1. Walworth Society General Meeting – Wednesday 20th September 7pm.
Our next general WS meeting will be held on Wednesday 20th September starting at 7pm.
We will be meeting ONLINE (only) via Zoom. To join on Zoom please click here or go to Zoom and join with meeting ID: 896 4098 4450, Passcode: 116236.
Our early draft agenda for the meeting is:
- Welcome, apologies and introductions.
- Action points from our July meeting and matters arising.
- Lendlease H1 office block – appeal.
- Walworth Heritage Action Zone – update.
- Walworth Stories – update.
- Other planning matters (inc 23/AP/1478 – 25 Surrey Square SE17).
- Other current issues (inc pedestrian only access to Angel Lane).
- AOB.
Minutes of the July general meeting and AGM to follow.
The minutes of our July committee meeting (ahead of the AGM) are here
| 2. Peter Wright Memorial Event – Sunday 10th September 2.30pm Peter Wright (1949 – 2023): All are invited to come along and celebrate the work that Pete did in our communities across East Walworth, Walworth, Southwark and London on Sunday September 10th at The Huntsman and Hounds PH, Elsted Street SE17 1QG, starting at 2.30pm. There will be tributes, music, photographs and finger food that Pete liked from Amigo’s, and a chance to catch up with friends and colleagues. If you would like to, you can leave a message and/or photo about your memories of Pete by clicking here or at petewright.muchloved.com We look forward to seeing you. The first drink is on Pete! |
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| 3. Nursery Row Park – Farm In The Park (Saturday 26th August – 12.30 to 4.30pm) PLUS Consultation Event Message from Friends of Nursery Row Park: This year’s Farm in the Park is on Saturday 26th August in Nursery Row Park, it’d be great to see you there! We’re also pleased that the park upgrade plan (East St side) is back on track – come and see early designs and share your thoughts with the Southwark Council Parks Dept & designers on the day at the Farm In The Park. Key aims: a. Transform the entrance from East St to create a more welcoming and greener space b. Enhance the play areas to provide exciting play equipment for children c. Investigate the option to provide an outdoor gym near East St d. Improve seating. We need your ideas to help finalise the plans. Come along to a drop-in session: Saturday 26 Aug, 1pm – 4pm in the park. Friday 8 Sept, 9.30am – 12pm at East St Market. Wednesday 13 Sept, 3.30pm – 6pm in the park. For further details and to take part in the online consultation, please click here or go to consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/nursery-row-park. If you are unable to attend the drop-in sessions but are interested in hearing about the project, please contact sharon.lomas@southwark.gov.uk to join the mailing list, or call 020 7525 0878. |
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| 4. Pasley Park Show – Saturday 9th September. The Pasley Park Show is on Saturday 9th September from Noon to 5pm. A celebration of local diversity featuring: The ever popular Dog Show.Stalls and market.DJ.Play on Prince Monolulu.Art and Face painting. Pasley Park can be accessed from Chapter Road, Manor Place or Penrose St. More information at pasleypark.org |
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5. Summer Festival Event – Jack Hobbs Club Thurs 31st August 4-8pm.
News of a special event from The Giving Lab and The Social Innovation Partnership at the Jack Hobbs Club (Behind Brandon Library) SE17 3NH.
6. People’s Company Trustees Needed.
Message from People’s Company: Have you ever thought of being a Trustee? Based at Southwark Playhouse, People’s Company has arts-based community activities at its heart. It is a registered charity and is looking for Trustees who live or work locally, with an interest in the community and the arts.
No Trustee experience is necessary. If you think you would like to know more, please email: peoplescompanylondon@gmail.com. For more information on People’s Company just go to www.peoplescolondon.com
7. Manor Braganza Development Newsletter.
The Manor Place Terrace/Braganza St redevelopment in West Walworth is coming towards an end now and the latest newsletter from Durkan appears below and can be downloaded here
| 8. Kennington Bioscope. Kennington Bioscope Presents: IT (1927), plus 28mm films, Wednesday 13th September at 19:30. The first half of the evening will consist of a special screening of the first ever home movie format, Pathé’s 28mm. This is the only major film format not shown at the BFI’s Film on Film season, and allowed films to be shown in non-theatrical venues, including the home, using safety film. The films shown will be original prints made between 1912 and 1922, including an early animation and a Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew film, and will be projected using an original restored 28mm projector, by film historian Christopher Bird.  It (USA 1927, dir. Clarence Badger). 35mm print. Starring Clara Bow and Antonio Moreno, and based on stories from the sensationalist novelist Elinor Glyn, of Three Weeks fame. Glyn had coined the term `it’ to describe what makes a personality attractive in her 1914 novel The Man and the Moment; the novella It and its screen version – to which Glyn contributes a cameo, as herself – both appeared in 1927.  Stage actress Dorothy Tree had her first film role in a small, uncredited part. Similarly, a young Gary Cooper was cast in a minor role as a newspaper reporter. The film was a box office hit, consolidating Clara Bow’s burgeoning status as one of the most popular actresses of the era and acquiring for her the soubriquet `the IT Girl’. A year later she starred in a film version of Glyn’s 1905 novel Red Hair, of which only some brief Technicolor footage of Bow is known to survive. Silent film with intertitles which may be suitable for the deaf and hard of hearing. Tickets £7. Seats are limited, so please arrive early or request an invitation using the email kenbioscope@gmail.com.. More information click here or go to at www.cinemamuseum.org.uk. |
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