West Norwood artists Open House 11/12th and 18/19th May weekends

As part of Dulwich Festival many West Norwood artists are opening their studios to  visitors over  the next two weekends. To inspire, browse and buy! Ceramics, prints, textiles, paintings, jewellery, crafts … all on our doorstep.

Mike Burles, Benet Spencer, Melissa Pritchard, Christopher W Millar, Miranda Payne, Marcus Berns, Rachel Glittenberg, Carys Davies, Michael Ruh & Natascha Wahl and  Liz Emitage  are all at Parade Mews, off Norwood Rd  SE27 9AX – opposite Tulse Hill station.

Ray Stanbrook, Helen Bridges, Lucy Bainbridge, Kerry Eggleton, Emma Lee Cjheung & Carole Murphy, Adam Hemuss & Tessa Horrocks, Chrissy Silver, Jonna X Kangan & Amy Hutchings are all at Bainbridge Studios  in Sydenham Place  SE27 0AP off Lansdowne Hill.

Timothy Sutton , Yair Meshoulam  and Martin Grower are all at East Place SE27 9JW by railway arches off Pilgrrim Hill.

Portico Gallery is open for the 11/12th May weekend at 23 Knights Hill SE27 0HS. Michelle House  and Julia McKenzie are open at Roxburgh Rd SE27 0LE, Diane Eagles at Chapel Rd SE27 0TY, Louise Whalley at Rommany Rd SE27 9PY  and Brian Rogerson at Carnac St SE27 9RR. Judy Hammond, Audrey Hammind & Faranak Chilvers are at Lancaster Avenue SE27 9DZ.

For details see brochure (pdf below)

dulwich open house

Over 50 cultural events are taking place during Dulwich Festival from Friday 10th May to Sunday 19th May  see programme: http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/programme

French coffee shop for West Norwood

Elorie has just opened Culdesac on the corner of Bloom Grove and Knights Hill SE27 0HY. Cakes & croissants baked on the premises. Great place to watch the world go by!

Usually open 8am to 5pm Mondays to Saturdays   Tweet and follow @culdesaccoffee

A revamp for West Norwood theatre

Bob Callender of SLT with the theatre plans

South London Theatre have persuaded the Heritage Lottery Fund to invest in the South London Theatre building on Norwood High Street SE27 9NS. The theatre is based in a Victorian fire station and restoration should be ready for early 2015 if all goes well . In the meantime the theatre has to raise another £250k .So to support our local theatre – become a member and  see the shows http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk.

Or simply donate via http://www.justgiving.com/sltrestoration

Volunteer at 2013 Crystal Palace Festival

The 7th Crystal Palace Overground Festival is recruiting for volunteers to help out at this year’s must-go-to event which kicks-off with a wide-range of fringe events at venues around Crystal Palace on June 27th and 28th, with the main festival hubs at Westow Park on Saturday June 29th and the Upper Norwood Triangle on Sunday June 30th.

“We’re looking for passionate, fun-loving volunteers, aged 18 and over to ensure this year’s community arts festival is bigger and better then ever before,” said Cathy Henchion from the volunteer recruitment team.

Volunteer roles include stewarding around the main outdoor stage, supervising the kids’ zone and meeting & greeting visitors. All volunteers will receive full training, and a certificate of participation will be awarded at the end.Other benefits include meeting and socialising with a great bunch of people, and the knowledge that they are contributing to a fantastic festival that showcases the very best that the Crystal Palace community has to offer.

Festival director, Noreen Meehan  says “Volunteering at the festival is a wonderful way for the whole community to come together, it offers an engaging and fun way to give something back to the community.Just 4 hours of your time will help ensure that this year’s event is the best one yet.”

Prospective volunteers should visit www.crystalpalacefestival.org/volunteer  and complete the online form.

Tennis Club Planning Latest

For the third time developers appealed to the independent Planning Inspector after Lambeth council refused their bid to build homes on the West Norwod Tennis Club.

A hearing took place in March at which residents & Cllr Jane Pickard supported the council’s refusal.

The planning Inspector agrees with the council and has dismissed the appeal:

“the benefits of the proposed development for 52 homes would not be outweighed by the harm from loss of outdoor space and the scale of the building.”

See the Inspectors report below

2187818 DECISION

 

Antiques Discovery Day

Rosebery’s of Knight Hills

Rosebery’s of Knights Hill, West Norwood, the  Fine Art and Antiques Auction House, has teamed up with local charity ‘Dulwich Helpline and Southwark Churches Care’ to run an Antiques Discovery Day at Herne Hill Baptist Church,Half Moon Lane SE24 9HU  on Saturday 20th April from 10am until 2pm.

For £5 bring along an item to be valued by Rosebery’s experts, be it a picture, ceramic, or piece of jewellery: in fact, anything you want to know more about. A further two items may also be valued at a cost of £2.50 each.

All the proceeds go to Dulwich Helpline and Southwark Churches Care which provides friendly volunteer support for isolated older people.

Refreshments will be available.

West Norwood FEAST for 2013!

What do you want to see at this year’s  West Norwood Feast? Come along to the  ’I Love FEAST’ pop-up cafe  for all the information you need to get involved and meet other West Norwood community groups, organisations and local businesses. With free children’s activities.

On  Sunday 3rd March 2013 10am – 4pm
The Portico Gallery 23a Knights Hill  SE27 0HS

http://westnorwoodfeast.com/

A name for our new Swimming Pool & Health Centre

Everyone has the chance to help choose a name for the fantastic new resource for the  community of West Norwood.

West Norwood’s own leisure & health centre will include a 25m pool, 100 station gym, dance studio, meeting room , GP surgery and clinics . Building work is due to complete in just over one year’s time at the site  on Devane Way – opposite West Norwood Rail station.

If you have suggestion for a name for the new centre please post it here and email by Thursday 7^th February to futurenorwood@lambeth.gov.uk

Names suggested so far:

Great North Wood Centre or Hall

Meyers Centre or Hall

Plaskett Centre or Hall

Spielman Centre or Hall

Tite Centre or Hall

West Norwood Centre or Hall

West Norwood Health &Leisure Centre

West Norwood Meadows

Tennis Club planning appeal

Cllr Jane Pickard at tennis club gate

Developers are appealing against the decision by Lambeth council to refuse planning permission to build 52 flats on the site of West Norwood Tennis Club on the corner of Cheviot Road and Knights Hill.

If you want the Planning Inspector to take your views into account the deadline is Friday 1st February.

You can do this online by quoting ref APP/N5660/A/12/2187818  at :  https://www.planningportal.gov.uk/planning/appeals/online/search

To see detail of the planning application refused by Lambeth quote 12/02129   at: http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/online-applications/

Upper Norwood Library saved by Lambeth

Campaigners outside Upper Norwood Library

Lambeth council has just agreed with Croydon council  to  take over responsibility for Upper Norwood Library at 39 Westow Hill SE19 1TJ . This will pave the way for the library to become a community trust by 2014.

Under the agreement Croydon will transfer the building and  staff to Lambeth. Lambeth will now be the major funder of the library at £170,000pa while Croydon will contribute £75,000pa for the next two years.

This is a victory for local people and Labour councillors who vigorously campaigned against Tory-run Croydon’s plan to close the library which has been jointly funded by the two councils for decades..

Sally Prentice, Lambeth’s councillor with responsibility for libraries said “This is fantastic news for local residents and guarantees the future of this library. While councils up and down the country are closing libraries, in Lambeth we have protected all our libraries by working side by side with the community.”

See http://uppernorwoodlibrary.org/ for details of all the activities and services in this much loved community library.