Herne Hill Forum

FIRE BRIGADE CALL OUT TO BROCKWELL HALL

Local report from Peter Bradley that the Fire brigade were called out to Brockwell Hall this evening at 8.10 -stayed only for 10 mins ..

FRIDGE REPAIRS..........

Following the incidents in the Fridge reported last Saturday the notices outside state thate the Fridge is closed for refurbishment.

PRESS RELEASE ISSED BY THE ORAGANISERS OF THE PROPOSED GREEN
FAIR.

SOUTH LONDON URBAN GREEN FAIR FENCED OFF BY LAMBETH COUNCIL


We regret to announce that the South London Urban Green Fair, which was due to take place the weekend of 17th and 18th June in Brockwell Park, Lambeth has been cancelled. This denies Lambeth and South London residents a public and ticket-free ‘sustainable living’ event promoting green lifestyles in the coming age of ‘peak oil’ - diminishing yet more expensive supplies of fossil fuel. The reason the organisers have taken this decision is that we are unable to comply with Lambeth Council’s interpretation of the new licencing laws and it’s decision to demand fencing around any free event of 2000 people or more in Lambeth. The Parks Department of Lambeth Council has demanded the erection of a 1.2 kilometer, 8ft ‘Heras’ fence around the Urban Green Fair in the already fenced Brockwell Park. The organisers are against the ethos of fences at free events, which look ugly, serve little purpose and put people off by creating an impression of exclusion. The Lambeth Parks department are already charging the organisers £9,800 for use of the Brockwell Park to put on the first South London Urban Green Fair. The fence and extra gate staffing would add around £5,800 to the budget. Shane Collins, event licencee said ‘This interpretation of the new licencing laws by Lambeth Council has just made it a lot harder to put on free community events. This discriminates against not-for-profit community events in favour of commercial fenced, ticketed and exclusive events. We want the policy changed. ‘The fence issue has already caused the ‘Cuban Carnival’ to move out of Lambeth. Last year ‘Fair for Life’, a free event aiming to raise money for cancer relief ended up losing money due to the costs of a kilometer-long fence. They have not re-applied for an event this year. ‘Portugal Day’ in Kennington Park does not want the cost or the imposition of a fence. Of all the events in London Sustainability Week, of which the Urban Green Fair was due to be a part, we can find no other borough in London that would confine a green fair or free community event of 2,000 people or more to a fence. Why is Lambeth so different ? - ENDS -Contact: Urban Green Fair Community Interest Company Shane Collins 0208 671 5936www.urbangreenfair.org.uk

Preparing for a post peak oil planet. Event Patrons: George Monbiot, author and journalist; Jenny Jones, London Assembly Member and Ex Deputy Mayor of London: Donnachadh McCarthy, author, campaigner and ex Deputy Chair of the Lib Dems; Peter Tatchell, Civil rights activist; Charles Secrett, ex Chair of FoE, advisor to the Mayor and GLA; Jeremy Leggett, author and director of Solar Century; Caroline Lucas, MEP; Colin Challen, MP; Dr Colin Campbell, Chair of ASPO (Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas); Paul Allen, Development Director of Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT);Brian Eno; muscian and campaigner, Aubrey Meyer; Global Commons Institute,

SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM KICKS OFF IN VILLAGE WARD

Policing in this ward is now reoraganised under the Safer Neighbourhoods team. PCs Ali Gelatley and Shaun Mulcahy are augmented by a dedicated ward sergeant and two PCSOs.

VILLAGE WARD ELECTION CANDIDATES.

Apologies to Barbara Portwin and Kate Cinnamon whose names were omitted from the Labour address sent in by Michele Pearce.
They are both now included .

URBAN GREEN FAIR............

will not be coming to Brockwell Park or Lambeth following a withdrawal of the License application by Shane Collins at the Town Hall last night.
The charges of £9,000 for a a free community event for 5,000 people, plus the Council's requirement for the event to be fenced ( 1.2kms of fencing would cost another £9,000 ) has made the holding a a free events avery expensive affair.

This policy must have repercussions on thcurrentnt Events policy and the Environment department's target of raising £250k net from events.

TORIES RUNAWAY SUCCESS. ......... well its not what you think.

Clare Whelan writes to advise us that Carl Belgrove from the Conservative Group office at Lambeth completed the marathon in 4hours 20 mins and her stepdaughter in 3hours 51 mins.

LAMBETH OFFICER COMPLETES GRUELLING MARATHON

Kate Newham a member of the Community Safety Team and co-ordinator for Herne Hill completed the London marathon in 4 hours 15 minutes. " The first 20 miles were a breeze and I really enjoyed it but the last 6, particularly the last 3 were hell on earth"
Kate has promises of £1,000 for her charity the Docklands Settlement.

http://www.electionmemory.com/?cat=16

The above hyperlink is for the Thurlow Park Ward which covers part of Herne Hill.
There is no equivalent site for Southwark.

HERNE HILL CPZ EXTENSION AND VARIATIONS

The extension of Southwark side controlled parking zone is now being marked out along with changes to some signage in the existing scheme.
The signage will be 1.2 metres high as in Stradella Road so it will be far less obtrusive. This will restore the appearance of Half Moon Lane bay markings.
signage will be removed from lamppost to a new low post setback at the rear of the pavements.
We have asked for the examination of the need for three posts outside 133/135
Half Moon Lane each only 8 metres apart.

The hours of operation of the schene will be 12-2 only thus releasing a lot of short term parking for visitors to the Herne Hill Centre. Southwark have sent a letter to all households and businesses .

ONLINE ELECTION HUSTINGS

CLICK ON BELOW TO ACCESS THE SITE

http://www.electionmemory.com/?cat=13

STATE OF LONDON DEBATE- THE MAYOR'S AGM
13TH MAY 10AM-16.45
Mhttp://www.london.gov.uk/stateoflondon/

Many top speakers click above for full details

RAID ON FRIDGE

Three charged with supplying come from Harrow, Barking and Thamesmead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4915030.stm

HALF MOON PUBLIC HOUSE IS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

BROCKWELL PARK SPRING WALK

SUNDAY 23 RD APRIL STARTS FROM CLOCK TOWER 2.30

THIS WILL BE A HISTORY WALK

FRIENDS OF BROCKWELL PARK WWW.BROCKWELLPARK.COM

FRIDGE NIGHT CLUB DRUGS RAID SATURDAY

Click below for BBC NEWS report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4913328.stm

BROCKWELL TREES ALSO COME DOWN WITHOUT ANY HELP

There is major tree cull going on in Brockwell Park to take out diseased trees. However this one came down last Thursday without any assistance, close to the pathway at the Lido. Fortunately without any consequence. Dave Paul, principal parks officer underlines the importance of this proramme. To some it may be severe. There was an incident on 3rd. Novemebr when a tree fell from the park boundary onto the bonnet of a car sitting in traffic in the Norwood Road .Only the car was damaged it could s0 easily have been a fatality.

MY 11 YEAR OLD WAS ALMOST KILLED ON THE ZEBRA CROSSING

So wrote a local resident 4th April about a crossing on the Norwood Road close to Brockwell Park Gardens. The resident wrote to Norwood residents Association The stretch of Road between Trinity Rise and Brockwell Park gardens is abused by drivers driving very fast. Risks are compounded by the fact that there are two crossings and a longish bend. A speed warning sign for southbound traffic has had some effect. However regular users intent on going fast realize it is only advisory
addendum 20th April- Susy tell me that work has just started on the instalation of a Toucan crossing.

CHIFFCHAFF

Taken by Susy Hogarth this weekend in Brockwell Park.

MAJOR DRUGS RAID AT THE FRIDGE

Some 200 police officers took plart in a operation at THE FRIDGE night Club
in Brixton this evening(Saturday) Police said the raid was based on intelligence gathering over the last two months and 11 arrests were made for alleged offences involving CLASS A drugs.

SPRING SCENE IN BROCKWELL PARK

photo credit Susy Hogarth

BROCKWELL HALL HAS BEEN CLEANED

Yes for the first time in almost 200 years since it was built in 1813 the extranl brickwork has been cleaned as part of programme of repairs to public buildings in parks.
The Old Lodge at Norwood Gate is also to benefit from this programme along with the Temple.

Photo credit to Susy Hogarth

THE LIDO- HOW MUCH LONGER.HOW ABOUT AN ALL YEAR LIDO

Instead of the plans to extend the buildings why not heat the water and put a sliding roof over the Lido to make it more viable. This is exactly what is happening with the
London Fields Lido due to reopen this July having been left derilict for 20 years.
It will have a 50 metre outdoor pool and a half million pounds bubble roof to keep swimmers warm during the winter and make it useable all year .

ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR CITY ACADEMY

A fresh proposal has been put forward as part of the election campaign by the Conservative group in Lambeth to site the Academy in Millbrook Road/Wyck Gardens at the junction with Barrington Road. This would save several millions and obviously avoid resiting the dustcart site from Shakespeare Road.

LOCAL ELECTIONS 4TH MAY 06

Both Southwark and Lambeth have published the list of candidates for the local elections.
www.lambeth.gov.uk www.southwark.gov.uk as usual Lambeth's website wins for ease of access to information. On the home page click on the rhs relevant news item.
On Southwark use search engine on home page

There is a full list of 3 candidates from Libs Labs and Cons in Village and Herne Hill
wards. Greens are putting up three in Herne Hill Ward and 2 in Village.
Thurlow Park Ward which also covers part of Herne Hill have 3 candidates from Cons.Lab and Lib, 1 Green 1 Local Education Action by Parents, and i UK Independence .

AT PRESENT THE WARDS ARE HELD AS FOLLOWS.
HERNE HILL 3 LABOUR
VILLAGE WARD 2 CONSERVATIVE 1 LABOUR
THURLOW PARK WARD 3 CONSERVATIVE.


THE HERNE HILL FORUM WISHES TO THANK ALL ELECTED COUNCILLORS
WHO HAVE SERVED HERNE HILL IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCILLORS IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATIONS FOR THE CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN LOCAL AFFAIRS.

HERNE HILL FORUM MEETING 30TH MARCH

About 110 people gathered in the Half Moon Lane Baptist hall to hear presentation on Crime and Community Safety ,the proposals to relocate the dustcart services from Shakespeare to Milkwood Road.- the main soap box
item was the need for further traffic calming measures in Milkwood Road.
David Coughtrie gave an update on the Herne Hill Junction Improvement scheme. Confirmation the Lambeth have allocated a total of £1.5m to support a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £4.5m to restore the parks beauty
A full report will be written once the minutes are finalised.
The minutes will be sent out to all on the emailgroup.

VILLAGE WAY JUNCTION

We are advised that part of the safety audit has already taken place.