Repairing the Massey Shaw
REPAIRING THE MASSEY SHAWMassey Shaw, the preserved London Fire Brigade Float, was recently the subject of a TV programme. The following review, by our member Richard Buchanan, is taken from the SLAS...
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SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON SHIPBUILDING ON THE THAMES AND THAMES-BUILT SHIPS.This very successful event was held in February and chaired by Professor Andrew Lambert of Kings College, and Professor Sarah...
View ArticleReviews and snippets March 2003
Reviews and snippets March 2003BLACKHEATH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETYAt a recent meeting of the Blackheath Scientific Society, Mr. Cantle brought a piece of Pluto pipeline used in World War Two, and spoke...
View ArticleLetters March 2003
Letters March 2003From Jonathan Clarke I stumbled across an intriguing-sounding article by Mary Mills entitled 'A mystery steel works.’ in Bygone Kent, 20 (1999), 37-42 – about Henry Bessemer’s...
View ArticleSubmarine cables - started in Ireland
It all started in Ireland……… another story about Greenwich manufactured submarine telegraph cablesby Allan GreenAbout 20 years ago on a business trip to Ireland I had the good fortune to stay in a very...
View ArticlePenn's Works remains
REMAINS OF PENN’S WORKS AT BLACKHEATH HILLOn page 9 Readers will see a letter from the Greenwich Conservation Group about remnants of the walls of the Penn’s Engienering Works on Blackheath Hill (now...
View ArticleMuseum in Docklands opens
MUSEUM IN DOCKLANDSAT LAST !!!For those of us who have been involved with the Museum in Dockland for so many, many years the fact that it appears to be opening – at last – is an occasion for some...
View ArticleLetters May 2003
Letters May 2003From Malcolm TuckerCorrigenda!! 1. The article in “Heritage Today” on gasholders, that you mention on page 5 of GIH Vol.6.No.1. Was not written by me but a journalist, Jack Watkins. It...
View ArticlePenn site, more thoughts
Letters May 2003MORE THOUGHTS ON THE PENN SITEby Richard Cheffins In the March 2003 issue of Greenwich Industrial History (Vol. 6, No. 2), it is twice stated wrongly that the Engine Works of John Penn...
View ArticleRACS Abbatoir
THE R.A.C.S./C.W.S. ABATTOIR 1937-1994By Kathleen BarrThe new R.A.C.S. Abattoir opened in 1937 replacing the old Abattoir, which was in Belvedere. The new Abattoir was state of the art for its time...
View ArticleLetters July 2003
From Mike NeillThe Greenwich Gallery at the Greenwich Heritage CentreThe Council values the opinions of all stakeholders in the planning of its facilities, and we would be very pleased to receive your...
View ArticleNews items July 2003
NEWSTom Cribb — Bare knuckle Fighter.Tony Robin reported at the last Woolwich and District Antiquarian Society council meeting that English Heritage had turned down an application from Chris Mansfield,...
View ArticleFirst factory - Greenwich or Woolwich
THE FIRST FACTORY WAS IT IN DEPTFORD AND/OR WOOLWICH?By Professor Ray RileyThere is a case for early naval dockyards to be included among some of the first factories.What is a factory? If it is a...
View Article200th anniversary of an industrial accident on the Greenwich Peninsula
200th Anniversary of an industrial accident on the Greenwich Peninsula By Mary MillsOn 8th September 2003 is the 200th anniversary of an industrial accident on the Greenwich riverside. There were lots...
View ArticleRoyal Arsenal and Napoleon's Exile on St Helena
The Royal Arsenal and Napoleon's exile on St HelenaBy Mike Neil A comment made to the Council's 'Arsenal ' exhibition designer that 'the Arsenal built Napoleon's house on St Helena ' led...
View ArticleLETTERS September 2003
LETTERSSeptember 2003From Ted BarrI am enclosing a cutting from Engineering News Tuesday, April 30h 1963 - That was the Greenwich that was (and I knew) Weighs 90 tons - 500 ton press built in London...
View ArticleReviews and snippets September 2003
NEWSThe latest issue of The Crossness Engines Record contains the usual information from our local steam museum along with news and entertaining articles. One - less usual record - is as follows:OFF...
View ArticleThe Union Wharf weight from Merstham
The Union Wharf weight from MersthamThe layout of the Merstham terminus of the Croydon Merstham & Godstone Railway has puzzled historians in the past and it was not until the 1970s that evidence...
View ArticleGreenwich Labour Party Office
Greenwich Industrial History Society picks up on lots of things about our industrial past - and also often looks at buildings associated with them ..................................So (post General...
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THE ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY AT THE ABATTOIRBy Steve BarrThe weather on the morning of Thursday the 9th of July 1987 was simply glorious. The sun shone down from an azure sky. By 4.30am it was...
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