Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - April 17th 2024

Remembering Stephen Lawrence

Monday, 22 April marks 31 years since the murder of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence.

Stephen was born and grew up in south-east London, where he lived with his parents Neville and Doreen, his brother Stuart and sister Georgina.

In 1993 Stephen was tragically murdered in an unprovoked racist attack. He didn’t know his killers and his killers didn’t know him.

This year would have been his 50th birthday. The impact of Stephen’s death is still felt today.

If you have experienced or witnessed a hate crime, always call 999 in an emergency. Call 111 when the matter is not an emergency.

Find more ways to report a hate crime: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/hate-crime

Are you worried about becoming homeless?

If you’re worried that you’re at risk of becoming homeless, contact the Council as soon as possible before your situation gets worse.

There are lots of different reasons that someone might become homeless. Depending on what’s happening, we can:

• give you advice about how to return home, where possible

• discuss your situation with the person asking you to leave, where possible

• give you advice about finding a new home

• offer you a short-term place to stay while you find a new home

You are much more likely to be able to rent privately than to get a social housing property. Most people will be on the housing register for years and may never get a social housing property.

Find this and more support: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ greenwich-supports

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Pick of the Week

Orchard Blossom Day

Orchards across the country are preparing to open their gates for Orchard Blossom Day. This day is dedicated to celebrating orchards as magical places for the benefit of people and nature, and Woodlands Farm Trust is hosting a day for you to get involved in the festivities.

You can visit their orchard either on foot or on the farm’s tractor and trailer. There are also free guided walks around the orchard, which will take place at 11am and 2.30pm.

The tractor and trailer rides will be happening every hour between 11am and 3pm, weather permitting. The charge for the trailer ride is £2 per person.

Plus, there will be apple juice and fruit trees available to buy, too.

Date: Sunday 28 April 2024, 9:30am to 4:30pm

The Woodlands Farm Trust, 331 Shooters Hill, Welling DA16 3RP, UK www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org

Bryony Lavery’s Frozen

The mother of a murdered child. Her imprisoned killer. A criminal psychologist attempting to understand what drove him to do it.

Set in present-day England, Bryony Lavery’s Frozen focuses on the search for missing 10-year-old girl Rhona and the dramatic year after her disappearance.

Silver screen science fiction

“Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind.”

Things are looking bleak for Nani Pelekai (Tia Carrere) and her younger sister Lilo (Daveigh Chase) – orphaned at a young age, struggling to get by, and now a social worker is threatening to take Lilo into foster care. But when the pair adopt a pet dog Stitch, who is actually a genetically altered creature from another planet, their world is about to be turned upside-down – not least because someone wants Stitch back...

Join the astronomers of the Royal

Starring

Dates: Friday 26 April to Sunday 19 May 2024, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm

Tickets: From £21 Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, SE10 8ES greenwichtheatre.org.uk/events/frozen

Observatory Greenwich as they show one of their favourite science-fiction movies – Lilo and Stich – in the unique venue of the Peter Harrison Planetarium.

Come before the film for a series of science demos and the chance to ask astronomers your questions about space and astronomy.

Date: Saturday 27 April 2024, 6:30pm to 8:15pm

Tickets: £10 Adult | £5 Child Royal Observatory, Blackheath Avenue, SE10 8XJ

www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/royalobservatory/silver-screen-sciencefiction-Lilo-Stitch

Masking tape mushrooms

Join artist and designer Emma Kilraine of Studio Funnel (@studio.funnel) for a mushroom-themed masking tape maquette making workshop. Using just masking tape, wire and acrylic paint, you will create your very own fungi bouquet.

Expect practical, step-by-step guidance through the process of sculpting various forms found within the wonderful world of mushrooms.

All materials will be provided, including a small wooden plinth to display the finished arrangement.

Date: Sunday 21 April 2024, 4pm. Tickets: £35 Forest, Arch 133 Deptford High Street, SE8 4NS

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maskingtape-mycology-workshop-tickets853562397107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Healing crystal jewellery making workshop

Amitabha Garden will take you on an art healing journey through a peaceful workshop hosted by jewellery designer Octavia Yang. Explore ancient mysteries with a modern twist as you dive into the world of crystals, where you will experience the connection between art and wellbeing in a supportive and creative environment.

The workshop will last 1.5 hours and will include: crystals and other materials for one single round bracelet, with a selection of over 60 different types of essential crystals, professional consultation about colour matching and crystal selection, and a handmade beading service, with two specific styles to choose from.

Dates: Multiple

Tickets: £85

Amitabha Garden, Unit A, 32-34 Horseferry Place, SE10 9BB www.amitabha-garden.com

Beginners swing dance lessons

Join in a weekly evening at Jazzbourne dedicated to the original swing dance –the Lindy Hop from the 1930s and 40s.

© National Maritime Museum

The drop-in class for beginners is taught by Sharon Davis, a swing dancer with over 20 years of experience. You will learn how to Lindy Hop and you don’t need to bring a partner because partners will be rotated during the class.

After the class, there is plenty of time to practice what you learn and have a drink with fellow students. Expect a fun and relaxed atmosphere in a jazzy speakeasy-style venue.

Dates: Every Wednesday (24 April, 1 May, 8 May)

Doors open for class registrations 6:30pm, beginners class 7pm-8pm, social dance time 8pm-11pm

Tickets: £15, walk-ins welcome Jazzbourne, 443 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA www.jazzbourne.com

Kerrie Taylor (Hollyoaks, The Bay), Indra Ové (Sex Education) and James Bradshaw (Endeavour, Primeval).

Editor Eliza Frost hears from runners ahead of the 2024 London marathon, kicking off in Greenwich Park this Sunday

The starting pistol will ring in marathon runners for this year’s London Marathon in Greenwich Park, where participants will travel through the capital, taking in sights such as The Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge and views of the Thames.

The London Marathon first took place in 1981 and has since welcomed a huge number of runners from around the world. Ahead of the big day, The Weekender hears from participants on how they’re feeling, their inspiration for running and what they are most excited about.

Mary McCarthy is running her second London marathon and, after achieving a 3:03:03 time in Valencia, got a championship place.

Home turf

She says: “After my first marathon, I was so excited to get back into a training block and the fact that it’s London – home turf with all my friends and family watching – pushed me through so many hard sessions.”

Feelings of nervousness and excitement are common among runners, including Mila Carter, who was inspired to run when her sister Darina was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer: “I proposed the idea to her, which she said would make her very proud. I was meant to run last year, but Darina unfortunately passed away a couple of weeks before, so I delayed to 2024.

“Running has been a lifeline for me in dealing with my grief, as well as finding a way to honour her. Running has become my way of meditating. It makes me feel strong and like I can deal with whatever I am faced with.”

Ready to tackle life

Jane Rose was inspired to run to “prove to my children we can do hard things”, she says. This is Jane’s second London Marathon; she says running makes her feel “liberated, fresh and ready to tackle life”.

Theo Wilson is running for the first time, he’s feeling “excited, nervous and sore” – as we imagine lots of the hardtraining runners will relate to.

“Running or exercise has always helped me to calm a busy mind,” Theo adds. “When I’m running everything slows down and I can focus on a single task.”

Representation matters

Lorraine Chastanet is a member of the running group Black Girls Do Run and runs with her partner Ray Mitchell as Black Couples Do Run.

She tells The Weekender that she was “inspired to run as representation matters”. Lorraine has been running for seven years and took up the exercise at 50 to help with menopause.

When running 10k and half marathon races, she explains that she saw

“very few brown women who looked like me” and added: “If you don’t see, how can you be?”

Lorraine ran the London Marathon in 2022, as the city was emerging from Covid lockdowns, but “as we ran through Deptford, there were so many diverse children out on the route and I didn’t care about time, I high fived every single one to show them yes, you can. That was my marathon highlight”.

Running means strength

Mary says the crowds are one of the best parts of running the marathon, too: “I’m nursing a knee injury post running an ultramarathon, so I’m most excited for the crowds carrying me along.”

Gillian Russell is another returning runner, and “feels ready to take on my first live marathon race” this year. Also a member of Black Girls Do Run, she says that “this sisterhood inspired me to run distances I could only ever dream of”.

She says: “When I’m out running, I feel free and can clear my mind of all the hustle and bustle of life. Running gives me the strength and attitude that I can do anything.”

Sunday 21 April 2024 Greenwich Park, SE10 8QY www.tcslondonmarathon.com

Network Management Team - NRSWA Assistant

Network Management Team - NRSWA Assistant

Salary Details £30,033 to £31,440

Including LW Reference REC /24/00222

Contract Term Full-Time

Communities, Environment, and Central are seeking an individual to join the Network Management Division as NRSWA Assistant. This role presents a unique opportunity for an experienced NRSWA Assistant in a dynamic and customer-focused highway department. As part of our dedicated team, you will contribute to fulfilling the Network Management Duty requirement for the council.

Communities, Environment, and Central are seeking an individual to join the Network Management Division as NRSWA Assistant. This role presents a unique opportunity for an experienced NRSWA Assistant in a dynamic and customer-focused highway department. As part of our dedicated team, you will contribute to fulfilling the Network Management Duty requirement for the council.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We, therefore, encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We, therefore, encourage applications from all sections of the community.

You will play an important role in making sure that road works and street works activities are undertaken with full regard to the TMA, New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991, and the London Permit Scheme.

You will play an important role in making sure that road works and street works activities are undertaken with full regard to the TMA, New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991, and the London Permit Scheme.

Responsibilities include recording inspections of highway infrastructure and surface apparatus defects in accordance with

NRSWA, codes of practice, and other highway legislation, and issuing, providing technical advice administering NRSWA Section 50 licenses, and dealing with Fixed Penalty Notices.

You will be collating evidence for disputes of Defect Inspections and where legislation has not been adhered to.

You will be collating evidence for disputes of Defect Inspections and where legislation has not been adhered to.

You will have experience of working in a roads and street works environment within the London Permit Scheme. You will be knowledgeable regarding the use of the relevant legislation and codes of practice.

You will have experience of working in a roads and street works environment within the London Permit Scheme. You will be knowledgeable regarding the use of the relevant legislation and codes of practice.

If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact

If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact

Sandy Ranasinghe on 020 8921 5466

Sandy Ranasinghe on 020 8921 5466

To apply visit NRSWA Assistant (royalgreenwichcareers.com)

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Responsibilities include recording inspections of highway infrastructure and surface apparatus defects in accordance with NRSWA, codes of practice, and other highway legislation, and issuing, providing technical advice administering NRSWA Section 50 licenses, and dealing with Fixed Penalty Notices.

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Editor Eliza Frost talks to curators

Kaia Charles and Jemima Burrill about the gallery’s decade of being ‘a public art space for all’

The Weekender: What is your story until working at NOW Gallery?

Kaia Charles: We had varied backgrounds in the arts and culture sphere; I studied interior design at Surrey Institute of Art and Design and have commissioned projects that explore urbanism, digital and cross-cultural visual culture.

Before joining Greenwich Peninsula’s cultural team in 2014, I worked at the V&A Museum in the contemporary and fashion and textiles departments.

Jemima Burrill: I went to art school

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at Chelsea and the Royal College to study sculpture before working at the Serpentine and running special projects for Architecture Week.

We both have a deep love of art and have a clear idea of how we want NOW Gallery to be: a public art space for all. Importantly we also wanted the gallery to have a wide creative remit that spans fashion, art, photography and design, ensuring we are attracting a wide range of visitors to the gallery.

What are you doing to celebrate NOW’s 10th anniversary?

Kaia: We have a packed programme and have added a fifth exhibition to our yearly calendar, which typically revolves around four main exhibitions – a collaboration with War Child called Secret 7”, which has seen the likes of Tacita Dean, Rachel Whiteread, Rankin and Sir Paul Smith design one-of-a-kind record sleeves.

We were also excited to welcome British-Chinese artist and illustrator Charlotte Mei to the gallery for our Future Space Commission, spotlighting up-and-coming artists until 2 June. Our blockbuster summer exhibition will

be courtesy of designer-architect duo John Booth and Mat Barnes, who will be installing a series of huge, brightly coloured chimneys into the space.

Then we have our annual photography exhibition Human Stories, which will showcase the work of Ines Elsa Delal’s important work documenting striking workers, and finally, we’ll be rounding off the year with our much-loved fashion commission.

This year we’re doing something different and working with Londonbased artist Celia Pym, who will be

rolling out an ambitious school-wide project with Surrey Square Primary School to mend thousands of socks.

How do you continue to provide accessible art? And why does this remain important?

Kaia: We feel that art should be inclusive, bold and brave. It is important to support the talent of established practitioners as well as emerging artists. It’s vital to the identity of the evolving Greenwich Peninsula neighbourhood within which the gallery is situated.

„ Lydia Chan - Your Ship Has Landed © Charles Emerson

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NOW Gallery

You’ve spotlighted fashion talent such as Charles Jeffrey and Molly Goddard in the past – how does it feel to be involved in such huge careers?

Jemima: It’s great that Charles Jeffrey will have an exhibition at Somerset House this year. He was teetering on the edge of becoming the hottest fashion designer and his exhibition at NOW Gallery pushed him into the spotlight in a way we couldn’t have imagined. We are so proud of him and will forever be thrilled that he came and made a Loverboy space in the gallery.

It was also a big influence on us having Molly in the gallery. The sewing on her beautiful dresses has led to a very successful crocheting evening for Matty Bovan and we will be having a sock darning exhibition with the innovative Celia Pym. It is always a treat to see Molly’s shows and how the form in her dresses remains similar to the oversized seven she created for us and how she is constantly evolving her ultra-feminine look.

What is your favourite thing about the gallery?

Kaia: I love the pace of our exhibitions as well as our commitment to shift and evolve. We do not limit ambition and there’s a sense that if you dream it, we’ll work to bring an artist’s vision to life.

Jemima: The fact that NOW Gallery is free, and anyone can come and see exceptional design, fashion and art at the very cutting edge of what creatives are thinking about and working on.

Finally, what does the next 10 years hold?

Jemima: Our ambition as always is to continue creating a gallery space that is showing unprecedented exhibitions with diverse creatives. We celebrate photography, design, fashion and art in all its guises, ensuring that we attract an international and local audience.

As we move forward into the next 10 years, we hope to ensure that Greenwich Peninsula continues to grow as a destination and as a home with NOW Gallery at its core championing the arts and making them accessible.

Kaia: Also look out for our amazing summer exhibition – Up in Smoke by John Booth and CAN, launching on 21 June. The private view will be a celebration of their signature bold technicolour style. We are pulling out all the stops to invite everyone to celebrate 10 years of bringing art to Greenwich Peninsula!

The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0SQ nowgallery.co.uk

„ Emmanuelle Moureaux @ Charles Emerson

„ Charles Jeffrey

„ NOW Ribbons Matty Bovan

„ NOW Lydia Chan

Charlton Upbeat joins Minto, Tubes and Ange for a round of golf

Ahead of the Upbeats Walk on April 20th, which this year is being sponsored by We Are Brandnew, William teamed up with Scott to face Tubes and Ange for a nine-hole round of golf.

The Upbeats Walk is the annual fundraising event which sees over 150 Charlton fans walk nine miles from Charlton Athletic’s Training Ground in New Eltham to The Valley in aid of the Upbeats programme.

The Charlton Upbeats offers children and adults with Down’s syndrome the opportunity to play football in a safe and welcoming environment and has been running for 15 years now. The Upbeats

have regular training sessions and take part in tournaments and competitions across the United Kingdom throughout the year.

As they made their way around the course, Tubes and Ange spoke to the Charlton pair about the Upbeats programme and the upcoming walk.

Reflecting on the day, Scott said:

“We’ve been here at the London Club playing with Will and the boys Tubes and Ange. I think we lost 3 to 1 in the end, but Will was superb.”

The Upbeats Walk is just a part of what the Upbeats is all about and the Upbeats is just a part of

what the Trust is as well. Out of the 70 projects going on by the Trust, the Upbeats is the only one that isn’t fully funded so donations is what it’s all about.

Tubes said:

“I thought William was an absolute superstar alongside Scott Minto. His golf was phenomenal and what a lovely fellow.

Watch the Golf Life episode with William and Scott by searching for Tubes and Ange Golf Life on YouTube.

Sign up to the Upbeats Walk or donate to support the Upbeats programme by visiting: cact.gives/events/3

„ Tubes and Ange met Scott and William for a round of golf ahead of the Upbeats Walk.

Charlton Upbeat William Cottrell joined Charlton Legend Scott Minto, former SoccerAM star “Tubes” and his brother Ange at London Golf Club for an episode of their Golf Life YouTube channel.

„ Special Olympian William showed off his skills teaming up with Charlton legend Scott Minto to face Tubes and Ange.

The growth of the modern movement in Greenwich

I always was a bit of a sucker for modern buildings – ‘modern movement’, ‘brutalist’ or whatever you happen to call them. I was therefore very pleased to see yesterday morning sitting on my doorstep a package with a huge great book in it - 500 pages - and it’s called Modern Buildings in Britain and it claims to be a gazetteer of just that. It’s not an exhaustive guide and quite honestly I can think of lots more great buildings which are not in the gazetteer – but even so...

It’s by Owen Hatherley who over the past 20 or so years has got himself a reputation for incisive comments on architecture and culture and has written many books and articles on it all and I don’t expect him to be polite.

I thought it might be interesting to look at the sites he has listed in the book Borough of Greenwich - some are industrial and some aren’t. It’s not a long list but it’s a lot longer than most places – I think the book has more sites in Greenwich in it than it has does for the whole of Kent!

In the first part of his introductory article he describes what we would know as the St. Mary’s area of Woolwich and the stages of development of housing there since

the Second World War. I remember that whole area perhaps 20 years ago having a terrible reputation for ill health - all those men with low life expectancy, lifetime smokers and heavy manual jobs.

Owen starts by introducing us to Woolwich in suitable style. He describes how the area suffered heavy bombing from the Luftwaffe despite one of its major employers being Siemens. And also “the other major employer was once the largest mechanised industrial concern on the planet –The Royal Arsenal - the place where the weaponry was built that made it possible for an island in between the North Sea and the Atlantic to subjugate

over a quarter of the globe”.

The building of new homes in the area from the 1940s was part of the County of London plan but Woolwich had some sort of exemption and was allowed to build its own council housing. This was of course a much smaller Woolwich than it is today when they took over Greenwich in the 1960s. They were very proud of this housing scheme and I have a booklet which they produced to tell us about it. Owen describes how the estate was designed and built and how the resulting flats are ‘full of light’. Green spaces were carefully placed around the estate and now, 70 years later, the results are ‘verdant’ in summer. He

says ‘what makes this modernism specifically is a new conception of space - there is an openness which has been created by people deciding that precedent doesn’t matter’. He goes on to describe in some detail successive additions through later stages of development and, although he doesn’t say so, on the whole it’s downhill all the way. Some later stages have already been demolished and more is going the same way. He says that by the 1970s ‘there had been a major change in planning ideologies, rather than open spaces ... little houses are tightly packed around pedestrian pathways to create a sense of community”.

Perhaps we should look at some

of the other Greenwich Borough sites which are in his gazetteer – what about industry? The main industrial site he includes is not really a building. It is the Cemex aggregate works at Angerstein Wharf. My impression of this site is that buildings there come and go and I’m not sure if what Owen has seen there is what is there now, or what was there in the past. However, I quite agree with him that the whole landscape there of huge temporary buildings with various gantries, chutes and other structures on the riverside is both dramatic and interesting. He likens it to work by Vsevolod Meyerhold - whose ‘provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism

„ Co-op Department store Powis Street when in Co-op use

„ Samuel Street Woolwich built flats 1950s.

in an unconventional theatre setting made him one of the seminal forces in modern international theatre’.

I don’t know if Owen is aware that Cemex is a Mexican company and I wonder if that makes any difference to the arrangement of their site at Angerstein? He notes the survival of the riverside path that runs beside it and adds ‘you can get a close up view without feeling you didn’t ought to be there’. I would also draw attention to his distinguished predecessor, Ian Nairn, who in the 1960s also drew attention to the drama of the Greenwich Riverside path - although most of what he saw and loved has either gone or been sanitised.

The other site Owen lists on the Greenwich riverside is far more monumental - the Thames Barrier. ‘The last great monument of a London wide local government architects department’ – he means the often hated Architects Department of the Greater London Council, which, I agree, had their moments. He says ‘it’s on the level of the best Victorian designers - the results are effortless and understandable to the uninitiated and haltingly beautiful’. I think we could all agree that the barrier is special, but it is also something most of us now just accept and don’t really look at - which is a pity.

Another entry takes three sites all together as ‘a miniature modern town at the bottom of the hill overlooking the Thames’. This is

the two ex- cinemas and the Royal Arsenal Cooperative Society building at the junction of Powis Street and John Wilson Street in Woolwich.

The two cinemas have always been accepted as amazing - in particular the Granada with its astonishing interior - ‘a shimmering Gothic stage by the Bolshoi Ballet’s old designer, Theodore Komisarevsky’. It’s now a cathedral and, as Owen says, they were saved by two West African churches which have been prepared to look after the buildings and improve them while keeping their architecture integrity.

I know these churches work hard for their congregations and try to reach out to help society in general. I very much remember one of the old cinema conversions coming up at a Planning Meeting with representation by a silk robed bishop plus a large group of elderly ladies hanging on his every word. I hope they remain and continue to care for these eccentric buildings. Down the road a bit, is the old Co-op department store. It looks very good now if a bit different to what it used to – but never mind.

And then we have listed the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich’s 1939 revolutionary modernist town hall – partly sold off in the early 1970s when there was a majority of ex-Woolwich councillors on the new London Borough of Greenwich. Owen describes it as ‘a public building of great decency and monumentality’ and also ‘ an essay in anglicised modernism

that combines the very thirties municipal detailing .....That anticipates some of the ideas of the Royal Festival Hall’. It is such an important and beautiful building that we should be proud of but in fact it is just neglected. To quote Owen again ‘a straggly dilapidated succession of disconnected things’. The bit sold off in the 1970s has just got planning consent for flats and the Borough Hall is standing, unused, with talk of selling it off to whoever. No longer ‘a beacon of municipal pride’.

Another site in the book is the monumental St.Saviour’s church in Eltham - which I know nothing about so I won’t comment. Most of the rest of the sites are housing.

One of the housing sites listed is particularly interesting - and I also want to ask for help for anyone who knows about it. These are the houses in Genesta Road, Plumstead, built by those who Owen describes as ‘the hardline left-wing modernists of Tecton’.

And so how did that get into Plumstead? The architects were Berthold Lubetkin and A.V.Pitchowski - émigrés to London in the 1930s. ‘Tecton’ is best known, apparently, for the Penguin Pool at London Zoo but they did much else - all sorts of revolutionary flats and houses in places like Clerkenwell and Hampstead. Generally I really like their stuff a lot and I should stop making cheap and sniffy remarks about them. On Genesta Road Owen comments ‘it is interesting how the

layout uses high modernist ideas for totally domestic terraced house purposes rather than a ville radieuse of flats and public open space.’

People live in these houses and they are regularly part of the ‘Open House’ days and I wonder if the occupants know any more about them - like who commissioned them? Why were they built there? Why were they built at all?

The other sites he describes are all housing. He has a long look at some of Blackheath Span Land.. He also picks up on the Vanburgh Park Estate in Westcombe Park. I’ve known that estate for a long time and I’ve known people who’ve lived there – and they all seemed very happy with it. They are all very interesting flats and houses but my remit here is ‘industrial’.

He looks at the first phase of the Greenwich Millennium village by Ralph Erskine. I could say a lot about that but probably shouldn’t . I’m pleased to see that he praises the ‘purpose designated nature reserve’ –the Ecology Park - which is easily the best thing on the Peninsula.

Another site he notes , but one barely in Greenwich, is Charlotte Turner Gardens. He calls the Greenwich section ‘a Red Viennese housing estate with Hanseatic balconies’ while round the corner in Lewisham it’s ‘intimate but not cutesy’.

So, finally, we get to Thamesmead which I also won’t go on about.

Owen centres his piece on its representation in the film Clockwork Orange. I remember going to see the first buildings there designed for the Greater London Council and they were exciting and different. A week earlier we had seen New Ash Green – which Owen has also included in the Kent section.

As newlywed house hunters we opted for a 19th century three bed terrace, where I happily remain. Sorry. First stage Thamesmead was well worth going to look at. All those interesting early areas have gone but what Owen is saying is that for all buildings the real test is how you live in them and use them.

Outside of Greenwich is the rest of England which Owen describes but staying in South London for a moment we should note the section on the Royal Festival Hall with a quick nod to long term Blackheath resident, Peter Moro.

I hope I haven’t gone on about all this too long. I said I was a sucker for modernism. Others may not be.

Before Owen was famous he came and talked to Greenwich Industrial History about his ideas – but now? Congratulations, anyway.

Re the Borough Hall: I understand that there is a sign now on the door of the Hall saying that it is the property of a developer - but also the council has not confirmed if it has been sold or not.

Mary Mills

„ Tecton houses Genesta Road Plumstead

„ Greenwich Town Hall

„ Riverside aggregate site Angerstein Wharf

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by UK Power Network who need to install a new supply.

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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 April 2024

INTERNAL REF: PL / SEC50 70592 / LIC. NO: 70690

Royal Borough of Greenwich Notice of Planning Application

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended)

Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (As Amended) Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (As Amended)

Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended)

Proposed Development At: Kidbrooke Village, Phase 5, Building A & B and South Cator Park, Kidbrooke, London, SE3 9YG

Reference Number: 23/3976/F

Notice is hereby given that an application is being made to the Royal Borough of Greenwich By: Berkeley Homes (East Thames) Ltd

For Full Planning Permission in respect of: Erection of residential units, publicly accessible open space and associated access, car parking, cycle parking and landscaping, erection of a new pavilion building within the Park. The proposals result in the uplift of residential units compared to approved Planning Permission ref. 14/2611/F (as amended).

Additional application details for consultation: Erection of 526 residential units (Use Class C3), publicly accessible open space and associated access, car parking, cycle parking and landscaping, erection of a new pavilion building within the Park (Use Class Sui Generis comprising 215sqm GEA). The proposals result in the uplift of 144 residential units compared to approved Planning Permission ref. 14/2611/F (as amended). (Departure from the Development Plan)

(This application is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement).

(This re-consultation is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES), which includes submission of further information under Regulation 25 of The Town and Country (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended), including the following revised ES documents and other documents ES Non-Technical Summary, ES Chapter 3 Alternatives, ES Chapter 7 Air Quality and supporting Appendices 7.1 - 7.4, ES Chapter 9 Flood Risk and Drainage, ES Chapter 18 Summary of Effects, Mitigation and Monitoring, ES Chapter 15 Socio-economics, ES Chapter 19 Summary of Residual Effects Preliminary Ecological Assessment, and Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment and calculations)

A copy of the application and any plans and/or documents submitted with it is available for inspection by the public at www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ planning

Representations to the Council about the application should be made within 30 days of the date of this notice using the above link or to the Planning Department, 5th floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18 6HQ stating the full reference number(s) above.

Members of the public may obtain copies of the Non-Technical Statement, the full Environmental Statement and other associated documents from:

i) for digital copies at no charge: https://planning.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/online-applications/ and by searching via the application reference 23/3976/F or

Date: 17th April 2024

Victoria Geoghegan - Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) ORANGERY LANE PLANNED FOOTWAY CLOSURE (ORDER)

ii) as either hard or digital copies for which there will be a charge: Plowman Craven, 115 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0AX. For further details contact webenquiry@plowmancraven.co.uk

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)

Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015

Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)

Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED)

Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED)

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

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

Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 22 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 17/04/2024

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 17/04/2024

Publicity For Planning Applications.

Applicant: U and I (WIE) Ltd 19/4304/F

Site Address: 17-21 (Unity House), 18-32 (Wire Workshops), 25 (Junction Box), 37 (Faraday Building), Bowater Road, Westminster Industrial Estate, Charlton Riverside, Woolwich, SE18 5TF

Development: Redevelopment of the north western parts of Westminster Industrial Estate through a mixed-use scheme comprising residential units (Use Class C3(a)) and commercial and community floorspace (Use Class F1/F2, B2 and/or B8 and Class E (g) (i-iii)).

Created through the erection of two new mixed-use buildings and a new general/light industrial building; the refurbishment and extension of 37 Bowater Road,

arrangements, plant and all associated works.

Further detailed explanation (not forming part of the formal description of development set out above): Up to 359 residential units (Use Class C3(a)); Up to 8,085sq.m (GIA) of commercial and community floorspace, including: up to 5,028sq.m (GIA) office/commercial floorspace (Use Class E (g) (i-iii)); up to 2,636sq.m (GIA) commercial/industrial and/or storage and distribution floorspace (Use Classes E (g) (i-iii), B2 and/or B8); and up to 421sq.m (GIA) of community/affordable workspace (Use Class F1/F2 and/or Class E (g) (i-iii))

(The site is located within the Thames Barrier and Bowater Road Conservation Area).

(The proposal may affect the setting of the following Grade II Listed Buildings: No. 37 Bowater Road, Former Police Station to Royal Dockyard, Former Smithery, Erecting Shop and Brass Foundry, Royal Dockyard, Chimney to Steam Factory, Former Royal Dockyard).

(This re-consultation is required following submission of revised plans and reports incorporating several scheme amendments. These include: compliance with updated fire safety regulations through new residential cores, optimised internal layouts with a reduction in unit numbers, increased flexibility for the ground floor of Buildings A and D (allowing community space or affordable workspace), improved plant room locations, minor landscaping adjustments to accommodate building footprint changes and wind/microclimate considerations. Further updates include: a redesigned rooftop extension for Building A, reconfigured roof extension with added stair access for Building C, a reshaped building footprint for Building D, and minor changes for Buildings B, E and G).

(This Full Planning Permission is linked with the Listed Building Consent under ref: 21/2455/L for the works to the Grade II Listed Building at No. 37 Bowater Road). Conservation Area: THAMES BARRIER & BOWATER ROAD

Applicant:

Applicant: London & Quadrant 24/0372/F

Site Address: 17 & 18 WHITWORTH STREET, GREENWICH,

Applicant: Ms Rogers 24/0688/HD

Site Address: 2 FOXES DALE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BA

Development: Re-instate front gate and timber cladding to rear to original design; replacement of asbestos panels and softwood cladding to front elevation, replacing two areas of courtyard cladding and replacement of windows and doors (not front door). (This application affects the Grade II Listed 2-6 Foxes Dale in the Blackheath Park Conservation Area)

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: Ms Sze Yin Tan 24/0837/HD

Site Address: 51 RANDALL PLACE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LA

Development: Replacement of 4no. windows to front and rear elevations of property with like-for-like double glazed units

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr T Veitch 24/0910/HD

Site Address: 58 GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, LONDON, SE10 8UN

Development: Restoration of front steps to remove existing concrete and replace with bull-nosed stone steps and associated external works.

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE

Applicant: Village Pharmacy 24/0922/F

Site Address: HOMEOPATHIC CHEMIST, 9 THE VILLAGE, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 8UG

Development: Proposed Shop Front replacement & structural works to shopfront beam with associated external alterations.

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE

Applicant:

Applicant: J Evans 24/1131/HD

Address: 250 PLUMSTEAD COMMON

PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18

Development: Proposed ground floor alterations to existing fenestration. Proposed crittal door

1LR

Development: Removal and replacement of external render to front elevation, like-for-like. Using sand and cement render to match current rendering. Repair to brickwork and mortar only where necessary and all associated works.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Publicity for Listed Building Consent.

Applicant: U and I (WIE) Ltd 21/2455/L

Site Address: 17-21 (Unity House), 18-32 (Wire Workshops), 25 (Junction Box), 37 (Faraday Building), Bowater Road, Westminster Industrial Estate, Charlton Riverside, Woolwich, SE18 5TF

Development: Alteration and extension of the Grade II Listed building at No. 37 Bowater Road, this includes internal and external alterations, part one-story and part three-story roof extensions, and partial demolition all in association with a proposed mixed residential and commercial/community use of the building.

(The development proposal may involve alterations, extensions, partial demolition of the Grade II listed building on-site at No. 37 Bowater Road. These works could potentially affect the building's character and appearance as a structure of special architectural or historic interest)

(This re-consultation is required following submission of revised plans and reports incorporating several scheme amendments. These include: compliance with updated fire safety regulations through new residential cores, optimised internal layouts with a reduction in unit numbers, increased flexibility for the ground floor of Building A (allowing community space or affordable workspace) and a redesigned rooftop extension for Building A).

(This Listed Building Consent is linked with the Full Planning Permission under ref: 19/4304/F for the wider redevelopment of the site)

Conservation Area: THAMES BARRIER & BOWATER ROAD

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Mr K Singh Vagha 23/2362/L

Site Address: 118 WOODHILL, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5JL

Development: Conversion and extension of the existing rear outbuilding to provide a new self contained part 1, part 2 storey dwelling with associated cycle parking, refuse storage and outdoor amenity space (within setting of Grade II listed building) [reconsultation due to updated information].

Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Sentinel Design and Built Ltd 24/0518/L

Site Address: 24 PRIOR STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10

1)

2) Strip off existing roof coverings, batten and felt down to existing roof joists

3) Rake out 2 X chimney stacks (4 sides) and repoint in lime mortar to comply with listed buildings consent regulations

4) Install 100mm breathable rock wall insulation in between roof joists

5) Install breathable roofing membrane, breathable facia/soffit vents

6) Install natural slate roof coverings

7) Install code 4 and 5 lead flashing to all roof/wall abutments and chimney stack skirts and step flashings

8) New timber facia and soffits installed

9) New cast iron guttering and down pipes installed 10) Install bakers hats to open flue chimney pots to stop water ingress and allow chimney breast to breath

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Ms Rogers 24/0689/L

Site Address: 2 FOXES DALE, BLACKHEATH,

Spring is here, so why not explore one of your local parks?

As the weather begins to warm up, now is the perfect time to explore one of the 100 parks and open spaces across the borough.

From the panoramic city views of The Point in West Greenwich to the ornamental Rockliffe Gardens and historic gardens at Well Hall Pleasaunce, there is something for everyone. We are also proud to say that 13 of our sites are recognised nationally with Green Flag status.

Get walking

Avid walkers can explore the 77 hectares of Oxleas, Castle and Jack Woods, while the animal park at Maryon Wilson Park and playgrounds across the borough are perfect for family fun.

We also run Greenwich Get Walking – free guided walks throughout the week leaving from a number of locations. Perfect to make new friends and improve your health.

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/greenwichget-walking

Become a friend

Friends of Parks Groups work with the Council to help care for a specific park or green space that we own or manage.

Through the partnership, residents and visitors get a greater say in what goes on in their local parks. All residents are welcome to join a friend's group - or help to set up one.

DO

• We welcome canine friends in most of our parks, but please do clean up after your dog and keep them under control at all times

• Seek permission from the Royal Borough of Greenwich before hosting an event in any of our parks or open spaces

• Consider becoming a friend of your local park or open space

• Do use bins provided for any litter, and if they are full, please take your litter home!

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/parksandopenspaces

DON’T

• Barbecues and fires are not permitted in any of our parks or open spaces

• Motorised vehicles, including mopeds, remote controlled cars and drones must not be used in any of our parks

• Use metal detectors in any of our parks or open spaces