Gasholder – this cracking picture has appeared on the GMV facebook page
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| thanks Laiura Diggle |
And remember – its still not to late to sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/royal-borough-of-greenwich-save-the-nationally-important-east-greenwich-gas-holder-from-demolition
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The latest edition of the GLIAS Journal – London’s Industrial Archaeology No. 16- is with us. It includes a very important article by James Hulme about the Charlton Riverside.
As many of our readers will know James and how he started work on the Charlton riverside as an assessment of the site for the Council before the development began. unusually in thse circumstances he has given us an extremely detailed industrial history of an interesting and so far undeveloped area.
He begins with one of the oldest buildings in the area - the Anchor and Hope pub - moving on to Castle’s shipbreakers at the end of Anchor and Hope Lane. He continues with notes on other riverside sites – including Cory’s dry dock and boatyard, the Glenton and Angerstein railways and of course Siemens. From the 20th century there is United Glass, Bridon and Stones and – much else.
I’m sure people will want to see this article and copies of the Journal . Please email journal@glias.org.uk
Also in the Journal includes an article on Great Western Railway employee hostels in London by David Thomas , the Montgomery timber merchants from Brentford by Beverley Ronalds, Coalbrooke decorative ironwork in London, by David Perrett, and W.T.Gilbert mathematical instrument makers of Tower Hill by D.J.Bryden.
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We’re getting a lot of requests for information about the proposed desise of the decorative footbridge across Plumstead station. Network rail needs to install a lift for disabled access between the platforms of Plumstead and unfortunately they have been unable to this and still keep the decorative ironwork bridge. There are now many calls to have the bridge main retained. This is clearly a difficult and sensitive issue with rights on both sides of the argument.
Deborah O’Boyle has written This delightful bridge was built for SE Railway, in 1892, by Joseph Westwood & Co (over in Millwall) . Please see the GIHS facebook page for more info from Debs on this. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1549240565122658/permalink/1739322149447831/
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853 has reported on the first outings (in Gdansk!) of the new Woolwich ferries https://853london.com/2018/05/17/new-woolwich-ferry-vessels-take-to-the-water-for-the-first-time/
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More news about plans in Europe to create a European database of extant chimneys. There have been entries to the competition of videos of people serenading chimneys. Apparently none have been received from the UK – but you can see the serenades at http://www.industrialheritage.eu/EYCH2018/May/Serenade-for-a-Chimney