Letters November 2003
Letters November 2003From: Cllr. Paul TylerRe: The RACS Archives.I have just negotiated a swap with Julian Watson - the RACS Political Committee minutes (hardcopy) for Comradeship 1896-? We already...
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Reviews and snippets November 2003NEWSAN APOLOGY - in our issue last June an article about the Shooters Hill abattoir was wrongly attributed to the author's helper - not to the main writer who was...
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BLACKWALL POINT POWER STATION
BLACKWALL POINT POWER STATIONBy Frederick GairBlackwall Power Station was constructed on a small (three acre) site at the North West end of River Way. The switch house, laboratory, drawing office, and...
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Letters January 2004From Sue BullockI read with interest a letter posted by Ted Barr concerning the Silvertown explosion on your website. My grandfather was serving with the East Sussex regiment and...
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Reviews and snippets January 2004 In Sptember 1903 we published an article by Bruce Osborne about a weight, which may have come from the Ballast Quay area. The article came from an old GLIAS...
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LETTERS MARCH 2004From: Roy TindleI represent a small group of people who share several concerns about the proposed development of Mast Pond Wharf. We are trying to raise consciousness about this site...
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GREENWICH HERITAGE CENTRE OPENSTony Robinson (Baldrick) of the 'Time Team', officially opened Greenwich Council's Heritage Centre in early February. Collections from the local history library in...
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Reviews and snippets May 2004CROSSNESS ENGINES STEAMING EVENTOn the 4th April this year an event was held to celebrate the 139th anniversary of the opening of the Southern Outfall Works at Crossness....
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The Admiralty Compass Laboratory - Greenwich's smallest scientific institutionby Mary MillsHawkins Terrace in Charlton is a bit of a mystery to me. It is a narrow lane right on the Charlton/ Woolwich...
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Letters May 2004From: Norma ChantlerHow very, very pleased I was to locate my husband's great grandfather on the 1871 Census living with fellow members of the Army Service Corps in Woolwich, Woolwich...
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Reviews and snippets Juy 2004
VOTE SEVERNDROOG!!!Severndroog Castle on Shooters Hill is to appear as one of the entries in this summer's BBC’s Restoration Programme.Strictly speaking Severndroog isn’t industrial history - basically...
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Letters July 2004From: Adrian GooldenIn response to Pat O'Driscoll's query on your Web site. I remember a cast iron drain cover with the maker’s name Anderson & Goolden on it - in the grounds of my...
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Reviews and snippets September 2004SWIFTSTONE TRUST NEWSLETTERNews about preserved tug Swiftstone - and pictures of her work as a support vessel in aid of a sponsored row on 9th August last year for...
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Letters September 2004From: A Yule Several generations of my family worked at Woolwich Arsenal in the mid-1800s early 1900s.Could you please let me know if there are any personnel records for that...
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GRAVES IN EAST GREENWICH PLEASAUNCEEast Greenwich Pleasaunce is a small park in the back streets of East Greenwich - it was originally the graveyard for Greenwich’s Royal Hospital and it contains many...
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From: Julie TadmanI am really fascinated by the waterfront at Ballast Quay, as you can imagine. I have been looking for a photo or painting which shows the house, which was demolished in 1854, Thames...
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RAILWAY SIGNALLINGPeter TriggPassenger railways developed very quickly in the 1830s but with infrequent trains, slow speeds and light stock there was not much need for signalling in the early days....
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Reviews and snippets January 2005SHARPSHARP – you may not know – stands for Sustainable Historic Arsenals Regeneration Partnership.To launch this, a day seminar was held on the Arsenal site by English...
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Letters January 2005From: David RiddleJust a note to let all members know that the Greenwich Industrial History Society has been added to the membership of WebRing - the Industrial History &...
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SIEMENS BROTHERSJohn Ford“John introduced his marathon talk on 100 years of Thameside Electrical History by giving a brief account of his career with Siemens, saying that he joined in March 1936 as a...
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