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London and Middlesex Archaeology SocietyNewsletter May 2013Items of interest to Greenwich industrial historiansThey are asking for papers for a Conference on The River and the Port of London to be held...
View ArticleWoolwich - the view from 1993
Thanks to Diana Rimel a whole lot of old leaflets and info has been given to us for this blog. First up is an article from 'Waterfront Community News' written by our Chair, Sue Parker, in 1993.I...
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Thamesmead's clock
THAMESMEAD TOWN CENTRE CLOCK This is another of the notes dug out by Diana Rimel - and thanks to her.Packed up and ready to leave DeptfordIn 1982 an officer of the GLC Historic Buildings Division...
View ArticleQuick flick through the post
Due to my neglect - and distraction - much stuff sitting in my in tray is - well, still sitting there.Here is some of the stuff which has come inGLIAS - I have the new journal which will feature,...
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Woolwich River Crossings
WOOLWICH RIVER CROSSINGSBy Diana RimelWOOLWICH FERRY Lord Roseberry of the London County Council officially opened the Woolwich Ferry in March 1889. The very first ferry at Woolwich can be traced to...
View ArticleNewsletter No.1
By way of being a historical document in itself is the first newsletter put out by GIHS in 1998A dodgy server at Goldsmiths means that our old web site may not be accessible. So - read the first item...
View ArticleGIHS Newsletter no.2. June 1998
GREENWICH INDUSTRIAL HISTORY SOCIETY. NEWSLETTER June 1998 Volume 1. Issue 2This is a scan of some of the articles which appeared in this newsletter. The main article in this edition was a...
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Wood Wharf report 1998
The article below appeared in the second Greenwich Industrial History Newsetter in 1998. It features extracts from a report drawn up by a local campaign group - along with some specialist researchers...
View ArticleDiana's notes on Woolwich
This set of notes has been handed to us by Diana Rimel - and constituted the basis of her walks and talks about Woolwich WOOLWICH STATIONThe railway came in in the late 1840s. Horse buses made the...
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Industrial History Newsletter. No.3. 1998
Below are some of the articles published in Greenwich Industrial History Society's Newsletter No.3. from 1998. This has appeared on line on our old web site http://gihs.gold.ac.uk/ but fears about...
View ArticleNewsletters 1-3 where are they now
Over the past couple of weeks we have put out three old newsletters from 1998 - I thought perhaps I ought to jot down some 'where are they now' comments about some of the articles and people. so:From...
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Away on my holidays I found myself in the Northumberland County archive at Woodhorn in - well, Northumberland. Now - I am far from sure how we can stretch Greenwich industry geographically but I am...
View ArticleCrossness loco restoration
Ian Bull writes:A Royal Arsenal Railway bogie van has been displayed outside the Greenwich Heritage Centre for some years. Its condition has recently deteriorated and last Monday it was moved to...
View ArticlePollution - the gas industry view 1929
A Threat to London'sHealth. It is not surprising that strong protests have been made in influential quarters against the proposal to erect at Battersea one of a chain of super-power stations,to be set...
View ArticleOh oooer - too much underground in Charlton
The current issue of Subterranea (Sept 2013 www.subbrit.org.uk) contains an item on underground items in Charlton - some of it a bit alarming. The item is headed 'Concern about a probable chalk mine...
View ArticleWoolwich Foot Tunnel Anniversary event
Saturday26 October - A Commemoration of the 101st Anniversary of Woolwich Foot Tunnelm-a message from FOGWOFT The tunnel was opened 101 years before, to the day, by luminaries of London and Woolwich...
View ArticleGLIAS NEWSLETTER REVIEW - SOME MEETINGS AND SOME WRONGS
There are a number of bits and pieces in the current GLIAS Newsletter about Greenwich and Woolwich (Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter 268 October 2013 www.glias.org.uk)First...
View ArticleOur local stations in London Railway Record
This is partly a review and partly a plea for help...............Through the letter box a day or so ago came London Railway Record (No 77 October 2013) - and this time is has lots of things about...
View ArticleWheen's Deptford Soapery
Soap for Civilians and Forces RICHARD WHEEN & SONS, LTD., The Soapery, Copperas Street, S.E.8. No striking change in the nature of its products has been necessary in the case of the old-...
View ArticleUnited Glass - letter about a strike
UNITED GLASS LIMITEDUCB ANCHOR & HOPE LANE CHARLTON LONDON S E 7 13th February, 1960 Dear I am writing to you personally to let you know the full facts behind the unofficial stoppage of work at...
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