Newly elected councillors Jane Pickard , Jackie Meldrum & Sonia Winifred at the count.
All 3 West Norwood wards( Gipsy Hill, Knights Hill & Thurlow Park) now have 3 Labour councillors each. Following the elections on 22nd May, with a 32% turnout, Lambeth council has 59 Labour councillors, 3 Tory councillors and one Green councillor.
For details of the results see:
http://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=25&RPID=24358649
Screenprinting at Bainbridge Studios
17th & 18th May is last weekend for Artists Open House – a chance to see the work of over 50 local artists in studios around West Norwood . Free entry 11am to 6pm. Browsers welcome… and opportunities to buy! For details see the Dulwich Festival catalogue http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/openhouseWeekends
The artist studios open in the West Norwood area are listed in the post dated 6th May below.
Filed under Arts
The new Garden Gastro Bar
A new Italian bistro is planned for West Norwood.at 31 Knights Hill SE27 0HS, opening until 11pm and serving Italian cured meats, cheeses,home made pizzas and British roasts.
Comments on the licence must be made by Friday 30th May. For details see: www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/Business/LicencesStreetTrading/AlcoholEntertainmentLateNightRefreshment/CurrentApplications.htm
The Garden Gastro Bar will take over the premises of the long standing Cardinal Cafe, famous for its bacon butties.
Filed under Leisure, Local Business, West Norwood
Cllr Jackie Meldrum with blue design for Knights Hill rail bridge
Hyperkit, a West Norwood business, has designed three large scale brightly coloured panels for the rail bridges at Tulse Hill, Knights Hill and Norwood High Street. The panels will be lit at night to provide a more welcoming environment around our stations.
This project is part of the nearly completed improvement scheme for West Norwood shopping area funded through the London Mayor’s Outer London Fund. Contact us for details.
Filed under Community / voluntary, Environment, Local Business, Transport, West Norwood
Otter Trading opening soon
Otter Trading are taking over the shop premises at 17 Knights Hill SE27 0HS which have been vacant for many years. The shop will sell gifts & kitchenware with a cafe/bistro. Otter Trading has applied for a licence for music & to sell wine & beer up to 11pm although they plan to normally close by 7pm. Comments on the licence application due by Thursday 22nd May . See :
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/business-services-rates-and-licensing/licence-comments/current-licence-applications
Filed under Lambeth Council, Local Business, Planning, Shopping, West Norwood
The week after the bank holiday is a busy week for election hustings. Norwood Forum ( http://norwoodforum.org has organised separate husting meetings for candidates standing in each of the three wards in West Norwood to be held at St Luke’s church, Knights Hill SE27 0HS. Submit your questions at 6.45pm.
The Crystal Palace Chamber of Commerce has also arranged hustings to hear from election candidates in the 5 boroughs that border Crystal Palace at 7pm in Queens Hotel, 122 Church Street SE19 2UG . See http://www.crystalpalacechamber.org/
Filed under Labour Candidates, Lambeth Council
Amazing chance to see the work of over 50 local artists ranging from glass, paintings to opera! Artists will open their studios in and around West Norwood and Dulwich for two weekends in May : 10th & 11th and 17th & 18th. Free entry 11am to 6pm. Browsers welcome… and opportunities to buy! For details see the Dulwich Festival catalogue http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/openhouseWeekends Filed under Arts, Community / voluntary, Education, Leisure, Local Business
Nick Willoughby, local West Norwood entrepreneur, chose a lovely sunny day the 4th May to open the The Great North Wood. Co-inciding with the West Norwood Feast market day this new pub & kitchen at 3 Knights Hill SE27 0HS (next to West Norwood Station) was packed with customers inside and in the beer garden. Nick has taken over the former Norwood Hotel and turned it into a family friendly pub. See facebook for more details: https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatNorthWoodWestNorwood
Filed under Leisure, Local Business
AS Byatt , the novelist, visited Edmund de Waal in his ceramics studio and published her interview in the Guardian on 2nd May
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/02/edmund-de-waal-potter-ceramics-essays-as-byatt
Edmund de Waal’s pottery studio is in West Norwood. He is also a writer: Hare with Amber Eyes, a family memoir, is a prizewinning best seller translated into over 23 languages and sold over 1m copies.
Filed under Arts, Local Business, West Norwood
A garden under construction
West Norwood is getting a garden as part of the edible bus stop project on the route from Clapham Common to Crystal Palace – see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C51FZ3zW6w
The Hoopla garden is being constructed in the pavement of Norwood Road, between Lancaster Avenue and Elmcourt Road . The design, drawn up in three community consultation events, uses the existing bollards, with concrete rings over them, like a game of hoopla and permeable paving strips laid diagonally.
Volunteers will be needed to help plant the garden at the end of May with a grand opening in early June. And throughout 2014, regular gardening afternoons 1pm-4pm will be held on the first Sunday of every month – on West Norwood Feast days.
To get in touch email: west_norwood@theediblebusstop.org
Edible Bus Stop is a volunteer led project working with local communities taking on neglected or forgotten sites to transform them into valuable neighbourhood growing spaces.
Filed under Community / voluntary, Environment, West Norwood
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