
Factory in Footscray Road. The good
readers of SEnine magazine did not
disappoint and we received a lot of
photos to send on to him.
Here are just a few.
Thank you those that sent
photos.
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Children’s activities and worship 10.30am
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Twilight ZoneDuring cold wintery afternoons,
Herbaceous often snoozes by his
log fi re, pipe in one hand, beer in the
other, safe in the knowledge that little
on the plot needs sorting.
In that twilight mental state between
coma and consciousness, he is often
transported to previous haunts, of
which he says little.
Well known as a countryman who got
washed up in a city, the precise moment
when he exchanged shotgun cartridges
for the ink ones of offi ce life has always
been left fuzzy.
In his fi reside reveries, the dreams
are usually of exterminating small
mammals, blasting pigeons from the
sky and conducting illicit poaching
raids alongside wooded streams.
Drifting deeper into unconsciousness,
the Old Man was taken back to scenes
of dragging rabbits from their warrens,
trapping moles with home-made
devices and baiting stoats, weasels and
the odd wild cat. Trout were tickled,
bagged and thrown back. Galloping
across the estate, his noble steed
tracked down foxes and wolves, then
engaging in arm to arm
combat with bears on
rugged escarpments.
His trademark coonskin
cap, moleskin coat and
leather jerkins were
protection against the
fi ercest storms and sub-
zero temperatures when
patrolling at night against
infi ltrators.
Deer were stalked over bleak moorlands
and brought back to his keeper’s cottage
over his shoulders to be left hanging in
the barn until tender.
On the range, a wild boar carcase was
sizzling above a roaring blaze, turning
on a spit and, lined up on the table were
bottles of bourbon and cider.
Yes, although his
upbringing in a three bed
roomed semi in Stoke
on Trent certainly had its
moments, it was reading
the adventures of Davy
Crockett that really excited
his imagination and passed
many happy hours.
He was rudely awakened
by a piercing shriek.
Nutmeg, his long-suff ering moggy, who
had become ever more alarmed at the
muttered oaths and mimicked actions
of the comatose countryman and was
seeking an immediate exit imagining
the old man in his befuddlement
having its coat detached to make a hat,
"Crockett" style.
Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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HERBACEOUS
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