FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29th
KILBORN ALLEY BLUES BAND at the Grape and Grain, top of Anerley Hill. 9pm to close.sydenhambluesclub.co.uk/
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30th
PICTURE PALACE CAMPAIGN
The Picture Palace Campaign will be setting up stall again outside Sainsbury’s, Westow Street SE19 on Saturday (November 30th) from 10am to 4pm. In the meantime, they are looking at bringing a programme of Open Air Cinema to Crystal Palace Park for Summer 2014.
If you would like to get involved with the Campaign or the Open Air Cinema, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]
If you would like to get involved with the Campaign or the Open Air Cinema, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]
CRYSTAL PALACE FOOD MARKET
CRYSTAL PALACE FOOD MARKET bottom of Haynes Lane / top of Bedwardine Road. 10 am to 3pm.
“Meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs, honey, bread, cakes, salads, hot foods, the Cafe Thing, coffee, tea, pastries, cheese, dairy and munch munch more.”
THE GOOD OLD BOYS at the Grape and Grain, top of Anerley Hill. 9pm to close. sydenhambluesclub.co.uk/
SUNDAY DECEMBER 1st
CHRISTMAS FAIR AND MARKET Phoenix Centre, Westow Street (to the left of Sainsbury’s). 10.30am to 4.30pm.
JAZZ at the Grape and Grain, top of Anerley Hill. 2pm to 8pm
FILM FOR KIDS ‘Hugo’ at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Linbury Room, Dulwich Picture Gallery Film starts 7.30pm Go to: www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4TH
Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be available at the meeting at the Phoenix centre, Westow Street SE19 (to the left of Sainsbury’s) which starts at 6.30pm Guests are welcome to attend but are requested to email the chamber in advance so their name can be added to the attendance list. [email protected]
CRYSTAL PALACE’S OWN CURRENCY?
THE POSSIBILITY of Crystal Palace having its own currency – and how it can be achieved – is to be discussed at Crystal Palace Chamber of Commerce’s meeting on Wednesday (December 4th)
Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be available at the meeting at the Phoenix centre, Westow Street SE19 (to the left of Sainsbury’s) which starts at 6.30pm Guests are welcome to attend but are requested to email the chamber in advance so their name can be added to the attendance list. [email protected]
THE BEGGAR MAID
Book club at Bookseller Crow on the Hill, Westow Street SE19 discussing The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro. 7.30pm. All welcome. Book club now has its own website. Go to: www.booksellercrow.co.uk/
OVERGROUND FESTIVAL 2014 – FIRST MEETING-
NEXT YEAR’S Crystal Palace Overground festival will take place from June 26th to June 29th.
The first monthly drop in meeting to start organising what is now the area’s main annual event will be at the Methodist church hall on Westow Hill (side door to the hall). (Entrance to the hall is in Coopers Yard to the side of the Iceland store).
The message from the festival team is: “The festival team are looking forward to their first drop in meeting with the organising team and members of the community who are interested in getting involved in the festival in any way.
“There will be organisers from all of the festival teams at the meeting to talk about different aspects of the event. “Come along for a cup of tea and a cake and more info.” 8pm.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6th
A WINTER WONDERLAND party for the very young is being held at the Twenty-Five bar in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace on Friday December 6th.
The event is recommended for 0-4 year olds. However, older children are welcome. For more information about the event, prior to booking/or to buy tickets, please visit www.facebook.com/cpmumsparty (See fuller story in Parish Pump)
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th
An Evening with Carl Davis: Scoring ‘The Mutuals’ The Cinema Museum, London SE11 Saturday 7 December 2013 @ 19.30 (Doors 18.30) The Cinema Museum presents this unique event, a must-see for any movie buff, as Carl Davis talks about writing music for Charlie Chaplin’s silent masterpieces – the short movies known as ‘The Mutuals’. An Evening With Carl Davis will see Davis telling the story of Charlie’s early years thorough a selection of clips from ‘The Mutuals’ as well as a significant complete one, ‘The Adventurer’. The score will be drawn from Davis’s recording of the British Film Institute’s complete ‘Mutuals’. The Cinema Museum has an extraordinary link to the young Charlie Chaplin – it is housed in a former Victorian workhouse where the Chaplin family sought refuge several times. In 1916 Charlie Chaplin signed a contract to write, direct and star in 12 two-reelers for the Mutual Film Corporation. For the first time he had complete artistic control. These shorts, known forever as ‘The Mutuals’, drew for their themes on Chaplin’s own life experiences; a destitute childhood, the lure of the theatre, crossing the Atlantic as an immigrant, life in a silent film studio and dealing with fame and high society. Carl Davis (CBE) was born in New York in 1936 and came to the UK in 1960. Davis is a true music-maker and all-round musician, as both conductor and composer. He has changed the face of concerts as we know them, making classical music both accessible and varied and is a consummate showman and a first rate entertainer. His career has spanned many genres, from silent film performances to his popular themed concerts. He is perhaps most well known for his music for television including the series The World At War, BBC’s Pride & Prejudice and Cranford, ITV’s Goodnight Mr. Tom, and the award winning film, The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Davis has been a driving force behind reinventing the silent movie for a new generation. Following his work on Thames Television’s 1980 Hollywood – A Celebration of the Silent Film series, he created the classic and much-lauded five hour symphonic score for Abel Gance’s 1927 silent epic Napoleon. Since then, he has written or reconstructed scores for over 60 of the most famous pre-talkies such as Ben Hur and The Iron Mask, as well as many of Chaplin’s most famous movies such as The Kid, The Gold Rush and City Lights which have been performed all over the world. If you love cinema…London’s Cinema Museum is devoted to keeping alive the spirit of cinema from the days before the multiplex. Set in historic surroundings in Kennington, close to the Elephant & Castle, the Cinema Museum houses a unique collection of artefacts, memorabilia and equipment that preserves the history and grandeur of cinema from the 1890s to the present day. They are open for visits from anyone with an interest in the cinema, host programmes of ticketed events, work with educational institutions on joint projects and with film archives on preservation activities and make items from the collection available on loan to other institutions for exhibition. The Cinema Museum is a Registered Charity and it receives no public funding. Advance tickets may be purchased from WeGotTickets (www.wegottickets.com/
SUNDAY DECEMBER 8th
ANTIQUE AND COLLECTORS FAYRE Phoenix Centre, Westow Street (to the left of Sainsbury’s). 11 am to 4pm. Refreshments. Admission free.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14th
TOM BROWN’S BOOKDAYS
AUTHOR TOM BROWN will be discussing all things Crystal Palace at Upper Norwood joint library on Saturday December 14th.
Plot lines of his latest novel Strange Air include the park and ‘pneumatic’ railways, Tom will talk about his inspiration for Strange Air and his research on the Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace park and the so-called pneumatic trains of the mid-19th century.2.30pm – 3pm followed by a question and answer session at 3.30pm.
Tom will sign copies of Strange Air and his first novel, So Long, Shakespeare. Copies of both books will be available to buy at the library on the day.
Upper Norwood Library, 39-41 Westow Hill, SE19 1TJ. Enquiries: 020 8670
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27th
The fortnightly Kennington Bioscope evening at The Cinema Museum, here again this Wednesday December 27 at 7.30pm. The film being shown this week is a secret, but organisers say it will be a 35mm print of a film from continental Europe with stars well-known at the time, and will be supported by an incomplete film on 16mm, starring an actor who shot to fame in the early 1930s.
Presented by The Cinema Museum’s very own Ronald Grant, the evening will feature live musical accompaniment provided by Lillian Henley and Cyrus Gabrysch. As ever, your ticket is free but you need to book. Go here to do so: http://kenbioscope.moonfruit.
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DIARY DATES 2014
FEBRUARY 5th 2014
STEVE KNIGHTLEY is appearing at the Stanley halls, South Norwood hill, London SE25
The PR blurb says: His group ‘Show of Hands’ have been described by no less than Peter Gabriel as “one of the great English bands.” Yet in 2014 Singer songwriter, Steve Knightley will be taking a break from city theatres and major concert stages in order to bring his songs to village halls and community venues throughout the land.
Steve’s solo Grow Your Own Gig tour, will find him in out-of-the-way locations from Cornwall to the Borders as he returns to the rural roots of his music. “Having written so many songs over the years about people who live and work in the countryside and the day to day issues they face – it will be great to actually perform them in their spiritual homes”
Recent converts to his music include BBC rural affairs corespondent Tom Heap, who said Steve’s anthem ‘Country Life’ said “more in three minutes than I could in a 45 minute programme!” Jeremy Vine, Andrew Marr, Simon Mayo and historian Michael Wood have also recently featured his cutting edge songs on their shows.
With numerous BBC Folk awards and four sell-out appearances at the Royal Albert Hall Steve says he is looking forward to getting up close and personal with a whole new audience – “Village halls and community venues attract a unique audience making it as much a social occasion as a musical event. I can’t wait to start!” (End PR blurb).
Tickets are £16.00 plus booking fee Details from PaxtonMusicPromotions@gmail.
On line box office www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/
SUNDAY MAY 25th
MONDAY MAY 26th
MOTORSPORT AT CRYSTAL PALACE PARK
Motorsport at the Palace returns next year for its fifth consecutive running, with the popular London sprint taking place on Sunday 25th and Monday 26th May 2014.
The event – held in association with the Ancaster Group – celebrates Crystal Palace’s exciting motorsport heritage, bringing together an array of classic and modern vehicles to compete on sections of the track where Jim Clark, John Surtees and Stirling Moss once raced.
The 2013 event saw a record 8,000 people pass through the gates to enjoy two wonderful days of motorsport in the South London park. Younger guests can enjoy fairground rides and inflatables, while those on the look-out for a new car can browse the on-site showroom.
Motorsport at the Palace 2013 raised over £3,800 for local charities, Royal London Society for Blind People and St Christopher’s Hospice. Since 2010, Motorsport at the Palace has raised over £13,500 for local charities.
Advance tickets will be available from the website early in 2014 at a discount rate of £8.00. Standard tickets can be purchased on entry: £10.00 for adults; children 16 and under enter free but must be accompanied by an adult. Visit the website for more information: http://motorsportatthepalace.
(Sources: Sevenoaks and district Motor Club / Motorsport at the Palace / Friends of Crystal Palace park)
JUNE 26th to JUNE 29th
CRYSTAL PALACE OVERGROUND FESTIVAL
