Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - November 8th 2023

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Tracy Munroe is a resident of Royal Greenwich and a nurse at Greenwich Peninsula Surgery.

Tracy is currently busy providing COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, so we spoke to her about the importance of getting winter strong...

People often ask me what the point in having their COVID-19 or flu vaccine is as they know lots of vaccinated people who still catch the viruses.

If you have had your vaccine and catch flu or COVID-19 you will be in a better state than if you hadn’t had it. The vaccines work with your immune system to protect you from the

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virus. Vaccines take the edge off the severity of your symptoms and can prevent you from being seriously unwell and mean you recover quicker.

Lots of people don't really know what flu is.

They think it is just a cough or cold when in fact it is much more serious. Often people who have flu can’t get out of bed. People don’t always realise that the flu kills.

You are eligible for both vaccines if you are either aged 65 and over, pregnant, live in a care home, have certain health conditions, are a frontline health and care worker, or you are an unpaid carer or a household contact of someone at higher risk.

The flu vaccine is also being offered to most children including all aged 2 and 3 year olds and school aged children from reception to year 11. The children’s flu vaccine is usually given as a quick and painless spray up the nose.

Flu is extremely contagious, and last year in England more than 14,000 Find out more at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ people died from it. winter-vaccinations

People also ask “Isn't COVID-19 just like a cold now?” The answer is no, not really.

There are different variations of the virus and it manifests differently in different people.

For some their symptoms will be like a cold, others might end up in hospital with pneumonia.

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Pick of the Week

By Holly O`Mahony

Paint your Christmas crockery Design District Canteen’s regular pottery class is getting a festive makeover. Book in to be guided through making your own Christmas crockery. Paints and brushes are provided, but ceramic items will need to be paid for separately. Want to make a night of it? Stick around for festive tipples and street food from the Canteen traders.

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Design District - Canteen Food Hall & Bar, 7 Soames Walk, Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10 0AX. November 14 & 28, 7pm - 9pm.

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As any video game lovers with musical skills will know, the soundtracks to computer games are more than just background noise: they’re soundscapes in their own right. Showcasing the best of them is the London Video Game Orchestra (LVGO), a full symphony orchestra that performs three concerts a year. Up next, and in a nod to spooky season, the orchestra is performing Games That Byte: A Concert of Horror Game Music at Woolwich Works.

Listen out for the chilling scores of games like Bioshock, Dead Space, Undertale and Hollow Knight.

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The National Museum is marking Remembrance Day this Sunday.

Through a day-long programme of talks, tours and a dance performance from educator Teal Darkenwald, families are invited to remember those who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

Ally Musthan, an army veteran who now trains others like him to transition into the civilian workforce, is delivering a keynote talk as part of the event, sharing his personal experiences. Also among those speaking is Katherine Furse: the first director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service. Those in need of some smartening up can also take part in an army-style training session.

National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, London SE10 9NF. November 12, 12pm - 4pm.

Admission: FREE. www.rmg. co.uk/whats-on/national-maritimemuseum/remembrance-day-callmind

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Honouring those lost

Illuminating Diwali comes to Greenwich Peninsula this Saturday with a full day’s programme of events for all the family. Take part in a Bollywood dance class, get a henna tattoo and make your own Diwali Lantern to light come nightfall. Art fans should check out NOW Gallery’s exhibition by Nepalese- British photographer Nina Manandhar, featuring portraits of young Bharatanatyam dancers. See also artist Murugiah’s ‘Rangoli Mirrored Cosmos’ installation and hear from the artist himself (4pm, Design District Canteen). Greenwich Peninsula Market will also be running, with the chance to shop meats, cheeses, baked goods and sweets.

Greenwich Peninsula, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0ES. November 11, 10am - 9pm. Admission: FREE - £5 (for some workshops). www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whats-on/events/diwali-at-greenwich-peninsula/

Plan ahead for Greenwich Market’s Christmas Lights switch on One for the diary: on Wednesday November 15, Greenwich Market is switching on its Christmas lights. Head to the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC) at 4pm to follow a lantern procession led by children from local schools. From the ORNC, the parade of handmade lanterns will head around Cutty Sark Gardens and into Greenwich Market, where the lights will be switched on for the festive period. Stick around for some early Christmas shopping, mulled wine and warming bites to eat.

Greenwich Market, London SE10 9HZ. November 15, 4pm - 6pm. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichmarket.london/events/ detail/lantern-parade-christmas-lights

Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. November 11, 7pm. Admission: £18 - £20. www.woolwich.works/ events/london-video-gameorchestra-games-that-byte

Travel into space through art This new exhibition at ThamesSide Studios Gallery looks to transcend the world we know and contemplate the cosmos beyond through sculptures and installations. Take a break from reality, pop on your philosophical hat and ponder the connection between the earth and space.

Called A Stone Sky, the exhibition brings together works by contemporary multidisciplinary artists Susan Eyre and Julie F Hill.

Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Thames-Side Studios.

Harrington Way, Warspite Road, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London SE18 5NR. www. thames-sidestudios.co.uk/ news/exhibitions/2023/astone-sky

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Julian Jacobson, piano Mon 4 Dec, 1.10pm

SAT 18 Nov, 11am & 3pm Sun 26 Nov, 7pm

The Snowman with East London Brass Sun 10 Dec, 2pm & 4.15pm

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ARTS & ENTS

Celebrating sea shanties

Sailors sang them in the spirit of unity on long voyages overseas, but sea shanties have been rising in popularity back on terra firma in recent years, too. Riding that wave is Greenwich tea clipper Cutty Sark, which is hosting its third Sea Shanty Festival this weekend in honour of the ship’s 154th birthday, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Vicki Beswick, Schools Learning Producer for Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) is not surprised by the evergreen appeal of sea shanties.

“A traditional sea shanty is a working song. The songs are upbeat, a little risqué at times, and often easy to learn and repetitive which would mean that everyone working could join in,” she says. “Singing alongside other people creates a sense of community which would be very important for sailors on a long voyage.”

of fishermen returning home after a long day’s work. Their performance also includes the chance to hear folk sea and river songs from China.

The London Sea Shanty Collective is a confirmed headliner, promising to sing their own arrangements of traditional songs, updated to reflect modern life. Also performing are all-female group The Silver Darlings and The HogEye Men, who have been entertaining Cutty Sark audiences on a monthly basis since 2019.

Audience participation is very welcome, too. “There will be shanty workshops in the morning and afternoon as well as a big sing along towards the end of the day,” Vicki confirms.

Swinging the Lead, another group of sea shanty singers who have been resident to Cutty Sark since 2011, are also on board and hoping to teach as well as entertain visitors with the songs they sing.

Broadening the event’s remit this year is the inclusion of Pagoda arts, whose performance of a Guzheng and Erhu duet brings 2,000 year old music to the event. Their piece, Fishermen Singing at Night, paints the picture

Appealing to younger sensibilities, meanwhile, is folk singer and squeeze box player Sonny Brazil, a working sailor living on London’s Canals. He’s a member of the Bargee Traveller Community, who play music as it has been played for centuries on England’s inland waterways.

“The festival is a daytime event between 10:30am and 4:30pm, so entry includes full access to the ship as well as the performances throughout the day. Also onboard we have character actor performances and opportunities to try your hand at knot tying.”

Cutty Sark, King William Walk, London SE10 9HT. November 19, 10am - 4:30pm.

Admission: FREE with entry to the ship. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cuttysark/sea-shanty-festival-2023

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THEATRE

Bromley local Jay Taylor on bringing James Graham’s Quiz to his local theatre

In 2001, Charles Ingram became the third contestant ever to win the full £1m on the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

In 2003, he was convicted of cheating his way to the top prize with the help of his wife Diana and another contestant coughing from the audience. In 2017, a play by hotshot contemporary playwright James Graham, charting the whole incident, opened in Chichester before transferring to the West End, trailed by rave reviews. And in 2023, a national tour of that same play is doing the rounds, calling in at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre this week, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner stars as the gameshow’s host Chris Tarrant, with Lewis Reeves (I May Destroy You) and Charley Webb playing accused winners, the Ingrams. Also in the cast is Bromley local Jay Taylor, best known for his role in the 2008 British Thriller film Donkey Punch, who here is switching between multiple hats to play the parts of Major General Roberts, Adrian Pollock and David Briggs.

Part of what makes Quiz so engaging is that the show gives the audience the autonomy to decide whether they believe Charles is or isn’t guilty via two votes: one following the first act and another after the second. “The first act of the play is prosecution and the second act is defence,” explains Jay, who is in favour of this model and believes “it makes the audience feel complicit”.

Jay speaks to the Weekender about starring in one of the bestloved contemporary plays and bringing it to his local theatre.

He continues: “There’s a degree of inclusion in the decision making, [and it highlights] how quick we are to judge based on representation in the media.”

It’s a theatrical extension, if you like, of how we behave in real life. “If you subscribe to a particular publication or news outlet, you’ll get one version of a story. I think the voting gives people the opportunity to see how quick we are to judge people based on one side of the argument. It also allows people to feel they have some stake in the show.”

“I saw [Quiz] when it was in the West End. I’ve known James [Graham, the writer] for a little while… I’ve always loved his work,” the actor tells us, citing Rupert Murdoch saga Ink and British politics drama Labour of Love as his favourites. “He’s brilliant and that was a massive draw for me [of working on Quiz]... He writes such good problems for characters and really contrasting sides of an argument so well.”

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Even the company themselves are undecided on whether or not Charles

was really guilty. “We’re all still completely in the dark about it,” he admits. “We feel completely conflicted as to what happened; whether or not they’re guilty or did something. I was convinced of their guilt at the beginning of the job and now I feel like something went down but it almost certainly wasn’t the coughing thing. I’m pretty sure the third man [hopeful contestant Tecwen Whittock] wasn’t guilty and was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Interestingly, there’s been a shift in how audiences have responded to the play over the last half a decade.

According to the show’s own analytics, audiences typically used to give a guilty verdict at the end of the first act, then swing to believing in Charles’s innocence in the second. Now, Jay says, the vote typically remains guilty.

Why is this? “We’ve had a lot of change politically,” Jay muses, citing Boris Johnson’s Partygate scandal and Donald Trump’s denials of reality – two examples of those in the utmost

positions of power lying to their people – as potential reasons for audiences cracking down on potentially immoral behaviour. “I think the general public have had enough of liars and cheats.”

At the same time, the company has seen a difference in voting based on the cities they’ve played, with the audience in Chichester compared to that in Glasgow proving a recent striking example.

Jay’s unsure which way Bromley will swing, but he does know that his parents, who are among several of his family members still living close to the theatre, are likely to be responsible for 50 per cent of the ticket sales when the show arrives.

“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s lovely to be doing something in my hometown, it will be something of a homecoming performance,” he grins.

Jay is enjoying playing multiple parts in a show that requires some of its actors to “paint with a broad brush”. He says: “I would be lying if I said it wasn’t a challenge. The dress rehearsal for me was a complete car crash.” When leaving the stage as one character and reentering as another, “there were a couple of times where I went on with the wrong top or bottoms!”. Fortunately, he’s got in the swing of it now. “It’s stuff that gets ironed out over the course of the run. It’s kind of terrifying [remembering multiple parts] but it’s also the reason I became an actor.”

Quiz is showing at the Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. November 6 - 11, 7:30pm. Admission: £23 - £48. www.trafalgartickets. com/churchill-theatre-bromley/ en-GB/event/play/quiz-the-coughingmajor-millionaire-scandal-tickets

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Shine your light for Diwali

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The National Maritime Museum is hosting a full day of activities to celebrate Diwali, writes Holly O’Mahony…

and look out for performances in Bollywood, Bhangra and Odisha dancing throughout the day.

The Museum has once again teamed up with Mehala Ford, founder of south Asian arts collective ‘CommonGround&’, to curate this year’s Diwali celebrations, which are taking place on Saturday November 11 under the theme Shine Your Light.

The programme kicks off with family workshops, offering the chance to make your own lantern, take part in a Rajasthani folk dance class and have a go at beginners’ yoga. Don’t miss the story of Diwali performed through puppets (11:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm), or the chance to

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dance at a sari party DJ’d by IrishIndian-Malaysian Tara Kumar.

There are join-in sessions for adults too, including the chance to learn all about modern sari styling from Ford, who is also the founder of the Sari Project Store. There are talks, too, mainly with a focus on wellness. A session in Mauli Rituals (3.30pm), in which Anita and Bittu Kaushal will divulge the benefits of ayurveda, sounds especially intriguing.

Don’t miss the lantern parade through the museum’s grounds (4pm),

Ahead of the day-long event, the Weekender spoke to Katie Cassels, Families and Young People Manager at Royal Museums Greenwich, to find out more…

Holly O’Mahony: This isn’t the first Diwali event you’ve run at RMG. Why is the festival of light an important annual event in your calendar?

Kate Cassels: The National Maritime Museum has been celebrating Diwali for over a decade. The festival is an opportunity to highlight the South Asian collections and in particular the Traders gallery at the Museum.

The Traders gallery discusses the movement of commodities,

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knowledge and people across oceans, including the Indian Ocean.

Celebrating Diwali as part of the regular programme of activities allows the Museum to continue exploring the relationship between Britain and India and the sharing of cultures in the modern era. In doing so, the museum is able to both celebrate with local audiences at a joyful event, and support visitor engagement with the collection.

HOM: Tell us about the performers you have this year. Who are you particularly excited to have programmed and why?

KC: This year ‘CommonGround&’ have pulled together an amazing programme, including many brilliant performers. We are excited to work with Akademi for the first time, who will be bringing a Rajasthan performance and interactive workshop to the event. Rajasthan is known for its glorious royal history, bright colours and ancient creative arts set beautifully against the backdrop of the Thar desert. We’re hoping they will bring celebration and joy into the centre of the Museum.

We are also looking forward to an alternative pop performance from NEO 10Y, who are promising to manifest peace and love, and will build collective connection to bring the Diwali celebration to a close.

HOM: Who are your Diwali events aimed at? Is it primarily Londoners of south Asian heritage, or are you also hoping to educate a wider audience about Diwali?

KC: The Diwali event at the Museum has a wide appeal, bringing in visitors from across London and beyond.

Many of the visitors come along to enhance their own Diwali celebrations, bringing multiple generations of their family to enjoy the workshops, performances and talks across the day. It’s a real opportunity for many South Asian families to reconnect with their wider community and come together for a joyful day.

However, the event is also a brilliant way for visitors who don’t celebrate Diwali to encounter the festival and understand the importance of the celebration, bringing different communities together.

artists, musicians and creatives who took part in the event have since been photographed as part of the new Pioneers display. This year’s Shine Your Light themed Diwali event will be the last of the Pioneers programme which has included a series of talks and workshops over the past few months. The Pioneers display will remain until next year.

What inspired the Pioneers display? What do you hope visitors take away from seeing it?

HOM: RMG is also currently running a display: Pioneers: A Renaissance in South Asian Creativity. Is there a link between this and your Diwali event?

KC: The hope is visitors take away a broad understanding of South Asian creativity today. Some of the individuals in the display include: Shamil and Kavi Thakrar, founders of the restaurant chain Dishoom; Sharan Dhaliwal, founder of Burnt Roti magazine; and rapper Hyphen. The Pioneers display aims to connect the narratives in the National Maritime Museum’s Traders gallery with contemporary ‘pioneers’ of South Asian heritage leading the way in creativity.

KC: Pioneers is a celebration of South Asian creativity, curated and produced by Mehala Ford, founder of CommonGround&.

The Museum collaborated with CommonGround& last year to produce a day of activities titled ‘Finding Diwali’ and a number of the

Diwali is running at the National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, London SE10 9NF. November 11, 11:30am - 5pm.

Admission: FREE. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nationalmaritime-museum/diwali

Greenwich Dance is Closing Our dance classes will continue through to December while we explore various ways to keep our programmes going with other custodians.

Please check our website or follow us @GreenwichDance on social media for the latest updates.

In the meantime, we would like to thank our participants and artists who have moved with us over the last 30 years. We will miss dancing with you.

Team Greenwich Dance x

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HISTORY

Cholera and the quest for fresh water in Charlton  Two views of pumpimg station in Woolwich Road

Mary Mills Charlton seems the most unlikely place to have two water works. Charlton House and the Village are up on the hill. Down the hill is the industrial area on what was once marsh land. You would expect Charlton to get its water from long established works in Greenwich or Woolwich or even Plumstead.

You would expect to find any water works up on the chalk hillside, maybe on the spring line or on an underground water course – but no. In 1857 the Kent Water Company dug a deep well at Charlton and there were two waterworks down in North Charlton along the Woolwich Road. This was not a good idea.

Although Greenwich stands on the river Thames, downriver of the City the River it is not a source of fresh water. For the last three centuries Greenwich water has come from the river Ravensbourne – Deptford Creek - and a series of wells close to it. Before that the Royal Palace got its water from wells on the hillside and there were a series of impressive conduits – and considerable remains of them are in Greenwich Park and nearby. I promise I will write about them here sooner or later.

I wrote about the Brookmill waterworks here and in my book

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on Deptford but will give a brief background to the Kent works here now. It was founded in 1809 when a group of investors bought the Ravensbourne Waterworks following a special Act of Parliament. The Ravensbourne works dated from 1701 when a Royal Charter allowed water to be taken from the Ravensbourne and to break open the roads to lay pipes. It was thus one of the earliest water works in the London area. Their name tells us that their water was taken from the Ravensbourne and their works was on the site of an old mill – the Brook Mill which is probably

mentioned in the Doomsday book.

After the Kent Company took the works over in 1809 they installed a small beam engine by Boulton and Watt and in 1826 they began to greatly extend the area of supply to include Woolwich. They also began to build a works and reservoirs in Plumstead and I promise I will write about that too in due course.

As they grew the company acquired an enviable reputation for good quality clean water. By 1857 when the Charlton well was opened the Ravensbourne was becoming polluted and to keep a quality supply of water they sank the Cold Bath Well in a site which was then within the Brookmill site.

This now survives as a capped structure at the back of some council flats in Coldbath Road.

In 1861 water supply from Ravensbourne was ended and the water only came from wells. in 1903 the Metropolitan Water Board took over the works and today it is Thames Water’s Deptford Water Treatment Works. It is on a fraction of its old site and much of the old water works is now a park – Brookmill Park, in Brookmill Road. I’ve written about that here in several different articles. What survives of the

waterworks is the James engine house – but I guess that much of our water still comes from the well at the old Brookmill works site.

In the 1850s therefore it made sense for the Kent Water Company to sink a well in Charlton in 1857.

By that time they must have been aware of the need for new wells to replace the supply from the Ravensbourne and the site they chose was in the Woolwich Road.

It was built slightly to the west of what was then called West Street – now Westmoor Street.

There they built a pumping station and installed a ‘Cornish Engine’ - a steam engine from Harvey & Co. of Hayle in Cornwall.

So, what was the area near this works like? West Street, on the Woolwich borders, had houses ‘built it appears by speculating builders on land entirely unfit’. .. ‘on the marsh and the water soaking from the tidal ditch is seen through the floors .. market gardens covered with the foulest manure ..... deep wide cesspools’. There are vivid descriptions of houses where any water supply had been cut off. All of this was adjacent to ‘one of the massive engines of the Kent Water Company pumping its daily supply of water from the chalk well on the margin of the marsh’.

Within six years of the works being opened cholera struck. “A middle aged man from one of the cottages ... his wife is ill and a young lodger has just died of cholera .... at West street six or seven deaths ... a man and woman are quarrelling ... a dead child has just been carried from the house... a few doors on is a decent woman in a clean house whose son, a young gardener, was attacked by cholera in the morning at six o clock and died before noon - his two boys were running about and the mother was from home’.

So, the almost new water works was taken out of use because the well was ‘becoming contaminated with river water’. The pumping engine was sent to the Cold Bath Well at Deptford - I will return to both this engine and the water works building - but, first, what did the water company do next?

After the Woolwich Road well was found to be contaminated the Kent Water Company needed to start again with a different well.

In 1864 they leased land in an old chalk quarry – probably part of the pit now called the Valley and used for football. This pit was then owned by Lewis Glenton, builder and developer, but the waterworks site was leased from the James B.Horner-Boyd estate.

HISTORY The waterworks was on the south side of the railway line, and the west side of Charlton Lane.

At this second site the Kent Water Company once again installed a Cornish pumping engine from Harvey’s of Hayle and began pumping water in 1865. This was a little better than the previous site but the water was poor quality and after nine years it was closed. The well “yielded 1,500,000 gallons per diem and although the water is not considered sufficiently reliable for domestic use it would be suitable for street watering or other non domestic purposes.’

engines. It is said that two engines were preserved for historical interest inside the engine house and photographs exist showing them around 1950. It appears they were broken up later in the 1950s. Orpington water works was rebuilt and refitted in the late 1970s and became the main pumping station for the area.

Back in Charlton the water pumping site seems to have been been leased to Plumstead Board of Works District Waterworks Company and in 1881 they installed a small pump there, but

the water could only be used for non-domestic things, like dust laying in the roads. Around 1900 the well was sealed but the engine house remained on site until 1910.

The site became allotments until 1936 when it was purchased by Harveys, whose huge metal works was in Woolwich Road. They built Prentis Court there for company housing and it was opened in 1952 by future Tory Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. It is now owned by Greenwich Council as part of their housing stock.

So – what happened at the older

Kent Works site in Woolwich Road? The waterworks pump house was not demolished until the 1950s. Photographs show a tall ‘Gothic ‘ building looking very much like a waterworks, with a tall chimney. It was leased to a builder’s merchants and subsequently to other industries.

By the 1950s when it was demolished was in use by the Grafton Engineering Co. There seem to be a number of companies in Greenwich then called ‘Grafton Engineering’ and this one is described as being ‘a

general engineers and cabinet makers’. Today the site is covered with modern industrial units.

The engine was sent to the Cold Bath well at the Deptford Brookmill site and is said to have been scrapped in 1933. However it is also said that the engine ended up at the Crayford Water Works, which was rebuilt in 1954. A history of Crayford says that two statues of Sir Walter Scott were removed from the decorative metalwork on the engine and preserved.

Has anyone got them?

The engines and boilers were removed to Farnborough in 1879 - by Farnborough they mean Orpington Water Works. This was opened in 1880 at the junction of Tower Road and Sevenoaks Road where it remains today, albeit rebuilt. In those days it was much smaller – a red brick building with a tall chimney and a square tower to house the engines. It seems likely that for the move to Orpington the engines were heavily rebuilt and modernised to operate on higher pressure steam, with new pump works to suit a new well depth and delivery to Knockholt reservoir.

In 1930 electric pumps were installed in the two deep chalk wells at Orpington and work began to discontinue the use of steam

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 Drawing from ‘water in Lewisham’ of coldbath well remains

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NEWS FROM CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST

 The parade marches from Charlton Station down to The Valley celebrating the diversity of Charlton and its community.

Highest ever turnout for Charlton’s Red, White and Black Day parade Nearly 500 Charlton fans, local community groups, and local school children were joined by Charlton Athletic academy players in what proved to be the biggest turnout for a Charlton RWB Community Parade, ahead of our men’s first-team game against Reading.

With the theme of promoting equality and tackling discrimination, local schools and community groups designed and made their own parade banners, which they proudly displayed along the procession route.

As part of the EFL Together Against Racism initiative and Black History Month, the week-long series of RWB activities started on Monday with a Coach Education Programme. With

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a theme of ‘Pioneering Black Women who have Blazed a Trail’ the event, organised in partnership with the FA, saw aspiring football coaches take part in practical learning and coach development sessions, as part of the club’s U12-U14 girls coaching, at Charlton’s training ground. The participants then joined a Q&A session with Charlton legend Paul Mortimer and Charlton Athletic Women’s General Manager Louise McGing.

player Karin Muya joining Charlton TV’s James Sherwood for a free webinar, discussing their journeys in football, and equality within the sport.

Players from our men’s and women’s first-teams wore shirts promoting the message: All Different, All Together, All Charlton, ahead of their respective games at The Valley against Reading and Crystal Palace Women.

One of the Primary Schools Teachers whose pupils joined the parade, said:

 Charlton Athletic mascots Floyd and Harvey joined the men’s first-team players in wearing t-shirts to mark the event.

As the FA highlighted: “We wanted to highlight the huge achievements of black females in football.”

Then on Tuesday, 60 pupils from Haimo Primary School attended The

Valley for an inspiring Show Racism the Red Card Workshop. This was followed, in the evening, by an online panel discussion, with men’s firstteam players Michael Hector and Terell Thomas and women’s first-team

“Just to say thank you. For most, it was their first time going to see a live match and they were absolutely blown away with the whole experience; from gathering for the banner parade, to being interviewed

by CharltonTV, shaking hands with the mascots and of course watching the actual match. A fantastic, memory making experience.”

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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) SHOOTERS HILL ROAD PLANNED CYCLE LANE CLOSURE (ORDER) 1.

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The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by CGM Group who need to carry out tree trimming works.

The Order will come into operation on 18th November 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 day. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit cyclist from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in the cycle lane opposite Corelli Road.

Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will not need to be diverted. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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.

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.

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

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) ASHBURNHAM GROVE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1.

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The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s 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.

The Order will come into operation on 14th November 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.

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 Ashburnham Grove outside 51.

Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Egerton Drive, Devonshire Drive, Greenwich South Street & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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.

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.

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

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 19/10/23

Dated 12/10/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/584/LA69324)

(INTERNAL REF: PL/590/LA459721)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WINCHCOMBE GARDENS PLANNED DIRECTIONAL ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1.

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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 Openreach who need to replace a decay pole.

The Order will come into operation on 27th November 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 day. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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), into Winchomb Gardens from the junction of Wendover Road.

Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Placing of the appropriate signage Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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.

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.

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

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) BLENDON TERRACE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1.

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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.

The Order will come into operation on 22nd November 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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 Blendon Terrace at the junction of Plumstead Common Road.

Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Plumstead Common Road, Waverly Crescent, Wernbrook Street & vice versa.

Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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.

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.

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

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 14/09/23

Dated 26/10/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/580/LA458557)

(INTERNAL REF: PL/579/LA458577) ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) SHAWBROOKE ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

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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 inspections work.

The Order will come into operation on 20th November 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 night. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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 Shawbrooke Road by the rail over bridge.

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.

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.

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.

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 25/10/23 (INTERNAL REF: PL/602/LA451678) ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) DURSLEY ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1.

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The Royal Borough of Greenwich to make’s 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.

The Order will come into operation on 15th November 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.

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 Dursley Road outside 7.

Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Dursley Road, Woolacombe Road, Wricklemarsh Road, Hargood Road, Dursley Road & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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.

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.

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 12/10/23 (INTERNAL REF: PL/589/LA459712)

14 November 8 2023

Notice is given that Mr Anthony Thomas, for and on behalf of Antic London Ltd, has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: “PLUMBLE”, 236 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, LONDON SE18 1JL. A record of this application may be inspected by appointment.

Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than Wednesday 29 November 2023 (last date for making representations). Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one or more of the four licensing objectives, namely: • Prevention of Crime and Disorder • Prevention of Public Nuisance • Public Safety • Protection of Children from Harm.

Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine.

It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises: • On & Off-Sale of Alcohol from 10:00 hours until midnight Sunday to Thursday, and until 01:00 each following day Friday & Saturday.

• Live and Recorded Music from 12:00 noon until midnight Sunday to Thursday, and until 01:00 each following day Friday & Saturday.

• Exhibition of Films daily from 12:00 noon until 23:00 hours.

• Late Night Refreshment (provision of hot food & drink after 11pm) from 23:00 hours until 00:30 each following day Sunday to Thursday, and until 01:30 each following day Friday & Saturday.

• Opening times: 09:00 hours until 00:30 Sunday to Thursday each following day, and until 01:30 each following day Friday & Saturday.

• “To operate as a restaurant & bar with a substantial food offer available to order at peak trading times (18:00 hrs to 22:30).”

• Bespoke additional two hours sought on Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve and one hour on bank holiday Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays – except Live Music, until 01:30 on NYE only. These proposed additional hours do not apply to Films.

• External areas to be closed daily at 22:00 hours.

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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) 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.

List of Press Advertisements - 08/11/2023 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control Publicity For Planning Applications.

Mr Nick Self 23/2693/F FLAT 3, RINGWOOD COURT, 24 KIDBROOKE GROVE, KIDBROOKE, LONDON, SE3 0LF Development: Replacement of windows at the rear of the property with double glazed timber windows, (5 x casement windows (3 are sash) at the rear of the property with double glazed timber windows.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH Applicant: Site Address:

Mr Amedeo Claris 63 Delis 23/2889/F 17 MAJOR DRAPER STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18 6GD Installation of three awnings and the replacement of a door with a large window to the front facade, with associated external alterations Conservation Area: ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mr Pierre Bou Abboud 23/3028/HD 35A KIDBROOKE GROVE, KIDBROOKE, LONDON, SE3 0LJ Development: Retrospective application for a pergola by north facing wall of garden and extending of decking to cover area under and around pergola.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH Applicant: Site Address:

Applicant: Mrs Hughes 23/3225/HD Site Address: 6 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH Development: Construction of single-storey garden shed in the rear garden.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Mr David Laud 23/3341/HD 29 HEATHWAY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7AN Proposed extension to existing rear dormer; alterations to roofing for repairs and maintenance; alterations to front and rear gardens including fencing, demolition of existing garden store, construction of new garden store, and other associated landscaping; Installation of two (2) new skylights to the existing ground floor rear addition; Installation of one (1) new skylight to the front roof slope; Alterations to the material finish of the dwelling including the removal of exterior blinds; installation of air-conditioning unit; and associated interior and exterior alterations.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mr Anthony Batten 23/3440/HD 84 COLERAINE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7PE Development: Conversion of existing garage into a habitable space, including replacement of the garage door with a window.

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK Applicant: Site Address:

MR ROB MILLION 23/3444/HD 17 ASHRIDGE CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EA Development: Enlargement of existing concrete driveway, new timber vehicle access gates and new timber side gate and associated external works.

Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE Applicant: Site Address:

Applicant: Site Address:

Mr Daniel Correia 23/3467/HD 16 PRINCE RUPERT ROAD, LONDON, SE9 1LS

Development:

Replacement of existing rooflight to side elevation and installation of new security timber gate attached to side elevation (access to rear garden).

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE Ms Mariana Sion Cezar's Shop Limited 23/3479/F 27 HARE STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6NE Ground floor shopfront refurbishment including new signage, projecting flag, new fabric drop awning and all associated external works.

Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202* The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202* 1.

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

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to: a) Replace part of the existing ‘Permit Holders or Limited Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm Max stay 2 Hours No return within 3 hours Zone W’ bays with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm’ restrictions on Coleraine Road, north-west side, from the common boundary with Nos. 10 and 12 Coleraine Road in a north-easterly direction for 4.3 metres. b) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Coleraine Road 23-11).

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

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 29th November 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Coleraine Road 23-11).

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

Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 8th November 2023

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202* The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mr Vytautas Jackus 23/3487/HD 10 MAUDSLAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LJ Construction of a single storey rear extension, replacement of front door and installation of three rooflights to rear roof slope Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mr Ovenelll 23/3491/HD 97 LANGTON WAY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7JU Alterations to the exterior of the property, including: staining of brickwork and painting of render (both white); painting of fascia boards, window frames and flashing (black); replacement roof to existing porch; removal of decorative copper roof grill, along with the re-surfacing of front yard area, including addition of flower beds and associated works.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Publicity for Listed Building Consent Mr Amedeo Claris 63 Delis 23/2890/L 17 MAJOR DRAPER STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18 6GD Listed building consent for the installation of three awnings and the replacement of a door with a large window to the front facade, with associated external alterations Conservation Area: ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH Listed Building: Grade 2

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

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to: a) Replace part of the existing ‘Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am (N)’ bays with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am’ restrictions on Parkview Road, north-east side, from a point 4.3 meters south-east to a point 4 meters north-west of the common property boundary of Nos. 95/97 and 99/101 Parkview Road. b) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 95 Parkview Road 23-11).

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

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 29th November 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 95 Parkview Road 23-11).

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

Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 8th November 2023

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mrs Hughes 23/3226/L 6 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH Construction of a single-storey garden shed in the rear garden.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Dr Martinato 23/3326/L 113 BLACKHEATH PARK, BLACKHEATH, SE3 This application proposes to erect on the wall of the property a heritage Plaque in memory of John Stuart Mill Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Durkan Limited 23/3509/L 52 ASHMORE ROAD, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 4BY Development: Proposal to alter the external materials to part of the side elevation of 52 Ashmore Road (retrospective works).

Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Site Address:

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202* The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202* 1.

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

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to: a) Replace part of the existing ‘Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am (N)’ bays with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am’ restrictions on Parkview Road, south-west side, from the common property boundary of Nos. 66 and 68 Parkview Road in a north- westerly direction for 6 metres. b) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 66 Parkview Road 23-11).

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

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 29th November 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 66 Parkview Road 23-11).

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

Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 8th November 2023

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