| 1. Walworth Society – November meeting Tree House Elephant Park and online – 7pm Weds 19th November. Our next general WS meeting will be held at 7pm on Wednesday 19th November at the Tree House Elephant Park and online. To join online please click here or go to Zoom and join with Meeting ID 827 3815 5689 Passcode: 624210. Our draft agenda for the meeting is: 1. Welcome, apologies and introductions. 2. Action points from our October 2025 meeting and matters arising 3. HUB Living H1 Planning application (25/AP/2859) – Jerry Flynn 4. Student accommodation development – update Jerry Flynn 5. Elephant & Castle Train Station Renovations and improvements: Benny O’Looney. 6. Other planning matters. 7. Other issues. 8. AOB and date of next meeting. 9. Minutes of the October meeting to follow. |
| 2. Walworth Neighbourhood Meeting – Tuesday 2nd December, 6pm-8pm at Walworth Town Hall News from Marcina Brown Southwark Council’s Neighbourhoods Coordinator for Camberwell and Walworth about a Walworth Neighbourhood Meeting. Date: Tuesday 2nd December Time: 6pm-8pm Venue: Walworth Town Hall “This is a great opportunity to meet your Neighbourhood Champion, Councillor Dora Dixon- Fyle and find out information about, ‘What’s happening in your area’. The meeting will also share the findings from the workshops that took place this summer and encourage residents to discuss the main priorities identified from previous community engagement sessions. If you attended one of the workshops during the summer, this is a chance to find out the results and to engage with other residents and local councillors about priorities that matter to you and the local community. Please feel free to share this invitation with other residents and local businesses, organisations that would benefit from attending. For coordination purposes, please kindly RSVP your interest if you are interested in attending” Marcina.Brown@southwark.gov.uk |
| 3. Pullens Open Studios – 5th to 7th December. Pullens Open Studios Friday 5th to Sunday 7th December, at Pullens Yards. Details below. More info click here or go pullensopenstudios.co.uk. Or email pullensopenstudios@gmail.com. |
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| 4. Mentivity Men’s Mental Health Month event – Tues 25th Nov 5.30-7.30pm Join us for the next installment of boys to men as we explore the emotional mask men wear and strength it takes to be real. In honour of Men’s Mental Health Month, we’ll be sharing food, stories and honest conversation in a safe supportive space. Whether you want to speak, listen or simply connect- the space is for you.  |
| 5. AI & Digital Skills Bootcamp – FREE. News from Southwark Council. Four AI & Digital Skills workshops free to all Southwark Residents at Darwin Court, 1 Crail Row SE17 1AD, each Tuesday afternoon 1-3pm from 18th November until 9th December. Scan registration details below. OR use the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR0leqKemAVWGBHqBvvpogDro4zHhlXpTSj5ztjF63nzBeWQ/viewform?usp=dialog |
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| 7. Kennington Bioscope Presents Silent Laughter Day: Sunday 23rd November. Kennington Bioscope presents Silent Laughter Day at the Cinema Museum, Sunday 23rd November from 10 am. All screenings will feature introductions from silent film historians, and live accompaniment from wonderful musicians. Below is the run-down of what will be showing; please note that all films are subject to availability. 10.00 It’s the Old Army Game (1926) Though posterity remembers him as a talking comedian, the great W.C. Fields – enemy of small dogs and children  everywhere – made some wonderful silent comedies. This 1926 feature follows the trials and tribulations of small-town druggist Elmer Prettywillie (Fields) and boasts some terrific comic set pieces, from his encounters with difficult customers to a nightmare picnic. It later provided the blueprint for his 1934 classic It’s A Gift, and also features an unlikely co-star: silent icon Louise Brooks! Piano accompaniment by Colin Sell.11.30 Rediscoveries & Restorations Almost a century after the silent era ended, some brilliant lost films keep resurfacing, while restoration efforts help others to live anew. Regular attendees will know that we always pull out some real goodies from the bag for this segment of Silent Laughter, and this year is no different, exact titles are TBC, but expect new restorations of long-lost (and hilarious) films starring Snub Pollard and Laurel & Hardy and we’ll also be showing the world premiere of a newly discovered and restored Pimple film (Fred Evans) – Pimple’s Lady Godiva (1917) – to be introduced by the BFI’S Bryony Dixon. Piano accompaniment by Cyrus Gabrysch. 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Female Fun Unfortunately, our view of silent comedy tends to be dominated by male performers. Although fewer studios  provided opportunities for women to shine in comedy, there were still plenty of wonderful performers who managed to break through the slapstick patriarchy to achieve stardom in their own right. Here we shine a light on three of the best funny women: Wanda Wiley proves that women can do slapstick just as well as men in A Thrilling Romance, Marion Byron stars with Max Davidson in charming situation comedy The Boy Friend, and the wonderful Mabel Normand pokes fun at vanity in the rarely seen Anything Once. Piano accompaniment by Costas Fotopoulos.15.45 Why Be Good? (1929) One of the defining ‘flappers’ of the 1920s, Colleen Moore sparkled in a series of deliciously frothy light comedies. Why Be Good? is a classic jazz-age tale set in a metropolitan world of department stores and night clubs: a real time capsule. Life-of-the-party Pert Kelly (Moore) falls for the boss of the department store where she works – but will her free-spirited ways be tolerated by high society? Lost for many years, Why Be Good? was restored in 2014, complete with its original ‘Vitaphone’ music and effects soundtrack. We’ll be showing the film with this vintage accompaniment today. 17.30 Focus On… Keystone In the early teens, Keystone Studios was a crucible for film comedy. From Charlie Chaplin to Roscoe Arbuckle, Mabel Normand and The Keystone Cops, many of the icons of silent comedy were forged here. Dave Glass and Glenn Mitchell take a deep dive into the studio’s modius operandi and its seismic influence on comedy, with classic and rare film clips galore! Piano accompaniment by Ashley Valentine. 19.00 Dinner 20.00 The Small Bachelor (1927) Lost for a century, we’re proud to present this re-premiere of a rediscovered adaptation of a P. G. Wodehouse novel. Set in  Greenwich Village, the plot focuses on aspiring artist Finch (George Beranger) and his romantic entanglements. The New York setting gave Wodehouse plenty of chance to gently lampoon American culture, especially through the Western-obsessed character Sigsbee Waddington. A cast of great comic character actors bring Wodehouse’s characters to life, including Lucien Littlefield, Tom Dugan, Gertrude Astor and George Davis. Directed by light comedy specialist William A Seiter, The Small Bachelor fizzes with gentle wit and farcical humour: a rediscovered treasure for fans of Wodehouse and silent comedy alike.This screening is courtesy of Christopher Bird, who rediscovered the film. Continuing the spirit of the main feature, The Small Bachelor will also be supported by a short film starring Bioscope favourite – and farceur extraordinaire – Charley Chase. Limousine Love is one of Chase’s all-time funniest films, as he – innocently – acquires a naked woman in the back of his car en route to his wedding! Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand. Tickets: All Day £21 / Afternoon and evening pass £16 / Evening show only £8. You can also book dinner (£14) at the Cafe Jamyang, next door to the Museum. Tickets and dinner bookable here. For more info click here. Or go to cinemamuseum.org.uk. The Cinema Museum: The Master’s House, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road), London SE11 4TH. |
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