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ASSA Clearout Street Sale

Posted in Community involvement, Local events and pictures on 25 September 2009| 1 Comment »

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Save the Royal Albert: Meeting Monday, September 28th, 7-8pm

Posted in Local events and pictures, Planning and development on 25 September 2009| 1 Comment »

UntitledYou’ll no doubt have noticed that our local pub, the Royal Albert, has been closed for some time. The owner of the Albert has now submitted a planning application to convert the remainder of the pub into residential accommodation. There would be three self-contained flats, access from Ely’s cottages and substantial changes to the front.
The Albert was converted into a number of flats and houses a number of years ago and as part of that conversion the rear pub garden was lost. The pub continued, despite losing the popular rear garden and has been through a number of tenants.
The most recent tenants, Chris and Duncan, did everything they could to get the Royal Albert back to the great place it used to be before it was converted. Those of you who have enjoyed a welcoming bar and great nights under their tenancy will know the Albert can still be a great boozer.

All is not lost
Local residents and ASSA will be opposing the application for change of use. Whilst we would not push for the Albert to remain a pub if were clearly not viable as a business, we believe there is a strong case that it could be a successful business. It doesn’t have to be a pub.
There is a group meeting on Monday, September 28th 7-8pm in St Stephens Church to discuss alternative uses such as a community café and how we might go about funding it. Please come along if you’re interested it is open to all, especially those of you who were locals and don’t want to lose a great pub. And there’s free wine!
And finally, the Canton Arms. It too has closed down. We don’t know the full story yet but we will keep residents up to date.

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Join Oval Farmers’ Market 2nd Anniversary, Saturday, September 12th

Posted in Local events and pictures, Shops and restaurants on 7 September 2009| Leave a Comment »

Our friends at the Oval Partnership have informed us that next Saturday, September 12th, the brilliant Oval Farmers’ Market is celebrating its second anniversary. In addition to the normal stalls, we’re promised live music, arts and crafts, special offers on the produce stalls and lots more including a free cup of summer punch (until it runs out!).

The Market is open from 10am to 3pm. Hope to see you there!

And if you haven’t been there yet, GO! It has two butchers, vegetable stalls, cheese stalls, a fishmonger, London’s best cake stall (in my opinion!) and a great coffee bar and many other stalls. Many stalls are also as cheap or cheaper than the supermarket and the quality food is soo much better.

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The Great ASSA Clearout

Posted in Community involvement, Green issues, Local events and pictures on 5 September 2009| Leave a Comment »

Re-use, Recycle & make Revenue: Clear out unwanted items from your loft, cupboards and drawers before winter and sell them earning £££’s for yourself while helping the environment.

Have you got stuff you don’t want but haven’t got round to putting on eBay or that’s just too good to throw away? Why not sell it outside your house on the pavement on Saturday 3rd October or simply leave it for people to take? ASSA will market the event locally.

It can be furniture, clothes, toys, plants, books, half-used pots of paint, anything – one man’s trash is another man’s treasure!

At 1pm, we’ll ask some local charities to come and take what is left that they can use or sell and then Lambeth will clear the streets of all remaining rubbish.

We also hope to be doing some educational and free things around recycling, composting, saving water and other generally green stuff which we will let you know about nearer the time.

If you can help organise the day please contact Chris on 020 7582 7184 or Rosemary on 0207 793 9538

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