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Census 2021:
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Long The borough backed explained in to stay ten facts Page 2 ONE WOMAN’S as Lions’ BATTLE TO STAY number one IN HER HOME
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rotherhithe’s most unusual house is up for auction
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Southwark Census 2021 Results:
The borough explained in ten facts By Herbie Russell
herbie@southwarknews.co.uk The 2021 Census was conducted in March 2021 and its findings are gradually being shared by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Censuses take place every ten years and give us a picture of who lives in the UK, and what life is like for them. The ONS has gathered the data to create an ‘area profile’ of Southwark and here are some of its findings.
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There are 307,600 people living in Southwark, compared to 288,300 ten years ago – that’s a 19,300 and 6.3 per cent increase.
But between 2001 and 2011, there was a staggering 31,600 person increase, up by 12.3 per cent, from 256,700 to 288,300.This is still higher than population growth nationally (6.6 per cent), but dwarfed by increases in neighbouring boroughs Tower Hamlets (22.1 per cent) and the City (16.6 per cent).
2. We are young
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3. There are still more women than men
The most prevalent age range in Southwark is 25 to 29, making up 12.4 per cent of residents compared to just 6.6 per cent nationally.
This was approximately the same as it was ten years ago when they made up roughly 12 per cent of Southwark’s residents. 65s and over made up 8.4 per cent of the population in 2021, roughly the same as in
Compared to the general population, Southwark has a higher proportion of people at the top echelons of their profession.
51.6 per cent (158,722 individuals) of the population is female compared to 48.4 per cent (148,878 individuals) who are male.
4. We’re well-travelled
1. Population growth is slowing
7. We’re high achievers
2011 when a figure of 8 per cent was recorded.
This corresponds very closely to the national picture, which shows the UK has 51 per cent female and 49 per cent male inhabitants. In 2011, 49.5 per cent of the population was male compared to the 50.5 per cent that was female.
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A staggering 40.7 per cent of the population was not born in the UK that’s compared to just 17.4 per cent nationally.
Just 59.3 per cent of the population was born on UK shores, compared to 82.6 per cent nationally.
5. More people are identifying as multi-ethnic
6. Atheists abound Fewer people are subscribing to the major religions, with a staggering 36.4 per cent stating they had no religion in 2021.
This is a significant increase from 2011, when just 29 per cent of people stated they were not religious. Christianity is declining noticeably, with believers down from 53 per cent in 2011 to 43 per cent in 2021. Buddhism (1 per cent), Hinduism (1.1 per cent) and Islam (9.6 per cent) all stayed roughly the same compared to 2021.
Fewer people identified as ethnically black or white but there was an increase in multi-ethnic identities and ‘other’ ethnic groups.
In 2011, 54 per cent of people identified as white but this is now down to 51.4 per cent. Likewise, in 2011, 27 per cent of people identified as black, African, Caribbean or black British - but that is now down to 25.1 per cent. Conversley, the number of people identifying as being from mixed or multiple ethnic groups rose from 6 per cent in 2011 to 7.2 per cent in 2021. There are also more people ticking the box for ‘other’ ethnic groups - up from 3 per cent in 2011 to 6.3 per cent in 2021.
However, there are fewer small business owners compared to in the rest of country, as well as more students and long-term unemployed.
8. Staying single
60 per cent of residents have never married or been in a civil partnership - that’s way over the 38 per cent national figure.
Only 27 per cent are married or in a civil partnership, compared to 44.7 per cent nationally. There are also fewer widows and widowers - making up just 2.9 per cent compared to 6.1 per cent across the UK.
9. People are living alone
Southwark residents are more likely to live on their own - 33.1 per cent of people compared to 30.1 per cent nationally.
Across the borough, there are also fewer people living in multi-occupant properties compared to the rest of the country.
10. Deprivation is still a problem
32 per cent of households are deprived in some way - very close to the 33.5 per cent national figure.
A household can be described as deprived for any number of reasons, including long-term poor health, unemployment, overcrowding or lack of education.
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Rotherhithe’s ‘most unusual property’ is going up for auction
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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A house known as the ‘leaning tower of Rotherhithe’, which was said to be once owned by Winston Churchill’s nephew, is going up for auction.
On March 1, the solitary white tall house that stands on the riverbank of the Thames in Rotherhithe will go up for auction. It has become known locally as the “leaning tower of Rotherhithe” - perhaps due to the fact it was once surrounded by other properties, some of which were destroyed during the Blitz. The auction guide price is £1.5m and as
the only house on the street, it does boast unobstructed views of the city. Originally part of a row of buildings and known as 41 Rotherhithe Street, the property was once owned by Victorian barge company Braithwaite & Dean and used as the office where lightermen — workers on lighter, flat-bottomed barges who carried cargoes from larger ships— would pull up to collect their wages. A spokesperson from auctioneers Savills said: “It’s the most unusual property we’ve had to come up at auction for a long time and is the only house on this particular street in Rotherhithe.” The building is located on what was formerly 41 Rotherhithe Street, now 1 Fulford Street. Between 1937 and 1939
Winston Churchill’s nephew, Esmond Romilly is reported to have lived there with his wife, author and socialite Jessica Mitford. Although this is up for debate some say 41 Rotherhithe Street, was part of an ‘80s redevelopment and is now part of Bermondsey Wall East, others say it once stood near the old Braithwaite and Dean building, now in Fulford Street. Years later Lord Snowdon the former husband of Princess Margaret, lived further along the row in a former coal store while he was courting the Queen’s sister and was a jobbing photographer. The buildings to the west of the house were destroyed during the Blitz in World War Two.
Ali tweeted: “@TfL you had one job...yet it’s different colours. The time spent not doing something and then doing it wrong is an exemplar of how taxpayer money can be wasted.” Looking on the sign’s brighter side, Cllr Bentley said: “It’s not ideal but it’s raised a smile or two. At this stage, we don’t want any more precious public funds spent on this.” Initially, TfL said the sign would be delivered in time for Christmas but this was pushed back to February. According to TfL, it had experienced problems “sourcing the glass” that was needed for that particular type of signage. Speaking in October, Cllr Bentley said the sign’s sorry state was “emblematic of TfL’s struggles”. TfL has struggled ever since the covid-19
pandemic, which emptied carriages and hit its coffers hard. Even after accepting a £3.6 billion government bailout, it’s been left with a £400 million shortfall. Now repaired, the sign will be hoping for better luck in the future, having developed a habit of calamity in recent years. In August 2021, a 47 bus smashed into it while avoiding an oncoming ambulance and cracked its upper deck windows. Bermondsey Underground Station first opened in 1999 when it was one of eleven stations forming the Jubilee Line extension through east London. It has won plaudits for its futuristic design which maximises natural light through its high, glass ceiling. TfL has been approached for comment.
Some of the properties to the east remained and were bought in the ‘60s by London County Council, but the barge constructors refused to sell this particular house. The other remaining properties were part of a plan to extend Southwark Park to the river. The current owners have lived there for nearly three decades, but plan to move out of London, according to Savills. The property still has stairs leading around the side of the building down to the river. Initially, the current owners occupied the whole building, but later rented out the top two floors and used the bottom two as a live/work space, with a studio on the ground floor. There are, therefore, two kitchens in
the building, along with two open-plan living areas, three additional reception rooms, two bathrooms, a bedroom and a spare room. With the capacity to change the rooms around, increase the number of bedrooms or convert the building into flats, it is being advertised as a “blank canvas” for buyers. “It entirely depends on how you want to use it…it’s versatile in that regard,” said Lot Negotiator Steven Morish. “But I think you’ll always keep that top floor as the living area because that’s where you get the amazing views. The seller has set the sofas at a higher level than they would normally be so you can see 180 degrees. It’s like nothing I’ve seen before.”
The Bermondsey Station sign is fixed - but it’s the wrong colour By Herbie Russell
herbie@southwarknews.co.uk People “don’t know whether to laugh or cry” after TfL repaired the Bermondsey Underground Station sign with the wrong colour - and it took them nine months.
A large chunk of the sign had been missing since May 2022 when a lorry reversed into the canopy so it only read ‘Station’ instead of ‘Bermondsey Station’. Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Rachel Bentley, who has hounded TfL to get it repaired, tweeted: “Seriously I don’t know whether to laugh or cry having just seen it in the cold light of day. At least it is distinctive…” While thanking Cllr Bentley for getting it fixed, former Lib Dem Councillor Humaira
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one of london’s oldest Welsh chapels is up for a Southwark Blue Plaque - vote Now!
By Isabel Ramirez
isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A chapel in Borough, which hosts a ‘thriving’ community of worshippers and is known as the ‘mother chapel’ of the Welsh congregationalists in London, has been nominated for a blue plaque.
The Borough Welsh Chapel on Southwark Bridge Road, was built in 1872 but its congregation came long before that (1774) making it one of the oldest Welsh churches in London. Architecturally, it is a Grade II listed building, a very rare example of a Welsh chapel interior and unusually for London Welsh chapels it has buildings attached to it and owned by the chapel. This year it celebrates its 150th anniversary. Often called the mother chapel of the Welsh congregationalists in London, it is much more than a place of worship for many. Most notably, their loyal commitment was tested during the years following Rev Dr
Ifor M Edwards’s retirement after 32 years, when they were without a permanent minister. A spokesperson said: “During this time we were fortunate in having the services of many ministers and occasionally the Chapel members put together a service themselves.” Along with its thriving community of worshippers, the chapel is home to resident choirs including the mixed voice choir Borough Welsh Choir and the male voice choir Eschoir which both perform internationally. It hosts lots of groups (theatre companies, dancers, craft workshops, yoga classes) who hire its facilities, and it regularly stages concerts and events raising money for charity. The charities include those affected by the Borough Market and London Bridge attacks and more recently Ukraine and the Missing People charity. Having recently refurbished its hall, they host regular evening events and offer private hire in the Chapel and the hall downstairs. For the past nineteen years the News is
proud to have been one of the founders of the Blue Plaque scheme here in Southwark and nominations are now open for next year. The scheme, in partnership with Southwark Heritage Association and the council, now has well over 50 blue plaques across the borough. To vote for Borough Welsh Chapel or any of the nominees for a Southwark Blue Plaque, please email isabel@southwarknews.co.uk or admin@southwark.org.uk with the name of the person you want to nominate. Voting closes on Thursday 1st June.
Could this be the end of local cider? By Isabel Ramirez
isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Bermondsey cidery, known for its scheme of exchanging people’s waste apples for cider, is urging people to “go local first” when they’re out, following a surge in the price of apples - and everything else.
Elliot Allison, general manager at Hawkes Cidery and Taproom in Bermondsey, said rising costs are having big consequences for local alcohol sales. For example, last January the price of apples rose to £1.22 per kilo: “You’d need about one kilo of apples to make one pint of cider, so a single pint would cost about £1.22 to make,” Elliot explained. And that’s before other costs such as electricity, maintenance, and staff. In 2019, it was about 75p according to government data. “From a production point of view, that all goes to our overhead costs so we’ve had to put in a price increase to our customers - which means our margins are lower so effectively we’ve lost profit. Hawkes sells various ciders ranging from £6.45 to £6.95 per can. Elliot said from what he’s seen in the pubs that stock them, Hawkes has gone up by 20-30 pence per pint. “No one wants to serve a pint for £7 - but it’s becoming harder and harder with costs,” he said. Since the price went up so much, he said they’ve started buying a season’s worth rather than wholesale to keep costs down. Asked why apples had gone up in price Elliot explained: “The fruit and veg trade was built on migrant workers. There are jobs that British people don’t want to do. So after Brexit, this trade took a knock so prices went up. Then there’s the cost of fuel - for the amount of weight apples are you’re paying a lot to transport them around.” Elliot explained that due to the inevitable price increases they’ve had to make, bars that stock Hawkes cider currently may be tempted to swap it for a cheaper alternative.
Local firefighters save stricken waterbird using 32-metre super ladder By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk
However, he warns that may cost them in the long run: “What’s important for traders to understand is that this may only be a shortterm win for them. As consumers become pickier with how they spend their money, they want the best every time, and failing to offer the brands that people will pay a premium for on their one night out of the week is going to cost operators in the long run,” he said. Adding that when people do go out, supporting their local businesses is important so the money stays in the community. “Go local first!” he urged. “Whether it’s the pint you buy or the meal you have, supporting those local, independent businesses will benefit not only the business but also the community, as all money stays in local circulation.” Despite the difficulties they are facing, their donation scheme - where they collect people’s ‘waste’ apples in exchange for cider, started in 2015 and is still going on. “We still want to highlight this initiative. That isn’t going to stop,” Elliot said. And cider isn’t the only beverage taking a
hit this year. A local company that produces mead - an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey, yeast and water - is also facing similar problems. Tom Gosnell, founder of Gosnell’s - based in Peckham with their taproom in Bermondsey - said: “Like everything, the price of honey has gone up, but it’s all the other things that are crazily expensive now. The price of labels has gone up by 3 times and carbon dioxide for production has surged. Like Hawkes, they too are taking a loss in profit. Tom also points to the significant increase in the London Living Wage - which last went up by eight per cent - as another reason for the losses. “These losses have meant we haven’t expanded as much as we’d like to,” he said. “We’re now choosing to hire fewer, more senior people who are slightly better paid, because the staffing just isn’t there.” He added that they are currently looking for sales staff (to work at the Peckham site) and bar staff (to work in Bermondsey.) Anyone interested can get in touch by emailing them contact@gosnells.co.uk
Firefighters have used a 32-metre super-ladder to rescue a waterbird that got trapped in a Southwark Park tree.
The coot’s wing got ensnared in a plane tree by the Ada Salter Garden on Friday, February 17, but was saved by firefighters from the Dockhead and Greenwich stations at 1.49pm. The bird, recognisable as a coot by its white beak and black body, fully recovered and was released into the park’s lake shortly after. Wildlife enthusiast Andy Miller, who often cares for the Canada Water swans, said: “The coot was about 20 metres above the ground. She had been there for several hours, struggling to free herself, when she was spotted by Di Stedman, a local wildlife photographer.” Di Stedman, who feared the bird had been hanging since 8.30am, called London Wildlife Protection who then contacted London Fire Brigade.
Firefighters soon arrived but realised their ladder couldn’t reach the stricken bird, so had to retrieve a new one from Greenwich. The 32-metre aerial landing platform (ALP), normally used for extinguishing fires in tower blocks, was just long enough to reach the bird. “The coot’s wing wasn’t broken, and after a bit of rest, she was released back onto the lake in Southwark Park,” Andy said. Coots are commonplace across the British Isles and tend to be found in freshwater lakes, reservoirs and rivers. A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “Firefighters were called to a report of a bird trapped in tree branches on Southwark Park Road on Friday. “Crews worked with partners to free the bird from the tree, with the help of a 32-metre turntable ladder. The bird was left in the care of a wildlife protection officer. “The Brigade was called at 1310 and the incident was over for firefighters by 1349. Crews from Dockhead and Greenwich fire stations attended the scene.”
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Parents are bewildered after the shock announcement that Cobourg Primary School in Burgess Park is set to amalgamate with Camelot Primary School.
A bombshell letter handed to parents on Monday, February 20, said governors have recommended the school moves to Camelot’s Bird in Bush Road site, Peckham, in September. The letter indicated the proposed merger was motivated by the recent fall in primary-aged children living in Southwark. Twelve Southwark primary schools are currently in a budget deficit and could face amalgamations, mainly because they don’t have enough pupils. But some parents feel they have been caught off-guard. Rachel Morgan, whose son attends nursery at Cobourg, said there was lack of communication “I’ve had no emails talking about funding and nothing like that so it’s a shock for everyone,” she said. She added: “Everyone I’ve spoken to agrees it’s a really good school…my son loves it there so for him to have to move - it’s just not right, it’s going to affect their learning.” Cobourg and Camelot have had a partnership for the last six months. The letter to parents said “the benefits of the
Cobourg Primary School is set within the green surroundings of Burgess Park
partnership” had convinced governors it could be “made permanent”. The letter also sought to reassure parents that every Cobourg pupil would be “guaranteed a place” at the new combined school. All permanent teachers and teaching support staff will keep their jobs so students will continue to learn from “familiar faces”, the letter added. Any final decision on the school’s future will be made following a consultation process. Southwark’s struggle to keep schools open is well-documented, with twelve primary schools currently in a budget
deficit. An exodus of families due to covid-19, regeneration and Brexit, combined with declining birth rates, have decimated pupil numbers. As funding is given to schools on a per-pupil basis, Southwark’s primary schools face a combined £2.8 billion budgetary blackhole. In December, Southwark Council approved its schools strategy which said closures and amalgamations would be used where necessary. “I’m optimistic that we can limit the damage and limit the school closures by having this joined-up approach,”
Cllr Jasmine Ali, Southwark Council’s schools chief, told the News at the time. Some people also say it’s a shame that Cobourg could leave the park, meaning students won’t benefit from the greenery and recently added amenities. In recent years, the council has relandscaped the park, added new cycle paths, extended the lake and built new football pitches. Local resident David Williams, 62, who is friends with parents at the school, said: “They just spent a fortune on the park… I just think its outrageous! “It’s a shame to move them from an ideal learning environment to what is in
effect a concrete jungle by a very busy road!” St Francesca Cabrini Primary School, Honor Oak, will shut in September and Townsend Primary School, Walworth, is also consulting on closure. Parents at both Cobourg and Camelot are invited to meetings at Cobourg Primary School on Thursday, February 23. They will be held at the school 9.30am, 3.30pm and 6pm. The 6pm meeting will also be available online. Parents will be able to put their questions to a Southwark Council officer, Executive Headteacher James Robinson and Chair of Governors Juliette Young.
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Hidden Gem: The Victorian bollard dubbed ‘the silent sentinel’ By Herbie Russell
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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A little-known Victorian bollard has been silently protecting Walworth pedestrians from horses, carts and automobiles for roughly 100 years.
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Dubbed the ‘silent sentinel’ by social media users, the zebra-striped iron protrusion sits at the east end of Iliffe Street near the Pullens Estate. Its exact birthday is unknown but its ornate features and hallmark suggest Queen Victoria reigned when it was constructed. While the untrained eye might pass over this discreet symbol of a by-gone age, it has gained a reputation among bollard enthusiasts. Bollard blogger ‘Bollards of London’ wrote: “Nice rounded top, wonderful small balls surrounding two edges and then the bollard tapers. “The column which is an octagon which has a base that flairs outwards giving the bollard a much stronger wider base… a gem of a bollard.” The hallmark at the base reads ‘The Thames Bank Iron Company London’ an ironmongers responsible for many of London’s lamps, fences and posts. The bollard’s home, the Pullens Estate, is also an area of historical interest. It was built by James Pullen, a local builder, who purchased the land and developed it from 1806 to 1901. In 2012 the area, gained conversation status and the exceptional little bollard got several mentions in council documents. Rumour has it that, in 2009, the bollard got a makeover when the Pullens Estate provided the backdrop to scenes in Colin Firth’s blockbuster ‘The King’s Speech’. The estate was used to depict the 1930s home of speech therapist Lionel Logue and was covered in vintage posters advertising products like Bovril. Rumour has it that the bollard got its distinctive black-and-white paint job during the 2009 filming. However, a look through old images of the street show the bollard had its unique paint-job at least as early as 2008, suggesting it got a makeover sometime before filming took place
By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Ten photographers are putting on an exhibition ‘with a twist’ at a Borough-based pub where they have to shoot, edit, print and exhibit all the photos in one day.
It is all in aid of raising funds for Ukraine humanitarian effort. On February 24, the ten London-based photographers will shoot, edit, print and exhibit photos capturing the essence of London in one day - exactly one year on from the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The exhibition, entitled All in a Day’s
Work, will take place at the Two Bridges pub in Borough. Leading the project is Steve Mussell, a photographer and owner of NiceSmile Ltd. He is deeply invested in supporting the Ukraine humanitarian effort, as his wife, Asya Mussell is Ukrainian and has helped countless Ukrainian refugees since the war started. In the past year, the couple has offered translation support, advice and guidance as they navigate the complexities of settling and building their lives again in a new country. He said: “Being married to a Ukranian woman has drawn us both into the lives of many refugees fleeing
their war-torn homeland. My wife has pretty much quit her job to deal with the paperwork involved in their settlement. “It’s crazy to think I was (in Ukraine) last January. Such a lot has changed in one year,” he added. The tickets are free but can be booked by scaning the bar code (right). Visitors can also bid on the photos at the exhibition or via the Bidbeacon site and people can donate directly to the cause via the organiser’s GoFundMe page. Steve Mussell hand-picked the ten photographers taking part, saying: “I have managed to bring together what I consider to be the crème de la crème of
London photographers right now. I’m not saying there aren’t equally good people out there, but I haven’t come across them yet.” The exhibition will take place at the Two Bridges pub on 186 Tooley St, SE1 2TZ from 7 pm - 10 pm.
Aylesbury Estate tenant who refuses to leave to hold anti-gentrification exhibition in her flat By Herbie Russell
Aysan Dennis in her Aylesbury Estate flat
herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A council tenant who has refused to leave the Aylesbury Estate thirteen years after its demolition began is holding an anti-gentrification exhibition in her flat.
Aysan Dennis, 64, is surrounded by boarded up apartments and deserted walkways, but still loves her Wendover block apartment. The exhibition will feature photos, collages, mementos and audio-recordings documenting her long struggle against redevelopment. Aysan, who moved into her flat in May 1993 with her late-sister, said: “This time is the right time to have an exhibition… one of the biggest issues we are facing in the housing crisis… “The Aylesbury is mostly empty and boarded off… these beautiful flats have been empty for many years - and it’s been empty while people are desperate [for homes],” she added. The 2,758-flat Aylesbury Estate was completed in 1977 as part of a huge slum clearance but less than thirty years later, in 2005, Southwark Council decided to demolish it. The council argued redevelopment was the only viable option and that refurbishment would be too expensive. This was despite a ballot that saw 70 per cent of residents voting against the estate’s demolition in 2001. Reflecting on the council’s failure to heed the ballot, Aysan said: “It raises questions about our democracy.”
Now retired, Aysen, who used to work at a women’s refuge, has spent over a decade campaigning against redevelopment. Aysan led demonstrations, organised protests, created campaign material, all of which will be documented in the exhibition. She has been particularly perturbed by the lack of social housing provided by the new development. While 4,200 new homes are being built on site, just 1,600 will be social rent
compared to the 2,402 social rent homes that existed on-site in 2008. But despite her efforts, the scheme is well underway. Only last month, Southwark Council got permission to bulldoze 373 flats as part of the redevelopment of Phase 2B. Unlike hundreds of ex-Aylesbury residents who have been displaced, Aysan will move into one of the new flats once it’s completed at the end of the year. But she’s still holding on to the hope that
she can save the flat she moved into forty years ago. “Give us a chance to show them that whatever is left - we have to keep it and refurbish it and let people move in,” she said. The exhibition is scheduled for an unannounced date in April. Campaign group Fight4Aylesbury is fundraising for the exhibition which you can donate to at: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ fight4aylesbury?utm_term=gKQQQzp8q
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What support is still available in Southwark for you to claim? If you are not on state benefits
By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk If you’re struggling to pay your energy bills, here’s an up-to-date guide to what support is available here in Southwark and how to apply if you are eligible.
Financial support for energy bills comes under two categories: those who are on low income but do not receive any state benefits or pension and those who receive benefits. In this case, low income is classified as a household income of no more than about £20k per year or £400 per week after housing costs (rent or mortgage) and taxes (income tax and national insurance). Councils all run their own
individual schemes and these vary. Southwark Council has the Cost of Living Support Fund, which is largely funded by the Household Support Fund - and the Southwark Emergency Support Scheme. The Household Support Fund is the money the government is giving to councils and unitary authorities to help people with their bills. This ends on March 31 - the amount for the next financial year has not yet been confirmed. Through the Cost of Living Fund made up of council and national funding, 16,000 households have received a £100 one-off payment, and this week that the council allocated an extra £750k in the budget for 2023/24 so that we can continue to support residents.
If you are on state benefits
For those who receive benefits the Southwark Emergency Support Scheme (SESS) is the one to apply for.
What is it and who can apply?
If you’re claiming one of the benefits listed below please apply to the Southwark Emergency Support Scheme (SESS) instead. It is for Southwark residents who are facing a crisis, emergency or disaster and needs help. • Universal Credit • Pension Credit • Employment and Support Allowance (income based) • Jobseekers Allowance (income
based) • Income Support • Working Tax Credit NOTE: You can apply to Southwark Emergency Support Scheme if you or your partner are receiving one of the benefits listed below or have made a claim for one or more of these benefits in the last six weeks and are waiting for a decision on a claim. In most instances, as well as receiving one of the benefits mentioned above, you must also: • have been living in Southwark for at least 3 months • be 16 years of age or older. They will only consider applications made by the main householder.
For people who are on low income but do not receive any state benefits or pension, you could be help by the Southwark Council Cost of Living Support Fund
What is it?
The Cost of Living Fund is for people who live in Southwark, have a low income, pay towards their energy bills and are in urgent need of cash support. To be clear, the money is to help pay your heating and food bills. You can claim £100 as a one-off payment. Only one claim per customer is allowed. Southwark Council is urging people to apply as soon as possible, as renewed funds from the government have not yet been confirmed.
How to apply
You will need to fill out a form that will take around 10 to 15 minutes. There are three steps to make your claim: 1. You will be asked for information to confirm you are eligible for a payment from this scheme 2. You will be asked for some information about your circumstances so that the council can understand more about people applying for emergency support this way - they won’t use this information for any other
How is it paid?
They normally provide goods or services rather than cash. For example, you might qualify for a food gift card or help with your energy bills.
How do I apply?
To access the form, go to southwark.gov. uk/benefits-and-support/emergencysupport. Click ‘Apply for emergency support - I’m claiming benefits.’ Click ‘Make an application’ and fill out the form.
What will I be asked?
You will be asked standard questions like your name, address and about your
You can now borrow formal clothes from Brixton Library for job interviews By Isabel Ramirez
isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Local job seekers can now request and borrow workwear free from Brixton Library so they can look their best for interviews.
ihateironing, a laundry service based in Brixton, has partnered with Brixton Library to relaunch their Workwear Scheme,which helps job seekers in South London look their best in interviews by lending them formal clothes. They can borrow the clothes for a period of four days at a time and have the option of requesting garments for their interviews to make sure they get the clothes and sizes they need. The laundry service collects clothes
from their customers and anyone else who wants to donate professionally cleans them and donates them to the library. Every time the clothes are rented and returned, they will be cleaned once again to make sure they’re always looking brand new before returning to the library. The scheme is now a permanent service within Brixton Library - and people can easily book an appointment or simply walk in to ask about it. For more about ihateironing and Brixton Library Workwear Scheme, email them reena@ihateironing.com. To donate clothes to the scheme, please go to their website ihateironing.com. They can collect from these postcodes: CR0, CR2, CR7, SE19, SE20, SE21, SE22, SE23, SE24, SE25, SE26, SE27, SW16
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reason You will then be asked for your address and some other details so they can send you the payment, once they have confirmed you are eligible.
What will I be asked?
The questions include asking about your eligibility and about who lives in your household. You may be asked the name of your energy provider. You will also be asked to provide one of the following: • National insurance number • Council tax account number • Home Office temporary number You will be asked to provide either an email or telephone number.
Why am I being asked for my national insurance number?
This acts as a safeguard to protect the fund from fraud and is standard practice for claims of this nature.
How to access the online form
To access the form, go to southwark.gov. uk/benefits-and-support/cost-of-livingsupport/southwark-council-cost-ofliving-fund-scolf. Click ‘Apply for support from the Cost of Living Fund’. Read the instructions and go to the bottom of the page and click ‘continue’
accommodation - as well as the benefits you claim and your national insurance number. You will be asked to provide either an email or telephone number. You will be asked for supporting evidence. You must provide: • Your most recent 2 months’ bank statements for all accounts you hold • Your most recent 2 months’ wage slips • Evidence that you’ve recently made a claim for Universal Credit They will ask you for evidence to support your application. If you can’t provide this, they may refuse it.
and you will be directed to the form.
Having trouble with the online form?
Their advice is to call this number 020 7525 2434 if you can’t get online and need help applying for it.
What happens next?
The council will check whether you’re eligible for a payment. If you are, you will get a Post Office payout voucher through the post. If you gave them your email, they will email you when your claim has been processed to tell you whether or not it was successful. The vouchers will be posted out by firstclass mail and delivered within 7 to 10 days. You can take your voucher barcode letter to any Post Office to get a payment in cash. You will need to show your ID to cash your voucher. You can use one of the following forms of ID: • Passport • Photo Driving Licence • National Identity Card (for EU citizens) • Official government letter including your name and address such as: Southwark Council rent statement, Council Tax bill, Letter confirming receipt of Housing Benefit, Universal Credit or similar, NHS letter, A letter from the Home Office
NOTE: If you don’t submit it with your application, Southwark Council will contact you by email, telephone or letter, to ask for it.
What happens next?
You can submit your application at any time and they will assess it during office hours as soon as possible. They’ll let you know their decision by email. If you’re successful, they will let you know what to do next. NOTE: Decisions are made based on your eligibility and your reasons for applying. If you are having trouble with the online form call 020 7525 2434 they can help you complete your application.
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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Private and public landowners could join forces for the public good thanks to Southwark Council’s land commission - the second of its kind in the UK.
Cllr James McAsh is one of the key brains behind the scheme
Currently no one knows who owns all the land across the borough “Yet again Labour are trying to mark their own homework. For Labour to appoint their own parliamentary candidate to this important position is a direct conflict of interest,” he said. He added: “Southwark Labour must not be allowed to use public money and platform to raise the profile of a local prospective parliamentarian and gain undue advantage.” Cllr McAsh said: “Miatta is eminently qualified for the role. She wasn’t appointed on the basis of her political affiliations… in fact I don’t know what most people’s political affiliations are.
“I can imagine if there was an election coming up and if it was a contentious constituency it might be more contentious but Miatta is clearly very qualified.” Dr Fanhbulleh said: “I have worked on housing and land issues at national and local level for over fifteen years. I agreed to chair the Southwark Land Commission because I wanted to bring this experience to this important piece of work. And I am determined that as a commission we engage with all parts of the community and work on a crossparty basis.”
There have also been criticisms that environmental groups are underrepresented on the commission’s board, which Extinction Rebellion (XR) Southwark said was a “concern”. An XR Southwark spokesperson said: “We also noticed with concern that there were no community groups on the land commission from an environment and climate perspective. “The design of urban spaces is one of the most effective tools we have in both adapting to and mitigating climate change,” they added. Cllr McAsh said it was “in part a fair
criticism” and that the commission was looking at bringing in a board member with more environmental expertise. The commission is the second of its kind in the UK after a similar initiative was launched by Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram in 2020. Southwark Council has appointed planning consultants PRD, We Made That and PMV Planning to help oversee it. The group will have its first meeting later this month to decide the scope of the project. By July, it hopes to make a set of recommendations to Southwark Council.
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The News understands that Bright Horizons nursery, streets away on Tabard Street, made the decision to close this year due to rising costs too. Last August, the National Day Nurseries Association warned that nurseries had endured a “disastrous” year. From April to July 2022, 65 per cent more nurseries closed compared with the same months in 2021, it said. Purnima Tanuku, Chief Executive of the NDNA, said: “Most nurseries are small businesses and, similar to the picture in other sectors, these are hugely impacted by rocketing fuel costs, inflation and chronic underfunding. But nurseries have also had to pay unfair business rates which tax the space they give children to grow, explore and develop. We are expecting minimum wages to go up again as low paid workers grapple with inflation in double
figures. Meanwhile qualified early years practitioners are leaving the sector to take up better paid work elsewhere, leaving nurseries struggling to recruit.” “All nurseries’ challenges can be sourced back to government policy, offering parents so-called ‘free’ childcare places, then paying only part of the cost of delivering them. If your biggest customer isn’t paying the going rate that makes it difficult to survive.” Earlier this month, 1st Place nursery in Cambridge House, Camberwell, almost closed permanently after it failed to reach a new lease agreement with its landlord EatWorkArt. Parents were locked out of the premises before EatWorkArt reopened them, saying it recognised “the upset” caused by the “temporary unavoidable closure”. The 1st Place nursery is still expected to close in the coming months.
Two more nurseries to close due to the cost-of-living crisis Banana Moon Nursery, Borough.
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk
Two Borough nurseries have been forced to close due to the cost-ofliving crisis.
Banana Moon nursery, on Trundle Street, closed on February 2 after the business “became unsustainable”. In a letter to parents, the nursery said that rising operational costs and fewer families being able to afford professional child care were to blame. Mark Bates, managing director of the Banana Moon franchise, said: “Unfortunately, business at Banana Moon Southwark became unsustainable and the nursery has had to make the difficult decision to close its doors.”
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Ground-breaking land commission aims to free up space for building in Southwark
By Herbie Russell
The land commission, comprising a panel of local stakeholders and planning experts, aims to explore how different institutions can partner to make the most of local space. However, Southwark Liberal Democrats have criticised the commission, saying future Camberwell and Peckham Labour candidate Miatta Fahnbulleh shouldn’t have been made chair. Cllr James McAsh, cabinet member for the climate emergency and sustainable development, said: “Southwark council is a major landowner but there are lots of other landowners like TfL, non-public institutions with social purpose like faith groups, and other private sectororiented groups. Our goal is to bring these different groups together.” Elaborating, he said local authorities’ “standard model” was to build on land it already owns and find a private developer to help fund it. But he said the land commission could help the council to team up with other institutions, like community and faith groups, to explore opportunities for collaborative developments that benefit both parties. For example, Southwark Council could work with a church to build a community centre that straddles both their land, something which wouldn’t normally be considered possible. Mr McAsh said this was not a survey of land ownership in Southwark, which he said would “cost vast amounts”. “Land ownership is very secretive in Britain. Even the Land Registry doesn’t know the ownership of all the land in the country,” he said. But he added that private landowners would be asked to share that information if they wanted to participate in the commission. The board comprises approximately fourteen members, each from a local stakeholder or bringing some expertise. More members could be added. They will be chaired by prospective Labour candidate for Camberwell and Peckham and New Economics Foundation Chief Executive Miatta Fahnbulleh. Southwark Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr Victor Chamberlain criticised her appointment, saying Labour was “marking their own homework”.
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Vault Festival to be left homeless after Waterloo venue tells them to move out
By Isabel Ramirez
isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Vault Festival is now homeless after its Waterloo-based landlord prioritises ‘more commercial’ projects, despite hosting them for eleven years.
Following its successful return for the first time since the pandemic, VAULT Festival, the UK’s leading festival of live performance, has been advised by its venue-landlord, The Vaults, that it must find a new home for future festivals. VAULT Festival, run by not-forprofit charity VAULT Creative Arts, had repeatedly sought a long-term commitment from The Vaults, but the venue is instead looking at other more commercial projects, which now leaves VAULT Festival without a home for 2024 and beyond. Having run in the then-derelict tunnels in Waterloo since 2012, VAULT Festival has brought over 3,000 shows to The Vaults, bringing in more than 400,000 audience members. On the festival website, they wrote: “The festival is recognised for being vitally important to the health and vibrance of the live performance landscape of the UK, has helped launch the careers of thousands of underrepresented artists, who otherwise may not have had access to creative opportunities, and has had a significant positive impact on local businesses. This decision is a significant threat to VAULT Festival’s survival and the wider creative industry.” They are now getting attention from across the industry. In City A.M. Bridgerton’s leading actors have
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southwarknews.co.uk to help ensure the festival “maintains its central location.”The festival is recognised for being vitally important to the health and vibrance of the live performance landscape of the UK, has helped launch the careers of thousands of underrepresented artists, who otherwise may not have had access to creative opportunities, and has had a significant positive impact on local businesses. This decision is a significant threat to VAULT Festival’s survival and the wider creative industry. In order to continue, VAULT Festival has launched a #SaveVAULT fundraising campaign with the goal to raise £150,000
by the end of 2023’s festival on 19th March. To donate scan the QR code. The funds raised will support the organisation’s survival during this period of significant transition, be allocated to the cost of finding and securing a new home for the festival, and once found, help make that new home accessible to all. Director and Co-Founder Andy George says, “The response to the return of the VAULT Festival in 2023 has been incredible. Over the past three years, as we’ve battled to survive through cancellations, postponements and a pandemic, it’s become extremely clear
The development of the arches is hoped to be completed later this spring and anyone can register their interest on The Arch Company’s website. Their development works have been supported by Southwark Council’s plans, which will similarly be investing £1.5m into improving the public realm from later this year. This includes £1m from the GLA’s Good Growth Fund. Southwark Council’s scheme has been developed in close collaboration with local partners, including the Camberwell Identity Group and SE5 Forum. The public space will undergo major improvements, including better lighting, more trees and street furniture, and widening the street. Further spaces on Camberwell Station Road - including the former station building - are also being considered for future retrofit plans. This is all under The Arch Company’s £200m development plan – Project 1000 – to bring a thousand empty or derelict spaces into use across England and Wales by 2030. Craig McWilliam, CEO at The Arch Company, said: “We look forward to creating five additional productive spaces in the heart of Camberwell, which will in
turn support up to 25 new jobs for the area. Our Project 1000 investment plans are the biggest retrofit project in commercial property, with a thousand empty or derelict spaces such as this nationwide being brought into use by 2030. We will invest in further spaces in Camberwell under this development plan.” Cllr James McAsh, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency & Sustainable Development, said: “We very much welcome The Arch Company bringing these five empty arches back into use for small businesses to call home. Together with the £1.5m we secured to improve
the public space, their investment and the local community’s input is helping us to completely transform the street. We look forward to seeing new businesses thrive and our residents enjoying the new, greener environment designed with walking and cycling in mind.” Sandy Yau, Senior Leasing Manager at The Arch Company said: “We look forward to marketing these properties later this year, as we anticipate that interest will be strong. There is a vibrant local community that will contribute towards businesses thriving here. I would encourage any interested businesses to visit our website,
Five empty railway arches in Camberwell to go into use for business By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Five abandoned railway arches in Camberwell, which have been empty for over five years, will be given a £1.1 million investment so they can be rented out again amid the demand for industrial space.
Arches 344-348 on Camberwell Station Road will be given a new lease of life thanks to a £1.1m investment from The Arch Company. The arches have been vacant for over five years and are currently unable to be rented. The Arch Company says it hopes this investment will ensure the spaces are developed to their potential and become quality places for businesses to thrive within. The works The Arch Company is undertaking include fully stripping out and relining each of the arches, replacing the concrete slabs, installing toilet facilities, restoring utilities such as water and electricity and replacing the exterior with smarter shutters, to create a far superior frontage.
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collectively condemned the news that the UK’s second-largest arts festival has lost its home. Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan, who plays Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, said losing the festival “would be a devastating loss for the theatre community.” While Jonathan Bailey, who plays lead Anthony Bridgerton, called the Vault Festival “a bloody good night out” that “needs to be protected at all costs.” Bessie Carter, who plays Prudence Featherington, said people need to “make enough noise and attract funding and assistance from people who can afford it”
that the creative industry and the artists we champion need VAULT Festival. “This devastating blow comes after three of the harshest and hardest years of the festival’s life, but we’re determined to make sure this isn’t the end. We can only survive if we receive support, and I’m asking for your help. Help us make this the end of a chapter, not the end of the VAULT Festival. Help us save VAULT.” In order to save the festival’s future, VAULT Festival is also beginning the search for a new home for its 2024 festival and beyond. To find and secure a new home, VAULT Festival is making an urgent call to any individuals or organisations that may have access to large (20,000+ sq ft) spaces or multi-space venues in the wider London area to come forward. The festival team is open to any and all potential avenues even if spaces do not fit this brief exactly. The 2023 Festival currently taking place in venues across Waterloo and South Bank until 19th March won’t be affected by today’s announcement and all shows in 2023’s festival will be completed as planned. Whilst the future of VAULT Festival has been dealt this significant blow, VAULT Festival are asking audiences and artists to simply come down and enjoy this year’s festival whilst they can. Running every Tuesday-Sunday until 19th March, people can support VAULT Festival and its amazing artists by coming to see shows, buying drinks, buying merchandise, becoming a member, bringing friends, and coming back time and time again. Watch our video on Tik Tok @ southwarknews to see what’s on offer at Vault Festival.
where details to get in touch will be listed once the spaces are available.” The Arch Company took on ownership of Camberwell Station Road in 2019, after purchasing 5,200 spaces from Network Rail. At the point of sale, 1,400 spaces were left vacant, and require significant investment and development before they will be suitable for occupation. For more information about spaces to let in Camberwell, or to learn more about Project 1000 developments, visit The Arch Company website - thearchco.com. Or for more information on Southwark Council’s plans, please visit their website.
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Lego dinosaurs at Horniman CCTV images of people police Photo by Horniman Museum and Gardens
By Herbie Russell
herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Terrifying dinosaurs are being recreated in miniature LEGO® form at a blockbuster Horniman Museum exhibition.
A 1.5 metre long model of a Polacanthus is among the twenty species currently on display as part of ‘Brick Dinos’ - and running until October 29. Artist Warren Elsmore has also produced LEGO® versions of the raptor-like Masiakasaurus, a winged Pterosaur and the swamp-dwelling, crocodile-like Sarcosuchus. Dr Emma Nicholls, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, said: “I’m so excited about this exhibition. Dinosaurs and LEGO® are always a winning combination in my opinion, but the level of thought and detail that’s gone into it all, from the miniature scenes to the full-scale dinosaurs, means the exhibition will engage and excite visitors of
all ages. “And if that’s not enough, we have a brand new, incredible Polacanthus dinosaur model waiting to meet you!’ Warren Elsmore is famous for his intricate lego creations, which have included miniature versions of Rome’s Colosseum, the Taj Mahal and St Pancras Station. “I can’t deny that building the Polacanthus was a lot of fun! I was able to work with the Horniman’s fantastic team to make sure that
the pose and colouring were just right – and that she’d make a big impact when seen, and heard, in person,” he said. The exhibition includes interactive activities for kids including ‘build your own dinosaur’ and ‘fossil digging’. Visitors will also have the chance to enjoy rarely seen specimens from the Horniman collection, including a replica skull of a Nanotyrannus (meaning ‘dwarf tyrant’) – a smaller relative of the T.Rex.
hope to speak to after woman reportedly attacked at station By Herbie Russell
herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Police have released images of women they want to speak to as they investigate a lady being “knocked out” in a violent attack at London Bridge station.
British Transport Police said a woman was walking towards the exit of the station
when she was approached by a group of females at 11.45pm on Sunday, January 2. They allegedly threatened and attacked her, before knocking her unconscious. The victim suffered cuts and bruises to her face and body. British Transport Police say the assailants were interrupted by station staff and none of the victim’s
possessions were stolen. Officers would like to talk to the women in these images, as it is believed they may be able to help the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to text BTP on 61016, or phone 0800 40 50 40, with reference 600 of 2 January. Alternatively, people can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
TfL a step closer to building 17-storey office block above Southwark station
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Transport for London (TfL) has selected Helical as the developer to help build a seventeen-storey office block on top of Southwark Station.
It says Helical was chosen following “a competitive procurement process” involving “London’s most accomplished office developers and investors”.
As part of a joint venture in which it takes a 51 per cent stake, Helical will also help TfL develop offices on top of Bank and Paddington stations. TfL is building these offices to raise more revenue, having struggled to stay afloat ever since the coronavirus pandemic. Scott Anderson, head of property development at TTL Properties Ltd (TTLP), said money made from the offices would “generate vital additional revenue, which can be reinvested into the transport network”. The Southwark Station offices, first approved in 2021, will be 75-metres high and mean widening the pavement on the Cut, the street that runs past the station. TfL says the construction will be net-zero carbon emissions and the finished building will be partially heated using excess heat from the station below.
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Two charged after child threatened with knife at London Bridge station By Herbie Russell
herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Two teenage boys have been charged with attempted GBH and possession of an offensive weapon after a violent incident involving a twelve-year-old at London Bridge station.
The two seventeen-year-olds appeared at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, February 16.
One was charged with attempted GBH, possession of an offensive weapon and possession of a class A drug. The other was charged with attempted GBH, possession of an offensive weapon, and possession of a class B drug. On Tuesday, February 14, at 6.10pm, officers were called to London Bridge station to reports that a boy, aged twelve, was being assaulted and threatened with a
knife by two assailants. Police rushed to the scene, recovering two knives and arresting two seventeen-year-olds who were later charged. Horrified bystanders praised station staff who were said to have “acted bravely”. The victim is not believed to have sustained any injuries. The accused have been remanded in custody until their next appearance.
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Comment
MP on the problem of anti-social behaviour and the investigation into his conduct in Parliament
T
he epidemic of antisocial behaviour under the Tories continues, and not all of it involving their ‘lockdowning street’ parties!
There were 1.1 million anti-social behaviour incidents last year, that’s 3,000 a day and it is a serious issue raised with me every week. I am holding a meeting in south Bermondsey with council representatives, local police and people affected. Some dismiss antisocial behaviour as ‘low level’ but it blights lives, provides funds and participants for other serious crimes and has been deprioritised
under the Tories who cut 23,000 police officers and PCSOs without considering the consequences or damage to communities across the country. In Southwark, anti-social behaviour includes what police call ‘cuckooing’ where criminals take advantage of an isolated or vulnerable person, usually older or with addiction issues, and use their property to commit a range of crimes, often involving drugs. Colin Wingrove, Southwark’s outgoing Borough Commander, deserves credit for pursuing new methods to tackle this crime and it is a shame to lose him from Southwark but he goes upwards to Scotland
from
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NEIL COYLE
MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark Yard in the next step of his career. If antisocial behaviour is affecting your neighbourhood, then please let me or your councillors know. There are means to tackle the problems but I am also seeking greater powers for the police and social landlords like councils to tackle cuckooing and other problems. Labour would provide 13,000 dedicated neighbourhood police to help address the issue if the next election propels the Tories into the obliteration they deserve for the damage they’ve done to our economy and country. In personal news, I’m expecting the parliamentary investigation’s report
out very soon into the trouble I got myself into last year when drinking got the better of me. I’m deeply proud to serve such a vibrant, diverse community here in Southwark with such an amazing hospitality sector providing fun and jobs for local people. It has been great to sample the 0% alcohol beers since stopping drinking almost exactly a year ago. I’ve always been a big drinker, having been served in pubs from about the age of 14 to representing the Bermondsey Beer Mile and even getting ‘Bermondsey Best’ behind Stranger’s Bar in Parliament but I was not in control by the end of
‘Doing more with what we already have - I take a look at the council’s action plan on climate’
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cheerful ribbon of daffodils on Peckham Rye this week points towards spring, new activity and renewal. So I took the opportunity to look through the council’s action plan on climate: www. southwark.gov.uk/environment/ climate-emergency/reachingnet-zero/our-plan-for-net-zero
The sections on energy and greener buildings show the most progress. All council operational buildings now have electricity from green tariffs. That’s a quick and easy win - something everyone who pays an energy bill can do. There has been some action to cut energy waste in council
buildings, with the installation of air source heat pumps and solar panel schemes; and a successful funding bid to install air source heat pumps in Brunswick and Crampton primary schools. The council’s new licensing scheme in some areas of Southwark means they will be able to enforce minimum energy standards for landlords. This should mean landlords investing in insulation and repairs to draughty windows – leading to better living conditions for renters. But even in the buildings section, there are boxes ticked which give no idea of any real impact. One action is to establish an advice service for homeowners. Apparently the
council has contacted 500 homes to tell them they are eligible for retrofit – but this doesn’t tell us how many people read the letter, let alone took the next steps. And this is dwarfed by the recent announcement that Maydew House in Bermondsey is to be demolished, after the council has already spent over £15 million on it. For comparison, look at the French architects Lacaton and Vassal, who refurbish tower blocks with low cost materials, creating winter gardens and balconies to increase space and improve comfort and energy use. Anne Lacaton says their work is about ‘doing more and better with what is already existing.’ Demolition
is ‘a waste of many things—a waste of energy, a waste of material, and a waste of history. Moreover, it has a very negative social impact. For us, it is an act of violence.’ It’s clear that some changes take time, expertise and cooperation. That’s why I’m so keen on the proposal to ‘embed climate change awareness across the council’. What has happened to this action? According to the report, the council ‘delivered training to new councillors’. What about the existing councillors? What about the 4,000+ people directly employed by the council? Let’s train and empower them to make real change across Southwark.
last January and had to stop for my health, for my six year old daughter and to better serve our community. As ever, the level of support locally has been truly amazing – with organisations and people dropping by to offer advice and help. One longstanding drinking buddy even gave up alongside me in an act of craziness/heroism depending on your viewpoint! I’m proud to have helped around 5,000 people last year with a range of issues and will step up this effort as well as seek new ways to thank the community that has given me so much. Thank you for your continued support!
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Green eleanor margolies Eleanor Margolies writes about theatre and on environmental issues, and is an active campaigner for urban green spaces and clean air. www.eleanormargolies.co.uk @ellanOrnell
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Land ownership must be more transparent
T
he current model for building social housing in Southwark is broken but the land commission is a good start to fixing it.
As it stands, local authorities don’t generally have the capital to build large-scale social housing projects on their own. So, they must rely on investment from private developers to fund these projects - think the Aylesbury Estate redevelopment and Elephant Park. Unfortunately, it’s not in private developers’ interests to build cheap, affordable flats for families. If the housing market was to be flooded with reasonably priced flats, it would bring down house prices generally - not what private developers want. So we’re left with a situation where local authorities must pander to multi-billion development companies, potentially with opaque off-shore accounting structures. They are reduced to begging them to include a measly 35 per cent affordable housing in their housing projects. And even then, developers do everything they can to nibble away at that, looking to squeeze out more profit. But the land commission could cut out private developers. By encouraging the council to team up with private landowners with social interest, like faith institutions, it extracts the financial imperatives of the private developer. Admittedly, private landowners like churches, and small to medium size businesses, won’t have capital even comparable to large developers. So don’t expect your local flat-roofed evangelical church to fund a 25-storey social housing block. But involving them in community building projects is still a good idea and creative solutions to the housing crisis could come of it. The commission does have some pitfalls. For all Labour councillors’ protestations, making prospective Labour MP Miatta Fahnbulleh the chair does seem questionable. If the commission turns out to be a huge success, is it right that a future Labour candidate will get the credit, having been appointed by a Labour-run council? Almost certainly not. The exclusion of any environmental group from the board is also bizarre. Especially as Cllr James McAsh, who came up with the land commission, said tackling the climate crisis was a big reason for the commission. We might, however, see a late addition to the board with climate credentials. It’s a shame that the commission won’t do a full survey of land ownership in the borough. You feel that we can only seriously talk about revolutionising land-use in Southwark once we know who owns what. At a national level, the government must do more to ensure land ownership is transparent in this country. It’s an obvious first step to tackling the housing crisis.
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Rotherhithe’s newest theatre space at The Hithe is the latest home for Phil Willmott’s Rotherhithe Playhouse Company currently performing The Wizard of Oz and Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, writes Ed, Frida and Woody Gray... Willmott’s intention to bring theatre to the heart of the community has certainly been achieved for us because from The Hithe’s garden we could see Rotherhithe Overground, our flat and the kids’ school within a few hundred metres. To quote Oz’s Dorothy Gayle herself, ‘There’s no place like home’. We have followed Phil Willmott’s extensive career from fantastically creative productions in the Scoop at More London when our young reviewer’s were toddlers, to more recent work. How often can you see a production of Hamlet at the end of your street? I can still recall the faces of Thames Path walkers confronted with knife wielding Jacobeans. A pandemic production of Dickens’s Great Expectations outside Rotherhithe’s atmospheric Old Mortuary had our young reviewers spellbound by the pure magic of theatre at a time when narrative experiences were reduced to the dimensions of a screen at home, so we were eager to be cyclonically whisked off to OZ as we ascended to the top floor
of The Hithe. Inside is a snug theatre with comfortable enough seating for fifty people. We were a little disappointed that the
on young Dorothy’s odyssey to the Emerald City in search of hearts, minds and courage. Creative use of minimal casts, sets, props, and the constant shifting scale between puppets and
maintenance and the demise of local industry taking away jobs before the rot finally sets in and redevelopers take over to social cleanse the area. That is the story of Park Hill told through the eyes of three different families over 60 years. Newly-weds Rose and Harry moved into the brand new flats that overlooked the city in 1960. He was about to be made the youngest foreman in the country and
looked forward to starting a family. She was looking forward to working. In 1989, African migrants Grace and George, take in their young relative Joy, while escaping civil war in their homeland. 2015 sees the estate ousting all its residents and having a complete refurb in order to sell off the flats to private buyers. Enter Poppy, up from London to escape a failed relationship. And telling her workmates that you can get fresh turmeric delivered by Ocado does not endear her to new work colleagues, who think she is ‘posh’ and lives on ‘lobster and Viennetas’. The story progresses simultaneously while jumping from era to era. And, as in life, the promised sunlit uplands become unlit wastelands. The hopes and dreams turn into unemployment. The reality of a safe haven for refugees is another fight for life against racism. The young love of Harry and Rose sours when the steel factory is closed off and union activist Harry feels as if he has failed as a man; finding masculinity in a bottle. Young Joy, who has been pretty much imprisoned by Auntie Grace to keep her safe, still manages to get pregnant, while Thatcher gets re-elected and bangs in the final nail on the Park Hill coffin. Hawley’s songs give us a place of reference to look out from, even if it is the gutter, while at the same time allowing the middle-class something to look down on and pity. The band providing the music is on the first floor, just where the wardrobe and mattress were thrown from during a riot that ended the first half.
Another day on Park Hill Estate, the dawn chorus is in full flow and the cast sings: ‘As the dawn breaks over roof slates, hope hung on every washing line,’ writes Michael Holland...
This is how Standing At The Sky’s Edge opens, a musical about a council estate in Sheffield with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley - who has spent most of his life
writing songs about Sheffield - and book by Chris Bush. Having grown up on a council estate built in the 50s with hopes of a bright future for everyone, when there were plenty of jobs to go round, the story mirrors my own background as I can relate to how the early modernity of the late 50s faded away to a recession-hit 70s, a council that couldn’t keep up the
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house lights stayed up throughout the play which took away the intimacy of the collective moment. Narrator Jan Olivia Hewitt played elderly Dorothy as we embarked
Life on the edge - council estate living told over 60 years
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actors is where the magic of Willmott’s storytelling lies. Dorothy, a puppet ably assisted by Elizabeth Huskisson, was dressed in iconic gingham but with inexplicably oddly cropped hair. Straying from the original story, Olivia MacDonald played the Tinman as a robot who interrupted the action to reveal ‘fun facts’- a somewhat incongruous trope which felt clumsy. Ian MacNaughton, however, brought some laughter to the role of the Lion. This production will be more familiar to those who know Frank L Baum’s original book so the famous songs from the 1939 film are few. Those that are included were a little under-rehearsed, leading one young reviewer to report that the production was ‘a little wonky’. All in all it was a wonderful experience to stroll from home and be entertained by a local theatre company, especially when tickets are sold on a pay-whatyou-can-afford basis and are free to those accessing food banks or subsidised school meals. The generous gift of ambitious theatrical experience from cast and director, wonky or straight, will always win over hearts and minds, especially when you can get there quicker than Dorothy can click her little ruby-slippered heels together. The Hithe, 71-75 Albion Street, Rotherhithe, SE16 7JA until 26th February. Full details & tickets from: www.myplayhouse.uk
Standing At The Sky’s Edge refers to the view from the flats and its story is a real one. The struggling couple who pass each other between their different work shifts with only time to say ‘I love you’; the dreams that come to nothing; the sad ending of young lives through drugs or pointless violence; people separated by sadness and the everyday occurrence of racism… ‘No one cared about Park Hill until you posh pricks came here,’ says one former resident. ‘No one cared when junkies were shooting up in the lifts and people were getting stabbed all the time.’ There is so much more to this perfect ensemble production that needs to be seen and experienced properly. Robert Hastie’s superb direction shows an estate busy with positivity, but which darkens as the years go by. Ben Stones’ set is brutal, as it should be. The singing often catches you by surprise, such as when a little African refugee, who initially struggled to understand the local dialect, belts out a big bluesy number, or Maimuna Memon gives a tremendous Open Up Your Door to a lost love. There is no positive, uplifting side to this work unless you are one of the rich moving out the not so rich. No loose ends are tied up, the play just stops but we know that people will carry on until the estate falls into disrepair once more. It is just life. Real life with all its ups and downs and looking for love. National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX until March 25th. Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat matinees 2pm. Admission: £20 - £89 Booking: nationaltheatre.org.uk
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historian makes fascinating documentary on Bermondsey’s Watch the video leather trade nline
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Loading raw hides at Barrow Hepburn and Gale Grange Mills A local historian has made a fascinating documentary about Bermondsey’s leather industry., writes Herbie Russell... ‘Bermondsey Leather Trail’, available on YouTube, explains how the area became the UK’s most prominent leather manufacturer in the 19th century. Ian Stone, the King’s College London research fellow behind the documentary, told the News: “I’ve been asked to write a book about the leather industry and Bermondsey is a big part of that. “The documentary was a way of collecting my thoughts on the early
period and getting it out to a wider audience.” Ian has urged people to comment on his YouTube documentary, especially if they have memories or photos of relatives who worked in the trade. “The documentary was a way of collecting my thoughts on the early period and getting it out to a wider audience.” Ian has urged people to comment on his YouTube documentary, especially if they have memories or photos of relatives who worked in the trade. Bermondsey began producing leather
as far back as the fifteenth century when it would have been exported to Hanseatic League trading posts - a confederation of market towns across Northern and Central Europe. By the 1790s, with industrialisation gathering steam, Bermondsey was producing a third of the UK’s leather. The area was perfect for leathermaking. It was a stone’s throw from the docks but also downriver, meaning the manufacturing process’s unpleasant smells wouldn’t waft over the City. The Great North Wood, a sprawling forest stretching from Bermondsey to
Bromley, provided ample oak bark needed for tanning. The River Neckinger, the name-sake of the modern-day Neckinger Estate, also provided leather workers with a reliable source of fresh water. By 1833, trade had outgrown Leadenhall Market and the leading tanners of Bermondsey erected the Leathermarket on Weston Street. In 1878, having raised a behemoth £50,000, merchants and leathermakers built the grand London Leather Hide & Wool Exchange. The building included a private
gentlemen’s club on the first floor - now home to The Leather Exchange pub. Central to the industry’s success was Colonel Samuel Bourne Bevington, who set up the Worshipful Company of Leather. The Bevingtons plied their trade at the Neckinger Mills in 1806, and a statue of the colonel is on Tooley Street today. Bermondsey’s industry declined with the invention of the motor car as less leather was needed for saddles and horse-riding gear. The nail in the coffin came in the 1960s when plastic provided a cheaper alternative to many leather-made products.
Man receives letter over 100 years after it was sent in 1916 A Crystal Palace man was staggered to receive a letter 100 years after it was sent in 1916, writes
Herbie Russell... Theatre director Finlay Glen, 27, of Hamlet Road said he was “mystified” by the long-overdue arrival. It would have been written around the same time as The Battle of the Somme and features a stamp bearing George V. Local historian Stephen Oxford, 71, told the News: “I was a bit surprised to start with - it came out of the blue completely… but once I read it I was delighted!” “We were obviously pretty surprised and mystified as to how it could have been sat around for more than 100 years,” said Finlay. According to Stephen, who is also editor of the Norwood Review, the letter is from Christabel Mennell, daughter of a tea merchant, to Katie Marsh, wife of the local stamp magnate Oswald Marsh. In the letter, which she sent while holidaying in Bath, Christabel mentions
feeling “quite ashamed of myself after saying what I did”. She adds that she had been “miserable here with a very heavy cold”. According to Stephen, the correspondence shines new light on the relationships between the area’s prominent Georgian families. “These were two Quaker families and they gave a lot to the area… in terms of education and mental health…. Christabel visited local mental health hospitals and wrote a report on it and her father supported the Croydon College of Art,” he said. He also said Oswald Marsh was a highlyrespected stamp dealer who often helped in courts during cases of stamp fraud. Speculation is rife as to how the letter took so long to arrive, with some suggesting it had spent over a century hidden in a dark corner of the Sydenham sorting office. The envelope has a stamp from the Sydenham sorting office, which was in
operation for over a century before it closed down in 2018. Some people believe the letter was found while the office was being cleared out and somebody made its way back into mail circulation. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Incidents like this happen very occasionally, and we are uncertain what happened in this instance. “We appreciate that people will be intrigued by the history of this letter from 1916, but we have no further information on what might have happened.” Stephen said the descendants of both the Mennell and Marsh families had been in contact with him. Rather than claiming ownership of the letter, he said they’d both offered to help with his research into their families’ histories. The letter’s next destination is uncertain but Stephen hopes it will conclude its journey in a local archive where the public can see it.
The letter and the envelope with the post date 6th February 1916 Photo by Finlay Glenghsd
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BASSANO STREET, BRUNSWICK COURT, WHITES GROUNDS, NEWCOMEN STREET, CROSBY ROW, SNOWSFIELDS, GREAT SUFFOLK STREET, GLYCOTE CLOSE, MANOR GROVE)
PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 29 THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2023
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
2.
Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in: (a) Bassano Street, between No’s 21/22 and No’s 123 (b) Brunswick Court at it’s junction with Druid Street (c) Whites Grounds at it’s junction with Druid Street (d) Newcomen Street, between Bowling Green Place and No’s 19 will be closed (e) Crosby Row, between Long Lane and Newcomen Street will be closed (short hold as required) (f) Crosby Row, between Long Lane and Newcomen Street ‘at any time’ restrictions will be introduced on the northern and southern side of the carriageway (g) Crosby Row, between Porlock Street and Newcomen Street ‘permit holders’ bays will be suspended on the northern and southern side of the carriageway (h) Newcomen Street, between Crosby Row and Bowling Green Place ‘at any time’ restrictions will be introduced on the northern and southern side of the carriageway (i) Snowsfields, between Great Maze Pond and Crosby Row, ‘at any time’ restrictions will be introduced (j) Great Suffolk Street, between Southwark Street and Farnham Place (k) Glycote Close,at it’s junction with Crosswaithe Avenue and No’s 11/12 (l) Manor Grove, between Ormside Street and Ilderton Road
3.
The existing ‘one –way’ on Great Suffolk Street, between Farnham Place and Dolben Street, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for (2j)
4.
The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Blackwater Street, Lordship Lane (2b) not applicable (2c) not applicable (2d) Tennis Street, Mermaid Court, Bowling Green Place (2e) not applicable (2f) (2g) (2h) (2i) not applicable (2j) Great Suffolk Street, Dolben Street, Bear Lane (2k) not applicable (2l) Ilderton Road, Penarth Street, Ormside Street
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Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
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The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
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The works will be in operation for (2a) 6th – 10th March (2b) & (2c) 6th – 7th March between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs (2d) (2e) (2f) (2g) (2h) (2i) 9th – 13th March with back up dates of 23rd – 26th March, 30th March – 2nd April, 6th – 9th April (2j) 4th – 12th March (weekend works only) (2k) 3rd March – 10th April (2l) 6th March – 30th April
8.
1.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 29 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.
2.
The purpose of the Order is to facilitate play streets as indicated in the schedule to this notice.
3.
The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle/cycle from:(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;. (b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice.
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The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark.
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The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable. For information regarding this notice, please contact Network & Parking at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Dated this 26th January 2023 Ian Law, Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Regulatory Services, Environment and Leisure, 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX. Ref: playstreets Schedule Road
Extent
Date of event and Prohibited Hours
St Francis Road
Between Dog Kennel Hill and its blocked end
Sunday 29th January
1pm – 4pm
Rodwell Road
Between Landcroft Road and Cyrena Road
Sunday 29th January
1pm – 4pm
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk Dated this 23rd February 2023
Ian Law Traffic Manager London orough of Southwark Network Management Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 6184/31577802/Thames-re-ad-feb2023 (2b) & (2c) 6393/XTD-02-09-060323A/ 6393/XTD02-09-060323B (2d) (2e) (2f) (2g) (2h) (2i) 6374/rdclosure/newcomen/crosby (2j) 23-01-001phase41a – b (2k) 5159-03 (2l) W119257813-01648
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK SAWYER STREET AREA IMPROVEMENTS The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Sawyer Street area) Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Sawyer Street area) Order 2023 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 23 February 2023 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effect of the Orders are, on a permanent basis: (a) within Controlled Parking Zone 'C1' in SAWYER STREET on the south-east side, between its junctions with Loman Street and Pocock Street, to reduce in length an existing permit-holders only parking place by 12 metres (new bay will be 36 metres in length); (b) within Controlled Parking Zone 'C2' (i) in SAWYER STREET on the south-west side, north-west of its junction with Sturge Street, to increase in length an existing permit-holders only parking place by 8.5 metres (new bay will be 18 metres in length, and will be facilitated by the relocation of an existing cycle hangar by 2 metres north-westward), and (ii) in POCOCK STREET on the south-east side, west of its junction with Sawyer Street, to add a new car club only parking place (6 metres in length); and (c) to accommodate the above-mentioned parking changes (i) amend existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) in POCOCK STREET and in SAWYER STREET (at the locations described above in item 2b), and (ii) add new ‘at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) in SAWYER STREET (at the location described above in item 2a). Notes: (1) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (2) ‘permit-holders’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the Controlled Parking Zone listed, are permitted to park within the hours of operation for that Zone. Parking charges listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking. 3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 27 February 2023, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 for booking details. 4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 23 February 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service, Highways
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK DOCKLEY ROAD AREA IMPROVEMENTS The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Dockley Road area) Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Dockley Road area) Order 2023 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 23 February 2023 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effect of the Orders are, on a permanent basis: (a) within Controlled Parking Zone 'TS' (i) in DOCKLEY ROAD to remove an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place (16.5 metres in length) on the south-east side o/s Nos. 1 and 2 Eldridge Court, Rouel Road, and to formally extend an existing shared-use’ parking place by 6 metres o/s No. 3 Eldridge Court, Rouel Road (this parking place will remain unchanged in the street, at a total of 39 metres in length, this is an administrative change to more accurately reflect in the Traffic Order covering this restriction and what is in the street), and (ii) in ROUEL ROAD to add two new ‘shared-use’ parking places (each bay is 18 metres in length) on the north-east side between its junctions with Dockley Road and Spa Road; (b) within Controlled Parking Zone 'GR' (i) in SPA ROAD to remove an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place (19.5 metres in length) on the south-east side o/s No. 138 Spa Road, and to add a new ‘shareduse’ parking place (5.5 metres in length) on the south-east side o/s No. 138 Spa Road, and (ii) to relocate an existing car club parking place in ENID STREET on the south-west side (north-west of its junction with Rouel Road) south-eastward by 6 metres and increase the length of an existing ‘shareduse’ parking place by 6 metres to accommodate; and (c) to add new or amend existing 'at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) to accommodate the above-mentioned parking changes in DOCKLEY ROAD, SPA ROAD and ROUEL ROAD, and convert 3 metres of existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) to 'at any time' waiting restrictions in SPA ROAD on the south-east side, north-east of the north-eastern wall of No. 138 Spa Road. Notes: (1) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (2) ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the Controlled Parking Zone listed, or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the hours of operation for that Zone. Parking charges listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking. 3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 27 February 2023, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 for booking details. 4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 23 February 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service, Highways
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ELEPHANT ROAD, BECKET STREET, STURGE STREET, LYNDHURST GROVE, EVELINA ROAD, LONG LANE, ILDERTON ROAD, BURRELL STREET, HOPTON STREET) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
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The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can use facilities at your local library or 'My Southwark Service Points' to access the website.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it intends, to make, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
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Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in:
How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential' will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; EIA - environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council - there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ - major planning application; STDCA development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of alisted building; 1-4 SWAN MEAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4SY (Ref: 23/AP/0343) Ground floor side extension, alteration of rooflights, replacement of roof and inclusion of rooflights with new gutter detail. (Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Sean Gomes 020 7525 0666)
the same dimensions & 2) of the pair of doors with Crittall-style doors of the same width & slightly raised height so that they will be the same height as the single door The proposed works are identical to works carried out in the same terrace, at 170 New Kent Road approx five years ago Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Sandy Ng )
FLAT 12 DEVON HOUSE 1 MAIDSTONE BUILDINGS MEWS LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1GE (Ref: 23/AP/0382) Adaption of an existing roof lantern to provide a new dormer door to provide access to a new roof terrace at fourth floor level, with minor internal alterations at third floor to facilitate circulation and the introduction of a small passenger lift. (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486)
100 COLLEGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7HW (Ref: 23/AP/0212) Internal and external alterations to main house and separate garage block. (Within: Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Gemma Williams 07926087097)
70 CAMBERWELL GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8RF (Ref: 23/AP/0389) Removal of condtions 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2f for full planning aa pplication ref 21/AP/1509 dated 13/09/2022 for rear ground floor infill extension and associated works to the listed building. Modifications to the front steps and vaults and lightwell to improve access. Repairs to the existing roof. Removal: To allow for the construction of the approved works. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 4 HAYS LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2HB (Ref: 23/AP/0416) 3x projecting signs with external trough lights matching the existing projecting sign, two to be visible from Tooley Street and one on Hay's Lane. 1x nonilluminated fascia sign with the same graphics as existing on North West facade. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) 95 BURBAGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE24 9HD (Ref: 23/AP/0427) Construction of a ground floor rear extension, loft dormer, velux windows to roof space, replacement windows and remodelling of front porch (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465) 158 NEW KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4YS (Ref: 23/AP/0422) Listed Building Consent: The application is to remove 1) a single wooden door & also 2) a pair of wooden doors that both lead from the sub-basement of the property into its back garden The work involves replacement 1) of the single door with a Crittall-style single door of
Dated: 21 Feb 2023 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date. STEPHEN PLATTS - Director of Planning and Growth
(a) Elephant Road, between Walworth Road and New Kent Road (b) Becket Street, between Great Dover Street and Tabard Street (c) Sturge Street, at it’s junction with Sawyer Street (d) Lyndhurst Grove, between No’s 48/49 (e) Evelina Road, between Kimberley Avenue and Hollydale Road (f) Long Lane, between Pilgrimage Street and Crosby Row (g) Ilderton Road, between Patterdale Road and Hornshay Street (h) Burrell Street, at it’s junction with Southwark Street (i) Hopton Street, north bound lane of carriageway closed between Southwark Street No’s 7 3.
The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Walworth Road, Heygate Street, Rodney Place, New Kent Road. (2b) Tabard Street, Great Dover Street (2c) Great Suffolk Street, Pocock Street, Sawyer Street (2d) Shenley Road, Cross Road, Crofton Road (2e) Gellalty Road, Drakefell Road, Brockley Road, Stondon Park, Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill Road, Pecham Rye (2f) Borough High Street, Southwark Street, Marshalsea Road, Great Dover Street, Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey Street, Long Lane (2g) Ilderton Road,Rotherhithe New Road, Old Kent Road (2h) not applicable (2i) Hopton Street, Holland Street, Sumner Street
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The existing ‘one-way’ Northbound only traffic flow in Elephant Road, shall be temporarily suspended to allow for a two way traffic flow system, for access and egress purposes for (2a)
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Hopton Street, all parking bays on the west and east side, between Southwark Street and No’s 7 Hopton Street will be suspended
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The loading bays located on the north west side of Elephant Road, approximately 56m will be suspended for (2a)
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Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
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The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
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The works will be in operation for (2a) 13th March at 22:00hrs – 14th March at 06:00hrs (2b) 13th March (2c) 15th – 16th March (2d) 14th March (2e) 16th March at 22:00hrs – 17th March at 06:00hrs (2f) 16th March between 19:00hrs – 23:00hrs (2g) 11th – 12th with back up dates of the 18th – 19th March (2h) 13th – 31st March (2i) 13th – 31st March
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Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Dated this 23rd February 2023 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) HHH-01-42-130323-NR (2b) WDLFCN9Z-BT (2c) LO00000500327222603-BT/Telent (2d) 00209578-00000001-Lanes (2e) CAT-05-70-010323-NR (2f) 00055075-00000002-Lanes (2g) LBSCR12804 –skyline/acroment (2h) P100826TBC/R4-poweronconnections (2i) P100826TBC/R2poweronconnections
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PUBLIC NOTICES 25
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
London Borough of Southwark
SEDGMOOR PLACE AREA IMPROVEMENTS
MINOR TRAFFIC SCHEMES – 22/23 Q3
The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Sedgmoor Place) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Loading places and Waiting restrictions) (Sedgmoor Place) Order 202*
The London Borough of Southwark (Bus priority) (Camberwell Road and Walworth Road) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (MTS 2223-Q3) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (MTS 2223-Q3) Order 202*
1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effect of the Orders would be, in SEDGMOOR PLACE (within Controlled Parking Zone ‘R’) on the north-west side, between its junctions with Southampton Way and Melbury Drive:(a) to install a new loading bay, 12 metres in length, which may be used ‘at any time’ and every day of the week for the purpose of loading only (without time limits); (b) to reduce the overall length of, but extend north-eastward by 6 metres, an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place to accommodate the new loading bay (the new length of this ‘shared-use’ parking place will be 14 metres); and (c) to amend existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) to accommodate the abovementioned parking changes. Notes: (1) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (2) ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the Controlled Parking Zone listed, or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the hours of operation for that Zone. (3) Parking charges listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking. 3. For more information contact Sunny Costin of the Council's Highway Development team Highways@southwark.gov.uk 4. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Orders) may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details. 5. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223-034 Sedgmoor Plc’ by 16 March 2023. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 6. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e-mail sent to the Councils in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected. Dated 23 February 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service, Highways
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1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effect of the orders would be:(a) in BRUNEL ROAD in CPZ 'H', south-east side (north-east of its junction with Canon Beck Road) (i) reduce existing 'permit' by 3.55m, (ii) add 2 new cycle hangars and 1m new DYL, and (iii) formally amend the position of existing DPPP to more closely reflect what is in the street; (b) in CAMBERWELL ROAD and WALWORTH ROAD formalise bus priority in Camberwell Road and Walworth Road on both sides as the two roads merge, and consolidate the historical Orders for bus lanes in Camberwell Road and Walworth Road; (c) in CHOUMERT GROVE in CPZ 'B', south-west side, o/s No. 12 (Choumert Grove Mosque) convert 15m existing 'shared-use' to ambulance only parking; (d) in CHOUMERT ROAD in CPZ 'B', formalise 'shared-use' bay on the south-east side o/s No. 79a; (e) in DUNSTANS ROAD north-west side, opposite Nos. 145 to 153 (odd) Dunstans Road (i) formalise and extend an existing 'school keep clear' restriction, and (ii) extend existing DYLs south-westward by 21m to accommodate the kerb build-out; (f) in EDMUND STREET in CPZ 'EC', south-west side opposite Nos. 75 and 77 Edmund Street, convert existing 'permit' to 15m ambulance only parking; (g) in FURLEY ROAD relocate an existing cycle hangar from the north-east side (north of its junction with Fenham Road) to the south-west side; (h)in GLENGALL ROAD add a new cycle hangar north-east side o/s No.111 Glengall Road existing free 'short stay' parking will be reduced to accommodate; (i)in GROVE PARK in CPZ ’Q’, south-east side o/s No. 65 Grove Park add 11m 'permit' and remove 11m DYLs to accommodate; (j) in HAYMERLE ROAD add a new cycle hangar south-west side (south-east of its junction with Latona Road) existing free 'short stay' parking will be reduced to accommodate; (k) in IVANHOE ROAD in CPZ ’Q’, (i) north-west side, o/s No. 28 Ivanhoe Road reduce in length by 7.5m an existing 'permit' (31.5m remains) and add DYLs to accommodate, and formalise 1m existing DYLs. o/s No, 16 Ivanhoe Road (amending the position of existing DPPP, cycle hangar and 'permit') to more closely reflect what is in the street, and (ii) east side o/s Nos. 67 to 73 (odd) Ivanhoe Road reduce in length by 15m an existing 'permit' (59m remains) and add DYLs to accommodate; (l)in LATONA ROAD add 2 new cycle hangars on the south-east side o/s No.12 and o/s No. 48 Latona Road eisting free 'short stay' parking will be reduced to accommodate; (m) in MALFORT ROAD in CPZ ‘Q’, (i) north-east side, o/s No. 15 Malfort Road reduce in length by 7m an existing 'permit' (70m remains) and add DYLs to accommodate, (ii) south-west side o/s Nos. 26 Malfort Road and 30 Ivanhoe Road reduce in length by 11m an existing 'permit' (25m remains), and (iii) add DYLs on both sides to accommodate; (n) in PICTON STREET in CPZ ‘EC’, north-west side (north-east of its junction with Bantry Street), convert existing ambulance only parking (9m) to new 'shared-use'; (o) in RED POST HILL in CPZ ‘P’, south-west side opposite No. 24 Red Post Hill, split and reduce existing 'permit' by 7m, and add 7m DYLs to accommodate; (p) in ROBERTS CLOSE in CPZ ‘H’, north-west side (north-east of its junction with Quebec Way), split and reduce existing 'pay' parking by 6m, and add 6m new car club parking; (q) in SUNRAY AVENUE in CPZ ‘P’, west side o/s No. 60 Sunray Avenue, convert 6m existing DYLs to new 'shared-use'; (r) in UNION STREET in CPZ ‘C1’, north side, o/s No. 100 Union Street remove 14m existing DYLs to accommodate 14m new 'pay' parking; (s) in WEBBER STREET in CPZ ‘C2’, north-east side relocate existing 6m solo motorcycle parking from a location opposite No. 6 Barons Place to a location north-west of its junction with Valentines Place and amend existing 'permit' and DYLs to accommodate; (t) add new DYLs in CALTON AVENUE south of its junction with Townley Road south-west side (5m) and north-east and south-east side (15.5m), COLYTON ROAD north-west side opposite Nos. 29 to 31 Colyton Road (26m) and on the south-east side o/s No. 31 Colyton Road (4.5m), FENHAM ROAD north-west side across the vehicular access to No. 123 Fenham Road (5m), MONPELIER ROAD east side o/s Nos. 26 to 30 Monpelier Road (13m), VERNEY ROAD north-west side opposite Nos. 52 to 56 Verney Road (7m) and opposite No. 70 Verney Road (19m); (u) in ALSCOT ROAD east side (south of its junction with Spa Road), convert 18m existing SYLs to new DYLs; (v) in AVONDALE RISE amend existing DYLs on the northern side at its junction with Ivanhoe Road to accommodate the new kerb-line build-out; (w) in SOUTHAMPTON WAY south-west side, o/s No. 156 Southampton Way add 21.5m DKBs to existing DYLs; and (x) in WHITE HART YARD north-east side, o/s Nos. 2 - 3 White Hart Yard add 19m SKBs on existing SYLs operating Mon - Sat between 8:00 am and 6:30 pm. NOTES: (1) ‘DPPP’ refers to disabled persons parking places which may only be used by vehicles displaying a valid disabled persons 'blue badge' (2) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed; ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours. (3) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions ‘SKBs’ refer to timed loading restrictions and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. (4) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (5) New cycle hangars will each be 2.55 metres in length, 2.05 metres in width and aligned parallel to the kerb. (6) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Road humps) Regulations 1999 and the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct a road hump of sinusoidal cross-section construction, approx. 3.7 metres in length, having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the greater width of the carriageway in LITTLE BORNES, centred o/s No. 24 Little Bornes. 4. For more information about these proposals please contact Katie Houselander of the council's Highways – Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk. 5. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of the Council's reasons for making the Orders) may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details. 6. Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to the proposals, may use our consultation portal at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223035 MTS Q3’ by 16 March 2023. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 7. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected. Dated 23 February 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service, Highways
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Another four-tune as The Menace bag points
By John Kelly
johnk@southwarknews.co.uk PECKHAM TOWN hit four goals for the second successive Kent County League Premier Division game as they won 4-2 at Otford United last weekend.
Goals from Jacob Kemp and Adam Carrick before the break and Camilo Andres Nieva and David Gabor in the second half gave Mary Phillip’s side a thrilling win. The Menace fell behind in the twelfth minute but recovered to put their opponents under pressure and they made it 1-1 in the 23rd minute when captain Nicky Meta set up Kemp who brilliantly fired home from 20 yards.
Peckham deservedly went in front six minutes later and Meta was again the provider, this time lifting a free-kick into the area that was missed by the home defence allowing Carrick to finish at the back post. The visitors, though, were pegged back in the 31st minute as the sides went into the break level after the injured Carrick had been replaced with Fareid Yassein. Phillip obviously found the right words at half-time as Peckham raced out of the traps in the second period and went in front again in the 56th minute. Festus Ogunlana forced the opposition to play the ball towards their own goal, Gabor won possession and crossed to the edge of the box where winger Andres Nieva controlled
with his left foot before shooting home with his right for another excellent goal in a season of them. Mindful of how they let the lead slip in the first half, the visitors pushed for a two-goal cushion. There were warnings however when Menace goalkeeper George Legg was twice called into action to make saves, after the second of which Otford hit the crossbar before Elton Romaku cleared. Those near-misses spurred Peckham on again and they got their fourth on 69 minutes. Substitute Tidi Barry won the ball in midfield before finding Kemp who shifted it out to Andres Nieva on the left. Andres Nieva ran into the area and after being tackled the ball landed at the feet of
Kieran Dowding who played it to Yassein. The left-back then cleverly returned it to Andres Nieva who evaded a tackle before crossing for Gabor and he struck his effort first-time from eighteen yards into the bottom-right corner. Peckham are tenth in the sixteen-team table, with 28 points from 19 games. It’s knockout action next, with Ide Hill visiting The Menace Arena this Saturday in the Bill Manklow Inter-Regional Challenge Cup. Kick-off is 2.15pm.
weeks and claimed a majority points’ decision. The club’s next two boxers were both making their debuts. First up was Terrell Edwards (80kg) who put in a brilliant performance for his first contest. His opponent was forced to get a standing eight count before Edwards ended the contest with a
second-round stoppage. Last up was Mohamed Beril (70kg) who had a three-round battle with his opponent with both boxers fighting at a fierce pace. By the third round Beril had that little bit more in the tank and got the win by unanimous decision. Coach Terry Pearson was delighted with the night’s work from his fighters.
Pearson said: “I was pleased for Ricardo as he lost his previous bout by the same points’ decision. “Our next two boxers were making their debuts. I couldn’t have asked more of Terrell. He was very nervous the week leading up to the bout but he never let us down on the night. “After losing three bouts the
Peckham Town FC: 4-2-3-1: George Legg; Festus Ogunlana, Charlie Egleton, Adam Carrick, Elton Romaku; David Gabor, Jacob Kemp; Camilo Andres Nieva, Nicky Meta (c), Kieran Dowding; Hamid Bangura.
Substitutes: Faried Yassein (on for Adam Carrick), Tidi Barry (on for Nicky Meta), Nicky Meta (back on for Hamid Bangura), Peter Tarrant (on for Festus Ogunlana) & Hamid Bangura (back on for Camilo Andres Nieva).
Camilo Andres Nieva
Lynn get three from three as debutants impress
By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk LYNN ABC claimed three wins from three bouts at the Marvels Lane Show in Sydenham last weekend.
Ricardo Shand, fighting at 57kg, had his second bout for the club in as many
By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk SAM CURRAN said “there is a lot to look forward to” after he was one of twelve Surrey players retained for this year’s The Hundred campaign.
Curran is one of five players who will be turning out for the men’s Oval Invincibles side. Brilliant teenage star Alice Capsey will be playing for the women’s team. “There’s a lot to look forward to in the third year of The Hundred,” Curran said. “There’s a lot of talent in the ten players that we’ve retained and it’s always a good thing to have some continuity year on year as you look to build a team to try and win the competition. “I’m sure we’ll add even more talented players in The Draft, and we’re excited about getting back out there at The Kia Oval.”
Capsey added: “We can’t wait for the third year of The Hundred, especially as we go in as defending champions. “It’s great to see we’ve retained the players we have, it’s so important to retain a core group and we’ll benefit from having played together last season. “We’re looking forward to seeing how we add to that core in The Draft and can’t wait to get out there as a group in August.” Retained Surrey players: Gus Atkinson (Oval Invincibles), Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles), Tom Curran (Oval Invincibles), Will Jacks (Oval Invincibles), Chris Jordan (Southern Brave), Sunil Narine (Oval Invincibles), Jamie Overton (Manchester Originals), Ollie Pope (Welsh Fire), Jason Roy (Oval Invincibles); Alice Capsey (Oval Invincibles), Nat SciverBrunt (Trent Rockets), Bryony Smith (Trent Rockets).
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Curran ‘can’t wait’ after Hundred retention
previous week it was good to get back to winning ways before Frankie Hannratty defends his London belt [this Saturday, February 25].
From left: Ricardo Shand, Terrell Edwards and Mohamed Beril
West takes February Southwark Open title By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MORDEN’S BEN West won February’s Southwark Open after clinching the deciding match in the round robin against Edgar Znutins.
Sam Curran
Ben West
West also defeated Charlie Hardie, Jake Byrne, Jamie Young and Rob Chapman. The next Southwark Open takes place at the Spots and Stripes (64 Ewer St) on Friday, March 3. Registration is by 7pm. All welcome.
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sport@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET succumbed to their seventh league defeat in their last eight matches as they lost 2-1 to Bath City at Champion Hill last weekend.
The result was incredibly tough to take for the Dulwich faithful, with Bath scoring in the third minute of injurytime to snatch all three points. Scott Wilson gave the visitors the lead just before the break but Dulwich levelled through Frankie Raymond’s penalty three minutes after half-time. The Hamlet looked set to pick up just their second point out of 24 only for Elliott Frear to net that late winner. Paul Barnes lined his side up in a 5-32 formation, intended to give more defensive stability and stem the flow of goals conceded. City played in a rigid 4-4-2, also defensively minded, with their full-backs rarely crossing the halfway line. The Hamlet had two debutants in
Local football: Fish knocked by late jab By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk FISHER LOST for only the second time in their last nine games as their bid for a top-half finish in the SCEFL Premier Division suffered a setback with a 2-1 defeat to Punjab United at St Paul’s last weekend.
the starting XI, with Jordan Cheadle playing in defence on loan from Dorking Wanderers and goalkeeper James Holden on loan from Cambridge United. It was Cheadle’s set-pieces that carried the early threat in the game. Joe Felix had a shot deflected just wide following a poor attempted clearance from a corner and Johl Powell also had a big chance after some scrappy aerial contests, finding himself free in the box fifteen yards out but he slashed wildly at his effort. Down the other end, Bath City also looked a threat. The lively winger Frear found Wilson unmarked in the box and he should have done better with his halfvolley. Midfielder Dan Hayfield also had a chance before the 40-minute mark but he was forced wide and could only stab his attempt into the side-netting. In first-half stoppage-time there was to be a moment to forget for Cheadle on his Dulwich debut. Arguably the best player on the pitch up to this point, the defender stepped on the ball as the last man and Wilson took full advantage, racing onto
the error and finishing confidently low to Holden’s left. It was clear a big performance was needed from Dulwich in the second half and Barnes’s men could not have wished for a better start. Three minutes after the break, a long throw-in was launched in the direction of Danny Mills. The striker used all his nous to draw in Bath defender Jack Batten, who held on to Mills and brought him down inside the area. Raymond equalised from the spot, side-footing left with goalkeeper Max Harris going right. Both sides struggled to build any momentum for some time after that goal. With Dulwich hoping to end a run of losses and Bath with a creditable point to take home, there appeared no immediate need for either side to take risks. But in the final fifteen minutes the match sprang into life again. Felix drove the length of the pitch, demonstrating his excellent pace once more, but could only fire straight into the arms of Harris. Cheadle had two free-kicks in good
areas. The first one was easily held by Harris before the second from 25 yards forced a magnificent save from the goalkeeper on his debut, as he reached high to scramble the ball away from the top corner. However, it was to be late heartbreak for Dulwich again. Frear made one last foray down the right and almost ran out of space before clipping in a high cross that evaded everyone including Holden as the ball looped into the far corner. A fluke goal and a brutal end to an even encounter for Barnes and his team. That result left Dulwich in eighteenth place in the National League South table, five points above the relegation zone. The Hamlet were in action away to Worthing on Tuesday night. Go to southwarknews.co.uk for the report. Dulwich are on the road again this Saturday, travelling to Hampton & Richmond for a 3pm kick-off. Meanwhile, Barnes brought in 20-yearold attacker Dylan Gavin on a month’s loan from Charlton Athletic earlier this week.
Ajay Ashanike was without key creative players Billy Brown and Jacob Katonia through injury and it showed against a side five places below them in the table. Jayden Hussein thought he had given the away side an early lead only for the hosts to be spared by an offside flag. Punjab did go in front in the 24th minute when Paul Vines beat Sam Amedu from the penalty spot after Hussein had been fouled by Joseph Adewunmi. Luke With then had an effort deflected wide and Fisher threatened again when Lewis Duberry was fouled but Michael Sarpong’s free-kick just missed the near post. The hosts levelled five minutes before half-time when Adewunmi and Duberry combined well and Cedric Nganga headed home the latter’s cross. Fisher were reduced to ten men for ten minutes in the second half after With was deemed guilty of dissent. The hosts survived that period and then had chances to go in front but With headed over and Nganga clipped an attempt wide. Fisher were left to rue those missed chances and will have been annoyed with the manner of the concession of the winner as Lea Dawson was left unmarked to head in a corner with eight minutes left. The result left Fisher eleventh in the table with 32 points from 24 games. Fisher were away at Erith Town in the league on Wednesday night. Go to southwarknews.co.uk for the report. The Fish travel to Tunbridge Wells also in the league this Saturday for a 3pm kickoff. Also in the Premier Division last weekend, Stansfeld lost 2-0 away to Bearsted. Omotunmise Akanni with a 21st-minute penalty and Kery Kedze in the last minute got the goals for the hosts. That left the Stans in eighth, four points above Fisher. Stansfeld travel to Sutton Athletic this Saturday. Kick-off is 3pm. In the First Division, Bermondsey Town hosted Forest Hill Park at St Paul’s on Tuesday night. Go to southwarknews. co.uk for the report. Dean Harrison’s side play Rochester United away this Saturday at 3pm.
Guyana international followed it with a similar effort in the 23rd minute which crashed off the crossbar. The Ebbsfleet leveller came against the run of play in the 40th minute. The second half became very disjointed. Emma Whitter broke through for a one-onone but her shot went agonisingly wide. Manager Jack Wheeler brought on regulars Angel Reid and Sophie Chapman in an attempt to win the game, but it was a defensive mix-up on a long ball which settled the contest in the visitors’ favour, with Woodgate scoring her second of the match. Millwall host Worthing FC Women this
Sunday. Kick-off in Rotherhithe is 1.30pm. Also in the same league, Dulwich Hamlet Women won 2-1 at Enfield Town Ladies. Erin Corrigan and Sophie Manzi, the latter four minutes from time, scored the visitors’ goals. Dulwich play Saltdean United at Champion Hill on Sunday at 2pm. The Lionesses are in fourth in the tenteam table, with 24 points from twelve games, three points ahead of the Hamlet who have played the same number of fixtures. Meanwhile, the Lionesses Academy again provided the high points of the weekend, with the under-16s drawing 1-1 away to table-topping Leicester City in the Junior
Premier League. Even better was the achievement of Ted Jones’s under- 18 side in reaching the semifinal of the Capital Cup Junior Section by defeating Actonians 2-0 in Gunnersbury. Melissa Jones and Chloe Jardine scored the goals against very defensive opposition to continue the side’s highly successful season. This is a competition in which they have beaten senior teams. They are also through to the semi-final of the London Under-18 Girls’ Cup, and hopes are high for silverware for the resurgent Lionesses.in Rotherhithe is 1.30pm. Meanwhile, the Lionesses Academy again provided the high points of the weekend,
with the under-16s drawing 1-1 away to table-topping Leicester City in the Junior Premier League. Even better was the achievement of Ted Jones’s under- 18 side in reaching the semifinal of the Capital Cup Junior Section by defeating Actonians 2-0 in Gunnersbury. Melissa Jones and Chloe Jardine scored the goals against very defensive opposition to continue the side’s highly successful season. This is a competition in which they have beaten senior teams. They are also through to the semi-final of the London Under-18 Girls’ Cup, and hopes are high for silverware for the resurgent Lionesses.
Frankie Raymond levelled from the spot
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Dulwich feel the Frear
Danny Mills tries to force his way through
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Seventh loss in eight games after visitors strike late
Charles wonder-goal but Lionesses lose late on
By Jeff Burnige at St Paul’s sport@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL LIONESSES lost their London & South East Women’s Regional Football League Premier League derby match with Ebbsfleet United 2-1 after a late goal at St Paul’s last Sunday.
Otesha Charles opened the scoring for the Lionesses, but Amelia Woodgate equalised before half-time. Both goals were of the highest quality, with Charles’s coming from a typical run inside from the left before an unstoppable shot into the top-left corner. That came in the fifteenth minute and the
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Resilient Lions seal statement win against Blades
Third time lucky for Millwall as they finally down promotion favourites Championship Millwall - 3 Bradshaw 6’, 63’, 88’ Sheffield United - 2 Doyle 39’, McAtee 82’ Date: Saturday 18 February 2023 Attendance: 15,571 (1,940 away) Referee: Stephen Martin Man of the Match: Tom Bradshaw
By Alex Jones at The Den alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL FINALLY got the better of Sheffield United in their third meeting of the season as Tom Bradshaw’s hattrick secured a 3-2 win at The Den.
The Lions were looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to Coventry City, a result which temporarily knocked them out of the top six, while the Blades were aiming to recover from their 3-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough that blew the automatic promotion chase wide open. The visitors came in as the favourites, having won 2-0 in the reverse fixture at Bramall Lane before eliminating Gary Rowett’s side from the FA Cup by the same scoreline in SE16 at the start of 2023. As a result, Millwall were in no mood to mess about, going straight for the throat in the opening stages of the match. Bradshaw showed his intentions inside the opening minute when he challenged Wes Foderingham for a loose ball, clattering the goalkeeper in the process. Bradshaw wasn’t done there, and as he has so often done in front of the Sky Sports cameras, he took centre stage against a top-six rival. In the fourth minute, he was played clean through on goal by Zian Flemming, but his low effort was saved by Foderingham at close range to keep the scores level. Denying Bradshaw once is possible, but teams often pay the price when giving him a second chance. Just two minutes later, the 30-year-old was played into the box yet
Millwall moved back into the play-off places after their rollercoaster win against the Blades again, this time by Oliver Burke, allowing him to unleash a powerful effort from a tight angle that gave the Lions an early lead. Most expected the Blades to come roaring back, but they failed to do so. Instead, Millwall took even more control, dominating possession while regularly venturing forward into the box. Their best chance for a second goal came in the fourteenth minute when Flemming brought the ball forward from midfield. The Dutchman held onto the ball for too long, hesitating before setting up Burke to his right. The winger powered a fierce
shot into the palms of Foderingham, who was able to comfortably catch the resulting corner. The Lions continued to threaten, with Burke combining with Danny McNamara and Jamie Shackleton to exploit a gaping hole left down the right by left wing-back Max Lowe, although the trio failed to create any clear-cut chances for Bradshaw and Flemming in the middle. They were made to pay the price six minutes before the half-time break when Sheffield United scored their equaliser from almost nothing. Jake Cooper gave
away a free-kick around 25-yards out. Midfielder Tommy Doyle was the only man standing over it, allowing him to curl the ball over the wall before it dipped in front of George Long. The Millwall goalkeeper got a hand on it, but couldn’t prevent it from bouncing off his gloves and into the bottom corner of the net. Sheffield United started the second half better and could have taken the lead five minutes after the restart. Daniel Jebbison was played clean through the middle of Cooper and Charlie Cresswell, allowing him to take aim inside the box. However,
Long made amends for his earlier mistake with an impressive save, denying the young striker. With Iliman Ndiaye warming up for the visitors, Millwall fans were fearing the worst, with the forward having tormented them in both of the previous two meetings between the sides. However, the Lions retook the lead before he could even step foot onto the pitch. Andreas Voglsammer brought the ball down the left flank, with Flemming running alongside him in the box. The Dutchman was brought down, but the referee waved on, allowing Voglsammer to dink a perfect cross onto the head of Bradshaw, with the striker flicking the ball past Foderingham for his ninth goal of the campaign. Sheffield United weren’t exactly banging the door down in search of an equaliser, but their pressure became too much for Millwall, who cracked in the 82nd minute. They failed to deliver an accurate corner and the resulting goalmouth scramble, with substitute James McAtee picking up the ball, switching it onto his right foot and rifling it into the roof of the net. When it looked like the Lions had let another lead slip, Bradshaw popped up with his hat-trick goal in the 87th minute. Voglsammer’s run down the right flank allowed him to fire a powerful, low cross into the box for the striker, who turned it into the back of the net from close range to seal an astonishing win in South Bermondsey. Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Long; McNamara, Cresswell, Cooper, Wallace; Shackleton (Leonard 72’), Saville; Voglsammer (Malone 89’), Flemming (Evans 90’), Burke (Honeyman 72’); Bradshaw (Watmore 89’)
Sheffield United: 3-5-2: Foderingham; Basham (McAtee 77’), Egan, Robinson; Bogle, Berge, Norwood, Doyle (Osborn 55’), Lowe; Jebbison (Ndiaye 64’), McBurnie
Lights, camera, Bradshaw!
Millwall striker stars with another stunning hat-trick on live television By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk TOM BRADSHAW seems to play at his clinical best every time the Sky Sports cameras arrive at The Den for a Championship match.
Tom Bradshaw was chosen as Saturday’s Man of the Match for his incredible performance against Sheffield United
The striker bagged a hat-trick against Watford in a televised 3-0 home win back in mid-October, and he achieved the same feat when Sheffield United travelled down to South London on Saturday afternoon. Bradshaw fired a rocket past goalkeeper Wes Foderingham in the sixth minute to give the Lions the lead before reestablishing their one-goal advantage shortly after the hour-mark with a pinpoint header from Andreas Voglsammer’s cross. Then, with just two minutes of regulation time remaining, he combined with Voglsammer once again to slot the
ball into the back of the net from pointblank range and seal all three points in SE16. The 30-year-old’s hat-trick takes his total for the season up to ten goals, with manager Gary Rowett joking that he may have found a way to increase Bradshaw’s output in the final third. “I think on Amazon you can buy fake cameras, I’m going to put them around the ground for every game to see if I can convince him that Sky are at every single home game,” he said after the win. “He certainly likes playing in front of the cameras, doesn’t he? The lads are giving him a bit of stick in there because apparently he blew his missus a kiss live on camera. They’re not too happy about that, but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, make hay while the sun shines.” Right-back Danny McNamara revealed that Rowett’s post-match comments were true, although he admitted
that Bradshaw deserved to celebrate however he wanted to after such an impressive performance in a huge game for Millwall. He added that the Welsh international has been a pleasure to train and play alongside so far this season, with all of his teammates delighted that he was able to reach double digits for the campaign over the weekend. “He got a little bit of stick in the dressing room afterwards [for his celebration], but he’s got to do what he’s got to do, hasn’t he?” McNamara laughed. “He just scored a hat-trick, you do what you’ve got to do mate!” “Bradders is a good lad, he gets on with everyone, just like us all. “We’re a tight bunch, we all get on, but Bradders is flying at the moment and I’m delighted for him to get his three goals today.”
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Rotation key for Rowett’s Lions Millwall manager to change things up ahead of Championship promotion run-in
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT is working hard to keep his fringe players fit after revealing that they will be involved in the buildup to Millwall’s promotion run-in.
The manager previously told the News that midfielder Jamie Shackleton was one of many players in line for a run in the starting lineup at the start of the year, but that he would have to be patient as the Lions found a way to give him extra game time. Following Billy Mitchell’s ankle injury, the Leeds United loanee came into the side to partner George Saville against Sheffield United, putting in a fantastic performance that will surely see him keep his place in the coming weeks. The same had happened to Charlie Cresswell following Shaun Hutchinson’s groin injury. Rowett explained that the rest of Millwall’s back-ups are primed and ready to go as well, as they will all be given extra time on the pitch as the Championship fixture list becomes more and more congested. “We work hard at doing that [keeping everyone match fit], we work hard at making sure they’re right,” he said after Saturday’s victory at The Den. “Last Thursday, we did 30 minutes of eleven v. eleven against the under-
21’s to get the match sharpness into the players. It’s not quite the same, but they need that at the moment. “There’s not many training days, most of the days are just recovery and preparation. “They’ll be ready to go - we saw it today with Burkey, how long you can last. Sometimes you might last 60 or 70 minutes. “Shacks is the same, he cramped up quite early on but that’s going to happen because he hasn’t played 90 minutes too often. “We’ve got a great group, a great bunch of players. If they’re left out, and I explain it to them, they accept it and they’re ready to do their bit. I think that’s so, so important. “I think the challenge for us is that we’ve got so many games in such a short space of time. Every now and then, I’m going to have to rest a player where people will ask why he’s not playing. The reality is because I’m going to need them fresh for the next fifteen games. “I think I’m going to have to make those decisions along the way. I nearly did it today with the two games [vs. Sheffield United and Burnley] because I felt they’d be difficult games to get anything out of anyway. Do we come out the other side regardless of how we are? “I think that’s part of the manager’s job in these heavy periods of games.”
Gary Rowett wants his whole squad involved while five key first-team players are ruled out through injury
George Long backed to stay as Millwall’s number one
Gary Rowett praises goalkeeper for his impressive saves against Sheffield United By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT commended George Long for his performance against Sheffield United despite making an error for their first equaliser.
George Long made four saves from six shots on target against the Blades last weekend
The goalkeeper managed to get a hand on Tommy Doyle’s dipping free-kick but he was unable to keep it out, prompting some supporters to call for Bartosz Białkowski to be reinstated as Millwall’s first choice. However, Long went on to pull off a number of impressive saves against the
Blades, playing a vital part in the Lions’ 3-2 win that temporarily moved them back into the top six. While his shot-stopping may not be at the same level of Białkowski’s, the 29-year-old’s incredible distribution has stood out as a key attribute that has helped him secure his place in the team and Rowett has hinted that he will likely keep it in the coming weeks despite his error last weekend. “It’s a brilliant free-kick,” Rowett said about Doyle’s goal. “I think Longy will probably be a bit disappointed that he didn’t get to it
because he gets a little bit of contact, but he made some big saves, hasn’t he? “There’s one that got deflected where he’s gone the other way and just stuck his arm out, strong arm, forcing it wide. “He’s been excellent for us, he’s got to be to keep Bart out of the team, but he’s been fantastic. “His distribution, at times, just gives you a whole new dimension in the game. “I was really pleased with his performance. He’s another one playing through a little bit of pain but he’s happy to do it for the team. I think that’s important.”
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Bradshaw bags again as Millwall stun the leaders
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The Lions have still only lost two Championship games at The Den so far this season
THE LINE-UPS 1 Long
4-2-3-1 2 15 McNamara Cresswell
5 Cooper
Malone 88’
Malone 83’
23 Saville
16 Shackleton 39 Honeyman
3 M Wallace
Esse 72’
Leonard 72’
10 Flemming
19 Watmore
Championship Millwall - 1 Bradshaw 85’ Burnley - 1 Barnes 51’
Bradshaw 73’
21 Voglsammer Emakhu 87’
10 Barnes 19 Zaroury Cork 83’
29 Maatsen Taylor 83’
11 Twine
Gudmundsson 73’
24 Cullen
8 Brownhill
28 Al Dakhil
18 Ekdal
1 Muric
Date: Tuesday 21 February 2023 Attendance: 13,542 Referee: James Linington Man of the Match: Zian Flemming
22 Vitinho Tella 87’
14 Roberts 4-2-3-1
Head to Head 29% 12 3 3 7
Possession Shots off target Shots on target Corners Fouls
Lions prove their top-six credentials by frustrating champions-elect Burnley at Den
71% 17 3 6 11
By Alex Jones at The Den alexj@southwarknews.co.uk Claiming the scalp of an automatic promotion contender is a major accomplishment for any side in the Championship, but doing it twice in the space of three days is the sign of a side that can truly challenge at the top end of the table.
Millwall were halfway there heading into Tuesday’s home match against league leaders Burnley, having downed Sheffield United at The Den in an incredible 3-2 win thanks to Tom Bradshaw’s hat-trick. However, fans were shocked to see
that the striker was not named in the starting lineup, with manager Gary Rowett revealing that he had a swollen ankle in the buildup to the game. It forced the Lions to reshuffle their front four, with Andreas Voglsammer moving up front while George Honeyman and Duncan Watmore played either side of Zian Flemming. It felt like the opening stages of the game would define the course of the match as Burnley took control immediately, dominating large parts of possession while leaving Millwall to chase shadows. Jamie Shackleton’s heavy touch in the eighth minute looked to have given Anass Zaroury a golden chance to open the scoring, but George Long got down low to deny him for a corner. Just seconds later, the visitors came again as Vitinho’s cross from the right flank met Ashley Barnes in the middle of the box, but the veteran striker launched his effort wide of the post as the Clarets continued to push forward. While their patience was key in the final third, Burnley’s discipline was far from perfect in their own half, giving
away a number of free-kicks in their own half. Millwall were unable to take advantage, however, with Flemming smacking the wall from their best chance of the opening stages. It looked like the pressure would become too much for Gary Rowett’s men as Burnley continued to press, forcing countless errors and continuing to threaten as the half wore on. However, in the 21st minute, Flemming looked to catch Arijanet Muric off his line with an audacious lob on the halfway line, firing just wide. It woke up the home crowd, who got behind their team as they started to turn the tide. Jake Cooper regularly pushed up from the back for Millwall’s freekick situations, diverting his headers narrowly off target as his side grew in confidence. It was clear that their direct approach was working, as was their pressing, with Burnley looking to play out from the back at every opportunity. The Lions won the ball back high up the pitch eight minutes before the break, with Flemming gifted space to
curl a long-range effort into the palms of Muric - their first shot on target of the half. Yet it was Burnley who had the last chance before half-time, with Scott Twine scooping a shot past the post from a fluid counterattack before the flag was raised for offside. Zaroury came forward with the first chance of the second half, bringing the ball inside from the left flank before blasting his shot miles off target. While Millwall fans enjoyed the moment, there was a real sense of frustration when they won a rare corner up the other end of the pitch, which Voglsammer smashed straight out of play for a goal kick. Muric’s goal kick caught the Lions off guard, and before they knew it, Vitinho had popped up with the ball down the right, crossing into the box for Twine. His initial effort was blocked, but Ashley Barnes was on hand to prod the ball into the back of the net to give Burnley the lead in the 51st minute. Millwall looked for an immediate response as Flemming broke down the right side of the pitch. He was brought down on the edge of the area for a free-
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Bet365 Stadium. Saturday, February 25th. Kick-off: 3pm
: Charlie Cresswell celebrates with Tom Bradshaw after Millwall’s equaliser against the Clarets
Stoke eye revenge against Rowett’s Lions
Millwall boss returns to face his former club at the Bet365 Stadium Charlie Cresswell’s brace downed the Potters at The Den on the opening day of the season
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL TRAVEL to Staffordshire this weekend for a rematch against their first opponents of the Championship season.
kick, which George Saville dinked into the gloves of Muric. It woke Burnley up and kickstarted a lengthy period of dominance that almost saw them double their lead. Amidst the amateur dramatics from Twine and Ian Maatsen, Cullen was able to release Vitinho down the right flank once again. The Brazilian’s cross found Josh Brownhill this time, with the Clarets’ captain stroking his shot onto the post. Rowett ended up rolling the dice with just under 20 minutes left to play, as Bradshaw, Romain Esse and Ryan Leonard were brought on. Esse looked the brightest, immediately combining with Flemming to win a corner, but Voglsammer smacked it straight into the gloves of Muric. It looked like Burnley would be able to play out a routine win, but Millwall had other ideas. Some clever thinking from Esse gave them another corner, which the Clarets cleared out as far as Flemming on the left. His cross back into the box pinballed around before Bradshaw was able to rush in and slide the ball into the net for an
85th-minute equaliser. No, it wasn’t quite the dream win that fans were hoping for. The Lions were often outplayed and pinned back, but their spirit cannot be questioned, and that’s a big reason as to why they occupy a play-off place after 32 league matches. With crucial games against top-six rivals Luton Town and Norwich City
to come, it feels like Millwall did as well as anyone could have hoped against the two strongest sides in the division. A win away at Stoke City on Saturday afternoon would certainly take them one step closer to achieving their goal, and Tuesday’s draw proved why nobody would want to face Millwall in the play-offs if they were to make it.
Tom Bradshaw overtook Zian Flemming to become Millwall’s top scorer on Tuesday night
The Lions will face Stoke City, who they beat 2-0 at The Den on the opening day of the campaign thanks to a brace from defender Charlie Cresswell. The Potters were ruthlessly punished from set pieces, with manager Michael O’Neill relieved of his duties less than a month later. Despite their dismal start, Stoke managed to convince Alex Neil to leave his post at Sunderland in order to become their new manager, but their fortunes haven’t improved since he was brought in. The Potters had won just three games in 2023 before travelling to Swansea City in midweek, dropping them down to seventeenth in the table. A relegation battle certainly isn’t out of the question either, with some of the teams below them finally starting to pick up some form. Every time Stoke manage to secure an encouraging result, they struggle to maintain the same performance level and end up disappointing in the next game, having failed to register consecutive Championship wins since mid-October. Their 1-0 defeat to Blackpool summed up their season so far, with Neil’s men registering 69% possession and 25 shots, yet they were beaten 1-0 by an early longrange strike from Ian Poveda. The Potters also have one of the worst home records in the division, having won just five of their sixteen league games in Stoke-on-Trent. It sets Millwall up nicely to pick up all three points on Saturday afternoon, but they rarely make it as easy as it looks on paper. Millwall’s best performances seem to come against the top teams, especially at home, such as their recent 3-2 win against Sheffield United. They often find it harder on the road against teams that sit in and frustrate them, although they have
certainly improved in that regard. These are the kinds of games that a side aiming to secure a place in the play-offs has to win, with tough games against Luton Town and Norwich City on the horizon in the next few days. That being said, Gary Rowett will likely rotate his team to keep everyone fit and firing throughout a hectic period of fixtures, knowing that a positive run could catapult them into a positive position heading into the run-in. The manager will be returning to the Bet365 Stadium to take on his former team once again, having managed Stoke for less than eight months in their first season back in the Championship in 2018-19.
matCh details
Possible Millwall starting XI: 4-2-3-1:
Long; McNamara, Cresswell, Cooper, Wallace; Shackleton, Saville; Burke, Flemming, Voglsammer; Bradshaw
Match odds:
Stoke 8/5 Draw 19/10 Millwall 19/10
Last meeting:
Championship (July 30, 2022): Millwall 2-0 Stoke (Cresswell 12’, 65’)
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE P W D L GD Pts
1 Burnley 33 21 10 2 36 73 2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 24 61 3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 18 57 4 Blackburn Rovers 33 16 4 13 -2 52 5 Millwall 32 14 8 10 7 50 6 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 7 50 7 Watford 33 13 11 9 4 50 8 Sunderland 33 13 10 10 12 49 9 Norwich City 33 14 7 12 9 49 10 WBA 32 12 9 11 6 45 11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 2 45 12Swansea City 33 11 9 13 -4 42 13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 -9 42 14 Preston NE 32 11 9 12 -9 42 15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 1 41 16 Reading 32 12 5 15 -12 41 17 Stoke City 33 11 7 15 -1 40 18 QPR 33 10 9 14 -12 39 19 Birmingham City 33 10 8 15 -7 38 20 Rotherham United 33 8 12 13 -9 36 21 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 -11 35 22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 -13 31 23 Blackpool 33 7 10 16 -16 31 24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 -21 31 Table before Wednesday’s games
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT has backed Zian Flemming to get back on the scoresheet soon - with the Dutchman failing to find the back of the net in his last ten matches in all competitions.
Flemming’s last goal for the Lions came back on Boxing Day, where he scored a late free-kick to see off Watford in a 2-0 win at Vicarage Road. The midfielder has struggled in
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Goalless Zian won’t worry Millwall Talisman continues to shine despite ten game goal drought
Zian Flemming was overtaken as Millwall’s top scorer after Tom Bradshaw bagged his eleventh goal of the season on Tuesday night
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front of goal since then, although he registered his first assist of the season against QPR earlier in February and helped to set up Tom Bradshaw’s equaliser against Burnley on Tuesday night. Furthermore, his work rate off the ball has impressed Rowett, who highlighted how much effort he has put in for the team in what has been an excellent season so far on an individual and collective level. “In the last two games, I think he’s been outstanding,” he said after Millwall’s draw with the Clarets. “His performances have been brilliant, and sometimes, as a
player - you see it with Bradders you go on that little goal run and it feels like everything you hit turns into a goal. “At the minute, I’m sure Zi will be feeling like he hasn’t quite had the ball drop for him or hasn’t quite had those moments to score a goal. “He’s had a couple of really good shots, I think he’s worked the ‘keeper really well, and it’ll come. What I’ll say is that the sign of a very good player is that they can influence a game whether they’re scoring or not. “Some of his touches, some of his skill to get out of those little
positions. Today was a game where we just needed one or two more of those players to do that. “We didn’t work hard enough with the ball. In the first half, we gave the ball away too many times and they hurt us in those transitions. I thought we needed to be a little braver, even though Burnley worked really hard, they pressured really well and made it really difficult by playing a high line. “It wasn’t an easy game for the players, but Zian certainly showed that quality that we’re looking for to match these types of teams.”
Young duo shine off the bench against Burnley
Aidomo Emakhu made his Millwall debut in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw
Aidomo Emakhu has struggled with a quad injury since joining the Lions in January
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk ROMAIN ESSE and Aidomo Emakhu both featured for Millwall in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Burnley, with the latter making his debut for the club.
Esse impressed in a lengthy cameo, playing a crucial part in the Lions’ late surge that saw them pick up a point against the league leaders. His skill down the right won the corner that led to Tom Bradshaw’s goal, and his overall performance impressed the home fans at The Den on a difficult evening. Emakhu was only given ten minutes to show his quality, having been brought on shortly after Millwall scored their equaliser. Manager Gary Rowett expects to use the forward a lot more in the coming weeks, while Esse will also be given time to develop and learn against some of the best teams in the division. “With Rom, it’s quite simple,” he said after the draw against Burnley. “If you’re hanging onto a game, it’s easy not to put a young player on to have to do the hard yards, but certainly when you’re chasing a game, he’s got that little bit of X-factor and that bit of quality. “I still don’t think we’ve quite seen that yet, but I think we will with the more minutes he gets and the more moments he has. I think he’ll grow and grow in confidence, but he’s going to be a top-quality player. “Aidomo has shown in training that he’s got really good feet and works really hard for the team. “He’ll go on, run and maybe open the game up with something. I thought, at that point, it was worth a try to see if he could.”
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