Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - May 10th 2023

Apply now for Community Arts Funding

Perfect your moves with the Acosta Dance Foundation at Woolwich Works!

Applications for the Royal Borough of Greenwich Community Arts Fund are now open.

If you are part of a community group or organisation, or a freelance artist planning to deliver arts and culture activities this year, apply now for funding through our newly simplified process.

Funding is available to support a range of arts and cultural activities, from music and drama, to visual art, film and photography.

How to apply

The fund is a rolling programme that awards its grants on a first come first served basis and may run out before the end of the financial year.

Contact artsgreenwich@royalgreenwich.gov.uk to check if funding is available before completing the online application. Find out more at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/community-arts-fund

Buy a second-hand bike and get cycling!

You can buy a quality, serviced second-hand bike at Morrisons in Thamesmead on Saturday 20 May between 10am and 4pm.

We’re working with Peddle My Wheels to help #GreenwichGetActive with a range of affordable bikes for adults and children.

You can buy a bike for just £40 if you live in Royal Greenwich and are in receipt of benefits such as Universal Credit, Housing Benefit or Child Tax Credit. Please bring official proof along with photo ID.

You can also donate unused bikes at the market. All proceeds from donated bikes go to Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice. Visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events for more events.

Woolwich Works is the new home of Cuban dance legend Carlos Acosta’s prestigious foundation.

From salsa to ballet, put your best foot forward and join the Cuban Dance Club this spring term.

Book classes at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/acosta-dance-woolwich-works

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By Holly O’Mahony

Movies under the stars at Charlton House

A village fete for city dwellers

Rain macs and woollies at the ready: travelling picturehouse Adventure Cinema is calling in at Charlton House this week, bringing the chance to watch a major movie under the stars. Against the impressive backdrop of the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust property, watch your pick of Top Gun: Maverick (May 11, 9:15pm), Elvis (May 12, 9:15pm) and The Greatest Showman (May 13, 9:15pm) – the latter will be a sing-a-long screening, so get learning those lyrics.

Charlton House and Gardens, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. May 11 - 13, 9:15pm.

Admission: £15.50. www.adventurecinema.co.uk/venues/charlton-house-gardens

Explore Greenwich’s connection to the Ottoman Empire

At Charlton House, connections are being drawn between the Ottoman Empire and the borough of Greenwich. The project came about following the remarkable discovery made by a visitor last year, who pointed out that an unidentified slab of rock with mysterious etchings was an Ottoman gravestone dating back to the 18th century. This Sunday, a new exhibition is opening which invites visitors to find out all about the gravestone’s journey and explore related objects, which between them span three centuries. The Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust has also worked with local Muslim communities to put together a series of workshops celebrating Ottoman history and Muslim life in Greenwich today.

Charlton House, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. From May 15. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichheritage.org/events/ottoman-journeys-life-and-afterlife-in-greenwich

Getting crafty at NOW Gallery

Part of Craft Week 2023, NOW Gallery has invited London-based designer and maker Charlotte Kidger to run a series of 30-minute workshops teaching attendees how to make sculptures out of industrial by-products. Get creative with rubberised hair, wool, springs, foam and more. NOW Gallery, Soames Walk, London SE10 0SQ. May 14, 11am - 2pm.

Admission: FREE.www.nowgallery.co.uk/ events/circular-crafts-workshop-withcharlotte-kidger

All hail the First Lady of Folk

If ‘village fete’ conjures images of maypole dancing, ball in the bucket and hopscotch, think again: Greenwich Peninsula is putting an urban spin on the age-old tradition this weekend, hosting a full day of workshops, talks and live entertainment, with DJs playing throughout the day and a selection of local traders and street food vendors dishing up their goods. Local favourite Bradley Zero is headlining on the decks, while drop-in classes include the chance to take part in a hands-on workshop with Black Girl Knit Club.

Central Park, Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10 OSQ. May 14, 11am - late.

Admission: FREE. www.greenwichpeninsula. co.uk/whats-on/events/ urban-village-fete

Sax and songs

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Kate Rusby is bringing her much-loved music to Blackheath Halls this Saturday. Born and raised in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Kate is often referred to as the ‘Barnsley Nightingale’ and is one of the best known contemporary English folk singers. Over the last 30 years, the Mercury Prize-winning artist has headlined folk festivals and collaborated with a fair few big names, including Ronan Keating. Hear her perform tracks from her latest album 30 – a celebration of her past three decades in music – plus some pre-loved crowd pleasers.

Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. May 13, 7:30pm.

Admission: £29. www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/kate-rusby

Gen Z tackle mental health

Can young people solve the mental health crisis? Come and find out in the Big Conversation, a Lewisham-based, youth-led research project bringing the community together for a night of discussion at the Albany in Deptford. Run in collaboration with local Lewisham community groups including Sound Like Chaos, Lewisham Music, Heart N Soul and Lewisham Youth Theatre, as well as its host venue The Albany, the Big Conversation is a chance for decision makers spanning the arts, healthcare and business to hear from the borough’s young people, who are understandably concerned about the fact there’s been a 60% increase in mental health problems among their age group since 2017. The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG. May 11, 5pm. Admission: FREE. www.thealbany.org.uk/shows/a-big-conversation-finale

Rising star of London’s jazz scene Parthenope is bringing her saxophone and smooth vocals to Woolwich Works this Saturday. At just 21, the Leeds-raised musician has already been dubbed ‘one to watch’. She’s contributed to the acclaimed compilation record Blue Note Re:imagined II,

featuring many of the UK’s most talented jazz artists, and is promising her fans more new music this year. Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. May 13, 7:30pm. Admission: £8.50 - £12.25. www.woolwich.works/events/parthenope

Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice’s Mini Marathon turns 10

Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice’s annual Mini Marathon turns 10 this year, with the race around Greenwich Park taking place on May 14. Up to 1,000 children aged between 5 - 16 will walk, jog or run the 2.62 mile route, which begins at Greenwich Park Bandstand. Holly O’Mahony spoke to Augusta Adu, Events Manager for Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice, about the history of the Mini Marathon and her hopes for its future…

The Mini Marathon was prompted by the London Marathon, which begins in Greenwich Park every year and is also predominantly a charity event, with runners raising money for causes close to their hearts. Inspired by the TV interviews broadcast from Greenwich Park Bandstand before the start of the London Marathon, the hospice team decided to develop a Mini Marathon for the children of families using its services. “We were looking for a way to connect with families, particularly children, getting them active and fit,” recalls Augusta, who joined the hospice team in 2013 just after the first Mini Marathon.

The number of runners taking part was modest at first, but it soon grew. “We started off with 300 children in the first year. At its peak, before the pandemic, we had 1,800 children running around the park.

During the pandemic, the event went virtual, with children sending in photos and videos of themselves running around their garden, on treadmills, along the Thames

and even on their balcony.

While the Mini Marathon has been held in person again since 2021, numbers still aren’t back at pre-pandemic levels just yet. Still, Augusta is confident they’ll get there eventually. “It’s steadily increasing every year,” she says. “Last year, there were 750 kids running, this year there’s 1,000.”

The event is open to children aged 5 -16, but those under 8 must run accompanied by an adult. Fancy dress is optional, with some little ones choosing to come as their favourite superhero – and one regular runner, Tayden, dressing as an NHS worker. “Adults can dress up too,” adds Augusta. “We’ve had Captain Jack Sparrow, Where’s Wally and Minions running the race in the past.” While registration has closed for this year’s Mini Marathon, your brood can still head to Greenwich Park to cheer on the runners on May 14.

Many of the children will be running in memory of loved ones cared for by the hospice, and so it’s both a

moving and empowering event for many families. “It’s a bittersweet occasion; some families find it quite emotional, especially when their kids run up the big hill,” says Augusta. For many, the event is a chance to do something uplifting with their grief. Augusta explains: “It gives families and children, in particular, a chance to remember their loved ones. It allows them to do something really positive and meaningful, and raise money so other families can benefit from the type of care their loved ones would have received.”

Beyond the personal reasons inspiring those who are running, Augusta stresses it’s “100 per cent a community event. “There’s a vibe of everyone coming together to support the hospice and cheer on the kids as they run around the route.”

As for a reward, while we all know it’s the taking part that counts, there’s an eco-friendly Hospice Mini Marathon medal as well as a goody bag by way of additional encouragement

for those who complete the course.

Local supermarkets are also providing cereal bars to help runners refuel, and this year, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the event, there will also be a special gift given to everyone who crosses the finish line. While she can’t say in advance what it will be, Augusta hints: “It will be meaningful, useful and sustainable, something they can use throughout the summer.”

While primarily a fun-run, Augusta points out that for some children, running in this mass participation event is “the first thing they’ve done by themselves, and it really does inspire children to take up the mantle of becoming fit and active, and doing something for their local community.”

The fundraising target for the Mini

Marathon this year is an impressive £50,000. “We have more and more people who need our services, whether that’s coming to the hospice or in the community, and we hope to be able to support as many patients as we can and raise as much money as we can,” Augusta says.

As for the future of the Mini Marathon over its next decade, “our hopes are just to be able to keep offering this really great event for the community. We’d love to get back to pre-pandemic levels and numbers.”

The Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice Mini Marathon begins at Greenwich Park Bandstand, Great Cross Avenue, London SE10 8EJ. May 14, 9:30am. Admission: £10. www. communityhospice.org.uk/supportus/events/hospice-mini-marathon/

Parents campaign for clean air for London’s children

Mums for Lungs founder Jemima Hartshorn is calling for clean air for all as evidence shows air pollution’s effects on the health of children growing up in the capital.

The grassroots parents’ group has welcomed the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) across all London boroughs later this year, a targeted scheme to help take the most highly polluting vehicles off London’s streets, as part of their campaign to help protect babies and children. 9 out of 10 cars seen driving in outer London already meet the emissions standards, based on monthly

average compliance levels, so most people will not need to pay a charge.

Air pollution can result in respiratory illnesses and exacerbate asthma attacks – children are particularly vulnerable to its effects because they breathe faster than adults therefore absorb more pollutants. They are also often pushed in buggies or

prams, putting them closer to the pollution emitted by cars. “No two-year-old has any influence on whether everyone drives, or whether they are in a car themselves,” says Jemima. “But they will never have the lung growth that they would have had if they had grown up in a less polluted place.”

For more information and details of support available go to tfl.gov.uk/ ULEZ-2023

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“Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of air pollution.”

Two Pinter plays go handin-hand on the Greenwich Theatre stage

Keeping with his mission to stage lesser known works by famous playwrights, artistic director of Greenwich Theatre James Haddrell is staging Harold Pinter’s A Slight Ache, with the playwright’s far better known The Dumb Waiter running after it as a companion piece, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Stage regular Jude Akuwudike (the National Theatre’s Three Sisters) and Tony Mooney (Scott and Bailey, Tournament) are starring opposite one another in The Dumb Waiter, which follows hitmen Ben (Tony) and Gus (Jude) as they sit tight in a basement awaiting instructions for their next job, while receiving strange messages via a dumb waiter.

Kerrie Taylor (Hollyoaks, The Bay), who starred in Greenwich Theatre’s Caryl Churchill shorts Bad Nights and Odd Days, is joining Jude and Tony for A Slight Ache, which follows the fallout after married couple Flora (Kerrie) and Edward (Jude) invite a silent Matchseller (Tony) into their home.

Both darkly funny one-act plays were written in the late 1950s, and both make subtle points about power and the roles we assume in society. Each of the plays is also armed with a shocking ending, likely to keep audiences reflecting on and talking about what they saw long after the curtain comes down, but while The Dumb Waiter has been revived

frequently in the intervening decades, A Slight Ache is rarely staged.

“I hope audiences go away thinking ‘why is [The Dumb Waiter] the famous one and [A Slight Ache] isn’t,” reflects director James Haddrell, when I catch up with him and the cast two weeks into the rehearsal period.

“They are both so impactful at the end, it’s really interesting to think why one has run away and one hasn’t.”

James understandably wants to keep the endings a surprise for those unfamiliar with the plays. So instead, I ask him why two Pinter shorts were his latest choice of programming for the theatre. “We’ve settled into a routine of trying to identify early and lesser known pieces [by major playwrights],” he says, referencing the theatre’s recent productions of works by three of the greatest living playwrights: Caryl Churchill, Michael Frayne and Steven Berkoff.

While The Dumb Waiter doesn’t fall into the “lesser known” category, James wanted something that

would complement A Slight Ache while feeling very different. “But actually, there’s a lot that crosses over between them,” he muses, explaining both are about “digging into people’s insecurities and how those are manifested.”

Jude, who was new to both plays when rehearsals started, believes “these two plays are really about Britain and its structures; the power and the people inside it.” Even though they were written in the 1950s, he says, their themes are still present now. “Even in The Dumb Waiter, you can find little lessons about unions and the army,” he laughs. For Tony, performing in The Dumb Waiter is something of a throwback. “I did The Dumb Waiter playing the same character [Ben] 20 years ago and I don’t look any different!,” he laughs. He was starring opposite Will Ash at the time, who he describes as “an Emmerdale heartthrob and silver fox”.

„ Jude Akuwudike

„ Tony Mooney „ Kerrie Taylor

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“I spoke to Will a couple of weeks ago and told him I was doing this and he said ‘I think you’ll find more in it than we did 20 years ago’,” he chuckles, admitting that rehearsals for James’s production with Jude have already proven this to be the case. “Pinter is put on a lot, but there’s still lots to find in his plays that might not have been found in previous productions,” he says.

Kerrie, who can’t even understudy for The Dumb Waiter because, shockingly, the Pinter Estate will not allow female actors to perform in the play, says “coming to Greenwich Theatre is really good for me. I worked with James before [on Bad Nights and Odd Days] and it’s really nice to work somewhere that does invest in these great names [and investigate] their other works… the things we haven’t seen.”

While the plays aren’t normally staged together, Tony is confident viewers will be able to join the dots. “If we pull it off and it goes well, as an audience member I think you’ll make the connection between the two pieces. They deal with similar things in a different way,” he reasons, adding that both plays leave the viewer with a lot of questions.

“Maybe one is about declining power, and the other is about power in operation and what we do about it,” adds Jude. “Because they are portraits of England, they might be painful viewing.”

“The power is not related to what’s happening [in the plot],” chimes in Kerrie. “In A Slight Ache, there’s a lot around traditions and forms and manners, and everything that’s really happening is happening underneath all of that. It’s quite interesting to see how we use form, tradition and manners to stabilise ourselves.”

With shades of both light and dark in the works, it can be tricky to predict how audiences will respond to either play, but as long as they inspire further discussion, Kerrie is happy. “I hope I walk into the pub two doors up from the theatre and hear lots of lively conversation [about the plays],” she says.

For Jude and Tony, this double bill means rehearsing two plays and two very different characters at once. “It’s a challenge, but hopefully and confidently, we’ll get there,” laughs Jude. “Often short plays don’t get a chance. It’s like they had their moment in the 1970s. It’s great James is [committed to staging them]. They deserve their place on stage and I don’t think everyone is brave enough to do that.”

The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache are showing at Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES. May 12 - 3 June, 7:30pm - 9:30pm.

Admission: £20 - £27.

www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/events/ the-dumb-waiter-a-slight-ache/

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record-breaking £49,000 raised for Charlton Upbeats

On Saturday 29 April, over 180 Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) supporters gathered to take on the 9-mile Upbeats Walk, sponsored by DNEL Events.

CACT’s annual event was its most successful yet, bringing in over £49,000 for the programme for young people and adults with Down’s syndrome, thanks also to CACT’s Official Events Partner DNEL Events, who sponsored this year’s walk.

All the money the walkers have helped to raise will allow CACT to continue to provide vital opportunities to the Upbeats over the next 12 months, from their regular football training sessions to playing in tournaments across the United Kingdom. There will also be more opportunity to offer Upbeats a range of social and employment-related activities throughout the year.

Ahead of the walkers setting off

from New Eltham, CharltonTV’s Scott Minto introduced legends Bob Bolder, Simon Webster and Paul Mortimer, and First-Team Manager Dean Holden.

Despite it being a matchday, Dean even joined one of the walking groups himself for the first part of their journey around New Eltham.

The halfway point for the walkers was at Charlton Lido and Lifestyle Club, where walkers were greeted by the Upbeats and members of the visiting Everton in the Community (EITC) Down’s syndrome team. The pit stop provided the walkers with refreshments, donated by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

When reaching the finish line

pitchside at The Valley, the walkers were met with a fantastic atmosphere with Upbeats, EITC players, CACT Ambassador Dave Berry among those ready to clap them over the finish line.

The Upbeats and EITC players then got ready to face each other on the pitch. There was so much talent on display, with Everton winning the first game and the Upbeats winning the second thanks to a hattrick from William Ely, but it was a memorable meeting for all involved.

It’s not too late to donate to support the Charlton Upbeats programme, which is entirely funded by voluntary contributions. You can do so by visiting: cact.hive.gives/upbeats2023

William Cory and his massive Thames coal vessel Atlas

Mary Mills

Moving on, and taking another site from The Industrial Archaeology of South-east London - this week I’m looking at a housing estate - Atlas and Derrick Gardens, SE7. The entry in SELIA is quite long and I’m not going to quote it all here because the rest of this article will repeat much of what it says, but in rather more detail. In the first few lines SELIA describes the houses as “in a rather unexpected location off Anchor and Hope Lane. Two groups of Artisans’ dwellings whose names have an unexpected derivation” - and it’s that ‘derivation’ I want to write about now.

I’m sure it is quite a pleasant place to live; near the river and near the last real Riverside pub in south-east London. It was once surrounded by industry but that has mostly gone and across the road from the estate is the big Sainsbury’s depot. The estate has recently been ‘locally listed’ by the Council and I will get to that in a moment. There’s an entry about it in John Smith’s ‘History of Charlton’ and Darrell Spurgeon’s ‘Discover Greenwich and Charlton’ – and a terrific article by Alan Pearsall in

Greenwich Antiquarians’ Transactions written as long ago as 1971.

They all agree that Atlas and Derrick Gardens was built by river hauliers, Cory’s, around 1908. One day I will do a proper article about Cory’s who are very much still around as Cory Environmental. See https://www. corygroup.co.uk/ which starts with a short film with some terrific shots and commentary about their work in SouthEast London managing waste and their big big works in Erith. It includes

some shots of their Charlton barge yard which is only just up the riverside from Atlas and Derrick. One of their very strong points is that the vast tonnage of waste they move daily from Central London is all carried on the river - we have all seen those strings of yellow containers going off down river headed by one of Cory’s Charlton based tugs.

In the film they say the firm was set up by William Cory in the 1890s but its predecessor was a haulage and lighterage business in the London coal

trade and an earlier William Cory. I don’t know if the 1890s Cory was the son, or the grandson, of the one I am going to write about below.

Who was William Cory? I am very confused – there are so many Corys and lots of them were in the coal trade. Are they all related? Or just lots of different William Corys who appear to be nothing to do each other. In South Wales Cory Brothers operated a network of mines and coal haulage - there may still be a Brass Band. And there were and are others. I once found a 1820s Cory dye works in Limehouse and the Horace Cory had a colour business in the Old Kent Road around the same time. There were many more.

But let’s stick with what seems to be the story behind Atlas and Derrick Gardens. In 1868 a Mr. William Cory died and I am able to quote from his obituaries so I am sure he is the right one. He had been born in 1818 and his father ‘ever stood in the front rank of coal merchants’. Coal - sea coal - was delivered into London from the Northumberland and Durham mines in sailing vessels and there is a whole history of control of the coal trade through the Coal Exchange in Lower Thames Street and taxation by the City of London. Ships crowding in the river were controlled by the Harbour

Masters and there were designated waiting areas where these ‘collier’ ships were told to anchor until their wharf was free. One of these waiting areas was in the river just off the Charlton riverside.

In the mid-19th century things began to get difficult. Alan Pearsall, who was a maritime historian, in his 1971 article said the problems were about adjusting to replacing sailing ships with steamers to deliver the coal. However, the obituary writers of the 1860s identified the chief villains as the Great Northern Railway – bringing coal from the Midlands into London by train, and the Russian war. Both of them agree however that the hero who solved everything was ‘the clear, able head William Cory’. He installed cranes in 1855 at the new Victoria Dock to unload coal from the steamers coal at 100 tons an hour.

However he also thought to himself that it was not good to have to pay the Victoria Dock Company to install his cranes on their property, but that out in the river space would be free.

At around the same time a company called ‘The Patent Derrick Company’ was demonstrating their heavy lifting gear on the Thames and had had a notable success with hoisting large objects up onto Great Eastern. They contracted with the Thames Ironworks Company to build a vessel which was specially designed to undertake salvage work of the Thames - a double-ended vessel, 250 feet long by 90 feet wide. However the Patent Derrick Company became bankrupt and began a legal battle with Thames Ironworks. William Cory seized the opportunity and bought the vessel, which he called ‘Atlas’. He moved Atlas out into the river to what was called the ‘Charlton

„ Party on Atlas Gardens (thanks to Lindsay Barnett)

roads’, off Anchor and Hope Lane. He converted the vessel into a stationary hulk from coal could be transhipped from the seagoing colliers into barges and lighters using steam driven derricks. Because this was done out in the river it meant that the collier ships could stay in the river and didn’t have to wait to dock at a wharf. Atlas had an upper level fitted with ten hydraulic cranes of three various types - the swinging crane, the overside crane, and the luffing crane. This allowed four colliers to be unloaded simultaneously, and as much as 5,000 tons of coal could be loaded into the barges within a twelve hour period. Each load of coal was weighed while it was being hoisted, just before it was tipped. Thus Cory always had large supplies on hand to compete with the rail-borne coal, and he was handling million tonnes a year. He died in 1868 but the work was continued by his family.

In 1865 Cory built another such vessel to do even more work. By 1875 these two derricks handled over half the seaborne coal arriving in London and were manned by independent workers ‘old coalies’ – it is said that this name for them originated with William Cory. 40 or 50 lighters would leave the derricks on the flood tide and increasingly these lighters were towed by steam tugs belonging to Cory.

It’s interesting that today the rubbish barges from the City and elsewhere are brought downriver by Cory’s tugs and are almost the only regular commercial traffic on our poor underused river.

Cory also opened a new barge yard in Charlton to provide a service centre and a depot for the barges and tugs - and this still remains on our riverside.

The derricks were still in use in 1902 but coal lightering was becoming less important as rail-borne coal began to

win out and most of the large users - gasworks and power stations - had their own collier ships. The system stopped before the Great War.

So what about Atlas and Derrick Gardens? Clearly having read this you will gather that they are named after the Atlas and the Derrick installations. ‘Derrick’ was an older term alleged to have been named after an Elizabethan executioner who invented a new sort of scaffold.

The Cory Company bought the land from the Roupell Estate, the local landowners (you may remember that the unlamented Pickwick Pub was originally called The Roupell Arms). In 1908 they built two separate groups of housesAtlas Gardens and Derrick Square - to house employees of the riverside Barge Works and their families.

The houses are terraced maisonettes, designed with sunlit gardens and grouped around small greens as a deliberate, philanthropic enterprisespacious and generously proportioned they have good quality detailing. They are attractive, secluded and peaceful enclaves with mature trees. They qualified for listing due to historic interest. The estate was sold to Greenwich Council in 1979 and dwellings have since been modernised.

More recently the estate has been beset with planning applications from major developers to build on the old industrial sites to the south and east of them. Recently a private housing scheme was proposed that would have dwarfed Atlas and Derrick Gardens and was met by staunch opposition by residents, who said that surrounding the Edwardian squares with the proposed ten storey tower

blocks would have removed some of our riverside heritage. The groundswell of support across Charlton led to these applications being refused and Greenwich Council designating the land around Atlas and Derrick Gardens for industrial use only. Hopefully this will ensure the historic continuation of light industrial employment in the area.

Residents tell me they would like a permanent plaque up somewhere nearby which can tell the many visitors on the Riverside walk and Anchor and Hope Lane some of the history of the estate. What do readers think about the idea? Can anyone help? I have told residents they need to find out how much it would cost – and practicalities like if it would need to have – and to pay fees for – Planning Permission. Greenwich Industrial History Society Facebook page would be a good place to tell us your ideas.

„ Atlas

„ Atlas in action

„ William Cory

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1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to facilitate works for carriageway drainage remedial works under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The effect of the Order will be to temporarily prohibit all vehicles from entering into, exiting from, proceeding in, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Victoria Way, both sides, from its junction with Charlton Road for 10 metres in a northerly direction.

3. The above prohibitions will only apply to such times and such extent as shall be indicated by the placing or covering of appropriate traffic signs and alternative routes for diverted vehicles would be available via local roads.

4. Whilst the closures are in operation, vehicular access to properties affected by these works would be maintained wherever possible subject to the extent and operations of the works.

5. The Order would come into force on Monday 15th May 2023 and remain in force for 18 months, or until the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner.

6. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 05-23 Victoria Way.

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

Dated 10th May 2023

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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 National Grid who need to carry out remedial works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 18th May 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, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), on to Sidcup Road from West Park.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via West Park, Mottingham Road, Court Road and Sidcup 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, 3

5 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 15/03/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/503/LA448288)

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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 repair works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 1st June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 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 Novar Road at the junction of Footscray Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Gaitskell Road, Reventlow Road, Footscray Road & 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.

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 05/04/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/516/LA449924)

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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 repair works on a leaking main in Swingate Lane.

2. The Order will come into operation on 1st June 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), Kirkham Street at the junction of Swingate Lane.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Flaxton Road, Melling Street, Swingate Lane & 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.

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 19/04/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/531/LA451784)

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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 A&E Elkins Limited who need to deliver heavy loads to the site.

2. The Order will come into operation on 30th May 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 weeks. 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 parking or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Gilbourne Road from the junction of Swingate Lane to 126 and from the side of 42 to 80.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation restrictions will be from 7am to 7pm Weekdays. Traffic will not need to be diverted. 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 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.

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 21/04/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/533/LA452311)

royal Borough of Greenwich town & country Planning Act 1990 (As AmEnDED) town & country Planning (Development management Procedure)(England) order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & conservation Areas) Act 1990 (As AmEnDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & conservation Areas) regulations 1990 (As AmEnDED) town & country Planning (control of Advertisements) regulations 2007 (As AmEnDED)

Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.

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 22 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 10/05/2023

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 10/05/2023

Publicity For Planning Applications.

Applicant: Berkeley Homes (East Thames) Ltd 21/4537/F

Site Address: Woolwich Crossrail Station East Ventilation Shaft, Former Car Park and No's 12, 14, 15 and 16 Gunnery Terrace, Arsenal Way, Woolwich, SE18 6FY

Development: Proposed demolition and relocation of existing substation and installation of two (2) additional substations [Revised scheme featuring an increase from one (1) to three (3) substations including revised plans and materials].

Conservation Area: ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH

Applicant: Mrs Sally Hughes 23/1149/HD

Site Address: 30 ROYAL HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RT

Development: Erection of part single-storey part 2-storey rear extension, enclosed glazed canopy and associated alterations to internal layout.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr Simon Sivyer Sivyer Logistics Ltd. 23/1183/F

Site Address: LAND REAR OF EAST GREENWICH FIRE STATION, RAMAC WAY, CHARLTON

Development: Permanent retention of current temporary construction storage and logistics yard (Use Class B8) with modular buildings for staff welfare, installation of acoustic barrier surrounding site and other associated development.

Applicant: Ms Chapman 23/1286/HD

Site Address: 4 FURZEFIELD ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 8TX

Development: The construction of a pair of roof dormers to the rear slope of the existing main roof, and the installation of 2 roof windows to the front roof slope. Replacement of existing windows and front door with new (like-for-like basis), and the demolition and reconstruction of the front garden wall and new gate.

Conservation Area: RECTORY FIELD

Applicant: Mr Richard Hall 23/1334/HD

Site Address: 58 ASHBURNHAM GROVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8UJ

Development: Replacement of existing single glazed box sash windows with new double glazed timber box sash windows. (Resubmission)

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE

Applicant: Mr Kandel 23/1349/HD

Site Address: 67 COURT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5AF

Development: Construction of a single-storey side and rear extension, conversion of the existing garage into a habitable room and installation of two rear dormer windows.

Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE

Applicant: Mr Richard Pennington 23/1377/HD

Site Address: 28 BANNING STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9PH

Development: Construction of a single storey outbuilding in rear garden

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr Kirsop 23/1405/HD

Site Address: 73 MAIDENSTONE HILL, LONDON, SE10 8SY

Development: Alterations to existing rear infill extension including replacing of existing timber single glazed roof lantern, windows and door with new black aluminium frame windows and door.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Publicity for Listed Building consent

Applicant: Mr Andy Horwood Tesco 23/1129/L

Site Address: TESCO EXPRESS, 10 MAJOR DRAPER STREET, LONDON, SE18 6GD

Development: Proposal to install 1x Fascia sign, 1x Projecting sign, 1x Vinyl ATM signage, 2x Window Vinyls

Conservation Area: ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Mrs Sally Hughes 23/1150/L

Site Address: 30 ROYAL HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RT

Development: Erection of part single-storey part 2-storey rear extension, enclosed glazed canopy and associated alterations to internal layout.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Mr Amos 23/1261/L

Site Address: 11 LANGHORNE STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18

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Development: Internal Remodelling of the ground floor of the Listed Building, including the reinstatement of two (2) chimneys, the removal of two (2) internal partition walls and replacement with structural beams and associated internal alterations.

Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON

Listed Building: Grade 2*

Publicity For Advertisements

Applicant: Mr Andy Horwood Tesco 23/1143/A

Site Address: TESCO EXPRESS, 10 MAJOR DRAPER STREET, LONDON, SE18 6GD

Development: Proposal to install 1x Fascia sign, 1x Projecting sign, 1x Vinyl ATM signage, 2x Window Vinyls

Conservation Area: ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH

Royal Greenwich residents celebrate the King’s Coronation in style

Residents across the borough proved once again that no one does a regal celebration quite like the Royal Greenwich – despite a little bit of rain!

In General Gordon Square ticket holders watched all the action live from Westminster on the big screen. Attendees also enjoyed free children’s crafts and activities and family entertainment fit for a king!

The fun continued over at Royal Arsenal Riverside Market. Street food, bars and live music lit up Artillery Square as part of Woolwich Lates.

Elsewhere, there was bunting a plenty, with neighbours throwing 51 street parties across the borough.

See all the best pictures from the weekend at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/kings-coronation