Walworth Society – Early March 2025 News

by TheWalworthSociety
  1. News snippets.

1. Move to Bluesky Social. The society has decided to no longer post on Twitter. If you would like to follow us, please go to Bluesky Social (https://bsky.app/) at:  @WalworthSociety.bsky.social

2. Peckham. There has been a lot of activity recently around the proposed redevelopment of the Aylesham Shopping Centre. Below are a couple of articles about this:

https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/peckham/is-this-a-city-that-i-can-still-call-home-hundreds-join-peckham-protest-against-overdevelopment/

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/hundreds-protest-against-drmm-led-peckham-regeneration-scheme

3. Old Kent Road Area Action Plan Consultation. Southwark Council has just launched a consultation on the OKR AAP that is open until Friday 11th April. The link is:
https://engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/old-kent-road-aap

4. Lidl coming to the Walworth Road. News just in that the former M&S looks set to become a Lidl supermarket: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-south-london-marks-spencer-152701492.html

More details here via the alcohol license application: https://app.southwark.gov.uk/premises/applied/885527

Plan of store layout here: https://app.southwark.gov.uk/pdf/885527r%20web%20plan%20cb.pdf

2. Walworth Society General Meeting – Wednesday 19th March at 7pm – online only.

Our next general WS meeting will be held on Wednesday 19th March starting at 7pm online only (Zoom). To join on Zoom please click here or go to Zoom and join with Meeting ID: 899 1994 6913, Passcode: 475931.

 Our draft agenda for the meeting is:

  1. Welcome, apologies and introductions.
  2. Action points from our February 2025 meeting and matters arising.
  3. Old Kent Road Area Action Plan Consultation – update.
  4. Elephant and Castle & Walworth Town Centre Action Plan – discussion.
  5. Beehive PH
  6. Planning matters
  7. AOB.

Minutes of the February meeting to follow.

3. Beehive Public House – renewing the Asset of Community Value listing.

The Walworth Society is preparing an application to Southwark Council for the Beehive PH to continue to be listed as an Asset of Community Value and we would like to collect members’ thoughts on its past and future value to them.

The current 5-year listing runs out in October 2025 and we are keen to get our application in for a further 5-year listing well in advance of this date. Below is a link to a survey form that we are using. Please do pop in your thoughts and we will make a submission asap. Many thanks for all your help.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NZ4n-V3LPD9Lu4wMj7fZrt7AECsnMSkxCRxkpLAhAjQ/edit

NB You do not have to sign into Google to complete the survey form.

4. Town Centre Action Plan for the Walworth Road.

Southwark Council has just published a draft of its Town Centre Action Plan that will cover the Walworth Road area. Called the Elephant & Castle & Walworth Town Centre Action Plan it covers a number of short, medium and long term actions that aim to make the Walworth Road a safer and more attractive place to shop and spend time.

We are hoping to give over a future society meeting to a discussion of the plan with officers and members and will let you know details of that as soon as we can.

The link to the document is:

https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s125348/Appendix%204%20Elephant%20and%20Castle%20and%20Walworth%20Action%20Plan.pdf

5. Unlocking Urlwin & The Ghosts Of Grosvenor.

History talk – Unlocking Urlwin & The Ghosts of Grosvenor: Explore the colourful history of the Grosvenor Estate and learn how to research the history of your own house. Free entry, Thursday 13 March 7.30 pm, TRA Hall, 41 Grosvenor Park Camberwell SE5 0NJ. For more information click here
 
6. Kennington Noir Presents The Cry Of The City (1948) – Wednesday 12th March.

Cry of the City (1948), directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Victor Mature, Richard
Conte, Fred Clark and Shelley Winters.



Another noir from 20th Century Fox studios, this time from one of the masters of the genre, Robert Siodmak. Martin Rome (Conte) and Vittorio Candella (Mature) were childhood friends, but have drifted apart. Candella is now a detective lieutenant, whereas Rome has become a hardened criminal. They meet again when Candella and his colleague Collins (Clark), interview him in hospital, where he is recovering from bullet wound sustained in a police shootout, about a jewel robbery and murder.

Like many noirs of the time, part of the film was shot on location in New York City, and was well received critically, but Siodmak later commented: “I thought it was good but it’s not really my kind of film: I hate locations – there’s so much you can’t control”.

TICKETS & PRICING: Everyone welcome: Individual tickets at £8.00 can be purchased on the door or via TickeLab. Doors open at 18.30 for a 19.30 start. Refreshments will be available in the licensed cafe/bar. 

For more information click here or go to cinemamuseum.org.uk. Tel.: 0207 840 2200.  Email: info@cinemamuseum.org.uk..

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