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Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:48:34 +0000

Gnomee - i’m not sure of its status but there is quite a lot of warehouse space at the Denmark Road end of Warner Road - Some of it looks as if it is beign used (possibly without the right planning permission) but contact the Council Plannign department to see if they have any info - we could do with people like you down our way!!

Also no more news on the Denmark Road shooting - we haven’t seen any Plod since and we obviously don’t merit a yellow Met incident board.

However we aren’t shaking in our boots and life goes on. Although i am, it has to be said, a little more cautious if i see groups of people i don’t recognise around.

Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:33:26 +0000

Gnomee - there is an amount of long-term unused landbanked commercial space locally, but it just isn’t a fashionable cause to prise any of this out of the hands of usurious landlords into the shared community space (including retail) demanded by locals. You will have seen recently several posters on here actually celebrating ugly conversions of shops, when we have already lost half our shared amenity space in Camberwell since the mid-1990s.

You need either some gangsta shaheeeeee-eet or to have interests geographically in-between Camberwell Green and Denmark Hill Rail to get any local interest, as this is the sphere of activity of all Camberwell NGOs and charities. I do wish you luck.

Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by Gnomee

Gnomee — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:45:24 +0000

Can any one help or does anyone know of a building that Cooltan can move to in Camberwell or Walworth they are looking for;

We run workshops in visual arts, textiles, I.T, Web design, drumming,
poetry, and we also run a huge programme of assisted volunteering.

We are part of the cultural fabric of Southwark we run our cultural walk
through the heart of Southwark as we have been doing since 2005.

We have brought much money into the Borough and we run many activities and
enable many local people to move back into employment, including the project
director who spent 14 years on benefit before setting up this project.

We urgently need your support to find a decent access double affordable
premises that can accommodate our needs, and office space for 10 people 300
sq feet
and a computer workshop space for 10 people 300sq feet
Visual arts rooms for 10 people 300sq feet
A textile room for 10 people 300 sq feet
A small kitchen for refreshments 100 sq feet
A small shop area of four sales of people’s work 100 sq feet
A medium-sized Gallery to exhibit people’s work 500 +
A small office for two people 100 sq feet
A small meeting room for up to 10 people 300 sq feet
Toilets
Outside space
An alt store space for plants
Bicycle racks
A disabled car parking space
Disabled toilets

Obviously not all our requirements may be met by such least if we aim to
meet all of them we might find something in-between.

Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by Dagmar

Dagmar — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:55:20 +0000

So will I. It’s good. We don’t hear much from Clam these days, do we?

Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by genfink

genfink — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:25:20 +0000

Wow I’ll be there!

Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by Mark Dodds

Mark Dodds — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:44:37 +0000

The rest of that post was flagged as spam. Lots of acts Rock Hard Circus, Brunswick Gymnastics club, free food and refreshments.

Sponsored by Southwark, Clam, SE5 Forum for Camberwell, local businesses, more when the info doesn’t get lost.

Comment on Carnaval del Pueblo by Mark Dodds

Mark Dodds — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:37:54 +0000

EVERYONE WELCOME TO Camberwell Green this Sunday 24 August 1pm - 5pm for Beijing Olympics 2008 handover to London Olympics 2012.

TWO GIANT screens broadcast live from Beijing, free healthy food and refreshments provided by Sainsbury’s. Unveiling of Southwark 2012 Olympic Banner and first use of Southwark’s brand new state of the art portable sports track.

Rock Hard Circus performs live with additional workshops and Gymnastic show from Brunswick gymnastic club. Lots of other things going on too.

More tomorrow…

Plus weather forecast is hot and sunny. For a change.

Comment on Two thousand and eight by Dagmar

Dagmar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:12 +0000

I was in the Geranium shop for the blind in Tulse Hill today. The chap behind the counter had an incident yesterday where a fellow who begged outside the Somerfield next door asked whom he was looking at, followed him into his shop, threw clothes around and when asked to desist pulled a knife. The shop chap hollered that there were many witnesses - the whole street became involved. He called the polis and 8 officers arrived and jumped on the fellow - taking no chances - and took him away. My friend behind the counter had some vivid scars on his hand and wrist from previous knifings - he had worked in security. It seems the percentage of youth and street people holding a knife is rising with our Olympic medals bonanza. Anyway, we are not alone in SE5. Soon the prisons will be packed with such felons like knives in a draw.

Comment on Two thousand and eight by Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:57 +0000

Damn straight PK – let’s hope. Put Criminal Camberwell under the microscope – no need to exaggerate, ‘cos we got it awwll.

If local house prices take a tumble in the meantime that is a legitimate sacrifice – they’ll recover after the regeneration projects of which you speak, and those who love Camberwell will wait for that, aye and with a glad heart.

Ben’s “What is to be done?” echoes the same from Chernyshevsky, Herzen and Lenin regarding social justice, the first of three great Russian questions, the others being:

2) Who is guilty?
3) Who [will do what to] who?

Britons generally prefer to concentrate on question 2, indeed our favourite habit is devoting the lion’s share of available public funds to determining “who is guilty?” ahead of any project or inquiry, with the answer usually being “no-one – the accountability is spread too thinly”.

I therefore welcome with gusto Ben’s refreshing invitation to concentrate on question 1.

Comment on Two thousand and eight by Phil G

Phil G — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:52:15 +0000

People still say to me: Camberwell, oh Camberwell carrot.

So that’s a good thing that our image hasn’t changed since Withnail.

Whereas if I say Peckham, they mock dive for cover.