Monday 23 August 2010
News & features published on 23 August 2010
- If you want a swimming pool at Elephant & Castle, speak up now
Southwark Council has launched a public consultation on the replacement for the current Elephant & Castle Leisure Centre, including the crucial question of whether the new centre should have a swimming pool.
- Moma: how a Waterloo East breakfast barrow conquered the world
It's more than four years since SE1 resident Tom Mercer swapped his management consultant job in the City for a new life selling healthy breakfasts to commuters at Waterloo East Station.
- Calls for Blackfriars Station to be renamed to include Bankside
The new cross-river Thameslink railway station at Blackfriars should be renamed Blackfriars & Bankside, say Lib Dem politicians Simon Hughes MP and Caroline Pidgeon AM.
Tweets on 23 August 2010
- 6.40pm RT @henriettePR: Brandjacking deluxe! The Mayor's cycle scheme is certainly working for BAR FLY! Southwark St http://twitpic.com/2hiy5f [permalink]
- 5.34pm RT @JonCart: http://tweetphoto.com/40921627 Sinister sky. [permalink]
- 4.32pm RT @FreeSouthLondon: Pre-Memoriam: Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre: http://wp.me/pP3Yb-6T [permalink]
- 4.15pm "I did not anticipate that painting by the River Thames ... would mean I would become a street performer" @ashleycecil http://bit.ly/dhLfV3 [permalink]
- 3.45pm Short video clip of Emily Blunt filming "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" at Blue Fin Building, Bankside http://flic.kr/p/8uK1Gj/ [permalink]
- 3.15pm RT @ChiswickW4: Amazing New Play by Chiswick Playwright - Oikos to be performed in Jellyfish Theatre in Southwark http://tinyurl.com/2u7mfsu [permalink]
- 2.45pm Stamford Street & The Cut local heritage walk tomorrow morning http://se1.info/bHXdzl [permalink]
- 2.00pm Find out what films are showing at @ShortwaveFilms in Bermondsey Square this September http://se1.info/C7dn0 [permalink]
- 1.15pm Playworks launch at Mint Street Park this afternoon http://se1.info/boO0mI [permalink]
- 12.46pm Tuli oriental buffet in Tooley Street relaunches as Cantonese a-la-carte restaurant http://twitpic.com/2hgcyd http://se1.info/c17szM [permalink]
- 12.00pm 2 opportunities to hear Tony Benn at SE1 Intl Peace Day events next month - see http://se1.info/ag1kQn & http://se1.info/aFNM7p [permalink]
- 11.45am Big England United banner on front of City Hall for World Cup bid http://twitpic.com/2hfzfr [permalink]
- 11.30am Design for Living at The Old Vic - tickets from just £10 http://se1.info/aDKHTu [permalink]
- 11.00am Book now for Make and Take weekend at the Union Street Urban Orchard http://se1.info/9DAQN3 [permalink]
- 10.30am RT @CheekyG: Planning 2 film music vid in Borough SE1 for band Sunscreem. Song 'Watch U'. Need volunteers 2 mime along in a stoney face. [permalink]
- 10.05am Men's Fashion Pop up Sale at Bermondsey Square Hotel next month http://se1.info/8WWwyw [permalink]
- 9.40am A strange little film shot in Southwark Cathedral Churchyard and featuring @BetterBankside's pink chairs http://youtu.be/y2F7tId12fY [permalink]
- 9.20am This AM @lb_southwark licensing sub-cttee will consider 4.30am licence for nightclub above The Don @ Tower Bridge http://se1.info/99bKQW [permalink]
- 9.00am Job vacancy: Interim Corporate Responsibility Manager, @BetterBankside http://se1.info/aJQlBK [permalink]
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