Local blogger Richard Elliot has toured the local buildings featured in this year's London Open House weekend, including End House in Crofton Park, The Capitol in Forest Hill, Seager Distillery in Deptford, de Monchaux Studio in the Brockley Conservation Area and Lewisham Arthouse on Lewisham Way.
End House is a neat example of how to squeeze more space out of residential streets. He writes:
My first stop was End House in Manwood Road. The compact three bedroom house was added to the end of a terrace when someone sold part of their garden to a developer.
A mecca to minimalism the house has a wedge shape, being narrower at the front than the rear. The architects have produced a fantastic design and the house didn't feel like it contained awkward angles despite none of the rooms being square.
You can read his report here.
The Brockley Cross Action Group will hold its Annual General Meeting on October 3rd at the Brockley Social Club (240 Brockley Road). The meeting starts at 7.00pm and will finish at approx. 9.00pm.
The Agenda will include elections, accounts, a review of the year and a discussion of future projects. Having transformed the area around the station and lobbied for improvements to Brockley Cross, their future focus includes installing steps on Brockley Common, a mural under the bridge on Brockley Road and the part-pedestrianisation of Coulgate Street, as part of the redevelopment of 180 Brockley Road. But they're open to suggestions!
Cllr Foxcroft has kindly sent us a report from the recent Brockley Assembly, which she chaired. The meeting featured a vote on which local projects to fund this year. She writes:
The main item on the agenda was allocating the 2012/13 Brockley Local Assembly Fund. 12 projects had submitted bids for funding and there were three categories.
Before the Assembly heard each group’s presentation, they had to decide what to do with the unallocated money in categories A and B because less money had been applied for than was available. The meeting had the choice to roll the money over into Category C or to use it to commission projects in areas that did not bid. The Assembly choose to rollover the money to category C.
Category A – projects which had bid for £1-500
· Tyrwhitt Road Neighbourhood Beautification Programme (Tyrwhitt Road Neighbourhood Watch) - £500
· Christmas theatre trip for local families who have children under 5 years old (Brockley Parents Forum) - £200
Both of these projects were approved by the Assembly and will receive all of the funding that they bid for.
Category B – projects which had bid for £501-1500
· Hatcham Village Big Lunch 2013 (New Cross Learning) - £1000
· Toys and play equipment for St John’s Baby and Toddler Group (St John’s Baby and Toddler Group) - £750
· Ambassadors Course: two one day pilot training courses for young people 8-12yrs (Tanners Hill TRA Garden Committee) - £680.05
All of these projects were approved by the Assembly and will receive all of the funding that they bid for.
Category C – projects which had bid for £1501-5000
There was a total of £11,870 available in this category. Seven projects applied for funding:
· Threadz: girls-only fashion project raising the aspirations of young women in Brockley (Peabody) - £5000
· Educational experience for three ages of young people (Somali Education Development Centre) - £2000
· Continued improvements to Wickham/Manor Mews to create a useable and maintained space for the local community (Wickham Mews Residents) - £3000
· Breakspears Mews Community Garden (Breakspeares Mews Community Garden) - £5000
· Tree planting programme in Brockley ward – Brockley Society - £2400
· A mural on the eastern wall of the railway arch over Brockley Road, near Brockley Cross (Brockley Cross Action Group) - £4170.05
· Youth football for activity and health (Junior Reds FC Titans) - £2870
Of the seven projects, three received all of their funding: Brockley Society; Breakspears Mews and Wickham Mews. The Peabody project received partial funding of £1470.
It was great to see so many groups looking for funding for local projects to improve their area. It's a shame that the council has had to reduce the amount of money available to local assemblies due to the cuts to council funding from the coalition government. However as a Labour group on the council, we're committed to maintaining local assemblies as a voice for the local community.
Brockley Market, winner of the 2011 newcomer of the year award, celebrates its first birthday this Saturday, with a band from 11am and some of the regular stallholders trying a few new things. Given how big a part it now plays in local life, it's amazing that it's only a year old.
Lewisham Council says:
The Council is running a scheme to train local young people – 17 to 24 year olds - in how to set up/run their own market stall - click here.
The closing date is 30 September, with interviews on 8 October. They’ll get training, £1000 contribution to business start-up costs and a free pitch at either Catford or Deptford market in the run-up to Christmas.
With youth unemployment the way it is it’s a great opportunity for local young people to get some free, sound business advice in an area that they may not have thought of necessarily before and a chance to set up their own business.
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020 8692 0700
Thanks to BCer Monkeyboy, who has downloaded the new takeaway app for the Royal Tandoori in Crofton Park and provided a screenshot of it in all its glory:
Occasionally, it is necessary to admit that Brockley does not have a monopoly on good ideas. Here are two, from the twin towns of LA and Charlton, that are worth thinking about importing.
Firstly, the Guardian reports that Los Angeles is removing parking spaces across the city and converting them into "parklets" - micro parks that are given over to a range of leisure activities.
Green Chain is staging a range of events this autumn, including an all-day megawalk along the full length of the chain:
The Green Chain Megawalk
Saturday 29 September 9.15am-6.30pm
Meet at Crystal Palace station at 9.15am
All the way from one end of the Green Chain to the other in one easy go - just 21.5 miles! Average walking pace throughout and you CAN do it. Beautiful landscape, woodland and views throughout. Packed lunch essential. Promoted by Walk London. The walk finishes at Erith station. For enquiries please call Ian Bull at 020 7223 3572.
Click here for the other autumn events (including a walk from Sydenham to Brockley and one through Telegraph Hill) and here for Brockley Kate's Green Chain series.
Dan Miller: [after the car runs out of gas] Well, we gave it a good shot. Nobody can say we didn't.
- The Mist
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The lesson of Apple is you cannot just listen to what people are saying they need because they are going to define everything they need in terms they already know: bigger, faster, cheaper. The true revolutionary creates a product or service before people can really define the need for that product or service. They anticipate where the market will go as opposed to simply reacting quickly to where the market is already going.
- Guy Kawasaki
Criticised after the iPhone 5 launch for having run out of ideas, Apple has confounded its critics once again by embracing the biggest idea of them all: 'Greater Brockley'.
Julian sent us this shot of the Evening Standard, which reports on the Apple Maps cock-up, resulting in London landmarks being shunted around:
117 Tanners Hill
The Ladywell Village Improvement Group says the Christmas Market will be back, after it was cancelled last year:
Ladywell Christmas Market will take place again this year, on Sat 15th December. Thanks to the volunteers who've taken on the not inconsiderable task of making all the 'behind the scenes' arrangements. Thanks also to all those at last night's Ladywell Assembly who supported funding to cover the upfront costs.
As previously there will local craft and food stalls, seasonal drinks and treats, and opportunities to snap up some last minute Christmas presents.
If you'd like to reserve a stall, please email ladywell.info@gmail.com - as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!
The Coulgate Street Christmas Market will also take place again this year.
Come Dine with Me - already perfect television - is about to help us achieve nirvana. The producers are currently scouting for talent in the Greater Brockley area. They say:
Anyone who might be keen on applying for the show can call 0871 244 4142 or email cdwm@itv.com
Shoot dates are 5th November – 9th November 2012.
Sadly, the producers won't commit to doing a Brockley-only version of the show (insisting that other nearby places might have to get a look-in), but they are missing a trick. This could be the piece of television that defines Brockley in the popular imagination, eclipsing the area's first appearance on Location, Location, Location or that documentary about rich and poor families living side-by-side in Brockley, that people who've been here a long time always drag up.
This is a chance to sit every Brockley stereotype (well, five stereotypes at least) side-by-side around a dinner table so we can at last define terms - our spectres will finally be given a face.
Courtesy of Emily, who spotted this beauty in the Guardian.
The Orchard has unveiled its secret plan for breakfast domination. The team says:
The Orchard is now open for breakfast 9.30-11.30 Tue-Sun. The full English is particularly good!
A couple more historic photos of Brockley, this time courtesy of the Brockley Design Project. These two were taken circa 1910.
Steve Smith, the popular landlord of the Brockley Jack pub has sadly passed away. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at St Hilda's Church. Details are available from the Brockley Jack, for those who would like to pay their respects.
Lewisham Cyclists have produced this video to highlight a dangerous junction on the A2, next to OneSE8, where Deptford meets Greenwich at Blackheath Hill. Residents of the massive residential development trying to set off by bike are met by a most unforgiving junction with traffic failing to give way as it turns right, as this video shows:
Lewisham Cyclists say:
When [TfL] redesigned this junction with the A2 a couple of years or so ago, [they made it] even worse. They removed the dedicated green light for Deal’s Gateway, which now had to share the green phase with traffic emerging from Greenwich High Rd, much of which turns right.
There are alternatives, it’s true. On a bike you could dismount and cross to the central reservation and cross on foot , although there are no pedestrian phases for the crossing here, which seems crazy, especially as there is quite a lot of new housing in this area, a bus station and busy DLR station too.
The group is asking TfL to look again at how to improve safety at this junction. It is a tricky issue to get right. Traffic regularly gets snarled up here during rush hour and the desire to keep it flowing as much as possible is understandable, but if we want to encourage cycling in London and ensure that major housing developments like these are properly integrated into the fabric of the city, then we have to address problems like this. So it's TfL's response is welcome. They say:
The junction will be reviewed to identify if any long-term alterations are required to assist traffic, particularly cyclists, travelling from Deal’s Gateway. We have added this onto our programme of works and accelerated the review so it will take place before the end of the calendar year. We have also brought forward the review for the Deptford Bridge / Brookmill Road / Deptford Church Street junction, so it is possible the reviews may take place simultaneously.
With thanks to 853blog.
Parkrun - the weekly running event - has successfully staged two runs in Hilly Fields. BCer Lep Recorn sent us a shot of this week's run:
The Police have put out an alert about a tree-felling scammer operating in the borough. They say:
Lewisham Police and Lewisham Council are urging residents to be wary of bogus cold callers offering to carry out maintenance work in or about their premises.
This follows two incidents on Wednesday where a man offered to carry out maintenance work on the rear garden and cut the tree.
In one case the householder agreed to the work but became suspicious when the man asked for more money than was agreed.
In the other case the householder had not agreed to any work being carried out, the tree in her front garden was cut without her permission and the suspect than asked her for payment.
Anyone with any information bogus callers is asked to contact Lewisham Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 if you wish to remain anonymous
It began with a wheelie bin, it will end with a new apartment block and set of shops on Brockley Road.
The evidence is mounting that Royal Mail is preparing to sell their Brockley Road sorting office for redevelopment.
The logic is compelling: The office occupies what is now a very valuable plot of land close to Brockley Station, where the Council is keen to see more development, to help it meet its new homes target. The sorting office is a pretty inefficient use of that land and truncates what could be a more significant high street. So, despite the fact that we find it handy, BC's always assumed the sorting office's days were numbered and, on balance, would welcome its redevelopment.
Now there are signs that a sale may be on its way.
Firstly, in May, The Guardian reported that the Royal Mail is under pressure to sell off any unnecessary assets before the company is privatised, in order to that the public realises that value, rather than the shareholders:
The government passed the privatise Royal Mail bill last year, allowing the company to be sold off by the end of 2013 at the earliest, although any sale is unlikely to take place until 2014... But there are fears the company could be sold off too cheaply, either through a private sale or by listing it on the London Stock Exchange.
Murray said: "Look at what happened with the utility companies when they were listed. They were sold in a fire sale, so if there is to be an IPO [initial public offering] it needs to be set at the right price, otherwise it could turn into a 'get rich quick' scheme and the taxpayer will be footing the bill."...
Its property director, Martin Gafsen, said: "Royal Mail has a clear strategy to ensure we derive maximum value from any property we no longer require for our operations. We have a strong track record in using the proceeds from disposal of surplus property to invest in the mail operation.
Next, this week, the Royal Mail orders Lewisham Council's recycling bins off its land without explanation and with immediate effect. BCer Oaksys asked why would the Mail care about the bins all of a sudden, when they've happily accommodated them for years? The bins are a bit of an eyesore, but they don't impact on the work of the sorting office. However, clear them away and the site looks more attractive for sale.
Then, in the discussion that followed, long-time BCer AuntyKate adds that:
The Royal Mail delivered a note through my door a few weeks ago to say that they "tested" leaving parcels with neighbours and the results were "really positive" with 92% of people being satisfied with this. So from late September they are going to do this when you are out rather than return it to the delivery office.
To me this change of policy does indicate they are planning to close the sorting office. And sell it for redevelopment.
So, if it goes - what can we realistically expect to take its place?
The space is pretty big, currently accommodating a van yard behind the high street. It could take a large building (possibly with a courtyard) with residential on top and commercial units at ground level (potentially on Harefield Road as well as Brockley Road). Its footprint could swallow a large restaurant, or even a gym - neither of which could be accommodated elsewhere nearby. Sitting on the boundary of the conservation area, we can expect the height to be similar to the roofline of the rest of the high street, with the developers possibly trying to see if they can get away with another floor or two as the building steps back from the road.
Together with the proposed development of 180 Brockley Road, Brockley would then have a high street of a scale and range to match the size of its population and its proximity to two train lines.
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Twinkle Park is a stone's throw from the Dog and Bell, tucked between a housing estate and the river.
Ladywell deli is El's Kitchen is expanding its food-to-go offer and searching for a chef to help them grow. We're always keen to help promote local job opportunities and the last time we ran an ad for El's Kitchen, two readers got jobs out of it. Let's hope we get a similar result this time. El says:
El’s Kitchen delicatessen is looking for an experienced and qualified cook to join our motivated and friendly team in Ladywell, South East London. We’re looking for an aspirational sous chef who is ready to take on more responsibility and help us develop and launch a new line of ready meals as well as increasing our range and volume of food-to-go. You will be responsible for producing delicious, seasonal food made with fresh ingredients and ensuring that the kitchen is run smoothly, safely and hygienically.
With 2-3 years experience as a sous chef or equivalent, you will also have NVQ level 1 or 2 in food preparation and cooking or equivalent and hold an intermediate or advanced Food Hygiene certificate. Accountable for all aspects of the management and the administration of the food operation, you will have demonstrable experience of menu planning, controlling food costs and achieving GP% combined with culinary flair.
The position is full-time (32-40 hours per week). You’ll be working straight day shifts with the occasional evening and weekend shift as required to fulfil catering commissions and in-house events.
We aim for El’s Kitchen to be a fun place to work, where you’re well rewarded for working hard and doing a great job. El’s Kitchen is still a new business so we look for people who are able to adapt and grow with us in the future.
Contact el@elskitchen.co.uk for an application form.
Jeremy: "Oh. That is fantastic. THIS. This is wine. Yeah, look at what these idiots are drinking. Look at these dicks! Obviously it’s not REALLY delicious like hot chocolate or coke but for wine…”
- Peep Show
BC regular JPM has spotted a corner of an Australian wine region that will be forever Brockley. Myattsfield Vineyard in Perth Hills is named after the farmer who birthed the rhubarb revolution here in Brockley. Joseph Myatt travelled from Staffordshire to establish Deptford and Manor Farm, where he experimented with rhubarb reinventing it as a food, rather than a medicinal herb and triggering a rhubarb-growing explosion around the capital. The vineyard explains that having conquered the world of rhubarb, the Myatts' next move was to Australia:
In 1906 Frank Myatt (Joseph Myatt's grandson) and his wife, Rosa, left Gloucestershire for Australia, setting up market gardens the southwest region of Harvey.
Myattsfield’s flagship wine, the “Joseph Myatt” Reserve, commemorates the family’s founding horticulturalist.
So if Brockley made wine, what would it taste like? The Myattsfield guys explain:
We produce a wide range of wine styles from sparkling to fortified (primarily to satisfy our winemaking urges). As well as working with the varieties we grow, we also keep an eye out for interesting parcels of fruit. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Semillon, Tempranillo and Pedro Ximinez have become regulars. Members of our “Left Field” wine club are privy to the more unusual and exclusive batches.
The next Brockley ward assembly will give attendees the chance to vote for the local projects which they think are most worthy of support. Ideas put forward include Christmas theatre trip for local families in need, improvements to Wickham / Manor Mews and additional tree planting across the ward.
Lisa Buckingham from Lewisham Council writes:
The next Brockley Assembly meeting will take place on Saturday 15 September between 1pm and 3pm at the Leander Community Centre, Ship Street, SE8.
You are welcome to attend assembly meeting if you live, work or learn in Brockley ward.
The meeting is your chance to vote for which projects in the local area you want to see funded. You can find details of the projects that have applied here.
We hope to see you there!
Registration and refreshments from 12.45pm. If you need any further information please don't hesitate to contact Lisa Buckingham on 020 8314 3386 or by email at lisa.buckingham@lewisham.gov.uk
Telegraph Hill is staging a Super Saturday next weekend, with a range of community events taking place in venues across the ward.
As part of this, the New Cross Gate Trust is staging a ‘Come and Look’ community day over the weekend of 15th/16th September.
Besson Street Gardens will be open for everyone to explore, and there will be a range of arts and crafts and outdoor activities taking place – from pond dipping and gardening, to a decoupage workshop.
On Saturday the 15th, there will be a street market selling secondhand clothes, household items, bric-a-brac and plenty more – if you’d like your own stall, please contact jill.mountford@nxgtrust.org.uk.
Pete: Well, let me ask you a question. Am I the Ultimate Fighting Champion?
Monica: Well, no. But...
Pete: Well, I'm not gonna stop until I'm the Ultimate Fighting Champion.
Monica: That guy stood on your neck until you passed out!
Pete: Let me tell you a story. When I set out to create Moss 865, do you think it just happened overnight? No. There was Moss 1, that burnt down my Dad's garage, there was Moss 2 that would only schedule appointments in January, and 862 others that I learned from, just like I learned from this fight, never to let a guy stand on my neck.
- Friends
Make Change is a new organisation that seeks nothing less than "a world where everyone is inspired and empowered to take action and affect change on issues which touch them, their communities and the wider world."
They are starting with an event at the Deptford Lounge, where they will be hosting a Day of Creative Action, which so-far is slated to include activities like badge making, face-painting, 'poetry activism' and 'jewellery making / learning about international development'.
The event takes place on September 29th, click here to get involved.
It had to happen eventually. Andy's asked for a thread:
Just wondered if you could post something re Double Glazing Companies please. Had a quote from Master Windows and can’t find anything reviews online and thought one of your readers might be able to help?
Know Double Glazing isn’t the most exciting of subjects but appreciate your time.
The Times property section today features Honor Oak, pitching it as "an affordable alternative to East Dulwich" and arguing that "people looking for a slightly younger vibe tend to go for nearby Brockley." The paper praises its transport connections (except to East Dulwich) and its green spaces and says:
Honor Oak has a history of rallying locals. In 1896, residents halted plans for an open space — today the area’s main park — to become a golf club. These days their protests are directed against chains such as Domino’s Pizza and hastily planned new-builds, but that sense of community is still just as strong.
Friendly neighbours is one of the perks of living in this still relatively unknown pocket of Lewisham, but most people move here for its comparatively affordable property. Average house prices in Honor Oak and trendy nearby East Dulwich have risen by 63 per cent during the past decade, according to Zoopla, but it’s only in the former that you can still find a three-bed with a garden for less than £400,000.
The extension of the East London Line (now the Overground) to Honor Oak Park in 2010 brought an influx of wealthier buyers, and the area is now well on its way to imitating the success of East Dulwich (where family homes now cost more than half a million). It’s not quite there yet, though; the little high street by the station is a curious mix of tapas bars, antique shops and fried-chicken joints.
The rest is here (paywall). Thanks again to FashionBite on Twitter for the tip-off.
The Zippos Circus posters of death have appeared in the windows of the business formerly known as Alby's Place on Brockley Road.
Equipment and furnishing from the "restaurant" was cleared several weeks ago and a notice appeared in the window, saying that the owners were applying for retroactive planning permission for all the features they'd installed that didn't comply with their approved application. Alby's name has been removed from above the front door.
The Circus posters are the surest sign that a business has closed and won't be coming back.
Despite plastering the windows with the word "restaurant", Alby's Place never operated as such. CCTV cameras monitored the locked front doors and members of the public were not allowed in in the evenings. All of which makes it difficult to mourn its loss.
So it looks like we are basically back to square one with this restaurant space, which occupies a key plot in the centre of Brockley. With The Orchard, The Gantry, Mo Pho and Nu Spice flourishing and businesses like City Noodles and The Brockley Barge continuing to do brisk trade, there's no doubt this is a prime spot that could be a massive success in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing and is prepared to run it as a restaurant.
As its neighbours have raised their game, this unit has turned from tragedy to comedy. The owners, Biagio, need to find a proper tenant or sell the freehold to someone who will.
Last year, we took our son to the Little Kickers Saturday morning football sessions in Telegraph Hill. Compared to the Peckham Rye sessions we'd been to in the past, numbers were low despite the excellent venue, so it's no surprise to hear that they've relocated to the Brockley / Nunhead borders, where there are probably more young families living locally.
Lewisham Council writes is conducting a survey / push polling exercise to understand how aware residents are about recycling services in the borough in an effort to cut costs. They say:
Many items suitable for recycling end up being disposed of by incineration or through landfill.
By recycling more, the borough can reduce its costs associated with waste disposal, as well as generate valuable income from items sent for recycling. If everyone in Lewisham recycled everything they could it would save thousands of pounds; this would mean more money is available for other services . Income is raised by the sale of plastic, glass, paper and tin collected for recycling and also from recycling credits - money paid back to the Council for diverting materials to recycling.
The results of the survey will help identify the most effective ways to inform residents about waste management issues and will enable future information campaigns to be targeted to encourage increased participation in local recycling schemes.
Take part in the survey here (it's a lot shorter than some of their other recent surveys).
The beloved London Bubble returns to the area this weekend and next with a series of events in Ladywell Fields called "Rivers and People". They say:
Sun 16 September
Performances every 20 mins from 6.30pm - 7.50pm. Free, but ticketed. Please call 020 7237 4434 to book.
On the evening of 16th September, musicians, poets, singers, visual artists and sculptors will come together and present and eclectic array of performance to delight Lewisham residents.
The event celebrates and is inspired by the dramatic regeneration of the area, the flora and fauna and river life as well as the local people who enjoy the café, skate park, adventure playground, sports facilities and picnic spots along the river.
More information about the show and how to book here.
A weekend of free workshops leading up to Rivers and People, 8 and 9 September
Free workshops for all the family in storytelling, formation dog walking and creating creatures from recycled materials.
More information about the workshops and how to book here.
Lewisham Life says:
Some of Lewisham's most unusual public and private buildings will throw their doors open for London Open House Festival weekend, 22–23 September.
Open House celebrates the best architecture and design that the capital has to offer, and participants will be able to meet the professionals behind the likes of Tidemill Academy, Deptford Lounge, Forest Hill Pools and the revamped Ladywell Fields, as well as enjoying the breathtaking views from the observation deck on the 27th floor of Distillery Tower.
See the full list of participating properties here.
Visual artist George Williams is hosting an exhibition at the Misty Moon gallery in Ladywell called ‘Stories for grown ups’, from 11-15 September. The show will invite the audience to create their own narratives, using the work as a starting point:
You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door.
- Futurama
Reader Jim has asked Lewisham Council to find an urgent solution to traffic chaos on his street, caused by the recent expansion of the Ladywell CPZ, which has shifted more parked cars on to narrow streets used by the 484 bus.
He has written to Mayor Bullock to complain about the impact that the Ladywell CPZ has had on Brookbank, Shell Road and Vicar Hill. The litany of woe includes scrapes, road rage, traffic jams and one occasion when a bus careened in to someone's front garden - exhibit A:
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Christiana writes:
And…Cross! is a choreographic Flashmob designed to give the power back to the pedestrians in New Cross against the tyranny of the A2. Humorous and visually strong, this event was imagined especially for the area and will be performed as part of NEW X-ING Performance Relay on Saturday the 29th of September.
We need to gather as many enthusiastic pedestrians as possible living, studying and/or working in the area. Performance and art background welcome but NOT necessary! Anyone with a desire to make a difference in New Cross welcomed.
A few rehearsals will take place in Fordham Park during the week leading up to the event. The aim is to share the material and structure with the participants and to build a strong group dynamic.
If you are interested in joining us for this very special march, please contact deboradicenta@yahoo.it or anga.thiriot@gmail.com
New Crossers can get exercised by any suggestion that the A2's course through their patch is especially problematic, but it is undeniably a physical and psychological barrier to the cohesive development of the town centre. So it's good to see the issue being highlighted.
Gareth says:
Quiz Bang is returning to the Amersham Arms this Sunday at 9pm and will be a weekly event from now on!
Everyone's favourite Jewish American Quiz Master, Maxwell Haus (Jewish American Quiz Master of the Year 1963 - 1965) will be providing the laughs and entertainment as we test your wits and knowledge with a variety of rounds.
Expect the unexpected, or unexpect the expected and remember to bring a pen! £1 per team member.
Parkrun, the free weekly timed 5k run, comes to Hilly Fields next weekend, Saturday, September 8th at 9am. To take part, you must register in advance - full event details here.
