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Thamesmead Arts Festival
Details about the week long arts festival in Thamesmead are slowly emerging on the Trust Thamesmead site. There’s a list of some of the highlights in this PDF. Unfortunately for me they are capitalising on half term and running most … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, events, film
Tagged art, arts, community, events, festival, local, media, peabody, people, thamesmead, thamesmead arts festival, the link, the link thamesmead, trust thamesmead
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Community Voice meeting
I have just received a remind of the Community Voice meeting that is forthcoming. It seemed worth a mention in case anyone reading should like to attend. Community Voice Have your say and be heard Thursday 4th September 2014 6.30-8.30pm … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, events, regeneration, thamesmead people
Tagged community, community voice, teresa pearce, the link
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Thamesmead Youth Provision
I’ve been growing a little concerned by some recent news around Thamesmead regarding provisions for kids. I went along to the South Thamesmead Neighbourhood Group last week where I discovered that the headmaster of Bexley Business Academy was due to … Continue reading
Community Voice Meeting
I wrote previously about a community voice meeting I attended, and the next one is coming up next week. I’ll be going along again but I’m off on holiday shortly afterwards, and unlikely to be able to do a write … Continue reading
The Link’s Opening Day video
I just came across this on Youtube, which is worth a look. It showcases The Link on its opening day, showing some of the background to how it came to be.
Vote now! (As they used to say on Banzaii)
One of the areas of Thamesmead that was listed by many as a bad spot when I went to the first regeneration group, was the area known as the A Bridge. This is a footbridge that crosses the Eastern Way … Continue reading
Just another abandoned blog?
It’s something like a year since my last update. I’ve dropped in from time to time to approve comments and delete spam, but the blog content has been worse than sparse and for that I apologise. Where did it all … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, regeneration, thamesmead people
Tagged abbey wood, blog, crossrail, environment, infrastructure, people, thamesmead, the link
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Thamesmead Residents
I was alerted to a local residents group recently when I had a look at Twitter. Shortly afterwards I received a letter through my door inviting me to come and join a protest. Thamesmead is interesting in that while we … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, events, oddities
Tagged bexley council, gallions, houses, protests, service charges, the link
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The Link looks awesome!
I often wish I were younger than I am, but rarely so much as this weekend when I looked around The Link. I went along with my boyfriend and we were greeted to be given a tour by Mark Blundell, … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, local business, local initiatives
Tagged thamesmead, the link, the link thamesmead, youth
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The Link has an opening date
Alerted by an email, I’ve just visited the website for The Link to discover that it finally has an official opening date as well as the “sneak peek” date mentioned in my last entry. To quote them directly: The Link … Continue reading