Friday morning notes
FLY BY NIGHT AND ALSO ARSENAL HISTORY AT CROSSNESSWe understand that GIHS members and Arsenal experts Ian Bull and Ray Fordham are currently at Crossness as part of the Peabody London International...
View ArticleA perspective from 2000 on the history of the Greenwich Peninsula
I wrote this for the OU's student magazine in March 2000 - does anything change. Please comment!!THE HISTORY OF THE GREENWICH PENINSULAWriting a history of the industries which preceded the Millennium...
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Greenwich No.2. gas holder 1917
These pictures show the wreck of Greenwich No.2. Gas holder in 1917.No.2. Gas Holder stood slightly to the north of the current holder. It was much larger and was for many years the largest gas holder...
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Woolwich Antiquarian Newsletter. The current edition includes an article by Jim Marrett on Woolwich potteries which features the story of the Woolwich stoneware kiln. He also mentions finds in the...
View ArticleNews, notes and whathaveyou from the world of Greenwich History is th
The big news in the world of Greenwich history is the sudden closure last week of the Greenwich archive and the Heritage Centre. Although this was scheduled it was not expected to be so sudden and...
View ArticleNext lot of riveting news
Some of the items below have already appeared on the Greenwich Industrial History Facebook page. Facebook reaches different audiences but a smaller one - but the idea is to try to put some of his on...
View ArticleComments about the gasholder
The petition on the gasholder on Change has allowed people to comment on why they have signed. We've fished out all these comments - and are quoting them below, without any names attached, but roughly...
View ArticleNew listing recommendations
We have been told about some new public consultations by Greenwich Council. Astonishingly and hearteningly this includes one which is asking for comments on additions to the 'Local List' - this is the...
View ArticleThe Greenwich Industrial historians Diary
The Greenwich Industrial Historians Diarysome things you might like to go to:4th October - THATS TOMORROW - Dr. Jane Grant on Millicent Fawcett and Votes for Women 1918-2018. St.George's Church....
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Large mystery object on the Peninsula
We have been sent the photos below by the nice men at Hansons, at what was Victoria Deep Water Wharf. They found it while clearing the wharf for their new factory. I know I am deaf but I think they...
View ArticleLots and lots of news here today
This posting covers a lot of ground - there is so much going on and all the newsletters come out at once. The big stuff - the ferry - the archive - is all at the end. Keep reading!...……………. LAYERS OF...
View Articleand lots and lots and lots of news
GASHOLDERThe Council's response to the gasholder petition is on page 76 of the following:...
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SS Wye Tempest at Christie's Wharf 1921
SS Wye Tempest at Christie's Wharf Charlton on February 26th 1921 - this is roughly at the river end of the Angerstein Railway line.We were sent this amazing picture by John Wainwright -thanks John
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London Borough of Greenwich - works depots 1999
We have just been sent 100 or so photographs of Greenwich Councl depots taken in 1999. All of them are now closed and gone Hopefully we can show you some of the pictures - many of which are very...
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Visit to the East Greenwich Gasholder site
Photo Michael MulcahyYesterday Tuesday 18th A group of us went to the East Greenwich Gas holder site to look round and take pix. Hopefully various members of the party will contribute to this...
View Articleanother lot of (belated) news
Industrial Archaeology News.Amazingly there are several reports of Greenwich industrial heritage in the current edition of this national newsletter (187 Winter 2018).I had forgotten trying to interpret...
View ArticleNews for the New Year
Industrial Archaeology ReviewThis academic style journal covers the whole of Britain and thus articles about Greenwich are few and far between. The current edition however almost the last page carries...
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What's going on??
GIHS Meeting Tuesday 15th JanuaryIf you are on the Peninsula east riverside, or Charlton - look over the river and there is a gaggle of boats on the other side at the entrance to a Creek. There is also...
View ArticleA rather biased lot of news this time
Greenwich Society NewsletterWe have only just received the November edition of the Greenwich Society Newsletter but there are some interesting things in it which need reporting:One article is about the...
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