Brockley Central

Brockley Central has just done a nice post about Hillaballoo…

http://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2008/07/hillaballoo-interview.html

Hopefully that will attract a few people from Brockley.

Open Gym taster

Another Hillaballoo entrant.

Open Gym – the great outdoor workout.

Tone up your body and melt away stress at our fitness workout in Telegraph Hill.

Come for a free taster session which starts at 11.30am and finishes at 12.00.

Meet the instructor near the Kitto Road/Erlanger Road entrance of the Park.

Regular sessions will start in Telegraph Hill Park from the end of July. For more information see:

http://www.opengym.co.uk/

Tea Leaf Arts

The latest entrant to the Hillaballoo line-up is Tea Leaf Arts. This a new gallery & artists co-operative in the old building that is being redeveloped on the Brockley Cross bridge.

http://www.tea-leaf-arts.com/TeaLeafArts/Welcome%20to%20Tea%20Leaf%20Arts.html

Brief Encounter film night

The evening of Hillaballoo brings us Brief Encounter film night, in the Narthex hall of the Telegraph Hill Centre.

The poster can be downloaded here – feel free to put it up in your windows:

http://www.box.net/shared/sbwp32ngo4

Time 7.30, tickets £3 (in new money)

Evidence of stiff upper lip, authentic 1945 middle-class garb or a convincing clipped BBC accent that conceals a burning heart of desire threatening to consume one’s very being gets a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake.

Optical telegraph inspiration

A major inspiration for Hillaballoo is the view from the hill and the history of the hill as site of an optical telegraph station. So, I was really excited at the Goldsmiths degree show to come across an artist called Ellie Chaney who has been researching and making work about the optical telegraph. See http://www.elliechaney.com/artwork.php?templateid=2&artworkid=30

She has been walking and filming the route of one of the chains to Great Yarmouth and plans this summer to film the route from Telegraph Hill. She has agreed to take part in Hillaballoo, which is fantastic.

 

Poster is ready

Graphic Designer Paul Hardman has created a lovely poster for Hillaballoo. You can download it from this link http://www.box.net/shared/mrhx8roso4 

Thanks Paul!

Arts and crafts fair

On Hillaballoo, Carol Vigurs is organising an arts and craft fair in the Narthex hall of the Community Centre. If you know any people who might be interested in taking a table, do let them know and ask them to contact Carol for details. There are a few spaces left and it would be great if they went to local artists and makers.

Carol’s myspace is: http://www.myspace.com/artsandcraftsse14; email address: vigurs@googlemail.com

Six weeks countdown – we need a drink

In a bit more than 6 weeks, it will be Hillaballoo.

We have done some of the hard work, organising activities, getting forms filled, raising some funds, putting leaflets in 4,000 Hilly Telegraphs which will be hitting mats this weekend. There are a few things still to sort out, and we could still do with more contributors of activities or helpers on the day. If you’re interested to find out more, come along to a drink (hopefully in the garden) at Skehans on the corner of Kitto and Gellatly Road, at 8.30 on Wednesday 11 June.  

Hillaballoo 2008 shapes up

Without too much effort so far, we already seem to have plenty going on for Hillaballoo (July 19th 2008):

The Young Friends of the Park are organising park conservation activities, in the lower park. That’s your chance to get into the pond.

The Young Friends are also organising art activities, aiming to get more children and young people involved in park activities.

The Telegraph Hill Craft Fair will be taking place that day.

There will be a film night in the Centre that evening.

Friends of the Livesey Museum for Children will be doing creative activities, raising awareness of the campaign to reopen the Museum.

The Amazing Camera Obscura is back again by popular demand.

The Telegraph Hill Society will have a stall, with some extra activities.

There will also be some wandering joke collectors and local artists doing some ’stuff’. 

Put the date in your diary and start planning your summery outfits and contents of your picnic hamper.

Wrong year for celebrating telescope!

It’s been pointed out correctly that 2009 is actually year of the telescope, or the International Year of Astronomy. http://www.iau.org/iau0702.486.0.html

Unfortunately, if you Google ‘year of the telescope’, the previous post in this website comes to the very top. At least it shows that doing a blog helps get publicity for local community projects, but it also shows how the internet can spread falsities as well as knowledge. I shouldn’t have got that wrong. It was lazy of me.