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Telegraph Hill Festival 2015: Wow!

Telegraph Hill Festival has been several months in the planning - our huge thanks to the team behind it who make it all happen, to the event managers who produce individual events and the teams who tirelessly staff the box office, set up, clear up, move and set up the...

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THCG: AGM & Minutes

Telegraph Hill Centre Group (THCG) is the group which manages and runs Telegraph Hill Centre.   THCG has six members from the Church and six from the Community.   It meets roughly every six weeks.   Here are THCG Summary of meeting on September 2014. THCG AGM - Will...

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Aladdin – A thrilling tale of derring do …

Aladdin – A thrilling tale of derring do …

Aladdin and his brother Wisheewashee must defeat Emperor Poo's deceitful vizier, Ababanana, who places every obstacle in their way as they hunt for the mysterious magic ring. Along the way they polish a lamp, meet a Genie, and consult the Wiki of the ring, a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.  ...

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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...

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