So, what did you make of last night’s Blackheath fireworks? Not as good as last year? People always say that. But you could definitely feel the effects of the cost-cutting, I thought. Two years ago there was music, last year – after Greenwich Council pulled out – there wasn’t, and this year it felt a […]
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Greenwich Council hides from Blackheath fireworks again
It’s Blackheath fireworks tonight – fingers crossed it doesn’t rain on one of south-east London’s best nights out. As hundreds of people stream up my road, in the London Borough of Greenwich, to watch the event, probably from vantage points in the London Borough of Greenwich, what is the London Borough of Greenwich doing to […]
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Counting the cost: On Blackheath festival off for 2011
From Michele O’Brien at the Blackheath Bugle, and as mentioned here a couple of weeks back, news that the planned On Blackheath festival is set to be abandoned for this year as a consequence of the lengthy court battle over Lewisham granting it a licence. However, the organisers have said they’ll reapply for a new […]
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On Blackheath festival: Greenwich councillors object
Six Greenwich councillors have joined forces to object to September’s planned On Blackheath music festival going ahead. The two Conservative and four Labour representatives, from Blackheath Westcombe and Greenwich West wards, are sending a submission to Bromley Magistrates Court in support of action being taken by the Blackheath Society, which says the event will cause […]
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‘Olympics’ festivals gained, fireworks lost council cash
A final (well, maybe) postscript to the farrago that was Greenwich Council pulling out of this year’s Blackheath fireworks display came in a council scrutiny meeting earlier this month. You’ll recall deputy leader Peter Brooks claiming this was down to “strict control over all expenditure”, implying government-imposed cuts were to blame. Indeed, there have been […]
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Greenwich ‘had two days to decide on Blackheath fireworks’
Greenwich Council’s deputy leader Peter Brooks came out fighting when quizzed about Blackheath fireworks last night – claiming he was only given two days by Lewisham Council to make a decision on funding the event, and that the £37,000 saved by cutting cash from the display would save “a job and a bit”. Lewisham is […]
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Greenwich Council cut fireworks cash, but kept mayor’s bash
As Lewisham Council confirms it has raised £10,000 towards the cost of next month’s Blackheath fireworks following Greenwich Council’s withdrawal, some of the sums involved have been confirmed. Last year’s fireworks cost £104,000, Lewisham says. It and Greenwich stumped up £37,000 each, with outside sponsorship covering the remaining £30,000. So, by withdrawing support from 2010’s […]
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