Protecting and enhancing the built and natural environment of Lee, South-East London
This article has been updated.
The wall of the Good Shepherd Church on Wantage Road looks complete, and the bricklayers have done a very fine job from what we can see. Viewed from the corner with Handen Road it would be hard to distinguish between the original wall and the new one.
We have asked the Church when they plan to properly unveil it so everyone who contributed to its rebuilding costs can get a proper look.
Update! Here it is – uncovered.
The Lee Manor Society has had an exclusive peek behind the boardings at the demolition of Leegate. As this video and these pictures show most of the buildings have now been pulled down by two giant diggers.
High powered water hoses are playing constantly on the rubbles to suppress the dust. Once complete, the rubble will be crushed to be used as part of the foundations of the new development.
London Square has also fulfilled its promise to erect a bulletin board on the outside hoarding, carrying updates on progress.
Mike Nesbit is a brilliant local photographer who has captured some remarkable pictures of the birdlife in Manor House Gardens. He has kindly agreed to share some of them with the Lee Manor Society website. If you would like to see more of Mike’s work go to his Instagram account mick_nesbit_pics or his Flickr portfolio About Mike Nesbit | Flickr
Canada goose: Mike Nesbit
It’s been quite a productive winter so far in the LMCG. Recently, Mike Haste and I fixed both the broken beds (see above and below) and re-felted the roof, which was beginning to leak quite badly.
Ann, Trudy, Farrah, Monica, James and I have kept the garden tidy, harvested the last crops (kohlrabi, chard and spinach), cleared all the beds and covered them with wire and netting to keep the local cats and foxes at bay… We’ve also sorted the compost bins so we have a better system, with some lovely rich soil ready to be mixed into a couple of the beds today.
Finally, we’ve planned what is be grown where this year and are confident that the place will be looking great in time for the annual Lee Manor Society Plant Mart on Saturday 9th May.
Please see the Community Garden page for more details.
The sessions for the Spring this year are as follows:
(All Sunday 2.00-3.30 apart from the Plant Mart, timings TBC)
22nd February
15th March
29th March
12 April
26th April
9th May (Saturday – Plant Mart)
24th May