Pride of Brixton’s secret gardeners - Brixton Blog

Pride of Brixton’s secret gardeners - Brixton Blog

... Best Community Garden award-winners were Cotton Gardens Estate, with their self-made oasis next to Kennington Lane, with Arlington Lodge and ... 

A Christmas Carol review – Jim Broadbent's sentimental Scrooge has a twinkle in his eye | Stage | The Guardian

A Christmas Carol review – Jim Broadbent's sentimental Scrooge has a twinkle in his eye | Stage | The Guardian

3 / 5 stars. Noël Coward theatre, London. Puppets and modern-day poignancy combine in Patrick Barlow’s high-spirited adaptation of Dickens. ... It’s odd, because there are moments when, with its photographs of the 19th-century poor and disenfranchised gathered on Kennington Common,
and its puppet-head bankers and politicians, the show is quite clearly
making connections between Dickens’ story and our own times ... ....
 

Fraudster/s alert !

Dear friends and neighbours in Kennington

I have recently been made aware of incidents whereby a person has presented himself in a difficult situation e.g. broken down vehicle, lost wallet.

He claimed to be my business partner / brother and has requested money from people of Kennington who, in good faith and assuming it to be genuine, have helped the person with money.

I am extremely proud that they have helped with the understanding that this person is associated with me; however, it saddens me that he used my name to extort money from my good friends and neighbours.

Please be vigilant; it has happened on several occasions.

I strongly urge you all to be aware that this person is a fraud.

Thank you all for your kindness and loyalty.

We are a strong and extremely kind neighbourhood, 

and we are all forthcoming when we see a person who needs help.

I hope 2016 brings us all closer and we continue to look out for each other.

Sincerely wishing you all a merry Christmas and a peaceful new year.

Kowsar Hoque

(Kennington Tandoori)

Bar news | Grand Union reveals partners for new collaborative concept

Bar news | Grand Union reveals partners for new collaborative concept

... Grand Union bars are in Farringdon, Clapham, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Chancery Lane, Camden, Kennington and Paddington. Share. Twitter Facebook ... ... 

Jim Armitage: Stagecoach has bigger problems in local bus fares and poor infrastructure | Business | London Evening Standard

Jim Armitage: Stagecoach has bigger problems in local bus fares and poor infrastructure | Business | London Evening Standard

... Just this weekend, a friend throwing a birthday party for her 12-year-old in Kennington told of how the mum of one little guest from the home counties had ... ... 

Omsi 2: (oldschool) The South London Project Route 3 to Kennington Lane Bus: Leyland_Fleetline - YouTube

Omsi 2: (oldschool) The South London Project Route 3 to Kennington Lane Bus: Leyland_Fleetline - YouTube

Could Charlton Athletic teenage star Ademola Lookman be the next fairytale footballing story? | South London Press

Could Charlton Athletic teenage star Ademola Lookman be the next fairytale footballing story? | South London Press

... It has already been quite a 12 months for the teenager, who until a year
ago was playing for Kennington-based Waterloo FC. There is no sign of
his progression slowing any time soon. ... 

Charlton Athletc fans should be excited by | South London Press

Charlton Athletc fans should be excited by | South London Press

... Lookman, 18, only broke into the senior set-up last month but has been
nerveless so far, making it hard to believe that he was playing Sunday
league football for Kennington-based Waterloo FC a year ago. ... 

Charlton Athletic boss confident of keeping teenager being monitored by Arsenal | South London Press

Charlton Athletic boss confident of keeping teenager being monitored by Arsenal | South London Press

... Arsenal are just one of the top-flight clubs to have been following the
youngster, who had been playing for Kennington-based club Waterloo FC up
until a year ago. ... 

Have your say on Vauxhall Cross plans | News | Wandsworth Council

Have your say on Vauxhall Cross plans | News | Wandsworth Council

(Source. Wandsworth Borough Council). Published. Thursday 3rd December 15. Transport for London (TfL) has opened a new consultation on updated plans for Vauxhall Cross which is just over the borough boundary in Lambeth ... An artist's impression based on early designs for the bus station ... The sessions will take place at. ... St ... Key elements of the scheme include. ... Kennington Lane, South Lambeth Road) by converting these roads to two way working....
 

Carols by Candlelight at Oasis Church Waterloo [13 December]

Carols by Candlelight at Oasis Church Waterloo [13 December]

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Sunday 13 December

7pm at Oasis Church Waterloo, 1a Kennington Road

With the Oasis Community Choir. 

FoKP: Evaluator for the flower garden

Evaluating the success of the Flower Garden

Can you evaluate success?
The project team delivering the Flower Garden project in Kennington Park is looking for someone with proven skills and experience to produce an evaluation report.
We need to find out if park users are satisfied with the project when it is completed in summer 2016 and whether it has achieved its objectives. 
You will work with volunteers to collect data and will use this to create a professional written report to present to the project’s funders.
We will pay you for an estimated 120 hours of work between February and September 2016 at a rate of £30 an hour (to include all costs and travel expenses), a total of £3,600.
You can read the job description along with details of how to apply on http://www.kenningtonpark.org/assets/images/jobdescription.pdf
Applications close 11 January 2016. 
Interviews will take place in Kennington on 27 January 2016.

St Mark's Kennington » Christmas Services 2015

St Mark's Kennington » Christmas Services 2015

... 10:30am-12:00pm Children's Nativity 6:30pm-8:00pm Candlelit Carols and Lessons. Thu 24 December 2015. 5:00pm-6:30pm Crib Service (with crepe ... ...

From Kennington to Battersea via Nine Elms with the Northern Line extension | Europe and R.O.W

From Kennington to Battersea via Nine Elms with the Northern Line extension | Europe and R.O.W

... Construction has started on the £1 billion extension of the London Underground Northern Line from Kennington to Battersea via Nine Elms in the UK. ... 

Fleet of Routemasters on Bus Route 159 - Events | Routemaster Association

Events | Routemaster Association

To mark the 10th anniversary of the last Routemaster bus in normal service, a fleet of them will ride along the last bus route that was in
service.
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2015/12/12/fleet-of-routemasters-on-bus-route-159-80024

Protest highlights road cyclist deaths | South London Press

Protest highlights road cyclist deaths | South London Press

... Nine cyclists have died on London’s roads so far this year. They include 55-year-old Moira Gemmill from Kennington, who died in April after being in collision with an HGV at the junction of Millbank and Horseferry Road near Lambeth Bridge. ...

Armagh actor Ryan McParland: 'I miss my mum Helen... she never got to see me act on stage in London' - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Armagh actor Ryan McParland: 'I miss my mum Helen... she never got to see me act on stage in London' - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

 ... But for the moment Ryan isn't sure that he wants to take advantage of the open doors that his
mesmerising portrayal will invariably bring in its wake ... "I wasn't terribly clued up about what was happening in London, but I knew the Donmar was a prestigious theatre so I sat in a park near my flat at Kennington for a couple of days learning the monologues and duologues from the play. It was pretty intense." ... And so was I." ....

[LondonCultureseekers] New meetup: 'Charlie Chaplin' Guided Walk (Saturday & Sunday)

[LondonCultureseekers] New meetup: 'Charlie Chaplin' Guided Walk (Saturday & Sunday)

 

 

Announcing a new meetup for the London Cultureseekers Group!

 

 

 

What:  'Charlie Chaplin' Guided Walk (click here for the Saturday walk or here for the Sunday walk)

 

Where:  Kennington Tube Station (outside the station)

 

When:  Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th December at 1:30pm

 

 

Come along on either Saturday 19th or Sunday 20th December at 1:30pm for a guided walk around Kennington on the early life of the comic genius; Charlie Chaplin!

 

I'm a massive fan of Charlie Chaplin, so I'll be the guide for the walk.

 

About the walk

Charlie Chaplin was British and kept British citizenship all his life, even though he spent most of his adult life in America.

 

He was born in Kennington, London on the 16th April 1889 and lived their until he was 21. He was born into and spent his early years in great poverty in (at the time) one of the poorest areas of London.  As a teenager he joined a performing group in nearby Brixton and during a tour of the U.S was spotted performing by a scout for Sennett Studios, they signed him up and the rest is history!  He went on to star in 81 films mainly during the silent era and playing his 'Little Tramp' character in most of them.

 

His life is a classic rags to riches story and in his films he was heavily influenced by his poor upbringing.  I will guide you round the streets visiting various places that influenced him, the houses where he lived as a child and describing the conditions of the area in late Victorian London.  I will tell you the story of his relationships with his mentally ill mother, alcoholic father and the close bond he had with his half brother Sydney.  Plus I will also talk about his stage understudy who also went onto become a world famous movie comedian.

 

I will finish the walk showing you the place where he learnt his famous comedy walk!

 

 

The walk is free to 'Full Members', but £5 for everyone else.

 

The walk will last about 1h 45mins and we will end by going to a pub not far from Vauxhall Tube Station.

 

If you can't see us outside the station, please text.

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Robert

07905 901 834 (prefer text)

 

RSVP here for Saturday or here for Sunday...

 

Bus route 159 recreation (9th Dec 2015)

Bus route 159 recreation (9th Dec 2015)

Wednesday, 9th December
All Day	Bus route 159 recreation A free heritage routemaster bus service along Route 159 to mark the 10th anniversary of its last routemaster in service.

 

The best way to redesign your garden | The Telegraph

The best way to redesign your garden | The Telegraph

... One of my favourite shots in the book is of his previous garden in Kennington, London, where I was lucky to spend the day filming with him a few years ago. ... In his
Kennington garden he used monster-sized concrete rings, about one
metre in diameter, stacked vertically to create pots. ...