THERE was plenty to do and see when Friends of Foots Cray Meadows hosted and autumn fun day in the meadows. Lots of families turned out to help collect native tree seeds and plant them into pots and to learn how to make bird and bat boxes for their own
A GROUP of charities who banded together nearly 50 years ago are still going strong and have just held one of their major fundraisers. The Association of Bexley Charities 78 almost doubled the numbers attending its autumn fair, held in Roberts Hall
REMEMBER, remember the 5th of November. As the celebrations for Guy Fawkes night begin, News Shopper has found some of the best and biggest fireworks displays happening in your areas. Lewisham and Greenwich Blackheath. November 7, 8pm. Free
A RACKETS club attracted a good crowd when it threw open its doors for a charity family fun day. More than 100 people turned out for the event at Bexley Lawn Tennis, Squash and Racketball Club in Parkhurst Road, Bexley, to have fun and help
POLICE are still looking for anyone connected with the murder of a father-of-two at the weekend. Moses Devall of Swallowtail Close, St Paul’s Cray, died at the weekend after being stabbed in the chest. The 36-year-old is believed to
INSPIRED by one of the biggest-selling albums of the decade, Dreamboats and Petticoats, the show of the same name is returning to The Churchill Theatre in Bromley where it premiered in February. The show, which comes direct from a sell-out
If you’ve ever wondered what the lovechild of Scrabble and Texas hold ‘em would look like, Word Ace is the answer. Up to four players sit around a table in Word Ace and are dealt a hand as they would be if playing a game of cards. But instead of cards
THIS year, for the first time, flags will fly across the borough to mark Remembrance Day on November 11. Usually the borough flag, union flag and flag of St George are flown from the flagpoles outside the civic offices in Bexleyheath Broadway. Now
In response to the views expressed about pensioners shopping, I would suggest it is not the 'blue rinse brigade' whose freedom need be 'curfewed', rather if any, the 'young families' whose children you often trip over or those rushing to and fro with
What a self-righteous, arrogant prig to suggest that anyone over 65 has to do their shopping between 8am and 4pm, Mondays to Fridays, so they did not upset his weekend shopping or pay a charge to use the shops. What makes him or her think they should
I read the letter "Pensionser clog up my weekends". How dare you support this age discrimination, you should have reported them rather than giving them the star prize. How many retailers in shopping centres would agree with this nonsense? Absolutely
I am writing in response to the letter about pensioners shopping. As a senior citizen I find the terms "old duffer" and "blue rinse brigade" somewhat patronising. I take it the writer is a natural blond. However, I have to totally agree with her proposal
AS the NHS celebrates the 10th anniversary of the launch of its Stop Smoking service, a Bexley woman has been recognised for her efforts in helping others quit the habit. Jo Woodvine has received a Local Hero award from Public Health Minister
In response to the ridiculous and incredibly self-centred article 'Blue rinse brigade clog up shops', I am fed up with being stuck behind fat, aggressive parents in supermarkets and elsewhere. They hold loud conversations on their mobile phones and
In reply to the Star Letter about pensioners shopping, I totally agree with the writer and would go even further. I think OAPs should be banned between the hours of noon and 2pm, when workers are trying to buy and have their lunches in a short space
Diabetes is a growing problem and this year’s World Diabetes Day on November 14 will focus on the issue of supported self-management of the condition. Ninety-five per cent of diabetes care is through self-management, but many people don’t feel
I was very pleased to hear about your attitude towards the BNP. How disappointing then you have printed as star letter a very unpleasant piece, denigrating older people. Would you have printed a letter that similarly insulted black people? Because
A SCOUT group is £200 richer and its young members got a taste of celebrity thanks to a local supermarket. The former Somerfield store in Westwood Lane, Blackfen has just reopened at a new Co-op store as part of a supermarket buy-out. And store manager
I just had to write in disgust to the ignorant person who wrote the letter entitled 'Blue Rinse Brigade', moaning about elderly people who shop during the weekend. Isn't it about time our elders were given a bit of respect? We all get old and struggle
DISNEY’S latest animated retelling of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol enjoyed its world premiere in Leiscester Square last night. The famous West End landmark was given a festive makeover, with fir trees and fake snow, especially
THERE are just two weeks left to put together a box of Christmas gifts for children in eastern Europe and Africa. Operation Christmas Child, run by the evangelical Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse, is asking people to fill a shoebox with
Just because the summer’s over, it doesn’t mean you have to hibernate indoors. If you want to feel at one with nature, then autumn is perhaps the best time of year to do it. Come November you can be almost guaranteed to beat the crowds
Why did News Shopper give an age discriminaton/ageism letter star status? It is him/her that is not playing fair. When the letter writer becomes 65, or approaching it, I am sure he or she will CHANGE LIKE I HAVE, and not want to be refered to, or refer
Far worse than the so-called "blue rinse brigade" clogging up shops are the SCREAMING, MISBEHAVED BRATS AND THEIR PARENT. I resent having to put up with these brats using the shops as a playground. I find this problem particularly horrific in the
Speak up you should (Pensioners Clog Up My Weekends, Letters, October 28). I am 71 and put up with them all week so I am aware of just what you mean. They do not realise they are inconveniencing others with their dithering and irrelevent chat especially
Being 77 years young, I come into the catagory the kind, considerate person who wrote this letter is complaining about. First and foremost, the blue rinse brigade disbanded many years ago as it is certainly 'not cool' to be blue. Secondly, some of us
In regard to the pensioners clogging shops letter,I cannot believe what the person has had the gall to write. How dare they try to penalise pensioners. Who do they think they are, behaving like a moron. If it wasn't for the grey brigade
It is easy to hide behind anonymity and critisise. As one of this maligned group, albeit a bald male, what does he suggest I do after 4pm on weekdays and all weekend? Can I window shop or will this clog the pavement? Can I drive my car provided it is
JIMMY Mizen's killer has been stabbed in jail, according to reports. Jake Fahri, aged 19, was apparently stabbed with a sharpened pair of tweezers in the exercise yard of Moorland Young Offenders Institute in Doncaster where he is serving a
IT COULD be second time lucky for teachers and governors after councillors once again gave the green light to a new secondary school in Beckenham. Last summer, Langley Park School for Girls and the neighbouring Langley Park School for Boys
I read with utter astonishment the immature and extremely narrow minded and albeit unkind and completely uncalled for letter regarding 'pensioners clog up my weekends'. I am hardly surprised you did not have the courage to state your name. Your idea
I am a pensioner who does not clog up the shops at weekends. I don't want to be in the company of badly behaved adults and their feral children. We have just had half-term, thank goodness I have stocked up with food. Next week it will be safe to go
While I thought the shop cloggers letter was a bit OTT, I can relate to the author's plight in a way, as often some of these pensioners or even non-pensioners, couples usually, are walking in front of you like they're having a stroll through a park -
In reply to the letter Blue Rinse Brigade Clogging Up Shops, does this person not realise that we live in a democracy, thanks to many of these ‘old duffers’ fighting for freedom. A lot of these grans and grandads are looking after grandchildren from
In regard to the star letter about the ‘blue rinse brigade’. I am 83 and I heartily agree and sympathise with the writer. There is Monday to Friday to shop as I do. Also, the OAP does not just use a bag but a trolley, which just beggars belief. Name
How sad these shoppers who have to work all the week that are fed up with the elderly in shops at weekends. Have they never heard of live and let live? As most of the working generation have computers in their homes, why not shop online, or shop in
In regard to the Blue Rinse Brigade letter, I as an old duffer would like to apologise on behalf of all the other old duffers (I presume they mean their parents as well?) for holding them up when they do their shopping. Perhaps they should tell customer
No way is the author of the letter about pensioners shopping writing tongue in cheek. It is a cheek! Has he or she considered that because us old duffers cannot manage on our meagre pensions some of us are still working? Or that some of us like to go
I am writing in response to the very unhappy, well actually bad tempered man talking about over 65s clogging up the shopping area on Saturdays. What a grim character he sounds. I know if he were my family’s husband I would be only too pleased to leave
In regard to pensioners shopping, I couldn't agree more. These old geezers are a right pain shuffling from charity shop to charity shop clogging up the pavements. There should be a curfew and congestion charge as suggested. Me? Im off on
A PROVOCATIVE play starring teenage drama students has demonstrated the evil of racism to young people across Kent. Members of youth charity Walk Tall’s theatre group have just finished a month-long countywide tour of performances of Kick Racism Out
FUNDRAISERS held an event to raise awareness and money for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Staff at NHS Greenwich, Greenwich Park Street, ditched their usual clothes to wear pink for a donation of £2. They also sold pink cakes, sweets and crisps raising
PEOPLE can now pick up a Bexley Council parking permit from their local library. In the past, residents and businesses have only been able to obtain a permit from the Parking Shop in Bexleyheath Broadway, which will no longer sell them.
IT WAS a nostalgic trip back to the birth of youth culture as the “peace and love” generation enjoyed a themed night out back in the ‘60s. Sidcup Footscray United Services Club in Main Road, Sidcup, hosted the charity dance evening in aid of Greenwich
A 29-YEAR-OLD man who died after being hit by a train at Catford Bridge station has been named. Polish national Konrad Idziaszczyk, of Faverhsam Road, Catford, was killed after being struck by the 2.14pm Hayes to Cannon Street train on Saturday
A 26-YEAR-OLD man was being chased when he fell 40ft onto the A2, police have revealed. Police say the man jumped over a fence in a bid to escape two men who were trying to rob him. After scaling the fence on the dual carriageway’s elevated
MEAN bankers milking the poor for every last penny is a topic on the tip of every hard-working, disgruntled Briton’s tongue at the moment. So it’s about time someone rehashed Charles Dickens’s classic story of greed and redemption.
A BRAVE youth worker stabbed when apparently protecting a group of youngsters from an armed gang is no longer in a critical condition. Simon Somerville, aged 41, was attacked on October 28 near the Albany Theatre in Douglas Way, Deptford.
PROBATION services are still failing since sadistic killer Dano Sonnex was allowed to roam free and brutally murder two French students, a report claims. A review of the capital’s service by the HM Inspectorate of Probation was set up following
POLICE investigating the murder of a 22-year-old man in Thamesmead are appealing for witnesses. Moses Nteyoho of Chalcombe Road, Abbey Wood, was stabbed at around 9.30pm on Friday (Oct30) near the Tilehurst Point flats in Tavy Bridge.
A TEAM of men and women aged 55 and over were crowned winners at a sports competition. The Greenwich club wellness team took part in the Wellness Games, held at Brixton Recreation Centre, Brixton Station Road. People aged 55 years and
BARS in Bromley town centre closed last night after trouble flared in the Swan and Mitre pub. Two customers were assaulted by a group of eight men at the pub, in Bromley High Street, at around 3.30pm. Following the disorder Bromley police
A PETITION with more than 1,000 signatures has been delivered to a council in a bid to save 191-year-old Almshouses from closure. Labour councillors for Greenwich - Councillor Maureen O’Mara, Cllr Margaret Mythen and Cllr David Grant - started a petition
WAR heroes and sports stars have joined forces to launch a free ticket scheme for the armed forces. Tory leader David Cameron was joined by Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker and Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery
A COUNCIL is urging people to buy a calendar which is raising money for charity. The Lewisham calendar for next year features scenic photos from around the borough taken by residents. Lewisham council is encouraging people to buy the
FOUR men have appeared in court accused of murdering Richard Price. Murat Karabeyaz, aged 24, of Burford Road, Catford; Michael Liddell, aged 19, from Ealing; Param-Jit Theara, aged 24, of Ross Way, Eltham; and Jagtar Johal, aged 36, of Blyth
DOZENS of college pupils were involved in violent clashes with police yesterday afternoon (November 3), forcing the closure of Orpington High Street. The trouble flared at around 5.25pm when more than 40 Orpington College students waited for
THE next stage of a massive investment programme in the borough’s secondary schools has been agreed. Bromley Council has pledged £13million to help improve the borough’s secondary schools over a four-year period. Having already given
CROWDS gathered at a youth club in Bromley Common on Monday night (November 2) to join a heated debate about plans to demolish a block of sheltered homes. Broomleigh Housing Association want to replace Denton Court in Bromley Common with family
PLANNERS behind an £8m activity park by the A2 are preparing a second bid for funding after the first was rejected. Last month government grant body Sport England turned down Kent County Council’s (KCC) bid for £6m for its proposed 46-hectare park off
A COUNCIL is the only one in London refusing to take part in a series of police meetings aimed at tackling youth crime, it has been revealed. Greenwich Council is not taking part in the joint engagement meetings (JEMs), run by the Metropolitan
During the Second World War, German U-boats posed a deadly threat. DAVID MILLS speaks to an RAF war hero who had to hunt them down. APRIL 6, 1940 was an important day for 26-year-old Bob Skyrme. In the morning he joined the Royal Auxiliary
ARCHAEOLOGISTS who unearthed a Roman villa have reunited to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of their excavation. The excavation of Lullingstone Roman Villa began in 1949 and those who worked on the original dig got together at the site in Lullingstone
CRYSTAL Palace boss Neil Warnock cannot believe his luck that goalkeeper Julian Speroni's recent performances haven't attracted the attention of the Argentinan national side. Speroni continued his impressive recent form with a man of the match performance
DARREN Ambrose and Akos Buzsaky both scored from the penalty spot as Crystal Palace and QPR shared the spoils at Loftus Road on Tuesday. Ex-Charlton winger Ambrose converted from 12 yards in the second half after former Eagle Fitz Hall had fouled Freddie
