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More Greenwich History News and more this time than last
GREENWICH CONSERVATION GROUP (including ENDERBY HOUSE)They have raised an issue of concern on J.Muir & Co Bookbinders 64-68 Blackheath Road. - GIHS would be grateful for info on thisThere are...
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THIS IS IMPORTANTWe have heard that there is an application to issue a certificate of immunity against listing on our great Gasholder in East Greenwich. There are, of course, some good reasons why...
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Yet another news page - please someone send me an article!!!POPLAR GASHOLDERSAs I write this I have been emailed that the Poplar Gasholders are currently being demolished. These are the holders to the...
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NEXT MEETING - 10th TuesdayOur next meeting is a discussion meeting on Industrial Heritage in Greenwich - we hope you will come along and put your views forward. We have asked Danny Hayton to come...
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Tonight (Tuesday 10th) GIHS is hosting a discussion evening on industrial heritage in Greenwich - all turn up - and lets hope the Bakehouse has enough seats for everyone - 7.30 Age Exchange Bakehouse...
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Mixed bag of notes - includes Appleby, Charlton and more
BITS AND NEWS - AND READ ON FOR A LOT ABOUT APPLEBYBygone Kent - the latest issue includes a great article about the East Greenwich gas holder. GIHS sent them our current press release about the...
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WOOLWICH ANTIQUARIANS NEWSLETTERTheir current newsletter lists out several events which might be of interest:11th November. speakers Jim Marrett and Richard Buchanan on 'A date with buildings' and...
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ITEM ON THE GASHOLDER - AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOG!!!1GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL 853 has published dire warnings of the foot tunnel being full up with cyclists by 2025...
View ArticleEast Greenwich Gasholder - move to prevent it being listed
An application has gone into the DCMS to make an order which will prevent the East Greenwich gasholder being listed - ever. There are a lot of issues around this - for and against - which I am not...
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Lots of newsletters and interesting articlesBill Burns has an article on the links between Ireland and Canada and the Atlantic Cable in the TICCIH Bulletin 78,. The link to the web site is...
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________________________________________________________________________Below - under 'GLIAS NEWSLETTER' is a report of the death of Dr. Denis Smith - and his contribution to industrial...
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Rope making and the birth of the submarine cable industry
Rope making and the birth of the submarine cable industry.by John YeardleyIn the nineteenth century a dramatic change took place in the cordage industry with the invention of wire rope. Some companies...
View ArticleEast Greenwich gasholder - planning application to demolish
An application to demolish the East Greenwich gasholder has been submitted to Greenwich Council. by its owners Southern Gas...
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CLEARLY we are all working very hard on the probable terrible fate of our wonderful gas holder. There is lots of stuff around on many local blogs and newsheets. Everyone is being urged to contact the...
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Siemens Woolwich, History
Siemens Brothers had one of the largest and most important works in Woolwich - which closed as long ago as the 1960s. A consisderable number of buildings remain on the...
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Siemens ~Woolwich - site notes
Information from Siemens Engineering SocietySiemens Brothers & Co. Ltd., Building Identification and Site AgentslManagement Building Identification: We have done our best to identify the original...
View ArticleCopperas in Greenwich and Deptford Part 1
Copperas manufacture was an important industry in the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the earliest works were in Greenwich and DeptfordI wrote a lot about this industry nearly 20 years ago - but I...
View ArticleCopperas in Greenwich and Deptford - Part II The Eighteenth Century
Copperas in Greenwich and Deptford - Part II The Eighteenth CenturyThe Deptford copperas works was set up by a Royalist entrepreneur called Nicholas Crispe - he was only one of several industrial...
View ArticleGreenwich & Deptford Copperas Part 3. Elizabeth Pearson as a girl
Part 3GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD COPPERAS ELIZABETH PEARSON AS A GIRLIn the late eighteenth century Charles Pearson controlled several, if not all of the, copperas works along the Thames and Medway...
View ArticleCopperas in Greenwich and Deptford Part 4, The Final Years
Part 4COPPERAS IN DEPTFORD AND GREENWICH – THE FINAL YEARSElizabeth Pearson was the daughter of Charles Pearson, who owned copperas works up and down the Thames and Medway estuaries. In the early...
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