Category Archives: Battersea

90th Birthday Celebration Invitation

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Saturday 17th May 2014

Just a short reminder note to invite you (again) to the Kathering Low Settlement official 90th birthday party on 17th May (Saturday) from 11am-3.30pm.

  •  Arrive at 10.30am for a prompt start at 11am
  • Fun activities for everyone
  • at the Settlement until 3pm

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Tracy Frostick
020 7223 2845
tracy@klsettlement.org.uk
108 Battersea High Street
London SW11 3HP

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The Battersea Society are kindly unveiling a blue plaque with us at 11am to kick off the day, there followed by a huge party with entertainment, food and fun for all.

 

Please spread the word as it’s an open house to which everyone is invited. Please do pass on this post to anyone – family, friends, colleagues, users – who you think would be interested.

The Diamond Jubilee Bridge

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Boris Johnson says Yes!

Jubilee footbridge

Jubilee footbridge

Including todays announcement from the GLA, the diamond jubilee bridge now has all 3 planning consents required and efforts are underway with regard to funding (with positive inroads being made) to make this a reality.

Revised plans for a £22million foot and cycle bridge across the Thames in London

Revised plans for Diamond Jubilee Bridge

Plans for a £22million foot and cycle bridge across the Thames in London, designed by One-World Design, has been given the green light

The crossing, dubbed the Diamond Jubilee Bridge, has been approved by Hammersmith and Fulham council’s planning committee.

Diamond Jubilee Bridge designed by One-World Design, which were approved in November 2013

Diamond Jubilee Bridge, designed by One-World Design, which were approved in November 2013

The scheme, designed by architect Chris Medland of One-World Design, includes a 170m-long bridge to connect Imperial Wharf and Chelsea Harbour, where the Queen boarded the royal barge for the diamond jubilee flotilla last year, to Battersea on the south side of the river.

It will be made of three spans with three arches and will be open 24-hours-a-day.

Jubilee Footbridge passes planning hurdle

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Last night patience was rewarded as LB Hammersmith & Fulham resolved to grant  Planning Permission for the Diamond Jubilee Footbridge, 6 votes to 2.

Jubilee footbridge

Jubilee footbridge

Chris Medland RIBA, architect behind the planned bridge expressed his thanks to Hotel Rafayel, Palace Investments, Expedition Engineering, Beckett Rankine, Paul Nulty Lighting Design, HR Wallingford, RPS, Oxford Archaeology, Jane Ellison MP, Richard Tracey AM and the many others that have been instrumental in getting to this point.

The application will now be considered by the GLA and the bridge team will start actively seeking funding.

Swish Swish Swish

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Battersea Swishing Party

Friday July 12th at Eat Play Love Café

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Swishing Party Battersea

It’s just a few days to go until Battersea’s first Swishing Party at Eat Play Love Café.

Battersea locals are encouraged to root around their wardrobes and bring along their quality clothes, shoes and accessories and exchange them for somebody eles’s Hidden Treasures!

Swishing is shopping without the hangover of a big credit card bill. We all bring nice, clean, presentable clothes that are lurking unloved in our wardrobe, and other girls fall in love with them and give them a good home. You might bring one sweater and take two pairs of shoes, or hang a party frock on the ‘Swishing Rail’ and take a pair of skinny jeans and feather boa.

The party is hosted by Eat Play Love, Battersea’s newest yummy mummy café offering a safe and relaxing environment for everybody, but particularly those with young children to come and enjoy good coffee, home-made nutritious food and finish a conversation while the children can play and roam in the free play area.

Rules of the Rail
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1) Everyone must bring at least one item of quality clothing (max 7). Tokens will be given.
2) You will have 1 hour to browse before the swish opens.
3) No item may be claimed before the swish opens.
4) As soon as the swish is declared open, everyone may take what they want and pay using their tokens.
5) Remember no scratching, spitting or fighting.

Event Details
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Location: Eat Play Love, 324 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BX
Time: Drop off clothes 11th July
Event: Friday 12th July 6pm – 9pm
Entry: £6
BYOB (optional) corkage £5 per bottle
Contact: jeanette@eatplaylove.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7738 9469
event facebook page: http://2020.sc/jK
website: http://www.eatplaylove.org.uk

The Diamond Jubilee Bridge

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Connecting Battersea & Fulham

Last night, during the week of the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, the planning committee at Wandsworth resolved unanimously to grant consent for the Diamond Jubilee Bridge connecting Battersea and Fulham. This is an important milestone and a great step in the right direction towards realising our vision. We would like to thank Hotel Rafayel and Palace Investments for their continued support and Expedition Engineering, Beckett Rankine and the planning department at Wandsworth for their instrumental advice and input.

Jubilee footbridge

Jubilee footbridge

The next step is the committee meeting at Hammersmith & Fulham next month.

Power Station ‘pop-up’ Park

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A family afternoon, including the chance to get fit with some zumba, will be held in the new Battersea Power Station ‘pop-up park’ on Sunday (June 9).

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station

The park is opening at weekends all through the summer

This Sunday’s event is organised by local community group STORM. As well as zumba from 2pm to 3.30pm, there will be free candy floss and games for the children. People are being encouraged to take picnics and enjoy a family day out.

Access to the temporary park is via a new pedestrian walkway underneath Grosvenor Railway Bridge. This means local people can walk along the river from Battersea Park into the power station site. There is no on-site parking.

The Pop-Up Park is open to the public at weekends until September, events and construction schedules allowing.

 

Diamond Jubilee Bridge – an update

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Jubilee footbridge

Jubilee footbridge

It has been a rollercoaster few months but the proposal for a footbridge over the Thames alongside the Wandsworth railway bridge is now recommended for approval by the planning authority.

LB Hammersmith & Fulham expect to put the scheme to their committee in July, again with a recommendation for approval, and then the application will be referred to the Mayor for a final decision.

The £22m bridge will take cyclists and pedestrians between Chelsea Harbour and Lombard Road, Battersea. Projected costs are in the order of £20m.

Founder of Providence House dies aged 91

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It is the end of an era for Providence House.

Around 1960, Elizabeth Braund first started the youth work in the old Providence Chapel before today’s housing estates were built.

Elizabeth Braund

Elizabeth Braund

In 1970 she opened the present building on Falcon Road to consolidate the work with young people and families. Providence House still functions today on the Falcon Road as a flourishing centre for community activities and responding to changing social needs.

In 1975 the new adventure to Dartmoor began, with the opening of East Shallowford Farm in 1976.

On Monday 20th May 2013, Elizabeth passed away at her home, East Shallowford, just 3 weeks short of 92 years.

Her legacy is in the lives of countless Battersea and Wandsworth families.

Elizabeth wrote many books, one of which Young Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Prisca) tells the story of Providence House, “Ethelberta” a children’s story written for the BBC Children’s Hour and numerous articles for The Evangelical Magazine and other Christian periodicals.

Read obituary here: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Editor-helped-inner-city-children-experience-farm/story-19121138-detail/story.html#axzz2Un4ZsidJ

Fabulous Feast St Johns Hill

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The Fabulous Feast is taking place on St John’s Hill in Battersea from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th of May 2013. This is 7 days of food & drink celebrations, during which the restaurants, pubs, cafes, bars and delis all offer a special £15 menu. If ever there was a time to try a new cuisine, drinking spot or eaterie, then surely this is the week to do it!

The main event is on Saturday 18th May from 11am til 5pm when a big food festival will take place on the pavements of the Hill. There will be a large selection of farmers market stalls, producers, makers and cake bakers for you to eat your way up the Hill and fill your shopping basket too!

If you would like to learn more about food & drink, then don’t miss the Saturday event as the traders of St John’s Hill will host LIVE food & drink workshops, cooking lessons and demonstrations throughout the day.

Lots more info about the event can be found on the street website: http://stjohnshill.co.uk/