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Just before 11am on Wednesday 8th April a lorry with a grabber attachment hit the railway bridge on Village Way. The lorry smashed into the bridge and its crane went onto the track. Part of the crane fell onto the railway, causing a short circuit. The oncoming Southern train slammed on the brakes and avoided derailment. All 89 passengers were unhurt and were safely transferred onto another train. A Network Rail spokesman said the bridge has since been examined and repaired, normal services resumed at 2.15pm.
Residents can meet their parliamentary candidates on:
- Sunday 5 April (12-2pm) - Portico Gallery, 23A Knight's Hill, West Norwood
- Thursday 9 April (afternoon) – Lambeth Resolve/Lambeth Age UK – disability hustings
- Thursday 16 April (7-9pm) - Herne Hill Forum – St Pauls Church, Herne Hill
- Monday 20 April (8-9.30pm) - St Stephen's Church, College Road
- Thursday 23 April (7-9pm) – East Dulwich Community Centre, 46-50 Darrell Road, SE22 9NL
As of 31 March the candidates are (in alphabetical order)
- Rathy Alagaratnam - (UKIP)
- James Barber - Liberal Democrats
- Helen Hayes - Labour Party
- Resham Kotecha - Conservative Party
- Steve Nally - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Rashid Nix - Green Party
The good news is that Council has refused the application following a large number of objections from local residents (more than 150) as well as both the Dulwich and Herne Hill Societies.
The Society is looking for a replacement Journal co-ordinator to manage the distributor network in the Alleyn Park and Farquhar Road area. The Journal comes out four times a year and the job involves collection the journals from a central Dulwich Village location and issuing them to the volunteers who deliver door to door. If you are interested please contact
The Dulwich Estate has Southwark’s agreement to the removal of these two trees on the grassed areas south of Gails. Recent tests by the Council have confirmed that they are largely hollow and could pose a potential danger to passing pedestrians. The Estate proposes to plant two copper beeches as replacements.
The official launch of the three perpetual chords by Conrad Shawcross is on Saturday 18 April but they are now already in place if you want to look at them.
The AGM will be held at 8:00pm on Monday 27 April at the St Barnabas Church Community Suite at the rear of the church on Calton Avenue. The formal meeting will be followed by a short programme off pre WW1 silent films made by the Gaumont Studio when their studio was on Dog Kennel Hill.
The Society is actively seeking members to join both the Traffic and Transport sub-committee and the Trees group. If you are interested, please contact
Meet your parliamentary candidates
- Sunday 9 April (12-2pm) - Portico Gallery, 23A Knight's Hill, West Norwood
- Thursday 16 April (7-9pm) - Herne Hill Forum - location tbc
- Monday 20 April (8-9.30pm) - St Stephen's Church, College Road
- Thursday 23 April (7-9pm) - East Dulwich - location tbc
It was announced on 16 March that the Herne Hill & Dulwich Flood Alleviation Scheme was the winner of the Environment Agency Project Excellence Award (Partnership Category). Southwark did consult and engage extensively with the community on this project and the Council is pleased that officers’ efforts have been recognised.
The old stocks sign in the small garden at the end of the run of shops in Calton Avenue was listed on 6 March. English Heritage’s justification for listing said “The C18 plaque in the garden adjoining 1d Calton Avenue, Dulwich, dated 1760 and originally part of the village lock up, is listed for the following principal reasons; Historical interest: as a tangible and evocative reminder of crime and punishment during the Georgian period; Rarity: as a rare and particularly early example of an ‘improving’ biblical text used to embellish a now demolished village lock up; Survival: the plaque survives in a very good condition with crisp lettering.”
While the Society welcomes the listing, English Heritage has partly based its decision on an incorrect secondary source. The Society has written to them pointing out the error and referred the organisation to the correct primary source.