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Oval Cricket Ground: Redevelopment of the Peter May Stand

Redevelopment of the Peter May stand in the cricket ground has just started and construction is scheduled for completion by the end of April/beginning of May 2016.  During the demolition and rebuilding work, the heavy construction vehicles servicing the site will arrive via Clayton Street.  Residents should be careful of construction traffic when crossing Clayton Street and Kennington Oval.  This traffic should not start before 0800 in the morning.  If residents notice heavy lorries arriving earlier that eight, please inform the TA. More info from here: http://www.kiaoval.com/new-peter-may-stand-to-be-built-this-winter/                                

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Kennington Park Flower Garden

 The Flower Garden in Kennington Park has been restored with the support of £500,000 funding, primarily from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Lambeth Council. It was formally reopened on 18 July, when a new sundial was unveiled by the MPs for Vauxhall and Bermondsey & Old Southwark, Kate Hoey and Neil Coyle.         The new sundial was made from Welsh slate by Sam Flintham, a student of historic stone carving at Kennington’s City and Guilds of London Art School.     The programme of events which will now be taking place in the Flower Garden is reproduced below – starting with Bat Walks on 22 August and 17 September (bat detecting at twilight!) and a guided walk through the garden on 5 September and 3 October.          

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Summer Fair – 21 June – Vauxhall Park

VAUXHALL PARK   SUNDAY 21ST JUNE 2PM – 5PM ♦RODEO BULL   ♦GO-KARTS   ♦BOUNCY CASTLE ♦FOOTBALL TRAINING by CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB♦♦ ♦PUNCH & JUDY SHOW  ♦DOG SHOW  ♦DONKEY RIDES ♦MAGICIAN AND BALLOON MODELLING ♦CRAZY GOLF  ♦ GIANT INFLATABLE SLIDE ♦ GIANT WHIRLING TEA CUPS ♦CHILDREN’S GAMES GALORE  ♦MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS ♦PLANTS FROM COVENT GARDEN MARKET ♦HOT FOOD  ♦DELICIOUS HOME-MADE CAKES ♦CORNUCOPIA OF STALLS  ♦MUCH, MUCH MORE! Volunteers Needed to help on the day. Please contact: FRIENDS OF VAUXHALL PARK www.vauxhallpark.org.uk Thank you to everyone who makes the Fair possible

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More news from TFL – more local disruption…

Oval tube station   The ticket office will close for ever on 20 April and TFL will be carrying out works in the ticket hall for a month. The station will remain open and we’ll be able to buy tickets from the machines. Northern Line Extension BT Openreach will be carrying out investigation works on their cable network in the area of Kennington Green for two weeks starting on 20 April. The work will be at night from 19:00 to 07:00. BT Openreach has advised that this work will be carried out by four workmen pulling cables from chamber to chamber. They will be using battery powered lighting and there will be no requirement to excavate or hand dig and no generators will be used. Hyde has told the TA that BT have been reminded and requested to ensure they carry this work out as quietly as possible so as…

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Free Computer Sessions at the Community Centre

  **STOP PRESS**  The Digital Inclusion programme will close at the beginning of April 2016 as funding is no longer available. Every Monday morning – 10 am to noon – you can come and use the computers in the Community Centre for free. Help will be at hand if you need it. Whether you need access to job search, to claim benefits, to email your friends and relatives, to do some online shopping, or just to learn how to get started on the internet – this could be just what you’ve been looking for! And it’s free!    

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Roadworks, roadworks – all around us! And then they’re going to tunnel underneath …..

Kennington Park Estate is currently an island of tranquillity surrounded by traffic chaos and lots of traffic cones, heavy machinery and people in hard hats and hi-vis jackets. Whether that tranquillity will last when tunnelling for the Northern Line Extension starts, or if Hyde’s redevelopment of the Community Centre site goes ahead, remains to be seen.   The Northern Line Extension   A shaft and head house are being constructed at Kennington Green. The work here has just started and it is anticipated that it will be a worksite for at least three years. Lots of information can be found here http://www.tfl.gov.uk/northern-line-extension.   Oval Triangle Transport for London is making a lot of changes to the roads, junctions, traffic lights, crossings and cycle superhighways all round the Oval Triangle, Harleyford Street, Kennington Park Road and Kennington Road.   The roadworks here are likely to last a year… More information at:…

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Election Hustings! 18 April! 11am! St Mark’s Churchyard! Election Hustings!

A General Election hustings for the Vauxhall constituency has been called by Steve Coulson, the Vicar of St. Mark’s Kennington, and Chair of the Friends of St. Mark’s Churchyard. The outdoor event will take place at St Mark’s on 18 April as part of the popular Oval Farmer’s Market.   The Vicar observes: “You will know the extraordinary historic link that Kennington Park has with open air democracy, and the Friends sought to maintain that tradition by hosting open air hustings for last year’s Council elections. There were a good number of the public attending the Saturday morning market who appreciated that opportunity to meet candidates.”     The site is of great historical interest. St Mark’s stands on the site of 16th Century gallows. Hopefully the hustings on 18 April should be slightly kinder on any candidate who might be slightly economical with the truth. The Chartists movement also…

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