John Hujmpheries House and the LEO 3 Computer
John Humphries House and the LEO 3 computerBy Harry PearmanJohn Humphries House in Stockwell Street was the first purpose-built computer centre in Greenwich and the site of a remarkable initiative by...
View ArticleDeptford Dockyard - oldest remains discovered
SOME OF GREENWICH’S OLDEST INDUSTRIAL REMAINS REDISCOVEREDOn 13th May the Times, no less, announced in an article by Marcus Binney that ‘Two Deptford residents with a passion for history have...
View ArticleReviews and snippets July 2002
FIREPOWER – have a Royal Salute in the Arsenal on 5th August 2002 at 12 pm. They have tours of the Arsenal in July and August on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays 11.30 am and 2.30pm. They advertise...
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LETTERS JULY 2002 From Jeremy Bacon I have a steam car engine. The plate on it says Steamobile built 1962 by N.C. Gregory. I have been told that he was possibly Apprentice foreman/teacher at J.Stone...
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MY JOYFUL ADVENTURES AT MESSRS HARLAND AND WOLFE – PART IVBY JOHN FOXAfter spending 18 months with Deafy I was sent for a spell in the machine shop, here I was lucky in not going on the lathes but...
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‘The Father of the Siemens Brothers Engineering Society Archive’Walter John Ford (1920-2014)John (Ben) FordAs it has become easier to store and retain historical records, through electronic files and...
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The Guardian of the Siemens Brothers Engineering Society Archive
The Guardian of the Siemens Brothers Engineering Society ArchiveBrian Middlemiss If Ben Ford was the Father of the Siemens Brothers Engineering Society (SBES) Archive, the baton has been picked up by...
View ArticleMoD Materials Quality Assurance Directorate
MoD Materials Quality Assurance Directorate Bruce BlissettIntroduction. In November 1966 I joined the General Chemicals Laboratory in MQAD as an industrial analytical chemist experienced in the quality...
View ArticleGreenwich Foot Tunnel centenary
GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL CENTENARYBy Myles DoveAs forecast in the May issue of GIH there was a celebration on Sunday 4 August 2002 to mark the completion of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel exactly one hundred...
View ArticleReviews and snippets September 2002
Reviews and snippets September 2002Civil Engineering Heritage Series – London and the Thames Valley by Denis Smith. (GIHS members will remember Denis’ lecture to us last year on Henry Maudslay) GLIAS...
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Letters September 2002From Beryl MasonI am writing as a follow up to your article on Molassine – the red brick building ‘offices’ on Tunnel Avenue in fact used to be flats. I used to deliver to that...
View ArticleWilliam Luckett pipemaker
WILLIAM LUCKETT CLAY TOBACCO PIPE-MAKER OF PLUMSTEAD 1865-1948Phillip WoollardWilliam Luckett was born in 1865 in Plumstead, son of George and Jane Luckett. In 1881 the family was living at 47 Princes...
View ArticleReviews and snippets November 2002
Reviews and snippets November 2002LEWISHAM HISTORY JOURNAL – No.10 2002 has just been published by Lewisham Local History Society and contains articles on Dolly Sedgewick and on the Cold Blow Farm area...
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Letters November 2002FIRST OF ALL - A COMPLAINT AND AN APOLOGYFrom Myles DoveYesterday I had to collect my copy of the Greenwich Industrial History Society news letter from the Blackheath Sorting...
View ArticleKings Yard Deptford, listing proposals
Proposal to list features of King's Yard, Deptford (1513) – by Chris MazeikaFollowing the proposed development plan for the site of the former King's Yard at Deptford by the Richard Rogers Partnership...
View ArticleArsenal buildings
BUILDINGS OF THE ARSENALPAPER CARTRIDGE FACTORY Erected 1855-6 to designs by Lt Col R.S.Beatson, R.E. Has a 2-storey cast iron frame within brick walls. Some of the internal frame has been removed but...
View ArticleGreenwich Foot Tunnel Anniversary
GREENWICH FOOT TUNNEL ANNIVERSARYAt 1l am on Sunday 4 August, 2002, a small ceremony was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. This occasion was almost...
View ArticleReviews and snippets January 2003
Reviews and snippets January 2003BLACKHEATH GUIDEThe December 2002 issue includes an article by Peter Kent in his River Watch series. He talks about all the changes, which have come in to the area in...
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Letters January 2003From Philip Davies, Director, English Heritage London RegionI enclose for your attention a copy of Changing London: An Historic City for a Modern World, which we are distributing...
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Will Crooks MP, local activist and Labour pioneerBy Paul Tyler2003 marks the 100th anniversary of the by-election on 11 March, of Will Crooks, as the first Labour MP for Woolwich, and the fourth member...
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