1. Walworth Society General Meeting – Wednesday 17th April at 7pm – in person at 33 Manor Place SE17 3BD and online.
A reminder that our next general WS meeting will be held on Wednesday 17th April starting at 7pm online (Zoom) and in person at 33 Manor Place SE17 3BD. The building’s owner will be giving us an update on their plans for the building and it is a great chance to see the inside one of Walworth listed buildings.
To join on Zoom please click here or go to Zoom and join with Meeting ID: 861 7890 8827, Passcode: 927213
Our agenda for the meeting is:
- Welcome, apologies and introductions.
- Action points from our March meeting and matters arising.
- Former Bath House and Wash House, 33 Manor Place – update on plans Daniel Francis.
- Update on proposed closure of the Walworth Road branch of M&S.
- Beehive PH Appeal – update.
- Planning matters – inc. Skipton House E&C.
- Other current issues.
- AOB.
For the minutes of our March meeting click here. Many thanks to Vince Brown for all his work on these.
2. M&S Petition Handover – Friday 12th April.
Huge thanks to everyone who came along on Friday morning to the handover of the petition asking Marks and Spencer not to close its Walworth Road branch and especial thanks to Neil Coyle MP for attending and agreeing to pass the 3,588 signatures on to M&S.
Thanks too to a number of people who have worked so hard on this campaign including Inge, Emma, Dominique and Ekaterina for the amazing Save Our M&S underwear bunting (see pics below).
Linda Woods who started the online petition which now has well over 2,300 signatures.
Jenny, Davena, Emma and Andrew who collected almost 1,000 paper petition signatures in just one day on Easter Saturday outside the M&S.
| 3. “No footpath at ground level” exhibition. News from Little Louie of a new exhibition. No Footpath at ground level: Paintings and prints on tin of the Heygate Estate by Reuben Powell. Runs from Friday 12th April – Sunday 16th June at Little Louie, 14 Ash Avenue, SE17 1GQ. Reuben Powell has lived and worked in Elephant and Castle for more than 40 years. His work has often focused on the fast-changing landscape of his local neighbourhood, the disappearance of the old and emergence of the new. He has produced many large scale drawings of the local area as well as a series of paintings and prints on to tin plate steel. For more information click here or go to www.reubenpowell.co.uk. The Heygate Estate was built in the early 1970s and together with its neighbour the Aylesbury Estate provided homes for thousands of people. The inhabitants were to be elevated above the then decaying Victorian streets of Elephant and Castle to homes interconnected by arial concrete walkways; the rumoured intention was they would be able to walk to Camberwell without touching the ground. A sign once stood by a locked gate on Heygate Street; “no footpath at ground level”. The Heygate Estate was demolished in 2014 to make way for Elephant Park. For more info please click here or contact Chris Greenwood, info@louielouie.london |
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| 4. Kennington Bioscope Silent Film Weekend. Kennington Bioscope Silent Film Weekend: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st April 2024 at the Cinema Museum. Kennington Bioscope presents its seventh Silent Film Festival, with the support of The Cinema Museum. This year along with our usual themes of rarely seen gems, restorations, and discoveries we are looking at the year of 1924 with many films on 35mm or from 35mm nitrate scans.  All silent films will have live accompaniment by our highly acclaimed team of musicians. The line-up below is to be confirmed and subject to alterations. For notes on films click here. For more information on the event click here or go to Cinemamuseum.org.uk. SATURDAY (The Cinema Museum will open its doors at 09.00). 10.00 Not for Sale (1924) – BFI 35mm print 11.40 Forgotten Film Pioneer – 35mm and digital prints 13.00 Lunch 14.00 The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) – BFI 35mm print 15.20 Restored Laughter – scans of 35mm nitrate, digital & 16mm prints 17.30 East Lynne (1913) Restoration Premiere – 35mm nitrate scan 19.00 Dinner 20.00 He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – digital SUNDAY 10.00 Owd Bob (1924) – BFI 35mm print 11.30 Restorations and Discoveries – scans of 35mm nitrate prints 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Just Pals (1920) – BFI 35mm print 15.15 Comedies of 1924 – 35mm nitrate scans and digital prints 17.00 Taras Bulba (1924) – BFI 35mm print 19.00 Dinner 20.00 Pathescope Presents – 9.5mm prints Tickets: Weekend Ticket £30 / One Day £18 / Afternoon and evening pass £12 / Evening pass £6. You can also book dinner (£10) on both days at the Cafe Jamyang, next door to the Museum. Tickets and dinner bookable here. |
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