Kennington News: December 2012

31 December 2012

Sunday Strollers: Covent Garden & St Giles

All Welcome!

Meet: 11am Bus Stop KH Kennington Lane
(Corner Black Prince Road)

Take 59 bus to Holborn
from where we will walk down Long Acre
to Covent Garden underground station

Live timetable and map of bus stop:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/tfl-bus-map/text/stopinfo.aspx?s=2650&r=3

Start/Finish: Covent Garden underground station
Distance: 2 miles

This walk begins in Covent Garden, which today is one of London's busiest shopping areas but in medieval times belonged to Westminster Abbey. The Abbey's 'convent garden' covered 40 acres and produced fruit and vegetables for the Abbey, with surplus produce being sold to the public near the Strand.

Visit...

The Royal Opera House
Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E
www.roh.org.uk

London Transport Museum
Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E
www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Freemasons' Hall
60 Great Queen Street, WC2B
www.ugle.org.uk

The Phoenix Garden
21 Stacey Street, WC2H
www.thephoenixgarden.org

Eat, Drink...

Food for Thought
31 Neal Street, WC2H
www.foodforthought-london.co.uk

Angel Public House
61-62 St Giles High St, WC2H

Lamb and Flag
33 Rose Street, WC2E
www.lambandflagcoventgarden.co.uk

Rules
33 Maiden Lane, WC2E
www.rules.co.uk

30 December 2012

Kennington Companions: V&A Museum of Childhood - Thursday 10th January 11am

All Welcome!

Meet: 11am Imperial War Museum (SE1)
Take the Route Bus 344 from Stop: K towards Liverpool Street Station, Worship Street

We'll meet at Bus Stop K at the Imperial War Museum

Live timetable and map of Stop K at Imperial War Museum:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/tfl-bus-map/text/stopinfo.aspx?s=8315&r=344

Imperial War Museum (SE1)
Take the Route Bus 344 from Stop: K
towards Liverpool Street Station, Worship Street

Buses every:    6 mins
Max journey time:    29 mins

From there:
    Liverpool Street Station
Take the Route Bus 8 from Stop: F
towards Bow Church
or Route Bus 388 from Stop: F
towards Hackney Wick

Buses every:    3-7 mins
Max journey time:    19 mins

Walk
   Bethnal Green
Walk to E2 9PA 3 minutes

V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9PA
http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/

http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions-and-displays/modern-british-childhood

28 December 2012

Kennington Companions: On the Buses - Route 1: Sun, 6 January 2013, 11:00 – 14:00

We're off!
All Welcome!
Happy New Year!

Bring your Freedom Pass!

Meet: 11.00 London Road, Elephant & Caste, Bus Stop E

(The 360 will take you to Bus Stop C on London Rd)

Live timetable with map at Bus Stop E
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/tfl-bus-map/text/stopinfo.aspx?s=26212&r=1&rn=1

Sunday Timetable
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/001N001.htm#Sun_C

About Route 1
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/001.htm

Possible short walk when we get there:
http://walkit.com/circular-walk/?distance=30&pace=2.0&distance_type=t&city=london&from=Canada+Water&fuid=418707_466930&rta=old&direct=0

FoDL: Last Man Standing - Jack Straw

Mon 18 February: Jack Straw, long-term Kennington resident, an MP for 33 years and a senior minister throughout the 1997-2010 Labour government, will talk about his recently published memoirs, Last Man Standing, which describe his life from his childhood in Epping Forest to his long ministerial career.

Events are normally held on the third Monday evening in the month at

6.45 for 7.15pm at the Durning Library

Light refreshments. Everyone welcome.

No admission charge, but a £2 donation towards costs is invited.

Friends of Durning Library
http://www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk

Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor

Jack Straw

Format: Hardback
Publication Date: 27/09/2012
ISBN: 9781447222750

As a small boy in Epping Forest, Jack Straw could never have imagined that one day he would become Britain's Lord Chancellor. As one of five children of divorced parents, he was bright enough to get a scholarship to a direct-grant school, but spent his holidays as a plumbers' mate for his uncles to bring in some much-needed extra income. Yet he spent 13 years and 11 days in government, including long and influential spells as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary. This is the story of how he got there.