This is just a few items from the ENORMOUS pile of stuff waiting to go out to you about industrial Greenwich:
First - a letter -
I write to enquire whether you think members of The Greenwich Industrial History Society might be interested to know about a forthcoming exhibition by Terry Scales? The exhibition features Terry’s earliest works from when he was enrolled as a student at Camberwell School of Art at age 13 through to his early working years as a stevedore working every wharf between Tower Bridge and Woolwich. We are hoping there will also be an artist talk – details to be announced via Terry’s blogsite; http://terryscales.blogspot.co.uk/ .
The details are;
Title; Scenes from Post-War London 1946 – 1960. The Early Paintings of Terry Scales.
Returning from an idyllic childhood as an evacuee in Devon to the trauma of war torn Bermondsey, Terry records through his teenage pen and ink drawings the chaos and energy of his surroundings, as he begins life as a 13 year old student at Camberwell School of Art and later as a young adult shows how his passion for documenting the working life of the Thames began.
9th May – 10th June 2017.
West Greenwich Library, 146 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 8NN.
Opening Times; Varied - Monday: 2pm to 7pm, Tuesday: 9am to 5.30pm, Thursday: 9am to 7pm, Friday: 2pm to 5.30pm, Saturday: 9am to 5pm (Wednesday and Sunday: Closed)
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Greenwich Park History Group
The group is advertising an open afternoon to which they are inviting people who may have memories or knowledge about the park. Monday 5th June 2.30 at the Wildlife Centre.
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The Thames Festival Trust and the Museum of London are looking for volunteers for a history of London's boatyards. This will involve oral history and the history of boatbuilding on the tidal Thames. email bmayes@thamesfestival.org
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CROSSNESS RECORD
Lots and lots of news - they have had a 'Grand Reopening' (while explaining they never really closed) - lots of student visits - scouts visits - walking tours for Peabody - schools STEAM programme - and they were used as a location for forthcoming 'Victor Frankenstein' and 'TV 'Jekyll and Hyde'.
and lots more.
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Archaeology
Our previous posting was about the Archaeology at the Woolwich Kiln. Work is also starting/ongoing at Callis Yard, 20 Horn Lane, and land to the west of West Parkside
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ISLAND GARDENS
There has been a petition flying about 'Save Island Gardens' - the nice bit of green opposite the Cutty Sark on the Isle of Dogs. It appears that this is not actually about Island Gardens as such, but about an old wharf to the west of the gardens - where there has been an ongoing land ownership dispute.
We did wonder who owns Island Gardens itself - at one time it belonged to Greenwich Hospital Estates. Does it still belong to them or has it been sold to someone?? I think we need to know.
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PENINSULA TOWER BLOCKS
Apparently the last clutch of 28 storey tower blocks on the Peninsula have been inspired by the chimneys of the Greenwich Power Station. The design is by Alison Brooks for Knight Dragon.
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INSIDE ENDERBY HOUSE
The Enderby Group report that they still have not been able to see inside Enderby House. However Urban Explorers have been in and taken a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLNLfPPgFsk
LOTS MORE BUT SAVING THAT UP FOR LATER - among it is a very paper on Deptford Creek