From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
When I asked the other day for ideas for this year’s locality fund, I mentioned some of the projects we’ve supported in the past. One of these came to fruition on Monday, when Sven unveiled the new local history board at the Lee Green crossroads. The board was the idea of the Lee Manor Society, who have done a great job producing it and choosing the right spot for it.
The photo on the right shows Sven cutting the ribbon and one below shows the unveiled board. If you get the chance, do wander over and learn something about the history of our area.
Congratulations and well done to you, Sven & Paul. Keep up the good work.
Best regards
Suzette
who payed for this the tax payers i have no doubt.
It is nice to read about local history but are people that interested these days.
Watch my words this will be vandalised just like all other good intentions
Hi Anthony. The locality fund is tax-payers money, but I’d argue it’s money well spent. We only get £10,000 for the whole ward (6,000 households) each year, and I’d argue we use it to make a real difference. Because the money’s usually allocated to local groups, we get real value for money and many of the small grants we give are added to many times over by other fund-raising done by these organisations.
On vandalism, only time will tell, but the other boards which went in last year on the trail from Blackheath to the Manor House seem to have survived, and I would hope that because it’s a community project, people will have more respect for it and value it. I think people are interested in local history – the turnouts at Boones Chapel and the Ice House when they’re open demonstrate this. We don’t have a local museum in Lewisham so boards like this are all the more valuable.
best,
Brian