Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - January 11th 2023

song Churchill Theatre’s ballet season

Keeping warm and fed

Before Christmas we received 90 bids from local community and faith groups for a share of £200,000 of funding to provide warm spaces and food projects for those who need it.

There are warm and welcoming spaces across the borough for anyone who is struggling to heat their homes and needs somewhere warm to spend their day, with activities, advice and hot drinks available in some locations.

Warm and welcoming spaces are available in Greenwich Creekside, Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton Village and Riverside, Abbey Wood, Woolwich Common and many more wards in our borough.

From libraries to faith and community centres, people are rallying to support residents struggling over winter. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/warm-spaces

Are

you

an organisation providing a warm space?

If your organisation or business is able to provide a warm space for residents, which is safe and welcoming, we’d like to hear from you. Please email cost-of-living@royalgreenwich.gov.uk so that we can understand the details of what you are providing and include it in our directory.

Holocaust Memorial Day in Royal Greenwich

The Royal Borough of Greenwich will mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 with a remembrance event in Woolwich Town Hall.

The memorial day itself is marked annually on 27 January. However, as this year the date falls on a Friday and coincides with the start of Shabbat, or seventh day, the council’s service will take place on Monday 30 January to ensure our Jewish communities are able to attend.

The event will take place from 11.30am to 12.30pm and will feature performances and readings, as well as bringing faith leaders together for reflective prayers.

The event is open to all residents, but spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. If you’d like to attend, please email events@royalgreenwich. gov.uk to confirm your place.

Learn more at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/holocaustmemorial-day.

Holly O'Mahony

Yoga (and brunch) under the moon

Part of the Old Royal Naval College’s

Pick of the Week

By Holly O’Mahony

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8am - 10:30am. Admission: £43.50. www.ornc.org/whats-on/yoga-and-brunch-with-kindred-yoga

A lesson in Chinese Astronomy

With the Lunar New Year celebrations in full swing, when better to study the astronomy behind many of its guiding principles? In this planetarium show, an astronomer will take visitors through the links between astronomy and the Chinese calendar, and how they relate to traditional festivals still celebrated by Chinese people today. The session will cover phases of the Moon, the Sun and compare modern constellations to their ancient counterparts. Naturally, it will also cover some of the latest achievements of China’s pioneering space programme. This session is being delivered in English. Royal Observatory Greenwich, Blackheath Avenue, London SE10 8XJ. January 21, 10:30am. Admission: £10/£5 children. www.rmg.co.uk/ whats-on/planetarium-shows/chinese-astronomy

Start the weekend on a good note

Kick off the weekend with some soothing, nay lifeaffirming, classical music, as Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra returns to Blackheath Halls to perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets. The concert, which opens the orchestra’s Side by Side spring season, is being conducted by Sean Matthew, with performance support from Trinity Laban staff. Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. January 13, 6pm. Admission: FREE. www. blackheathhalls.com/whatson/trinity-laban-symphonyorchestra-side-by-side/

Sessions at: TNG Youth Centre, 111 Wells Park Road, London SE26 6AD; Honor Oak Community Centre; 50 Turnham Road, London SE4 2JD; and Deptford Lounge, 9 Giffin Street, London SE8 4RJ. Admission: FREE. For dates and times, visit www.thealbany.org.uk/projects/love2dance

Greenwich Theatre regular Mark Farrelly returns to put another historical figure under the spotlight. The actor-writer who previously brought us Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope is back with a play about British comedian Frankie Howerd. In

Howerd’s End, Farrelly burrows deep into the performer’s secret 40-year relationship with Dennis Heymer, which lasted from the 1950s until his death in 1992. Mark says: “Come and say farewell to a legend…and learn the

To the moon and back

Got a tot or two in your care this weekend? Take them to the Old Royal Naval College, where its monthly ‘Early Years Messy Play’ session is running this Sunday. They’ll get to take part in sensory activities themed around the stars and moon, using water and sand to get creative. It’s free to drop in, no booking required, and the sessions are suitable for little ones aged 2 - 5. The Clore Learning Centre at the Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. January 15, 10am - 11:30am & 12:30pm - 2pm. Admission: FREE. www.ornc.org/whats-on/early-years-messy-play

art of letting go.” Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES. January 14, 7:30pm - 8:50pm. Admission: £17.50. www.greenwichtheatre. org.uk/events/howerds-end

January wellness series, Katarina Rayburn, co-founder of Kindred Yoga studio in Deptford, is hosting an energising yoga brunch in the museum’s Painted Hall. In the 90-minute Mandala Vinyasa Yoga class, you’ll bend, stretch and practise your downward dog underneath Luke Jerram’s mesmeric installation of the moon, before tucking into a revitalising brunch in the Undercroft Café. The Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. January 14,

Love2Dance is a scheme offering young people in Greenwich and Lewisham the chance to learn street dance and perform it to a live audience. Starting this week, Love2Dance’s spring timetable has classes for 8 – 18-yearolds in Sydenham, Honor Oak and Deptford. If your tweens or teens are always busting moves, this is a safe space for them to hone their skill.

Enrol your kids in street dance lessons

Remembering comedian Frankie Howerd

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Two big ballets for Bromley –and a ballerina on dancing with the company

„ Sophie Mergaliyev

If you thought the flurry of Christmas ballets had been swept off stage for another year, not so fast: the Churchill Theatre in Bromley is staging two all-time favourites: The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, performed by the International Classic Ballet Theatre with an orchestra bringing Tchaikosky’s memorable, magical scores to life. The company of international dancers, chosen by Georgiaborn Artistic Director Marina Medvetskaya, begins its UK tour at the Churchill, having spent 2022 performing to acclaim across the United States. Holly O’Mahony speaks to Sophie Mergaliyev, a dancer and dance teacher with the company, about how they’ll be staging the well-known works…

Holly O’Mahony: You’re coming to the UK fresh off the back of a tour in the US. Are there any notable differences between audiences on either side of the pond?

Sophie Mergaliyev: After the pandemic, it has been wonderful to be dancing to a live audience again regardless of the country to be honest. We performed to very welcoming audiences in the US, but it’s always special when you get to perform in your home country, and we’re looking forward to the UK audiences – beginning with Bromley!

HOM: The Nutcracker follows a young girl, Clara, on her adventures with the Nutcracker Prince. How would you describe your production of the story?

SM: Magical, Christmassy and accessible for all.

HOM: London has a generous sprinkling of productions of The Nutcracker at this time of year. What sets yours apart?

SM: Our Nutcracker is very colourful and full of energy. It has a blend of styles from across the ballet world and is very family friendly, so it’s a great introduction to the story for young audiences as well as those for whom it’s a festive favourite. Uplifting and celebratory, it truly transports you into a magical world.

HOM: You’re also staging another Tchaikosky masterpiece, Swan Lake. How would you summarise this one?

SM: It’s an emotive, dramatic journey of love.

HOM: It’s a tragic love story, isn’t

it, about a prince who falls in love with the Queen of the Swans and is tricked into betraying her. What defines your production of it?

SM: Our production is very traditional yet still very relevant for today’s audiences. It gives all the feelings one would hope for from such a classic, capturing the emotion and spectacle, with a powerful corps de ballet [group performance] portraying both serenity and strength throughout.

HOM: You’re starting your UK tour at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre. Has the International Classic Ballet Theatre played the Churchill before?

SM: As a company, this will be our first time performing at Bromley, although personally I have performed there before. We are really excited as it’s such a lovely theatre to perform in.

HOM: Lastly, what do you hope audiences take away from seeing either show?

SM: We hope they enjoy the magic of beautiful ballet accompanied by a live orchestra. Hopefully we can transport them briefly into another world, and they will experience a real feast for all their senses.

International Classic Ballet Theatre is performing its productions of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker at the Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. January 11 - 14, 7pm with additional 2pm matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Admission: £23.50+.

www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/ Online/tickets-internationalclassic-ballet-bromley-2023

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How to make the best hot chocolate

If you’re a Greenwich resident, we’ll bet you a chocolate bar you’ve at some point found yourself with your nose pressed up against the window of supreme chocolate shop Dark Sugars to salivate over its mountains of dusty truffles and Jenga-like towers of glittering blocks of the stuff. In winter, it’s all about its hot drinks, which rank on just about every list of the best hot chocolates in London.

In their own words: “We like to call it a shamelessly-indulgent avalanche of milk, dark and white chocolate over a molten extra brute cocoa powder.”

While outwardly, the trick seems to be topping off a mug of hot chocolate with a generous heap of chocolate shavings, the team will be quick to tell you it’s also about the quality of the chocolate, sourced by founder Nyanga on her travels across Ghana.

They’re not secretive about their recipe though, quite the opposite. They share it on their website because it’s “way too good to be kept a secret”.

If a first-class mug of hot chocolate might be just the ticket to see you through the dark and dreary depths of winter, here’s how to make it.

How to make Dark Sugars’ classic hot chocolate

FIRST Take your kuksa (or a cup of any sort) and add two scoops of hot chocolate mix.

SECOND

Add a little boiling water and stir vigorously to make a smooth paste the consistency of double cream.

THIRD

Heat (but do not boil) four fluid ounces of hot milk, using a foamer, if you have one.

FOURTH

Add the milk, topped with foam.

FIFTH Sprinkle over a scoop or two of chocolate shavings (you could use a coarse grater to grate in a bar of your chosen chocolate.)

SIXTH

If you’re doing it the Dark Sugars way, put on the sweet sounds of Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone to enjoy with your cocoa.

Sip, smile, enjoy!

Dark Sugars Cocoa House, 9 Nelson Road, London SE10 9JB.

Open daily, 10am - 10pm. www.darksugars.co.uk/

Join one of

healthy walks around

Greenwich Get Walking is commissioned by Royal Borough of Greenwich and delivered by Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) offering a number of free, healthy walks across the Borough. The walks take place in some of the most scenic locations the Borough has to offer, including Greenwich Park, Oxleas Woods and along the Thames Path in Woolwich.

Our walkers speak highly of the benefits of joining one (or even more) of our walking groups. According to some of the feedback we receive from walkers, such benefits include making new friends, finding the motivation to exercise more, and gaining a better appreciation for what

their local area has to offer.

The walking programme wouldn’t be possible without the dedication of our wonderful team of volunteer Walk Leaders. Walk Leaders help ensure the walks are safe and inclusive. It is their commitment to the programme and the local community that make the walks what they are. If you’re looking for a rewarding volunteering opportunity, please get in touch by emailing robin.sneddon@cact.org.uk for more information. We are always looking to expand the number of walks and welcome new ideas on how we might deliver them.

Greenwich Get Walking has something for everyone. With

a variety of routes and a range of lengths and difficulties, we are sure you’ll find a walk that suits you. Also don’t forget, they are completely free!

If you want to get out and start exploring, come along to a walk (booking ahead is not needed, just show up at the time and location listed on our website) and see what it’s all about – we look forward to meeting you!

A full list of the walks can be found by visiting cact.org.uk/ greenwich-get-walking

Robin Sneddon, CACT Healthy Walks Coordinator

our

Greenwich this new year!

New Year’s resolutions are easy to make, but all too often can prove difficult to stick to. Why not make a resolution this year that not only improves your fitness and benefits your physical and mental wellbeing, but is also all about having fun, meeting like-minded people, and exploring your local area?

„ Greenwich Get Walking organises free walks throughout the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

The early omnibuses

Steam carriages like that of Burstill and Hill were experimental and none of them ever ran a regular public transport service. This changed in the late 1830s when new carriages came on to the roads which were designed to hold fifteen or more passengers and run an ‘omnibus’ service.

At this time there seems to have been considerable interest in providing a fast, safe and regular service between Greenwich and London. The eventual winner was the London

and Greenwich Railway, built in 1836 and still running. Many people will have used the river boat services, but Shillibeer’s horse drawn omnibuses on the road were competition for river transport and speculators hoped steam road vehicles would also be competitors for this market.

Shillibeer’s horse drawn ‘omnibuses’ appear to have running between Greenwich and London Bridge in the early 1830s in what was a growing market. Advertisements stress their

comfort and safety. However from newspaper reports it is clear that Shillibeer was in financial difficulties from the early 1830s, well before the railway opened. There are also reports of problems with bus drivers - one report in particular describes the driver of a horse bus so drunk that the police of the day tried to prevent him from continuing and tried to remove him from the driver’s seat. He took off at high-speed to evade them, only to crash the bus - which killed one of his horses.

Another company running a horse bus service between London and Greenwich was Wheatleys. I know very little about their origins but in 1838 they were was licensed to run eight vehicles a day from Woolwich to Charing Cross and sixteen to Greenwich, and in 1849 this was expanded to running six vehicles from Woolwich to Deptford with stops at Greenwich and Charlton. They rented fields on the Peninsula from Morden College for grazing and rest for their horses.

One of the most successful builders of steam road vehicles, whose carriages made long regular runs, was Goldsworthy Gurney. He seems to have had no connection with

Mary Mills

Last week I wrote about some of the first powered road vehicles and how experimental vehicles went up Shooters Hill to demonstrate what they could do, including that of Samuel Brown. I also mentioned some of the earliest steam propelled vehicles...

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Walter Hancock

Greenwich but some of his carriages were adapted for a proposed run here. He had built a carriage in 1826 which was about 20 feet long and would take six inside passengers and fifteen outside. It will be seen that these were on the same principle as a stage coach and designed for carrying passengers on service routes - not as individual private transport.

Gurney’s carriages were being used in the Gloucestershire area by Sir Charles Dance, where the service encountered a great deal of opposition from both stage coach proprietors and the Turnpike Trusts. A Parliamentary Committee examined the subject of steam carriage services and found in favour of them, but a Steam Carriage Bill could not be got through the House of Lords. It must, however, have seen likely that suburban services were a better possibility.

In 1831 Dance went to the engineering firm of Maudslay, Son and Field, then based at Waterloo - they later opened a ship building and boiler works on Greenwich Marsh. Dance asked Maudslay to make Gurney’s carriage more powerful and this was done. During the autumn of 1833 this rebuilt vehicle made a number of test runs from Maudslay’s works in Waterloo. With a party of fifteen observers on board they went to Merstham on the Brighton Road and visited Beulah Spa and some other spas in the Sydenham area. Whether they strayed into Kent during this period must be a matter for speculation - the vehicle was, however, intended for Greenwich roads.

In October 1833 Dance’s new carriage ran for some weeks between Waterloo Bridge and Greenwich. It was said that it was not intended that this should be a proper public transport service so ordinary people were deterred from using it by the price of tickets - ‘half a crown for tickets each way’. ‘Half a crown’ was an eighth of a pound – about 12 ½ pence. That was the end for this brief omnibus service which did not continue and there seems to be no record of what happened to the carriage. The service must have failed for reasons which were not made public. However it is the only recorded steam bus service between London and Greenwich which actually ran and which was well-publicised with pictures and narratives of how successful it had all been.

A year or so later another omnibus service ran between London to Greenwich using coaches built by John Scott Russell. Russell was Scottish and these carriages had been designed and built by him in Edinburgh. They had been used for a service between Glasgow and Paisley but in the summer of 1834 one of the carriages had overturned. It was later said that this was because the turnpike trustees in Glasgow had put extra thick layers of stone on the road to stop his carriages running. As a result five passengers were killed and the Scottish Courts forbade him to run the carriages again in Scotland. So, unable to use them in Scotland, Russell sent two of the carriages by ship to London for use in trips to

Greenwich, Kew and elsewhere.

For this service on these, rather compromised, carriages the fares were kept cheap. The vehicles had to haul a tender full of coke along the road with them and pick up water at places along the way as they went. Scott Russell himself came to London to live in 1838. He was to become an important ship builderhe designed the Great Eastern - and he eventually lived in Sydenham. It does not seem to have persisted with the omnibus service to Greenwich and after an attempt to sell the carriages no more was heard of them.

There were probably several inventors trying to design steam road carriages. In 1834 Francis Maceroni - more of him in a future article - gave a list of steam carriage builders whose vehicles ‘ would not move at all’. This is just a list of names without details and many have not yet been traced. One who may have a Greenwich connection was ‘Mr. Joyce’. William Joyce owned an engineering company at the Kent Ironworks in Greenwich where he designed and made a successful steam engine. Kent Ironworks was situated on the first site on the right after crossing today’s Creek Bridge from Deptford. Joyce probably started in work in Greenwich in 1841 when he acquired part of an old gas works site but whether he is the Mr. Joyce mentioned by Maceroni and whether this abortive steam car was made in Greenwich is not known.

The most successful of the steam carriage builders of the 1830s was Walter Hancock, who designed and made vehicles in Stratford, east London. Hancock was one of a most interesting family - his brother, Thomas, has been called ‘the foremost rubber technologist in England’ and was a partner of th, better known Mr. Charles Mackintosh. Another brother, Charles, was responsible for the first use of gutta percha which was to revolutionise Thameside cable manufacture. Walter Hancock was happy to advertise his brother’s products by his ‘flexible tubing’ to suck up water for his steam road vehicles.

Walter Hancock was the only one of the early road vehicle inventors who designed a locomotive which could go through crowded London streets on busy days. Some of his coaches may have run in an omnibus service to Greenwich - but accounts of what happened are often confusing and contradictory and I am afraid that I now think a service to Greenwich was unlikely, and must apologise for having said in previous articles that he did run a service. Hancock’s coaches all had identifying names - one was even called ‘Autopsy’.

A coach called ‘Era’ is shown in illustrations, dating from 1832, apparently and advertising a service between London and Greenwich.

Era was built by Hancock for a body called the London and Greenwich Steam Carriage Company. It appears that separate companies had been set up to run omnibus routes - one of them, for instance, was the London and Paddington Steam Carriage Company. These companies, ostensibly different, all seem to have

had most of the same people behind them. The London and Greenwich Steam Carriage was not a Greenwich based company but a body set up in London which wanted to run an omnibus service to Greenwich and I must admit to not being able to find a contemporary source reference to it.

A number of writers have said that the engineer of the London and Greenwich Steam Carriage Company was D. Redmund, who was based in City Road, Islington and there are conflicting accounts of exactly what happened. Redmund is said to have ordered a different vehicle - called Enterprise - for Greenwich from Hancock. When Enterprise arrived Redmund took it to pieces and noted down all the dimensions. He then began to build another carriage himselfcalled Alpha - which was an almost complete copy of Enterprise. The vehicle ran some test runs but never seems to have gone into service.

Hancock himself is said have made ‘Era’ for work in Greenwich. It may be that the problems which Hancock had with David Redmund meant that the vehicle never actually ran a service. ‘Era’ carried sixteen people sitting

inside and two outside. In addition there was crew of three - the driver, the engineer and a lad. There were two engines for the engineer to manage. The ‘lad’ stoked the boiler with ‘common gas coke ‘ - that is coke bought from the gas works.

Hancock also built a carriage for a London to Brighton service and made several well publicised trips to Brighton. He seems to have worked with Moses Ricardo –brother of the economist - and with a Mr Busby, a local builder. This seems to have eventually come to nothing but some authorities say that the coaches only ran as far as Greenwich; again I can find no press reference to this and in any case Greenwich is not on the route that a vehicle would take in the 1830s between West Ham, where Hancock’s workshops, were and Brighton.

Potential passengers, worried about a boiler explosion, were assured that ‘ the only parts of the boiler which can be dreaded are the sides - but good ties will keep them together’ and, as for the rest of the boiler ‘its power of doing mischief is not worth notice’. The drawing of ‘Era’ shows a comfortable looking vehicle

with a driver at the front and the engine completely shielded from the passengers. There is a grand crest on the side of the coach which perhaps meant to imply some sort of aristocratic patronage.

Hancock made a number of very successful steam omnibuses, some of which ran on service routes for some time. However he seems to have made little money and gave up work in the late 1830s. It is to be hoped that ‘Era’ did see some service on the road to Greenwich but it is more likely that she never got beyond the stage of running trials. In 1832 the line which was to become the London and Greenwich Railway had already been surveyed and, when complete, may well have provided competition which Era could not have met.

By the end of the 1830s steam road transport was a reality. Kentish roads had already seen some experimental vehicles and attempts to run public services.

The first years of the next decade would see attempts to make vehicles in Greenwich and witness their first trials around Kent.

„ Scott Russell carriage „ Gurney’s successful loco

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If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.

Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 11/01/2023

Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 11/01/2023

Publicity for Planning Applications

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1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Royal Borough of Greenwich Filming Unit who need to carry out filming works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 2 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Nevada Street for the full length. As well as temporarily revoke the no entry’s in King William Walk at the Junction of Romney Road.

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The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

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2. The Order will come into operation on 16th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take one week. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Howarth Road outside number 73.

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6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

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The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 6th January 2023

(INTERNAL REF: PL/441/LA438520)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Riverlinx who need to carry out Utility works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 6 months and will be in place multiple times within this period and will require 7 days’ notice to Stakeholders and the public prior to closure. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via (i) Edmund Halley Way U-turn at Roundabout. (ii) Millennium Way Northbound with U-Turn at round about. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 6th January 2023

(INTERNAL REF: PL/470/LA446082)

into operation on 18th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take one day. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Phineas Pett Road outside number 36.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via an appropriate signed route. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 6th January 2023

(INTERNAL REF: PL/482/LA442407)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) [nevada street] PLAnnED roAD cLosurE (orDEr)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1)

[Howarth road]

PLAnnED roAD cLosurE (orDEr)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) [millennium Way] PLAnnED roAD cLosurE (orDEr)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1)

[Humber road]

PLAnnED roAD cLosurE (orDEr)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out water main repair.

2. The Order will come into operation on 18th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take seven days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Humber Road outside number 133.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Ruthin Road, Kirkside Road, Mycenae Road and Vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 6th January 2023

(INTERNAL REF: PL/483/LA444774)

Charlton Lane at the Level Crossing.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via (i) Charlton Lane, Woolwich Road, Charlton Church Lane, Charlton Road, The Village and Charlton Park Road. (ii) Charlton Lane, Charlton Park Road Little Heath, Hillreach, Frances Street and Woolwich Road. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 6th January 2023

(INTERNAL REF: PL/481/LA433290)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1)

[cantwell road]

PLAnnED roAD cLosurE (orDEr)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out water main repair.

2. The Order will come into operation on 23rd January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Cantwell Road outside number 47.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Cantwell Road, Brent Road and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.

6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 6th January 2023

(INTERNAL REF: PL/456/LA435823)

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:

a) Replace part of the existing Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 11am-12.30pm (E) bays with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 11am-12.30pm’ restrictions on Craigton Road, west side, from a point 0.5 metres south of the common property boundary of Nos. 19 and 21 Craigton Road in a northerly direction for 4.5 metres. b) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference CPZ amendments 23-01).

4. Further information may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 1st February 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference CPZ amendments 23-01).

6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.

Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich

Dated 11th January 2023

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the Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and stopping restrictions) (Amendment no. *) order 202* the Greenwich (charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment no. *) order 202*

Tramshed reopens thanks to Council refurbishment

The legendary Tramshed theatre has reopened with two nights of showstopping performances, following an incredible refurbishment funded by the Council as part of our new Woolwich Leisure Centre Scheme.

Leader of the Council, Cllr Anthony Okereke joined Cllr Aidan Smith, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, and the Mayor of Royal Greenwich Cllr Leo Fletcher, to celebrate the reopening. Guests enjoyed a fun programme of drama, cabaret, spoken word and aerial gymnastics.

The theatre, arts and community centre runs a range of performing arts activities for young people and for adults with learning disabilities and differences. The same space is a community area for creative groups like the Caribbean Social Forum and Oxleas Mental Health services to operate and meet.

The work was undertaken as the first phase of our Woolwich Leisure Centre scheme, which includes sports and leisure facilities designed to encourage families, young people and adults to be more active, and nearly 500 homes.

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/woolwichleisurecentre

Give your Christmas tree a new lease of life

We’ll take your real Christmas tree as part of the green bin collection service so it can be recycled!

Just leave your tree next to your bin on your usual collection day and remember to remove all the decorations and save them for next year. You can also dispose of it yourself at our Reuse and Recycling Centre in Nathan Way.

Did you know teabags, grass cuttings and food waste can also go into your green top bin? Now’s the perfect time to refresh your knowledge on what to put into your blue and green top bins, as

we no longer collect recycling bins containing the wrong items. From next month, we’ll collect your general waste bins every two weeks and we won’t be able to take additional bags of general waste that aren’t contained in your black top bin.

Our Towards Zero Waste this is a vital step in our action against the climate emergency. By making these changes we’ll reduce our vehicle emissions by 60 tonnes of CO2 each and incinerate less waste which is kinder to the planet.

royalgreenwich.gov/ towardszerowaste

Lithium batteries are a fire risk in all bins. Please take them to a battery point in your local supermarket or our reuse and recycle centre. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/recycling