The Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library are urging you to complete their questionnaire, which calls for ideas on new uses for the library and your views on cost-cutting. You can complete the questionnaire online or download the print version. Visit the Friends’ website at Friends of Tate South Lambeth
The Friends of Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (juncton of Lambeth and Kennington Roads) are asking for support for their petition and meeting to oppose the removal by Southwark Council of the ranger/gardeners. The petition can be found in the Sports Pavillion at the park. Public MeetingMonday 28 March 2011, 7–9 pmThe CryptSt Jude’sSt George’s RoadLondon SE1 6EZ For more information contact nicola.barton@indigopi.co.uk or tmtjohnston@hotmail.comGMHP Letter Re Parks Restructure(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true;...
The Vauxhall Society is off to a good start in its campaign to get the London Borough of Lambeth to be clear about what it means to do with, for or to the borough’s nine public libraries. A simple request from TVS for information on the library service structure and other background papers made to Peter Jones, the Head of Culture, was followed by what could be read as a time- and money-wasting bureaucratic delaying action. Officials began by...
Yeah, no, yeah, well, you won’t believe this – or even *belieb* it even – but Justin Bieber* (yessssss, him!), who is currently, like, MEGA across the US and Europe, and who’s inspired something called Bieber Fever**, was actually in Vauxhall yesterday!!!! And not only that!!!! He’s only a weedy 5 feet 4 but he was sparring with, yes, David Haye (“The Hayemaker”!!!!) who’s 6 feet 3 and World Champion of the World, or something like that, in David’s...
Some of you have asked for updates on local events in the email newsletter, so here they are! I’ve listed March – but you can see all the events we are aware of at the Events page. If you have relevant local events you would like us to include email vauxhallcs@gmail.com Wednesday 16 March 2011, 11amHappy Bus Pass Outing for the over 60sKenwood House and Grounds and a walk over Hampstead Heath for the more energeticMore information Wednesday 16...
Tradescant Road and South Lambeth area blog has dispririting news about the cuts to the gardening service and the park rangers at Vauxhall Park; plus a fascinating piece on the history that binds the film My Beautiful Laundrette to Wilcox Road. Lurking About SE11 reports that Travelodge has been given permission to develop a hotel at Bondway. Viva Vauxhall has details of the planning appeal by the nightclub Fire (it’s being heard Tuesday 15 March at 10am).
A row that may not bode well for the sales of apartments in the 49-storey St George Tower now building at Vauxhall Cross comes to a head in May. Residents at the 900-apartment St George Wharf development overlooking Parliament have for years been in dispute with property-owning and management companies, including some linked with the financiers Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz (who were arrested on 10 March with other men during investigations into the alleged withdrawals of large sums of...
The planning cttee has postponed consideration of the Kylun application scheduled for Tuesday night (15 March 2011). “I write to advise you that the application for the Vauxhall Cross Island Site/Kylun Towers planning application (ref: 10/02060/FUL) has been pulled from the agenda of the Planning Applications Committee of Tuesday night at the request of Councillor Steve Reed and Councillor Morris.”
Make a noise now and write to your MP if you don’t want your library killed off on the quiet, warns ex-Waterstone’s boss If you care about your local library, you should write to your MP now, yes now, says Tim Coates, the national activist and ex-Waterstone’s managing director who advises The Vauxhall Society in its campaign to get Lambeth to reconsider the council’s ‘let’s lose-the-libraries’ policy. Civil servants and local authorities are quietly preparing to bypass Parliament and...
