Apprenticeships in Southwark
Lord Alan Sugar on The Apprentice When you Google 'apprentice', the face of Alan Sugar scowls out from every search! The Apprentice has been on our screens since February 2005 putting unfortunate job candidates through the [...]
Drumming against Cancer: ‘Champion’
With the opening of the Rio Olympic Games days away, many in SE16 are casting their minds back four years to the drumming at the amazing London 2012 Summer Olympics in July and August. On 27 July [...]
The Great Dock Strike 1889
We are pleased to welcome Patricia Dark Borough Archivist as our contributor today. She introduces the impact of the Great Dock Strike of 1889. Ada Salter Bermondsey and Rotherhithe recently celebrated the 150th [...]
Ed Gray – self-employed artist
Ed has been one of the best known of our local artists for some years now. Born in Putney and now based in Rotherhithe, Ed is increasingly recognised as one of the great contemporary painters [...]
Construction Youth Trust and Wendy Heller
“It was really my mum being ripped off that got me into construction,” says Wendy Heller of Construction Youth Trust. “I was furious when I found she had paid out £50 to get a simple [...]
Liloo Loves Yoga in Canada Water SE16
Liloo teaches group Yoga Studio classes in gyms and bodytonic clinic Canada Water studios and also teaches private one to one sessions. You can find her at bodytonic clinic's studio several times a week for yoga [...]
Metro Village and Ching Tang
Metro Village is an independent property agent based in Maple Quays in Canada Water. Ching Tang who founded the company in 2011 heads them up and won the female Agent of the Year at The [...]
Early Excellence and Phil Armstrong
Many people who live and work in Rotherhithe or Canada Water will have noticed the changes on Albion Channel as Early Excellence arrived on the canal side. Most noticeable has been the huge stencil covering [...]
Decluttering with Katherine Blackler
After 15 years working in office-based corporate roles, SE16 resident Katherine Blackler has recently set up a local business SortMySpace Ltd offering professional organising and decluttering services in our local area. The inspiration struck for [...]
Policing Rotherhithe with PC Nelena Paparisva
PC Nelena Paparisva is the Dedicated Ward Officer (DWO) for Rotherhithe ward SE16. She joined a team of five officers in September 2015 who work in the North East Cluster; together they cover a set [...]
