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============================================================ [ SE1 Direct ] Issue 823 Monday 15 August 2016 ISSN 1750-0656 ============================================================ IN THIS BULLETIN ============================================================ * Local news & features from the London SE1 website * What's on this week * Local job vacancies * Small offices & desk spaces for rent * Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum ============================================================ { Local news & features from the London SE1 website } * Forest named after firefighter killed in Tooley Street Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8853 * CowParade Surrey comes to Waterloo and the South Bank Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8856 * Bankside Boardwalk design competition launched Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8855 * Jon Findlay to be COO of Guy's and St Thomas' Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8854 ============================================================ { What's on this week } CHINESE FOOD FESTIVAL Friday 19 to Sunday 21 August 11am-10pm at Potters Fields Park, Tooley Street Featuring more than 20 Chinese restaurants and stalls. There will be cookery demonstrations, workshops and performances too. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/17911 VOCES THULES: ICELANDIC MUSICIANS Friday 19 August 3pm at Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge; free Voces Thules is an ensemble of Icelandic musicians. It was formed in 1991 and is known equally for its performances and research of mediaeval Icelandic music. The group has acquired an important collection of period instruments, which they use at their performances. Voces Thules plays regularly in Iceland and tours throughout the Scandinavian and Baltic regions. On their recent tour to fifteen Japanese cities they performed before a total of 30,000 people. The main theme of the programme for the Voces Thules concert illuminates natural and political turmoil as well as personal and national tragedy described in verse in the Icelandic Sagas. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/18110 SAFE IN THE CITY - LONDON FIRE BRIGADE 150th ANNIVERSARY Saturday 20 August 11am-5pm at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Lambeth Road; free Public event to celebrate 150 years of the London Fire Brigade. It will feature live rescues and demonstrations, historical re-enactments, fire dogs, fire engines and children's activities, a barbecue cook off and much, much more. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/17348 LARGACTYL SHUFFLE - MUDLARKING WALK Saturday 20 August 10.15am-1pm; starts at Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street; free Join CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle for a fun guided cultural walk for mental and physical wellbeing. Meet at Oxo Tower Wharf (back & lift entrance on Barge House Street). Meet to register at 10.15am, and the walk will begin at 10.30am. Try your hand at mudlarking � along the banks of the River Thames, and learn more about the history of beach combing. From the 18th to the 20th century mudlarking was a recognised profession, while today people enjoy it more as a pastime and great way to find out about London's stories. Go paddling, have a picnic and you might just discover buried treasure! The Largactyl Shuffle has been running since 2006 and is named after the oldest anti-psychotic drug, Largactyl, that can have extreme physical side effects including a distinctive shambolic gait, or 'shuffling'. The walks are researched and led by the Largactyl Shuffle volunteer group who meet weekly to plan and research. The walk leaders wear orange high-viz vests and rucksacks. The full walk is about 3 miles and will last approximately 4 hours. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring your own water. Call CoolTan Arts on 07985 658443 if you cannot find the walking group on the day. All are welcome. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/18022 MEMORIAL ARTWORK COMMISSION CONSULTATION EVENT Saturday 20 August 11am-4pm at Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road; free Southwark Council has appointed the Contemporary Art Society and formed a panel to commission a new contemporary public artwork. As well as being a symbolic piece of contemporary art, it will serve as a 21st Century memorial to war and conflict. Located within the new Walworth Square, to be established as part of the Lendlease Elephant Park development, the memorial will be used for reflection, commemoration and remembrance; a marker in time and somewhere that can inspire us to look forward as we remember the past. Before an artist is commissioned for the final piece, the council would like you to get involved by considering what war and conflict means to you and offering ideas about what role a memorial can play, both in the current day and in the future. The council is working with independent curator Vivienne Reiss and the artist Albert Potrony, who will be running public events where you can come along and share your thoughts. This event will focus on one object in the Museum collection, an embroidered bedsheet made by a prisoner of war during World War Two. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/18043 SUMMER BARBECUE Saturday 20 August 1pm-5pm at Queensborough Community Centre, Scovell Road Lsborough and Scovell TRA present a Summer Barbecue celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday and the reopening of the Scovell Estate Garden. Face painting, candy floss, bouncy castle, steel plans, raffle and much more. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/18109 LOYALTY AND SERVICE Monday 22 August 4pm-6pm at John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High Street; free A talk by Mary Gray, whose father, the Rev. James Butterworth, was the founder and leading figure in Clubland, the celebrated youth club on Walworth Road. From 1922 to 1977 Clubland was a haven and an inspiration for young people and 'JB' or 'Jimmy' Butterworth was its centre. Mary will look at his life and work and will also show 'Loyalty and Service', a film exploring Butterworth and the club's life and times. Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/18024 ============================================================ { Local job vacancies } * Community Sports Activator, Bankside Open Spaces Trust * Nursery Administrator, Coin Street Community Builders * Early Years Practitioners, Coin Street Community Builders See http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs/ Why not advertise your job vacancy here? Only �9.99: http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs/add-a-job ============================================================ { Small offices & desk spaces for rent } Why not advertise your office space here? Only �9.99: http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/offices/post-advert ============================================================ { Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum } * 'O ver Restaurant Southwark Street http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/206038 * Stray black cat http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/206023 * Nebraska Street naming http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/206002 * New London Bridge entrance at St Thomas Street http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/205885 To see all the current active forum topics, go to: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1 ============================================================ CONTACT DETAILS ============================================================ Before sending us event information please see http://www.banksidepress.com/listings/ Editor: James Hatts - [email protected] SE1 Direct is copyright (c) 2016 Bankside Press Postal address: 27 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY ============================================================ SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ============================================================ You have received this email because you signed up to receive weekly mailings about SE1 news and events. 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