Herne Hill #122 (Spring 2013)

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the Herne hill societyRegistered Charity No:1094346❧£2❧Free to Members❧Issue No:122❧Spring 2013

Committee 2012—2013President Bill Kirby 020 7274 0532 Chair Sheila Northover020 7274 2638 Email: [email protected] Vice Chair Laurence Marsh 020 7737 0658 Email: [email protected] Jeff Doorn 020 7274 7008 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Rosalind Glover 020 8678 1757 Email: [email protected] Committee Colin Wight 020 7733 2573 Email: [email protected] Cynthia Anderson 020 7274 3408 Email:[email protected] John Brunton 020 8678 1757 Email: [email protected] Magazine Nick Baker 020 7274 1702 Email: [email protected]

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Copy deadline for the Summer issue is 22 April 2013.❧

Opinions expressed in the Magazine are those of the authors and not necessarily of the the Herne Hill

Society Committee, which likewise does not approve or endorse the quality or suitability of any goods or

services advertised in the Magazine.

contentsNews:Happy New Year 3Bessemer Bicentenary Celebrations 3-4Digital History Project 4Norwood Cemetery’s New Guide 5Brockwell Walled Garden 5Planning and Licensing 6Transport News 6-7Christmas Fairs 7Congratulations 7 “Lost Stories of Ruskin Park” 7-8Ruskin Park News 8CPZ: Squeezed Muddle 8Membership Renewals 8

Adverts 9

Articles:Cycle Polo in Brockwell Park 10Olympics Come to Herne Hill 11Spanish Spring at DPG 12“How to Make a Million Jobs” 13Sparkling Wit and Wisdom 14White Feather 15“A Career in Ruins” Part II 16

Adverts 17

Society events:Society Events 18Other Societies’ Events 18-19Councillors’ Contacts 20

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society news

Happy New Year to our

membersIn the last magazine you will have found a letter appealing for help with running the Society. I am very pleased to say that we have had an excellent response to the rather worrying letter we wrote. The best and most qualified person has come forward to stand as Chair when I retire at the AGM, and four members have indicated they are interested to join the com-mittee. This burst of enthusiasm is most timely and welcome and I am personally very pleased. After 11 years as Chair I want to be able to hand the Society to my successor in good shape and through the hard work and loyalty of the outgoing committee I am sure that is what I will be able to do.

You will see in this edition of the magazine the activities we have taken part in and the positive news about the things we care about in Herne Hill, our historical legacy, the trains, the Walled Garden in Brockwell Park—I could go on. More news and views are appearing on the Herne Hill Society website so, if you are able, please do check www.hernehillso-ciety.org.uk .

Finally, please take this as the invitation to come to the 31st Annual General Meeting of the Herne Hill Society on Wednesday 13 March at the Herne Hill United Church Hall, top of Red Post Hill, at 7.30 for 7.45 pm. We will be electing a new Chair, the other Officers and the Committee. If you would like to nominate someone (or yourself) to stand for the committee, please contact Jeffrey Doorn our Secretary, contact details on page 2. I hope to see you there. ❧

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BessemerBicentenary

Celebrations

In Magazine 121 we announced plans to celebrate the bi-centenary of the birth of Sir Henry Bessemer on 19 January 1813. We decided to approach Bessemer Grange Primary School to work with us, and applied to the Dulwich Com-munity Council Community fund for a Grant. We were fortunate to be awarded a generous £1000 and began to draw up plans with the school. Jeff Doorn and I met with one of the class teachers who also has the title of Creativity Leader, and we heard how she was planning for the whole school to have a day off-curriculum on 17 January and concentrate on a Bessemer Day. This was turning out as we hoped, an exciting project and a good exercise in collaboration within our community.

Laurence Marsh, with help from his teacher wife Sophia, put together a powerpoint presentation and teaching notes on Bessemer’s life and work; there are some good archive photographs available of his grand house on Denmark Hill together with views of the estate in which it stood.

On Thursday 17 January the whole school from the recep-tion class to year 6 worked on projects with Henry Bessemer

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as the inspiration. They produced a display of their work on inventions and history and this was presented to us in book form later.

In the afternoon Jeff and I gave an illustrated talk to three separate classes at the top of the school. The children were interested and enthusiastic, asking searching questions, most of which we could answer. We devised a quiz for the children to do and produced certificates for successfully completing them.

After school that day there was a tea party for children, parents and visitors and the Society publications stall was set up for parents and teachers to buy maps and books if they wished.

On Saturday 19 January there was a Sir Henry Bessemer 200th birthday party in the Carnegie Library. We commis-sioned a beautiful cake from Pam Mico and enjoyed the afternoon. The cake was cut by a year 2 pupil, helped by me, and Jeff explained our project and the importance of Sir Henry Bessemer to Herne Hill . ❧

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DigitalHistoryProject

Ever wondered how long Brockwell Lido has been around? Or how many different names Jazz on the Hill has had? What would it be like if you could hear the history of Herne Hill’s buildings through your mobile phone?

I’ve been a Herne Hill resident for over five years. My pas-sion for SE24 and my work in digital marketing and social media led me to approach the Herne Hill Society with an idea: one that could bring the history of Herne Hill’s build-ings to the fingertips of anyone with a smartphone.

It would work like this. Let’s say you’re having Sunday lunch in the Florence, and are interested in what the building was used for in the past. So you scan a small QR code (those little square barcodes that are popping up on everything from books and leaflets to posters and websites) on the window with your phone.

This plays a short audio clip of someone telling you that it was Ganley’s Irish Bar pre-2007, Brockwell Park Tavern in the 1970s, and was first opened as a pub in 1892, at the same time as Brockwell Park itself. You could just listen to the clip and continue eating your roast potatoes, or move on to other nearby shops and buildings to do the same.

I’d like to see it encourage trade. It will be definitely be a lot of fun for all participants, and show us to be a forward-look-ing South London village.

So that’s what we’re going to do. John Brunton from the Herne Hill Society has generously allowed us to use the upcoming new edition of the Herne Hill Heritage Trail as the basis for the audio content. A group of talented volunteers from the area will be working to summarise the content, create plans, approach celebrities to read the clips, and bring the whole project to life.

So look out for the little square barcodes in pubs, shops and sites around Herne Hill in the coming months. And if you’re keen to be involved, we’d love to have you on board - just drop me a line at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to seeing Herne Hill’s history in the digital realm. ❧

Matt Collins


New Guideto West

Norwood Cemetery

If you end up in West Norwood cemetery you will find yourself in some of the most illustrious company imagina-ble. Here are buried such famous luminaries as news agency founder Baron Paul Julius de Reuter; ceramics manufacturer Sir Henry Doulton; sugar tycoon Sir Henry Tate; and Herne Hill’s own famous inventor, Sir Henry Bessemer.

In keeping with their wealth and status, many of these high achievers are interred in magnificent tombs and mausoleums and are well worth a visit. To enhance the visitor experi-ence, the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery has recently published a very useful and informative leaflet West Norwood Cemetery’s Monumental Architecture. This is a guide to 50 of the 69 listed monuments and structures in the cemetery’s Anglican and unconsecrated sections. Also included are a further 30 graves that, although perhaps not topped by quite such magnificent edifices, are occupied by people of note. This leaflet is an essential accompaniment to anyone visiting the cemetery.

Monumental Architecture by Colin Fenn and James Slattery Kavanagh is available from the Friends of West Norwood cemetery (www.fownc.org) price £2.00 plus postage. It is a companion piece to West Norwood Cemetery’s Greek Necropolis, Ελληνορθόδοξο νεκροταφείο by the same authors, also price £2.00. ❧

JB

Brockwell Park Walled

Garden

Cllr Bennett at the gates to the Walled GardenSaturday 23 December, the rain steadily fell. But a small crowd gathered to watch Lambeth’s Mayor, Councillor Clive Bennett, open Brockwell Park’s refurbished Walled Garden. After a short speech, we had a tour of the garden. It has been beautifully restored to its original Victorian state. A particu-lar feature is the water fountain, renovated to its original condition and now, after many years in a semi-derelict state, working again! A new feature of the garden is the limestone plinth on which stood the bust of Thomas Lynn Bristowe that now rests proudly in the entrance to Brockwell Hall. ❧

As an added bonus, part of the model village has been restored and returned to its site at the garden entrance. The original village was made in 1943 by Edgar Wilson, a retired engineer and Norwood Resident. He gave it to the Park in 1947. In the 1950s, half of the village was transferred to Vauxhall Park. The remaining houses sat outside the Walled Garden, in an increasingly dilapidated condition. Two of these have now been excellently restored and are back in place along with two small new boat-houses. ❧

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The restored ‘village’


PLANNING AND LICENSING

Former petrol filling station Herne HillWork has started on the foundations for this development of student flats with retail space on the ground floor. Although the planning issues have been dealt with, the Society is still involved in helping to coordinate the response of local com-munity groups to consultation about the “planning benefits” arising from the scheme. The developer has paid a sum of over £125,000 to the Council to help finance a number of schemes in the area, the details of which have not yet been discussed but which will be the subject of consultation with local groups. Keep an eye on the Society’s website for up-dates on this. There has been a lot of online discussion about the merits or otherwise of having a Tesco store so close to the existing Sainsbury’s. The planning issue is clear: the pre-vious developer obtained permission for a specific amount of either retail or office space. Tesco appear to have come to an agreement with that developer about taking the space and we understand are likely to move in when the scheme is completed later in the year. Competition is not a planning issue but many have expressed the view that they don’t want another supermarket because of the threat this might bring to local traders.

Street marketA high degree of consternation was caused early in the New Year by the proposal to operate a 7-day-a-week market with three late nights in the area currently occupied by the successful Sunday market. The application was put in by the Council following discussions with the Herne Hill Forum but we understand the wording was a mistake and there is no intention to operate the market every day. The market operator would like the flexibility of organising occasional evening events, and there is also the need to obtain per-mission for the present market. It is not clear at the time of writing how the confusion happened but several local traders and residents were not happy about receiving a letter which has caused them unnecessary concern. The Society will object to the application as it stands and has asked for it to be withdrawn and replaced by a correct application, which it will support.

77 Herne HillThere is still no decision about the application for change of use to allow music in these premises. The applicant has been asked by the Council to submit an application for noise suppression measures but we understand that there is no objection from the planners to the actual use.

Brockwell PassageThe Society objected to a proposal to build a block of flats with car parking on the former car park at the back of the Commercial public house. It seemed to us to be an over development of this small site and the application has since been withdrawn.

80 Half Moon LaneThe Society supported a scheme to build, a contemporary style house on this site close to North Dulwich station, adjacent to the railway. We felt it was a high-quality applica-tion and the house was proposed to be very energy efficient. Southwark Council refused the application on the grounds that part of the site was borough open land and would prevent public access, but that part was always Network Rail land and the green corridor along the railway embankment would have been kept. The applicant has appealed against the refusal.

Site adjacent to 2 Frankfurt RoadThe Society objected to an application to build a house on this site, behind the shops on Herne Hill and occupied by garages on the basis that it would result in an unattractive en-vironment and was a poor design. The applicant (Peterman’s Estate Agents) has appealed against the refusal.

54–56 Herne HillThe Society has asked Lambeth enforcement section to in-vestigate an apparent breach of planning regulations in what were once the front gardens of these properties, namely used for commercial car sales. ❧

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Transport News

Any rail franchise news?In short: none. The whole process of re-franchising the two rail operators through Herne Hill was suspended after serious flaws were found in the Department for Transport’s evaluation of bids for the West Coast Mainline services. Sev-eral reports later – the latest being the Baker Report into the performance of the rail franchising process, published on 10 January – and there is still no sign of the process restarting, or even confirming that the existing operators will continue for the time being.

Why can’t I get a train to Waterloo?There is still no news as to what is happening to the rail route and platforms used by Eurostar until 2007, when the high speed route to St Pancras International was opened. Work at Waterloo has been completed to use one platform next to the main station for trains from Reading, but five years on there are no firm plans to use the link from Brixton to Waterloo, or the other four platforms comprising the mothballed Interna-tional Station.

When could I get a direct service to Manor House?The tram route 33 ran from West Norwood, along Dulwich Road, through Brixton, across central London including the Kingsway Tunnel, and carried on to Manor House – now on the Underground Piccadilly Line … but it was withdrawn in 1952.

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Stop Press!Blackfriars through trains saved!After years of uncertainty, the Rail Minister Simon Burns announced on 21 January that the Thameslink through trains calling at Herne Hill will continue to run through north of Blackfriars after the completion of the major Thameslink Programme in 2018. This long awaited change of heart by Network Rail (the organisation managing the rails and signals) has been argued for by many organisations, includ-ing the Herne Hill Society and politicians of all colours. The overdue process of re-franchising the train operation is still on hold, so it will be some time before a new commercial operator (who will undertake to run the trains, and expect to make a profit) is in place. It is, however, likely that the bidders in the franchising process, when it happens, will be happy to include the busy/crowded Herne Hill Thameslink through services in their plans. ❧

Bil Harrison

And our special thanks to Bil Harrison, who was responsible for preparing the detailed and powerful submission made on this issue by the Society. We have learned from Southwark’s Village Ward councillors that it influenced Southwark’s approach to the new franchise consultation. ❧

SN

Christmas Fairs

We sold books, maps and recruited new members at two events in December: the Friends of Carnegie Library Fair on 1 December and the Herne Hill Christmas Fair in Railton Road on 15 December. At the Carnegie we enjoyed the com-pany of Father Christmas in his grotto and members of FoCL dressed as Victorian characters, as well as meeting many members of our community. It was warm in the Library, but certainly not on Railton Road two weeks later, although it was dry after some very wet days in the preceding week. We did well, particularly at the second event, and only closed up at 4 pm because the light was fading fast. Thank you as ever to the members who helped on the stall. ❧

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CongratulationsCongratulations to Lambeth Thurlow Park Ward Councillor Clare Whelan, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours for her services to Local Government in London. Clare has been a member of this Society for many years.

Congratulations also to the Lido Café who were given the Best for Service award in the 2012 Living South Restaurant Awards. See January 2013 Living South magazine.

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Embrace’s “Lost Stories...”Project

Embrace Cooperation’s Lost Stories of Ruskin Park project is now coming to an end. On this year-long project, Embrace aimed to increase awareness of the historic and natural heritage of Ruskin Park. Among the achievements of the project are a short film focusing on local people’s memories of the park, a booklet about the park’s heritage and a new park sign about John Ruskin (due to be installed in the park by Lambeth Council).

During the early stages of the project, historic heritage research techniques were taught to volunteers. Jon Newman, Lambeth Archives Operations Manager and archivist Zoe Darani gave training on how to research material in Lambeth Archives. Rib Davis from the British Library and the Oral History Society ran training on how to conduct oral history interviews. Additionally sound recording/editing training was run for volunteers helping on the project. Throughout the project, Embrace ran various activities; these included 10 free public events looking at different aspects of wildlife and history in Ruskin Park. A total of 163 people attended these events and roughly 40 species of plant were recorded. This data was then submitted to Lambeth Council for their records.

Embrace also ran three free photography walks in Ruskin Park; these walks were well attended with over 30 people taking part, a lot of photos were taken of the park and Em-brace received good feedback from the participants. Some photos taken by participants were uploaded to the project blog websites and others displayed at the exhibition.

Embrace ran eighty free tailor-made photography and/or nature activities for local schools with a total of 249 students taking part. Embrace also took a group of 20 students from Lilian Baylis Technology School to a Tate Britain exhibition on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ( John Ruskin was very influential within this art movement).Approximately 50 people attended the final Exhibition at 198 Trust Gallery in Herne Hill on 4 December 2012. The

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exhibition aimed to bring all the different aspects of the project together to end with a bang! The exhibition included the first opportunity to see the project’s 11-minute film. His-torical and contemporary images of the park and the project were also on display. Live music was performed by local band the Corsairs. In the project’s last activity Embrace will be placing a time capsule in Ruskin Park, the date of which is being arranged with Lambeth Council.

The project booklet has been printed and free copies of the booklet have been given to the Herne Hill Society for members (additional printed copies can be purchased from Embrace for £2). A copy of the project DVD film/podcast interview recordings has also been given to the Society. The film & booklet are also available to watch / download on the project website: ruskinparkproject.wordpress.com

Embrace is now looking for ideas for their next local heritage project and would welcome any ideas from members of the Society. Contact: Embrace Cooperation Ltd, email: [email protected] or call on: 020 72749450. ❧

RuskinPark News

There is a lot of good work going on in Ruskin Park at the present time with the Friends working hard to co-ordinate the various groups mentioned below. The fair last summer raised useful funds for the Friends’ work; the Society was pleased to be there with our publications stall.

Trees for Cities (formerly in Kennington Park) are now based in the old One O’clock Club and as well as working elsewhere in London are active in the park. With the Friends they have planted a maze and fruit trees in the wildlife area near the railway, and are working on the planting of the old bowling-green.

Nearby the Community Garden has been up and running since May 2010 and with a band of enthusiastic volunteers is producing mainly vegetables. They are there on Sunday afternoons if you want to go and see what they are doing.

The Old Stable Block project is getting off the ground at last; a working group has been set up and plans are being drawn up. We look forward to some public consultation before decisions are made but it all looks promising.

Talking about getting off the ground, the regular helicopter landings and takings off may cease in the foreseeable future, as King’s College Hospital have announced plans to build a helipad on top of the Ruskin Wing, when they can raise the funds. Good news for park users and residents but not in the short term.

The Refreshment Kiosk in the playground has been success-ful over its first summer and is coping with the winter—do visit them if passing. ❧

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CPZs—SQUEEZEDMUDDLE?

There have always been strongly held views about the pros and cons of Controlled Parking Zones, and, if we are to have them, how the local authority should seek our views and exactly what should be done once we have expressed them. We have seen their growth particularly in the northern part of Herne Hill, both on the Southwark and Lambeth sides, in recent years. Following consultations of Lambeth residents held in 2011–12, more streets in this part voted by a majority to be included in a CPZ, while others voted to stay out. Lambeth will shortly put into practical effect the results on a street by street basis. There is criticism of this way of manag-ing the issue and of the Council’s motives. A lively debate can be found on the blog at http://fawnbrake.wordpress.com/ . Lambeth defend their actions as democracy in action. CPZs will now be introduced in Kestrel, Rollscourt, Cosbycote and Shardcroft Avenues and in Poplar Walk. There will also be extended double yellow lines at street corners. Neigh-bouring streets that are as yet uncontrolled, in particular Fawnbrake and Gubyon Avenues, or only controlled in part, thus Milkwood and Lowden Roads, will feel the squeeze. Some residents seem to regard the prospect with equanimity, others in more apocalyptic terms. The answer probably lies somewhere in the middle – though muddle might be more appropriate. Whether Lambeth will be prepared to revisit the issue again in the near future remains to be seen. Watch this space (if you can find one!) Meanwhile, those of us who care about keeping front gardens as gardens rather than car parks will watch with apprehension, because there can be little doubt that parking stress makes gardens much more vulnerable. ❧

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Membership Renewals

February 2013Many thanks for keeping up the steady flow of membership renewals. We hope that all of our existing members will be rejoining. Reminders are enclosed for those who have not yet responded to the renewal notices sent out in the Winter issue. ❧

CA


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This photograph, taken looking towards Herne Hill station, shows a cycle polo match in Brockwell Park. It was taken around 1951. Except for swopping bicycles for horses, the game follows similar rules to more conventional polo. The cycle version was developed in 1891 in County Wicklow, Ireland, by retired cyclist Richard J Mecredy. The sport be-came very popular, reaching its peak in the 1930s. Following a period of decline, in recent years there has been something of a revival and it is now played in many countries. Between 1933 and 1938, our local Norwood Paragon Cycle Club won the English championships five years running.

In recent years the sport has experienced a further revival. This started in Seattle and spread to London in around 2006. There is now a London Hard-court Bike Polo Association (LHBPA), formed in 2009. For the past two years the association has held international tournaments. South-East London has two ‘local’ teams. One meets on Tuesday nights on level 5 at Peckham Multiplex Car Park; and the other at Quorn Road Court in East Dulwich, also on Tuesdays – both welcome beginners. To find out more, please visit: www.lhbpa.org

Peckham Multiplex meet, photo James WhiteArchive photo courtesy of Lambeth Archive

Cycle Polo Brockwell

Park John Brunton digs upthe sport’s grass roots

in Herne Hill


Olympics Come to

Herne HillDavid and Beth Taylor recall their

Summer Olympic adventure

This is not about the 1948 cycling but a personal memory or two about the experiences of a couple of Herne Hillians during those glorious 16 days in July, 2012. David Taylor, a long standing member of the Society and his wife Beth both volunteered as games makers and were allocated to the protocol team. Beth was based at the water polo centre in the Olympic Park and David had what sounded like an interesting role as a dignitary assistant, looking after a sports minister and his entourage. But after waiting two hours at what should have been the first meeting (the minister had gone shopping without leaving contact details) and then trying to persuade him that walking 200m from his government flat to the official IOC hotel was not beneath his dignity, the task became on occasions quite a challenge. But it was more than made up for by being driven in air-conditioned comfort between Woolwich, Wembley and all points in between. And being part of what seemed a giant party when all of London wanted to have fun and

everyone spoke to each other on the tube. Wearing the uni-form meant anyone felt able to ask you any question about anything and the random conversations with complete strangers were one of the highlights. Beth had a more tiring but in some ways more rewarding task, having to look after dignitaries at her venue; one of the jobs the team had to do was to “referee” tricky sit-uations, such as when a certain European royal family tried to break the rules about where they could go and whom they could meet. It seems the more important the dignitar-ies thought they were, the worse they behaved. Beth really enjoyed working with a varied group of individuals and she took full advantage of being in the right place, managing to get up the Orbit more than once and see a number of big

events. It was a real family affair as younger daughter Jo – a Herne Hill resident for the first 25 years of her life – worked for the legacy team and was on duty in the Great British Garden most days. The photo shows us all in uniform in the park on her 30th birthday.As volunteers we were able to attend the rehearsals of the Opening Ceremony which was spectacular and awe-inspiring and we were also on the Mall for the victory parade. A couple of personal thoughts: the IOC needs sort-ing out so it’s not just a gravy train for the so-called

dignitaries and, although we were not volunteers for the Paralympics,

the memory of seeing 80,000 people cheering on those extraordinary athletes doing unbelievable things still brings a lump to my throat.

Photo: David Taylor


Spanish Spring

comes to DPG

Jeffrey Doorn goes forth to greet it

As we go to press, Dulwich Picture Gallery is being trans-formed to evoke a 17th-century Sevillian church for its new exhibition Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship, from 6 February to 19 May. Part of the permanent collection is being removed and the space converted to allow Murillo’s works to be hung as they were originally intended to be seen; three large-scale lunettes will be at height and inserted into fictive niches. The Immaculate Conception of the Venerables Sacerdotes, reunited with its ornate baroque altar-frame for the first time, will form the ‘high altar’. The exhibition will

focus on the seventeenth-century Spanish Baroque paint-er’s relationship with his friend and patron, Don Justino de Neve, a canon of Seville Cathedral, bringing together over 30 paintings commissioned by Neve, from large altarpieces to works for his private collection. Also on display will be the newly discovered Penitent Saint Peter, never before been seen in public, as well as The Baptism of Christ, taken down from its high position in Seville Cathedral for the first time since it was installed in 1667.

To coincide with this exhibition, Murillo at Dulwich Picture Gallery will highlight the Gallery’s permanent collection of Murillo paintings. At the heart of this will be the famous beggar boy paintings, Invitation to a Game of Argolla and Three Boys. Both have undergone extensive restoration as part of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Project. John Ruskin, who often walked to Dulwich from

his home in Herne Hill, may have been repelled by the depiction of poor boys with dirty feet, but we can form our own view. It will also be exciting to compare pictures we know and love with works rarely if ever seen.

For those who can’t get enough, the exhibition will run concurrently with Murillo at the Wallace Collection, 6 February—12 May 2013.

Open Tuesday–Friday 10am-5pm; weekends and Bank Holiday Mondays 11am–5pm. Gallery and Murillo

exhibition £11 (£13 with audiovisual guide), seniors £9, cons £6; Friends and children free.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Virgin and Child distributing Bread to Priests, 1679, Oil on canvas, 219 x 182 cm,

Szépmuvészeti Museum, Budapest


The title of the first Herne Hill Society talk of 2013 attracted my attention immediately as a not-to-miss talk, and indeed so it proved.

Colin Crooks, a local resident, former Lambeth Councillor and business man, spoke without pictures or powerpoint and without notes, and held the attention of the audience throughout. He began by intro-ducing himself and his career prior to starting his own busi-ness. His business had begun as a part time venture, a small office and an old Ford Transit camper van, collecting used paper from banks and similar organisations and taking it to a paper merchant in Coldhar-bour Lane. The business grew, to such an extent that he was able to give up his regular job and work full-time on this pro-ject that really interested him.

The next part of the talk was about his experiences with recruiting and training his staff. By and large, he needed unskilled workers, for example, people to sort and weigh paper and cans for recycling, and van drivers. He soon found that there were many unemployed people desperate to get a job, and whenever he advertised, there would be many appli-cants. Unfortunately for all concerned, many people were unqualified to take on even unskilled jobs, being “function-ally illiterate”. He told us of one driver who punched him twice in the cab of the van, out of frustration for having to reveal that he was unable to read an A-Z. Having learnt from this experience Colin always now checks in the course of an interview for drivers that the applicant can read a map.

how to make a

million jobs

Cynthia Anderson listens to Colin Crooks’ solution

By this time, we understood that Colin was passionate about the problem of unemployment, as it affects his business, un-employed people and their families, crime—the whole of so-ciety in fact. We were not surprised to learn that he had gone on to research the data regarding unemployment, unskilled workers and their qualifications. He provided us with defi-nitions, facts and figures, all fascinating stuff. For example, 9.8 million people of working age have no qualification of any kind; 19 million people have full-time jobs (or read this as only half the population of working age having full-time jobs); 6.5 million people would like to work; there are half a million vacancies; 38% of people in the Coldharbour Estate have full-time jobs. If we needed persuading, he emphasised the deleterious effects of unemployment: far from enjoying a lie-in every day as “strivers” set off for work in the early morning, the unemployed person suffers from a variety of problems chiefly derived from a loss of self-respect, including loss of self-confidence, depression, obesity and apathy.

And finally, he offered some ideas to solve this problem. The Government has focused on creating jobs, but has not been able to provide enough jobs that are attractive to unem-ployed people. Instead, job-cre-ation thinking should concen-trate on what motivates people; to match jobs to people, rather than people to jobs. Motivated people are enthusiastic, crea-tive, eager to learn, and keen on training. Colin provided a couple of examples of stroppy teenagers who had blossomed once given work and responsi-bility that they relished.

After the tea and coffee break the format of the talk changed and Colin asked for questions from the audience. Many inter-esting questions gave Colin a chance to expand on his ideas. People who want to know more should read his recently published book How to Make a Million Jobs: A Charter for Social Enterprise.


At the final Society gathering of the year on 12 December Jeff Doorn co-ordinated a set of readings themed around the Society’s Pearl Jubilee (30 years) and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (60 years)—with passing reference also to Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. In advance it seemed likely to prove a marathon with 48 readings and a couple of songs; it turned out however to be a well-rehearsed relay race with neat, quick change-overs from one reader to the next.

The 12 readers, Herne Hill Society stalwarts, brought considerable talent to the occasion. Ceres kicked off with Those are pearls that were his eyes. Cynthia took the baton and gave us a Beatrice Lillie Anecdote. Dave Gelly raised the tone with George Gascoigne’s sonnet, Pearl, and Annie Gelly brought us back to the real world with What Pearls, What Rubies by George Withers. Stephen’s reading seemed to go off-piste relating to Twelfth Night and beans but was entitled Mademoiselle Pearl. Sheila got us back on track with our current Poet Laure-ate’s poem, Warming Her Pearls.

For me, however, the evening’s pièce de resistance was our very own Jeff Doorn’s short, gritty poems If You’re Feeling and Like a Mol-lusc. A drawback to such readings is not having the text to refer to at the time or afterwards. Obviously not a logistic possibility, but it does seem desirable to present the full text of one of Jeff ’s poems here.

Next Diana gave us instruction on How to Knit a Hot Air Balloon. Would a younger audience recognise one end of a knitting needle from the other? Nick read an extract from Hindoo Holiday and Caroline added a wealth of jewels in addition to diamonds and pearls with her piece by Cavafy. Laurence’s Biblical reading presented a more metaphorical approach with a “pearl of great price” and Jill took us back again to the abundance of jewels in Aladdin’s cave.

SPARKLING WIT &

PEARLS OF WISDOM Rob Anderson reviews The Society’s seasonal readings

A second set of readings focused our attention more on dia-monds. We started and ended with extracts from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and took in The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on the way. Five Mae West quips went with baton changes and Annie Gelly finally led the company in a rendition of Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.

After the break the readings celebrated the 2012 Olympics. Carol Ann Duffy again doing her Poet Laureate bit. More cryptic references came from “Banjo” Paterson, famous for “Once there was a Swagman camped by a billabong”. His account of Ozzie horse jumping would undoubtedly have won gold, as would Tennyson’s Merman and Mermaid in the swimming. Reference was also discernible to cycling, rowing, tennis. The inclusion of the non-Olympic sport of baseball in “Casey at the Bat”, Jeff explained later, qualified since baseball is played on a “diamond”!

Finally we came to readings relating to celebrations in general and in particular Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.Annie’s reading of The Jubilee Sov’reign swallowed by Albert Rams-

bottom stole the show but perhaps most interesting was an abridged reading—still too long by half—from Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Alfred Austin. Will Carol Ann Duffy sound so odd a hundred years from now?

If you’re Feeling

If you’re feeling effervescentLike an awkward adolescentAnd your eyes are opalescentNight and noon,

You’re in love, and that is pleasant,Though it can be evanescentAs the shining silver crescentOf the moon.

Lovers come in many guisesAnd the heart often revisesIts affections as disguisesDo unfurl

But the wiser head surmisesLife repays our enterprises;Lasting love a precious prize is—Like a pearl.


WhiteFeather

Becca Thackray talks to Sheena Crilly about

shops, frocks andbalancing family with business

“I had no background in fashion or in running a business when I opened,” says Sheena Crilly. But this was a perfect op-portunity to combine both. White Feather opened in 2011, named after John Lennon’s peace symbol. July was a hard time in the fashion season to open. Summerwear starts being sold from Christmas and she was competing with summer sales. The boutique is in Milkwoood Road in an archway owned by Network Rail, where Dust used to be.

Sheena looks for items not found on the high street: good quality brands at a good price. She shows me items by Pyrus—a brand made by London designers for “fashion aware women who are not led by fashion fads”. Sheena points out the leather details on seams and pockets of a woollen jacket and a Little Black Dress in not-so-little sizes where the cut would make it flow flatteringly over the most ample of curves.

She shows me a catalogue of Baum und Pferdgarten from Copenhagen known for “not compromising on quality or aesthetics—sleek but sensual silhouettes, quirky prints, understated details and soft colours”.

Herne Hill men are not left out. Sheena is focusing on them this season with a collection for men aged 25 to 55 compris-ing jeans, chinos, shirts and jumpers.

“I used to be a PA for a Management Consultancy before I had children. Then a friend opened a boutique and that inspired me. I live in Beckenham but Herne Hill seemed like the ideal spot because of its village-in-London feel.”

There’s assistance from Kirsty, a fashion student and Ellie who attends dance classes opposite at South London Dance Studios. It meant that Sheena was able to take a holiday with her family and new addition Rocky the dog,who seems to enjoy the shop too.

Sheena has three children and concentrated on them in their early years. She is able to leave the shop at 3pm to collect them from school and recommends running your own business for being able to dictate your own hours around the needs of your family.

“I’ve got to know so many people really well here. I’ve made some good friends amongst my customers.” Getting to know them means she can offer a personal service. “I can buy with customers in mind and ring them when something comes in.”

She thinks Herne Hill has great charm. “Everyone wants to live in a village in London, don’t they?”

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John Maloney entertained us a year ago with episodes from his ‘Career in Ruins’. In November he was back with more Notes from Underground – but no Dos-toyevskyan anguish here, rather an informa-tive and good-natured account of some of the major archaeological excavations in the City of London. John discovered his passion for archaeol-ogy while studying history at Birmingham Universi-ty. He joined the Department of Urban Archaeology at the Museum of London in 1975. A period of rapid development in the City was beginning at this time and many developers were not sympathetic to the prospect of archaeologists holding up let alone requiring alterations to their plans. The Rescue movement in archaeology had been effectively lobbying for a recognition of the importance of recording, preserving and understanding London’s past be-fore the evidence was destroyed. John carried this vital work forward at the Museum of London and was able to persuade many developers of its importance, to get them interested in the history of what lay beneath their feet and also to finance the work.

His first major dig was at Baynard’s Castle, near today’s Blackfriars Station. The dig revealed part of the Roman riverside wall, including re-used stonework with monumen-tal sculptures from the 2nd to 3rd centuries. Recycling has a long history. We also heard about the famous Temple of Mithras, discovered in 1954 after clearance of the wide-spread destruction of the City in the war. It was good to

hear that, finally, the Temple remains are to return to their original home and shown afresh in the sort of conditions they deserve. They had been taken apart after their discovery and reconstructed in a different position and suffered the indignity of crazy paving being used as a floor.John explained how there can be a 6 metre (20 feet) differ-ence in level between the ground level of Roman London and modern London, a difference made up from the accre-tions over centuries of one building replacing another. The largely timber-built houses of pre-industrial London were generally replaced every 20 to 30 years It was not practicable to remove large amounts of unwanted building material from a site, so such material was simply added, making a sort of platform.

We heard about how the Rose Theatre, the first Elizabethan theatre to be built on Bankside, was discovered in 1989. As

with the Temple of Mithras, there was huge public in-terest, an interest that has remained and had, just

two weeks before John spoke to us, been rewarded with the award of a Heritage

Lottery Fund award to help develop and preserve this unique part

of London’s history. We also learned how John

was only a few building away from the Baltic

Exchange in April 1992 when an IRA bomb destroyed this historic buildings. Clearance allowed an excavation to reveal underlying Roman remains, before the site was covered by the Gherkin.

Asked which archae-ological discovery

had been for him the most memorable, John picked the base of a tower in the Roman city wall at Duke’s Place, Aldgate. Used in the fill for the base was part of a tombstone to one Marciana, a girl aged 10. The stone’s inscription con-

tained not merely customary reference to the ancient gods but also a Christian reference. Here was something that in its simple humanity transcended the passage of 2000 years.

Illustration: Marciana’s Tombstone. The tomstone has an in-scription beneath Marciana’s bust and a D M on the border of the stone. The original inscription reads: [..]EMORIAE | [..]

TVITATI | [..] MARCIANAE | [..]IT ANN X | [..] AVREL | [..]EC C | [..] | [..]RTI | [..]VS F C. and can be translated as: “To the spirits of the departed (and to) the everlasting memory of ... Marciana who lived 10 years ... months and ... days, Aure-

lius ... had this set up”.Date: 43 AD - 410 AD

Courtesy of Museum of London

A Careerin Ruins:

Part IILaurence Marsh reports on

more moments inJohn Maloney’s Ruinous Career


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society events

At Herne Hill United Church Hall, at 7:30 for 7:45pm, unless otherwise stated.

Wednesday 13 February:“Local Scenes in Old Postcards” by Ian McInnes

Following on from his earlier trip from Camberwell to Herne Hill Station, Ian’s next old postcard tour will take an extend-ed walk along Half Moon Lane, East Dulwich Grove, Lord-ship Lane and Dulwich Common back to Dulwich Village.

Wednesday 13 March:Annual General Meeting, followed by

“Lambeth Architecture 1914–1939” by Edmund Bird, Herit-age Advisor to the Greater London Authority and Transport for London. An illustrated talk based on the book published

by LB Lambeth and Lambeth Local History Forum.

Wednesday 10 April:“Sir Henry Bessemer, Engineer and Inventor” by Dr

Susan Mossman, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and Curator, Science Museum. Bessemer was a founding

member and second President of the Iron and Steel Institute, predecessor of IOM3. The talk celebrates the life and career of the former Denmark Hill resident in his bicentenary year.

Wednesday 8 May:“Protection of Ancient Buildings” by Elaine Byrne. The

Education & Training Manager, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings outlines the history of SPAB, its philoso-

phy and current work, with some local examples.

The Wednesday meetings start promptly at 7:45pm – doors open from 7:30pm. Please try to arrive before the

speaker is introduced, to avoid disturbance to others.

OThERSOCIETIES’

EVENTSTuesday 12 February at 7:30pm

Southwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society:“The Guys Hospital Roman Boat – to lift or not to lift”

by Jane Sidell, English Heritageat Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut SE1.

Refreshments 7:00. £1.00 donation.

Thursday 14 February at 7:30 for 8:00pmDulwich Decorative & Fine Arts Society:

“From Posset Pots to Pew Groups ” at James Allen’s Girls’ School, East Dulwich Grove SE22

£7, students £1. Coffee & biscuits from 7:30

Sunday 17 February at 7:30pmPeckham Society:

“Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Southwark”by Dr Christopher Constable, Archaeological Officer,

Southwark Councilat Goose Green Centre, St John’s Church,

East Dulwich Road SE22

Monday 18 February at 8:00pmStreatham Society:

“London’s Inland Waterways” by Roger Squiresat “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16

Thursday 21 February at 8:00pmNorwood Society:


“Crystal Cleo - a New Musical Look” by Adrian Falksat Phoenix Centre, Westow Street SE19

Wednesday – Saturday 21 – 24 February at 8:00pmThe Dulwich Players:

Ladies Day by Amanda Whittingtonat Edward Alleyn Theatre, Dulwich College.

Tickets from The Art Stationers, Dulwich Village SE21

Monday 4 March at 8:00pmStreatham Society:

“The Brixton Windmill - a Dream Come True” by Richard Santhiri

at “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16

Tuesday 12 March at 7:30pmSouthwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society:

“Recent Archaeological and Historical Work” Symposium various speakers

at Housing Co-op Hall, 106 The Cut SE1. Refreshments 7:00. £1.00 donation.

Thursday 14 March at 7:30 for 8:00pmDulwich Decorative & Fine Arts Society:

“The Phillips Collection – The First Modern Art Collection in America”

at James Allen’s Girls’ School, East Dulwich Grove SE22£7, students £1. Coffee & biscuits from 7:30

Monday 18 March at 8:00pmStreatham Society:

“The Work of The Streatham Youth & Community Trust” by Clive Winters


Wednesday 20 March at 7:30 for 8:00pmClapham Society:

“The New US Embassy – Nine Elms” An Embassy representative explains why it will move from

Grosvenor Square to a new building planned for 2017 completion

at Clapham Manor School, Belmont Road SW4

Thursday 21 March at 6:30 for 7:00pm Friends of Carnegie Library:

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Join or renew your member-ship and help determine the future of your local library and its

expansion and development for greater community use.Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road SE24

Thursday 21 March at 8:00pmNorwood Society:

“Crystal Palace and the Olympics” by John Greatrexat Phoenix Centre, Westow Street SE19

Monday 1 April at 8:00pmStreatham Society:

“Stenton Covington, the Rookery & Norwood Grove” by Daph-ne Marchant


Tuesday 9 April at 7:30pmSouthwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society:

“The Roman & Medieval Landscape at Bermondsey Square”


Monday 15 April at 8:00pmStreatham Society:

“Schools in the 21st Century” by Jillian Smithat “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16

Wednesday 17 April at 7:30 for 8:00pmClapham Society:

“Local Issues” Speakers from Lambeth Council will address issues raised by the audience

at Clapham Manor School, Belmont Road SW4

Monday 6 May at 8:00pmStreatham Society:

“The Cinema Museum” by Martin Humphriesat “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road SW16

Friday 10 May – Sunday 19 May Dulwich Festival:

Music, exhibitions, artists’ open houses, drama, walks, talks, fair and much more

at various venues. See brochure or website for details and ticket information.

Tuesday 14 May at 7:30pmSouthwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society:

“Excavations at the Royal Mint 1983–88” by Ian Grainger, Muse-um of London


Wednesday 15 May at 7:30 for 8:00pmClapham Society:

“Trees for Life and beyond” A Trees for Cities speaker describes achievements on Clapham

Common and future plansat Clapham Manor School, Belmont Road SW4

Saturday 18 May at 11:00 – 5:00pmFriends of Nunhead Cemetery:

Open Day. Demonstrations, stalls, entertainment, refreshments, site tours including chapel and crypt.

Linden Grove SE15

Dulwich helplinespring events

Friday 15 March 2013 7.30 - 9.30 p.m.In the Holst Hall at JAGS, East Dulwich Grove.

All That JazzAn Informal evening of sing and swing, blues and brass, big band,

bebop and barbershop jazz by the talented pupils of Alleyn’s, Dulwich College, Charter School,

Dulwich Prep, JAGS and Kingsdale. Tickets £10 including glass of wine. Children under 16 £5

including soft drink. Wine, soft drinks and snacks for sale. Tickets in advance from DH&SCC:

020 8299 2623 or www.dulwich-helpline.org.uk or s.a.e. DH&SCC, Dulwich Community Hospital, East Dulwich Grove, SE22 8PT

Saturday 20 April 2013 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Antiques Discovery Day In association with Rosebery’s Auctioneers

at Herne Hill Baptist Church, Half Moon Lane. Experts will identi-fy and value pictures, ornaments, jewellery, small items of furniture

and other antiques. Stalls selling cakes, books, bric-a-brac and hand-crafts. Refreshments. Tickets available on the day.

Sunday 19 May 2013 2 p.m—6 p.m. Garden Safari Explore four lovely private gardens plus the famous Lettsom Gar-dens near Camberwell Grove (by kind permission of the Lettsom

Gardens Association, an active community group)Plant stall, tea and homemade cakes.

Programmes/maps available on the day from 189 Camberwell Grove SE5 8JU

Adults £5 children under 16 FREE


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A winter’s taleLaurence Marsh was out and about with his camera during the recent cold snap and captured Herne Hill at play in the snow. All we can say is: look out, Henri Cartier Bresson.

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