Ashburnham Triangle Association

This afternoon Radio London's Drivetime program will feature the banning of the Golden Chippy sign - Valley Fontaine will interview Chris Kanizi at the Chippy at about 12 to 12.30pm. The interview will appear on Drivetime some time between 4 and 7pm - at the start of the show they give you some idea about when subjects will come up. Photo from The Evening Standard, Tuesday 27th March Yesterday evening Radio London's Jason Rosam, interviewing the ATA's Mick Delap, said he thought it was amazing that Chris's petition to keep his sign had been supported by over 3,000 physically-written signatures - not just by buttons being pressed online. Mick told him that these signatures had addresses attached, and that 450 of them were by residents of the Ashburnham Triangle. If you want to listen-again to this interview, it was at 7.30pm yesterday on the Simon Lederman show. Tuesday's Evening Standard ran the story also: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ Here is Mick'...

Chad Rigney, leader of the Village Church on Devonshire Drive, says: 'Two years ago the Devonshire Drive Baptist Church decided to cease meeting under that name and to establish a new church. We have now established regular meetings and a new group has formed. 'Here is our flyer showing what we plan for Easter this year.' 

Tina and her dog Vinnie 2018's London Marathon is taking place on Sunday, April 22nd and this year, in addition to our marathon regular Tom Webb, the ATA's very own Tina Pugh is running for the very first time. Tina is running for Tommys, a charity that funds research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. Ashburnham Place resident Tina says, "I’ve always wanted to run a marathon. And not any old marathon, but the London Marathon. Why? To be honest, I’ve no idea apart from the fact I can easily just walk to the start line! I’ve had this weird obsession for many years and I’m now finally going to do something about it. Now you can’t run the London Marathon without running for a worthy cause. I specifically requested to run for Tommys and was amazed and overjoyed when they accepted my application to become a member of their team." If you would like to learn more about the cause and help Tina reaches her target of £3,000, please visit her V...

London Hotel Group, the developer of the site of the Greenwich Magistrate’s Court, Blackheath Road, SE10 BPE, intends to submit an application for full planning permission and listed building consent for the repair and restoration of the listed building and redevelopment of the remainder of the site to provide a circa 350 bedroom hotel with additional car parking and landscaping and all ancillary works. The  planning application is expected to be submitted in April or May 2018 and t he developer is holding a second pubic exhibition of their proposals and you are invited to attend an Exhibition at a public event at the site as listed below.  Dates and time:     Thursday 22 nd  March - 5pm – 8pm Venue : Greenwich Magistrates’ Court,  9 Blackheath Road, London SE10  8PG (please note, access to the venue will be via the eastern door on Blackheath Road) 

Here's the tasting menu for José's supper club at the Trafalgar Café this Saturday 17th March 7pm start For beverages, concept is BYO! Pre-booking is required:  almagreenwich@gmail.com 07507 894560

Mel Waldencasting, pictured here, says:      Hi New TV series for Channel 4 - looking for local Greenwich families to take part. London TV company Electric Ray is looking for families with at least two children aged 8-16 who want to participate in Alone At Home (working title) for Channel 4 - a unique experience that explores issues around parenting and child freedom. In each episode, the home featured will be fitted with remotely-operated cameras that will film 24 hours a day with the aim of observing the children’s experience.  Working with respected senior child development psychologists, the series will explore how the children deal with increased freedom and responsibility and will show the children’s ability to cope.  There will be designated spaces in the home for privacy. The children will be monitored by chaperones and psychologists to help safeguard their physical and emotional welfare. All data will be processed in accordance with Ele...

The next meeting of the Greenwich Area Planning Committee is on Tuesday, 13th March,at 6.30pm. The agenda can be found here . The Golden Chippy signage is on the agenda so residents may want to attend and a representation. The meeting will be in rooms 4 & 5, Town Hall, Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18 6PW.

The Vitality Big Half is intended to be more for Londoners than the London Marathon is: some spaces have been reserved for residents of the boroughs it goes through - Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich. The Triangle and environs have some runners: Ellie Brown, Tom Webb, and Mike (the Cheese and Meat) Jones, among others. It starts at 9am by the Tower of London, goes east to Canary Wharf, back to Tower Bridge, across it, and then down river, ending at the Cutty Sark.  The Vitality Big Festival in Greenwich Park has food from around the world, young music acts from around the capital, 'come and try' sports sessions (including boxing, cricket, and basketball), local community workshops, fitness stalls, a Science Museum roadshow, a maze and ferris wheel. For the full list, see www.thebighalf.co.uk/event-info The race route as it reaches Greenwich The Big Festival map ...

Irena Hill says: 'Imagine my joy when Debra Sullivan of West Greenwich Library asked me to arrange an event there as partners in the BBC's Civilisations Festival (you've probably read about the new BBC2 series with Simon Shama, Mary Beard and David Olusoga). Museums and libraries were asked to participate in the week-long festival, so here's our slice of the action. 'As a bilingual person and a trained translator, I've always been keen to celebrate both the skill of translators and the immense value of translation in bridging cultures and understanding between people and peoples. Yes, I did study Shakespeare in Italian... 'So I designed an event which touches on ancient civilisations as well as on migration, identity, mother tongues and step-mother tongues... 'Please join me to hear the amazing voices of Adnan Al-Sayegh (Iraq), Shamim Azad and Farah Naz (Bangladesh), Kostya Tsolakis (Greece and Germany), Stephen Watts (England/Italy a...