A fabulous event – Fun for all the family – great stalls food and creatives.

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Has Lambeth understood the impact of Vauxhall’s development on demand for our local library?

That is the question that Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library will put to Adrian Smith, the director of cultural services at Lambeth Council, at a public meeting at the library on Monday May 28th, from 6.15 to 7.45pm.

Why is this an issue?
The current proposals for the future of the library service in Lambeth involve a cut of near one half in money spent on Tate South Lambeth Library over the next two years (a cut that is much higher than the average for the whole library service). This will inevitably result in a reduction in the service provided – most likely, and immediately, through slashing the number of hours it is open. Its future as a small and under-resourced library must be in doubt – whatever the statements from Lambeth representatives that they do not intend to close any library.

Yet over the next two years – and beyond – the population living in the Vauxhall area is due to rise massively as the result of ongoing and planned investment in residential housing there, as part of the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea development.

Does the proposal make sense?
Lambeth Council representatives, at the two public consultation meetings held at the library in April, claimed that they have consulted Greater London Authority figures for population in Vauxhall before setting the funds available for the library.

How up-to-date are Lambeth’s figures? Have they taken account of high-rise development in the future?

The meeting on May 28th is your chance to raise these – and other – questions. Come along to Tate South Lambeth Library, 180 South Lambeth Road.

 Sunday  Afternoon Pageant –  4 June Things to consider for the London Jubilee pageant

Big Potential effect on travel for us locally.  Anyone wanting to travel North -South is going to meet with a problem over access to the Bridges at various times. LOCALS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE UTILITY BILLS to SHOW THEIR LOCAL WHEREABOUTS and perhaps WHY they NEED to GET BACK.

 POLICE ADVICE :  Here is the  current Police advice:

Sunday 3rd June 2012 - River Thames Pageant, Chelsea to Tower    Bridge

There will be a large scale security operation in place in place from 7am with the closures and searches of the bridges. Large areas of Central London from Chelsea through to Tower Bridge will be affected during the day.

Bridges will have various closures in place and many will have viewing areas where the flotilla can be viewed by invited guests only:

1. Invited guests only: 

Albert, Lambeth, Westminster, Jubilee (Hungerford), Blackfriars, Millennium and Tower.

2. Bridges where pedestrians can cross but stopping to view the pageant is banned:

Battersea and Chelsea.

3. Bridges where traffic can cross (except 3pm to 5.50pm) during the pageant:

Vauxhall, Waterloo, Southwark and London.

It is expected that Central London will be busy with 1000 boats on the river and the opportunity to see this once in a lifetime event. A number of premises overlooking the river have already identified that they are holding events. They will need to consider access routes to their buildings. 

Businesses will need to consider their logistical support and areas such as staff travel. The main information will be available:

A Set of Keys were handed in. Found in Albert Square. 

5 keys on a fob – and what looks like a bike lock.

Please call Rosemary on 07792 901295 if you have lost any keys at Trash or Treasure

•  TRASH OR TREASURE –  A FABULOUS CATCH UP WITH OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD 

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 JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY ON THE NUMBER 88 Or  NUMBER 2 BUS

Liminal
Every Saturday and Sunday
11.00–15.00,  FREE

Liminal invites visitors into a physical, material and social experience of sculpture through touch, interaction and collaboration. Supported by a changing artist devised programme. Suitable for all ages.

BP Saturdays: Tate Together Art Fair
Saturday 9 June
10.00 – 15.00, FREE

Drop in to Tate Britain and experience Art Fair– an interactive event for families of all ages. There will be the opportunity to shape and create sound performances, explore a fictional Art Fair where you can barter, make and exchange; as well as contribute to a live press Newspaper which is being printed throughout the day. 

BP Saturdays: Tate Together is supported by BP