SE22 June 2018

Established 2005

Issue 160 - June 2018 In this issue Events Calendar - P4 What’s On - P8 Garden Talk - P12 Food & Drink - P14 Garden Talk - P16 Children’s Activities - P22 Dulwich Hamlet FC - P26 MEandED Competition - P35 The Last Word - P40

The only Community Magazine for East Dulwich

Local Events | News | Community News | Local Businesses | Features www.arounddulwich.co.uk | www.semagazines.co.uk

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Welcome to SE22 This Month

020 8088 1942 angela@semagazines.co.uk www.semagazines.co.uk @SEMags Photograph by Jermyn Photography

Welcome

May turned out to be a great month. The weather was mainly kind for the Dulwich Festival, which was fantastic, as always.

Goose Green was packed again this year with the popular Festival Fair. I thoroughly enjoyed the Artist’s Open Houses; and managed to add to my collection. Here’s to next year!

I mentioned a local photography competition last month and now we have more details for you. MEandED is all about what East Dulwich means to you. If you love East Dulwich and love taking photos, why not enter the competition on page 35.

We have 7 fabulous pages of local events, starting on page 8.

SE22 is the only place to find out what is happening in the area.

If you are running an event in the area, please do e-mail details through for a free listing.

The Last Word this month goes to Sam Conniff, an East Dulwich resident who has just published his first book, read more on p40.

Last of all I would like to thank James Barber for contributing to the magazine all these years. I wish you luck with your next project.

Until next time.

Welcome .................................................3 Events Calendar .....................................4 Noticeboard.............................................6 What’s On............8, 9, 18, 32, 33, 36 & 37 Business Profile: Puccini Kitchens ....... 10 Around Dulwich.....................................12 Food & Drink.........................................14 Garden Talk .......................................... 16 Home Security.......................................20 Home Made...........................................21 Children’s Activities...................... 22 & 23 Fitness Tips............................................24 Dulwich Hamlet Football Club...............26 Financial Matters ..................................28 Pets Corner............................................30 Dulwich Picture Gallery .........................34 MEandED Photo Competition .........35 Emmanuel Wildlife Garden....................37 SE22 Councillors Column.......................38 The Horniman Museum.........................39 The Last Word........................................40 Education News.....................................41 Index......................................................42

Angela Angela Burgess, Head of All Things Community SE Magazines/Around Dulwich

Love East Dulwich

Call for aspiring photographers to capture the spirit of East Dulwich

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photo competition has been launched to celebrate everything that’s great about East Dulwich. Open to all ages and abilities, local residents and lovers of East Dulwich are invited to submit their favourite snaps along with up to 240 characters about why their photo captures the spirit of SE22. Up to 15 winning photos will be picked by an independent judging panel to form an outdoor exhibition this summer.

The exhibition will be hosted on a route stretching from East Dulwich station down Lordship Lane.

Entering the competition is quick and easy with four ways to submit a photo: 1) Post it on Instagram, and include #MEandED @ LoveEastD in the photo caption.

2) Post the photo on the MEandED Facebook page and including #MEandED @LoveEastD in the photo caption 3) Email the photo to eastdagroup@gmail.com 4) Entries can also be posted or delivered in person to ED, 41 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, SE22 9ET. Sharing the love for East Dulwich is absolutely encouraged on social media using #MEandED and @ LoveEastD, and the deadline for photo submissions is

5pm on Friday 15 June 2017. Funded by a grant from the London Borough of Southwark, the project has the backing of Southwark Council, Dulwich Festival, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery, local schools, residents and businesses.

For further details and to check the full terms and conditions, please visit https://loveeastdulwich. com/me-ed-photo-competition/

About East Dulwich Action Group East Dulwich Action Group (EDAG) is a collection of volunteers comprising of businesses, market traders and residents who live and work in the area.

EDAG is working with the local community on several projects in SE22, such as improvements to the market on North Cross Road and creating a recognisable brand celebrating the independent spirit of East Dulwich which includes a mural at East Dulwich Station and an outdoor exhibition this summer. Projects are funded, via the High Street Challenge initiative, by the London Borough of Southwark. For further information, please contact: Eastdagroup@gmail.com www.loveeastdulwich.com | SE22 - June 2018 | 35

July Deadline - 15 June (please allow an extra two days if design is required) To advertise in SE22 please contact Angela Burgess on 020 8088 1942 or e-mail: angela@semagazines.co.uk for further information. You can download our media pack from our website: www.semagazines.co.uk.

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Events Calendar - June Monday

28th

Tuesday

29th

Wednesday

30th

Thursday

31st

Friday

1st

Saturday

2nd

Sunday

3rd

Brockley Max, see p8.

New Exhibitiohn @ Jeannie Avent Gallery, see p8.

Parkrun, Peckham Rye ParkPa&rk Dulwich 9am, P8.

4th

5th Lively Minds over 50’s Club, see p8.

Panel Discussion @ Bell House, see p9.

Honor Oak WI, 7.30pm, see p8.

Laugh Train Comedy, see p8.

11th

12th

Warlight - an evening with Michael Ondaatje, see p18. Lively Minds over NEW Dulwich WI 50’s Club, see p8. meeting, see p18 An Evening with Louise Candlish see p18 Laugh Train Forest Hill Comedy, see p18.

Women’s Institute,

6th

7th

Introduction to Patchwork & Quilting, see p9.

East Dulwich WI @7.30pm, see p8

19th

Dulwich Folk Dance Club, see p9.

Smartphone Filmmaking, see p9.

9th

10th

Brockley Max Evening East Dulwich Car of Live Electronic Boot Sale, see p18 Music, see p9.

Heber School Car Wash, see p18.

Singaround @ The Wigwam’s 5th Ivy House, p18.

Birthday, see p18.

Seminar on Heart & Diseases, see p9.

13th

14th

15th

16th

17th

Crystal Palace Festival, see p18.

Introduction to Patchwork & Quilting, see p9.

Dulwich Folk Dance Club, see p9.

The Arts Society Duliwch, see p32.

Club Local @ EDT, see p32.

20th

21st

Heber School Family Picnic, see p32.

Baby & Children’s Market, Nearly New Sale, see p32.

Dulwich Opera Company, see p32.

Russell Joslin @ The Ivy House see p32.

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18th

8th

Brockley Max, see p8.

Choumert Square Open Day, see p8.

22nd

23rd

24th

The Dulwich Players present Grimm Tales for Young & Old, see p33.

An Evening with Antony Dulwich Folk Dance Beevor, see p33.

Love West Dulwich Club, see p9.

The Peckham Summer Fair, see p33.

Mums in Business, Society Peckham Laugh Train JAGS Community see page 33.

Rye Walk, see p33.

Comedy, see p33.

Forest Hill Methodist Summer Concert, Church Summer Fair, Nocturnal Animals see p36. i ch Kim see p33. www.biggerpicture.co.uk Fermentation 3. @ EDT see p36 e p3 Workshop, se Lively Minds over 50’s Club, see p8.

25th Dulwich & District U3A Meeting, see p36.

26th Lively Minds over 50’s Club, see p8.

Laugh Train Comedy, see p36.

27th

28th

Dulwich Runners AC Dulwich Folk Dance Club, see p9.

Mid Summer Relays, see p36.

Art & Craft of Work on Emmanuel The rd Bawden, wa Ed Wildlife Garden, see p9. see p36.

Cooking with Scissors. see p36.

29th

Luke Jackson, Anne-Marie Sanderson & Les Elvin @ The Ivy House, see p37.

30th

Parkrun, Peckham Rye ParkPa&rk Dulwich 9am, P8.

1st

Car Boot Sale @ Alleyns Head Pub, see p37.

Love Songs Through the Ages, see p37.

Forthcoming Events Further details where available can be found in the News and Events pages 8, 9, 18, 32, 33, 36, & 37. Please read as not all the events can fit on the calendar!

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Dulwich Park Bowls Club

We meet every afternoon from 1.30 pm until 5.30 pm from April until late September. Bowls provides some exercise and a degree of competition. We can lend bowls to those who do not have their own.

The only requirement is that you wear flat shoes or bowl bare-footed.

For more information contact Alan Gilbert at a.gilbert@ucl.ac.uk

Spring into action with the indoor and outdoor sports, classes and activities for all the family at Dulwich College Sports Club. With NO SUBS TO PAY UNTIL 1 JULY 2018 what better time to join this family friendly sports club.

Check out the membership offer and all the resident clubs, activities and children’s parties on offer at www.dcsportsclub.co.uk or ask the Sports Club team at The Dulwich Fair on Sunday 20 May.

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Volunteer Befriending with Link Age Southwark Local charity Link Age Southwark are looking for people with daytime availability to volunteer with Link Age Southwark.

Volunteering for just 1 hour a week can have a huge difference on the lives of our older friends and neighbours. Whether you become a volunteer befriender, help at an activity group or become a fundraiser, there are plenty of ways for you to get involved in our work.

You can find out more by more by visiting www.linkagesouthwark.org/volunteering or call 020 8299 2623.

We’d be delighted to hear from you.

Mini Storytellers

Mondays and Tuesdays 10am The East Dulwich Picturehouse Ideal for 2-4 years. £6.50 (under 12month free with paying child) A jam packed 45 min session where we will go on an adventure through the story of the week! Each child will play a vital role in the story making props, singing songs and acting out characters along the way.

This is fantastic class for children to gain confidence, explore their creativity and most of all... have fun!

Grown up’s are able to stay and meet other s over a coffee or tea.

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What's On - June Friday 1 to Saturday 9 June: Brockley Max Brockley Max is set to return this June for its 17th year. Spanning nine days and more than thirty venues, the popular community arts festival offers a packed programme of 75 events from Friday 1st to Saturday 9th June 2018. Local talent will help launch the festival on Friday 1st June with a night of free live music at Brockley Station. Events over the following nine days and nights will feature entertainment from music and performance to art and exhibitions.Full festival programme at: www.brockleymax.co.uk.

Peckham Rye & Dulwich Park Parkrun

Saturday Mornings 9am 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 June A FREE weekly timed 5k run, which is open to all standards of runners; it is not a race.

PECKHAM RYE start is near the Colyton Road entrance of Peckham Rye park and run three laps of the gardens. www.parkrun.org.uk/peckhamrye DULWICH PARK start is Queen Mary's Gate on the south side of the park. This is the entrance on the South Circular (A205), Dulwich Common. www.parkrun.org.uk/dulwich

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 June: Phil Polgaze Exhibition @Jeannie Avent Gallery. Phil has spent donkey’s years snapping practically everyone in a East Dulwich. He has a wonderful instinct for personalities and an amazing eye for compositions. His love of film photography and the way he goes about it is very special indeed. Saturday 11 to 5, Sunday 11 to 4. 14 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, SE22 9EU 8 | SE22 - June 2018

Sunday 3 June: Choumert Square Open Day 3.00 – 18.00hrs. Delightful gardens which have been featured often in the media with much choice at the various stalls. Our own Chelsea flower show.

Tuesday 5 June: Honor Oak Women’s Institute 7.30 at The General Napier Pub, 73 Bovill Road, SE23 1EX. All ladies are welcome, please do come along, the first visit is free and due to our new larger venue we now have spaces for new members to join.

Please feel free to call Gill on 07949 569018 if you have any questions We meet on the first TUESDAY of every month from 7.30pm.

Tuesdays 5, 12, 19 & 26 June: Lively Minds Lively Minds meet at St Faith’s Community Centre, Red Post Hill, SE24 9JQ, Near Dulwich Village and North Dulwich Station. We meet every Tuesday in term time. We arrive for a tea or coffee from 12pm for a chat. The speaker slot is 1.45 - 2.45pm.

Tuesday 5 June: Martin Luther King with Anthony Buckley Tuesday 12 June: Historic Greenwich with Ian Porter Tuesday 19 June: Quiz Tuesday 26 June: The Rubbish Pickers Wife with Elizabeth Gowing

Tuesday 5 June: Laugh Train BROCKLEY MAX FESTIVAL – Celebrating Internationally Renowned, Local Comics JAMES DOWDSWELL (Russell Howard’s Good News, Extras), MICHAEL LEGGE (Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Do the Right Thing), STEVE GRIBBIN (Saturday Live). 8-10pm (potentially 10:15). Previews £6-8 adv / £8 door. at The Honor Oak Pub, 1 St. German’s Rd., SE23 1RH. Visit www.LaughTrainHome.com

Wednesday 6 June: East Dulwich WI Meeting An exciting programme of guest speakers, activities and entertainment lined up for members this year.

You can check them all out over on our events page.

We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at The Lodge, above East Dulwich Tavern, 1 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8EW. 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Membership and waiting list is currently closed www.eastdulwichwi.co.uk.

What's On - June Bell House Educational Centre: June Events Tuesday 5th June: Panel discussion with Helen Arkell 7pm - 9pm. We’ve teamed up with Helen Arkell for a panel discussion on how to support children with dyslexia. After the discussion, there will be a chance to chat more informally over drinks.

Tickets to this event are free, so register soon to avoid disappointment.

Wednesday 6th June – 4th July: Introduction to Patchwork & Quilting A five week course, introducing you to simple patchwork and quilting techniques. By the end, you will have the skills necessary to make a functional, attractive and modern table runner.

With a small class

Thursdays 7, 14, 21 & 28 June: Dulwich Folk Dance Club 8-10pm at St Barnabas Parish Hall., Gilkes Place, Dulwich Village, SE21 7BT. Ideal Activity for a Healthy Lifestyle. No partners needed. Lots of fun – make new friends. Contact – Gwen Godwin: 020 8699 7032 or email : gagodwin@hotmail.com 7 Caller – Gwen Godwin 14 Caller – Carol Hewson 21 Caller – Crys Rothon, Summer Soltice 28 Caller – Michele Odell

Saturday 9 June: Brockley Max 2018 presents an evening of live electronic music, unique visuals & original electropop

Friday 8th June: Smartphone Filmmaking for Charities & Small Businesses

10.30am-4pm. A hands-on workshop which will teach you how to shoot top-quality film content, on a tight budget. Smartphone filmmaking is an excellent way for charities and small businesses to create videos, and this workshop will focus on how these can be used to maximise your social media presence.

Thursday 28th June: The Art & Craft of Edward Bawden 7.30pm-9.30pm. With a major new exhibition on the life and work of Edward Bawden at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, this talk from Jo Walton looks at the long life and versatile career of this delightful artist. Tickets £10 to include a glass of wine doors open at 7pm. lecturs starts 7.30pm All events at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich, SE21 7BG. Tickets and more details available at: https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/

KUMO ft. DIZ_QO + SWEETMACHINE at The Loft Bar @ The Honor Oak,1 St German’s Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 1RH | Doors 8pm | FREE ENTRY. Kumo aka Jono Podmore presents an electronic audio visual show featuring live theremin, vintage synths & projections by international visual artist DIZ_QO. Support comes from Sweet Machine who fuse 70’s & 80’s synth-pop influences with 90’s dance & bittersweet lyrics to create modern, original electropop! Register your ticket on Eventbrite now! https://bit.ly/2GW9x8E

Saturday 9 June: Seminar on Heart & Diseases 10am-4pm. And blood pressure and diseases.

Speaker Dr Nasir Sadig and Dr Iloba Chinyere.

Support, information and advice is at hand. 50 Copleston Road, Peckham, SE15 4AD. Registration time: 10:00am starts at 10:30am-4pm. Meal provided. All free. BOOK NOW to reserve your place.

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Business Profile

Proudly independent and passionate about service, Puccini Kitchens have been designing and installing beautiful, high-quality kitchens in London homes for years.

Beautiful, Enduring Kitchens

Creativity & Craft

As recommended on the East Dulwich Forum, and seen in ‘Real Homes’ magazine and the Sunday Mirror magazine, local company Puccini Kitchens’ reputation has gone from strength to strength in recent years.

Owner Andrew Robertson has over 20 years of experience in the kitchens business, and is incredibly well-regarded for his creativity and attention to detail in helping clients to achieve the style and functionality they aspire to within they budget they have available. Under Andrew’s stewardship, Puccini Kitchens design and install individual, high-quality kitchens using the best British and European ranges. They are also one of a small and exclusive set of UK providers of the stylish Italian brand doimocucine.

The company believes that individuality is the key to a successful kitchen that reflects both the practical needs and the preferred style of the client.

“There are so many kitchen options available to clients,” says Andrew. “Gloss, matte, wood and special finish kitchens are all in play. The modular aspect of modern kitchens means that even clients who opt for similar styles can create very individual looks by using different materials, colours and cabinet configurations.”

Making Spaces Work The Puccini team works extensively in southeast London and is familiar with the varying requirements of both the period and modern housing stock in the area. “Every kitchen is different,” says Andrew. “With many people now remodelling or extending their homes, we have become very adept at customising our kitchen designs to a variety of room shapes and sizes - no matter how small, large or awkward! With good planning and a bit of creativity, there is always a way to achieve both style and all-important functionality.”

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Puccini Kitchens

Puccini Kitchens is currently offering a FREE wine cooler with new orders (terms and conditions will apply).

Contact Us For advice or to book a free home design consultation contact: 020 8691 6846 | www.puccinikitchens.co.uk Or call into the showroom at: 352 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY. @puccinikitchens facebook.com/puccinikitchensltd

Puccini Top Tips • Plan, Plan, Plan! Take your time to consider

how you want to use your kitchen, as this will help the designer to craft the bespoke configurations, storage and appliance solutions to best suit your needs.

• Install more power points than you think you need. We all have a number of kitchen appliances, and a good quantity of sockets provides a slick finish and avoids the need for unsightly extension leads and double plugs at a later stage.

• There is no such thing as too much storage.

Tall larder units, big wide drawers for cutlery and deep drawers for saucepans will help keep your kitchen organised and uncluttered.

Out-of-sight integrated waste and recycling bins are also very helpful.

“We would like to thank you for helping us to create such a fantastic kitchen and space in our new extension. It has really transformed our house and become the heart of our home.”

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Around Dulwich with Sarah Pylas June Round-up

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s the half-term break draws to a close, so the countdown to summer begins! The season of sunshine (if we’re lucky) brings with it longer days, after-school picnics, BBQs, ice-cold glasses of rosé, ice creams in the park and a general whiff of factor 50 in the air.

Around Dulwich, it also heralds the start of festival season. The Dulwich Festival set the bar high last month with it’s annual 10-day extravaganza of music, performances, talks, Artists’ Open House weekends and festival fairs.

Angela and I were honored to be invited to the launch party for the Dulwich Festival, which was hosted at Suzanne James’s fabulous event space, fifty seven, on North Cross Road. Cocktails were provided by Myatt’s Fields, music by the incredibly talented jazz singer, Ainé Cherie, and the food - catered by Suzanne and her team - was, as always, spot on.

Brockley Max (1-9 June) is set to return this June for its 17th year. Spanning nine days and more than thirty venues, the popular community arts festival offers a packed programme of 75 events. Local talent will help launch the festival on Friday 1st June with a night of free live music at Brockley Station. Events over the following nine days and nights will feature entertainment from music and performance to art and exhibitions.

The Crystal Palace Festival (11-17 June) also returns this summer with one of the biggest free cultural events in south London. The arts and culture festival has been lauded for its excellence in programming and its friendly atmosphere.

The Love West Dulwich Summer Fair (23 June) will take place on Park Hall Road, Croxted Road and Rosendale Road and celebrates the very best of West Dulwich.

Heber Primary School has a couple of fun fundraising events on this month - the Heber School Car Wash (9 June) and a Family Picnic and Dog Show (16 June).

Dulwich Opera Company is returning to All Saints Church, West Dulwich, this month (16 June) with Così fan tutte, Mozart’s classic tale of love and deception.

Congratulations to all the winners of the Time Out London Love Awards, including La Scala Coffee House for winning Best Coffee place in Dulwich and East Dulwich, East Dulwich Tavern (Best Pub), HB-Therapy (Best Shop) and The French House (Best Restaurant).

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Dulwich Hamlet FC is also celebrating this month after achieving promotion from the Bostik Premier Division to the National League South with a win over Hendon! And on penalties! No one said it would be easy. Well done to the Pink & Blue Army after so many years of just falling short. And here’s another plea to Meadow Residential to let DHFC come back home next season for what is the club’s 125th year anniversary.

And, it would be remiss not to mention the passing of Dame Tessa Jowell, Dulwich’s longtime MP. She was a stalwart of the community and constantly fought our corner in and out of government. The range of voices mourning her death after her brave fight was testament to how much she was admired. She’ll always be our Tessa.

As always, details of all local news, events and ticket information can be found on our website and on Instagram @arounddulwich.

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Food & Drink with Suzanne James

Nunhead Garden Risotto Our lovely allotment in Nunhead is flourishing, everything is planted and now it’s all about the watering, weeding and feeding. Meanwhile we are dreaming of making one of our favourite risotto’s next month when we will be harvesting homegrown Peas, Garlic, Mint, Onions, Thyme, Bay Leaves, French Beans and Runner Beans – not a bad haul – if only white wine grew on trees we’d be laughing!

Serves approximately: 4 People Preparation time: 30 Minutes Cooking time 20-30 Minutes

Ingredients • 250g / 5oz Peas • 250g / 5oz Broad Beans • 100g / 3∞ oz French Beans, but into small pieces • 50g / 2oz Butter • 3 tbsp Olive Oil • 1tbsp chopped fresh Mint leaves • 1 Finely chopped Onion • 3 Finely chopped Baby Leeks • 2 Garlic Cloves crushed • 3-4 Sprigs fresh Thyme • 1 long strip of Lemon Zest • 1 Bay leaf • 150g / 5oz Arborio Risotto Rice • 150ml / 5oz Dry White Wine • 750ml / 1-pint 7fl oz hot vegetable stock • 100g / 2∞ oz fresh Runner Beans, de-stringed and cut into long thin strips • Sea Salt Flakes and freshly ground Black Pepper • Parmesan shavings to serve

Method 1) Fill a saucepan with water and bring it to the boil. Add the broad beans, peas & French beans and return to the boil. Cook for one minute and then drain into a colander under running water until cold.

Remove the broad beans from their skins and set aside.

3) Melt 25g / 1oz of the butter with the remaining oil in a large non-stick saucepan and fry the onion, baby leeks and garlic for five minutes until softened, but not coloured. Stir in the thyme, lemon zest, bay leaf and risotto rice and cook for a few seconds more until the rice is glistening.

4) Pour the wine in to the pan and boil over a medium heat until the liquid has reduced by half.

Slowly start adding the stock, a ladleful at a time, stirring well between each addition. Simmer for 2-3 minutes or until the liquid has almost all been absorbed before adding more. Cook for 15 minutes or until the rice is tender.

5) Meanwhile, fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Cook the runner beans for three minutes, or until tender. Drain in a colander then return to the pan and toss with a small knob of the remaining butter and plenty of ground pepper.

6) Remove the thyme and lemon zest from the rice and discard. Stir in the broad beans, peas and French beans with the remaining stock and cook for three minutes, stirring regularly. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper. Cover with a lid and set aside.

7) Add the remaining butter to the risotto and stir.

Serve in deep plates, scatter the runner beans over the top and then drizzle with the minted olive oil, finally sprinkling with the fresh parmesan.

In Season This Month Fruits & Nuts - Cherries, Elderflowers, Rhubarb Vegetables & Herbs - Artichoke, Asparagus, Aubergine, Beetroot, Broad Beans, Broccoli, Carrots, Chillies, Courgettes, Fennel, French Beans, Garlic, Lettuce, Mangetout, New Potatoes, Onions, Pak Choi, Peas, Radishes, Rocket, Runner Beans, Samphire, Spinach, Spring Onions, Tomatoes, Turnips, Watercress, Wild Nettles Meat & Game - Lamb, Wood pigeon Fish & Shellfish - Cod, Coley, Crab, Haddock, Hailbut, Herring, Langoustine, Plaice, Pollack, Prawns, Salmon, Sardines, Scallops (Queen), Sea Bream, Sea Trout, Shrimp, Squid, Whelks, Whitebait

Going out of season - Asparagus, Elderflower, Gooseberry, Hare, New Potatoes 2) Mix the mint with two tablespoons of the olive oil and set aside.

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Garden Talk with Janine Winlaw

Great plants that don’t need watering

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t may be tempting fate, but on the whole summers are getting hotter. So whether for environmental or practical reasons it makes sense to use plants in the garden that once established need little watering. Drought-tolerant plants tend to originate from hot, dry environments and adapt in different ways to cope: Silver leaves to reflect sun; succulent leaves to store moisture; tiny leaves to reduce evaporation and aromatic leaves that release essential oils to keep cool. These plants often thrive in well-drained poor soil. So in clay soil, add grit or sand to help with drainage. Here’s my pick of sun lovers: 1) Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s ears). This is a useful spreading ground cover plant with silvery woolly leaves. (S.b. ‘Silver Carpet’ has smaller neater leaves than S.b. ‘Big Ears.’

2) Lavender. This is a classic for a sunny spot.

Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ is a popular compact variety with dark purple flowers. Or for a change, try Santolina chamaecyparrisus another compact silver leafed shrub with yellow flowers in late summer.

3) Cistus (Rock Rose). Sun loving Cistus are useful evergreen shrubs with grey green leaves and short-lived but abundant papery flowers. C. x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’ has vibrant magenta flowers and golden anthers, and Cistus x purpureus ‘Alan Fradd’ has large white flowers with burgundy markings.

4) Euphorbia. E. characias originates from dry rocky Mediterranean conditions and once established copes well with drought. With evergreen blue/green leaves it creates stately structure, with billowing lime green flowers from Feb to June. (Deadhead these down to the base).

5) Sedum. Their thick succulent leaves store water and they’re best in dry conditions, often becoming floppy in wetter soils. Sedum provide a long period of interest and their large flat flower heads turn glorious shades of pink in late summer/autumn. S. Matrona with grey green foliage, purple stems and pale pink flowers is striking.

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6) Gaura lindheimeri. The airy spires of flowers on this perennial go on into autumn. The pink, tinged white flowers of G. ‘Whirling Butterflies,’ are particularly lovely. The long taproot that makes gaura so drought tolerant also makes it difficult to move.

7) Festuca glauca. These evergreen grasses, forming tidy mounds of spiky blue/grey foliage, are at their very best in full sun. F. g. ‘Elijah Blue’ is a classic variety.

8) Perovskia (Russian Sage). A tall perennial with pretty silvery foliage, and beautiful spires of violet blue flowers in late summer, early august. P. ‘Blue Spire’ gets to 1.2m while P. ‘Little Spire’ (60cm) is a neater choice.

9) Achillea. With flat flower heads in an array of colours, the silvery-leaved varieties such as A. ‘Terracotta’, and bright yellow A. ‘Moonshine’, cope particularly well with dry conditions.

10) Bearded Iris. These store moisture in their rhizomes, so prefer a dry garden. Make sure the rhizomes are on the soil surface in full sun. I. ‘Black Swan’ is a sumptuous dark purple variety and I. ‘Jane Phillips’ is a pretty pale blue variety.

11) Thymus. A pretty and useful herb to have in the garden, to grow it successfully you’ll need to put it in a very sunny spot and work lots of grit into the soil. T. ‘Silver Posie’ is a lovely silver leafed variety.

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What's On - June Saturday 9 June: Heber School Car Wash 10am-1pm. Come and get your car washed by the Year 5 & 6 children at Heber Primary School Playground, Heber Road, SE22 9LA. From £5 per car. All proceeds go to the school. Proudly supported by Roy Brooks.

Saturday 9 June: Wigwam’s 5th Birthday 10am – 1pm. Join Wigwam toy shop in West Dulwich as they celebrate five years since opening the shop. There will be children’s crafts, face painting and lucky dip, as well as a chance to make Father’s Day cards. The event is free of charge and parents are asked to stay with their children and join in the fun. 109 Rosendale Road, West Dulwich www.wigwamfamily.co.uk

Sunday 10 June: East Dulwich Car Boot Goodrich School, Dunstans Road SE22. Come & sell your unwanted upcycled & vintage items.

Pitch Enquiries 07398 577183. Sellers 11am.

Public Entry FREE 12pm. All pitches are pre-paid to avoid road congestion come rain or shine.

Every 2nd Sunday of the month.

Sunday 10 June: SINGAROUND at The Ivy House Another popular Singaround hosted by The Goose Is Out! All are welcome, whether to sing or to listen. It’s an informal and supportive atmosphere, so don’t worry if it’s your first time!

Songs of any country or culture welcome. Door 7pm. Singing starts 7.15pm, finishes by 10.30pm. £2 on the door. www.thegooseisout.com

Monday 11 – Sunday 17 June: Crystal Palace Festival After a spectacular event in June 2017, the Crystal Palace Festival returns this summer to thrill Londoners again with one of the biggest FREE cultural events in south London. The arts and culture festival has been lauded for its excellence in programming and its friendly atmosphere and organisers are stepping things up even more for 2018! Festival events will take place across the Crystal Palace area with the FREE Crystal Palace park event taking place on 16 June 2018. https://crystalpalacefestival.org 18 | SE22 - June 2018

Monday 11 June: New Women’s Institute in East Dulwich 7.30pm. Dulwich Constitutional Club, East Dulwich Grove, East Dulwich, SE22. For further details please contact Sue Jarvie on suejarvie53@gmail.com

Monday 11 June: Warlight – an evening with Michael Ondaatje Part of Balham Literary Festval. 7pm. In association with Dulwich College, Festival America and the High Commission of Canada in the UK. An evening with internationally acclaimed Man Booker Prize winning novelist Michael Ondaatje. Much celebrated as the bestselling author of The English Patient, Michael’s new book Warlight (7th June 2018) is his first novel in seven years. With scenes featuring local landmarks including the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and Michael himself an alumni of Dulwich College, Warlight is bound to appeal to Londoners from south of the river. Venue: The George Farha Auditorium, Dulwich College. Tickets via www.eventbrite.co.uk

Monday 11 June: Rooftop Film Club at the Bussey Building 9pm. ‘When there is nowhere to go nowhere is home.’

Join Peckham Sponsors Refugees for an exclusive viewing of this highly acclaimed documentary and raise money to bring a refugee family to Peckham.

Come up early for spectacular views across South London. Tickets: https://rooftopfilmclub.com/

Tuesday 12 June: Laugh Train JAMALI MADDIX (Live at The Apollo, Vice) & Josh Pugh (English Comedian of the Year, 2016). 8-10pm (potentially 10:15). Previews £6-8 adv / £8 door. at The Honor Oak Pub, 1 St. German’s Rd., SE23 1RH. www.LaughTrainHome.com

Wednesday 13 June: An Evening with Louise Candlish Best-selling New Release ‘Our House’. 7.45pm (or from 6.30pm if dining) at Park’s Edge Bar & Kitchen / Tickets £9 / £29. Acclaimed novelist and fellow Herne Hillian, Louise Candlish will read from her newly released psychological thriller, ‘Our House’.

In a Q&A hosted by The Herne Hill Society’s, Pat Roberts, Louise will discuss her unique characterisations and inspirations behind the places and occurrences that the book depict. Small plates and a glass of red or white are included in the full ticket price or tickets are available for the reading only. Spaces are extremely limited so do book early to avoid disappointment! www.designmynight.com

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Home Security with Callum Heneghan

Holiday Security For Your Home

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oliday season is nearly up on us, and most burglaries occur when there is nobody at home, so it’s really important to secure your property effectively whilst you are away from your home. Take some time this month to assess your home through the eyes of a burglar.

Most burglaries are opportunistic however you can take simple steps to ensure that you prevent your home and family from becoming a victim.

Start from the outside of your home: Is your front hedge overgrown that can provide cover to your front windows? Do your windows have adequate window locks that use a key? It’s also a good idea to check your front door locks. You should have a minimum of a latch style (Yale) lock and a British standard approved 5-lever mortice lock - remember to use both locks when you leave! A mortice lock will restrict a burglar from leaving through the front door if they were to get in through a window or other entry point which could restrict the amount of belongings they can get away with. If you have a UPvC door, ensure you lift the handle and double lock with the key.

It’s common to leave your car keys and other possessions near the front door. Take time to buy an RFID protector wallet if your car has keyless entry which prevents the wireless signal from your car keys being cloned from outside. This device can be picked up for as little as £5 - while car insurance excess normally sits at around £250.

Have you considered investing in a burglar alarm? Most systems now enable you to control your alarm system via a smartphone app. You can switch the system on and off remotely, receive notification when it is set and unset from different users, and be alerted in the event of an activation. Internal movement detectors monitor for movement inside whilst vibration detectors look for impact of force to windows or doors, providing a perimeter detection for added peace of mind. While your pet may be a useful discouragement, you'll find that most systems are also pet friendly.

Ensure that you have adequate lighting; floodlights activated by movement are a great deterrent. Internal lights and lamps on timers and smart plugs give the look at your home is occupied.

These don’t just have to be used whilst you are on holiday but are beneficial for use all year round.

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Finally, remember not to order parcels or deliveries which could be left out whilst you are away, and to ensure that valuables cannot be seen from outside.

Ask a close neighbour or friend to check on your house if you are going away for long periods. Once you are away, be cautious sharing your whereabouts online as burglars have been known to use social media websites to target empty properties.

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Homemade with Jessica Walker

Chocolate Strawberry & Cream Centre Piece It’s that time of year – the sound of tennis balls, the smell of fresh cut grass and the irresistible English strawberry dipped in fresh cream. Spoil your friends and family this month with this indulgent centrepiece…

You will need….

• Strawberries and a pot of double cream • Cherries • Dark chocolate and a knob of butter • Marzipan • Fresh mint • Kitchen foil and toothpicks • An oasis wreath base • A dinner plate and a decorative bowl.

• Sugar flowers and cake sprinkles to decorate Step 1 prepare your base. Cover the oasis with kitchen foil, making it food safe. Now roll out your marzipan and place onto the foil.

Step 2 Place your base onto the dinner plate, and pop your bowl in the centre of you base. Pour the cream into the bowl.

Step 3 Melt the chocolate and butter in a bon Marie, or a bowl standing in gently boiling water.

Be careful not to scold yourself. Do not leave the melting chocolate unattended.

Step 4 Dip the strawberries into the chocolate holding them by the stem. Place on a piece of kitchen foil, and sprinkle with cake decorations.

Leave to set, about 30 mins.

Step 5 break off sprigs of Fresh mint, and place evenly around the marzipan base.

Step 6 Using the toothpicks, attach your chocolate strawberries to the base, working around to form a nice pattern. Then do the same with the cherries.

Step 7 Finish with the sugar flowers.

Now relax and turn on the tennis!

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BabyBallet

Capoeira Dulwich

The award winning movement to music, dance & singing programme for boys and girls from 6 months upwards run with a fun, safe and caring environment. Classes in Dulwich.

Call Stephanie 07809 148348 | www.babyballet.co.uk.

Classes for boys and girls from 4 years upwards. Martial arts the Brazilian way. Helps children develop strength, flexibility, coordination and rythm. Contact: vitor.barreto.13@ucl.ac.uk 07473 751177 | www.facebook.com/capoeiradulwich/m

The Baby Bear Club

Dads & Littluns: Brockwell Park

Mum and baby classes for children under 5s, as well ad Dance classes and parties, at St Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BT. Olya@theBabyBearClub.co.uk 07825 710044 | www.thebabybearclub.co.uk.

Fridays 10.30am-12.30pm. Brockwell Park Childspace, Cressingham Gardens Tenant’s Hall, Hardel Walk, Tulse Hill, SW2 2QG. www.dadsandlittluns.co.uk.

Baby Loves Music Multi-Sensory Music groups for Parent and Baby in Nunhead.

Contact: amacgregor1.209@lgflmail.org.

Baby Massage Baby massage classes provide quality time with your baby and a fun social occasion with other mums. You will learn a wonderful skill which has many benefits. Tuesdays SE19.

Contact Jayne 020 8653 4781 | jayne@2prepare.co.uk www.2prepare.co.uk

Baby Sensory Multi-award winning classes for babies from birth to 13 months. The fun packed programme of sensory delights includes an incredible variety of sounds, sights, textures, music and massage to support your baby’s development.

Classes in SE4 and SE21 on Tues, SE26 on Weds and SE23 on Thurs. Email Sarah: Dulwich@babysensory.co.uk

Bea’s Baby Bop Drop in music classes for babies and toddlers.

Tues/Wed/Friday 3:30-4:30, Wed/Friday 11-12, Friday 10-11, Saturday 10:30-11:30, East Dulwich/Herne Hill, www.beasbabybop.com.

Boppin Bunnies Interactive Music class for under 5’s led by professional musicians. Monday mornings 9:30am, 10:15am & 11am. Punk Me Up Ceramics Cafe. 34 East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AX www.boppinbunnies.co.uk.

Bumps and Babes

diddi dance Funky pre-school dance classes for girls and boys. Learn coordination, rhythm and great moves to funky songs and boost confidence. Classes in East Dulwich, Anne-Marie for a free trial 07973 982790 | www.diddidance.com.

Dulwich & District Twins & Triplets Club, Baby & Toddler Group 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10-11.45am, Herne Hill United Church, top of Red Post Hill. karendelahunty@yahoo.com | 07799 861104.

Dulwich Library Babes & Toddlers Thursdays 10.30am-11.45am & 1.30pm - 2.45pm 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 020 7525 6220.

Funky Monkey Group Keyboard Classes Ages 5-11. Christ Church, Barry Road. Wednesdays & Thursdays. 01732 457100 | www.funkymonkey.info.

GDND Academy Ballet & Street Dance For children aged 3 and upwards Dulwich branches in SE22 and SE21 All new pupils receive a FREE TASTER CLASS office@gdnd.co.uk / 07904 424 504 | www.gdnd.co.uk

Gymboree Classes are designed for newborns - 5 year olds, and are led by experienced and nurturing teachers. We run throughout the year at Gymboree East Dulwich. 184 Peckham Rye SE22 9QA. 07538 795023 | eastdulwich@gymboree-uk.com.

Meets on Fridays between 9.30 and 11.30 (drop in anytime) at St Faiths Community Centre, at the bottom of Red Post Hill, SE24. It is very informal, aimed at new Mums meeting up and getting ante/postnata/moral support from Alice Yeates and other mothers. 07831 225841 | yeatesa@btinternet.com

165 Lordship Lane SE22 8HX • 5 London Road SE23 3TW

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HartBeeps

Parents Photography Workshops

Mondays. Goose Green Community Centre, East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AT. 1.30pm Baby Bells - Suitable from birth to sitting. 2.30pm Baby Beeps Sitting to toddling Thursdays at St Barnabas Parish Hall, SE21 7BT. 1.30pm, Baby Bells, 2.30pm Baby Beeps & 3.30pm Happy House toddling to 4 years, younger siblings welcome. http://hartbeeps.com

Hands-on workshops helping parents make the most of their cameras, run by a professional children’s photographer. Babies and pre-walkers welcome in class. Booking essential. Punked Up Cafe. www.timeformums.com | 07753 533577.

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Fun activities for children and their parents. Peckham Rye Park, SE15 3UA (next to café). Mon 1.15-3.15pm Play and Stay for children under the age of 5 yrs old. Tues - 10am-12pm Play and Stay for children under the age of 5 yrs old. Tues - 1.302.30pm Olympikids - advanced booking required. Thurs -1.153.15pm Stay and Play for children under the age of 5yrs old. Sat - 2pm-4pm Brazilian language school. There is a fee to attend the session. Sundays - party hire available. 020 7639 2702

Physical fitness & martial arts, 5-10 yrs. Herne Hill Methodist Church Hall, 155 Half Moon Lane SE24. Saturdays 2-3pm.

020 7737 2260 | www.siaacademy.com

La Jolie Ronde French & Spanish classes for 3-11 year olds, in SE21, SE22 and SE24. Ginny Wadding 07940 511034 | www.lajolieronde.co.uk

Peckham Rye Playrooms

Sing and Sign

Little Superhero Training

Monday - Saturday. 020 7193 3696 | www.singandsign.com

Practice your Superhero moves! Discover Superhero fun facts!

Any Little Heroes, Boys and Girls aged 2½ - 6, Come along for a FREE taster session. Mondays & Fridays (term time only) St Barnabas Parish Hall, 23 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BT. Contact Lucy 07813791757 | littleherocompany@gmail.com www.littleherocompany.com

Sparkle Music

Lucy Sparkles Monday, Wednesday & Fridays in East Dulwich. From 0-7 years. Outstanding drama, music and dance classes for young children. www.lucysparkles.com.

Maths Mad = fun maths for kids!

Stimulating Times Tables classes for 6 - 11 yr olds. Forest Hill.

We make learning memorable & fun! Call Clair 020 8291 0360 www.mathsmad.co.uk | mathsmadcouk@gmail.com

Monkey Music Various classes www.monkeymusic.co.uk | 020 8764 5185

Music for Little People Fun, friendly & educational music classes for 0-5 year olds.

High quality, good value. The Goose Green Centre, East Dulwich Road, SE22 9AT. Rebecca Vicary 020 8852 0118 www.musicforlittlepeople.co.uk

Nimble Arts Join Becky every week for a NEW mixed age 45-minute interactive story adventure for 0-5s, with live cello and musical instruments, songs, bubbles, scarves and a chance to dance!

East Dulwich, Nunhead, Brockley. www.nimblearts.co.uk

Carefully structured and fun music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-school children in SE22. Check the website for current classes. Contact anna@sparkle-music.co.uk. | 0771 1238352

Team Kaizen Dance Academy (8+yrs) Street Dance classes led by industry professionals, classes lead to performances and demonstrations. Classes take place every Thursday at JAGS sports Club, 18.00 – 19.00 & 19.00 – 20.00. FREE TASTER SESSIONS throughout June, to book call 07533 533 297 | www.teamkaizentds.com.

Water Babies Taught by world-class teachers, our multi-award winning programme teaches water confidence and safety skills from birth to 4 years. Our fun, innovative baby swimming classes will start in Forest Hill Pools from September. 020 8858 5242 divein@waterbabies.co.uk | www.waterbabies.co.uk

Wise Kids Yoga Classes for Toddlers, Children and Teens. We teach a lovely mix of hatha, kundalini yoga, mindfulness and Montessori. Classes are held on Tues & Thurs - Parent & Toddler Yoga / Children’s Yoga ages 5 - 8, 9 - 11 and Teen Yoga 11 - 16. Goose Green Clinic, 59 East Dulwich Road, To book Email: wisekidsyoga@gmail.com | 07957 492407 www.wisekidsyoga.co.uk

World of Little Adventures Baby Yoga and Toddler Yoga Classes in the East Dulwich Area.

Email yoga@wola.org.uk or call Hannah 07736 649 146 for class information.

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Fitness tips with Leanne Spencer

The importance of walking for health

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his year I completed the London Marathon; a key part of my training programme was walking, which is a powerful form of exercise to increase your aerobic and cardiovascular fitness. As part of my training for the marathon, I did a long run every couple of weeks or so, which is not something I’d recommend for everyone but with the amount of exercise I do it fitted well. Then I would do something of moderate intensity three times a week, and a couple of high intensity workouts during the week. In between that I did what the Americans call ‘greasing the groove’ or ‘active transport’ as I like to call it e.g. walking. It’s about getting little bits of movement where you can.

I can’t stress enough how important walking is.

In fact a study found that just a 10 minute walk a day had the effect of increasing your mood and your energy levels for up to three hours afterwards.

So what a return on investment that is! The same study found that if you sustain that for three weeks or more those overall moods and energy benefits extend throughout the whole day. So that’s how powerful walking can be; huge benefits including

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for mental health. The recommended 10,000 steps, comes from a very old piece of research but found that this was a good goal for overall fitness, so a good place to start. It doesn’t matter if you’re using a tracker, or if you do a lot of ‘active transport’, but just getting in a high volume of steps and plenty of walking is going to have so many benefits for you.

If you think about where we came from, our ancestors would have been moving around all the time. They’d be getting up, looking out of the mouth of a cave, surveying for risks, surveying for prey.

Then foraging, scurrying, squatting, sharpening tools, washing things. They’d have been active all day, moving around the camp and at some point involved in some very high intensity chase, or high intensity activity being chased by something, just to survive. We’ve lost a lot of that so let’s try and bring some more of that ancestral movement back into our lifestyle. Our bodies like to get plenty of movement in daily life; the body was designed to move.

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Phil Polglaze Exhibition June 2018 Jeannie Avent Gallery Saturday 2nd 11am - 5pm Sunday 3rd 1am - 4pm

If you’ve ever met this fellow the chances are he will have taken a photo of you, often with a plant pot on your head or some other prop that comes to hand.

This is Phil Polglaze who has spent many years snapping practically everyone in a East Dulwich. He has a wonderful instinct for personalities and an amazing eye for compositions. His love of film photography and the way he goes about it is very special indeed. A large collection of his work will be on display at the Jeannie Avent Gallery.

Please come and have a look you never know you may be in one of them!

Jeannie Avent Gallery | 14 North Cross Road, SE22 9EU

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Dulwich Hamlet FC - News

Dulwich Hamlet Make History!

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ulwich Hamlet make history by securing promotion to the National League South.

On Bank Holiday Monday (7 May), Dulwich Hamlet will achieved promotion from the Bostik Premier Division to the National League South with over Hendon in front of a crowd of just under 3,300.

Having gone behind half way through the first half, Dulwich equalised on the 54th minute.

A scrambled goal by Gavin Tamlin, just after an Ash Carew effort was cleared of the line, lead wild celebrations amoungst the sea of pink and blue behind the goal. With no further goals being scored, in either the remainder of the second half or the thirty minutes of extra time that followed, it was going to be down to a penalty shoot-out to decide who would secure the last promotion spot.

Both teams scored their first penalties and then Hamlet keeper Amadou Tangara saved Hendon’s next two spot kicks. Dulwich had their fourth penalty saved and so it was left to Dipo Akinyemi to step up knowing that scoring, the last of the regulation five penalties, would secure promotion. As the ball hit the back of the net, cue the delirium and pitch invasion.

Following the game, the celebrations moved to East Dulwich, players joined supporters on what is now known as ‘Promotion Roundabout’ at the end of Lordship Lane. At one point, every car and bus was being encouraged to toot their horn ensuring that everyone was joining in with the celebrations.

The issues off the field have been well publicized this season and at the time of writing, the team will be playing its first season in the National League South 8 miles down the road from home at Champion Hill. To achieve promotion given the obstacles put in the clubs way is an amazing achievement.

This year is the 125 anniversary of Dulwich Hamlet and the club will be going on a special anniversary tour to Hamburg in July that will culminate with a game against Altona 93.

Altona 93 was founded the same year as Dulwich

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and over recent years the clubs have formed a strong friendship. Fans from both sides regularly make visits to watch each other matches, we around 200 Hamlet fans expected to make the trip to Hamburg.

This will be the third game between the two clubs, first meeting in 1925 when Dulwich Hamlet played Altona as part of a three game tour of Germany. More recently, Altona visited London in July 2015 and faced The Hamlet at Champion Hill.

In addition to the game on the Sunday, the team will be playing another local team HFC Falke on the Friday evening.

Many supporter events have also been arranging including a cricket game, Altona 93 was originally formed as a cricket team!!

Whilst this is a time to celebrate and enjoy the achievements of this season, ourselves (Dulwich Hamlet Supporters’ Trust) and the football club still have a lot of 'off' of field work to secure the future for this great community football club.

Mark Scoltock DHST Spokesperson

www.dulwichhamletfc.london @DulwichHamletFC | info@dhst.org.uk 07951 640099 @dhstorg

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Financial Matters with David Frederick

My Tax Refund….

Really?

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t is not surprising to learn about the rise in the level of scam emails and text messages received by taxpayers. However, what is worse and disappointing is the number of taxpayers who are seduced by naivety and greed. Yes greed! The something for nothing culture springs to mind. Let’s explore this a bit further. Why do you think you are entitled to a tax refund? A clue is in the name. A refund is the money that is paid back to a person for a previous overpayment. If there was no previous payment of tax, how can one have overpaid? Perhaps greed is the correct term.

Maybe it is naivety, but theses scam emails are not even that convincing. A recent case with a taxpayer aids my defence. Answering a recent telephone call from a taxpayer the question was, “… can you please confirm my tax refund?” As this was a surprise question from the taxpayer, I enquired further. My first thought was, perhaps, in the last year they’d undertaken a crash course in UK taxes. Unfortunately, that was not the case.

The call continued as follows, “my partner has received an email advising her of her tax refund and we want to confirm it is correct” The caller’s partner is allegedly an IT person. Really! Sadly, I had to burst their bubble with the words that this is a scam.

This was followed by my standard mantra in these cases. HMRC will never email a taxpayer advising them of any tax refund. HMRC will not request any taxpayer to provide their bank details via any link embedded in an email. In addition, if taxpayers have forgotten or are experiencing amnesia of the Self-Assessment Tax Return that has existed in the UK for over 20 years, page TR6 requests a taxpayer’s bank details. This is to allow HMRC to make any repayment to the taxpayer.

However, these scam emails are not even that good. A recent email received by a taxpayer has been reproduced in the box oppossite for dissection.

Hovering over the sender’s details often unravels an email address. The source of the recent email was revealed as follows, ‘H M R C sjejbde@csvs.cz’. Does that look convincing it’s from HMRC in the UK?

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Hello, We would like to notify you that we have determinated that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of £459.76 GBP from past year ending 2017. In order to claim online your annual tax refund you have to complete and submit the required form.

Regards, HMRC - GOV.UK The UK has become less formal in business communications but HMRC never uses ‘Hello’ as a salutation in any correspondence. In the opening sentence there are a minimum of three giveaway clues; ‘determinated’, ‘you are eligible’ and ‘£459.76 GBP’.

Do we add the suffix GBP when stating our monetary values in writing? My English master would explode at the use of ‘determinated’.

‘Eligible’ just leaves me aghast.

In short these emails are from scammers just fishing for UK taxpayers to be seduced and handover their bank details. Don’t be seduced!

Taxpayers can be assured by the comments from Mel Stride, Financial Secretary to the Treasury: ‘HMRC only informs taxpayers about tax refunds through the post or through your pay via your employer.’

Taxpayers who have bothered to set up their Personal Tax Accounts rather than chasing illusionary tax refunds can follow their accounts online. Alternatively, any genuine income rebate due and payable will be notified to taxpayers by post from 1st June. However, any taxpayer using an agent to prepare their tax returns would have been advised by their agent during the process. In the words of Shaw Taylor, “keep ‘em peeled!”

David Frederick FCCA Principal Marcus Bishop Associates Chartered Certified Accountants

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Pets Corner with Leonie St Clair

Park Petiquette

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ummer seems finally to have arrived and as the mercury rises so do the numbers of visitors to our glorious public spaces.

The majority of responsible dog owners make daily, even twice daily forays to the park come rain or shine and in colder months the range of park users is fewer. However, warmer weather brings out other visitors in force: families and picnickers, those wishing to sunbathe or play games with the kids, learner cyclists, skateboarders and even Nordic pole walkers. All of these present major temptations to dogs, always on the lookout for new and exciting opportunities to scavenge or chase things that don’t belong to them. In the face of such ‘novelties’ many owners lose control and with it the respect of other park users.

Recently Southwark Council implemented Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOS) https:// www.southwark.gov.uk/parks-and-open-spaces/ public-space-protection-orders-pspos-regulations, with a view to cracking down on irresponsible dog owners in local parks and cemeteries. These supersede and replace any existing Dog Control Orders. According to Southwark, members of the community are tired of their children being jumped on by random dogs, their picnics pinched, joggers and cyclists chased and the continuing problem of dog poo. As a consequence we all need to be much more aware of our dog’s behaviour and prepared to control our dog around other park users and that includes other dogs and dog owners. Penalties for not doing so will be severe and Southwark Officers now have the power to order owners to put their dog on a lead if the dog is perceived to be a nuisance.

Here is a simple guide to park petiquette, the aim being to make life more pleasant all round: 1) Ensure you have reliable recall against any amount of distraction, if you don’t then keep your dog on a lead and only let him off at times when you feel certain you can keep his attention on you.

2) Rather than let your dog frolic with other dogs, make yourself his key playmate. Teach him tuggy with manners, search and find games (good to play on a long lead) and if you want to throw toys

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for him to fetch ensure you have trained a solid retrieve to hand.

3) Do not allow your dog to chase other animals, including other dogs, as his primary source of entertainment. It is unwise and dangerous to encourage prey drive. Dogs allowed to refine prey drive by chasing squirrels and birds in the park will be uncontrollable and may start hunting and chasing other small dogs- with possibly disastrous consequences.

4) If you see another dog on a lead in the park give him space, do not let your dog approach him off lead.

5) Do not assume that because you have a puppy all other adult dogs will love and protect him.

Many adult dogs loathe puppies. Teach your puppy manners around adult dogs as soon as possible.

6) Do not assume all people will love and protect your dog, understanding that when he runs up to them or leaps at their toddler, he is “just being friendly”. Teach your dog manners around all categories of human as early as possible.

7) In areas of parks and cemeteries where signs ask you to put your dog on a lead, do as asked.

It is good practice for your dog to learn to go on and off the lead regularly in the park, rather than viewing all park time as off lead play. This way other park users who do not want to interact with your dog are not forced to.

8) In areas of potentially high, mixed traffic, like park pathways and roads, it makes sense to have your dog on a lead. Your dog learns this is the norm and will accept it, other park users will appreciate it.

9) Always carry poo bags and ALWAYS pick up.

10) Let’s try to lead by example and not fuel the ambitions of a few who would like to ban dogs from our public spaces.

Leonie St Clair - www.londondogstraining.co.uk

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CwS | Smart Business Networking meets at the Private Dining Room (Upstairs), The Palmerston, 91 Lordship Lane, SE22 8EP on the last Wednesday of every month.

6.45pm - 8.45pm.

Find out how to register for FREE at: www.cookingwithscissors.com | e-mail: sbn@ cookingwithscissors.com Next Meeting: Wednesday 27th June 2018

Take a look at our new website which covers the areas in and around Dulwich including Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park.

Up to date events, more stories and news. www.arounddulwich.com | twitter.com/AroundDulwich SE22 - June 2018 | 31

What's On - June Thursday 14 June: Russell Joslin at The Ivy House Russell Joslin reframes folk’s storytelling tradition and brings it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Door 7pm. Live music starts 8pm. Tickets £7 (on the door only, no advance tickets). Unbooked floorspots welcome, put your name on the list by the door! www.thegooseisout.com

Thursday 14 June: The Arts Society Dulwich ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: Books of Hours – Medieval Best Sellers, 7.30 for 8pm, James Allen’s Girls’ School Sixth Form Centre (parking at JAGS Sports Club, Red Post Hill, SE22). www.ddfas.org.uk.

Friday 15 June: Club Local 8pm – 1am. Calling all locals who’d love a decent night out but don’t want to trek all the way into town to party with hipsters half their age. CLUB LOCAL brings together like-minded South East Londoners for a dance night on your doorstep, 2 DJ sets playing the best Club Classics (from 1995 – present day) and Disco Remixes. A chance to get together with good friends and enjoy dance music we know you will love. Tickets £9 per adult (incl. a glass of Prosecco) OR £7.50 without Prosecco. The Lodge (upstairs) @ The East Dulwich Tavern, 1 Lordship Lane, SE22. www.thelittlediscocompany.co.uk

Saturday 16 June: Dulwich Opera Company present Mozart’s Così fan tutte Dulwich Opera Company are returning to All Saints Church, West Dulwich, this June with Mozart’s classic tale of love and deception.

Described by Opera Today as “compulsive and enjoyable”, this young and vibrant company look forward to opening their UK tour in their home base. Featuring a cast of young professional singers, this production presents an elegant take on the comedy. Set to some of Mozart’s most glorious music, the opera is performed in the original Italian with English surtitles. The creative team is headed by international opera director, Ptolemy Christie, and designer Leah Sams. Tickets £23 / £21 / Under 16’s £10 at: www.dulwichoperacompany.org.uk/box-office.

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Saturday 16 June: Heber Family Picnic & Dog Show 12-2.30pm. The Parents & Friends of Heber School invite you to join us for an afternoon of family fun at Heber Primary School, Heber Road, SE22 9LA. Bring a picnic or enjoy our tasty BBQ and ice creams.

Bouncy Castle, Games and Dog Show at 1pm (£3 to enter your dog). Prospective and new families to the school are especially welcome! Proudly supported

by Daisy Lets, The Neighbourhood Vet and Maison Dog.

Saturday 16 June: Baby & Children’s Market – Nearly New Sale 1-3 pm. St Barnabas Parish Hall SE21 7BT. Lots of stalls bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 6 years. Plus a small selection of unique businesses in the baby & children’s industry showcasing and selling their products & services all under one roof! Great brands at up to 90% off the full retail price! **NOW OPEN FOR SELLER STALL BOOKINGS**. To book a stall email: corinne@babyandchildrensmarket.co.uk or go to: www.babyandchildrensmarket.co.uk. £1 entry per adult, kids free. Indoor market. Bring plenty of cash, no atm available on site.

What's On - June Tuesday 19 June: Laugh Train JOHN ROBINS (Mock The Week, Alan Davies: As Yes Untitled) and IAN SMITH (Popadroms).

8-10pm (potentially 10:15). Previews £6-8 adv / £8 door. at The Honor Oak Pub, 1 St. German’s Rd., SE23 1RH. Visit www.LaughTrainHome.com

Wednesday 20 June: The Peckham Society Peckham Rye Park to One Tree Hill walk 6.30pm-8.30pm. Led by Peter Frost. Meet at the Clockhouse PH, junc Barry Road/Peckham Rye SE22. From Peckham Rye Park with its natural diversity up to Brenchley Gardens and the wildlife reserve and the history of One Tree Hill. This walk experiences the park and then the views from the summit of One Tree Hill northwards over London.

Wednesday 20 June: An Evening With Antony Beevor 7.30pm. Renowned historian Antony Beevor discusses the battle for the bridge at Arnhem and it’s place in British history. He has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting and what was an iconic moment in British and European history as well as an analysis of the cost of failure, which included pitiless German reprisals. www.village-books.co.uk/events. Tickets £10/£8

Wednesday 20 June: Kimchi Fermentation Workshop Captured on the Rye, East Dulwich. £20. Come along to Captured on the Rye in East Dulwich to find out more about Korean Kimchi, a spicy, fermented cabbage that is gaining huge popularity in the U.K. Kimchi is a fermented food containing healthy probiotics which have been found to improve immunity, control inflammation, and help maintain a healthy digestive system. Tickets https://billetto.co.uk

Thursday 21 June: Mums in Business Come along at 8pm to Daisy Lets & Sales on Lordship Lane and meet new and existing members, have a chat and some nibbles and a glass of wine! Please do let me know if you plan to come so I know numbers in advance, email: claire@daisylets.uk.

Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 June: The Dulwich Players present GRIMM TALES FOR YOUNG AND OLD by Philip Pullman Adapted for the stage by Philip Wilson with original music by Paul Grimwood & lyrics by Gill Daly. To be performed in the gardens of Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich, SE21 7BG Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd June at 8pm Saturday 23rd June at 5pm and 8pm Sunday 24th June at 2pm and 5pm Recommended age 8+. This will be a promenade performance through the gardens of Bell House.

Some seating will be available to hire but audience are welcome to bring portable chairs and/or rugs.

Sorry no dogs. Tickets: £12 and £8 (under 16 years of age) available from Dulwich Players Box Office 07936 531356. boxoffice@dulwichplayers.org, online at www.dulwichplayers.org and from Art Stationers, Dulwich Village.

Saturday 23 June: Love West Dulwich Summer Fair 11am-4pm The Love West Dulwich Summer Fair will take place on Park Hall Road, Croxted Road and Rosendale Road in West Dulwich, SE21. Celebrating the best of West Dulwich, the family themed day will highlight our wonderful local community and include fun fair rides, farm animals, live music, stalls, children’s activities, as well as food and drink.

Saturday 23 June: Forest Hill Methodist Church Circuit Summer Fair 10.30am to 2.30pm.

Raffles, tombola, books, plants, stalls, and more.

Lunch, refreshments and home made cakes.

Private hire tables £10 each contact the Church Office. Entrance 50p, children 20p, under 5’s free. Raising money for Mercy Ships and Rafiki Foundation. 20% of money raised goes to World Mission of the Methodist Church, Normanton Street, Forest Hill SE23 2DS. www.foresthillmethodistchurch.org SE22 - June 2018 | 33

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Edward Bawden Until 9 September 2018

@dulwichgallery Gallery Lates: Architecture & Identity Starts 22 June 2018. 6-10pm £12; £10 Friends & Concessions As part of our 2019 Pavilion design competition, we’ll be joined by architects and experts from London Festival of Architecture to discuss how the Gallery’s identity is shaped by its architecture.

Pop-Up Pavilion The British artist and designer Edward Bawden (1903–89) is today renowned for his monumental linocuts of Brighton Pier and other Victorian architecture, and for his witty designs for companies like Twinings and Fortnum & Mason.

This will e the first major exhibition to look at every aspect of Bawden’s career, championing him as a fine artist while also demonstrating the wit and versatility of his design work.

Edward Bawden: Curator's Lecture 28 June 2018. 7.30pm £12; £10 Friends & Concessions

24 June 2018. 10am-5pm Help us create a pop-up Pavilion in our Linbury Room. Drop in at any time during the day to make your additions to this temporary structure. We will be taking inspiration from the six shortlisted designs for the Dulwich Pavilion 2019, which will also be on display. Have your say, and create the ideal art space! Free - Drop-in

Dulwich Pavilion 2019: The Shortlist 5 June - 22 July 2018 Tues - Sun, 10am - 5pm FREE

Join the Edward Bawden curator James Russell, author of The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden (Mainstone Press), a study of Bawden’s 1930s paintings, and titles devoted to Eric Ravilious and other artists of the period, to explore Bawden’s life and work.

Rediscover: Tiepolo's 'Joseph Receiving Pharoah's Ring' Until 3 June 2018 Rediscover one of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s finest masterpieces: Joseph Receiving Pharaoh’s Riby Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770). Since 2016, this painting has been the focus of a major conservation project. With the help of X-rays, this display explores the changes the artist made during the course of its production.

Gallery Road, Dulwich, London SE21 7AD www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

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Come and have your say on the six shortlisted designs for the 2019 Dulwich Pavilion. Models and visualisations of the proposed designs by young and emerging architects will be on display in the Gallery’s glass walkway throughout this year’s London Festival of Architecture, and you will have the opportunity to vote for your favourite. The community vote will be combined with the judging panel’s votes to select the winning design. Architects will be tasked with exploring how the 2019 Pavilion might act as a welcome space to set the tone for visitors arriving at the Gallery.

Love East Dulwich

Call for aspiring photographers to capture the spirit of East Dulwich

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photo competition has been launched to celebrate everything that’s great about East Dulwich. Open to all ages and abilities, local residents and lovers of East Dulwich are invited to submit their favourite snaps along with up to 240 characters about why their photo captures the spirit of SE22. Up to 15 winning photos will be picked by an independent judging panel to form an outdoor exhibition this summer.

The exhibition will be hosted on a route stretching from East Dulwich station down Lordship Lane.

Entering the competition is quick and easy with four ways to submit a photo: 1) Post it on Instagram, and include #MEandED @ LoveEastD in the photo caption.

2) Post the photo on the MEandED Facebook page and including #MEandED @LoveEastD in the photo caption 3) Email the photo to eastdagroup@gmail.com 4) Entries can also be posted or delivered in person to ED, 41 North Cross Road, East Dulwich, SE22 9ET. Sharing the love for East Dulwich is absolutely encouraged on social media using #MEandED and @ LoveEastD, and the deadline for photo submissions is

5pm on Friday 15 June 2017. Funded by a grant from the London Borough of Southwark, the project has the backing of Southwark Council, Dulwich Festival, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery, local schools, residents and businesses.

For further details and to check the full terms and conditions, please visit https://loveeastdulwich. com/me-ed-photo-competition/

About East Dulwich Action Group East Dulwich Action Group (EDAG) is a collection of volunteers comprising of businesses, market traders and residents who live and work in the area.

EDAG is working with the local community on several projects in SE22, such as improvements to the market on North Cross Road and creating a recognisable brand celebrating the independent spirit of East Dulwich which includes a mural at East Dulwich Station and an outdoor exhibition this summer. Projects are funded, via the High Street Challenge initiative, by the London Borough of Southwark. For further information, please contact: Eastdagroup@gmail.com www.loveeastdulwich.com | SE22 - June 2018 | 35

What's On - June Sunday 24 June: JAGS Community – Summer Concert 6pm. The James Allen’s Girls’ School Choral Society and JACO, the James Allen Community Orchestra, with special guests JAPS Orchestra performing a summer concert in the new Vaughan Williams Auditorium at James Allen’s Girls’ School, 144 East Dulwich Grove, SE22 8TE. Tickets – £10.00. Students and children – FREE. The Needles Overture – Matthew Taylor The Rio Grande – Constant Lambert Jupiter from The Planets – Gustav Holst My soul, there is a country – Hubert Parry A Trip to Mars – Peter Gritton (world premiere) Conductor – Peter Gritton Piano – John Flinders

Monday 25 June: Dulwich & District U3A – Connecting People with Plants 2-4pm. A tour of Chelsea Physic Garden (founded 1673) and the South London Botanical Institute (founded 1910). A talk by Zoe Lepere and Roy Vickery. Herne Hill Baptist Church,Half Moon Lane, SE24 9HU.

Tuesday 26 June: Laugh Train DESIREE BURCH (Live at The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats) & CAREY MARX (Intensive Carey (BBC Radio 4, Comedy Store Headliner). 8-10pm (potentially 10:15). Previews £6-8 adv / £8 door. at The Honor Oak Pub, 1 St. German’s Rd., SE23 1RH. Visit www.LaughTrainHome.com

Wednesday 27 June: Work on Emmanuel Wildlife Garden, Chalford Road 2-4pm. Want to get down to Earth? Then get to Emmanuel wildlife garden, off Chalford Road, West Dulwich on the last Wednesday afternoon of every month. Norwood Wildlife Team created a garden on a patch between Emmanueel, a Parish Church, and their neighbours 12yrs ago and have recently returned it to its original purpose with the help of Church members.

Beginners welcome. We hope to see you, for further information: John Cotter on 8244 8724.

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Wednesday 27 June: Mark Evison Foundation’s visit to the Royal Gardens at Highgrove 10-2.30pm. Prince Charles has offered us his garden at its June best. Arrival at 10.30, and then we will be given high-quality garden tours in small groups with experts who can explain all. There will be a two-course lunch with wine at 12.30. It is a fascinating garden and a great experience, with thanks to Prince Charles. (A bus will go from Dulwich, if interested.) RSVP as soon as possible to info@markevisonfoundation.org.

Wednesday 27 June: Dulwich Runners AC Mid Summers 3 x 1 mile relays Dulwich Park. Open to all abilities, this is a fun event for people to do after work, whether as part of a club team, with friends or work colleagues. 7.30pm start, Dulwich Park, College Road, Dulwich, SE21 7BQ. £15 per team of 3. Open to Men’s, Women’s or Mixed Teams. Prizes for the top 3 teams in each category.

Entry form at: www.dulwichrunners.org.uk. We are also pleased to announce that a Children’s Mile Fun Run will precede the Relay Races at 7pm. Open to Under 14s, £2 entry on the day.

Wednesday 27 June: Cooking with Scissors An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business.

Meets at upstairs at The Palmerston, 91 Lordship Lane, SE22 from 6.45pm – 8.45pm. The last Wednesday of every month. Free Admission. To find out more or register your interest in attending, please email s bn@cookingwithscissors.co.uk.

Thursday 28 June The Bigger Picture Presents: Nocturnal Animals @8pm Director: Tom Ford. USA. 116 minutes. Cert: 15 With Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams.

"A modern, award-winning film with strong leads and direction, with a suitably enigmatic and postmodern conclusion." www.thebiggerpic.co.uk.

Showing at THE IVY HOUSE 40 Stuart Road Nunhead, London SE15 3BE 020 7277 8233 | ivyhousenunhead.com Tickets £7 online at: www.wegottickets.com.

What's On - June Friday 29 June: Luke Jackson, Anne-Marie Sanderson, Les Elvin at The Ivy House Luke Jackson is one of the best young singer/ songwriter/performers we have ever seen. He has an unmistakeable voice and a strikingly individual vision. Two great support artists too, both very different and both appearing at the Goose for the first time. For more information please see our website! Tickets £10/8 advance, £11/9 on the door.

Door 7pm. Live music starts 8pm. For advance tickets and information. www.thegooseisout.com

Saturday 30 June: “Love Songs Through the Ages” Dulwich Choral Society Summer Concert. 7:30pm at St Stephen’s Church, College Road. Tickets £15 (£5 for under 18s) dulwichchoralsociety.org.uk or on the door. All welcome.

Saturday 30 June: Car Boot Sale at Alleyns Head Pub SE21 Paxton Green Time Bank is very happy to announce that we are the Charity of the Year for the Alleyns Head pub in West Dulwich. One of the fundraising activities we will be running alongside landlord Rob and the team will be a monthly car boot sale in the pub car park, on the last Saturday of each month.

Pitches are available to book at £10 or £15 for vans, all bookings and enquiries please get in touch with PGTB director Alison at alison@pgtimebank.org.

Please note there will be no pitches available on the day, pre booked only. Car boot sale 9am to 1pm, set up for traders from 8am. There will also be some family activities on the day, and members on hand to tell people all about the time bank!

To get your listing here contact: angela@semagazines.co.uk

Emmanuel Wildlife Garden

EMMANUEL WILDLIFE GARDEN in Chalford Road has run into trouble with its restoration work.

Two key members of Norwood wildlife team are ill and team leader John Cotter would like new volunteers willing to give up their Saturday afternoons, not just the last Wednesday afternoon of each month.

He said: “We have replanted three outlying beds which are now in full flower and giving a lot of pleasure but the main area is only half planted. Besides help we need more plants WILD FOXGLOVE would be specially welcome”.

Current work is making use of the wood from the dozen trees felled or dug out when they returned to restore the garden created 13yrs. ago.

The heavier timber is to be made into a gate and an arbour.

An orchard of wild fruit trees to feed the birds has been partly restored: there is now a crab apple, wild cherry and wild plum. It is planned to add a wild pear and a bird cherry in the autumn.

The team is funding the work in much the same way they funded creating the COUNTRY WALK across three acres of NORWOOD PARK, by selling surplus plants. On sale each volunteer day will be three cornered Garlic (£3 a clump), five Blackberry plants in compost containing wildflower seeds (to feed the bees in Spring, you in Autumn and keep burglars off your back fence all year round £5) and 9 willow wands to make an arbour or living fence (£7) all free to volunteers plus use of the teams big collection of tools for their own garden.

AS YOU SEE ADDED SESSIONS ON EACH SATURDAY 2-5pm are planned as well as THE LAST WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTH NEXT ON 27TH JUNE

John Cotter can be contacted on 020 8244 8724

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SE22 Councillors with James Barber

2018 Local Election Results

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adly, the local election results were not great for me and my Lib Dem colleagues in East Dulwich. We lost. This will be my last column as a local councillor for SE22 Magazine. Congratulations to all the 241 candidates who stood across Southwark, their helpers, nominators, families, but especially to everyone who voted. Our democracy only works due to the dedication of so many people volunteering their time and effort – often knowing they stand no chance of winning.

Well done to the successful Labour candidates and their team. You ran the better campaign and won with a resounding victory.

Congratulations.

Party

% of Votes

Conservatives

12%

Councillors

% of cllrs

Green Party

11%

Labour

54%

49

82%

Lib Dems

20%

11

18%

Others

3%

It has been a privilege to service my local community for 12 years as one of your Lib Dem councillors. Thank you for that opportunity and trust. And what a lot we did in those 12 years. The major things we initiated and made happen included: Dulwich Leisure Centre refurb, modernised local street lighting, Harris Primary School East Dulwich, The Charter School East Dulwich, cinema, Lordship Lane crossings, lots of crime prevention.

The stories I could tell about making each of these and so many other projects happen… I still have a number of projects and items of casework in the pipeline which I will ensure are delivered, such as the new Grove Vale Library.

are around the junction with North Cross Road, Milo Road and the section from Barry Road to Friern Road. Clearly this will cause disruption.

I have asked that if humanly possible this resurfacing happens during the August / school summer holidays to minimise that disruption.

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club Well done to Dulwich Hamlet for winning promotion to the National League South. Outstanding.

Achieving this in any normal year would be quite something. Achieving it this year the clubs 125th anniversary, while locked out of their ground, is simply astonishing. But it also raises the issue that any permanent solution to the Champion Hll ground must result in a ground that can support further promotions and the ever increasing fan base. Any housing on the current ground or its surrounding land is likely to block this and must be resisted.

East Dulwich Station Mural Some amazing synchronicity. Local businesses had been thinking of making a splash outside East Dulwich station with a mural and smartening the area up. I had applied for some money to do the same thing. Joining this together is proving fun. You can help judge which mural you’d like to see here – www.meanded.co.uk. In parallel we’ve organised removal of the Eurobins. The bin lockers will be moved across the road in June. The council cleaning team have agreed to spray down the area. If you’ve any ideas to make East Dulwich that bit more special get in touch.

Free Property Marking I still have the final 31 kits of the 2,500 burglary crime prevention SelectaDNA kits to distribute. If you’d like one of these kits, please get in touch – jamesvbarber@gmail.com.

Lordship Lane Resurfacing Some good and bad news. After reporting so many pot holes and cracks along Lordship this council year pretty much all of Lordship Lane between Goose Green and the south circular will be resurfaced. The sections that won’t be resurfaced 38 | SE22 - June 2018

James barber, Former Liberal Democrat Councillor for East Dulwich – (but still) Fighting your corner 07900 227366 | jamesvbarber@gmail.com www.jamesbarber.org.uk @cJamesLibDem

Horniman Museum & Gardens World Gallery Opens 29 June

Yamal: The Stream of Life Opens Friday 29 June Photographer Bryan Alexander has spent the last 25 years documenting the lives and culture of people living in the Yamal region of Northwest Siberia. This display of his work in the World Gallery reveals aspects of traditional life, and how it has been affected by social, cultural and environmental changes taking place. FREE

Grasslands Garden

‘Artists Impressions World Gallery aisle, Planning and design by Ralph Appelbaum Associates’ The World Gallery is a new permanent gallery which celebrates human creativity, imagination and adaptability, displaying over 3,000 extraordinary objects from the Horniman’s internationally important anthropology collection. Presented as a series of encounters with cultures from across the continents, the gallery gives visitors a glimpse into other ways of understanding the world.

The displays include a beautiful camel saddle from North Africa, Chinese paper offerings, the prow of a Libyan refugee boat, a Native American tomahawk and a sword made of sharks’ teeth from Kiribati in the Central Pacific.

These are complemented by new acquisitions and commissions, as well as sections on different ways of categorising objects and on the history of the Museum.

The opening of the World Gallery is the culmination of a five-year project that has also involved the transformation of the gallery space to re-introduce daylight and capture the spirit of the original museum building.

Open from Friday 29 June Wander through wild landscapes in the new Grasslands Garden, featuring spectacular plants from North American prairie and South African grasslands. Celebrating critically threatened wild landscapes, the garden has species flowering across the summer months, from pasqueflower to prairie dock and goldenrods to wild gladiolus.

The naturalistic planting scheme was devised by Olympic Park designer James Hitchmough, and the Grasslands Garden is linked to the Horniman’s new World Gallery of anthropology, opening on 29 June 2018. FREE

Coral: Fabric of the Reef Until Sunday 9 September 2018 Inspired by the Museum’s Aquarium and Natural History collection, artist Karen Dodd uses woollen fabric – dyed and sculpted, and intricately bound and stitched – to draw attention to coral and coral reefs, simultaneously celebrating their beauty and raising awareness of their vulnerability in the face of increasing environmental change. FREE

Friends’ Art Exhibition Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 June, 10.30am-4.30pm The annual Friends’ Art Exhibition showcases paintings, prints, textile art and sculptures from South London’s artistic community. Held in the Horniman Conservatory, witness the wealth of talent from both new and established artists.

All works exhibited are for sale and support Horniman projects. FREE ENTRY

The Horniman Public Museum & Park Trust 100 London Road, SE23 3PQ | www.horniman.ac.uk

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The Last Word – Sam Conniff Allende

am is a life-long south Londoner, a multi award winning social entrepreneur and recently became an author with his Best Seller debut Be More Pirate, out on Penguin now. Sam has also been a mentor to thousands of young entrepreneurs around the world and received EY’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year and the Queens Award for Enterprise. He lives in SE22 with his wife Vivi and two daughters Frida and Scarlett.

What brought you here?

The 37 bus. The year I turned 37 (A few years ago) I realised I was born where it begins (St Mary’s Hospital) and was now at the end (Peckham Rye).

My whole life, tied to a bus route. Luckily this year I can get the 42 and still remain age appropriate.

When I want to relax...

What has changed most during that time?

What is your favourite shop?

Bus fares.

What do you most value about the area?

I value my neighbours, some days our street is like a Richard Curtis film. When we moved in, my wonderful wife had just relocated from Mexico, where there’s a real sense of community, our street isn’t Mexico, but they made us very welcome. I’ll always be grateful for that.

Do you belong to any groups?

None that would have me.

What one thing would you change?

I would try to engage East Dulwich in a useful conversation about gentrification. I love M&S as much as the next middle aged, middle class dad, but I don’t love seeing an area homogonise. We live somewhere really special and we should value and protect it.

The one thing you couldn’t do without?

Quiet pint in the Palmerston with Adam.

Farmers, best shop on Lordship Lane, and long may they rule, what can you not get from Farmers and what do they sell that you do not need? I’m always reassured in case of Armageddon that they are so close.

What was the last thing you bought there?

A sledge. See what I mean?

If money was no object…

The the world would be a happier place and mankind would be free from its suicidal addictions to material goods we don’t need, the trappings of wealth we can’t keep and the fallacy of money that drives inequality and unhappiness.

My secret ambition…

To be Prime Minister of the socialist republic of East Dulwich.

The book I’m reading at the moment..

Yama Momo on a date, with my beautiful wife before maybe going to the Picture House.

Be More Pirate, or How To Take On The World And Win. I wrote it in the Café’s of Lordship Lane (one of those laptop people) during 2017, it’s now a bestseller with US rights under contract. I’m reading it again because I don’t believe I wrote something successful.

The best meal I’ve ever had…

My perfect holiday…

M&S.

What is your favourite place to eat?

Bacon Sandwich, Johnnies Café, Hungover.

Your favourite place to go for a drink?

The Palmerston. Always. For a quiet pint. For Sunday Lunch with family, For weekend brunch with friends, or even dressed as a Stormtrooper, bit drunk, one Halloween. Long story.

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Mexico, with my family, this August, after this year, I can not wait.

Sam’s book Be More Pirate is out now, and available in Rye Books or Chener Books, on Penguin. www.bemorepirate.com

Education News from Alleyn's

Bringing Languages to Life

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hilip Harper has been a teacher of Spanish and French at Alleyn’s for over ten years.

Here he offers tips on encouraging your child to develop their languages.

If I had a euro for every time a parent has said, ‘If only I’d tried harder at languages at school’, I could have retired years ago!

Why learn a language?

Apart from the obvious ability to communicate abroad, being proficient in another language develops self-confidence, promotes tolerance, widens the opportunities available to your child, will make their life more interesting and will offer them a perspective on how different countries function.

Further down the line, they would be able to combine a language with many different university courses, which can lead to a year abroad. What’s not to like?

Getting started Even if you do not speak a language yourself, you can still help your children to do so, and the long summer holidays is the perfect time to start.

• Use mealtimes to practise languages. Learn a few set mealtime phrases and use them throughout the meal.

• Even if you only know a few phrases in another language, use them sometimes and your child will start seeing foreign languages as a normal part of life.

• Listen to foreign radio and encourage your child to watch foreign children’s programmes on TV, DVD or online. It doesn’t matter if they don’t understand – they will become accustomed to the accent and develop their ‘ear’.

• Consider a bilingual nursery or playgroup – or language classes for young children that use song, dance, games and drama to inspire your young linguist.

• Set aside ten minutes a day for your child to ‘play’ on a language app – you may find they spend longer once they are hooked.

The internet has some fantastic language

resources, and if you learn alongside your children the whole family benefits. Here are just a few: • Duolingo is a tried and tested app that has a variety of short exercises suitable for all ages, and it is completely free. Your child could do one a day.

• Busuu is a well-designed app that provides flashcards, along with grammar, writing, dialogue and pronunciation exercises.

• Quizlet is great for vocabulary acquisition. It allows you to create a group of words and helps you memorise them by giving you the correct pronunciation and testing you through flashcards or games like ‘Gravity’ (space-invaders for linguists).

• www.languagesonline.org.uk is great for grammar. It has a variety of activities for beginners to A-Level and covers most European languages. It also has vocabulary games - my personal favourite is ‘Speedword’, where you test your spelling against the clock.

Learning a language requires dedication but it can be enormous fun with life-long benefits for your child.

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Index of Advertisers Alexandra Nurseries ..................................................17 Around Dulwich .........................................................31 Beacon Roofing ...........................................................7 Bells: The Dulwich Kitchen and Bathroom Company ..................................................................28 Bespoke Windows .....................................................13 Bradley Viljoen Design...............................................25 The Clinic with Dr Mayoni.........................................31 The Clipper ................................................................17 Cooking with Scissors Networking ............................31 David Reynolds .........................................................25 Dream Doors: Quality Kitchen Facelifts .....................15 Heber School Family Picnic .......................................43 Henson Security ........................................................27 Jeannie Avent Gallery.................................................25 Knight Frank .............................................................. 5 The Little Clipper .......................................................17 Littlebluefish: Web Desgin .........................................15 London & Kent Roofing Ltd .......................................15

Mac Support ..............................................................13 Phil Polglaze Exhibition..............................................25 Pickwick Estates ....................................................Back Piercy & Co ................................................................13 Property In ..................................................................2 Puccini Kitchens................................................10 & 11 Push Studios..............................................................19 Rosie Reilly Plumber..................................................27 Smart Business Networking ......................................31 Steve Smith Accountants ..........................................17 Therapy.........................................................................7 Walsh Glazing ............................................................27 William Bailey Solicitors...............................................7

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