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Canon Francis Makambwe

Canon Francis Makambwe

Canon Francis Makambwe died on Friday 10 October 2014. Francis Makambwe was the former vicar at St Catherine's Church Hatcham, a predecessor to the current vicar Rev. Sheridan James. The cause of Francis's death is uncertain. As some may know, Francis had recently had...

JOBS in the community, for the community

A couple of jobs have come to our attention.   Details below.   Both roles are with Greenwich Co-Operative Development Agency (GCDA), a great grass roots organisation working hard across many communites to foster ground up schemes for community benefit. GCDA are...

Your Panto needs a Poo

Before your mind wanders onto unsavoury territory, Poo is the name of a character in this year's Telegraph Hill Panto.  Emperor Poo is an indulged man in late middle age, imperious, dim but ultimately harmless, even ineffectual.   He's definitely not mean.   He has...

Call my (fair trade wine) bluff

Intrigued?   Call my bluff meets Fair Trade wine.   Saturday 1st November at 7.30pm in Telegraph Hill Centre's main hall, the Narthex will host an entertaining evening involving blind tasting a range of six fair trade wines.   Test your taste buds and see if you and...

A L Kennedy at New Cross Learning

A.L.Kennedy was born in Dundee in 1965. She is the author of 15 books: 6 novels, 6 short story collections and 3 works of non-fiction. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.   Her new book "All The Rage"  a...

Panto time!

With summer's last gasp still here, it's hard to believe that we've started to think about Panto. But we must, oh yes we must. Auditions for adult roles will take place on Tuesday 16th September at 7.30pm at Telegraph Hill Centre.   You must be over 16 to audition.  ...

Food Assembly

Food assembly is an innovative and startlingly simple idea - a local organiser gets local food producers together and provides a space to trade from, thereby enabling traders to access markets and consumers to get good locally produced food with the organiser keeping...

Divided by Race, United in War and Peace

Divided by Race, United in War and Peace

A screening of Divided by Race, United in War and Peace – a warm and life-affirming film, directed by Marc Wadsworth, which examines race relations in Britain during and after the Second World War. The film will be screened at St Catherine’s Church, Pepys Road, SE14 5TY on Friday 19th September as part of the Telegraph Hill Ward Community Weekend Sept 19th-21st Sept.

Summer in the City

There is a lot going on in the city this summer - some activities are close to hand, some further afield.   The following links might be helpful if you're in the city and looking for things to do and see this summer.   What's on at Telegraph Hill Centre What's on...