Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - May 15th 2024

Learn more about dementia

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is marking Dementia Action Week (13 to 17 May) with an event to learn more about living with and supporting those with dementia.

When: Friday 17 May, 10.30am to 4pm

Where: Eltham Centre Library, Archery Road SE9 1HA

What to expect:

• Hear from people with lived experiences of dementia.

• Learn about Power of Attorney from a solicitor (11am).

• Find out how to reduce the risk of a person living with dementia going missing (12noon).

• Explore local dementia services and inclusive organisations.

• Learn about dementia through virtual reality.

Throughout the week we’ll be sharing the support available for those living with dementia and their carers. From cinema nights and art workshops to focus groups and support lines for families – there’s lots out there to help residents to continue living their best lives.

Search ‘Dementia Support’ on the Greenwich Community Directory to find out more about the support available: greenwichcommunitydirectory. org.uk/support-for-adults

Get your COVID-19 spring booster

Those aged 75+ and those with a weakened immune system can now book their spring COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccine provides protection to those at the highest risk of serious illness from COVID-19 – make sure you’re protected this spring.

The NHS will be inviting eligible people, but you do not need to wait for an invitation to book your vaccine. Booking a spring COVID-19 vaccine is simple:

• Download the NHS App

• Visit nhs.uk/get-vaccine

• Call 119 (translators are available)

You may also be able to walk in to a clinic near you – check nhs.uk/covid-walk-in

Love Your Local Market

Love Your Local Market fortnight, from 17 May to 2 June, will celebrate the important role markets play in our local economy and in bringing our community together.

To celebrate, Greenwich Market will be hosting a fortnight full of free family events. Woolwich Market will be open until 8pm on Friday 17 May, showcasing more traders than ever, as well as funfair rides for the kids as part of Woolwich Lates,

There are many wonderful markets on your doorstep in Greenwich, ready for you to explore everything from arts and crafts to antiques - with tasty street food and everyday goodies on offer too. Visit:

• Blackheath Farmers’ Market

• Cutty Sark Street Food Market

• Eltham Producers’ Market

• Greenwich Market

• Royal Arsenal Farmers’ Market

• Kidbrooke Farmers’ Market

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/markets

Eliza Frost

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Birdwatching at the Peninsula

Do you know your robin from your blue tit? Birds of Greenwich Peninsula is a birdwatching logbook commissioned by artist Jennifer Moore. The logbook aims to provide an opportunity for you to connect to nature and support your mental and physical health while creating a keepsake.

Moore has been birdwatching for many years, read countless field guides and has spoken to a myriad of birding folk, so the information in the logbook is an accumulation of gathered knowledge based on a lifelong interest in nature.

Birds of Greenwich Peninsula is available to buy online or at the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park or NOW Gallery. All proceeds go to supporting the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park.

Birdwatch daily at the Peninsula Birds of Greenwich Peninsula by Jennifer Moore is £7.50 www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whats-on/ birdwatching-at-greenwich-peninsula

Pick of the Week

Sing that tune

If you like singing in the shower, then you’ll love sharing songs with the Kender Singers – a small group of like-minded music enthusiasts. The group sing two- and three-part songs from around the world, learning by ear, so you don’t have to read music (words and music also provided).

Join the Kender Singers at Deptford Lounge and experience the joy of singing together. There are no auditions so visit for a free taster session.

Tuesdays at 7:30pm (28 May, 4 June and more)

9 Giffin Street, Deptford SE8 4RJ deptfordlounge.org.uk/whats-on/event/ kender-singers-acapella/

On the mic

A night of “vibes and creativity”, The Orange Room Collective is back with The Orange Room open mic event at Woolwich Works.

Experience an incredible evening that spotlights and celebrates Black creatives from London, with a special emphasis on artists from Woolwich. Come through to The Orange Room for a night of live music, performances, food and games.

Thursday 23 May 2024, 7pm, Tickets: £14 The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, SE18 6HD www.woolwich.works/events/orange-room-open-mic-night-4

Face for radio

Blackheath Halls is hosting Alfie Moore: A Face for Radio. Somewhere in a parallel universe, little Alfie’s natural comedic performance skills were recognised by his doting parents who encouraged and developed his blossoming talent.

Meanwhile, in this universe, Alfie Moore was told to stop messing about in class before being “encouraged” into an apprenticeship in the Sheffield steelworks. When the recession hit, he traded steel for copper by joining Humberside Police.

Thirty years of shift-work, and being punched in the face quite a lot, had left Alfie with “a face for radio”. In his 40s, a surprising career shift turned middle-aged Alfie from street cop to BBC radio star. But when TV fame beckoned, could he grasp it or was he past it?

Saturday 25 May 2024, 7:30pm

Tickets: £19 Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ www.blackheathhalls.com/ whats-on/alfie-moore-a-facefor-radio/

Disappearing pubs history walk

Join the Blackheath Society Walk and Talk as the group look at the Maidenstone Hill area of Greenwich and the pubs that have disappeared over the years, many without a trace.

You will see some of the individuals and organisations who used these pubs, their role in the community, the effect of changing licensing laws, how problems arising from alcohol consumption were dealt with, and the influence of the temperance movement and why they ended up closing down.

Meet at 5pm at The Richard l pub in Royal Hill for a walk, talk and maybe a pint for the Blackheath Society Walk and Talk: The disappearing pubs of Maidenstone Hill.

Monday 20 May 2024, 5pm to 7pm

Tickets: £5 Royal Hill, SE10 8RT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ blackheath-society-walktalk-the-disappearingpubs-of-maidenstone-hilltickets-861467290857

Fan base

Mary Kitson of Greenwich’s The Fan Museum transports the Weekender to Paris and explains the craftmanship

of fan-making

“There were probably more people involved in the fan-making industry in Paris than in any other major city,” says Mary Kitson, deputy director and curatorial adviser at The Fan Museum of its latest exhibition, A Focus on Paris.

She explains that “fan makers in Paris and the surrounding region have produced some of the finest quality fans since the 17th century”, and the exhibition aims to present a picture of Paris as a “cultural hub of inventiveness and entrepreneurship using a series of themes”.

The exhibition also features a focus on the city’s 18th-century fan-making craft, its 19th-century fan painters, and its place at the cutting edge of architecture, aviation and fashion.

Mary says: “The Eiffel Tower, built for the Universal Exhibition in 1889, introduces a section featuring fans made as souvenirs for the various world exhibitions held in Paris in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

“In a year when the Olympic Games returns to Paris after a century, the event

is celebrated with a fan showing ideal costumes for athletes in the 1924 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games provided a good focus to build an exhibition around.”

Although Mary usually avoids selecting a favourite feature of an exhibition, she answers The Weekender’s question on which item of A Focus on Paris stands out to her, explaining: “I would draw attention on this occasion to the very interesting fans made at the time of the French Revolution, which were much less expensively made than those used by ladies in preceding years.

“And, instead of the leaves of the fans displaying imagery that was pictorial and often drawn from history, the fans made in the Revolution often had paper leaves printed with propaganda or subjects that would have instantly resonated with the Parisian public, such as scenes from contemporary plays and the music and words of popular songs.”

Mary’s background as an art historian led her to “an interest in all the decorative arts, including fans”, she tells The Weekender.

In her role at The Fan Museum, she plays a part in the organisation of its exhibitions and is involved with all other matters concerning the collection, including “giving talks to special interest groups both in the museum and elsewhere around the country”, she says.

Mary explains that fans are objects with many diverse characteristics, she says: “A fan made for an entirely utilitarian purpose in one of the South Pacific islands, for instance, will look completely different to a highly crafted folding fan made towards the end of the 19th century.

“An exhibition at the museum might focus

on fans of either type or perhaps on fans that are somewhere in between these extremes.”

There are a number of component parts to a fan, all of which “may impart fascination”, says Mary, who explains how the sticks, or monture, are made of materials ranging from ivory, tortoiseshell or mother of pearl to wood or plastic and “may be highly and intricately carved and embellished with gilding and jewels”.

Plus, the leaf – which may also be made of a variety of materials, including leather, textiles or paper – might be painted, embroidered or printed.

Mary says: “The museum’s exhibitions aim to show all types of fans, whether they are examples of fine craftsmanship or display an interesting image or, perhaps, have been associated with a notable personality.”

Of being located in Greenwich, Mary explains that “unlike many boroughs in London, Greenwich still has a distinct neighbourhood feeling”.

She says: “It is London and, yet not London. Its history and its park make it a pleasurable place for the museum to be situated in.”

12 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, SE10 8ER

„ Wood fan with paper leaf printed with French Revolution bond notes

(Assignats). French, c. 1796. The Fan Museum

alf-term events to keep

keep the kids busy...

A week-long break for the kids – but how best to keep them entertained? Here are five events you won’t want to miss…

1. Kids rule

Head down to Eltham Palace for the May half-term to get involved in hands-on activities and family fun in the fresh air. You can meet Anne and George Boleyn and discover Anne’s rise in the Tudor Court, learn all about courtly etiquette, have a go at Tudor dancing and try your hand at writing poetry and enjoy fun games.

Families can step inside Virginia Courtauld’s wardrobe and try on 1930s clothes, take shelter in the wartime basement bunker and see the home of Mah-Jong, the Courtauld’s pet lemur. Not forgetting the wooden outdoor play area and the opportunity to relax in the glasshouse café after a long day of exploring – and learning.

Saturday 25 May to Sunday 2 June 2024, 10am to 5pm

Standard entry, members go free

Court Yard, Eltham, Greenwich, SE9 5NP

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/ whats-on/eltham-palace-kids-rule

2. Out of this world

You’ve heard plenty about the planets –now you can explore some moons, too. At the Royal Observatory, the Out of This World: Moons event will see a morning of science and discovery in the planetarium to explore the moons of our solar system.

After, join in an interactive workshop to put your knowledge to the test. You’ll also have the chance to ask Royal Observatory

astronomers questions about space and astronomy throughout the event. Perfect for the little moon-gazers out there.

Tuesday 28 May 2024, 10:30am to 12pm

Tickets: £5 per child, recommended for children 7+

Royal Observatory, Blackheath Avenue, SE10 8XJ

www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/royalobservatory/out-world-moons

3. Down at the farm

The Woodlands Farm Trust has a whole host of half-term activities to entertain your young ones surrounded by nature.

On Wednesday 29 May, learn all about piggies at the Potty About Pigs Day (£4 per child), go pond dipping on Thursday 30 May (£5 per child) to find out what animals live below the surface of the water, and – a little later in the diary – go down to the Open Farm Sunday on 9 June for animal talks, tractor rides and a scarecrow competition.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30am to 4:30pm

The Woodlands Farm Trust, 331 Shooters Hill, DA16 3RP

www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org

4. Peppa Pig, oink oink

Are you ready for an oinktastic new live show? Take your little ones to Churchill

Theatre this half term for Peppa Pig’s Fun Day Out. Join Peppa, along with her family and friends as they go to the zoo and the beach for a special party.

Packed full of songs, dances and muddy puddles, Peppa Pig’s Fun Day Out guarantees giggles and snorts for all Peppa fans, plus it’s a perfect introduction to theatre.

Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 May 2024, 10am, 1pm, 4pm

Tickets: £14-£24

Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HA

trafalgartickets.com/churchilltheatre-bromley/en-GB/event/family/ peppa-pigs-fun-day-out-tickets

5. Adventure playground

Let your children’s imaginations run wild with the brand-new outdoor playground at the National Maritime Museum, The Cove. Clamber aboard the ship and take the wheel, spin on the compass roundabout, scramble through the mighty Kraken’s tentacles and come face to face with the giant Cutty Shark… a great way to blow off that half-term steam.

Open from 10am to 3:30pm Free

Herbaceous Border, SE10 9NF

www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritimemuseum/attractions/cove-playground

At The Heart Of The Community

CACT unveil five-year Strategic Plan

Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) are excited to share their strategic plan for the next five years as they continue their commitment to relentlessly improve and develop their work and respond to the ever-changing contexts, priorities and needs within our communities.

CACT are extremely proud of the work they have delivered for over 30 years & have used feedback from valued individuals, partners, patrons, stakeholders & friends of the Trust to shape their direction for the next five years.

The community programme at Charlton Athletic Football Club has grown significantly and is regarded as one of the biggest and best football community trusts in the country.

Our recent impact report, verified by the University of Greenwich, gave us independently validated evidence that for every £1 the charity invests in our delivery, £9.52 of social value is created, producing a total annual social value of £49.2 million. This strategy is designed to consolidate and further extend the positive

impact and social value of our work.

The refining of our Vision and Mission and the setting of new Ambitions for the next five years, has been informed and enriched by a comprehensive consultation process, capturing the views and insights of our participants, staff, Trustees, and key partners.

Our work to achieve our new Ambitions will be strengthened further by the committed support our organisation enjoys under the new ownership at Charlton Athletic Football Club. Football and sport in general have the unique ability to engage with, and to have a positive impact upon, the lives of so many diverse communities.

Bathing elephants... and

I thought this week I might do something about Maze Hill Station but there are already so many interesting articles about the station on the net that I’m a bit intimidated in such a crowded field. However none of them seem to mention some of the most unlikely regular passengers who used Maze Hill station in the past.

When I first moved to Greenwich in the 1960s our next door neighbour was a young girl who used to work at the paddling pool in Greenwich Park. A couple of times a year she’d pop round and tell me ‘the elephants are coming today’ - and so they did. They would get off the train at Maze Hill to go up to the circus on Blackheath.

But first they would be taken into the Park for a wash and brush up in the boating pond -which must have been really nice for the elephants though it can’t have done the pool much good.

Maze Hill Station was built on a site cleared for gravel extraction in the Middle Ages or earlier. To the south,

where the flats now stand, is a cliff face now covered in vegetation but which is now the site of the Westcombe Woodlands wildlife site. I would very much recommend reading the history section on their website in which Alex Grant gives detailed information about the history of the area in far more detail than I can put here. https:// www.westcombewoodlands.uk/

I am aware of that in past centuries gravel from this site was extracted for Morden College and shipped out from Ballast Quay. But by the time it was being considered for the railway this activity had apparently stopped.

A few weeks ago I did an article here about the construction of the London and Greenwich Railway beyond Greenwich into Kent and the objections to it of local residents. There had been many plans to extend the railway on from Greenwich down into Kent, but this had been halted by the impossibility of getting a rail line through Greenwich Park. Can I recommend another author - the late Ron Thomas in his 1980s book “London’s First Railway”, which gives

a great deal of detail about some of these proposed rail companies and the problems they faced in extending the Greenwich Railway.

It was not until the 1870s that it became possible that a way could be found across Greenwich Park and so the South Eastern Railway made plans to build a line. They opened Maze Hill Station in 1873 but accessing it from Greenwich by rail was still not possible and it could only be accessed from Charlton –making it effectively the terminus of the line from Kent. It was another five years that a tunnel was built under the park and joined up Maze Hill with Greenwich. This led to some complications because the line from Greenwich was the other way round to the one from Charlton with the down-line where the up-line is now.

The station as it was originally built was very much bigger than it is now and there were several sidings. The area which is now Seren Park and Tom Smith Close was the site of several ‘holding’ lines. I remember however that when I started commuting in the

late 1950s, before the flats were built, that this area has tennis courts on it - I certainly don’t remember there being railway lines there.

In 1889 something called a ‘travelling gas holder’ standing there managed to catch fire. ‘The surrounding carriages were involved by flames. The gas-man was blown some feet away... the gas burnt near about. and there were two explosions”.

On the downside was an island platform, more sidings, and a signal box. Lemmon Road is now on the site of the sidings. I remember the island platform which had ‘barley sugar’ columns, but they were holding nothing up. I can remember sitting there in a never moving ‘fast’ train on my way back to Gravesend when some young woman was taken off the jam packed train having fainted and was revived on the platform. When people say trains are crowded now - they should be transported back to the 1950s –with the added delights of impenetrable fog and manual signals. On thick fog mornings railway men were letting off flares

Mary Mills

„ Press picture of the 1958 train crash

and a terrible train crash

alongside the line as signals.

The remaining sidings were removed by 1969 and the signal box closed then too. Things did improve a lot then – once, in 1966, I got a seat!!! By then the station was very much as it is now although there have been several attempts at rebuilding the station building and at least one fire. In 1970, robbers broke into the ticket office, tied up the clerk, and stole £200.

From the start there was an over bridge to get between the two platforms –which may, or may not be the original. There was also a tunnel - which I remember well, as I guess a lot of other people will. It closed when the platforms were lengthened. When it closed there was an amazing graffiti / wall painting of a sort of insect creature on the wall facing you as you went in. I wonder if it’s still there, bricked up and forgotten.

Into the late 1960s it was common for commuters from Vanburgh Hill to walk down through what is now the path through Restell Close to the station, but when the flats were built

by the NHS residents there were so frightened of commuters breaking in to their homes that the NHS closed the access. Later in the 1990s the Council tried quite hard to get a path from Vanbrugh Hill opened to the railway and I remember meetings with various private rail companies on the subject of this access. On a slightly different subject I remember the director of a privatised rail company, who looked and sounded like a comedy show funny Frenchman (do you remember Eurotrash?). He insisted that he had never had a single complaint about the railway and what was the fuss all about.

None of the sources which I have looked at mention the down side building in Woodlands Park Road. I remember a couple of years ago an article in a railway magazine where it was said that no original buildings remained at Maze Hill. When I challenged this the author admitted he had not got out of the train to see what was there and of course the building is tucked away behind the embankment. For many years now it has been the home of Lisa Hammond’s very

wonderful pottery and it is very well worth going to see it - not just for its railway interest but for Lisa’s work. I hope that one day I can ask her in to do a talk for Greenwich Industrial History Society. https:// www.lisahammond-pottery.co.uk/

The station originally had signage on the platform saying ‘Maze Hill for East Greenwich;’ but I remember it later having signs saying ‘Maze Hill for the National Maritime Museum’. I think this was a bit of a problem because school parties would arrive and teachers would count the children out onto the platform one by one by name, which meant that the rail timetables were completely messed up.

Maze Hill Station was the site of a fairly nasty train crash in 1958. I really knew nothing about this, although in 1958 I was using the railway line up fairly regularly. It must have been very much in the shadow of the terrible crash at St John’s Station only seven months earlier - although not on the same scale it must have been an awful reminder of what had happened

only a few miles away. Unhurt at Maze Hill was William King, a 62-year-old street trader from Belvedere. He had also walked unharmed out of the local train in the Lewisham disaster. He said: “I certainly am a very lucky chap”.

The Maze Hill collision took place at 10.25 A.M. on Friday, 4th July .

The 9.41 from Gravesend to Charing Cross passed the “up” signal at danger. Travelling at 25 mph it collided with a steam train going towards Charlton which was shunting empty carriages from the sidings.

The motorman of the Gravesend train, 33-year-old Percy Hurst of Slade Green, said: ‘We were coming round a bend outside the station when I saw the steam train right in my path coming towards me. I jammed on my brakes and at the moment of impact leapt out of the window. This was the first crash that I have been involved in and it was horrifying - every second of it”.

His train was pushed back eleven yards and the steam engine reared up above the damaged track and mounted the front of the passener

train. The steam engine came to rest about a third of the way along the coach, smashing in the roof and derailing it. 43 of the 50 passengers were taken to hospital - there were two stretcher cases and the rest were walking injured, in addition to the motorman and guard. Men with oxy-acetylene cutters freed several people trapped in the wrecked carriages and people were admitted to hospital, but their condition was not serious.

For the locals J Richbell of Tuskar Street said: ‘I heard a terrible crash and a cloud of smoke rose above the station... I rushed up and saw people extricating the injured from wrecked carriages and laying them along the track to be given first aid before they were taken away on stretchers...It was horrifying’ .

Most recently in 2002 the station was the scene of an organised fight between groups of football hooligans from Charlton and Southampton. It emerged that this fight had allegedly been arranged by a history teacher from a north of England Secondary School.

„ 1894 map of the station area showing sidings

„ Maze Hill Station downside ticket office - now a busy pottery

„ Maze Hill station in the past

„ Sketch of the train crash

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Plumstead High Street from Kentmere Road

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

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

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

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

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 11 March 2024

INTERNAL REF: PL /FN653 LN69512 / Lic. No: 70509

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) NITHDALE ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

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

2. The Order will come into operation on 28th May 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Nithdale Road at the junction of Eglington Hill.

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 10 April 2024

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ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES FOR RESURFACING WORKS AND CARRIAGEWAY MAINTENANCE – ELTHAM AREA, GREENWICH AREA AND WOOLWICH AREA

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made three Orders to accommodate carriageway resurfacing works or carriageway maintenance under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The effect of the Order will be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in the roads or lengths of road specified in the Schedule to this Notice.

3. The above restrictions would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing or covering of the appropriate traffic signs.

4. Whilst the closures are in operation, vehicular access to properties affected by these works would be maintained wherever possible subject to the extent and operations of the works. Alternative routes for diverted vehicles would be available via local roads and would be indicated via local signage.

5. The Order would come into force on 16th May 2024 and would continue in force for up to 18 months, or until the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner. The works would be conducted on a ‘rolling’ programme and, as such, not all the restrictions stated in paragraph 2 would be in force in all the effected roads.

6. Queries concerning these works should be directed to jack.carlisle@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 05-24 Road Closures.

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

Dated 15th May 2024

SCHEDULE

ELTHAM AREA

Dobell Road, for its entire length; Greenvale Road, between Craigton Road and Westmount Road; Grangehill Road, between Dunvegan Road and Elibank Road; Welling Way, between Rochester Way and Montrose Avenue.

GREENWICH AREA

Greenwich High Road, between Nelson Road and Greenwich South Street; Broad Walk, between its western junction with Mayday Gardens and South Circular Road A205; Mayday Gardens, for its entire length; Canberra Road, for its entire length.

WOOLWICH AREA

Wellington Street, between Polytechnic Street and Thomas Street; Thomas Street, for its entire length; Dallin Road, for its entire length; Grovebury Road, for its entire length; Bentham Road, between Carlyle Road and Oriole Way; Constitution Rise, for its entire length; Moordown, between Constitution Rise and Donaldson Road; Nithdale Road, for its entire length; Church Manorway, between Manton Road and Bracondale Road.

Royal Borough of Greenwich

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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 22 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 15/05/2024

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Site Address: FRADEN CONTRACTS LTD, SIEBERT ROAD, BLACKHEATH, SE3 7EJ

Development: Demolition of existing structures; construction of a three-storey 2-bedroom detached residential dwellinghouse; other associated alterations.

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Applicant: Mr Tipper Gregory Phillips Architects 24/1161/HD

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

Development: Construction of a ground floor rear infill extension and loft conversion including a rear dormer roof extension to the rear roof slope, an additional roof extension to the outrigger roof slope, installation of roof lights, front fencing, front terracing and landscaping works with other associated alterations (Resubmission with additional / altered elements).

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Applicant: Mr Barbaros 24/1210/HD

Site Address: 314 BROAD WALK, KIDBROOKE, LONDON, SE3 8NH

Development: Construction of single storey rear extension.

Conservation Area: adjacent to Woolwich Common

Applicant: Shurgard UK Ltd

24/1225/F

Site Address: 260 ELTHAM HIGH STREET, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1AA

Development: Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a multi-storey plus basement building to be used as self-storage (Class B8), and associated landscaping,

vehicle manoeuvring and car parking, and refurbishment of the Locally Listed Building to the front of the site.

Conservation Area:

Applicant: Mr / Ms Day 24/1371/HD

Site Address: 14 MYCENAE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7SG

Development: Construction of a single story rear infill extension and associated landscaping works to the rear garden [amended description].

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Applicant: Mr Shira 24/1380/HD

Site Address: 31 NORTH PARK, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5AW

Development: Construction of a single storey side and rear wrap around extension, 1st floor rear extension, loft conversion with roof lights. Part Retrospective.

Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE

Applicant: Ms Ferreira 24/1399/HD

Site Address: 21 RED LION LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 4LD

Development: Garage conversion to habitable space, garage roof alterations to include a semi-pitched semi-flat roof with a new rooflight; re-rendering all walls of the main dwelling and all associated works.

Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON

Applicant: Mrs Rita Moore 24/1453/HD

Site Address: 9 GLENLUCE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7SD

Development: Construction of a single storey rear extension.

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

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 11am-12.30pm Zone EO’ bay with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 11am-12.30pm’ restrictions on Glenlyon Road, south-east side, from the common boundary of Nos. 16 and 18 Glenlyon Road for 9 metres in a south-westerly direction.

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 traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Glenlyon Road 24-05).

4. Further information may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@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 5th June 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Glenlyon Road 24-05).

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 15th May 2024

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 129) Order 2024

The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 136) Order 2024

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the above mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 63, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 16th May 2024.

2. The general effect of the Orders will be:

(a) to introduce a secure bicycle parking facility (cycle hangar) at the following locations:

i) Benares Road, south side, from a point 10.4 metres east of the eastern property boundary of No. 110 Benares Road for 2.6 metres in an easterly direction; Berthon Street, north side, from a point 1.8 metres west of the western property boundary of No. 58 Berthon Street for 2.6 metres in a westerly direction; Hervey Road, west side, from a point 5.2 metres south of the northern property boundary of No. 99 Hervey Road for 2.6 metres in a southerly direction; Leda Road, south side, from a point 81.1 metres east of its junction with Europe Road for 2.6 metres in an easterly direction;

(b) to replace 2.6 metres of various parking places specified in the Schedule to this Notice with a secure bicycle parking facility (cycle hangar) in each of the locations also specified in the Schedule to this Notice;

[Note: Each cycle hangar would store up to six bicycles. There would be a charge for storage space for a bicycle in the cycle hangar and this would be arranged through the supplier.]

(c) to 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-paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

3. Further information about the Orders may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

4. The Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov ukrequesting electronic copies.

5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for that purpose to the High Court

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

Dated 15th May 2024

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) PARK VISTA PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

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 THAMES WATER who need to carry out the installation of a pressure management point..

2. The Order will come into operation on 28 May 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 4 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Park Vista outside 12

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 01 May 2024

INTERNAL REF: PL /FN666 - LA469978 / Lic. No: 70914

SCHEDULE - Cycle Hangar Locations and Parking Restriction Type Replaced

Borthwick Street, south side, from a point 1.2 metres west of the western property boundary of the Electricity Distribution Site for 2.6 metres in a westerly direction, replacing part of the ‘Free Parking Place’; Brook Lane, south-east side, from a point 33.1 metres west of its junction with Rochester Way for 2.6 metres in a westerly direction, replacing part of the ‘Residents and Business Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 10.30am-12.30pm Zone KN’ bay; Haddo Street, east side, from a point 4.8 metres south of the northern property boundary of No. 8 Haddo Street for 2.6 metres in a southerly direction, replacing part of the ‘Payment Parking Max Stay 4 Hours Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm’ bay; Point Hill, southwest side, from the southern property boundary of No. 35 Point Hill for 2.6 metres in a south-easterly direction, replacing part of the ‘Resident Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm Zone G’ bay; Randall Place, north side, from a point 8.2 metres west of its junction with Churchfields for 2.6 metres in a westerly direction, replacing part of the ‘Resident Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm Zone G’ bay; Roan Street, south side, from a point 2 metres east of the western property boundary of No. 49 Roan Street for 2.6 metres in an easterly direction, replacing part of the ‘Resident Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm Zone G’ bay; Sherard Road, west side, from a point 36 metres south of its junction with Carnecke Gardens for 2.6 metres in an southerly direction, replacing part of the ‘Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 11am-12.30pm (E)’ bay; Trevithick Street, north side, from a point 7.4 metres east of its junction with Watergate Street for 2.6 metres in an easterly direction, replacing part of the ‘Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 12pm-2pm Zone DG’ bay; Troughton Road, north side, from a point 1 metre west of the western property boundary of No. 29 Troughton Road for 2.6 metres in an easterly direction, replacing part of the ‘Permit Holders or Limited Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm Max stay 2 Hours No return within 3 hours Zone C’ bay; Tunnel Avenue, south-west side, from a point 4.2 metres south-east of the south-eastern property boundary of No.16 Tunnel Avenue for 2.6 metres in an south-easterly direction, replacing part of the ‘Permit Holders or Limited

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003

Notice is given that: TIM BARNES, RUTH DODSON and ALEX PAGE have applied for the time-limited Grant of a Premises Licence for the following event:

“ARMED FORCES DAY 2024”, ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS SPORTS FIELD, REPOSITORY ROAD (and environs), WOOLWICH, SE18 4BB.

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 Thursday 30 May 2024 (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 Saturday 29 June 2024 only between 10:00 and 22:00 hours:

Regulated Entertainment – Live Music, Recorded Music, Dance, and Activities of a Similar Description; and on the same day, between 12:00 noon and 22:00 hours: On-Sale & Supply of Alcohol (no off-sales).

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) COMBEDALE ROAD PLANNED DIRECTIONAL ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

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 Thames Water who need to carry out repair works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 20 May 2024 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.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Combedale Road at the junction of Woolwich Road.

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

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

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

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

Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 20 March 2024

INTERNAL REF: PL / LA467375 FN649 / Lic. No: 70569

New funding for community projects across Royal Greenwich

Thirty-five community groups are celebrating the news that they will receive funding from the Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund to improve their local neighbourhoods.

Nearly £539,000 will be shared between them, to deliver improvements including upgrading and expanding facilities for education, sports and leisure.

The funded projects include:

• creating a new theatre at Eltham Hill School

• delivering a summer family festival at the Greenwich Peninsula

• installing a new kitchen at Charlton Hall

• supporting a community group in Abbey Wood for mothers with children with disabilities

The funding comes from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), a scheme which allows councils to raise money from developments and provide new or improved infrastructure for the local c ommunity.

Read more: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/gngf

It's grass cutting season

Popular areas of grass are cut for park users to exercise, play and walk, however, we let some sections of grass grow longer to have a positive impact on the environment. We cut these areas once a year in August. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/grasscutting

Tenants protected from landlord’s unfair trading

A landlord unfairly profiting from properties in Royal Greenwich has been fined a total of £5,825.27.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has successfully prosecuted Mrs Anna Yang, an Essex based landlord. Mrs Yang provided the tenants of her Charlton apartment with misleading licence agreements which said they were not able to have any Housing Act 1988 protection from immediate eviction.

Despite living in Southend, Mrs Yang continued to use documents which stated the landlord was a resident in the property she rented out.

Following a Council investigation, Mrs Yang was fined £2,700 for an offence under regulation 9 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, along with a victim surcharge of £270.

Bexley Magistrates Court gave Mrs Yang full credit for her guilty plea at the first hearing of the case and £2,855.27 was awarded to Royal Borough of Greenwich.

A Council spokesperson said: “It’s so important that rogue landlords such as Mrs Yang are caught and prosecuted for unlawfully profiting and misleading their tenants with false information.

“The Council works hard to identify landlords who are exploiting tenants to ensure that everyone in Royal Greenwich has access to a safe and secure home that meets their needs.”

Landlords can find information on their rights and responsibilities by visiting royalgreenwich.gov.uk/landlordadvice.

If you need to report misleading business practices, contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/citizens-advice or call 0808 223 1133.