What charities shall the ATA support?

Chris Ward, ATA chair, says:

Hello
The Ashburnham Triangle Association is a thriving community of about 3,500 people who live, work and socialise in the Triangle. The ATA is dedicated to connecting and informing our community, empowering and inspiring it to reap the collective benefits of living together irrespective of our differences.
The ATA is a non-profit organisation: we raise money through social events which we put back into community initiatives and charities. In 2018/19 the ATA would like to have four selected charities to donate funds to. This is where you come in. We’d like to invite suggestions for two national charities, and two local charities (within or directly adjacent to the Triangle).
Please email any and all suggestions to Chris Ward, Chair of the ATA at ward@live.co.uk with ATA charity suggestions in the subject line.
We will take all feedback and views and announce which charities we’d like to support at our AGM. The AGM will be held at 7.30pm on 21st June at Greenwich West Community & Arts Centre, 141 Greenwich High Rd London SE10 8JA. Please do come along and have your say about what we are doing, what you’d like to change, what you’d like to support. This is your community. Please join in.

Jack in the Green reaches Ash at 6pm on May 1st

The crown of the Deptford Jack in the Green 

  

The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green goes out on the streets of south east London or the City of London every May Day.

Here is the route for next Tuesday 1st May 2018:

START  Dog and Bell (opens at 11.00) 116 Prince St, Deptford, SE8 3JD.  Leave 12.00.  

12.30     Sail Loft, 11 Victoria Parade, SE10 9FR.    

13.30     LUNCH, MUSIC and DANCE STOP, Cutty Sark Gardens. 

14.45     Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Rd, Greenwich, SE10 9NY.  

15.45     Plume of Feathers, 19 Park Vista, Greenwich SE10 9LZ.  

17.00     Morden Arms, 1 Brand Street, Greenwich SE10 8SP.  

18.00     Ashburnham Arms, 25 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich, SE10 8UH.  END.                

For a printable map of the route: http://www.deptford-jack.org.uk/

As usual, we will be dressing the Jack the evening before, Monday 30th April, in the back garden of the Dog and Bell, from about 6.30pm.

The Fowlers Troop Jack in the Green was revived by members of Blackheath Morris Men and friends in the early 1980s. It is a revival of a Jack in the Green from about 1906 which was taken out around Deptford on May Day by the original Fowlers Troop.

Made in Greenwich to change into Museum for Change

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Edward Hill says:

Saturday April 28th 7-10 pm
Art of Awakening
Book launch and exhibition

Free event

Artists Edward Hill and Eryn Donnalley have teamed to bring you Art of Awakening, an exciting new exhibition and book where they explore the relationship between human consciousness and climate change.

Edward, landscape artist, anthropologist and activist, exhibits his latest photospheres. And Eryn, artist, author, life coach and compassion activist shares dynamic new versions of her mandala travel series.

Also, big changes are coming to the gallery: on May 26th, Made in Greenwich is taking a new direction! We'll be relaunching as Museum For Change, where art and ideals come together; an art museum dedicated to displaying the work of those (local or international) with a vision for a better world.

We'll showcase art pieces related to social and humanitarian issues, climate change, and the need for personal change. It's the first ever (as far as we know) consciousness raising museum! 

Made In Greenwich, 324 Creek Road, SE10 9SW

020 8293 9823

info@madeingreenwich.co.uk

Marathon aftermath: how did it go?

First half fun, second half hard, heat harsh, crowds great

Nearly there: Tom in The Mall

Tom Webb said:
'It was sort of fun. The first half was like a good day out seeing your mates and being at a carnival. The real business started at 16 miles when the pain kicked in. I did 3.00.09 which is a bit gutting as it’s so close to starting with a 2 but it was a pb and it was v hot. Anyway yeh it was a great event. Crowds amazing and almost packed end to end of the marathon route. I think I will be hobbling for a week!'

Tina Pugh said:
'The heat was a real killer! I started off ok but my pace slowed by the halfway mark. By mile 14 I felt physically sick and didn’t think I would make it. But the support from the crowds was so amazing they really kept me going. The last two miles felt like a marathon in itself and never seemed to end. I didn’t do it in the time I wanted, but considering I was still recovering from a knee injury and ran the hottest ever London Marathon, coming in at 4:41:29 isn’t too bad!'

Nearly there: Tina in The Mall

It isn't too late to contribute to what their running has brought in to their chosen charities. 

Tina's charity is Tommy's, which funds research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=tinapugh&pageUrl=2

Tom's is the Parkinson's UK Charity

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Tom-Webb20

Another Greenwich runner was Oscar Macdonald who ran to raise money for the Greenwich Winter Night Shelter in east Greenwich where he is a volunteer. He has raised over £3k so far for this organisation which provides overnight shelter and hot meals for homeless guests, and relies on volunteers and donations. https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/OscarMacdonald

The Plant Swap is Saturday 19 May

The Ashburnham Arms redecoration

The Ashburnham Arms is having its exterior re-painted and refreshed. Andy says that they will be open throughout the work at the usual opening/closing times. The building works will take three weeks to complete.

Amateur Patience in Eltham 26th, 27th, 28th

New Eltham Community Productions say:

Online booking is now open for our next show- Patience, call 020 8851 9881, book online at http://ticketsource.co.uk/necp 

Gardening - Saturday; Marathon - Sunday

Gardening Saturday 21st April

Gardening in perfect gardening weather
at 75 Ashburnham Grove and then in the Play Street
this Saturday 21st, 10am-12 noon
not Sunday 22nd as previously planned, to avoid clashing with...

The London Marathon this Sunday

Tom in QE Olympic Park

Tom Webb of Ashburnham Grove is running again this year, after a year off from the London Marathon. He's been in other races though. At the Big Half marathon a few weeks ago he just beat his lifetime ambition to do a half marathon in under 80 mins - he came in in 79 mins 51 seconds!!!! Whew!

If you want to track his progress on Sunday, his running number is 24726.
His charity is the Parkinson's UK Charity
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Tom-Webb20

Tina in the Royal Parks half marathon

Tina Pugh of Ashburnham Place is running in the London Marathon for the first time. She's also been running in other races. Her running number on Sunday is 50796.

Her charity is Tommy's, which funds research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=tinapugh&pageUrl=2

Start times
08:55 – Elite Wheelchair Races
09:00 – World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup ambulant races
09:15 – The Elite Women's Race
10:00 – The Elite Men's Race, British Athletics & England Athletics Marathon Championships and Mass Race

For details of race route, road closures, etc:

www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com

Latest News from the Safer Neighbourhoods Team

David Scales writes:

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North Pole to go upmarket?

From The News Shopper, 16th April:

Joe Dempsey

The North Pole bar closed its basement South Pole nightclub after CCTV footage showed staff selling balloons thought to be filled with nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas.

Now the owners have said the pub aims to become "upmarket to appeal to the changing demographic moving into the area", concentrating on "craft beers, quality food and pleasant popular music in a smart gastropub/wine bar environment". 

At a Greenwich Council licensing sub-committee meeting on April 11, members watched CCTV footage which showed the balloons being sold, patrons breathing in the gas, then throwing the empty balloons on the floor.

A number of crimes were reported to have originated from within the pub over the years, with Heather Oliver, counsel for the police, telling the committee meeting there was a "significant history of the premises attracting an escalating level of criminal activity".

She referred to a murder investigation from February 17 when Met Police found Jozef Boci lying unconscious on the street near the pub. The 30-year-old Catford man died in hospital a week later and police believe his injuries were caused after a disagreement that originated at the North Pole pub.

The venue has been a pub as far back as 1849 and the owners, the Zinnureyin family who have been running the premises since 1999, said they will permanently close the South Pole nightclub in the basement as it has “attracted an unwelcome element to the venue”.

Gary Grant, counsel for the premises licence holder, said in a report to the council: “The operators intend to change their business model to permanently exclude the nightclub element of the business whilst retaining the financial viability of the bar and restaurant on the ground and first floor respectively.

“The provision of balloons by bar staff to customers is wholly unacceptable. Those bar staff and the door supervisors involved are no longer employed at the premises. The Premises Licence Holder and current DPS, Osman Zinnureyin, did not know what was being done in the basement. But he accepts he ought to have done.”

Temporary restrictions placed on the site include alcohol no longer allowed to be served after 11.30pm, and door staff must be on hand to scan people who come in after 9pm. The door to the basement where the South Pole nightclub used to be must remain shut and locked at all times the bar is open. Osman Zinnureyin has stepped down as the designated premises supervisor and a new person will take charge.

Traffic diversions in the Triangle

Phillippa Clark‎ on the Ashburnham Triangle Community Facebook page posts:

Whoops we seem to have a stuck 180 bus in Devonshire Drive. At least nobody can go flying up the one way bit 

A tribute to Carolyn Carter

Nick and Carolyn Carter in the Ashburnham Arms

 ATA chair Chris Ward writes:

It is with great sadness that we announce that Carolyn Carter passed away on 19th February in the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. Her funeral service was in St Alfege's Church on 27th March.

Carolyn and her late husband Nick lived in Devonshire Drive for many years and were active in the Ashburnham Triangle Association. They led the organising of an early ATA street party some thirty years ago, and Carolyn was a central member of the association from when it re-started in 2006 until 2015. She worked tirelessly in the Security Hub liaising with the police alongside David Scales, and with Harold Marchant (in a joint effort with the Greenwich Society) erasing unsightly graffiti from the neighbourhood. She was also largely responsible, through the ATA, for Greenwich Council's planting of three trees in Devonshire Drive. 

Outside the ATA also, Carolyn was a staunch activist for a better environment. In the early 1990s she was a prominent member of the successful campaign to preserve the Roan School building in Devonshire Drive and have it listed as grade 2. 

In the late 1990s when the DLR Cutty Sark station was being built, she was central to the campaign by the Docklands Light Rail Monitoring Group (DLRMG) to prevent the demolition of buildings at the river end of Greenwich Church Street. This was an intensive battle requiring a thorough grasp of legal complexities in order to combat professional lawyers at public inquiry and other hearings. The DLRMG, represented at the July 1999 House of Lords hearing by Carolyn, Alan Brett and Philip Binns, was the first community group ever to win an appeal in the Lords. The buildings they were defending are still there and are a crucial part of the character of Greenwich town centre. 

Carolyn was involved with her local community in many other ways too, belonging to groups like the Friends of St Alfege and of Greenwich Theatre, campaigning in the Liberal Democrat party, and acting as an expert patient for  the Greenwich Primary Care Trust. She suffered from various long-term medical conditions, and bore them with a light stoicism. 

She loved her locality and was fearless in its protection on security and environmental issues. She was even known to go into over-noisy pubs at the height of the evening to remind them of their legal obligations. She was instrumental in having the No Entry signs installed at the bottom of Devonshire Drive, and could sometimes be seen out on the streets photographing rogue drivers who took the shortcut through them. 

Thank you, Carolyn, for everything you have done for the ATA and for the community you so passionately believed in. 

She will be greatly missed by us all.

SAVE THE DATE...26th April 2018

Graham Fawcett does Walt Whitman, April 17th

Irena Hill says:

Tuesday April 17 at 6.45 for 7pm

at the Crypt, St Margaret's Church, Lee Terrace - entrance from Brandram Road.

Parking in the forecourt or the other side of Brandram Road.

Buses 108, 54 and 89 stop outside.

Blackheath and Lewisham stations are each less than 10 minutes away on foot.

Book online at www.in-words.co.uk, or by email at irena.mh50@gmail.com or buy tickets on the door. 

Graham Fawcett says:

Walt Whitman

Whitman wrote his deeply moving ‘When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom’ within days of both President Lincoln’s assassination in 1865 and the end of the American Civil War. His collection of that year, Leaves of Grass, revolutionised what American poets could say (what they felt it was like to be alive), how poetry could look on the page (rhapsodic and free), and how it could sound in the reading ear (orchestral, psalmic and incantatory).