Ashburnham Triangle Association

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 a...

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.                 Fo...

: 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)...

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, co...

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.

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 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...

David Scales writes: :

From The News Shopper, 16th April: Joe Dempse y 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 referr...

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  

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 acti...

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).   ...