Woodlands Farm - Lie of the Land Project
THE WOODLANDS FARM PROJECT : LIE OF THE LAND PROJECTarticle from 2006"You could say this is what real education is about."Richard Gray - Head Teacher Plumcroft Primary SchoolAndy Brockman came to talk...
View ArticleReviews and snippets May2006
Reviews and snippets May2006David BatheDavid was supposed to be coming to our May meeting to speak to us about the Woolwich Ferry. Unfortunately he suffered a very severe accident while in the course...
View ArticleDick Turpin
DICK TURPINby John FoxIn past Newsletters of our Industrial Historical Society I've seen little mention of an industry that many of our forbears dabbled in, thievery. Robin Hood is, perhaps, our best...
View ArticleLetters May 2006
Letters May 2006From: Robin HoareGreetings from New Zealand! I wondered if any of your members can answer a question that has been puzzling me. My great-great grandparents lived in Deptford from before...
View ArticleEnglish Heritage Reports on Arsenal Sites
ENGLISH HERITAGE REPORTS ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK ON THE ARSENAL SITEFrom: English HeritageArticle from GIHS Newsletter 2006Royal Arsenal, Woolwich (Building 49) undertaken by Oxford ArchaeologyBuilding...
View ArticleCroydon Airport
CROYDON AIRPORTJohn King was booked to speak to the Society in March 2006 on the subject of Croydon Airport. Sadly he was unable to do this following surgery which left him with severe mobility...
View ArticleReviews and Snippets August 2006
.Reviews and Snippets August 2006ObituaryAn Appreciation of Beverley BurfordBeverley Burford died on 20th May 2006 after an eighteen month battle with cancer in her spine. She had a full time job...
View ArticleLetters August 2006
Letters August 2006From: Malcolm TuckerThe illustration in GIHS 9 (2) of ‘a fireman’ was not photographed in the retort house of a gasworks. The features behind are a bank of classic Babcock and...
View ArticleBorough of Woolwich Electricity Junction Box
Borough of Woolwich Electricity Junction BoxRichard Buchanan and Susan BullivantSome years ago Woolwich Antiquarians Newsletter mentioned that: "on Shooters Hill one of the roadside electricity...
View ArticleNotes and snippets from 12 years ago - December 2006
Notes and snippets from 12 years ago - December 2006GREENWICH EMOTION MAPWhaaat!? The East Greenwich-based Independent Photograph Project have produced an Ordnance Survey-type map of the Greenwich...
View ArticleLetters from 12 years ago December 2006
Letters from 12 years ago December 2006From: Gordon BraughtonRe. Johnson and Phillips material in the August Newsletter. I was born in 1915 in Eastcombe Avenue. Adjacent and to the rear of our flat was...
View ArticleEnderby family notes
NOTES ON THE ENDERBYSBarbara LudlowEnderby Wharf on the Greenwich Peninsula - and the activities of the family who made rope and canvass there, and built Enderby House (the only listed building on the...
View ArticleDunkirk and the General Steam Navigation Company
Dunkirk and the General Steam Navigation CompanyBy Tom MoggThe General Steam Navigation Company was founded in 1824. At the start of the 1939-45 war they had about 45 ships, of which 10 were pleasure...
View ArticleStreet furniture - old Greenwich Borough sites
STREET FURNITUREIn an issue of 2006 Richard Buchanan and Susan Bullevant described how they and other members of GIHS/Woolwich Antiquarians rescued an old Borough of Woolwich Electricity Junction box....
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Merryweather 'Bottell' and W.R.Crow
We received an enquiry about a Merryweather leather pitcher which we put on our Facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1549240565122658/).Merryweather were the Fire Engine specialist...
View ArticleLetters sent to GIHS in April 2007
Letters sent to GIHS in April 2007From: Len WilliamsRobert Pakenham Williams was a Baptist minister and was associated with the Seamen’s Mission on Creek Street, (now Creek Road). We have a bible...
View ArticleReviews and Snippets from April 2007
Reviews and Snippets from April 2007The Sustainable Historic Arsenals Regeneration Partnership (SHARP) was formed between the EU nations of England, Malta, Estonia and Spain to share lessons learned...
View ArticleGreenwich Materials Recycling Facility
GREENWICH MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITYBy Richard BuchananThe Blackheath Scientific Society had a visit to the Greenwich Materials Recycling Facility on 16 Jan 2007. Numbers were limited to ten. Unlike...
View ArticleMessage to all Members and Friends
Dear GIHS MembersThis is to let you know that the meeting scheduled for Tuesday 14 April WILL NOT TAKE PLACE. Because of Coronavirus we have cancelled ALL MEETINGS until after the summer. Your GIHS...
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Midgie Dolphin - the girl who trained with Merryweather's
Neil Bennett has sent us these notes on Midgie Dolphin .................... read on ...................Miss Midgie or Midge Dolphin (once given confusingly as Dolphni) appears to have been ‘trained’...
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