tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224914362176584332024-03-13T01:43:48.091+00:00DEPTFORD MISCBits and Pieces about SE8 and...The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-31086893899292414262015-07-31T11:15:00.000+01:002015-07-31T11:15:18.572+01:00Railway Bridge across Deptford Creek - 1913
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The railway bridge over Deptford Creek had to be lifted to allow masted vessels to pass. Any failure on the part of the railway, or its staff, to raise the bridge in a prompt and timely manner was a criminal offence. (The offence was abolished in the 1980s.)
The bridge in the photograph was replaced by a lift bridge that simply raised the central span The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-85425145775174983392014-03-07T16:01:00.000+00:002014-03-07T16:01:11.074+00:00Richard MacVicar 'MAC' - In His Own Words
I was born in Southhampton on 5 August 1947. Although I was born in England I have always considered myself to be Welsh, in that my father’s side of the family migrated to Wales from the West Coast of Scotland sometime during the late 1870’s and I was brought up in Wales with a Scottish surname.My parents moved to Wales when I was about 2, to live with my grandparents in Pontypridd. (PronouncedThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-70177821333159506382014-03-02T16:12:00.000+00:002014-03-02T16:12:25.355+00:00McMillan Herb Garden on the Radio
On Monday 2nd March 2014 Resonance FM have a one hour programme about the Herb Garden.
Leanne Bower from Resonance FM writes "The McMillan Educational Herb Garden (to use its official title) is an oasis of calm in the ever increasing urban sprawl of Deptford, SE8. It is run by volunteers and provides workshops and horticultural education to local school children and adults alike.The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-53243896694626930392014-02-26T19:26:00.000+00:002014-02-26T19:26:03.622+00:00Little Howard's Guide To Deptford
As a rather nifty way of plugging his show at the Albany on Sunday Howard Read has uploaded the above video to YouTube.
Little Howard has discovered the pencil that drew him. But, on the other end of this magical pencil of life is the eraser of death, and a dark force is at large determined to rub the cheeky chap out for good. And, as if that wasn’t enough, Big Howard has had a real-lifeThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-50731828389361615132014-02-18T18:06:00.000+00:002014-02-18T18:06:22.927+00:00Richard MacVicar - MAC - Funeral Details
Mac's funeral will take place at Honor Oak Crematorium (map below) at 1.45pm on Thursday 6th March 2014. The funeral will be conducted by Billy Jenkins, who many will remember from Pete Pope's funeral. Everybody welcome. No flowers.Ruth Quach has set up a tribute page on facebook simply called Machttps://www.facebook.com/groups/279643082191027/Many comments have also been made on Noah's Ark The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-29788125016599507492014-02-12T13:48:00.000+00:002014-02-12T13:48:50.180+00:00Richard MacVicar 1947 - 2014
Richard MacVicar 'MAC' who ran the Deptford Adventure Playground in Prince Street until his retirement in the summer of 2012, died this morning. His brother and sister were with him at the end. The world has lost a good guy. RIP Mac.
The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-86380079155420315802014-02-03T15:19:00.000+00:002014-02-03T18:09:36.668+00:00The Joy of SE8
Reverend Casy were formed in late 2009 in New Cross. They have played at Cafe crema, New Cross Inn, Goldsmiths and the Bird's Nest as well as further afield in Nunhead, Camden, Hackney, Whitstable, Canterbury and Leigh-on-Sea.
No gigs scheduled at the moment, but if you like their Facebook page
you will be the first to know of any bookings.
Their album Strike Like The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-58596210394277848622014-01-30T14:38:00.000+00:002014-01-30T14:38:48.540+00:00Deptford Challenge Trust Small Grants Fund 2014
FUNDING WORKSHOP - Thursday 6 February - Deptford Lounge
Deptford Challenge Trust Small Grants Fund 2014If you are a Deptford or Lewisham-based voluntary group, charity, not-for-profit organisation or social enterprise and are looking for funding to do a project within the Deptford community, please come along to this workshop to find out more about the fund. The fund is aimed at addressing: The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-88826475648870499582014-01-24T15:02:00.000+00:002014-01-24T15:03:48.109+00:00Video - House of Commons debate re Convoys Wharf
Adjournment debate in the House of Commons regarding the national heritage significance of Convoys Wharf, Deptford. A full transcript of the debate is here.
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The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-31722465897626413762014-01-23T17:58:00.000+00:002014-01-23T18:09:16.245+00:00House of Commons: Convoys Wharf Dame Joan Ruddock MP made an excellent speech yesterday outlining the historic significance of Convoys Wharf. The wharf is currently the subject of an application for outline planning permission made by site owners Hutchison Whampoa, but if Joan had directly raised planning issues then she would have been curtly referred to the Mayor of London (Boris Johnson) who is due to decide whether The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-51036613022679100412014-01-17T20:05:00.000+00:002014-01-17T20:05:22.858+00:00Commons to debate Convoys Wharf heritage issuesJoan Ruddock MP has secured an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday 22 January 2014 to discuss the 'Relevance of national heritage issues in the development of Convoys Wharf, Deptford.'
The debate, which will be held at the end of Wednesday's business (probably at about 7.00pm) will last about half-an-hour. Joan Ruddock will speak and a Minister, presumeably a junior minister The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-67795974225329869452013-10-04T20:10:00.001+01:002013-10-04T20:10:11.043+01:00Follow the Anchor
Between noon and 3pm on Saturday 5th October, the Deptford Anchor (or a cardboard representation of the same) will be wending its way through the streets of Deptford.
Organised by Rediscovered Urban Rituals and Deptford is Forever the event starts with a gathering at the Dog and Bell PH, 116 Prince Street (near the junction with Watergate Street) which will then Progress via Deptford High The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-52488019234894792682013-08-24T17:36:00.002+01:002013-08-24T17:36:54.733+01:00SAX & PERCUSSION
I am a little bit late with this one, but on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2013 the McMillan Educational Herb Garden will be hosting SAX & PERCUSSION. The line up is Tom Scott, Rob Mills and Sue Lynch on Sax and Arnold Lane, Eddie Real and David Aylward on Percussion. There is also a Special Guest.
5-7pm, garden open from 4.30pm
Admission Free
McMillan Educational Herb Garden, McMillanThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-44460569334761129032013-07-18T17:03:00.001+01:002013-07-18T17:03:25.649+01:00Poetry and Music in the Garden
After the sucess of Poem’s for Roderick the Herb Garden is pleased to announce a second event...
‘Poetry and Music in the Garden’
Saturday 20th July 2013
5-7pm. Garden open from 4.30pm
Poets and Readers:
Maggie Nicols
Charles Hayward
Mr Ed
All donations kindly received for Mad Pride
McMillan Educational Herb Garden, McMillan St, London SE8
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The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-16356049124284811072013-05-23T15:01:00.001+01:002013-05-23T15:01:58.322+01:00Poems for Roderick
On Sunday 26th May there will be a poetry event at the McMillan Herb Garden in memory of Roderick Johnny. Roderick was a friend and neighbour, well known in and around Deptford, who died very suddenly last October. His family run Johnny's DIY & Building Supplies one of Deptford High Street's longest established businesses.
Compere: Bert Satsuma
Poets & Readers:
Zolan The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-3289637001497384562013-02-27T16:26:00.001+00:002013-02-27T16:26:54.855+00:00Convoys Wharf Exhibition
Having told us in July 2012 that they would be back in September, Hutchison Whampoa finally return tomorrow (Thursday 28 Feb 2013) and Saturday 2 Mar 2013 to tell us what they are proposing for the former Royal Dockyard site.
The rumour machine tells me that Lewisham, unlike some neighbouring boroughs, have realised that changes to business rates made by the coalition government mean they The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-56279280800431584492012-09-06T21:23:00.000+01:002012-09-06T21:30:03.744+01:00More at the Herb Garden
Last Saturday's Blow for Lol
This Sunday 9 September 5.00 - 7.00pm sees another free unamplified afternoon at the McMillan Herb Garden with music from:
Mouth 4 Rusty
http://www.facebook.com/mouth4rusty
Tom Moody
http://soundcloud.com/tommoody
Marian Woods
Mark Moynihan
There will be an interlude for the planting of a hop as a tribute to Pete Pope and the planting of a crab The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-3309340709161249482012-08-30T19:35:00.001+01:002012-08-30T19:35:39.991+01:00Blow for Lol
Charles Hayward and Lol Coxhill
As a follow on to Bank Holiday Monday's celebration of Lol Coxhill, Charles Hayward and others (including Alex Ward: clarinet, Ian Smith: trumpet, Steve Noble: drums, and Nick Doyne-Ditmas: bass.) will be presenting a Blow for Lol this Saturday afternoon at the Herb Garden.
Blow for Lol - 5.00 - 7.00pm Saturday 1st September 2012
McMillan Educational Herb The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-58308726251328568492012-08-25T20:55:00.001+01:002012-09-06T21:20:13.808+01:00Herb Garden Happenings
Volunteers Day 10.00am - 2.00pm Sunday 26 August 2012.Lol Coxhill Tribute 5.00 - 7.00pm Bank Holiday Monday 27 August 2012. SundayWith the workshops complete, the garden will need a general tidy before the music events. Any extra hands are most welcome. Lots of stuff to do... a bit of weeding, a bit of moving things, brushing up, even hanging mosaics!We don't expect people to be The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-64328752646811287492012-07-22T16:38:00.000+01:002012-07-22T16:38:01.199+01:00Lol Coxhill's Funeral
Lol Coxhill's funeral will be held on Tuesday 24th July - 1.15pm at theSouth Chapel, City of London Crematorium, Aldersbrook Road, London E12 5DQ. All welcome.
Manor Park station. Map at http://j.mp/NLYB8a
Followed by HMS President Victoria Embankment EC4Y 0HJ - very near Blackfriar's station - until 7.00pmOverground from Manor Park to Liverpool Street (trains every 10 mins 14:02, 14:12, 14:22The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-51445550047262232302012-07-10T14:54:00.000+01:002012-07-10T14:56:02.928+01:00Lol Coxhill 19 Sep 1932 - 9 July 2012
Lol Coxhill died in hospital last night aged 79. He had been seriously ill for several weeks.
The video above was shot in the McMillan Herb Garden, Deptford on 9 September 2007. One of many times that Lol played in the Herb Garden, he was joined by drummer Steve Noble and double bassist John Edwards. John's daughter is the dancer.
In recent years Lol regularly played in the Herb GardenThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-49706710165160790522012-06-29T18:08:00.000+01:002012-06-29T18:08:35.481+01:00A strange view of Catford
According to LB Lewisham Planning Department both Deptford High Street and the Laban Centre are in Catford Town Centre.
Lewisham have published a Scoping Report relating to the Sustainability appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment of their proposed Catford Town Centre Area Action Plan. It appears to have been put together by consultants Mouchel and then been put out for consultation The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-48338310650905936242012-06-28T17:48:00.000+01:002012-06-28T17:48:47.892+01:00Dangling Empty
Boris's vanity project has opened. For the princely sum of £3.20 people can travel from a car park in Greenwich to a car park in Newham. What purpose does it serve?
Tourist Atrraction
Simply too far out of central London. Tourists only travel to Greenwich because the visit includes a river trip there and / or back.
The Dome (or O2 as we are told to call it) only attracts serious numbers of The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-71980450505870333582012-06-28T15:00:00.000+01:002012-06-29T19:29:52.349+01:00Convoys Wharf, again
Yet again there is a 'public exhibition' of plans for Convoys Wharf.
The only difference from previous occasions is the clear lack of enthusiasm from the site owners: No colour picture on the leaflet and their website has gone tits up. Plainly they are not longer interested in trying to sell us anything. Perhaps their new strategy is to try and bore us into submission.
Hall & StudioThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-14856329389284698852012-06-26T17:51:00.000+01:002012-06-27T17:53:34.797+01:00Pete Pope's final send off (2)
On Sunday afternoon we gathered at the Birds Nest PH, Church Street, Deptford. I cannot possibly beat Colin Bodiam's description of our purpose:
It was implied in that programme on Deptford - recently much praised by the media but what do they know? - that Deptford is back in the doldrums, everyone hates each other and there's no sense of community at all. Well, here's proof to the contrary,The Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.com0