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the Herne hill societyRegistered Charity No:1094346❧£2❧Free to
Members❧Issue No:122❧Spring 2013
Committee 2012—2013President Bill Kirby 020 7274 0532 Chair
Sheila Northover020 7274 2638 Email: [email protected]
Vice Chair Laurence Marsh 020 7737 0658 Email:
[email protected] Jeff Doorn 020 7274 7008 Email:
[email protected] Treasurer Rosalind Glover 020 8678 1757
Email: [email protected] Committee Colin Wight 020 7733
2573 Email: [email protected] Cynthia Anderson 020 7274
3408 Email:[email protected] John Brunton 020 8678 1757
Email: [email protected] Magazine Nick Baker 020 7274 1702
Email: [email protected]
Editorial Address and Membership Subscriptions:Herne Hill
Society, PO Box 27845
LONDON SE24 9XA.facebook.com/hernehillsociety
Copy deadline for the Summer issue is 22 April 2013.❧
Opinions expressed in the Magazine are those of the authors and
not necessarily of the the Herne Hill
Society Committee, which likewise does not approve or endorse
the quality or suitability of any goods or
services advertised in the Magazine.
contentsNews:Happy New Year 3Bessemer Bicentenary Celebrations
3-4Digital History Project 4Norwood Cemetery’s New Guide 5Brockwell
Walled Garden 5Planning and Licensing 6Transport News 6-7Christmas
Fairs 7Congratulations 7 “Lost Stories of Ruskin Park” 7-8Ruskin
Park News 8CPZ: Squeezed Muddle 8Membership Renewals 8
Adverts 9
Articles:Cycle Polo in Brockwell Park 10Olympics Come to Herne
Hill 11Spanish Spring at DPG 12“How to Make a Million Jobs”
13Sparkling Wit and Wisdom 14White Feather 15“A Career in Ruins”
Part II 16
Adverts 17
Society events:Society Events 18Other Societies’ Events
18-19Councillors’ Contacts 20
Adverts 21-22
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society news
Happy New Year to our
membersIn the last magazine you will have found a letter
appealing for help with running the Society. I am very pleased to
say that we have had an excellent response to the rather worrying
letter we wrote. The best and most qualified person has come
forward to stand as Chair when I retire at the AGM, and four
members have indicated they are interested to join the com-mittee.
This burst of enthusiasm is most timely and welcome and I am
personally very pleased. After 11 years as Chair I want to be able
to hand the Society to my successor in good shape and through the
hard work and loyalty of the outgoing committee I am sure that is
what I will be able to do.
You will see in this edition of the magazine the activities we
have taken part in and the positive news about the things we care
about in Herne Hill, our historical legacy, the trains, the Walled
Garden in Brockwell Park—I could go on. More news and views are
appearing on the Herne Hill Society website so, if you are able,
please do check www.hernehillso-ciety.org.uk .
Finally, please take this as the invitation to come to the 31st
Annual General Meeting of the Herne Hill Society on Wednesday 13
March at the Herne Hill United Church Hall, top of Red Post Hill,
at 7.30 for 7.45 pm. We will be electing a new Chair, the other
Officers and the Committee. If you would like to nominate someone
(or yourself) to stand for the committee, please contact Jeffrey
Doorn our Secretary, contact details on page 2. I hope to see you
there. ❧
SN
BessemerBicentenary
Celebrations
In Magazine 121 we announced plans to celebrate the bi-centenary
of the birth of Sir Henry Bessemer on 19 January 1813. We decided
to approach Bessemer Grange Primary School to work with us, and
applied to the Dulwich Com-munity Council Community fund for a
Grant. We were fortunate to be awarded a generous £1000 and began
to draw up plans with the school. Jeff Doorn and I met with one of
the class teachers who also has the title of Creativity Leader, and
we heard how she was planning for the whole school to have a day
off-curriculum on 17 January and concentrate on a Bessemer Day.
This was turning out as we hoped, an exciting project and a good
exercise in collaboration within our community.
Laurence Marsh, with help from his teacher wife Sophia, put
together a powerpoint presentation and teaching notes on Bessemer’s
life and work; there are some good archive photographs available of
his grand house on Denmark Hill together with views of the estate
in which it stood.
On Thursday 17 January the whole school from the recep-tion
class to year 6 worked on projects with Henry Bessemer
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as the inspiration. They produced a display of their work on
inventions and history and this was presented to us in book form
later.
In the afternoon Jeff and I gave an illustrated talk to three
separate classes at the top of the school. The children were
interested and enthusiastic, asking searching questions, most of
which we could answer. We devised a quiz for the children to do and
produced certificates for successfully completing them.
After school that day there was a tea party for children,
parents and visitors and the Society publications stall was set up
for parents and teachers to buy maps and books if they wished.
On Saturday 19 January there was a Sir Henry Bessemer 200th
birthday party in the Carnegie Library. We commis-sioned a
beautiful cake from Pam Mico and enjoyed the afternoon. The cake
was cut by a year 2 pupil, helped by me, and Jeff explained our
project and the importance of Sir Henry Bessemer to Herne Hill .
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SN
DigitalHistoryProject
Ever wondered how long Brockwell Lido has been around? Or how
many different names Jazz on the Hill has had? What would it be
like if you could hear the history of Herne Hill’s buildings
through your mobile phone?
I’ve been a Herne Hill resident for over five years. My pas-sion
for SE24 and my work in digital marketing and social media led me
to approach the Herne Hill Society with an idea: one that could
bring the history of Herne Hill’s build-ings to the fingertips of
anyone with a smartphone.
It would work like this. Let’s say you’re having Sunday lunch in
the Florence, and are interested in what the building was used for
in the past. So you scan a small QR code (those little square
barcodes that are popping up on everything from books and leaflets
to posters and websites) on the window with your phone.
This plays a short audio clip of someone telling you that it was
Ganley’s Irish Bar pre-2007, Brockwell Park Tavern in the 1970s,
and was first opened as a pub in 1892, at the same time as
Brockwell Park itself. You could just listen to the clip and
continue eating your roast potatoes, or move on to other nearby
shops and buildings to do the same.
I’d like to see it encourage trade. It will be definitely be a
lot of fun for all participants, and show us to be a
forward-look-ing South London village.
So that’s what we’re going to do. John Brunton from the Herne
Hill Society has generously allowed us to use the upcoming new
edition of the Herne Hill Heritage Trail as the basis for the audio
content. A group of talented volunteers from the area will be
working to summarise the content, create plans, approach
celebrities to read the clips, and bring the whole project to
life.
So look out for the little square barcodes in pubs, shops and
sites around Herne Hill in the coming months. And if you’re keen to
be involved, we’d love to have you on board - just drop me a line
at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to seeing Herne Hill’s history in the
digital realm. ❧
Matt Collins
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New Guideto West
Norwood Cemetery
If you end up in West Norwood cemetery you will find yourself in
some of the most illustrious company imagina-ble. Here are buried
such famous luminaries as news agency founder Baron Paul Julius de
Reuter; ceramics manufacturer Sir Henry Doulton; sugar tycoon Sir
Henry Tate; and Herne Hill’s own famous inventor, Sir Henry
Bessemer.
In keeping with their wealth and status, many of these high
achievers are interred in magnificent tombs and mausoleums and are
well worth a visit. To enhance the visitor experi-ence, the Friends
of West Norwood Cemetery has recently published a very useful and
informative leaflet West Norwood Cemetery’s Monumental
Architecture. This is a guide to 50 of the 69 listed monuments and
structures in the cemetery’s Anglican and unconsecrated sections.
Also included are a further 30 graves that, although perhaps not
topped by quite such magnificent edifices, are occupied by people
of note. This leaflet is an essential accompaniment to anyone
visiting the cemetery.
Monumental Architecture by Colin Fenn and James Slattery
Kavanagh is available from the Friends of West Norwood cemetery
(www.fownc.org) price £2.00 plus postage. It is a companion piece
to West Norwood Cemetery’s Greek Necropolis, Ελληνορθόδοξο
νεκροταφείο by the same authors, also price £2.00. ❧
JB
Brockwell Park Walled
Garden
Cllr Bennett at the gates to the Walled GardenSaturday 23
December, the rain steadily fell. But a small crowd gathered to
watch Lambeth’s Mayor, Councillor Clive Bennett, open Brockwell
Park’s refurbished Walled Garden. After a short speech, we had a
tour of the garden. It has been beautifully restored to its
original Victorian state. A particu-lar feature is the water
fountain, renovated to its original condition and now, after many
years in a semi-derelict state, working again! A new feature of the
garden is the limestone plinth on which stood the bust of Thomas
Lynn Bristowe that now rests proudly in the entrance to Brockwell
Hall. ❧
As an added bonus, part of the model village has been restored
and returned to its site at the garden entrance. The original
village was made in 1943 by Edgar Wilson, a retired engineer and
Norwood Resident. He gave it to the Park in 1947. In the 1950s,
half of the village was transferred to Vauxhall Park. The remaining
houses sat outside the Walled Garden, in an increasingly
dilapidated condition. Two of these have now been excellently
restored and are back in place along with two small new
boat-houses. ❧
JB
The restored ‘village’
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PLANNING AND LICENSING
Former petrol filling station Herne HillWork has started on the
foundations for this development of student flats with retail space
on the ground floor. Although the planning issues have been dealt
with, the Society is still involved in helping to coordinate the
response of local com-munity groups to consultation about the
“planning benefits” arising from the scheme. The developer has paid
a sum of over £125,000 to the Council to help finance a number of
schemes in the area, the details of which have not yet been
discussed but which will be the subject of consultation with local
groups. Keep an eye on the Society’s website for up-dates on this.
There has been a lot of online discussion about the merits or
otherwise of having a Tesco store so close to the existing
Sainsbury’s. The planning issue is clear: the pre-vious developer
obtained permission for a specific amount of either retail or
office space. Tesco appear to have come to an agreement with that
developer about taking the space and we understand are likely to
move in when the scheme is completed later in the year. Competition
is not a planning issue but many have expressed the view that they
don’t want another supermarket because of the threat this might
bring to local traders.
Street marketA high degree of consternation was caused early in
the New Year by the proposal to operate a 7-day-a-week market with
three late nights in the area currently occupied by the successful
Sunday market. The application was put in by the Council following
discussions with the Herne Hill Forum but we understand the wording
was a mistake and there is no intention to operate the market every
day. The market operator would like the flexibility of organising
occasional evening events, and there is also the need to obtain
per-mission for the present market. It is not clear at the time of
writing how the confusion happened but several local traders and
residents were not happy about receiving a letter which has caused
them unnecessary concern. The Society will object to the
application as it stands and has asked for it to be withdrawn and
replaced by a correct application, which it will support.
77 Herne HillThere is still no decision about the application
for change of use to allow music in these premises. The applicant
has been asked by the Council to submit an application for noise
suppression measures but we understand that there is no objection
from the planners to the actual use.
Brockwell PassageThe Society objected to a proposal to build a
block of flats with car parking on the former car park at the back
of the Commercial public house. It seemed to us to be an over
development of this small site and the application has since been
withdrawn.
80 Half Moon LaneThe Society supported a scheme to build, a
contemporary style house on this site close to North Dulwich
station, adjacent to the railway. We felt it was a high-quality
applica-tion and the house was proposed to be very energy
efficient. Southwark Council refused the application on the grounds
that part of the site was borough open land and would prevent
public access, but that part was always Network Rail land and the
green corridor along the railway embankment would have been kept.
The applicant has appealed against the refusal.
Site adjacent to 2 Frankfurt RoadThe Society objected to an
application to build a house on this site, behind the shops on
Herne Hill and occupied by garages on the basis that it would
result in an unattractive en-vironment and was a poor design. The
applicant (Peterman’s Estate Agents) has appealed against the
refusal.
54–56 Herne HillThe Society has asked Lambeth enforcement
section to in-vestigate an apparent breach of planning regulations
in what were once the front gardens of these properties, namely
used for commercial car sales. ❧
DT
Transport News
Any rail franchise news?In short: none. The whole process of
re-franchising the two rail operators through Herne Hill was
suspended after serious flaws were found in the Department for
Transport’s evaluation of bids for the West Coast Mainline
services. Sev-eral reports later – the latest being the Baker
Report into the performance of the rail franchising process,
published on 10 January – and there is still no sign of the process
restarting, or even confirming that the existing operators will
continue for the time being.
Why can’t I get a train to Waterloo?There is still no news as to
what is happening to the rail route and platforms used by Eurostar
until 2007, when the high speed route to St Pancras International
was opened. Work at Waterloo has been completed to use one platform
next to the main station for trains from Reading, but five years on
there are no firm plans to use the link from Brixton to Waterloo,
or the other four platforms comprising the mothballed
Interna-tional Station.
When could I get a direct service to Manor House?The tram route
33 ran from West Norwood, along Dulwich Road, through Brixton,
across central London including the Kingsway Tunnel, and carried on
to Manor House – now on the Underground Piccadilly Line … but it
was withdrawn in 1952.
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Stop Press!Blackfriars through trains saved!After years of
uncertainty, the Rail Minister Simon Burns announced on 21 January
that the Thameslink through trains calling at Herne Hill will
continue to run through north of Blackfriars after the completion
of the major Thameslink Programme in 2018. This long awaited change
of heart by Network Rail (the organisation managing the rails and
signals) has been argued for by many organisations, includ-ing the
Herne Hill Society and politicians of all colours. The overdue
process of re-franchising the train operation is still on hold, so
it will be some time before a new commercial operator (who will
undertake to run the trains, and expect to make a profit) is in
place. It is, however, likely that the bidders in the franchising
process, when it happens, will be happy to include the busy/crowded
Herne Hill Thameslink through services in their plans. ❧
Bil Harrison
And our special thanks to Bil Harrison, who was responsible for
preparing the detailed and powerful submission made on this issue
by the Society. We have learned from Southwark’s Village Ward
councillors that it influenced Southwark’s approach to the new
franchise consultation. ❧
SN
Christmas Fairs
We sold books, maps and recruited new members at two events in
December: the Friends of Carnegie Library Fair on 1 December and
the Herne Hill Christmas Fair in Railton Road on 15 December. At
the Carnegie we enjoyed the com-pany of Father Christmas in his
grotto and members of FoCL dressed as Victorian characters, as well
as meeting many members of our community. It was warm in the
Library, but certainly not on Railton Road two weeks later,
although it was dry after some very wet days in the preceding week.
We did well, particularly at the second event, and only closed up
at 4 pm because the light was fading fast. Thank you as ever to the
members who helped on the stall. ❧
SN
CongratulationsCongratulations to Lambeth Thurlow Park Ward
Councillor Clare Whelan, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s
Honours for her services to Local Government in London. Clare has
been a member of this Society for many years.
Congratulations also to the Lido Café who were given the Best
for Service award in the 2012 Living South Restaurant Awards. See
January 2013 Living South magazine.
SN
Embrace’s “Lost Stories...”Project
Embrace Cooperation’s Lost Stories of Ruskin Park project is now
coming to an end. On this year-long project, Embrace aimed to
increase awareness of the historic and natural heritage of Ruskin
Park. Among the achievements of the project are a short film
focusing on local people’s memories of the park, a booklet about
the park’s heritage and a new park sign about John Ruskin (due to
be installed in the park by Lambeth Council).
During the early stages of the project, historic heritage
research techniques were taught to volunteers. Jon Newman, Lambeth
Archives Operations Manager and archivist Zoe Darani gave training
on how to research material in Lambeth Archives. Rib Davis from the
British Library and the Oral History Society ran training on how to
conduct oral history interviews. Additionally sound
recording/editing training was run for volunteers helping on the
project. Throughout the project, Embrace ran various activities;
these included 10 free public events looking at different aspects
of wildlife and history in Ruskin Park. A total of 163 people
attended these events and roughly 40 species of plant were
recorded. This data was then submitted to Lambeth Council for their
records.
Embrace also ran three free photography walks in Ruskin Park;
these walks were well attended with over 30 people taking part, a
lot of photos were taken of the park and Em-brace received good
feedback from the participants. Some photos taken by participants
were uploaded to the project blog websites and others displayed at
the exhibition.
Embrace ran eighty free tailor-made photography and/or nature
activities for local schools with a total of 249 students taking
part. Embrace also took a group of 20 students from Lilian Baylis
Technology School to a Tate Britain exhibition on the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ( John Ruskin was very influential
within this art movement).Approximately 50 people attended the
final Exhibition at 198 Trust Gallery in Herne Hill on 4 December
2012. The
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exhibition aimed to bring all the different aspects of the
project together to end with a bang! The exhibition included the
first opportunity to see the project’s 11-minute film. His-torical
and contemporary images of the park and the project were also on
display. Live music was performed by local band the Corsairs. In
the project’s last activity Embrace will be placing a time capsule
in Ruskin Park, the date of which is being arranged with Lambeth
Council.
The project booklet has been printed and free copies of the
booklet have been given to the Herne Hill Society for members
(additional printed copies can be purchased from Embrace for £2). A
copy of the project DVD film/podcast interview recordings has also
been given to the Society. The film & booklet are also
available to watch / download on the project website:
ruskinparkproject.wordpress.com
Embrace is now looking for ideas for their next local heritage
project and would welcome any ideas from members of the Society.
Contact: Embrace Cooperation Ltd, email: [email protected] or
call on: 020 72749450. ❧
RuskinPark News
There is a lot of good work going on in Ruskin Park at the
present time with the Friends working hard to co-ordinate the
various groups mentioned below. The fair last summer raised useful
funds for the Friends’ work; the Society was pleased to be there
with our publications stall.
Trees for Cities (formerly in Kennington Park) are now based in
the old One O’clock Club and as well as working elsewhere in London
are active in the park. With the Friends they have planted a maze
and fruit trees in the wildlife area near the railway, and are
working on the planting of the old bowling-green.
Nearby the Community Garden has been up and running since May
2010 and with a band of enthusiastic volunteers is producing mainly
vegetables. They are there on Sunday afternoons if you want to go
and see what they are doing.
The Old Stable Block project is getting off the ground at last;
a working group has been set up and plans are being drawn up. We
look forward to some public consultation before decisions are made
but it all looks promising.
Talking about getting off the ground, the regular helicopter
landings and takings off may cease in the foreseeable future, as
King’s College Hospital have announced plans to build a helipad on
top of the Ruskin Wing, when they can raise the funds. Good news
for park users and residents but not in the short term.
The Refreshment Kiosk in the playground has been success-ful
over its first summer and is coping with the winter—do visit them
if passing. ❧
SN
CPZs—SQUEEZEDMUDDLE?
There have always been strongly held views about the pros and
cons of Controlled Parking Zones, and, if we are to have them, how
the local authority should seek our views and exactly what should
be done once we have expressed them. We have seen their growth
particularly in the northern part of Herne Hill, both on the
Southwark and Lambeth sides, in recent years. Following
consultations of Lambeth residents held in 2011–12, more streets in
this part voted by a majority to be included in a CPZ, while others
voted to stay out. Lambeth will shortly put into practical effect
the results on a street by street basis. There is criticism of this
way of manag-ing the issue and of the Council’s motives. A lively
debate can be found on the blog at http://fawnbrake.wordpress.com/
. Lambeth defend their actions as democracy in action. CPZs will
now be introduced in Kestrel, Rollscourt, Cosbycote and Shardcroft
Avenues and in Poplar Walk. There will also be extended double
yellow lines at street corners. Neigh-bouring streets that are as
yet uncontrolled, in particular Fawnbrake and Gubyon Avenues, or
only controlled in part, thus Milkwood and Lowden Roads, will feel
the squeeze. Some residents seem to regard the prospect with
equanimity, others in more apocalyptic terms. The answer probably
lies somewhere in the middle – though muddle might be more
appropriate. Whether Lambeth will be prepared to revisit the issue
again in the near future remains to be seen. Watch this space (if
you can find one!) Meanwhile, those of us who care about keeping
front gardens as gardens rather than car parks will watch with
apprehension, because there can be little doubt that parking stress
makes gardens much more vulnerable. ❧
LM
Membership Renewals
February 2013Many thanks for keeping up the steady flow of
membership renewals. We hope that all of our existing members will
be rejoining. Reminders are enclosed for those who have not yet
responded to the renewal notices sent out in the Winter issue.
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CA
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This photograph, taken looking towards Herne Hill station, shows
a cycle polo match in Brockwell Park. It was taken around 1951.
Except for swopping bicycles for horses, the game follows similar
rules to more conventional polo. The cycle version was developed in
1891 in County Wicklow, Ireland, by retired cyclist Richard J
Mecredy. The sport be-came very popular, reaching its peak in the
1930s. Following a period of decline, in recent years there has
been something of a revival and it is now played in many countries.
Between 1933 and 1938, our local Norwood Paragon Cycle Club won the
English championships five years running.
In recent years the sport has experienced a further revival.
This started in Seattle and spread to London in around 2006. There
is now a London Hard-court Bike Polo Association (LHBPA), formed in
2009. For the past two years the association has held international
tournaments. South-East London has two ‘local’ teams. One meets on
Tuesday nights on level 5 at Peckham Multiplex Car Park; and the
other at Quorn Road Court in East Dulwich, also on Tuesdays – both
welcome beginners. To find out more, please visit:
www.lhbpa.org
Peckham Multiplex meet, photo James WhiteArchive photo courtesy
of Lambeth Archive
Cycle Polo Brockwell
Park John Brunton digs upthe sport’s grass roots
in Herne Hill
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Olympics Come to
Herne HillDavid and Beth Taylor recall their
Summer Olympic adventure
This is not about the 1948 cycling but a personal memory or two
about the experiences of a couple of Herne Hillians during those
glorious 16 days in July, 2012. David Taylor, a long standing
member of the Society and his wife Beth both volunteered as games
makers and were allocated to the protocol team. Beth was based at
the water polo centre in the Olympic Park and David had what
sounded like an interesting role as a dignitary assistant, looking
after a sports minister and his entourage. But after waiting two
hours at what should have been the first meeting (the minister had
gone shopping without leaving contact details) and then trying to
persuade him that walking 200m from his government flat to the
official IOC hotel was not beneath his dignity, the task became on
occasions quite a challenge. But it was more than made up for by
being driven in air-conditioned comfort between Woolwich, Wembley
and all points in between. And being part of what seemed a giant
party when all of London wanted to have fun and
everyone spoke to each other on the tube. Wearing the uni-form
meant anyone felt able to ask you any question about anything and
the random conversations with complete strangers were one of the
highlights. Beth had a more tiring but in some ways more rewarding
task, having to look after dignitaries at her venue; one of the
jobs the team had to do was to “referee” tricky sit-uations, such
as when a certain European royal family tried to break the rules
about where they could go and whom they could meet. It seems the
more important the dignitar-ies thought they were, the worse they
behaved. Beth really enjoyed working with a varied group of
individuals and she took full advantage of being in the right
place, managing to get up the Orbit more than once and see a number
of big
events. It was a real family affair as younger daughter Jo – a
Herne Hill resident for the first 25 years of her life – worked for
the legacy team and was on duty in the Great British Garden most
days. The photo shows us all in uniform in the park on her 30th
birthday.As volunteers we were able to attend the rehearsals of the
Opening Ceremony which was spectacular and awe-inspiring and we
were also on the Mall for the victory parade. A couple of personal
thoughts: the IOC needs sort-ing out so it’s not just a gravy train
for the so-called
dignitaries and, although we were not volunteers for the
Paralympics,
the memory of seeing 80,000 people cheering on those
extraordinary athletes doing unbelievable things still brings a
lump to my throat.
Photo: David Taylor
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Spanish Spring
comes to DPG
Jeffrey Doorn goes forth to greet it
As we go to press, Dulwich Picture Gallery is being trans-formed
to evoke a 17th-century Sevillian church for its new exhibition
Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship, from 6
February to 19 May. Part of the permanent collection is being
removed and the space converted to allow Murillo’s works to be hung
as they were originally intended to be seen; three large-scale
lunettes will be at height and inserted into fictive niches. The
Immaculate Conception of the Venerables Sacerdotes, reunited with
its ornate baroque altar-frame for the first time, will form the
‘high altar’. The exhibition will
focus on the seventeenth-century Spanish Baroque paint-er’s
relationship with his friend and patron, Don Justino de Neve, a
canon of Seville Cathedral, bringing together over 30 paintings
commissioned by Neve, from large altarpieces to works for his
private collection. Also on display will be the newly discovered
Penitent Saint Peter, never before been seen in public, as well as
The Baptism of Christ, taken down from its high position in Seville
Cathedral for the first time since it was installed in 1667.
To coincide with this exhibition, Murillo at Dulwich Picture
Gallery will highlight the Gallery’s permanent collection of
Murillo paintings. At the heart of this will be the famous beggar
boy paintings, Invitation to a Game of Argolla and Three Boys. Both
have undergone extensive restoration as part of the Bank of America
Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project. John Ruskin, who often
walked to Dulwich from
his home in Herne Hill, may have been repelled by the depiction
of poor boys with dirty feet, but we can form our own view. It will
also be exciting to compare pictures we know and love with works
rarely if ever seen.
For those who can’t get enough, the exhibition will run
concurrently with Murillo at the Wallace Collection, 6 February—12
May 2013.
Open Tuesday–Friday 10am-5pm; weekends and Bank Holiday Mondays
11am–5pm. Gallery and Murillo
exhibition £11 (£13 with audiovisual guide), seniors £9, cons
£6; Friends and children free.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Virgin and Child distributing
Bread to Priests, 1679, Oil on canvas, 219 x 182 cm,
Szépmuvészeti Museum, Budapest
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The title of the first Herne Hill Society talk of 2013 attracted
my attention immediately as a not-to-miss talk, and indeed so it
proved.
Colin Crooks, a local resident, former Lambeth Councillor and
business man, spoke without pictures or powerpoint and without
notes, and held the attention of the audience throughout. He began
by intro-ducing himself and his career prior to starting his own
busi-ness. His business had begun as a part time venture, a small
office and an old Ford Transit camper van, collecting used paper
from banks and similar organisations and taking it to a paper
merchant in Coldhar-bour Lane. The business grew, to such an extent
that he was able to give up his regular job and work full-time on
this pro-ject that really interested him.
The next part of the talk was about his experiences with
recruiting and training his staff. By and large, he needed
unskilled workers, for example, people to sort and weigh paper and
cans for recycling, and van drivers. He soon found that there were
many unemployed people desperate to get a job, and whenever he
advertised, there would be many appli-cants. Unfortunately for all
concerned, many people were unqualified to take on even unskilled
jobs, being “function-ally illiterate”. He told us of one driver
who punched him twice in the cab of the van, out of frustration for
having to reveal that he was unable to read an A-Z. Having learnt
from this experience Colin always now checks in the course of an
interview for drivers that the applicant can read a map.
how to make a
million jobs
Cynthia Anderson listens to Colin Crooks’ solution
By this time, we understood that Colin was passionate about the
problem of unemployment, as it affects his business, un-employed
people and their families, crime—the whole of so-ciety in fact. We
were not surprised to learn that he had gone on to research the
data regarding unemployment, unskilled workers and their
qualifications. He provided us with defi-nitions, facts and
figures, all fascinating stuff. For example, 9.8 million people of
working age have no qualification of any kind; 19 million people
have full-time jobs (or read this as only half the population of
working age having full-time jobs); 6.5 million people would like
to work; there are half a million vacancies; 38% of people in the
Coldharbour Estate have full-time jobs. If we needed persuading, he
emphasised the deleterious effects of unemployment: far from
enjoying a lie-in every day as “strivers” set off for work in the
early morning, the unemployed person suffers from a variety of
problems chiefly derived from a loss of self-respect, including
loss of self-confidence, depression, obesity and apathy.
And finally, he offered some ideas to solve this problem. The
Government has focused on creating jobs, but has not been able to
provide enough jobs that are attractive to unem-ployed people.
Instead, job-cre-ation thinking should concen-trate on what
motivates people; to match jobs to people, rather than people to
jobs. Motivated people are enthusiastic, crea-tive, eager to learn,
and keen on training. Colin provided a couple of examples of
stroppy teenagers who had blossomed once given work and
responsi-bility that they relished.
After the tea and coffee break the format of the talk changed
and Colin asked for questions from the audience. Many inter-esting
questions gave Colin a chance to expand on his ideas. People who
want to know more should read his recently published book How to
Make a Million Jobs: A Charter for Social Enterprise.
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At the final Society gathering of the year on 12 December Jeff
Doorn co-ordinated a set of readings themed around the Society’s
Pearl Jubilee (30 years) and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (60
years)—with passing reference also to Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
and the 2012 Olympics. In advance it seemed likely to prove a
marathon with 48 readings and a couple of songs; it turned out
however to be a well-rehearsed relay race with neat, quick
change-overs from one reader to the next.
The 12 readers, Herne Hill Society stalwarts, brought
considerable talent to the occasion. Ceres kicked off with Those
are pearls that were his eyes. Cynthia took the baton and gave us a
Beatrice Lillie Anecdote. Dave Gelly raised the tone with George
Gascoigne’s sonnet, Pearl, and Annie Gelly brought us back to the
real world with What Pearls, What Rubies by George Withers.
Stephen’s reading seemed to go off-piste relating to Twelfth Night
and beans but was entitled Mademoiselle Pearl. Sheila got us back
on track with our current Poet Laure-ate’s poem, Warming Her
Pearls.
For me, however, the evening’s pièce de resistance was our very
own Jeff Doorn’s short, gritty poems If You’re Feeling and Like a
Mol-lusc. A drawback to such readings is not having the text to
refer to at the time or afterwards. Obviously not a logistic
possibility, but it does seem desirable to present the full text of
one of Jeff ’s poems here.
Next Diana gave us instruction on How to Knit a Hot Air Balloon.
Would a younger audience recognise one end of a knitting needle
from the other? Nick read an extract from Hindoo Holiday and
Caroline added a wealth of jewels in addition to diamonds and
pearls with her piece by Cavafy. Laurence’s Biblical reading
presented a more metaphorical approach with a “pearl of great
price” and Jill took us back again to the abundance of jewels in
Aladdin’s cave.
SPARKLING WIT &
PEARLS OF WISDOM Rob Anderson reviews The Society’s seasonal
readings
A second set of readings focused our attention more on
dia-monds. We started and ended with extracts from Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes and took in The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on the way. Five
Mae West quips went with baton changes and Annie Gelly finally led
the company in a rendition of Diamonds are a Girl’s Best
Friend.
After the break the readings celebrated the 2012 Olympics. Carol
Ann Duffy again doing her Poet Laureate bit. More cryptic
references came from “Banjo” Paterson, famous for “Once there was a
Swagman camped by a billabong”. His account of Ozzie horse jumping
would undoubtedly have won gold, as would Tennyson’s Merman and
Mermaid in the swimming. Reference was also discernible to cycling,
rowing, tennis. The inclusion of the non-Olympic sport of baseball
in “Casey at the Bat”, Jeff explained later, qualified since
baseball is played on a “diamond”!
Finally we came to readings relating to celebrations in general
and in particular Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.Annie’s reading of The
Jubilee Sov’reign swallowed by Albert Rams-
bottom stole the show but perhaps most interesting was an
abridged reading—still too long by half—from Victoria’s Poet
Laureate, Alfred Austin. Will Carol Ann Duffy sound so odd a
hundred years from now?
If you’re Feeling
If you’re feeling effervescentLike an awkward adolescentAnd your
eyes are opalescentNight and noon,
You’re in love, and that is pleasant,Though it can be
evanescentAs the shining silver crescentOf the moon.
Lovers come in many guisesAnd the heart often revisesIts
affections as disguisesDo unfurl
But the wiser head surmisesLife repays our enterprises;Lasting
love a precious prize is—Like a pearl.
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WhiteFeather
Becca Thackray talks to Sheena Crilly about
shops, frocks andbalancing family with business
“I had no background in fashion or in running a business when I
opened,” says Sheena Crilly. But this was a perfect op-portunity to
combine both. White Feather opened in 2011, named after John
Lennon’s peace symbol. July was a hard time in the fashion season
to open. Summerwear starts being sold from Christmas and she was
competing with summer sales. The boutique is in Milkwoood Road in
an archway owned by Network Rail, where Dust used to be.
Sheena looks for items not found on the high street: good
quality brands at a good price. She shows me items by Pyrus—a brand
made by London designers for “fashion aware women who are not led
by fashion fads”. Sheena points out the leather details on seams
and pockets of a woollen jacket and a Little Black Dress in
not-so-little sizes where the cut would make it flow flatteringly
over the most ample of curves.
She shows me a catalogue of Baum und Pferdgarten from Copenhagen
known for “not compromising on quality or aesthetics—sleek but
sensual silhouettes, quirky prints, understated details and soft
colours”.
Herne Hill men are not left out. Sheena is focusing on them this
season with a collection for men aged 25 to 55 compris-ing jeans,
chinos, shirts and jumpers.
“I used to be a PA for a Management Consultancy before I had
children. Then a friend opened a boutique and that inspired me. I
live in Beckenham but Herne Hill seemed like the ideal spot because
of its village-in-London feel.”
There’s assistance from Kirsty, a fashion student and Ellie who
attends dance classes opposite at South London Dance Studios. It
meant that Sheena was able to take a holiday with her family and
new addition Rocky the dog,who seems to enjoy the shop too.
Sheena has three children and concentrated on them in their
early years. She is able to leave the shop at 3pm to collect them
from school and recommends running your own business for being able
to dictate your own hours around the needs of your family.
“I’ve got to know so many people really well here. I’ve made
some good friends amongst my customers.” Getting to know them means
she can offer a personal service. “I can buy with customers in mind
and ring them when something comes in.”
She thinks Herne Hill has great charm. “Everyone wants to live
in a village in London, don’t they?”
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John Maloney entertained us a year ago with episodes from his
‘Career in Ruins’. In November he was back with more Notes from
Underground – but no Dos-toyevskyan anguish here, rather an
informa-tive and good-natured account of some of the major
archaeological excavations in the City of London. John discovered
his passion for archaeol-ogy while studying history at Birmingham
Universi-ty. He joined the Department of Urban Archaeology at the
Museum of London in 1975. A period of rapid development in the City
was beginning at this time and many developers were not sympathetic
to the prospect of archaeologists holding up let alone requiring
alterations to their plans. The Rescue movement in archaeology had
been effectively lobbying for a recognition of the importance of
recording, preserving and understanding London’s past be-fore the
evidence was destroyed. John carried this vital work forward at the
Museum of London and was able to persuade many developers of its
importance, to get them interested in the history of what lay
beneath their feet and also to finance the work.
His first major dig was at Baynard’s Castle, near today’s
Blackfriars Station. The dig revealed part of the Roman riverside
wall, including re-used stonework with monumen-tal sculptures from
the 2nd to 3rd centuries. Recycling has a long history. We also
heard about the famous Temple of Mithras, discovered in 1954 after
clearance of the wide-spread destruction of the City in the war. It
was good to
hear that, finally, the Temple remains are to return to their
original home and shown afresh in the sort of conditions they
deserve. They had been taken apart after their discovery and
reconstructed in a different position and suffered the indignity of
crazy paving being used as a floor.John explained how there can be
a 6 metre (20 feet) differ-ence in level between the ground level
of Roman London and modern London, a difference made up from the
accre-tions over centuries of one building replacing another. The
largely timber-built houses of pre-industrial London were generally
replaced every 20 to 30 years It was not practicable to remove
large amounts of unwanted building material from a site, so such
material was simply added, making a sort of platform.
We heard about how the Rose Theatre, the first Elizabethan
theatre to be built on Bankside, was discovered in 1989. As
with the Temple of Mithras, there was huge public in-terest, an
interest that has remained and had, just
two weeks before John spoke to us, been rewarded with the award
of a Heritage
Lottery Fund award to help develop and preserve this unique
part
of London’s history. We also learned how John
was only a few building away from the Baltic
Exchange in April 1992 when an IRA bomb destroyed this historic
buildings. Clearance allowed an excavation to reveal underlying
Roman remains, before the site was covered by the Gherkin.
Asked which archae-ological discovery
had been for him the most memorable, John picked the base of a
tower in the Roman city wall at Duke’s Place, Aldgate. Used in the
fill for the base was part of a tombstone to one Marciana, a girl
aged 10. The stone’s inscription con-
tained not merely customary reference to the ancient gods but
also a Christian reference. Here was something that in its simple
humanity transcended the passage of 2000 years.
Illustration: Marciana’s Tombstone. The tomstone has an
in-scription beneath Marciana’s bust and a D M on the border of the
stone. The original inscription reads: [..]EMORIAE | [..]
TVITATI | [..] MARCIANAE | [..]IT ANN X | [..] AVREL | [..]EC C
| [..] | [..]RTI | [..]VS F C. and can be translated as: “To the
spirits of the departed (and to) the everlasting memory of ...
Marciana who lived 10 years ... months and ... days, Aure-
lius ... had this set up”.Date: 43 AD - 410 AD
Courtesy of Museum of London
A Careerin Ruins:
Part IILaurence Marsh reports on
more moments inJohn Maloney’s Ruinous Career
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society events
At Herne Hill United Church Hall, at 7:30 for 7:45pm, unless
otherwise stated.
Wednesday 13 February:“Local Scenes in Old Postcards” by Ian
McInnes
Following on from his earlier trip from Camberwell to Herne Hill
Station, Ian’s next old postcard tour will take an extend-ed walk
along Half Moon Lane, East Dulwich Grove, Lord-ship Lane and
Dulwich Common back to Dulwich Village.
Wednesday 13 March:Annual General Meeting, followed by
“Lambeth Architecture 1914–1939” by Edmund Bird, Herit-age
Advisor to the Greater London Authority and Transport for London.
An illustrated talk based on the book published
by LB Lambeth and Lambeth Local History Forum.
Wednesday 10 April:“Sir Henry Bessemer, Engineer and Inventor”
by Dr
Susan Mossman, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and
Curator, Science Museum. Bessemer was a founding
member and second President of the Iron and Steel Institute,
predecessor of IOM3. The talk celebrates the life and career of the
former Denmark Hill resident in his bicentenary year.
Wednesday 8 May:“Protection of Ancient Buildings” by Elaine
Byrne. The
Education & Training Manager, Society for the Protection of
Ancient Buildings outlines the history of SPAB, its philoso-
phy and current work, with some local examples.
The Wednesday meetings start promptly at 7:45pm – doors open
from 7:30pm. Please try to arrive before the
speaker is introduced, to avoid disturbance to others.
OThERSOCIETIES’
EVENTSTuesday 12 February at 7:30pm
Southwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society:“The Guys
Hospital Roman Boat – to lift or not to lift”
by Jane Sidell, English Heritageat Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The
Cut SE1.
Refreshments 7:00. £1.00 donation.
Thursday 14 February at 7:30 for 8:00pmDulwich Decorative &
Fine Arts Society:
“From Posset Pots to Pew Groups ” at James Allen’s Girls’
School, East Dulwich Grove SE22
£7, students £1. Coffee & biscuits from 7:30
Sunday 17 February at 7:30pmPeckham Society:
“Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Southwark”by Dr
Christopher Constable, Archaeological Officer,
Southwark Councilat Goose Green Centre, St John’s Church,
East Dulwich Road SE22
Monday 18 February at 8:00pmStreatham Society:
“London’s Inland Waterways” by Roger Squiresat “Woodlawns”, 16
Leigham Court Road SW16
Thursday 21 February at 8:00pmNorwood Society:
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“Crystal Cleo - a New Musical Look” by Adrian Falksat Phoenix
Centre, Westow Street SE19
Wednesday – Saturday 21 – 24 February at 8:00pmThe Dulwich
Players:
Ladies Day by Amanda Whittingtonat Edward Alleyn Theatre,
Dulwich College.
Tickets from The Art Stationers, Dulwich Village SE21
Monday 4 March at 8:00pmStreatham Society:
“The Brixton Windmill - a Dream Come True” by Richard
Santhiri
at “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16
Tuesday 12 March at 7:30pmSouthwark & Lambeth Archaeological
Society:
“Recent Archaeological and Historical Work” Symposium various
speakers
at Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut SE1. Refreshments 7:00. £1.00
donation.
Thursday 14 March at 7:30 for 8:00pmDulwich Decorative &
Fine Arts Society:
“The Phillips Collection – The First Modern Art Collection in
America”
at James Allen’s Girls’ School, East Dulwich Grove SE22£7,
students £1. Coffee & biscuits from 7:30
Monday 18 March at 8:00pmStreatham Society:
“The Work of The Streatham Youth & Community Trust” by Clive
Winters
at “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16
Wednesday 20 March at 7:30 for 8:00pmClapham Society:
“The New US Embassy – Nine Elms” An Embassy representative
explains why it will move from
Grosvenor Square to a new building planned for 2017
completion
at Clapham Manor School, Belmont Road SW4
Thursday 21 March at 6:30 for 7:00pm Friends of Carnegie
Library:
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Join or renew your member-ship and help
determine the future of your local library and its
expansion and development for greater community use.Carnegie
Library, 188 Herne Hill Road SE24
Thursday 21 March at 8:00pmNorwood Society:
“Crystal Palace and the Olympics” by John Greatrexat Phoenix
Centre, Westow Street SE19
Monday 1 April at 8:00pmStreatham Society:
“Stenton Covington, the Rookery & Norwood Grove” by Daph-ne
Marchant
at “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16
Tuesday 9 April at 7:30pmSouthwark & Lambeth Archaeological
Society:
“The Roman & Medieval Landscape at Bermondsey Square”
at Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut SE1. Refreshments 7:00. £1.00
donation.
Monday 15 April at 8:00pmStreatham Society:
“Schools in the 21st Century” by Jillian Smithat “Woodlawns”, 16
Leigham Court Road SW16
Wednesday 17 April at 7:30 for 8:00pmClapham Society:
“Local Issues” Speakers from Lambeth Council will address issues
raised by the audience
at Clapham Manor School, Belmont Road SW4
Monday 6 May at 8:00pmStreatham Society:
“The Cinema Museum” by Martin Humphriesat “Woodlawns”, 16
Leigham Court Road SW16
Friday 10 May – Sunday 19 May Dulwich Festival:
Music, exhibitions, artists’ open houses, drama, walks, talks,
fair and much more
at various venues. See brochure or website for details and
ticket information.
Tuesday 14 May at 7:30pmSouthwark & Lambeth Archaeological
Society:
“Excavations at the Royal Mint 1983–88” by Ian Grainger, Muse-um
of London
at Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut SE1. Refreshments 7:00. £1.00
donation.
Wednesday 15 May at 7:30 for 8:00pmClapham Society:
“Trees for Life and beyond” A Trees for Cities speaker describes
achievements on Clapham
Common and future plansat Clapham Manor School, Belmont Road
SW4
Saturday 18 May at 11:00 – 5:00pmFriends of Nunhead
Cemetery:
Open Day. Demonstrations, stalls, entertainment, refreshments,
site tours including chapel and crypt.
Linden Grove SE15
Dulwich helplinespring events
Friday 15 March 2013 7.30 - 9.30 p.m.In the Holst Hall at JAGS,
East Dulwich Grove.
All That JazzAn Informal evening of sing and swing, blues and
brass, big band,
bebop and barbershop jazz by the talented pupils of Alleyn’s,
Dulwich College, Charter School,
Dulwich Prep, JAGS and Kingsdale. Tickets £10 including glass of
wine. Children under 16 £5
including soft drink. Wine, soft drinks and snacks for sale.
Tickets in advance from DH&SCC:
020 8299 2623 or www.dulwich-helpline.org.uk or s.a.e.
DH&SCC, Dulwich Community Hospital, East Dulwich Grove, SE22
8PT
Saturday 20 April 2013 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Antiques Discovery Day In
association with Rosebery’s Auctioneers
at Herne Hill Baptist Church, Half Moon Lane. Experts will
identi-fy and value pictures, ornaments, jewellery, small items of
furniture
and other antiques. Stalls selling cakes, books, bric-a-brac and
hand-crafts. Refreshments. Tickets available on the day.
Sunday 19 May 2013 2 p.m—6 p.m. Garden Safari Explore four
lovely private gardens plus the famous Lettsom Gar-dens near
Camberwell Grove (by kind permission of the Lettsom
Gardens Association, an active community group)Plant stall, tea
and homemade cakes.
Programmes/maps available on the day from 189 Camberwell Grove
SE5 8JU
Adults £5 children under 16 FREE
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Our COUNCILLORSHerne Hill Ward LambethCarol Boucher (Lab.)
[email protected] 07814 567 914Jim Dickson (Lab.)
[email protected] 020 3149 6657Leanne Targett-Parker (Lab.)
[email protected] 07805 942 796Thurlow Park Ward
LambethAnn Kingsbury (Lab.) [email protected] 07814 567
594Clare Whelan (Con.) [email protected] 07946 218 525John
Whelan (Con.) [email protected] 07802 412 761Village Ward
SouthwarkRobin Crookshank Hilton (Lib-Dem)
[email protected] 020 8613 6046Toby
Eckersley (Con.) [email protected] 020 7701
3112Michael Mitchell (Con.) [email protected] 07535
932 326Your MP
Tessa Jowell MP (Lab.)[email protected]
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.020 8333 1372
GLA MemberValerie Shawcross AM (Lab.)
[email protected] 020 7983 4407
GLA, City Hall,The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA.
Environmental ContactsLambeth Streetscene: cleansing, rubbish
removal, pot holes,
abandoned vehicles, graffiti removal etc: 020 7926 9000
Southwark Streetscene (as above):020 7525 2000
Advertising space is available in this Magazine for local
businesses at the following rates:
Full page £60Half page £30
Quarter page £15Eighth page £9
Classified £6Full page advertisements are available at a cost of
£60, limit-ed to two per issue, with a premium of £80 for an
advertise-
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three.
Full page is standard A4 (297 x 210mm).Either provide your own
artwork, or we can help with type-
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the Spring issue is 22 April 2013.
Contact Cynthia Anderson on 020 7274 3408or e-mail:
[email protected]
A winter’s taleLaurence Marsh was out and about with his camera
during the recent cold snap and captured Herne Hill at play in the
snow. All we can say is: look out, Henri Cartier Bresson.
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