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Ziggy Stardust Family Funday and High Street Trail tomorrow Sat 16 July 2022

Join us on Beckenham Green for a Ziggy Stardust inspired Market On The Green. Plus High Street Trail – find the Bowie Dolls in the High Street and win a prize. Ziggy Stardust, was David Bowies famous alter-ego he created when living in Beckenham 50 years ago.

  • When: 10am to 5pm on Saturday 16 July 2022
  • Where: Beckenham Green (next to St George’s Church, Beckenham High Street, BR3 5JG, near Beckenham Junction Station and Tram link)
  • What: live entertainment, fair rides with ferris wheel, spoken word tent, street food, market stalls, kids craft tent and much more. Check out the full schedule here
  • Get into the vibe: come along in the in style of the 1970s or 80s iconic decades. Prizes given for the best dressed.

Ziggy Stardust Dolls have popped up in the High Street

You may have spotted these fellows in some of the shop windows in Beckenham High Street ahead of the Ziggy Stardust High Street Trail which is part of the Ziggy Stardust Family Funday being held on Beckenham Green on 16 July.

You can join the free trail on Saturday 16 July. Pick up a playing card from organisers tent on Beckenham Green or participating shops on the day. If you find all the dolls you can claim a prize (while stocks last).

How to spot and avoid scams – WBRA AGM speaker Rob Vale

West Beckenham RA held its AGM on 4 July, at Christ Church Hall. The guest speaker, Rob Vale, gave an entertaining talk on the many new ways that criminals are always trying to get our bank details. Advice on how to spot rogue traders and scams and what to do if you are targetted can be found on the LB Bromley website at

https://www.bromley.gov.uk/trading-standards/rogue-traders-scams/1

 

If you suspect a neighbour or family member is being targetted, you can phone the Rapid Response number 07903 852090 and if possible the team will try to get an officer to attend while the perpetrator is still there. 

You can also sign up to receive scam alerts from the team. When LB Bromley see a new scam, they will send out this alert direct to you. 

https://www.bromley.gov.uk/ScamAlertSignUpForm

Rob also asked that anyone who is close to a vulnerable adult to complete the survey on “Safeguarding”. The Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board is responsible for making sure there are the right services in place to keep vulnerable adults safe from harm and abuse.   It is made up of health and social care professionals and the police. The Board also has representation from private, voluntary and independent organisations.   

https://bromleysafeguardingadults.org/p/how-we-can-help/how-you-can-help-1

 

Entertainment Line Up – Ziggy Stardust Family Funday, 10am to 5pm Sat 16 July on Beckenham Green

The line up for the live entertainment is taking shape…

  • 11.00am – The Pips, band from Harris Beckenham Secondary School
  • 12.00pm – Songstress Sarah Baker
  • 12.30pm – Anne Stewart performs a Bowie poem
  • 12.45pm – Beckenham Theatre Youth Group
  • 13.00pm – Songstress Sarah Baker
  • 13.45pm – Skylark Dance School performance
  • 14.15pm – Scott Fuller, David Bowie Tribute Act
  • 15.00pm – The Deleates, Band from Langley Park School for Boys
  • 16.00pm – Scott Fuller, David Bowie Tribute Act
  • 16:30pm – community sing-a-long

Street food, market stalls, free kids craft tent, spoken word tent, fair rides including a Ferris Wheel, and much more… check out the market page here.

Ziggy Stardust High Street Trail – Sat 16 July 2022

As part of the Ziggy Stardust Family Funday being held on Beckenham Green on 16 July, we have a free Ziggy Stardust Trail in the High Street.

Will you be able to find all the Ziggy Stardust Dolls in the shop windows? 

If you find them you can claim a prize (while stocks last). Pick up a playing card from organisers tent on Beckenham Green or participating shops on the day.

West Beckenham RA Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held at 8pm on Monday 4 July, at Christ Church Hall, Fairfield Road, Beckenham.

Guest Speaker will be Rob Vale, Head of Trading Standards LB Bromley, who will speak about scams and how to spot and avoid them.

CCARA members are welcome to attend, as are new members for either Association!

Ziggy Stardust Family Funday 16 July 2022

Market on the Green is back and with lots of Stardust! We’ve teamed up with Kat Webb, Bowie enthusiast and founder of ‘In Ziggy’s Footsteps – The walking tour of Bowie’s Beckenham’. Together we won a Bromley Council Cultural Grant to bring you a fabulous family fun Day celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust, which David created as his famous alter-ego when living in Beckenham.

  • When: 10am to 5pm on Saturday 16 July 2022
  • Where: Beckenham Green (next to St George’s Church, Beckenham High Street, BR3 5JG, near Beckenham Junction Station and Tram link)
  • What: street food, live performances, market stalls, funfair, free kids entertainment, spoken word tent, community sing-a-long and much more…

Find out more here.

Development plans: former Beckenham Theatre site – 13 Jun 2022 online consultation – 14 June 2022 drop-in session.

Plans are now being consulted on for a 20 unit block of flats to replace the former Beckenham Theatre. The developers have not lodged a formal planning application with the Council yet.

Online webinar: 6.30pm – 8pm on Mon 13 June register here.

Drop in session: 4pm to 8pm, Tues 14 June,  the Beckenham Methodist Church, Bromley rd BR3 5JE.

Let us know your views by email to planning@coperscope.org.uk.

Find out more about the development at https://46bromleyroad.co.uk/

SCAM ALERT; Council Tax rebate, ‘We won’t call you’

Bromley Trading Standards wants to remind Bromley residents that they will NOT receive a telephone call regarding the Council Tax rebate that is currently due to qualifying residents in property bands A-D.

Scammers have been contacting households by phone asking for bank details in order to process the £150 rebate. They may claim to be calling from or on behalf of the Council but this is not true.

Beckenham Place Park – Events over Easter

EVENTS OVER THE EASTER PERIOD

Monthly Makers market

2nd April from 10am-4pm and every first Saturday of the Month, In the Homestead Courtyard 

Weekly Food and Farmers market

Every Sunday 10am-3pm, in front of the Mansion 

LK Wedding Fayre

10th April from 11-5pm, in the Mansion

Good Friday – Easter Cultural Market 

15th April from 10-5pm, in the Mansion

Artists’ Open Studio

18th April from 11-4pm, in the Mansion 

So Last Century’s Vintage Market

18th April from 10-5pm, in the Mansion

Trading Standards Alert: Easter chocolate scam

Bromley Trading Standards wants to draw your attention to the Easter chocolate scam that is being circulated and echoes the warning from Cadbury UK and in the mainstream media. 

Cadbury UK say “We’ve been made aware of circulating posts on social media claiming to offer consumers a free Easter Chocolate basket. We confirm that this hasn’t been generated by us and we urge consumers not to interact. Your security is our priority & we’re currently working to resolve this”. 

Look out and report Hedgehogs and Toads in Beckenham

Bromley Biodiversity Partnership Species and Habitats are keen to find out where there are hedgehogs and toads across the Borough. They have some big gaps in areas where they would expect to find hedgehogs and toads such as the Bethlem area, Elmers End, Park Langley. If you spot one please let them know by email to bromleybiodiversity@gmail.com