Fish and Billingsgate Dock
GREENWICH, FISH AND BILLINGSGATE DOCK by BARBARA LUDLOWFishing in the River Thames was part of everyday life for its riverside communities, as can be testified by the many 'manor ways' leading from...
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LETTERS Letters from November 2000From Thomas WildeI have an ancestor who owned property in Deptford at the end of the 18th century. John Wild (1724-1800) High Constable of Holborn who purchased, in...
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Reviews and snippets November 2000CROSSNESS NEWSCrossness Engines Record gives details of what they describe as a 'Thames Water Event'. This is the opening of the new section of the Thames River Path...
View ArticleReports and Snippets November 2000
Reports and Snippets November 2000CROSSNESS NEWSCrossness Engines Record gives details of what they describe as a 'Thames Water Event'. This is the opening of the new section of the Thames River Path...
View ArticleNew Heritage Centre
VISIT TO THE SITE OF THE NEW GREENWICH HERITAGE CENTREby Jack Vaughanthis account dates from November 2000 before the centre has closed. Now, in November 2019, it has been closed and not replaced -...
View ArticleDeptford - Cradle of the British Navy
The latest local industry to close down is Convoys – which occupied the site of the old Deptford Dockyard – arguably one of the most important sites in British naval history. The site is technically...
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Steam colliers on the Thames
STEAM COLLIERS ON THE THAMESIN OCTOBER GIHS was pleased to welcome Alan Pearsall to our meeting to talk on Steam Colliers. The text reproduced below is that of a similar talk given to the Docklands...
View ArticleExcavations at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich
Excavations at the Royal Arsenal, WoolwichSine April 1999 the Oxford Archaeological Unit (OAU) has been carrying out a major programme of archaeological works and excavations at the Royal Arsenal,...
View ArticleLocomotive Woolwich at Waltham Abbey
LOCOMOTIVE 'WOOLWICH'AT WALTHAM ABBEYEarlier this year questions were raised about the 'Woolwich'– a locomotive once in the Arsenal and until recently part of a preserved railway in Devon. When plans...
View ArticleReviews and snippets November 2000
Reviews and snippets January 2001PUBLICATIONS RECEIVEDARCHIVEIssue 28 contains an article by GIHS member, Pat O'Driscoll on her experiences in sailing barge Olive May – and indeed the history of the...
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LETTERS JANUARY 2001From Barbara Ludlow. Re: Stratford and Co. Barge Builders. This was St.Mary and St.Andrew's Wharf, Woolwich. There is a photo on p.71 in my Greenwich book From Peter Adams. A...
View ArticleMEMORIES OF AN ROF APPRENTICE
More of John Day's MEMORIES OF AN ROF APPRENTICEAs far as I remember there were four canteens for the use of the workforce. They all reeked of a strange mixture of boiling fat, cabbage and cheap soap -...
View ArticleDeptford Cradle of the British Navy
IN DEPTH DEPTFORDCRADLE OF THE BRITISH NAVY by Allan Burnett (part 2)Deptford's shipbuilding industries attracted a rich variety of personalities – the best known being Samuel Pepys, the first...
View ArticleCo-operative Society Archives in the South East
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY ARCHIVES IN THE SOUTH EASTOne of the most important of Greenwich Institutions and employers was the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Last year Greenwich Industrial History...
View ArticleReviews and snippets March 2001
Reviews and snippets March 2001BYGONE KENTThe February 2001 edition (Vol. 20 No.2.) contains a number of pieces of Greenwich interest. These include – an article by Diana Rimel on Thomas Tilling...
View ArticleDeptford industry
INDUSTRY IN DEPTFORDFurther extracts from Christopher Phillpott's studyAreas of settlement continued to expand in Deptford in the early modern period. The Broadway was still a focus of settlement in...
View ArticleDockyard difference of opinion
A Dockyard Difference of OpinionAllan Burnett's two part tale of Deptford Dockyard perpetuates the claim that Deptford was, as he puts it, the 'Cradle of the British Navy' (GIHS Vol.4. No.1....
View ArticleEngineering firms
SMALLER ENGINEERING FIRMS OF THE BOROUGHBy Ted BarrThis list is offered with the idea that others may have further knowledge or can help in other ways. It is by no means exhaustive and was compiled...
View ArticleBillingsgate Dock
BILLINGSGATE DOCK A number of articles published in previous issues of this newsletter have drawn attention to Billingsgate Dock in Greenwich. There is a lot more to this story than appears at first...
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Lovell's Wharf cranes
LOVELL'S WHARF CRANESIn January the Society was contacted by residents and members from the Ballast Quay area who said the cranes on Lovell's Wharf were being demolished. Enquiries to the Council's...
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