PARISH PUMPKIN – PUT OUT YOUR PUMPKINS!!! / FOUR FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS ALREADY SOLD OUT / FOOD MARKET’S MENU FOR THIS WEEKEND / DIARY DATES: South London Botanical Institute, London’s Underground, the Imperial War Museum’s art collection – and tea and opera
PARISH PUMPKIN – PUT OUT YOUR PUMPKINS!!!
Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin go to landfill – place it in your food waste collection caddy.
That’s the message from Croydon council which is encouraging everyone to add their giant orange fruit to the thousands of which will be recycled this autumn.
“Annual October pumpkin sales are steadily rising across the UK, and Croydon’s share of the nation’s crop could be as many as 10,000” said a council spokesman.
“And as a typical one weighs in at around 2-3Kg kilograms, that potentially represents a massive 25 tonnes of squash!
Cllr Stuart Collins, deputy leader – Clean Green Croydon, said: “More people are enjoying Halloween, and it’s a good time to remind everyone that pumpkins can be recycled.
“They don’t just make great decorative lanterns, as their flesh and seeds are great in loads of tasty recipes.”
Croydon say: “ou can get rid of the husks by cutting them up and putting them out in your food waste caddy (not with your green garden waste).
“If everyone put out their pumpkin lanterns during the first week of November we would see recycling increased by several tonnes a day.” (Source: Croydon council press release.)
FOUR FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS ALREADY SOLD OUT
FOUR of the events at this year’s Crystal Palace international film festival have already sold out – with three more events set to be sold out very soon, say organisers.
This years event attracted more than 600 entries of which 64 have been selected – with the festival showing films from South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, USA, from all over Europe, Kazakhstan, Canada, India, Puerto Rico, Czech Republic – and all over the UK.
“It’s reached a new level this year” say organisers. “Ticket sales are flying and four screenings are sold out well ahead of schedule.”
1st Nov: Kids matinee Snow White: SOLD OUT!
1st: Launch Night: SOLD OUT! Short film & Yak & Yeti curry!
2nd Nov: Documentary Sunday SOLD OUT!
11th: International Film, SOLD OUT!
The message from organisers is: “Book your tickets for the rest very quickly to be sure of a place.”
To book please go to: cpiff.co.uk/schedule
Now on two sites – the normal Antenna car park site and also in the Haynes Lane market courtyard.
“Meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs, honey, bread, cakes, salads, hot foods, the Cafe Thing, coffee, tea, pastries, cheese, dairy and munch munch more.”
West Norwood Food bank collection: every week at the market. Their shopping list – which changes every so often. – can be found at
http://norwoodbrixton.
Competition! We’re giving away a brunch for two in La Petit Bouchée on Sunday the 9th of November. Anita Clare-Field sources much of her produce at the market and this is a way for us to say thank you and to offer our customers a unique experience. To enter the draw, all you have to do is sign up for the newsletter at the market. If you’re already signed up, you can just sign up for the draw – so everybody’s welcome. Find the sign-up sheets on our Patchwork Farm stall. We’ll announce the winner on the 4th of November.
Haynes Lane Courtyard
Beer, veg, fruit, eggs, storecupboard refills, cleaning product refills, raw, vegan, salads, juices, bread, pastries.
Brambletye has moved to the courtyard: Need your fix of apple juice, eggs or veg? Find Brambletye in the courtyard, next to Chas’s bread, The Grain Grocer’s storecupboard refills, Love Bites and their organic vegan soup, salad, juices & munchies and Late Knights’s booze this week.
Local booze from Late Knights: Liam says ‘Ello ello, we’re gonna bring a winter seasonal brew, it’s called frosty mornings!” Check out their other bottled ales too.
Raw/vegan/super good for you from Love Bites: Samuel’s rustling up an amazing sprouted lentil, sweet potatoe, kale and pumpkin soup, served with a side salad. Plus potions, elixirs, wheat grass shots, kimchi and juice.
Chas & Momo: Bread, brioche, baguettes, (ludicrously good) brownies, and other baked tings.
The Grain Grocer: Storecupboard refills. BYO bag or bottle for a discount.
Neals Yard Remedies Organic: Sarina is away today, back next week.
Antenna Car Park
Kids – Bugs Club: Nature activities for kids with Charlotte and Vinnie. This week, join in making bird boxes.
Kids – Hartbeeps: Interactive educational music session for families with local mum Lotte Layzell, at the Hartbeeps Happy House. Expect, funky tunes, friendly characters, sparkles, bubbles and masses of magic sprinkles. Prepare to don your dino hats and shake your tail feather with the Hartbeeps massive! (40 mins sessions), suitable for babies and children up to 4 years. 11am, 12.30pm & 2pm. FREE.
Meat of the week from Jacob’s Ladder: 20% off Montague farm shoulder of lamb. Try it slow roasted with autumn veg.
Hot lunch from Margosa: Traditional Sri Lankan chicken curry, or for vegetarians, butternut squash & three bean curry. Served with coconut daal & basmati rice.
Brambletye has moved to the courtyard: Need your fix of apple juice, eggs or veg? Find Brambletye in the courtyard, next to Chas’s bread, The Grain Grocer’s storecupboard refills, Love Bites and their organic vegan soup, salad, juices & munchies and Late Knights’s booze this week.
Brockmans: Jason says “Our parsley has gone Jurassic so will have lots of fresh bunched flat and curly also huge daikon radishes, bunched turnips, persimmon more commonly known as kaki, as always plenty of squash, rainbow carrots, and leaves of all kinds.”
Vice & Virtue: Chrissi’s decandent, but healthy handmade chocs.
Veaseys boat news: Dan says “It’s been a calm week in the channel and our boat NN733 has been out on the hunt for sea bass so we should have in a good deal of whole bass on our tables. We’ve been told that there is now a ban in force in the channel on catching plaice this is due to all under 10m boats meeting their quota early so we will have less plaice for the foreseeable future. We are also still waiting for the water to cool down to bring in some more of the winter fish.”
On the slab: Fresh… grey mullet £7.95kg, organic salmon fillet £4 steaks, sushi quality tuna loin £3.20/100g, Sussex sea bass – priced on size £15-17.50kg, local whole plaice **Short supply**£9kg, rainbow trout cleaned £3.75 each, Eastbourne cod fillet £15.95kg, sea bass fillets £3.50 each or 3 for a tenner, Cornish hake fillet £18kg, whole fresh mackerel £7.50kg, Scottish salmon fillet £19kg, monkfish goujons £2.30/100g, fresh Sussex squid £16.95kg. Shellfish… Cornish rock oysters £1.20 each or 6 for £7, Colchester oysters £1.25 each, Cornish mussels £6kg, large black tiger Prawns – £2 each, small tiger prawns £2.20/100g, langoustines £2.60/100g. We will have plenty of smoked and ready to eat bits including some cooked beachy head lobsters. Place an order or make a special request by phone on 01342 822906 by email and on Twitter @FishmongersFR
NEW STALL Cakes from Eat & Mess: Kate offers classes in a whole host of baking skills in the heart of the Crystal Palace Triangle. Whether looking to gain some bread baking secrets, french patisserie tips or perfect piping techniques, classes run each week bookable through the website. She also takes orders for all manner of cakes and sweet things too, so if you need a birthday cake in a hurry, you’ve come to the right place.
Cakey line up: Check out the best of the class recipes on her stall this weekend, a stone’s throw from the Eat & Mess kitchen in Haynes Lane. Blueberry muffins, sunrise oaty fruit muffins, chocolate guinness cake, frosted carrot cake, mini Victoria sponge cakes, almond fruit tart, chocolate brownies, chocolate & fresh raspberry brownies, smarties shortbreads, jammy dodgers.
Gluten free/dairy free/yeast free from Elvira’s Secret Pantry: Cakes: courgette-orange, pumpkin-chocolate, blueberry-lemon, spiced apple, banana loaf & nutty brownies. Selection of savoury tarts, sundried tomatoes-olives bread and fresh pasta (mushroom ravioli). Vegan treats also available.
Imogeni: Home made jams, jellies & chutneys.
Kids
Bugs Club This week the little bugs are making bird boxes. 11-2pm
Hartbeeps Interactive educational music session for families & little ones 11am, 12.30pm & 2pm. FREE.
Extra Stalls
Late Knights Local booze HAYNES LANE COURTYARD
Neals Yard Organic Remedies Away this week HAYNES LANE COURTYARD
Handmade Palace Locally made arts & crafts
Buskers Paradise Live music in the market thanks to Steve Broe
Reiki For a donation/trade of your choice HAYNES LANE COURTYARD
(Source: Crystal Palace food market)
DIARY DATES: South London Botanical Institute, London’s Underground, the Imperial War Museum’s art collection – and tea and opera
Sunday 2nd: FRIENDS OF WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY To increase knowledge and appreciation of the Cemetery, the Friends hold guided tours on the first Sunday of every month at 11am November-March (April-October 2.30pm). Cemetery tours start at the Cemetery Main Gate, Norwood Road, SE27. The tours last about an hour and a half. They include visits to the monuments of the most prominent individuals commemorated in the cemetery such as Sir Henry Doulton, Mrs Beeton, Baron de Reuter, Sir Henry Tate and Dr William Marsden.
Monday 3rd: TALK – “The South London Botanical Institute”, founded by Allan Octavian Hume in 1910, in Tulse Hill, has sought to interest local people in plants and fungi for over a century.
Roy Vickery will describe the Institute’s history and activities, including the recent creation of England’s only Moss Trail. http://www.slbi.org.uk/
Tuesday 4th: BROMLEY BOROUGH LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY London’s Underground by Neil Lloyd at 7.45pm at the Trinity United Reformed Church, Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AQ. Society website: www.bblhs.org.uk
Thursday 6th: GROUP 19 The Art Collection of the Imperial War Museum by Grant Rogers, visual artist and informal learning Manager at the museum. Salvation Army HQ, Westow Street, Upper Norwood, SE19 3AF, 7.15pm, admission £6.
15th Saturday 15th FRIENDS OF WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY Tea and Opera: Hughes and Gye by Barbara Thomas. Barbara is not only a FOWNC member, but also a descendant of the largely forgotten Frederick Gye (1810–1878), founder of The Royal Italian Opera, and of his father-in-law Richard Hughes (d. 1856), ‘the father of provincial theatre’.
There was a strong link between these two families through the lottery, and through wine and tea companies and 19th century entertainment. Sadly nothing remains to mark their grave at Norwood (grave 939, square 98), their monument having been demolished by Lambeth in the 1980s. Chatsworth Baptist Church Hall, Chatsworth Way (off Norwood Road), SE27, 2.30pm. Donations of £1 per person (50p concessions) to help cover costs and aid conservation work are appreciated. Non-members welcome. Enquiries to 020 8670 5456.
http://www.fownc.org/events/
