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The one thing you mustn't miss this spring
DOCKLANDS HISTORY GROUP 6th THAMES SHIPBUILDING SYMPOSIUM- SATURDAY 9TH MAY 2015 This will be the sixth symposium on this subject and the second to be hosted by the Docklands History Group. It will...
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NO ONE EVER SENDS YOU ANYTHING IN AUGUST
so - what is in the GIHS In-tray??Kent Underground Research Group - their admirable newsletter turns up regularly, sadly nothing much about Greenwich recently. They have been very involved with a big...
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Review of Stewart Ash's book on Subsea Telecommunications and Enderby House
The Story of Subsea Telecommunications and its Association with Enderby Houseby Stewart AshReview by Richard Buchanon The Enderby Group has commissioned a number of histories of the site - which will...
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Two Women on a Footpath - (seventeen years ago!) with annotations
TWO WOMEN ON A FOOTPATH In the late 1990s as changes accelerated on the Greenwich Peninsula two women went for a walk down the Greenwich riverside path - to see what they would like to happen in the...
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TALL SHIPS THIS WEEKEND~ Events include:BALLAST QUAY GARDEN. (This is on the riverside in Greenwich, SE10 - at the riverside end of Pelton Road/Lassell Street - where the Cutty Sark pub is...
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Greenwich Park Bandstand - Deane and Co,
GIHS was sent a query about the Greenwich Park Bandstand - this had been to a number of people and organisations - here is the response from one of our members - Barbara Holland(and thanks Barbara....
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The Eponymous Enderbys
ReviewThe Eponymous Enderbys by Stewart AshReview by Richard BuchananEnderby is a name commemorated in Greenwich, particularly by Enderby House at Enderby Wharf. The name is of a family whose story Mr...
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LAMAS NEWSLETTER - this comes regularly and lists local history events all round London. They seem to have removed GIHS and we need to see what we can do to remind them. Its bad enough we can't get...
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British archaeological awards. Please follow the link below to nominatehttp://archaeologicalawards.org.uk/
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SIEMENS BROTHERS ENGINEERING SOCIETY The History of the Siemens Brothers Engineering Society,SupplementWe have been kindly sent a copy of Brian Middlemiss's continuing history of the Society 2009-2013....
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Siemens Woolwich - a brief history
Siemens Brothers was one of the most important of our local industries. Although they closed as long ago as 1968 the Engineering Society attached to the works has continued to meet until very recently....
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Very small amount of stuff in the post
A few newsletters and stuff have turned up over the past fortnight, not much, to be honest.Lewisham Local History Newsletter. Really this edition is all about Forest Hill, and like places in Lewisham...
View ArticleSiemens Woolwich site - what is happening now!
Thanks to the Siemens Engineering Society we have an update - extracted from their new booklet - about what is happening on their old Woolwich site from the perspective of the Society. Thanks to Brian...
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MERRYWEATHERS - America
Neil Bennett has given a number of talks on Merryweathers - the Greenwich based fire engine manufacturers. He has also given information and advice to numerous enquirers and has been a great source of...
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NEW BOOK ABOUT THE PENINSULA
NOW RELEASED = NEW BOOK INNOVATION ENTERPRISE AND CHANGE ON THE GREENWICH PENINSULA by Mary Mills£8 plus £2 packing and postage. by post to M.Wright, 24 Humber Road, SE37LT or email...
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More news - the gap being caused by me (Mary) being so busy with my new book.(Innovation, Enterprise and Change on the Greenwich Peninsula. Available from me £8 plus pp £2 - happy to deliver if you...
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Check out new ways of buying my book on Innovation on the Greenwich Peninsula - http://www.greenwich.co.uk/peninsula-book/also - would be very grateful for any local outlet which could sell copies for...
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BETTER (which is Greenwich Library Department, as was)saysCome and join us for some fascinating talks with author and historian Mary Mills who will be launching her new book-‘Innovation, Enterprise...
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Sorry to keep pushing my own works. Need to be a bit shameless maybe,'Innovation, Enterprise and Change on the Greenwich Peninsula' is still available (but I have just opened the LAST BOX). Copies are...
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This post really a lot of small items about this and that. Depths of winter must be a bad time for news of industrial history in Greenwich. GIHS has however been very busy with an excellent talk by...
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