Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - October 4th 2023

WHAT IS THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CULTURE? WHAT IS THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CULTURE?

WE'RE BIDDING TO BECOME THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CULTURE –AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WE'RE BIDDING TO BECOME THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CULTURE –AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

The London Borough of Culture (LBoC) award offers the winning borough £1.35million of Greater London Authority (GLA) funding to run a year-long programme of cultural events in either 2025 or 2027. Our bid will be a co-created programme of imaginative and exciting activities shaped by you – our residents, partners, community groups and cultural organisations.

As part of the Mayor of London’s plans to support the arts in the capital there are also three Cultural Impact Awards up for grabs. These will be in the region of £200,000 for individual projects.

The deadline for bid submission is 12 noon on 30 November, and the successful boroughs are expected to be announced in March 2024.

For over 500 years, people have been coming to Royal Greenwich for a variety of reasons, to work in the wool industry, the orchards, the Arsenal, the docks, the barracks or, more recently, in hospitality and tourism. We want to know your family's history - what brought you to the borough?

Submission of an LBoC bid is subject to formal council decision.

Holly O'Mahony

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Pick of the Week

By Holly O’Mahony

Horror at the Churchill

Spooky season is upon us and if you’re up for embracing the scares, forget horror movies and head instead to the Churchill Theatre, where a theatrical show riddled with frightening illusions is looking to chill its audience to the core. Set in a haunted cinema, Shock Horror is a ghost story (duh) combining live performance with film to take audiences on a journey through their worst childhood nightmares. Afraid of the dark? You will be… Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. September 27 - 30, 7:30pm. Admission: £15 - £28.

www.trafalgartickets.com/churchill-theatre-bromley/en-GB/event/play/shock-horrortickets

Take a seat at chef Karl Goward’s table

Greenwich Market does Oktoberfest

Lederhosen at the ready: Greenwich Market is being transformed into a Baverian beer hall for one night only this autumn. Yes, Munich’s Oktoberfest is kitting out the Grade II-listed site with live oompah bands, intriguing sounding ‘Germanic entertainment’ and, of course, giant steins of beer. It sounds like an uber-fun knees up! Greenwich Market, London SE10 9HZ. October 6, 6pm - 11pm. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichmarket.london/events/detail/oktoberfest

Drawing Diwali

In the lead up to Diwali, help graphic artist Murugiah illustrate a giant mandala that’s set to become part of his outdoor artwork ‘Rangoli Mirrored Cosmos’ on Greenwich Peninsula. The artwork as a whole is a fusion of two traditions: Mandalas are graphic representations of the cosmos, while Rangoli are colourful patterns painted in the entrance of homes to welcome the Hindu goddess Lakshmi to the household. In Murugiah, mirrored surfaces are also being added to reflect the viewer as a small part of the bigger picture. A fitting way to mark the upcoming festival of light. Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0ES. October 7 - 29, Saturdays 10am - 5pm; Sunday 11am - 4pm. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whats-on/events/rangoli-mirrored-cosmos-bymurugiah/

Esteemed chef Karl Goward, who’s played pivotal roles in the kitchens at Soho House New York as well as St John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields, is taking charge of the next guest chef supper club at the Design District’s Bureau restaurant. Over three sharing-style courses paired with wine, he’ll be treating audiences to a seafood medley including smoked cod’s roe on crispy pig’s cheek; razor clams; and roast Cornish brill in a Cromer crab bisque. Sweet things come to those who wait, with a seasonal sounding hazelnut meringue served with stewed apples and blackberries rounding off the meal. Bureau Restaurant, Design District, 13 Soames Walk, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0AX. October 6, 6pm - 9pm. Admission: £50.

www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whats-on/events/october-supper-clubguest-chef-edition/

Folk-rock oldtimers come to Blackheath Halls

Tynesid folk-rock band Lindisfarne have been moving audiences with their music since the 1970s. Proving they’ve still got it, the five-piece band fronted by Rod Clements are calling in at Blackheath Halls as part of their 2023 tour. Reliving the glory years, the focus of the tour is the band’s successful 1977 release, Magic in The Air. Come and crow along to the likes of ‘Meet Me On The Corner’, ‘Fog On The Tyne’ and ‘Run For Home’. Stamping your feet is very much encouraged. Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. October 7, 8pm. Admission: £30.

www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lindisfarne-magic-in-the-air-tour-2023/

A musical upper for your mental health

Busting taboos and opening up about his own mental health, Matt McGuiness brings his show with songs We Are What We Overcome to Greenwich Theatre. The show is deeply personal to Matt, who weaves in stories aboutwhat brought him back from the brink of suicide. It’s also been on quite the journey since he first performed it at the Edinburgh fringe in 2018, back when he was a musician with “no theatrical experience”. Supporting Matt and accompanying his songs are a live band, and rather than spitting the audience back onto the street at the end, it invites the crowds to stick around for a post-show chat that has been known to double up as group therapy. Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES.

October 5 - 7, 7:30pm.

Admission: £17.50/£12.50 concessions.

www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/events/we-are-what-we-overcome/

Sleep rough for charity outside the Old Royal Naval College

The charity has been running its Big Sleep events for almost 20 years. Each event is hosted at a landmark site, with entertainment and a history lesson about the location provided on the night to make the uncomfortable experience a bit more enjoyable.

Anyone who is healthy and aged 14+ can take part. Participants are expected to raise £200 for the charity in addition to paying £10 to secure their space on the night.

Holly O’Mahony spoke to Rebecca Mullen, Fundraising Events and Development Manager for Alabaré, who will be present on the night, to find out more…

Holly O’Mahony: How did you get involved with Alabare and The Big Sleep? What does your job involve?

Rebecca Mullen: I am one of a team of fundraisers that is challenged to raise £1.6m to support approximately 2,000 people annually so they have the opportunity to come off the street and live fulfilling lives. I have been with Alabaré for eight years and am responsible for leading corporate and

military fundraising events. Our events range from our flagship event, The Big Sleep, to fundraising talks, challenge events and mass participation fun runs.

HOM: Tell us about your Big Sleep event. Where have you hosted it in the past?

RM: Our sleep out event has been running for over seventeen years and we have more recently taken it to exciting venues around the country including an abandoned Victorian prison, Stonehenge, the UK

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! castle in North Wales, and the Tower of London. We also run an annual sleep out outside Salisbury Cathedral. It has been a real privilege to be the first charity to host an event at many of these locations, which adds to the appeal of the event.

HOM: Is taking part safe if you’re healthy?

RM: Although it is unlikely that people will sleep well, our participants will be taken care of and do not have to worry about being spat on, beaten up or set on fire, as are fears for many homeless people. Our participants will be able to go home to get warmed up, get access to clean

water and lock a door behind them so they are safe, and yet they will also go home knowing that the money they’ve raised will make a life changing difference.

HOM: Several charities run sleep out events. What sets Alabaré’s apart from the others?

RM: There is nothing new in hosting a sleep out. Many charities like ours know it is a powerful way to give a brief glimpse of what it is like to be homeless. The distinguishing factor for Alabaré’s Big Sleeps is the fact that in so many cases, the location will be a first. It’s certainly the case for the upcoming event: this is the first time anyone will have slept out at the Old Royal Naval College, and for this we are very grateful.

HOM: Alabaré raises money for veterans in particular. Can you say a bit about this, and why this group in particular are vulnerable and in need of support?

RM: Alabaré has been supporting homeless and vulnerable veterans since 1995 when the charity recognised that a high percentage of rough sleepers had previously served in the British Armed

Forces, and that to move forward positively in their lives, their journey of service should be recognised. Alabaré welcomes veterans from across the country – with many having slept rough in London before they find a home and support through Alabaré. Our charity can support up to 100 veterans any one night and tends to enable 350 each year to leave homelessness behind.

HOM: Practically speaking, how many people can take part in your upcoming event at the ORNC?

RM: We can have up to 200 people aged 14+ and in good health sleep rough during our Big Sleep event on October 6. World Homeless Day is on October 10, so by taking part, your sleep out will be one of thousands of acts of compassion happening that weekend.

HOM: You’ve done your fair share of Big Sleep events. What vital things should those taking part pack for the night?

RM: When someone signs up, we send them a full welcome pack with details of the night and a kit list. This will be my 15th Big Sleep event and from experience, I know that bringing cardboard rather than a camp bed is a bonus as it retains more heat. Similarly, ear plugs are a bonus as you cannot underestimate how loudly someone will snore!

HOM: You said yourself that it can get very cold, especially if it rains. It must be a shock to the system for some

participants. Do people ever drop out?

RM: It can get very cold but usually this is in February and March when very few of us are used to sleeping in freezing temperatures. We give everyone a comprehensive kit list where layers are recommended, along with a woolly hat and gloves. If someone does really struggle we do have a warm space to enable them to warm up. Tents are cheating, but we do have emergency bivvy bags for heavy rain. We have never had someone drop out and leave because they were cold. That said, we do see many people get up around 5.30am eager to go home, knowing what a privilege this is.

HOM: In addition to supporting a good cause, what do you hope those who take gain from the experience?

RM: Homelessness is a very real possibility for far too many people today. Many of our participants go home knowing that by showing compassion and respect to those sleeping rough, they have made a difference that lasts long after the event. The homeless feel both judged and invisible. Having someone smile at them, acknowledge them and perhaps speak to them has huge benefits for all.

The Big Sleep is taking place at the Old Royal Naval College, London SE10 9NN. October 6 & 7, from 8pm. £10, with a pledge to raise £200 for the charity.

www.ornc.org/whats-on/the-big-sleep/

Alabaré, a Christian charity supporting homeless veterans, is hosting the first ever sleep out event to run in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC), writes Holly O’Mahony…

It’s your decision where to have your first outpatient appointment

Most of us have had the legal right to choose where to have our first outpatient appointment for several years – but not many of us know about it.

You don’t have to go to the hospital closest to where you live. You can make a decision based on how far you are prepared to travel, how long you want to wait, whether the location is near family or friends, or how the treatment provider is rated by other patients and the health and care regulator.

You can make an informed decision based on what matters most to you and your family.

The right to choose covers a huge range of non-emergency conditions and includes both NHS hospitals and independent hospitals, if they provide services to the NHS.

Giving people choice about where to get their healthcare improves patient experience and has the added bonus of helping to make sure NHS resources and capacity are used as effectively as possible.

During an appointment, GPs or other healthcare professionals can see information on the length of waiting lists and should share a minimum of five clinically appropriate providers with patients as part of the decision making process. For patients who need more time to make a decision, the My Planned Care website at myplannedcare.nhs.uk is helpful for waiting times and hospital rating information. They can then book by calling the referral service helpline or online.

n GP Marjorie Gillespie explains how figuring out out what is important to the patient – getting treatment quickly, close to home or work and at a time that suits – is a vital part of the consultation.

n She said: “It’s been recognised for a long time that if you give patients choice, they are more likely to attend their hospital appointment and more likely to be satisfied and have

a positive outcome.

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“If a patient does need a specialist opinion, we give them an indication of the choices that are there and give them a print out. They can go home, look up the hospitals, look up the options that are available to them and make

“It’s interesting when you talk to people and say, well, these are all the places that you could go because everybody imagines the only place they can go is their local

big NHS trust.

n Dr Gillespie, who is based in Essex, explained that patient choice covers a wide range of ailments from knee pain to varicose veins and cataract surgery. It can also cover conditions such as asthma.

n She added: “The important part is they’re all NHS appointments, so patients aren’t paying for any of this.

n “It’s all about involving patients at the time that we are in the consultation making that referral and showing them that they have options.”

You can choose to make health and care decisions based on the things important to you.

This could be…

l Shorter waiting times

l Feedback from other patients or a hospital’s Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating

l A location for your treatment, based on where family and friends live, who may be able to support you during recovery

Find out more at nhs.uk/patientchoice

‘Giving patients a choice is important’

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Churchill

Self-loving, diversity-embracing, upbeat West End show

The story follows a 16-year-old living on a Sheffield council estate, who doesn’t fit in. Jamie Campbell is openly gay and desperate to perform on stage in a killer pair of heels. He’s got more than enough comebacks to see off the school bully’s homophobic taunts, and a doting mum who’d do just about anything for him. With best friend Pritti by his side and a little help from former drag queen Loco Chanelle, Jamie is ready to make his stage debut.

A coming-of-age musical about finding your identity, the show is the hive mind of Tom MacRae (book and lyrics) and Dan Gillespie Sells (music). Hits from the soundtrack absolutely worthy of a place on any ‘empowering’ playlist include: ‘And You Don’t Even Know It’, ‘It Means Beautiful’ and ‘He’s My Boy’.

A favourite on the West End since 2017, the show is actually based on a true story told in 2011 BBC documentary Jamie: A Drag Queen at 16. Since gaining a following

on stage, it’s since been revisited on screen in the form of a movie musical starring Max Harwood.

Ivano Turco is playing Jamie in the current UK tour, the Bromley portion of which is something of a homecoming for Talia Palamathanan, who plays his sidekick Pritti. Talia grew up in Bromley and still considers it her home.

“As Bromley is my home town and most of my family and friends live there. We have about 200 people from the community coming to see the show,” she says. “One of my local dance school (Laura Bruce Dance Academy) summer shows performed at The Churchill when I was aged 13. The theatre is also right next to my family home,” she adds.

Talia, who trained at The Brit School, has been with the show for some time. She was part of the original UK tour and travelled with it to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

“I have been a part of the Jamie family for almost my entire adult life!” she exclaims. “I love the show because it’s such a celebration of identity, acceptance and diversity, which is not only shown in the storylines but in the cast too. It’s so important that we have shows like Everybody’s Talking About Jamie because everyone can see themselves within the characters.”

If you’re hoping to see the show in Bromley, mind, it sounds like you should book soon unless you don’t mind jostling one of Talia’s extended family members for a seat.

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is coming to the Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. October 2 - 7, 7:30pm with additional 2:30pm performances.

Admission: £22.50 - £56. www.trafalgartickets.com/ churchill-theatre-bromley/en-GB/ event/musical/everybodystalking-about-jamie-tickets

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has hit the road, and it’s coming to Bromley’s Churchill Theatre this week as part of a national tour, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Dance Classes for Adults and Older Adults

Join us from September for dance and creative movement classes, taking place across the borough.

Dance For Wellbeing sessions are open to all and help to improve both physical and mental wellbeing.

GD Collective is Greenwich Dance’s performance company for anyone over the age of 18 who would like to create dance material and perform it on stage. Discover

greenwichdance.org.uk

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The dinosaurs are coming…

He’s one of the friendliest faces explaining the prehistoric world to its youngest admirers, and he’s collaborated on screen with some of the most esteemed natural historians, including Sir David Attenborough. Now evolutionary biologist Professor Ben Garrod is bringing his touring show Ultimate Dinosaurs to Blackheath Halls – and he’s promising it will be a ‘rawsome good time’ for audience members aged five and up, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Ahead of it, here’s Dr Ben on recent discoveries in palaeontology, the mostspread myths about dinosaurs, and a reality check on who knows more about dinosaurs: kids or their parents…

This isn’t your first rodeo, is it? By which I mean, you’ve been touring dinosaur shows for some years now. Tell us about your latest one.

First and foremost, it’s a really entertaining show. The kids love it and from the

outset become fully engaged, animated and involved. Where it differs from other dinosaur shows, is that it’s backed up by lots of fascinating facts and science. So, as well as being great fun for the whole family, it’s also hugely educational.

How did you become interested in dinosaurs originally?

I grew up in Norfolk and when I was five or six years old I found some tiny cylindrical shells with a wonderful

crystalline formation on the inside on a local beach, and my dad told me it was a creature that lived millions of years ago, was now completely extinct and this was a fossil. They held some magic for me – I still have them – and got me interested in the extinct world. I am an evolutionary biologist by training and am now Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement at the University of East Anglia.

Not just a friendly face from the telly,

then! So which titans of the prehistoric world will we meet in your latest show?

I cover the Tyrannosaurus Rex, of course, but also some of those we don’t know huge amounts about. So lots of favourites, as well newly discovered ones and the weird ones. I try to look at dinosaurs in the way we would look at any other animals: observing their behaviour, their ecology, their habitats and predator-prey relationships.

How do we know so much about dinosaurs when the creatures have been extinct for 65 million years?

The technology is improving all the time, so we are constantly adding to our knowledge. We can use laser scanners and the sort of equipment engineers use to understand load force in buildings, for instance, to see how much dinosaurs weighed by how much load their limbs could take.

What’s been the biggest discovery in recent times?

The biggest dinosaur ever discovered was excavated in 2017 in Argentina.

It was three or four times the size of the Diplodocus (Dippy) in the Natural History Museum.

Does your show debunk any dinosaur myths we see in films?

Completely. I don’t want to get into a lawsuit but there is a certain franchise that has done both so much for palaeontology and so much against palaeontology! I do play with that one but we need to get away from the myth that dinosaurs were huge monsters doing monstrous things all the time and that the T-Rex went around all day roaring at things. That’s rubbish, it was probably a very lazy predator that ate every few days and then did very little in the interim. And a velociraptor wasn’t some huge creature – it was just like a very angry chicken.

Fascinating! So, is there audience interaction in the show?

Oh yes, lots. I don’t want the children to sit there passively. I want them to shout out the answers and be involved, and I like the fact that they want to demonstrate their passion for the subject.

Can any lurking adults get involved too?

The show is aimed at audiences aged 5 - 105, so yes, absolutely. At one point I have a competition between the adults and the kids to see who knows more about dinosaurs – and the adults have never won that round.

I imagine that leads to a few sheepish faces in the audience. As for you, have you ever been stumped by a question from the audience?

Some of the questions the kids come up with are incredible because they are following all the latest research. I always say they will tell me things I don’t know and they do try to catch me out, which is fine, because seeing a scientist who doesn’t have all the answers shows we’re human too. I really enjoy that when it happens.

This is a family show, but do you go into gory detail about the pecking order between the dinosaurs?

Yes! Kids are horrible little things sometimes because they really want to see dinosaurs ripping something to bits. They cheer when they see some poor fish ripped out of a stream by a huge Spinosaurus. But I explain this is nature and there aren’t any goodies or baddies – these animals need to eat.

Ben Garrod’s Ultimate Dinosaurs is coming to Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. October 7, 11am & 4pm. Admission: £9. www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/ ben-garrod-ultimate-dinosaurs/

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Boatbuilding and the Cunis family

Today – Tuesday 27th September –Greenwich Council has announced that they have told the developer on a riverside site to demolish the tower blocks which have been built without the proper planning consents. By the time you read this article this case will no doubt have moved on. I am writing about the family whose boat yard preceded the tower blocks on the site.

Well before this news came out I had decided that I should start writing about some of the river industries. Greenwich was home to many barge and tug operators and other trades and owners and their crews mostly lived locally. I had just written an article for another publication about John Taylor Beale and I noticed that after his death a Cunis family member had moved into his old house. Cunis were barge owners and boat builders who had lived locally. So why not write about them.

I have since realised that Cunis family members have been involved in local industry until very, very recently - and maybe still are around locally. So I need to highlight this to them and say that

I hope you don’t mind me writing this and that I have got it right.

The history of the family in the early 19th century is confusing as generation after generation named their eldest son ‘William Ryan Cunis’. They all give their occupation as ‘lighterman’ which could mean anything from basic labourer to ship-owner. However an indication of their early status comes from 1791, when the current William Ryan Cunis signed a letter to the Board of Trade urging that Navy press gangs stop taking apprentice fishermen. The other signatories include the Enderbys – prosperous whalers and factory owners. So was the Cunis family their equal? Their births and marriages in the early 19th Century are all in

Lambeth and the family appears to own a spritsail sailing barge, the William and Mary, probably built for them on Bankside in 1826.

In 1835 William Ryan Cunis aged 24 joined the Navy spending his time on HMS Russell, posted to Lisbon. Was he pressed? Returning in 1839 he applied for the Freedom of the City of London, apparently to get membership of the Association of Fellowship Porters who controlled who could load and unload goods in the Port. He married and the next generation of William Reid Cunises had arrived. The family lived at Cottage Place, which was in the area to the east of St. John’s Church in what is now Waterloo Road and very near the Southwark and Lambeth border. He is also described as

a boat builder and lighterman on Broadwell - roughly the area we would now call ‘Bankside’ and close to Cottage Place. In these years a number of spritsail barges were registered with an office address at Seething House, Great Tower Street in the City.

In a court case of the 1870s W.R. Cunis described himself as a ‘master barge owner’ while always describing himself as a ‘lighterman’ on the census. Specialist websites show an impressive list of 65 spritsail sailing barges registered to Cunis at various times. This list is likely to be very far from complete and it is difficult to work out how many barges the firm had at any one time - since clearly barges were continually being bought and sold,

sadly lost, rebuilt or converted. They must also have had many lighters and small work boats and must have eventually used tugs. One of the earliest steam tugs on London River was Watkins’ Monarch as early as 1833. Surely Cunis had tugs too.

In the later 1860s they had a site at the end of Anchor and Hope Lane in Greenwich where a small dock on the site of today’s Vaizey’s Wharf is shown on maps. On later maps this site is marked as ‘barge building, sand and gravel contractors’..

Further downriver Cunis had taken over a site at Tripcock Point previously operated by G.A.Fuller and known as Fullers Wharf. Here they had a rubbish and mud chute. Tripcock Point today is in

Mary Mills

„ Cunis Jetty

Great Coldharbour

„ Houses in Coleraine Road area where Cunis famiy lived

the still undeveloped marshland areas at Thamesmead. It is where the northbound riverside path turns eastwards and is marked by a red painted lighthouse and an information board.

Cunis had another site on the Essex bank of the River at Great Coldharbour. This was operated as a dredging business. They extracted gravel and ballast here, filling the worked out areas with refuse from London which they had barged down the river.

At their office in Great Tower Street they described themselves as ‘rubbish chute proprietors, lightermen, steam tug and sailing barge owners, builders and repairers, sail makers and sand and ballast contractors’. When they operated tugs they would be identified having a white funnel with a black top and a broad red band separated by a narrow white band.

So, what is all of this to do with Greenwich? Occasionally before 1900 they give their address as 41 King William Street in Greenwich.

This must think been an office of some sort although they still continued use the office in Great Tower Street. Then in 1902 the then senior family member, a very elderly William Ryan Cunis, moved into the house in Westcombe Park Road built by John Taylor Beale, who had recently died. He died only a few years later but was surrounded by the homes of his sons, nephews and eventually, grandsons. A younger William Ryan Cunis was already living yards away in Coleraine Road, in what is apparently one of the original houses in the road. Another son, Horace, was living in Vanburgh Hill but was eventually to move into an adjacent house in Coleraine Road which had been designed for him by architect, Alfred Rogers. Arthur Cunis was living some distance away in Belmont Hill, as was Ralph Cunis, living in Hervey Road.

Perhaps most interesting is William Edwin who lived in Beaconsfield Road and stood for Greenwich Council as an independent in 1900. His was a very short political career, in contrast with his wife Nora, who stood and won for Municipal Reform

- another name for the Tories - but later was a Labour Councillor. Nora Cunis is a whole story in herself and rather than try giving any details here I may do a special piece about her later on - she was certainly a ‘character’. In my own short political career on Greenwich Council if I had behaved in any way like Nora it would have been a whole lot shorter. Perhaps things were different in the 1900s – we tend to think all middle-class Edwardian ladies were proper and repressed!

One of the oldest parts of Woolwich Dockyard was sold by auction in 1872. It is the site which is now covered by a number of blocks of orange and black flats; and known as Mast Quay. In the 1870s this was Royal Dockyard Wharf used by E. Arnold & Co., timber and slate merchants. They had steam sawmills and roadside offices. Tenants came and went but from 1919 W. R. Cunis Ltd, dredger, tug and barge owners had the site. By 1968 other adjacent wharves and their slips had been taken over by Cunis for building and repairing of tugs, trawlers and coasters.

In 1971 it became Cubow Ltd, a joint venture for Cunis with Hay’s Wharf Ltd., including Greenwich boatbuilders Humphries and Grey and Bowker and King Ltd. One slip was covered, for building boats ‘the like of which were not being made anywhere else on the Thames’ –yachts, fishing boats and other vessels up to a thousand tons. One example in 1973 was the sail yacht Eagle which could accommodate 14 guests and six crew members ‘waiting on their every need’. Another boat from 1973 was Suffolk Monarch built as a fishing trawler and then chartered by the Ministry of Defence as HMS David and converted into a minesweeper - eventually renamed Britannia Monarch she was scrapped in India in 2011. One of the last ships built here was a cargo vessel, Ambience, operated by Crescent shipping and sadly scrapped in 2012. There were many others. Beagle – built in 1973 which today offers trips round the Galapagos Islands.

There was a last brief revival of repair work here in the early 1990s. I well remember this revival and

seeing a boat on the slips. I also remember how many people seemed so happy with this and saying to each other that ‘we are building ships again on the Thames’.

As I write this I read a tweet to say that Bateau London is closing. They have used Cubow’s 1980 built Naticia for “elegant, unforgettable evenings to relaxed Sunday lunches - dining cruises on the River”. I dare say she will survive as a party boat in different ownership.

I have also picked up a press release from Greenwich Council. It says that developer built flats on the old Cubow site must be demolished because they didn’t have the right planning permission. By the time this is published things may well have changed.

And, also, I would never be surprised if somewhere somebody is beginning to get themselves together on London river to build ships again -starting small and working up. But boat builders belong on the riverside, don’t they?

PAUL ELLIOTT BECOMES CHARLTON ATHLETIC BOARD’S EDI LEAD

Following a stellar footballing career which began at Charlton in the early 1980s, Elliott has been a leading figure in the fight against discrimination in football.

James Rodwell, the club’s Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, said: “We are committed to building a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone connected to the club. Paul brings a wealth of experience, his career speaks for itself and we are thrilled to have him on the Charlton Athletic Board.”

The club and Community Trust’s Head of EDI Dr Michael Seeraj added: “Charlton has a unique, proud heritage of promoting equality and tackling discrimination, from the pioneering fan-led initiatives in the 1990s to the inclusion projects more than 30 years on. Paul has had an outstanding career both on and off the pitch and his insights and experience will be invaluable, as we drive forward with the club’s ground-breaking EDI work.”

Elliott has worked tirelessly across many areas of professional football to promote equality and tackle discrimination. In 2003, Elliott received an MBE for his work with young players and his involvement with anti-racism initiatives in

football. He was later awarded a CBE in 2012 for services to equality and diversity in football.

The former centre-half has been a longstanding advocate for EDI - he co-founded the anti-racism charity Kick it Out and chaired the FA Inclusion Advisory Board. He is currently a Special Adviser to the FA on EDI. Elliott is also an international diversity ambassador for UEFA and an anti-racism ambassador for the International Federation of Professional Footballers. He is also on the Board of UEFA representing the FA on anti-discrimination and corporate social responsibility.

Elliott was a co-founder of the club’s Community Trust, having been involved as a Trustee when it was established in 2003.

Elliott will lead on the club’s ambitions to build on the long, proud history that Charlton has for promoting equality and tackling discrimination. He will support Dr Seeraj to continue to ensure that EDI is embedded across the club, including implementing the EFL Equality Code of Practice. Find out more about CACT’s EDI work by visiting: cact. org.uk/CACTedi

„ Paul Elliott will work together with CACT’s Head of EDI to embed EDI across the club

Charlton Athletic are delighted to confirm Paul Elliott CBE MBE as the Board of Directors’ lead for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and mental health.

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – BERESFORD SQUARE AND POWIS STREET

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to facilitate works to implement public realm improvements under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The effect of the Order will be to temporarily:

(a) For the duration of the works on Beresford Square, exempt construction vehicles for these works in the existing prohibition of all motor vehicles except buses, taxis and permit holders restriction on Woolwich New Road from Wilmount Street to Spray Street.

(b) For the duration of the works on Beresford Square, exempt construction vehicles for these works, vehicles in the service of the local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties, vehicles accessing any properties on Beresford Square and emergency vehicles on Greens End from Thomas Street to Beresford Square.

(c) For the duration of the works on Beresford Square, exempt construction vehicles for these works, vehicles in the service of the local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties, vehicles accessing any properties on Beresford Square and emergency vehicles on Beresford Square, between its junctions with Greens End, Beresford Street and Woolwich New Road.

(d) Prohibit access for all vehicles in 5 phases at the following locations:

(i) Phase 1:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from its junction with Greens End to the north-western property boundary of No. 28 Powis Street.

(ii) Phase 1a (with works undertaken outside of business hours):

a) Powis Street, both sides, from the north-western property boundary of No. 28 Powis Street for 9 metres in a north-westerly direction.

b) Murrays Yard, both sides, from its junction with Powis Street for its entire extent.

(iii) Phase 2:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from a point 9 metres north-west of the north-western property boundary of No. 28 Powis Street to the north-western property boundary of No. 66 Powis Street.

(iv) Phase 3:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from the north-western property boundary of No. 66 Powis Street to a point 1 metres south-west of the north-western property boundary of No. 81 Powis Street.

(v) Phase 4:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from a point 1 metres south-west of the north-western property boundary of No. 81 Powis Street to the north-western property boundary of No. 113 Powis Street.

(e) Prohibit all pedestrians in 4 phases at the following locations:

(i) Phase 5:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from its junction with Greens End to the north-western property boundary of No. 28 Powis Street.

(ii) Phase 6:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from the south-eastern property boundary of No. 31 Powis Street to a point 9 metres south-east of its junction with Calderwood Street.

(iii) Phase 7:

a) Powis Street, both sides, from the south-eastern property boundary of No. 68 Powis Street to the north-western property boundary of No. 112 Powis Street

(iv) Phase 8 (with works undertaken outside of business hours):

a) Powis Street, both sides, for its entire length at property frontages and door thresholds.

(f) During phases 1-4 remove the one-way system from Powis Street between McBean Street and Greens End to accommodate two-way traffic whilst the closures on Powis Street are in effect.

(g) During phases 1-4 remove the one-way restriction in Calderwood Street between Powis Street and Thomas Street (allowing vehicles to travel in a northerly direction).

(h) During phases 1-4 introduce a one-way restriction in Calderwood Street between Powis Street and Thomas Street (allowing vehicles to travel in a southerly direction).

(i) During phases 1-4 introduce a prohibition of vehicles exceeding 8 metres in length on Powis Street between Calderwood Street and Greens End.

(j) During phases 1-8 suspend the pedestrian zone no vehicles 10am-7pm restriction on:

(i) Powis Street between its junction with Barnard Close and Greens End.

(ii) Calderwood Street between its junction with Powis Street and its junction with Thomas Street.

(k) During phases 1-8 introduce a pedestrian zone no vehicles 7.30am-6pm restriction on:

(i) Powis Street between its junction with Barnard Close and Greens End.

(ii) Calderwood Street between its junction with Powis Street and its junction with Thomas Street.

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.

4. For Powis Street closures alternative routes would be available and indicated by local signage for:

(a) During phases 1-4 diverted service and delivery vehicles longer than 8 metres approaching from the west would be required to egress via Calderwood Street.

(b) During phases 1-4 diverted service and delivery vehicles longer than 8 metres approaching from the east would be required to service / deliver from Greens End.

5. For Powis Street closures alternative routes for diverted vehicles under 8 metres would be available via local roads and would be indicated via local signage.

6. For Beresford Square closure alternative routes for vehicles would be available and would be indicated via local signage.

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

8. The Order would come into force on Thursday 5th October 2023 and works are expected to be completed in 74 weeks. However, the Order remain in force for 18 months to be re-introduced should further works be required.

9. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 10-23 Beresford Square and Powis Street.

Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 4th October 2023

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) GREEN LANE PLANNED DIRECTIONAL 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 WHP Telecoms who need to install a mast.

2. The Order will come into operation on 23rd October 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 4 nights. 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, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), southbound into Green Lane from the junction of Green Lane.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. 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 28/09/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/594/LA456202

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 21 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 04/10/2023

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 04/10/2023

Publicity For Planning Applications.

Applicant: Mr Williams 23/2396/F

Site Address: 20 THORNTREE ROAD, LONDON, SE7 8HB

Development: Demolition of existing single storey side addition and construction of two storey side extension, roof extension and recladding of the existing building and replacement windows and doors, Solar panel installation, bin store, bike store, car parking and associated external works (DEPARTURE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN) (Reconsultation-amended description)

Applicant: Adele Brooks University of Greenwich 23/2408/MA

Site Address: Southwood Site, University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Road, Avery Hill, London, SE9 2UG

Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning permission dated 31/01/2023 (Reference: 22/3446/F) for construction of new energy centre with four satellite plant rooms, comprising single storey stand alone building with adjoining external plant compound, single storey stand alone plant room to the west of the David Fussey building, single storey extensions to Grey and Bronte buildings, together with alterations to the Fry building to accommodate internal plant to allow:

- Variation to Condition 4 (Plant Noise) where attenuation target of 10dB below the existing background noise level is lowered to 6dB.

Applicant: Grays Waste Services 23/2568/F

Site Address: 124 NATHAN WAY, THAMESMEAD, LONDON, SE28 0AU

Development: Demolition of existing building and removal of Portacabins within an existing waste site to allow for the construction of a single span building and a weighbridge to provide an animal by product transfer facility.

Applicant: Mrs Sarah Laurie 23/2795/HD

Site Address: 13 GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EH

Development: Construction of a roof extension and four rooflights

to the side and rear roof slope

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Mr Rowan Crichton 23/2866/HD

Site Address: 59 FOYLE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7RQ

Development: Construction of a ground floor rear infill extension and loft conversion including L-shaped dormer roof extension, installation of roof lights, front fencing, terracing and landscaping works with other associated alterations

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Applicant: Mr Bren Albiston 23/2983/HD

Site Address: 29 RUTHIN ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7SJ

Development: Construction of a part one/part two storey rear extension

Conservation Area: adjacent to Westcombe Park

Applicant: Mr Andrew Maggs 23/3039/HD

Site Address: 30 THE LANE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9SL

Development: Installation of an air source heat pump in the rear garden.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Publicity for Listed Building Consent

Applicant: Mr and Mrs Chai 23/2661/L

Site Address: 18 BLACKHEATH PARK, LONDON, SE3 9RP

Development: Construction of a single storey side extension and two storey infill extension and associated fenestration; part re-configuration of the lower ground floor and extensions under part of the existing footprint as well as the part re-configuration of the second floor; conversion of the coach house into ancillary living accommodation, including a new roof and associated fenestration; refurbishment works to external facade and the existing windows, including the provision of a roof to match existing over the main body of the house; formation of a sunken terrace to the rear and associated landscaping; other associated alterations. (This application affects the Grade II listed No. 18 Blackheath Park in the Blackheath Park Conservation Area)

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Listed Building: Grade 2

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) GREENWICH HIGH ROAD FOOTPATH] PLANNED FOOTWAY 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 BHAMBA LTD who need to carry out demolition works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 18th October 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. and the works are expected to take up to 18 month. 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 close the footpath that runs from Straightsmouth to Greenwich High Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation pedestrians will be diverted via Greenwich High Road, Straightsmouth & 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 28/09/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/593/LA00000)

To place a public notice, please call 020 7232 1639 or email: hello@cm-media.co.uk

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2023

The Royal Borough of Greenwich in exercise of their powers under section 56 of the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”) hereby designates for additional licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (“HMOs”) the area described in paragraph 4.

CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION

1. This designation may be cited as the Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation for an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2023.

2. This designation is made on 20 September 2023 and shall come into force on 1 January 2024. The Designation falls within a description of designations for which the Secretary of State has issued a General Approval dated 26th March 2015 and came into effect on 1st April 2015 (The Housing Act 2004: Licensing Of Houses In Multiple Occupation And Selective Licensing of other Residential Accommodation (England) General Approval 2015)

3. This designation shall cease to have effect on 31 December 2028 or earlier if the Council revokes the scheme under section 60 of the Act.

AREA TO WHICH THE DESIGNATION APPLIES

4. This designation shall apply to the district of the Council as delineated on the map at annex a.

APPLICATION OF THE DESIGNATION

5. This designation applies to all HMOs as described at annex b within the area described in paragraph 4 unless -

(a) the building is of a description specified in annex c (Buildings that are not HMOs for the purpose of the Act - other than Part 1);

(b) the HMO is subject to an Interim or Final Management Order under Part 4 of the Act;

(c) the HMO is subject to a temporary exemption under section 62 of the Act; or

(d) the HMO is required to be licensed under section 55 (2) (a) of the Act (mandatory licensing)1

1 For the application of mandatory licensing see SI 371/2006 – The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Descriptions) (England) Order 2006

EFFECT OF THE DESIGNATION

6. Subject to sub paragraphs 5(a) to (d) every HMO of the description specified in that paragraph in the area specified in paragraph 4 shall be required to be licensed under section 61 of the Act.2

7. The Royal Borough of Greenwich will comply with the notification requirements contained in section 59 of the Act and shall maintain a register of all houses registered under this designation, as required under section 232 of the Act.3

8. Landlords, persons managing or a tenant within the designated area should seek advice from the Local Housing Authority by contacting them as specified in Paragraphs 14, 15, and 16 to ascertain whether their property is affected by this designation.

CONSEQUENCES OF FAILING TO LICENCE AN HMO

9. Failure to license a property, which requires licensing by virtue of this designation or allowing a licensed property to be occupied by more households or persons other than as authorised by a license, is liable to prosecution and upon summary conviction is liable to an unlimited fine (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004). The Local Housing Authority may, as an alternative to prosecution, impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000 (section 249a of the Housing Act 2004).

10. A person who breaches a condition of a license is liable upon summary conviction to an unlimited fine (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004). The Local Housing Authority may, as an alternative to prosecution, impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000 (section 249a of the Housing Act 2004).

11. The tenant(s) and/or the Local Housing Authority may apply to the First-Tier Tribunal (Residential Tribunal) under the provisions of section 41 the Housing and Planning Act 2016, for a rent repayment order.

12. No section 21 notice (Housing Act 1988 (recovery of possession on termination of shorthold tenancy)) may be given in relation to a shorthold tenancy of a part of an unlicensed HMO so long as it remains such an HMO.

INSPECTION OF THE DESIGNATION

13. The Royal Borough of Greenwich is the Local Housing Authority, which made the designation. The designation may be inspected at the address as outlined in Paragraph 14 below.

2 Section 62 of the Act provides for certain temporary exemption. As to suitability see section 64. Note, if the house is not suitable to be licensed the Council must make an Interim Management Order-see section 10

3 Section 232 of the Act and paragraph 11 of SI 373/2006

APPLICATION FOR HMO LICENCE AND GENERAL ADVICE ABOUT HMO LICENSING

14. Applications for HMO additional licences and general advice about HMO licensing should be made at the Royal Borough’s office at the following address:

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Environmental Health (Pollution and Residential) Services

The Woolwich Centre 35 Wellington Street London SE18 6HQ

15. The contact number is: 020 8921 8152

16. The email address is: Private-Rented-Property-Licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Date and authentication by the Council: 20 September 2023

Signed

Debbie Warren

Chief Executive

Date 20 September 2023

For and on behalf of Royal Borough of Greenwich

Annex b – Paragraph 5: HMOs subject to the designation

For the purpose of this designation and subject to the following eight paragraphs an HMO is a building or part of a building, which is occupied by three or more persons in two or more households.

1. A building or a part of a building is an HMO if: -

a) it consists of one or more units of living accommodation not consisting of a self-contained flat or flats;

b) the living accommodation is occupied by persons who do not form a single household (see Section 258 of the Housing Act 2004 and Paragraph 4 below);

c) the living accommodation is occupied by those persons as their only or main residence or they are to be treated as so occupying it;

d) their occupation of the living accommodation constitutes the only use of that accommodation;

e) rents are payable or other consideration is to be provided in respect of at least one of those persons’ occupation of the living accommodation; and

f) two or more of the households who occupy the living accommodation share one or more basic amenities or the living accommodation is lacking in one or more basic amenities.

2. A self-contained flat is an HMO if paragraphs 1(b) to 1(f) apply.

3. A converted building or a part of a converted building is an HMO if:-

a) it is a converted building;

b) it contains one or more units of living accommodation that do not consist of a self-contained, flat or flats (whether or not it also contains any such flat or flats); or

Annex a –Paragraph 4: Map of Designated Area

c) it is a building converted entirely into self contained flats, but the conversion did not meet the standards of the 1991 Building Regulations, and more than one third of the flats are let on short term tenancies (see Section 257 of the Housing Act 2004)

d) the living accommodation is occupied by persons who do not form a single household;

e) the living accommodation is occupied by those persons as their only or main residence or they are to be treated as so occupying it ;

f) their occupation of the living accommodation constitutes the only use of that accommodation; and

g) rents are payable or other consideration is to be provided in respect of at least one of those persons’ occupation of the living accommodation.

4. Persons are to be regarded as not forming a single household unless:-

a) they are all members of the same family, or

b) their circumstances are circumstances of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the appropriate national authority.

5. A person is a member of the same family as another person if:-

a) those persons are married to each other or live together as husband and wife (or in an equivalent relationship in the case of persons of the same sex);

b) one of them is a relative of the other; or

c) one of them is, or is a relative of, one member of a couple and the other is a relative of the other member of the couple.

6. For those purposes:-

a) a “couple” means two persons who are married to each other or otherwise fall within 5(a);

b) “relative” means parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or cousin;

c) a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood; and

d) the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child.

7. A person is to be treated as occupying a building or part of a building as their only or main residence if it is occupied by the person:-

a) as the person’s residence for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education;

b) as a refuge, or

c) in any other circumstances which are circumstances of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the appropriate national authority.

8. “refuge” means a building or part of a building managed by a voluntary organisation and used wholly or mainly for the temporary accommodation of persons who have left their homes as a result of:-

a) physical violence or mental abuse, or

b) threats of such violence or abuse, from persons to whom they are or were married or with whom they are or were co-habiting.

Annex c – Paragraph 5(a): Buildings that are not HMOs for the purpose of the Act

Buildings controlled or managed by public bodies etc5

1. A building where the person managing or having control of it is6:

(a) a local housing authority;

(b) a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 or the Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of that Act;

(c) a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;

(d) a health service body within the meaning of section 9 of the National Health Service Act 2006;

(e) a body which is registered as a social landlord under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996.

Buildings regulated by other enactments7

2. A tenancy, licence or occupation of a house which is regulated under the following enactments:

(a) sections 87 to 87D of the Children Act 1989;

(b) section 43 (4) of the Prison Act 1952;

(c) section 34 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;

(d) The Secure Training Centre Rules 19988

(e) The Prison Rules 19989

(f) The Young Offender Institute Rules 200010 ; (g) The Detention Centre Rules 200111 ; (h) The Criminal Justice and Court Service Act 200 (Approved Premises) Regulations 200112 ; (i) The Care Homes Regulations 200113 ; (j) The Children’s Homes Regulations 200114 ; (k) The Residential Family Centres Regulations 200215

4 Schedule 14 of the Act and SI 373/2006

5 Paragraph 2 of schedule 14

6 For the definition of “person managing” and “person having control” see section 263 of the Act

7 Paragraph 3 of schedule 14 and paragraph 6 (1) and schedule 1 of SI 373/2006

8 SI 472/1998 as amended by SI 3005/200

9 SI 728/1999 as amended by SI 1794/2000, SI 1149/2001, SI 2116/2002, SI 3135/2002. SI 3301/2003 and SI 869/200

10 SI 3371/2000 as amended by SI 2117/2002, SI 3135/2002 and SI 897/20

11 SI 238/2001. Section 66 (4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 provides that the reference to a detention centre is to be construed as a reference to a removal centre as defined in Part VIII of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

Certain student lettings etc16

3. A building –(i) which is managed or controlled by a specified educational establishment or is of a specified description of such establishments and (ii) the occupiers of the house or dwelling are undertaking a full time course of further or higher education at the specified establishment17 and (iii) the house or dwelling is being managed in conformity with an Approved Code of Practice for the management of excepted accommodation under section 233 of the Act18

Religious communities19

4. A building which is occupied principally for the purpose of a religious community whose principal occupation is prayer, contemplation, education or the relief of the suffering except if the building is a converted block of flats to which section 257 of the Act applies.

Buildings occupied by owners20

5. A building which is only occupied by –

12 SI 850/2001

13 SI 3965/2001 as amended by SI 865/2001. SI 534/2003, SI 1590/2003, SI 1703/2003, SI 1845/2003, SI 664/2004, SI 696/2004, SI 1770/2004, SI 2071/2004 SI and SI 3168/200

14 SI 3967/2001 as amended by SI 865/2002, SI 2469/2002, SI 664/2004 and SI 3168/2004

15 SI 3213/2002 as amended by SI 664/2004, SI 865/2004 and SI 3168/2004

16 Paragraph 4 of schedule 14

17 See the schedule to The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006 for the list of specified bodies

18 The relevant codes of practice are approved under SI 646/2006 – The Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2006

19 Paragraph 5 of schedule 14

20 Paragraph 6 of Schedule 14

(i) one or more persons who hold the freehold or a leasehold interest granted for a term of more than 21 years of the whole, or any part of, the building

(ii) and/or any member of the household21 of that person or persons but this exemption does not apply to a converted block of flats to which section 257 of the Act applies, except for ascertaining the status of any flat within the block.

Buildings occupied by Resident Landlord etc22

6. A building which is occupied by a person or persons to whom paragraph 7 applies (subject to the proviso therein) and no more than two other persons23, not forming part of the owner’s household.

Buildings occupied by two persons24

7. Any building which is only occupied by two persons (forming two households)

Meaning of “building”

8. In this annex a “building” includes a part of a building.

21 For the definition of “household” see section 258 (2) and paragraphs 3 and 4 of SI 373/2006Paragraph 6 of Schedule 14

22 Paragraph 6 of schedule 14 and SI 373/200

23 Paragraph 6 (2) of SI 373/200

24 Paragraph 7 of schedule 1

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) CHARLTON LANE 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 Network Rail who need to carry out examination works at the rail crossing point.

2. The Order will come into operation on 22nd October 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 Charlton Lane at the rail crossing point.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. 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 03/08/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/571/LA457075)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) KENTMERE ROAD PLANNED DIRECTIONAL 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 UK Power who need to install a new supply.

2. The Order will come into operation on 21st October 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 9 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, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), onto Plumstead High Street from Kentmere Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. 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 26/09/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/591/LA459926)

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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) LITTLEMEDE, BROMHEDGE & WYNFORD WAY PLANNED POTENTIAL DIRECTIONAL & 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 mains replacement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 23rd October 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 months. 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 Littlemede, Bromhedge and Wynford Way.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. 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 27/09/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/592/LA459368)

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED? HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

SHARE YOUR STORY SHARE YOUR STORY

If you or a family member have a story to tell about what brought you to Greenwich, we want to hear it. You can share your story by emailing greenwich.stories@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk or completing our online form. You can also post your story to Greenwich Stories, Events and Culture team, Third Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich, SE18 6HQ. Please include your name and contact details.

VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER

If our bid is successful, we’ll be looking for 1,000 volunteers to collect and collate more local stories of arrival and migration - as well as digging into the archives to find stories from the past. Braided together these stories will be the starting point for some exciting new events. To register your interest to volunteer, contact boroughofculture@ volunteersgreenwich.co.uk

REIMAGINE REIMAGINE

Once our volunteers have collected our stories, we’ll invite school children from across the borough to get creative! Using the words gathered by our volunteers as their inspiration, the students will imagine ways of re-telling them.

If you’re a student, parent or carer or staff member, you can register your school’s interest by contacting schoolsculture@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk

INTERPRET INTERPRET

In the final stage of building our programme, local artists and organisations will work with our school students to interpret and transform their ideas into a range of artistic pieces and performances.

Their work will come together to create a truly spectacular programme that will showcase the rich culture of Royal Greenwich to the world!

We’ve been working with local arts and culture groups through summit events, to gain their feedback.

If you’re a Royal Greenwich-based artist or artistic organisation, and weren’t able to attend our summits, please contact artsgreenwich@royalgreenwich.gov.uk to register your interest in being involved.

The deadline for registering your interest is Friday 10 November.

Find out more about getting involved with our bid at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/london-borough-culture