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Two stories we don’t think you’re meant to know... EYESORE: View for residents and visitors on Christmas Eve 2015

GIG ISSUE: Council wants to rent out Heath for concerts

Council applies Water feature to itself to rent scrapped as ‘sad’ £2.4m Gardens Heath out for 60 shows a year revamped again

e l b u o r t e l b Dou GREENWICH Council has applied – to itself – for permission to use a protected part of the Heath for “revenue-raising” shows up to 60 times a year.

Cutty Sark Gardens is to be revamped less than four years after a £2.4million make-over by Greenwich Council including a water feature that was rarely used.

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Circus Field, near the gates of Greenwich Park, could host up to 4,999 people at each show – from music concerts to films and children’s events – in marquees each night until 10.30pm or 10pm on Sundays. The plan is opposed by residents’ groups and a councillor, who fear more noise, traffic congestion and the loss of a public space…but the chance to object ends on January 18. Letters to

The jets are said to be faulty, and people have slipped on its expensive ridged paving. Instead, the area – just in front of the Foot Tunnel entrance – has been permanently cordoned off with barriers and hazard tape. Now the feature – designed to echo the rise and fall of the tide on the Thames a few yards away – is to be ripped up this month. A council spokesman told The Greenwich Visitor: “The decision to remove the water

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lackheath common is a special place. It took organisers of a pop festival there four years to get a licence. There are some well-loved regular events – Bank Holiday fairs and a circus, and the start of the London Marathon – but we think most people agree our wide open green spaces should be kept exactly that. So it’s shocking that Greenwich Council’s Department of Culture, Sport and Media (Floor 3, The Woolwich Centre) has applied to its Licensing Department (Floor 4, The Woolwich Centre) to hold up to 60 days and nights of events there with the bare minimum of openness. Letters from the Council to residents – only those living nearby – were delivered late and in the run-up to Christmas when many people are distracted. Last month, the

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council’s PR department sent out press releases about a new loyalty card, its war on betting shops and extra police patrols… but not one about this historic and controversial change. We didn’t spot any coverage in its own paper either. The only mention we can find is a small notice on December 15 on Page

23 asking for objections within three weeks. Conveniently the paper is not published over Christmas. Flyers were posted on local lamp-posts too...How reassuring. There are so many good reasons to stop this plan. Greenwich already has a fine theatre funded by Greenwich Council –

and therefore YOU – world class dance conservatoires and music venues. Wonderful, accessible spaces in the heart of historic Greenwich – like the ORNC – already host such events, earning revenue to maintain them. Does Greenwich Council really need to claw in cash away from them by adding more noise, congestion and

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There’s a lot of work going on at Elizabeth granted us Royal Status Greenwich Market...are they in February 2012. building the new hotel they were What should we do today? You’ve talking about? Not any more! picked up a Greenwich Visitor – Greenwich Hospital, which owns good start. Next visit the Tourist the site, is refurbishing the roof and Information Centre at Pepys House, cobbles – which is now done – and 2 Cutty Sark Gardens (just next to adding a new smaller market in a the Cutty Sark). Get advice, buy yard next door. There’s been a tickets for boats, tube, DLR, rail, market here since the 1300s. buses and coaches, book tours, buy tickets for Is the Foot Tunnel London attractions. working yet? After G r e e n w i c h Is anyone using Council’s botched the cable car £11.5million WANT TO ADVERTISE? yet? Cheek! The refurb, the Emirates Air HAVE A STORY? 113-year-old Line is little use Greenwich tunnel for getting about Call Matt on 07802 743324 reopened in 2012. – and shuts in Matt@TheGreenwich but problems high winds – but persisted. A friends i t ’s a f u t u r i s t i c Visitor.com group Fogwoft.com attraction we love. has pushed the Council We watched the for improvements. Lifts are Olympics in Greenwich. It’s a now working better and lift alerts lot different now. There was a and movement management system controversial 20,000-seater stadium start soon. Will it cool competing here in 2012. Most agree it helped demands of walkers and cyclists? our global appeal. Fingers crossed. Museums. Are they free? Yes – I read that Greenwich is a World except the Fan Museum, which has Heritage Site? Yes, it gained UN no public funding but a worldWorld Heritage Site status in the leading collection of fans. And the 90s. We’re UN-protected. Wernher Collection of art at And it’s a Royal Borough? Yes. We Ranger’s House, run by English have 1,000 years of Royal links. Heritage. There are some paid for Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were shows at the National Maritime born here and christened at St Alfege Museum. You pay to stand on the Church. In fact Queen Elizabeth Meridian Line inside the Royal played under the oak that bears her Observatory too. And it’s 20p to name in Greenwich Park. Queen use the loos in Greenwich Park!

disruption for residents? Study the application and its implications at www.westcombesociety.org. But hurry. The deadline is January 18. n intriguing twist in the sale of local “craft” ale producer Meantime Brewery... Last spring it was sold to giant SAB Miller for an undisclosed sum. In the summer SAB Miller was itself bought by the world’s largest brewer AB InBev for £71billion. Meantime now finds itself in limbo – put up for sale by the new owner, keen to claw back cash it borrowed to fund the deal. Strangely, AB InBev later snapped up a different London producer – Camden Brewing Company. Beer industry expert Roger Protz describes it as “a fast-moving beer and soap opera.” He told television news viewers recently that no brewer’s beers improve after a buy-up. Maybe it’s a blessing.

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VOLUNTEERS from historic St Alfege Church are hosting a concert of piano music this month to raise money for a crucial charity for homeless people here. St Alfege Cooks spend each Christmas and the winter months cooking, delivering and serving hot meals for people at the Deptford-based 999 Club, It’s the fifth year that volunteers from the town centre church and nearby St Mark’s have helped make life more bearable for homeless people by cooking meals – in the church kitchens or at home. And this year they’re giving extra support with the nationally acclaimed English Piano Trio performing music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert – to raise money for the 999 Club, which helps up to 5,000 vulnerable people each year. As well as providing food when necessary, the 999 Club helps people find a hostel place or permanent accommodation, helps them with debt problems, clothing, benefits and finding employment and education. Penny Matheson – one of the St Alfege Cooks – said: “We had quite a lot of cooks and vegetable choppers hard at work for Christmas but there are always evenings such as Sundays St Alfege Church, and difficult times like New Greenwich Year’s Eve when more help n centre tow is needed. “Drivers who can deliver meals and are strong enough Sunday January 24 to carry sacks of potatoes and 4pm trays full of stew are particularly welcome. And even the most reliable cooks go on holiday or fall i l l . We h a v e a n e w w e b s i t e w w w . stalfegecooks.org.uk which will tell you where there are shortages and how to register as a volunteer.” “We’ll be cooking again next Christmas,” says Penny. “So if you missed out this year, there is always next time!” Tickets for the concert on January 24 (4pm) are £10 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/homelesssunday or at the door. Info: www.stalfegecooks.org.uk www.999Club.org.

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“MY soul dances when I see the beauty of a Greenwich sunset,,” says photographer Daniela Markova. And you can see why, in this wonderful landscape. Daniele (inset) runs photography courses for children and takes photographs of families in London. See more of her photographs at www.facebook.com/ didymarkova. Have you taken a fabulous picture here? We love to see them. Email Matt@TheGreenwichVisitor.com

Cello Hello! CROATION classical sensations 2CELLOS will headline the third night of the Greenwich Music Time festival next summer. Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser’s version of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck has had more than 50million views on YouTube. 2CELLOS will be on stage at the historic Old Royal Naval College on Tuesday July 5. Other performers include Swedish pop duo Roxette on Friday July 8 and jazz star Jamie Cullum on Sunday July 10.

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GET the stepladders out – experts from the BBC’s Flog It antiques show will be in Greenwich this month to check out your heirlooms.

Host Paul Martin and experts Mark Stacey, Elizabeth Talbot and Philip Serrell will be at the spectacular Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College. You can bring along up to three antiques and collectables you’re interested in selling. Once valued, you and a team of experts decide whether an object should go forward for auction. If the item is chosen it is included in a sale

a few weeks later – hopefully for a tidy £2 later fetched £5,000. Presenter Paul sum. Everyone who goes along to Martin says: “I’m looking forward to the Valuation Day at the world exploring the Old Royal Naval heritage site will receive a College and revealing some of free valuation –even if the areas fascinating history their antiques are not to our viewers. I hope as Painted Hall at Old chosen to go forward for many people as possible ege Royal Naval Coll auction. The popular will come along to see us show has had some with their items for valuable finds – a rare valuation.” Saturday January Aboriginal Broad Shield Four editions of the show 30 9.30-4pm kept in a wardrobe sold at featuring the ORNC will be auction for £30,000. And an broadcast over 2016. Flog It will unusual Royal Doulton Spook be at The Painted Hall on Saturday figurine bought at a car boot sale for January 30 (9.30am-4pm).

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WE CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD-LEADING

Afternoon Tea in the Museum’s Orangery

2016 is a special year for a unique treaure of Greenwich – The Fan Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new exhibition starting this month. Independent and funded only by the visitors it attacts, it houses the finest collection of fans in the world. Camilla Hiscock, the Museum’s Curatorial Assistant, is your guide to the A to Z of its treasures.

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fternoon Tea: The museum is famed for its afternoon tea, often described as “the best value afternoon tea in London.” Set in a beautiful painted Orangery, tea can be booked on Tuesdays and Sundays and there is an additional walk-in service offered on Fridays and most Saturdays. irthday: The late seventeenth century French unmounted fan leaf Birthday of the Grand Dauphin is a prominent feature of Greenwich residents the museum’s permanent display, depicting enjoy free entry from the twentieth birthday of The Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV of France. January 16-31. You must take proof ollections: The Fan Museum holds over five thousand fans, fan leaves and of address. associated materials. ali: One of the museum’s most unusual treasures is a folding fan by Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, depicting a scene from Don Quixote. xhibitions: Alongside its permanent display, The Fan Museum presents a diverse array of temporary exhibitions every year. These exhibitions are changed every three months in order to showcase different elements of the museum’s collection. abergé: Another gem from the collection is a late nineteenth century fan made from blonde tortoiseshell and fine lace. It is signed by Michael Perchin, a work master from the house of Fabergé. ift Shop: The museum gift shop carries a range of carefully selected products from exhibition catalogues to jewellery and every purchase helps support the museum. A recently launched online gift shop enables customers from all over the world to make purchases. élène Alexander: The museum’s founder and director is a world authority on fans and her personal collection formed the basis of the museum’s holdings.

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ndependent: The Fan Museum is an independent organisation which receives no public funding. Charging admission provides a valuable income stream enabling the museum to continue its work. apanese: The museum holds a wonderful collection of Japanese fans, which includes the largest “fan” on display: a rare 19th Century wooden shop sign! ing Charles II: The Restoration of King Charles II to the throne of England is commemorated by a paper folding fan decorated with a woodcut print of crowns, sceptres, acorns and oak leaves and is inscribed The Hapy [sic] Restoration. ogo: The logo is based on a famous coin which had once been in the collection of Helene Alexander’s father, a notable collector of coins and other antiquities. It is a silver tetradrachm with a portrait of Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, backed by two ancient Egyptian-style fans. ask Fan: An unusual fan with painted bone sticks and paper leaf completes the Museum’s collection of English printed fans. It is decorated with a mask complete with eyeholes and illustrations of a music shop, theatre and a fan shop.

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ewest: The newest acquisition is a unique, embroidered Elizabethan folding fan, which has been integrated into the permanent display. No other folding fans of this type are thought to have survived. rangery: The museum’s Orangery features intricate murals painted by theatrical and garden designer Jane Barraclough. The Orangery is available to hire for private functions such as baby showers, small wedding receptions and birthday parties. arker: Previous occupants of the building in which the museum is housed include Sir William Parker, Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy, who lived with his family at 12 Crooms Hill in the 1790s. uetzal: The oldest object in the museum is a Treasures of tenth century pre-Columbian fixed fan the Fan Museum decorated with exotic plumage from the quetzal, a large South American bird with iridescent green and red feathers. oyal Patron, Duchess of Cornwall: Since ich enw Crooms Hill Gre 2009, the Duchess of Cornwall has been the museum’s patron. Over the years she has enjoyed several visits, the most recent being in Sat January 16 2015 when she visited Waterloo: Life & Times. to Sat June 5 avery. John Savery was the architect responsible for designing the Georgian listed buildings which house the museum in Crooms Hill, Greenwich. reasures of The Fan Museum: An exhibition of the museum’s finest fans starting this month marks its 25th birthday.

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Council plans to rent out Circus Field for 60 shows

THREAT TO HEATH SHOW: OnBlackheath took four years to get a licence From Page One

residents who live nearby were sent out late in the run-up to Christmas…and the controversial and historic change appears to have only been advertised on lampposts nearby and in a single small public notice in the council’s own paper. Use of the Heath – one of London’s finest green spaces – is highly controversial. It took organisers of the OnBlackheath music festival four years to get a licence from Lewisham Council – which is responsible for most of the Heath – because of a court battle with the Blackheath Society. Circus Field has traditionally hosted a circus and Bank Holiday Fairs each year as well as the start of the London Marathon. Campaigners failed to stop it housing support buildings during Olympic equestrian events in Greenwich Park. Now its use during the Games has been cited as precedent on the new application. The council wants to licence the area for five events over 60 days – plus extra days to set up and dismantle sets – with alcohol on sale and sell the rights to hold shows there to private companies. The Westcombe Society warns: “If this licence is granted the Council will not need to apply for individual licences for events on

Circus Field ever again.” It predicts ”reduced this application – which is clearly seen as a access far more frequently plus noise, revenue-raising opportunity.” inconvenience and damage to the Heath on a He said he has asked the council to withdraw more regular basis.” the application and instead to produce a new B l a c k h e a t h We s t c o m b e policy with Lewisham Council councillor Geoff Brighty told The for events on the Heath, with Greenwich Visitor the application licensing for individual events was “clearly seen as a revenue licensing@greenwich. only, so residents could have gov.uk raising opportunity.” their say on each one. “There is a lot of concern. I’ve “There is no doubt the Heath already been contacted by a is regarded as a special place number of residents as well as the and while most accept there 020 8921 8018 local amenity societies – should be some events, as Westcombe Society, Blackheath there traditionally have been, it Society and Greenwich Society. should not be exploited.” Licensing Department, Floor 4, Woolwich Centre, “I certainly share those He added: “It might also 35 Wellington Street, concerns which are very much to remove any ‘done deal’ London SE18 6HQ do with the increasing use of the suspicions that can arise when Heath especially for commercial one part of the Council is events. It has been estimated if applying to another part of the Monday December 18 the new licence is granted that Council.” one part or another of the Heath Greenwich Council said it would be in use for events approximately half could not respond in time to our requests for the year. To date Lewisham Council has been information on the licensing application. the main culprit in encouraging new events – S ee the applic a t i o n o n l i n e a t www. such as OnBlackheath – and now it seems westcombesociety.org. Nelson’s Column – Page 2 Greenwich has jumped on the bandwagon with

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feature was based, in part, on visitor feedback, as it was not as well received by visitors as we had envisaged – unlike the feature in Woolwich’s General Gordon Square. “It is currently out of operation due to a technical problem with the pumping mechanism. The costs involved in removing the feature, repaving the area and adding seating and shade are yet to be finalised.” But when pressed he could not say when it was last used. The 2012 makeover – meant to complement the Cutty Sark clipper next to it – has been described as a “shambles”, “disgraceful”, “dismal” and “a sorry sight” and a “trip hazard” by residents and visitors alike. Blogger @TheMurkyDepths said the council was “hopeless with public spaces” and @ DeptfordDame said: “Nothing says badly-done public realm like the Cutty Sark Gardens water feature” Readers Ralph and Mary Allen asked us: “It is an eyesore especially as it is one of the first things visitors to Greenwich see. The gardens had a lot of time and effort spent on them for the Olympics but since then have been very neglected and a lot of the planting has died and it all looks very sad!” The Gardens and

water feature opened at the same time as a remove the feature. Early in the New Year it botched £11.4million refurbishment of the Foot will be removed and the area will be re-laid, in Tunnel – for which Greenwich Council was high quality paving, to match the surrounding criticised in an official report. The Gardens – area. This will mean the fencing can be with sloping lampposts to represent masts – removed and the whole area can be used by were designed by Dutch architects Okra. visitors and the events that take place. As well as pedestrians tripping, there has Madelon Klooster, of architects Okra, told us: been speculation that fat in the drains “When the project was realised the water meant they couldn’t be switched element was switched on, and we o n a n y w a y. A c o u n c i l have photographs of that. So the spokesman insisted: “Cutty element should work. The idea of Sark Gardens is a fantastic the water element is that it can open space and enjoyed by be switched on and off, to many hundreds of thousands make space on the square of visitors to Greenwich when it is crowded. Town Centre each year – as “Last time we were there it well as those who are was switched off, but it was passing through. Work has also quite busy on Cutty Sark FENCED OFF: been taking place over recent Gardens, so to us that seemed to Water Feature in weeks to bring the raised be a logical decision. We are not summer planting beds up to the required aware of the fact that it switched off standard. It is normal for a proportion for a longer period. of plants to die in new planting areas as they “For safety issues, we assume that the adjust to the particular characteristics of a site. pavement is no more slippery when the water “The water feature has been surrounded by element is switched on than in the event of rain, fencing to avoid the chance of visitors tripping which is not unlikely in our countries.” Tell us what you think: Email Matt@ over when it has not been operational. After TheGreenwichVisitor.com careful consideration we have decided to

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World class boats arrive TWO of the world’s most advanced passenger boats are ready to begin ferrying passengers along the Thames. Galaxy and Neptune have joined the MBNA Thames Clippers fleet – part of a £6.5million investment by the boat company which now has 15 boats. They are packed with technology including touch screen controls on their bridges. CEO Sean Collins said: “We’re excited to get the two new arrivals – not just for the advances they bring to our fleet but also the career development for staff. An initial 16 roles have been created, and 38 individuals have stepped up within the ranks. The boats were designed by Sydney-based One2Three Naval Architects and built by Incat in Tasmania. Info: www.thamesclippers.com

Panto race hits target GREENWICH’S annual Panto Horse race raised around £3,000 for charity. Competitors – including a zebra and a red-nosed reindeer – took part in six short races between pubs, and bounced on space hoppers for the final leg, writes CLIVE REFFELL. The event raised money for children’s hospice Demelza, which supports children and parents in Kent, East Sussex and South East London. After the race a party was held at the Prince of Greenwich pub. Event organiser Mark Biddiss said: “On top of the money the event always creates such a good local atmosphere which is also very special to me.”

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Deaf support firm grows DISABILITY support group appa has grown after buying award-winning training and consultancy business Signamic. appa – whose motto is Changing Perspectives – has been providing services to the deaf and disabled communities for over 10 years . It has 34 staff based at its HQ in Greenwich, where Signamic’s staff will now be based too. Info: www.appa.me.uk

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GREENWICH Theatre says it has “broken panto records” with Red Riding Hood – the tenth production produced by it’s Dame, Andrew Pollard.

Theatre director James Haddrell said by midDecember it had “already sold more tickets for Red Riding Hood than for the whole of the run of Jack and the Beanstalk last year – and there are no signs of slowing down.” He explained: “It’s the sort of show that people enjoy so much that they feel almost evangelical about it and want to go out and spread the word.” Andrew Pollard writes, directs and stars as the Dame in the show. “The astonishing success of E: DAM AT GRE the pantomime every year is one Pollard of the factors leading major producers to want to bring shows to Greenwich,” said James. “We have already programmed a number of high profile family shows for the spring season, so we’re looking towards 2016 in the best possible spirits.” Red Riding Hood continues till Sunday January 10. The theatre has announced its spring season – including the only London dates for the UK premiere of Rapunzel in the February half term. “The book, music and lyrics are written by the creative team behind Friends,” said James. “You can’t get much higher profile than that!”

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SPRING MUSIC SHOW TRINITY Laban’s spring season events begin this month with the latest of its Side By Side concerts – with professional musicians playing alongside student performers. The show, on January 8 (6pm), includes Debussy’s iconic La Mer and Ravel’s atmospheric Alborada del Gracioso. Other January highlights include the Gold Medal Showcase at Kings Place on Monday January 11 (7pm), when talented musicians from across the institution compete for Trinity Laban’s most prestigious prize. Info: www.trinitylaban.ac.uk

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GDANSK, POLAND We’ve been eveywhere from Mount Everest to the Blacpool Tower...but here’s a first! The Greenwich Visitor makes breakfast reading for Greenwich pair Rebecca Sams and Lee Wadhams, who were staying at a ryokan in Hakone in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, about 90km west of Tokyo. Konichi Wa - and thanks! Meanwhile Anna Kokot (left) – who son works in IT at Canary Wharf – and friends Zdzislaw, Elzbieta and Anja took us to Gdansk, the beautiful Baltic port in Poland. “The Old town is amazing, many good restaurants, friendly people, nice weather.” Sounds just like here! Send us your photo of the GV somewhere exotic. Pack a paper, press the shutter and send your picture to: Matt@TheGreenwichVisitor.com.

ARTIST Laura Smith has been shortlisted for the prestigious Columbia Threadneedle Prize for her still life Shells. The Plumstead artist’s work, which “populates an ambiguous space” and “intends to lead the eye in different ways”, could win the £20,000 prize – one of the most valuable in the country. Smith, along with the five other shortlisted artists, was selected from 3,828 entries by 1,973 artists from 29 countries. The prize is announced on February 2 and works will be on show at Mall Galleries from February 3-20.

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GREENWICH student Kanye Kola has graduated from University College London as a Lloyds Scholar. The scheme gave him financial support, mentoring and the chance to gain experience and employability skills in return for his volunteering 100 hours a year. The scheme has been running since 2011 and has helped 480 students so far. Paul O’Neill, Head of Lloyds Scholars, said: “This cohort of graduating scholars, including Kanye, is our largest to date and we have taken great joy in watching them develop.” Info: www.lloyds-scholars.com

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RED RIDING HOOD Panto grand dame Andrew Pollard, who also wrote and directed the show, plays out the last few dates of his 10th anniversary Christmas residency at Greenwich Theatre which has had sell-out audiences throughout its run and is the envy of playhouses nationwide. A family must. Till Jan 10

RENAISSANCE A welcome airing at the Royal Observatory for this moody, mainly monochrome 2006 animation featuring Daniel Craig as a cop in Paris in 2054 who, in a city where fear and surveillance cameras haunt the boulevards, discovers that a giant corporation is at the heart of a sinister conspiracy. Jan 9

LIKE THE BEATLES To honour the Fab Four’s unbeatable legacy, Brooklyn Bowl presents this brilliant tribute band whose versions of their idols’ classics are so accurate it’s sometimes hard to tell the difference as they belt out such hits as Hey Jude, Strawberry Fields and She Loves You. Yeah, yeah, yeah! Jan 9

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HAYDN’S CREATION Blackheath Halls Chorus and Eltham Choral Society throw open their doors to enthusiasts who want to join their production of this Classical masterpiece. Rehearsals are on nine consecutive Mondays with a public performance - backed by a full orchestra - in March at Blackheath Halls. From Jan 11

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power and IT feels like a cathedral, with vast cavernous spaces, arches spanning and a roof xxft above our heads.

But this amazing building is designed not to to honour a higher power but to generate electrical power, writes TONY CLARK. This is Greenwich Power Station – one of the oldest ones still working in the world – is being refurbished and having six new huge turbines installed. And The Greenwich Visitor is the first paper to see inside it for since the huge project was announced. years. The giant brick building by the Thames in East Greenwich– visible for miles with its four chimneys – was built in 1906 and was originally designed to run the London tram network

NATIONAL TV AWARDS Dermot O’Leary takes the helm once again as the annual small-screen gongfest returns to the 02 arena. A must for celeb-spotters everywhere as stars from hit programmes such as Corrie, Strictly, EastEnders, The X Factor, Poldark, Downton Abbey and Doctor Who take to the red carpet. Jan 20

ENGLISH PIANO TRIO A concert at St Alfege’s to mark Homeless Sunday features this acclaimed ensemble playing pieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. The money raised on the door will go towards providing vital hot meals at the 999 Club’s Winter Night Shelter in Deptford. Few causes are worthier. Jan 24

SHOPPED A new comedy about a downmarket superstore awash with financial scandal, dodgy practices, put-upon staff and a corrupt boss is being staged at the London Theatre in New Cross – the home turf of its creator Ian Holloway. A welcome tonic for those post-Christmas blues. Jan 26-31

BOOK SLAM Author Will Self has been commissioned to commemorate Samuel Pepys by creating a work in the spirit of the great diarist and he will read the result at a Pepys-themed evening at the National Maritime Museum. The Chaps Choir and Aussie comic Felicity Ward will keep him company. Jan 29

RAHEL VONMOOS The Anglo-Swiss choreographer debuts her latest work To Find A Place – described as “a vigorous yet tender enquiry into displacement”. The performances at Borough Hall are part of the new season of Greenwich Dance and Trinity Laban Partnership Compass Commissions. Jan 29&30

SOMETHING’S GONNA HAPPEN First of the new year’s showcases at the Albany which turn the spotlight on to some of south-east London’s best acts, including musicians, DJs and body-painters. Plenty of fun and frolics as well as the chance to get up and dance. And there are always a few (pleasant) surprises to relish. Jan 30

and, later, the tube system. Now its owner and operator Transport for London is upgrading the existing turbines with six state of the art gas engines, which will not only power the Tube network, but also pipe hot water to twenty thousand local homes. “It is a district heating scheme,” the station’s Generation Manager Russell Fleetwood told me. “You remove your domestic boiler and the heat is provided by an energy source – which is this power station.’’ The construction of the first two new engines won’t start for 18 months and it will be another 20 years before all six are in place. Just two of the new turbines will provide four per cent of London Underground’s energy needs. Which means the engines will operating 17 to 24 hours a day – far more than now. Opponents – inclusing Greenwich Green Party – say the power station is merely another way of burning fossil fuels which will offset any carbon savings. So, won’t there be more pollution? “There’s no impact on health or on the ecological environmental habitat, based on the levels of emissions that we have modelled,’’ Russell insists. “There will be no detrimental effect.’’ TFL argues that specialist “selective catalytic reduction” will reduce the nitrous oxide emissions. The larger-than-life and rarely pictured, Old Turbine Hall is like an exquisite cathedral of Victorian engineering. Nearly 110 years old, it is being revitalised for a powerful new future. “It’s an iconic building,’’ adds Russell. “And it’s not just providing power for the London Underground network, it’s also providing heating for the local community.”

TOWERING: Vast interior of Greenwich Power Station captued by photographer Tom Frost

POWER TRAIL: Greenwich artist Peter Kent’s map of London’s generating giants

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INSIDE OUR HISTORIC POWER STATION

the glory! 1906 Designed by William Edward Riley, the Chief Architect to the London County Council, It opened to provide power for London’s Tram network.

1910 Expanded with the construction of the 249ft South chimneys, although their height had to be reduced to...

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Raise a glass of port to the Immortal Memory of Admiral Lord Nelson in the Painted Hall, where his body lay in state after the Battle of Trafalgar. £2 for a glass of port, tickets can be purchased at the Welcome Desk in the Painted Hall. Venue: Painted Hall

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following complaints from the Royal Greenwich Observatory as they obstructed the view from the telescopes.

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Join this free talk to uncover the secrets behind the arrival of King William III and King George I and unlock the unseen meanings behind James Thornhill’s North and South Walls in the Painted Hall. Venue: Painted Hall

Visit the Victorian Skittle Alley Sun 31 January, 11.30 - 14.30

GENERATING CHIEF Russell Fleetwood

The old infirmary was transformed into a skittle alley in 1864 and intended to relieve the boredom of the naval pensioners. Hidden underneath the grand buildings of the ORNC, you’ll feel as if you’re taking a step back in time...and, of course, you’ll have the opportunity for a game using wooden practice cannonballs! Check ornc.org for more dates.

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As well as being on Robert Elms’ BBC Radio London show to tell people across London about the wonders of Greenwich I discovered a few things myself, writes MAUREEN STAPLETON. Robert was putting together his regular Round Your Manor feature – spotlighting an area of the capital – when I got the call to go along. After brushing up on my Greenwich history, I walked the star-studded corridors of the BBC studios and took my place behind a stonking great microphone. I was a little unnervered when they played Let’s Face The Music and Dance before my big moment. But – put at ease by the affable Robert and his team – I instantly I forgot that I was on the radio and it felt instead I was just having a conversation about Greenwich. Hear Robert Elms on BBC Radio London on The notes I had laboured over? I weekdays from 12-3 didn’t look at them once. Once finished, we had just enough time for a photo as the show www.bbc.co.uk/ went on. I thanked them and left the programmes/ building. My nine minutes and 33 p037xwz4 seconds of fame were over...

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So now the bath, along with an explanatory sign, is all that remains of Montague House. (We don’t recommend that you take an actual bath in there!) Where did Nelson lay in the Cutty Sark pub if state? Following his Local hero: Wolfe you want a riverside death at the Battle of view, the Pelton Arms Trafalgar on October 21 for music and the 1805, Lord Horatio Nelson lay Greenwich Union. in state at the Painted Hall, now the Old Royal Naval College from Where do you go eat? Nothing is January 5-8 1806. His body was more Greenwich than a Goddard’s preserved for more than two months Pie. If we want a more leisurely in a barrel of brandy so that he could meal, we head to the Rivington (178 be given a state funeral in Britain. Greenwich High Road) with There were so many people who excellent steaks and cocktails. wanted to visit the body in Greenwich that police feared a riot. BATH: Not recommended! Following the viewing period, there was a grand river procession from Greenwich to Westminster to take the body to his funeral at St. Paul’s Cathedral on January 9 1806. Who was James Wolfe? Local boy James Wolfe was a major general in the British Army who is known for his victory at the Battle of the Plains What is Queen Caroliness Bath? In the southwest corner of the park, near of Abraham in Canada during the Seven Years’ War in 1759. He died the Ranger’s House and the rose during the battle due to injuries from garden, lies the remains of Queen Caroline’s Bath. Queen Caroline was three musket wounds. He became an the estranged wife of King George IV icon of Britain’s victory in the war and was known as The Hero of and lived at Montague House from Quebec. Wolfe is buried at St. Alfege 1798-1813. Queen Caroline left for Church. A primary school in West Europe under a cloud of suspicion in Greenwich is named after him and 1814 and Montague House was children there learn all about him. demolished a year later, leaving only the outline of her bath. In the 1980s, Does the James Wolfe statue have the bath was filled in, but in 2001, the best view in London? Royal Parks excavated the royal bath. Undoubtedly, yes. Lucky us!

Robert loved our unique Greenwich Supermap and asked listeners about some of the quirky treasures that it features. Here’s our own personalised guide to Greenwich for you, Robert, with some top tips and recommendations.

and offerings to the gods. The temple may have been used by local community or parties of travellers going further into Londinium. The remains have been excavated three times, in 1902, 1978/79 and 1999. The three-day excavation in 1999 was filmed for Channel 4’s Time Team, whose discoveries further backed up the theory that it was a Roman Temple. What was the Greenwich whitebait dinner? If you have Greenwich whitebait now, has it been fished from the Thames? Greenwich whitebait is a dish of very small fish which are deep fried and eaten VILLA: TV recreation whole. The Greenwich whitebait suppers became notorious when in 19th century the cabinet would have an annual Whitebait Dinner in Greenwich. Special barges would bring the ministers from Westminster to Greenwich. Whitebait is no longer What are the Roman Remains in found in the River Thames. But you Greenwich Park? The Roman can still order it at the Trafalgar remains can be found near the Tavern. When Charles Dickens said: junction of Bower Avenue and Great “There is no next morning hangover Cross Avenue in the southeast like that which follows a Greenwich quadrant of the Park. A Roman dinner,” he was speaking of the building, which might be a temple, is Greenwich whitebait dinner. thought to have been used for much What are some good pubs in of the time that Romans were in London, from AD43-AD410. Roman Greenwich? The Plume of Feathers temples were used as healing centres and the Trafalgar Tavern both got a and pilgrimages, but also for worship mention on the show, but we also like

New night of comedy A NEW comedy show boasting some of Britain’s best stand-up launches here soon. Richard Herring is first up at the Blackheath JestFest – backed up by Josh Howie, Sarah Callaghan and Matt Richardson in the new shows at Blackheath Halls. “All have a host of tv appearances and awards, some have performed worldwide,” says JestFest organiser Ben West. The show is at the Halls on February 27. Ben also brings charttopping brothers The Christians to Blackheath on March 11. Famous for hits Forgotten Town, Born Again and Harvest For The World, the Liverpool band were touched by tragedy with the death of Roger Christian. Acclaimed ew album We came out in 2015. Info: www. trinitylaban.ac.uk

Professional praises Harris YOUNGSTERS from Harris Academy Greenwich thrilled audiences with an alternative to the traditional panto – a powerful performance of Grease. Professional director and script writer Michael Head was brought in to give the young cast and crew a taste of the standards required in the industry. Michael said: “The sound when they sing as a collective is as good as any professional show and some of the individual performances were outstanding.” Harris Greenwich’s George Booker said: “We value the performing arts and take productions very seriously. It can be an elitist industry where only the rich can afford the best training and opportunities so talent often slips through the cracks” Info: www. harrisgreenwich.org.uk/

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And it was a new venture that made a lot of sense. The Blackheath branch is so popular that it’s almost impossible to get a table, on the spur of the moment. But four months on – and with competition from chains growing in once-independent dominated Greenwich – how are things going for owners Kate and Reinaldo Vargas ? “Things have been great since we opened,” Kate tells me. “Greenwich is such a great place to be and there’s a good camaraderie among businesses here.” Which is great to hear. But with Jamie’s Italian on one side and new new competition opening HIDDEN DEPTHS: Buenos right next door, whether Aires Cafe in Greenwich CLASSIC: The Blue Nile that spirit continues is in Woolwich another matter. Buenos Aires’ that the back of the The mixed grill is popular, and people history stretches back restaurant opens like the fact that the restaurant now 10 years, to when Kate on to an orangery serves fish, cooked over charcoal on a Vargas spotted a business which leads to the Josper Grill. PHOTOS: opportunity on Royal Hil garden. At its centre is Buenos Aires also introduced a Cut Reinaldo with husband Reinaldo – a an Argentinian parilla – to Share, their Tomahawk Steak, a former paparazzi in his native that’s a proper brick-built 900g T-bone, cooked slowly over Argenina. The Buenos Aires cafeflaming barbecue, to you and me. charcoal. Since meat on the bone deli was followed by a restaurant A source close to the owners did identify can’t be imported from Argentina overlooking the heath in Blackheath. one problems though: “People may that particular cut will come from Both have a weird and wonderful peek in the front and see it’s crowded the United States. mishmash of tables and chairs. On and go away again, not knowing about For a lighter bite, there is a choice the walls are pictures of celebrities the secret garden beyond.” of Picadas – Argentinian tapas – from Reinaldo former career. The new The original plan, Reinaldo tells perfect with a glass of wine to relax Greenwich branch is equally eclectic me, was “to make people happy with with while watching visitors and but has a more matureand sober feel. our food.” Every element of the menu Greenwichers buzzing around. The ambiance is simple and warm. is original. the meat is sourced in Kate and Reinaldo’s passion Kate described it perfectly: “If you Argentina; the French bread is baked in for sharing a culture, a way came to our house, it wouldn’t be much a local French bakery with French flour; of life revolving over family different.” they make their own traditional chorizo and meals came through in It caters for 80 diners, although at – everything is authentic. Favourite everything they said. Long first glimpse you would never know dish on the menu is the rib-eye steak. may they continue.

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urkish food is on the rise here. In Eltham popular cafe Delicio’s has opened a specialist restaurant further up Eltham High Street. In Greenwich, buzzing Trafalgar Road has a new venture Ye Olde Turk in place of the William IV pub. But with a popular Latin American restaurant Manzano’s yards away and long-standing Efe’s Meze not much further competition – and therefore standards – will be high. ood to see the excellent Mara at Blackheath Standard – reviewed positively in the past by us – is keeping up the good work. It was recognised in the recent Time Out Love london awards. Head there for great coffee, cakes and furniture. idn’t get to rock ‘n’ roll around the Christmas tree? City Cruises hold another popular Elvis Cruise on January 8. The 3hr trip departs from Greenwich Pier at 8pm and ends at Westminster. A threecourse meal with entertainment by leading Elvis tribute act Ben Thompson costs £49pp. Book at www.citycruises.com ore competition for Greenwich’s independent restaurants and chains is imminent with the opening of Bill’s. The Sussex-based grill specialist replaces Mexican Sol in a prime spot in the town centre with all-day dining, from 8am to 11pm. eader recommendation: Our favourite citizen photographer Mike Purdy tipped us off about lunch at Ozzie’s Café in Greenwich where pal Ken Thomas treated him to Lamb Kebabs, Rice and a mixed salad. Verdict: “Yum-Yum”. n old friend of The Greenwich Visitor Matt Jarvis is enjoying in sunnier climes at the hotel/B&B he and wife Sarah set up in the Sierra Nevada mountains. But you might see them on a screen near you soon... “We’re currently trying to get Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon to stay over during the new series of The Trip - who knows!” Beat the rush: www.almondhillhouse.com

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Legendary folkie Martin Carthy made his third visit to Charlton House just before Christmas, this time headlining the wassail revelries organised annually by Greenwichbased charity Global Fusion Music and Arts.

and melodiousness. There’s no one quite like him. As a wonderful contrast, he put down his instrument and, unaccompanied, sang a bawdy and very funny Yorkshire song called The Tailor’s Britches. And he rounded off the evening with a witty, dazzling version of the famous theme from the film The Third Man. Carthy is quite simply one of the Earlier, the Mock Tudor Band greatest performers in any genre of got us into a festive mood using popular music and his regular viols, recorders and crumhorns appearances at GFMA gigs is a huge – never better than in Pastyme tribute to the charity’s dynamism. With Good Company, written He played a couple of tunes he’s Read Miles Hedley’s by the man who would become done at previous concerts here – The King Henry VIII. arts blog on Whale Catchers and The Downfall Amelya Goldy performed a s. ud Of Paris, both brilliant – but most of clo the hedin couple of her self-penned songs his set was fresh, although the songs om s.c wordpres before the pitch-perfect a capella themselves were often many hundreds quartet Morrigan gave us a terrific of years old. programme that included the Gower Highlights for me were The Daughter In Wassail, the Boar’s Head Carol, the Sugar The Dungeon, The Devil And The Feathery Wife, High Germany and Willy’s Lady, all of which Wassail, Back Lane and the Malpas Wassail. I hope it won’t be long before Martin Carthy illuminated Carthy’s unique guitar style, a mesmerising mixture of percussiveness, minimalism returns to his home from home here.

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STRIKE OF GENIUS When Midnight Strikes is a perfect example of lyrics and raised it into the realms of the sublime – why live performance is so much better than a much to the joy of a whoopingly appreciative audience at Laban Theatre. In the production I saw (another cast recording. I dislike this tale of a New York dinner party that implodes into recrimination and rage on New Year’s Eve 1999, partly because I can’t get excited about the songs but mainly because its characters are all so irredeemably loathsome. But when it was staged by Trinity Laban BA3 musical theatre students in the run-up to Christmas, it was transformed into a magical experience by the sheer force of its cast’s collective personality. Under the direction of Susan Raasay and brilliantly accompanied by pianist David Randall and cellist Mathilde Blondel, the 12 performers scattered stardust on Charles Miller’s score and Kevin Hammonds’

was used in a later performance) Lilly Palmer and Jack McCann were terrific as the married hosts whose private war spills out into public. Henry Roadnight and Tessa Lanney were simply superb as the show’s light relief and Jessica Atkins, Zoe Oliver, Andrew James, Paige-Louise Cochrane, Zoe Rogers, Dylan Suddaby, Jessie Wisken and Jenni Lovell threw themselves into their roles with so much infectious enthusiasm and consummate musical skill that it was impossible not to be won over. Having felt my heart sink as I read the plot synopsis before the curtain went up, I was joining a richly deserved and thunderous standing ovation as the curtain fell two hours later.

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NATURE Wassail! Planting, cider, story telling. East Greenwich Pleasaunce 12-3 @pipgreenwich KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 PANTO Red Riding Hood Greenwich Theatre 1, 5 FAMILY The Snow Queen Bob Hope Theatre 2 NELSON Immortal Toast Painted Hall ORNC 3.30. TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7

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New Eltham Methodist Church Tickets: 020 8851 9881 SCIENCE An Evening With The Stars Royal Observatory 5.25 FAMILY The Snow Queen Bob Hope Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Soul Legends Churchill 7.30 TALK Kate Sutton Blackheath Scientific Society hear about Crossness Nature Reserve Mycenae House 7.45 COMEDY Pierre Novellie, Matt Green, Twayna Mayne, Jeff Innocent Up The Creek

Saturday 16

FANS Treasures of The Fan Museum, Crooms Hill till June 5. KIDS Handa’s Hen Greenwich Theatre 11, 1, 3 TALK Arrival of the Kings Painted Hall ORNC 12, 3 KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 MUSIC Olga Jørgensen Piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 PANTO Cinderella The Centre, New Eltham Methodist Church Tickets: 020 8851 9881

FAMILY Meet Samuel Pepys Old Royal Naval College. Noon KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 FAMILY The Snow Queen Bob Hope Theatre 2 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 COMEDY Kevin Hart O2 PERFORMANCE Kapusnic (in Russian) London Th 7.30

Monday 18

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 19

FILM/OPERA The Pearl Fishers From New York Met Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon MUSIC Chiara Naldi, Drew Steanson Piano recital. Old Royal Naval College chapel 1.05 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 20

GONGS National Television Awards O2

MUSIC Jette Parker Young Artists Blackheath Halls 7.30 QUIZ & CARVERY White Hart Eltham £10 inc carvery. WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Goodstock Greenwich Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 21

MUSIC Siegfried Camerata St Alfege 1.05 FILM/PLAY Jane Eyre From NT Greenwich Picturehouse 2.15 PLAY Goodstock Greenwich Theatre 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton JAZZ Axel Band Oliver’s

Friday 22

MUSIC Katy Huntley, Clara Fournillier Soprano recital. Old Royal Naval College chapel 1.05 MUSIC Lucinda Williams Brooklyn Bowl PLAY Goodstock Greenwich Theatre 8 COMEDY Matthew Giffin London Th 8 DANCE Silent Disco Cutty Sark 8.30 COMEDY Chris Mayo, Kate Lucas, Wilson, Rob Deering Up The Creek JAZZ Wild Card Oliver’s

Saturday 23

FAMILY Meet James Thornhill Old Royal Naval College. Noon KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 FAMILY The Snow Queen Bob Hope Theatre 2, 5 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Blackburn. The Valley 3 RUGBY Blackheath RUFC v Rosslyn Pk. Rectory Field 3 ARROWS Legends of Darts Masters IndigO2 CHARITY A New Life Annual Ball 6 Floor 2, Sovereign Ho, Beresford St SE18 www.showyourgift.org

January 2016 Page 15 MUSIC The Corrs O2 MUSIC Lucinda Williams Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC One Night Of Rock Churchill 7.30 PLAY Goodstock Greenwich Theatre 8 COMEDY Jon Newton, Tom Toal, Joe Bor, Rob Deering Up The Creek

Sunday 24

KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 FAMILY The Snow Queen Bob Hope Theatre 2 FILM/BALLET The Taming Of The Shrew Link to Bolshoi Greenwich Picturehouse 3 FUNDRAISER English Piano Trio performing Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. St Alfege Cooks In aid of 999 Club Winter Night Shelter, Deptford. St Alfege 4. Tickets £10 www.ticketsource. co.uk or at door COMEDY Kevin Hart O2 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 MUSIC Third Degree Burns Blackheath Halls 7.30

Monday 25

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Simon Watertown Piano recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 CHOIR Young Voices O2 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 MUSICAL Let It Be 2016 Churchill 7.30 ARCHITECTURE Clementine Cecil Blackheath Halls 8 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30

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Venues

Albany, Deptford Lounge: Douglas Way SE8 4AG. 020 8692 4446 thealbany.org.uk Bakehouse Theatre: Age Exchange, Blackheath Village SE3 9LA. 020 8318 9105 Blackheath Conservatoire: 19-21 Lee Rd SE3 9RQ. 020 8852 0234 conservatoire.org.uk Blackheath Halls: 23 Lee Road SE3 9RQ. 020 8463 0100. blackheathhalls.com Bob Hope Theatre: Wythfield Rd SE9 5TG. 020 8850 3702. bobhopetheatre.co.uk The Centre: New Eltham Methodist Ch, Footscray Rd. newelthammethodist.org.uk Charlton House: Charlton Rd SE7 8RP. 020 8856 3951 Churchill: High St, Bromley BR1 1HA. 0844 871 7620 Clarendon Hotel: Montpelier Row SE3 0RW. 020 8318 4321. clarendonhotel.com The Duke: 125 Creek Rd SE8 3BU. 020 8469 8260 The Eltham Centre: 2 Archery Road SE9 1HA. 020 8921 4344 Eltham Palace: Court Yard SE9 5QE. 020 8294 2548. english-heritage.org.uk The Forum: Trafalgar Rd SE10 9EQ. 0208 853 5212. office@forumatgreenwich.org The Green Pea: 92 Trafalgar Rd SE10 9UW. 020 8858 9319 Greenwich Communications Centre: 164 Trafalgar Rd SE10 9TZ. 020 8269 2103 Greenwich Dance: Borough Hall SE10 8RE. 020 8293 9741 greenwichdance.org.uk Greenwich Heritage Centre: Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich SE18 4DX Greenwich Theatre: Crooms Hill SE10 8ES. 020 8858 7755. greenwichtheatre.org.uk Greenwich West Community Centre: 141 Greenwich High Rd SE10 8JA Laban Theatre: Creekside SE8 3DZ. 020 8463 0100 www.trinitylaban.ac.uk London Th: 443 New Cross Rd SE14 6TA. 020 8694 1888. thelondontheatre.com The Lord Hood: 300 Creek Rd SE10 9SW. 020 8858 1836 Made In Greenwich: 324 Creek Rd SE10 9SW madeingreenwich.co.uk Morden College: 19 St Germans Place SE3 0PD Mycenae House: 90 Mycenae Rd SE3 7SE 020 8858 1749 mycenaehouse.co.uk National Maritime Museum: Romney Rd, SE10 9BJ 020 8858 0045 www.nmm.ac.uk 02, Indig02, Building 6, Brooklyn Bowl: 0844 8560202 www.theo2.co.uk Old Royal Naval Coll, Discover: SE10 9LW. 020 8269 4799 oldroyalnavalcollege.org Oliver’s: 9 Nevada St SE10 9JL. 020 8858 3693 www.oliversjazzbar.co.uk Pelton: 23-5 Pelton Street SE10 9PQ 020 8858 0572. peltonarms.com St Alfege: Greenwich Church St. 020 8853 0687. st-alfege.org Severndroog Castle: Off Shooters Hill SE18 3RT. severndroogcastle.org.uk The Star And Garter: 60 Old Woolwich Rd SE10 9NY. 020 8305 1144 Steinberg Studio: 137 Vanbrugh Hill SE10 9HP. steinbergduo.com Trinity Laban: King Charles Court SE10 9JF. 020 8463 0100. trinitylaban.ac.uk Up The Creek (UTC): 302 Creek Rd SE10 9SW. 020 8858 4581. up-the-creek.com Woodlands Farm Trust: 331 Shooters Hill Rd, Welling DA16 3RP 020 8319 8900 thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org.uk

Long-term

MARKETS Greenwich Market: 10-5.30. Sat and Sun: Arts & crafts, food, fresh produce. Tues, Wed: Food, fresh produce, homewares. Thurs: food, antiques & collectables, crafts. Fri: Food, arts & crafts, antiques & collectibles Clocktower Market: 166 Greenwich High Rd. Sat, Sun 10-4. 50 quirky stalls specialising in vintage, retro and antiques. 07940 914204 Blackheath Farmers’ Market: Blackheath Station, 10-2 every Sun. lfm.org EXHIBITIONS/CRAFTS/COMMUNITY Royal Observatory: Astronomy Photographer Of The Year. rmg.co.uk Fan Museum: 12 Crooms Hill. 020 8305 1441 fan-museum.org.uk Treasures of the Fan Museum celebrates 25 years. Jan 16 to June 5. Old Royal Naval College: Discover Centre. ornc.org Blackheath Halls: Art show: 200 Years Of Entertainment In Blackheath. Daily blackheathhalls.com Age Exchange: Carers’ group Mon, knitters Thurs, preschool rhyme-time Fri. Old Bakehouse, Bennett Pk SE3 9LA. age-exchange.org.uk. National Maritime Museum: Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution. rmg.co.uk Made In Greenwich: Art exhibition: Between Inside & Outside. Till Jan 3 324 Creek Rd SE10 9SW madeingreenwich.co.uk 020 8293 9823 Greenwich Gallery/The Cave: Linear House, Peyton Place SE10 8RS Paul McPherson Gallery: 77 Lassell St SE10 9PJ Ben Oakley Gallery: 9 Turnpin La SE10 9JA Blackheath Bowling Club: Practice every Thus 2.30 nr Ranger’s House The Forum: Disabled drop-ins, mums’ groups, kids’ classes, advice. Trafalgar Rd SE10 9EQ. 020 8853 5212 Jazz Open Mic Nights: Mondays (exc Bank Hols) Mycenae House SE3, 8.30 Greenwich Heritage Centre: Artillery Square SE18 4DX. 020 8854 2452 WALKS Greenwich Guided Walks: Local experts. Walks daily at 12.15 and 2.15 from the Greenwich Tourist Information Centre. £8, £7 cons. Greenwich Tour Guides Association 07575772298 guides@greenwichtours.co.uk Rich Sylvester: Guide, historian, storyteller. 07833 538143. richs@onetel.com Dotmaker: Alternative guided walks. dotmakertours.co.uk FAMILY ACTIVITIES National Maritime Museum: Explore Saturdays. Free. Performance and storytelling for over-5s from noon. Discover Sundays. Free. Activities for families from 11.30am. Play Tuesdays. Free. For under-5s from 10.30

JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

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MUSIC Trinity Laban Guitars Old Royal Naval Coll chapel 1.05 FILM/BALLET Two Pigeons Link to Covent Garden Greenwich Picturehouse 5.55 CHOIR Young Voices O2 MUSICAL Let It Be 2016 Churchill 7.30 PLAY Shopped London Th 8 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 27

TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 2 CHOIR Young Voices O2 MUSICAL Let It Be 2016 Churchill 7.30 QUIIZ & CARVERY White Hart Eltham in aid of Sparks £10 HISTORY Richard Bourne: Nigeria Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Shopped London Th 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 28

MUSIC Yun Li Piano recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK Aliki Braine Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Society, St Mary’s Church Hall 2.30 CHOIR Young Voices O2 MUSICAL Let It Be 2016 Churchill 2.30, 7.30 FILM/PLAY Les Liaisons Dangereuses Link to Donmar Greenwich Picturehouse 7 TALK I Am Because You Are Royal Observatory 7 PLAY Shopped London Th 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton

Friday 29

VOLUNTEER Dig In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 9.30 Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre SE3 9LA MUSIC Free concert by Trinity Laban students concert Age Exchange Bakehouse 12-1 MUSIC Trinity Laban Harps Old Royal Naval College chapel 1.05 CHOIR Young Voices O2 LITERATURE Book Slam with Will Self Nat Maritime Museum 6.30 MUSIC Tribute Wars V Brooklyn Bowl MUSICAL Let It Be 2016 Churchill 7.30 FUNDRAISER Quiz Evening Blackheath Halls 7.30 DANCE Rahel Vonmoos Borough Hall 7.45 PLAY Shopped London Th 8 COMEDY Up The Creek JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Old Royal Naval College. Noon MUSIC Christian Dawson Piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 KIDS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Greenwich Theatre 2 TEA DANCE Borough Hall 2 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Bristol City. The Valley 3 FILM V For Vendetta Royal Observatory 6 FAMILY Nitro Circus O2 MUSIC Sarah Gillespie Albany 7.30 MUSIC Fay Hield Blackheath Halls 8

February Eduard Garcia Carles Piano recital at St Alfege Church on Feb 13

Sunday 7

MUSIC Steinberg Duo Steinberg Studio 6 PLAY Shopped London Th 5 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7

Monday February 1

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 2

Community Centre £10 inc carvery WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 4

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 FILM/OPERA La Traviata From Covent Garden Greenwich Picturehouse 6.45 DANCE Ballroom with Michael Voss Borough Hall 7.30 DRAMA The Crows Plucked Your Sinews Albany 7.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban Symphony Orch Blackheath Halls 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton

FILM/OPERA Turandot From New York Met Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon DRAMA The Crows Plucked Your Sinews Albany 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Friday 5

DRAMA The Crows Plucked Your Sinews Albany 7.30 QUIZ & CARVERY White Hart Eltham in aid of Middle Park

Saturday 6

Wednesday 3

TRIBUTE Bob Marley 71st party Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC Jason Derulo O2 DRAMA The Crows Plucked Your Sinews Albany 7.30 PERFORMANCE Dissent Ensemble London Th 8 FAMILY Tea Tasting Cutty Sark 11, 2 FAMILY Meet Samuel Pepys

Sunday 31

WORKSHOP Jonathan Barnes Writing Alternate History Nat Maritime Museum 10-5 MUSIC Sean Shibe Guitar recital. Blackheath Halls 11 HISTORY Visit The Victorian Skittle Alley, ORNC. 11.30, 2.30 FAMILY The Queen Of Tea Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30

Monday 8

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Maria Canyigueral Piano recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 MUSIC CoLab Launch Party King Charles Court 6.30 PLAY The Perfect Murder Churchill 7.30 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 PLAY The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon Greenwich Theatre 7.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 9

LECTURE Think Space Royal Observatory 5.15 DANCE BA3 Choreography Show Laban Theatre 7.30 PLAY The Perfect Murder Churchill 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood PLAY The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon Greenwich Theatre 7.30 COMEDY Stand-Up Showcase London Th 8 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 10

PLAY The Perfect Murder Churchill 7.30 PLAY The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Jette Parker Young Artists Blackheath Halls 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Stench London Th 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Saturday 30

ANTIQUES Flog It valuation Painted Hall, ORNC 9.30-4 FAMILY Drop In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 1-3 KIDS Weekend Space Cadets Royal Observatory 12, 12.30, 2, 2.30, 3, 3.30 MUSICAL Let It Be 2016 Churchill 2.30, 7.30 RUGBY Blackheath RUFC v Ampthill. Rectory Field 3 FAMILY Hansel, Gretel & You... Who? Blackheath Halls 3 FILM/OPERA Turandot NY Met. Greenwich Picturehouse 5.55 MUSIC The Libertines O2 SHOWCASE Something’s Gonna Happen Albany 7.30 DANCE Rahel Vonmoos Borough Hall 7.45 PLAY Shopped London Th 8 COMEDY Up The Creek JAZZ Pixie & The Gypsies Oliver’s

KIDS The Magic Paintbrush Cutty Sark 11, 12, 1.30, 2.30 FAMILY Disco Kids: Dino Dance Party Albany 2-5 FAMILY Nitro Circus O2 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 MUSIC The Dublin Legends Churchill 7.30

Thursday 11

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MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 PLAY The Perfect Murder Churchill 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC All Time Low O2 FILM/OPERA Jonas Kaufman From La Scala, Milan Picturehouse 6.15 MUSIC Bob Mould Brooklyn Bowl PLAY The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton PLAY Stench London Th 8

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MUSIC Patrizio Buanne IndigO2 MUSIC Slum Village Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC CoLab: Totally M&D Laban Theatre 7 PLAY The Perfect Murder Churchill 7.30 COMEDY Romesh Ranganathan Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Stench London Th 8

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FAMILY Chinese New Year Nat Maritime Museum. All day KIDS The Lost Things Greenwich Theatre 11, 1, 3 FAMILY Tour in BSL Cutty Sark 11.30, 2

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MUSIC Eduard Garcia Carles Piano recital. St Alfege 1.05 BOOK SALE Bakehouse Bookshop Age Exchange 10-4 PLAY Stench London Th 2, 8 PLAY The Perfect Murder Churchill 2.30, 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Cardiff. The Valley 3 RUGBY Blackheath RUFC v Loughborough Students Rectory Field 3 SCIENCE An Evening With The Stars Royal Observatory 5.25 DANCE Strictly Live O2

Sunday 14

MUSIC Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, Rebeca Omordia Cello & piano recital. Blackheath Halls 11 KIDS The Lost Things Greenwich Theatre 11, 1 FAMILY Meet Joe Brown Old Royal Naval College. Noon FAMILY The Boy Who Never Grew Up Albany 1, 3 HISTORY Love In The Archives National Maritime Museum 2 HISTORY Sex & The Stuart Age National Maritime Museum 3 SCIENCE A Valentine’s Evening With The Stars Royal Observatory 5.25 DANCE Strictly Live O2 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 DANCE Brendan Cole Churchill 7.30

Monday 15

FAMILY The Mighty Moon Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Flags & Gladrags National Maritime Museum 11.30, 1.30 FAMILY Half-term fun Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 16

FAMILY The Mighty Moon Royal Observatory 10 FAMILY Half-term fun Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 FAMILY Play Dough Albany 2 MUSIC Ennio Morricone O2 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood PLAY No Exit London Th 8 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 17

FAMILY The Mighty Moon Royal Observatory 10 FAMILY Play Dough Albany 11, 2 KIDS Flags & Gladrags National Maritime Museum 11.30, 1.30 FAMILY Half-term fun Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 COMEDY Tim Fitzhigham: The Gambler Greenwich Th 1.30, 7.30 DANCE Tara D’Arquian: Quests Borough Hall 7.30 QUIZ & CARVERY White Hart Eltham in aid of 2nd Royal Eltham Scouts £10 inc carvery PLAY Cat’s Cradle Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Ave SE7 at 8 alexandraplayers@gmail.com WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton Arms PLAY No Exit London Th 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 18

FAMILY The Mighty Moon Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Flags & Gladrags National Maritime Museum 11.30, 1.30 FAMILY Half-term fun Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 KIDS Rapunzel Greenwich Theatre 2 COMEDY Tim Fitzhigham: The Gambler Greenwich Th 7.30 DANCE Tara D’Arquian: Quests Borough Hall 7.30 PLAY No Exit London Th 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton PLAY Cat’s Cradle Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Ave SE7 at 8 alexandraplayers@gmail.com

March

VOLUNTEER Dig In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 9.30 MUSICAL Blood Brothers Churchill 7.30 MUSIC Phil Beer Mycenae Ho 8 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 8 MUSIC Free concert by Trinity Laban students. Age Exchange Bakehouse Theatre. 12-1

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Folk duo Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston at Mycenae House on Friday 4 March

Friday 19

FAMILY The Mighty Moon Royal Observatory 10 KIDS Rapunzel Greenwich Theatre 11, 3 KIDS Flags & Gladrags National Maritime Museum 11.30, 1.30 FAMILY Half-term fun Cutty Sark 11.30, 2 MUSIC CoLab: Chamber Music Old Royal Naval Coll chapel 1.05 FRIENDS FRIDAY Age Exchange, Blackheath £5 (Friends free) 1 MUSIC The King Is Back IndigO2 MUSIC CoLab: Altered Realities King Charles Court 6.30 DANCE Tara D’Arquian: Quests Borough Hall 7.30 COMEDY Tim Fitzhigham: The Gambler Greenwich Th 7.30 TALK Prof Maria-Magdalena Titirici Blackheath Scientific Society, Mycenae House 7.45 PLAY No Exit London Th 8 PLAY Cat’s Cradle Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Ave SE7 at 8 alexandraplayers@gmail.com

Saturday 20

KIDS Rapunzel Greenwich Theatre 11, 3 CONCERT Music & Stories with Simon & Jenny Standage St Margaret’s Church 7.30. £15 (£12 Friends/U16s) friends-of-ageexchange.org.uk MUSIC Corinne Morris Cello recital. St Alfege 1.05 DANCE Tara D’Arquian: Quests Borough Hall 2, 7.30 COMEDY Tim Fitzhigham: The Gambler Greenwich Th 2.30, 7.30 KIDS The Ugly Duckling Blackheath Halls 3 MUSIC Simply The Best Divas Churchill 7.30 PLAY Cat’s Cradle Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Ave SE7 at 8 alexandraplayers@gmail.com MUSIC The Champions Of Rock Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 8

Sunday 21

TALK Painters In The Park

Friends of Greenwich Park annual lecture. ORNC 11 KIDS Rapunzel Greenwich Theatre 11, 3 FAMILY Orion & The Dark Albany 1, 3 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 5 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7

Monday 22

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Ofer Falk Violin recital Blackheath Halls 1.10 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 MUSICAL Blood Brothers Churchill 7.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 23

MUSICAL Blood Brothers Churchill 7.30 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 8 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 24

TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 2 MUSIC Brit awards O2 MUSICAL Blood Brothers Churchill 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting club Pelton PLAY Pygmalion London Th 8 LECTURE Alison Brooks Blackheath Halls 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 25

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK Susie Harries Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Society, St Mary’s Church Hall 2.30 MUSICAL Blood Brothers Churchill 2.30, 7.30 FILM/PLAY As You Like It From the National Theatre Greenwich Picturehouse 7 DANCE Andreas Constantinou Laban Theatre 7.30 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton

Friday 26

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MUSIC Reverie National Maritime Museum, from 10 FAMILY Drop In Wildlife Centre, Greenwich Park 1-3 KIDS The Pesky Pirates Blackheath Halls 1.30, 4 MUSICAL Blood Brothers Churchill 2.30, 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Reading. The Valley 3 SPORT UFC Fight Night O2 DANCE Gaby Agis & The Raincoats Borough Hall 7.30 COMEDY Jestfest with Richard Herring, Josh Howie, Sarah Callaghan and Matt Richardson Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 8

Sunday 28

MUSIC Young-Choon Park Piano recital. Blackheath Halls 11 PLAY Pygmalion London Th 5 MUSIC Steinberg Duo Steinberg Studio 6 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7

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Monday 29

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Peacock Ensemble Blackheath Halls 1.10 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday March 1

LECTURE Think Space Royal Observatory 5.15 MUSICAL Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill 7.30 MUSIC En Vogue IndigO2 PLAY 3 Generations Of Women Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

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Wednesday 2

TEA DANCE Blackheath Halls 2 MUSICAL Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill 2.30, 7.30 PLAY 3 Generations Of Women Greenwich Theatre 7.30 QUIZ & CARVERY White Hart Eltham in aid of The Fringe Bob Hope Theatre £10 inc carvery WOOLLIES Knitting Pelton TALK Esther Cavett Blackheath Halls 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 3

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 TEA DANCE Borough Hall 2 MUSICAL Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Rudimental O2 PLAY 3 Generations Of Women Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton

Friday 4

MUSICAL Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill 5 MUSIC Trinity Laban Symphony Orch Blackheath Halls 6 PLAY 3 Generations Of Women Greenwich Theatre 7.30 MUSIC Miranda Sykes & Rex

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Saturday 5

MUSICAL Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Churchill 2, 5, 8 RUGBY Blackheath v Richmond Rectory Field 3 MUSIC 8Os’ Invasion IndigO2 MUSIC Turn It Loose Brooklyn Bowl PLAY 3 Generations Of Women Greenwich Theatre 2.30, 7.30 KIDS The Magic Beanstalk Blackheath Halls 3 FILM/OPERA Manon Lescaut From New York Met Greenwich Picturehouse 5.55 FAMILY X Factor Live O2 DRAMA The Crows Plucked Your Sinews Albany 7.30

Sunday 6

MUSIC Waldegrave Ensemble Blackheath Halls 11 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 MUSIC Wet Wet Wet O2 MUSICAL The Carpenters Story Churchill 7.30

Saturday 12

BOOK SALE Bakehouse Bookshop Age Exchange 10-4 FAMILY Tour in BSL Cutty Sark 11, 1.30 MUSICAL End Of The Rainbow Churchill 2.30, 7.30 KIDS How The Koala Learnt To Hug Blackheath Halls 3 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough. Valley 3 MUSIC C2C Festival O2 PLAY The Pitmen Painters Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 DANCE St Patrick’s Day Ceili Borough Hall 7.30 PLAY Bridge London Th 8 MUSIC Cara Dillon Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Run Greenwich Theatre 8

Sunday 13

FILM/BALLET Spartacus From the Bolshoi. Picturehouse 5.55 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 MUSIC C2C Festival O2 DANCE U Dance 2016 Laban Theatre 7 Monday 7 MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew MUSIC First Ladies Of Song Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 Churchill 7.30 MUSIC Borja Gomez-Ferrer, Monday 14 James Williams Tenor, baritone MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew recital. Blackheath Halls 1.10 Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society Eltham Choral Society Blackheath Halls 7.30 Blackheath Halls 7 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 8

FILM/OPERA Manon Lescaut From NY Met. Greenwich Picturehouse. Noon MUSICAL End Of The Rainbow Churchill 7.30 FOOTBALL Charlton Athletic v MK Dons. The Valley 7.45 PLAY The Kreutzer Sonata London Th 8 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood PLAY Run Greenwich Theatre 8 JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 9

DANCE Aggiss, Burrows, Fargion and Tanguy Laban Theatre 7.30 FILM/OPERA The Magic Flute From ENO. Picturehouse 7.30 MUSICAL End Of The Rainbow Churchill 7.30 PLAY The Pitmen Painters Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 LITERATURE Tom McCarthy Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Run Greenwich Theatre 8 WOOLLIES Knitting Pelton PLAY The Kreutzer Sonata London Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 10

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 MUSICAL End Of The Rainbow Churchill 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC CMA songwriters IndigO2 MUSIC Shemekia Copeland Brooklyn Bowl PLAY The Pitmen Painters Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 PLAY The Bridge London Th 8 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton PLAY Run Greenwich Theatre 8

Friday 11

MUSICAL End Of The Rainbow Churchill 7.30 MUSIC C2C Festival O2 PLAY The Pitmen Painters Bob Hope Theatre 7.45 PLAY Run Greenwich Theatre 8 MUSIC The Christians Blackheath Halls 8 PLAY Bridge London Th 8

Tuesday 15

MUSIC Adele O2 PLAY Lord Of The Flies Churchill 7.30 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 16

PLAY Lord Of The Flies Churchill 2.30, 7.30 MUSIC Adele O2 MUSIC/DANCE Live At The Halls Lewisham Live! festival Blackheath Halls 7 QUIZ & CARVERY White Hart Eltham in aid of Eltham Palace WI £10 WOOLLIES Knitting Pelton JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Sunday 20

MUSIC Neave Trio Blackheath Halls 11 DRESS REHEARSAL Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society. Blackheath Halls 2 FILM SINGALONG Frozen Churchill 3.30 TALENT Something for Sunday Vanbrugh 7 PERFORMANCE Haydn’s Creation Eltham Choral Society. Blackheath Halls 7 MUSIC New Mastersounds Brooklyn Bowl MUSIC Peter Andre O2 PERFORMANCE Kapusnic In Russian. London Th 7.30 FILM SINGALONG Grease Churchill 7.30

Monday 21

MUSIC APPRECIATION Matthew Taylor Blackheath Halls 10 MUSIC Adele The O2 FILM/OPERA Boris Godunov From Covent Garden. Picturehouse 5.55 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 JAZZ Ladies Night Oliver’s

Tuesday 22

LECTURE Think Space Royal Observatory 5.15 MUSIC Adele O2 SHOW Jackie - The Musical Churchill 7.30 MUSICAL Titania Greenwich Theatre 8 MUSIC Folk Lord Hood JAZZ Corrie Dick Oliver’s

Wednesday 23

SHOW Jackie - The Musical Churchill 7.30 WOOLLIES Knitting Pelton MUSICAL Titania Greenwich Theatre 8 JAZZ Jam session Oliver’s

Thursday 24

MUSIC Trinity Laban recital St Alfege 1.05 TALK Curating The Art Museum Blackheath Decorative & Fine Arts Soc, St Mary’s Ch Hall 2.30 SHOW Jackie - The Musical Churchill 2.30, 7.30 Thursday 17 MUSIC Ellie Goulding O2 MUSIC Trinity Laban recital DANCE BA1 Performance St Alfege 1.05 Ensembles Laban Theatre 7 PLAY Lord Of The Flies MUSIC Trinity Laban String Churchill 2.30, 7.30 Ensemble Blackheath Halls 7.30 MUSIC Trinity Laban Wind Orch DANCE Tango with Pablo Blackheath Halls 7.30 Alonso Borough Hall 7.30 MUSIC Icarus Club Pelton MUSICAL Titania Greenwich Theatre 8 Friday 18 VOLUNTEER Dig In Wildlife Friday 25 Centre, Greenwich Park 9.30 MUSIC Ellie Goulding O2 WALK Pepys & The Great Fire SHOW Jackie - The Musical Nat Maritime Museum 11 Churchill 7.30 SCIENCE An Evening With The Saturday 26 Stars Royal Observatory 5.25 SHOW Jackie - The Musical FRIENDS FRIDAY Friends of Churchill 2.30, 7.30 Age Exchange Bakehouse MUSIC a-ha O2 Theatre 1 £5 (Friends Free) Sunday 27 MUSIC Adele O2 MUSIC Little Mix O2 MUSIC Free lunchtime TALENT Something for concert by Trinity Laban Sunday Vanbrugh 7 students Age Exchange Monday 28 Bakehouse Theatre 12-1 PUB QUIZ Vanbrugh 8.30 MUSIC Von Hertzen Brothers Brooklyn Bowl Tuesday 29 MUSIC Grime Live IndigO2 MUSIC English folk Lord Hood PLAY Lord Of The Flies Wednesday 30 Churchill 7.30 MUSIC Jette Parker Young TALK Dr Einat Schnur Artists Blackheath Halls 7.30 Blackheath Scientific Society, MUSICAL American Idiot Mycenae House 7.45 Churchill 7.30

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recital. St Alfege 1.05 PLAY Lord Of The Flies Churchill 2.30, 7.30 SCIENCE An Evening With The Stars Royal Observatory 5.25 MUSIC Jason Donovan IndigO2 MUSIC Adele O2 PERFORMANCE Kapusnic In Russian. London Th 7.30

Thursday 31

FAMILY Drop In Wildlife Centre, MUSIC Trinity Laban recital Greenwich Park 1-3 St Alfege 1.05 MUSIC Esther Cavett Piano MUSIC Janet Jackson O2

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hat is your New Year Resolution? It maybe to drink or eat less or perhaps exercise more. Here’s another suggestion: Try something new and creative. There are lots of ways to do this in Eltham and the SE9 area. n the column I regularly mention all the theatre and shows which take place in Eltham. The Bob Hope theatre hosts many shows, the Priory Players perform at the Progress Hall and the New Eltham Community Players at the New Eltham Methodist Centre. Why not resolve, if you don’t go already, to book tickets for four shows over the year? Perhaps you would like to join them and help backstage, or even try acting. here are drawing and painting exhibition, BIG YEAR: courses and Gaynor workshops Wingham at various locations. Gerald Moore gallery, SE9 Container gallery and Capital Art gallery are all in SE9, and offer a range of opportunities to see wonderful art o n display and have a go yourself. The libraries in Eltham also run creative sessions for all ages. Remember the Festive Trees that the community created for the Eltham Arts Winter Festival? here are opportunities to learn to dance, including All the Arts and Quick Steps, and line dancing at various locations. The Armistice Day Tea Dance was so popular at Eltham Park Baptist Church that they’re looking to organise another. Enjoy writing? Get together with friends and start a poetry group, write short stories or plan a novel. Let us know at Eltham Arts if you have ideas or want to start something. ave you enjoyed singing over the Christmas period? You may want to join one of the local choirs: Eltham Choral Society, Greenwich Community Choir and the Rock Choir all meet in Eltham. If you don’t want to sing, resolve to go to one of their concerts. 016 will be an exciting year in Eltham. Plans for the development of Eltham High Street are well under-way and by the end of the year we should have a larger performance space in Passey Place. The new cinema will be under construction. Perhaps we’ll hold a second Eltham Arts Winter Festival? Let us know what you think! We met such wonderful creative people in 2015 and hope we inspired many local people to explore their talents and interests . Get those New Year Resolutions going and – whether you live in or visit Eltham – have fun!

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t last I have done it. After ten years of trying I have finally got mistletoe to grow on the Cox’s Orange Pippin, apple tree in my garden. ach year, when taking done the Christmas decorations I‚‘d take some of the berries from the mistletoe and insert them into the bark of the apple tree. I‚Äôve even tried grafting but without success. Imagine what a surprise and delight it was to find two small mistletoe plants growing on the apple tree when I can to prune it last March. istletoe is a semi-parasitic plant. It can make its own food by photosynthesis with its green leaves but it is “rooted” onto a host tree from which it gets all the water and nutrients it needs to survive. As well as apple trees other favoured hosts include; Lime, Hawthorne, Polar and Field Maple. t our sister Royal Park, Bushey Park, beside Hampton Court, there are large clumps of Mistletoe growing high up in the Limes. I’d love to get Mistletoe established here on the avenues of Lime trees in Greenwich Park but getting up into the tall canopy could be a problem. Naturally the berries are spread by birds. The sticky berries are deposited with their own parcel of fertiliser onto the branches of trees. I guess I could put out bundles of mistletoe for the birds and hope for the best. he apple trees in the Queens Orchard offers a better bet though. If you have some mistletoe left over from Christmas and the right host tree in your own garden, now is the ideal time to try to grow some for yourself. My final success came when I tried pressing the sticky berries onto the underside of small branches of my apple rather than old branches or the cracks and crannies in the bark trunk I had tried before. On these young branches the bark is thinner and the germinating seeds stand a better chance to rooting. You’ll need to protect the berries from birds and the rain. I wrapped my berries in cling film to keep them in place. he Park’s Orchard Volunteers meet regularly on a Wednesday afternoon to tend the vegetable plots. Next week they will find a bunch of mistletoe in the seed tray and hopefully in a few years our apple orchard will produce two harvests a year, apples in autumn and mistletoe in winter.

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