Woolwich Memorials
Working through the vast pile in the GIHS pending tray - picking something out at random which should have been reviewed some time ago - a Woolwich Antiquarians Newsletter from November 2011......In...
View ArticleA breach in the sea wall - Greenwich Peninsula
A BREACH IN THE SEA WALLThe river is an ever-present reality around the Greenwich Peninsula. Sometimes, when floods seemed likely, that reality became a threat. The Peninsula's real name is...
View ArticleThe gas works shipping department
The following article comes from the South Metropolitan Gas Company's Co-partnership Journal and was written in June 1929.A few points -- when this article was written East Greenwich Gas Works, was...
View ArticleWho was the Pilot at the Pilot??
This article was written in 2000 before the many changes to the area which have taken place over the past 13 years - it is about the area of east Greenwich around the Pilot pub and speculates about...
View ArticleLondon Whaling Conference - Today
Just back from today's whaling history conference at the Docklands Museum - thought I might as well do a brief report while its all in my mind - and it would be good if some of the other Greenwich...
View ArticleA Teardrop
We have been sent some information on forthcoming archaeology on the 'Teardrop' site at the Arsenal. Briefly - "Oxford Archaeology has been commissioned by Berkeley Homes to do an archaeological...
View ArticleWarren Wood - mystery shelter
We have had some queries and a request for help from Nick Catford -Sub Brit and south London's underground spaces guru, old abandoned station guru and much else.Nick says he has updated the following...
View ArticleEarly powered road transport in Greenwich
EARLY ROAD TRANSPORT IN NORTH KENTFIRST EXPERIMENTERS(this is the first of a series of articles which originally appeared in Bygone Kent)Mary MillsI have written in the past about both Frank Hills and...
View ArticleSTEAM CARS IN GREENWICH - THE FIRST ATTEMPTS AT AN OMNIBUS SERVICE
STEAM CARS ON KENTISH ROADS - THE FIRST ATTEMPTS AT AN OMNIBUS SERVICEAn earlier article looked at some early experimental road vehicles run in the Greenwich area in the 1820s. Future articles will...
View ArticleSteam cars on the road in Greenwich
STEAM CARS GET MOVING ON GREENWICH ROADS One of the most coloourful and prolific builder of steam carriagfes in thius periud was Colonel Francis Maceroni. He was of Sicilian origin although born and...
View ArticleSteam Cars in Greenwich - final puffs
STEAM VEHICLES MADE AND RUN IN VICTORIAN GREENWICH One of the last steam cars to run experimentally on Kent roads was that built by the man who became the torpedo manufacturer, Sir Alfred Yarrow....
View Article'The Rise and Fall of the Pool of London'
There will be an illustrated talk on The Rise and Fall of the Pool of London on Sunday 12th May, 3 – 4pm. The venue is Made in Greenwich Gallery, 324 Creek Road, Greenwich, SE10 9SW. Entry is...
View ArticleUK Kebab Industry
Coming to me from such an unlikely source of the Councillor's weekly mailing has been a booklet 'UK Kebab Industry. I am entirely unsure why this has been distributed to Greenwich Councillors since...
View ArticleGreenwich built barges
Greenwich Peninsula was a big centre for barge building - many different vessels were built here until very recently and includeds some boats which are still very much in use on the River. Lighters...
View ArticleToday's Naval Dockyards Conference
Once a year the Naval Dockyards Society comes to Greenwich and holds its AGM at the National Maritime Museum. This year to celebrate 500 years of Deptford and Woolwich Royal Dockyards history their...
View ArticleNew book about 'London's Lost Power Stations and GasWorks'
I am very torn about reviewing this book - I do think it is about time something like this came out. London has a huge heritage (if we must describe it as that) of old structures of the power...
View ArticleGLIAS Newsletter - what it says about Greenwich
GLIAS NewsletterThe April 2013 GLIAS Newsletter has some bits and pieces of interest to Greenwich historians:23rd June Crossness Engines Steaming Day plus Model Engineering Fair. 10.30-5 with last...
View ArticleArticle 7
CALL FOR PAPERSThe Naval Dockyards Society is looking for papers on British Dockyards in the First World War.This is for a conference on 29th March 2014 to be held at the National Maritime Museum. They...
View ArticleSub Brit visits the Woolwich Box
The latest issue of Subterranea reports a visit by three of their members - Stewart Wild, Paul Sowan and John Lill - to the Crossrail 'almost completed sub-surface station box'.They report on the...
View ArticleSome sad news
Hugh Lyon - we have been contacted to say that Hugh Lyon died suddenly in late April. Hugh was a founder member of GIHS and was for some time our Vice-Chair. He was a diligent researcher on shipping...
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