Festival Thanksgiving Service

10.00am to 11.00am

St Catherine's Church

All welcome.

Open Space

1.00pm to 6.00pm

St Catherine's Church

free

Once again a special exhibition space will be created inside St. Catherine's Church to show works created by the many talented artists living on the Hill.  Expect to see paintings, photographs, collages and sculptures.  Should you want to show something yourself, send an email to jknepler@mac.com by 5th March or phone 020 7635 5174.

History Walk 

2.30pm to 4.00pm

Meet by the Tennis Courts in the Upper Park

free

Why is Telegraph Hill?  How did New Cross get its name?  And just what is that?  Malcolm Bacchus, Chair of the Telegraph Hill Society, will take you on a tour of Telegraph Hill and New Cross covering the historical and architectural past and present.

Telegraph Hill Festival History Walk 2010

• Start at 2.30 in the Upper Park by the Tennis Courts.
• Move off about 2.40 to the roundabout (stop at various points).
• Down Vesta Road (stop by the boundary marker).
• Left along Resevoir Road.
• Left along Sandbourne Road (stop by the flats).
• Right down Jerningham Road (stops by Musgrove Road and by the school and at the bottom of the road).
• Right along the A2 (stop in St James’s).
• Through and then left down Laurie Gove.
• Left back along the A2 (ends at turn into Sainsbury’s).

NB Times not given after first stage as they are very approximate – dependent on weather, number of people and questions asked.

Oakey Blokeys Drama Group Performance

3.00pm to 3.45pm

Telegraph Hill Centre Narthex

free

A bunch of local dads with young children have devised their own performance piece to entertain small children and adults.  With no experience whatsoever, this could be a triumph or complete humiliation.  Of course, being dads with young children this is an everyday part of life - that's the joy!

A short performance of magic, slap-stick, music, storytelling and fairy tales for very young children, performed by the Oakey Blokeys drama group made up of dads whose children attend Oakhill Nursery on Wallbutton Rd.  Who will get gunged?  The wolf?  You?

Democracy - It Was Good While It Lasted

8.00pm to 9.00pm

Upstairs at The Telegraph, Dennetts Rd.

free

In this age of spin, never have so many been manipulated by so few.  A talk and a call to action by Barrie Hall who argues that we now live in a post-democracy or fake democratic society where the gap between people and the political elite is widening with dire consequences.

Barrie Hall is a maths and science tutor.  He has written and appeared in television entertainment shows for broadcasters including Channel 4 and BBC TV.  He previously worked as a press officer for five years.  He is a parent governor of Edmund Waller School.  He will be standing for the Liberal Democrats in the local government elections in May 2010.