Reviews and snippets March 2005
Reviews and snippets March 2005AN ARSENAL LADBy Jack VaughanIn January of this year Jack Vaughan told us that he could not continue as GIHS Chair since ill health had prevented him coming to meetings....
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Letters March 2005From: A resident of the Ashburnham TriangleI am writing because there is a new planning application in for a development on the site of the old Merryweather Fire Engine Factory in...
View ArticleGreen Parks and Open Spaces
GREEN PARKS AND OPEN SPACESHistoric considerationsBy Alan PettThe present London Borough of Greenwich (joined with that part of Deptford incorporating the Royal Dockyard, now in Lewisham L.B. but...
View ArticleFrancis Tin Box Makers
FRANCIS, TIN BOX MAKERS (and Colin Smith)Colin Smith was (or is) a journalist who worked for the Kentish Mercury for many years. He is very proud of their work in producing articles on with local...
View ArticleLetters May 2005
Letters May 2005From Lorraine I am trying to locate an Invention by Captain William Forbes Portarlington, Melbourne who in 1905 went to England to submit his invention The Distance and Course Recorder...
View ArticleThe Cutler Correspondence
THE CUTLER CORRESPONDENCEIn our last newsletter we published a letter from a Canadian researcher, Pamela Whit, enquiring about the East Greenwich gasholder and the gasholder builders, Samuel Cutler....
View ArticleFederation Road - Tthe Bostall Estate Chalk Mine
FEDERATION ROADTHE BOSTALL ESTATE CHALK MINEA recent planning application in Federation Road has highlighted one of Greenwich's most- difficult-to-see industrial sites. The following text is from an...
View ArticleLetters November 2005
Letters November 2005LETTERS.From Peter WittsI am trying to trace information on a company supposedly called Roberts and Merryweather of Greenwich. This relates to a mystery locomotive that was...
View ArticleSir Frederick Abel - Woolwich based chemist
SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS ABEL - WOOLWICH BASED CHEMISTThe Gunpowder and Explosives Study Group recently looked at the hitherto unknown family papers of Sir Frederick Abel. This nineteenth-century chemist...
View ArticleRoyal Arsenal - English Heritage Archaeological Assessments
English Heritage Archaeological AssessmentsThe Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Building 46 undertaken by Oxford ArchaeologyThe Grand Store complex at the Royal Arsenal is of national importance comprising a...
View ArticleReviews and snippets June 2005
Reviews and snippets June 2005TAR SPRAYING TESTS IN 1932Recently Mary Mills collected from Fay Gould a huge bundle of photographs of the South Met Gas Company’s Ordnance Tar Works - where the Dome is...
View ArticlePluto references
PLUTOFor our May meeting we were pleased to welcome Allan Green, Research Fellow at Porthcurno Telegraph Museum who spoke to us about the manufacture of PLUTO in local factories.Allan has been kind...
View ArticleLinks to Mary's Weekender articles
Below is a list of articles by Mary Mills on Greenwich Industrial history published in Greenwich Weekender. Some links from mid 2019 on wards are not there - I am trying to find them. Weekender's...
View ArticleLetters June 2005
Letters June 2005From: Mrs BettsThank you for sending the GIHS Newsletter, etc. to my husband. Jim enjoyed belonging to the Society and would have renewed his membership, but sadly he died in...
View ArticleGlass made in Charlton
CHARLTON MADE GLASSOne of the ‘forgotten’ factories in Greenwich was the largest glass bottle works in the world. The following article, by R.D.Goodson, appeared in the London Electricity Board...
View ArticleGilbert's and other pits at Charlton
GILBERT’S AND OTHER PITS AT CHARLTON by Paul SowanAt our December meeting we heard a presentation from underground historian and geologist Paul Sowan about Gilbert’s pit at Charlton. Paul has now...
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The 1870 Cable to India
The 1870 Cable to India.This June will mark the 150thanniversary of the opening for commercial service of the first submarine telegraph cable to India, connecting London with Bombay (Mumbai) and on to...
View ArticleReviews and snippets January 2006
Reviews and snippets January 2006GREENWICH STEAM FERRY 1888-1899Recent archaeological work carried out during the demolition of WoodWharf at the north end of Horseferry Place SE10 which was at the...
View ArticleLetters January 2006
Letters January 2006From: Keith MillsI have no real information relating to "Merryweather's" of Greenwich, London. I know that following their move from Greenwich, they established themselves at the...
View ArticleARCHAEOLOGICAL INFORMATION FROM ENGLISH HERITAGE - January 2006
CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INFORMATION FROM ENGLISH HERITAGEMAST QUAY, FORMER WOOLWICH DOCKYARD, CHURCH ROAD, WOOLWICH. Pre-Construct ArchaeologyIn or around 1512 Henry VIII established a Royal Dockyard in...
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