Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - October 30th 2024 by CommunityMattersMedia

Information from the Royal Borough of Greenwich for our residents

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Like Gods Exhibition

Eight custom-built, giant letters spelling the words LIKE GODS, a reference to HG Wells’ novel Men Like Gods (1923), are exhibiting in the Deptford Lounge. The letters are bookcases, housing over one thousand books, drawn from the artist Ruth Beale’s father’s extensive collection of science fiction books from the 1950s to the 2010s. LIKE GODS acknowledges the human capacity to “play god”: to presume to imagine the future and reshape the present. It also speaks to a lifelong passion for science fiction, and the act of rescuing and keeping books both personally and publicly. Ruth will also be exhibiting The Stacks, a short film in conversation with her father, David Beale, as he explores the basement bookstacks of Swiss Cottage Library, selecting science fiction titles, and explaining how he accumulated his books over sixty years. This event is part of the Imagined Worlds series at the Deptford Lounge, a month-long celebration of fantasy and sci-fi exploring world-building and utopian and dystopian futures.

Date: Friday 1 to Saturday 30 November 2024.

Tickets: Free.9 Giffin Street, Deptford SE8 4RJ deptfordlounge.org.uk/whats-on/event/like-gods-exhibition

Pick of the Week

Sea Shanty Festival

Cutty Sark’s Sea Shanty Festival is back for another year, where you can enjoy traditional maritime music in celebration of the tea clipper’s 155th birthday. The event will feature the vocal talents of bands and artists from across the UK and beyond, including The HogEye Men, who have been singing shanties and maritime songs for almost 20 years, plus London Sea Shanty Collective, She Shanties, Sonny Brazil, Lucas Vale school and Poetry Vs Colonialism and The Gouri Choudhury Band. Time to grab your mateys and enjoy a day on the docks.

Date: Saturday 23 November 2024

Tickets: Free with entry ticket to the Cutty Sark King William Walk, SE10 9HT www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/ sea-shanty-festival-2024

Women at War

This new Painted Hall exhibition features Wrens at Greenwich and Beyond. The Women’s Royal Naval Service was popularly known as the Wrens, and the WRNS Officer Training Course was established at the Royal Naval College in 1939. This display vestibule marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, in which the Wrens played a vital role. It presents documents and artefacts belonging to Jane Shorey and Nina Wilkin, two of the thousands of Wrens who completed their training at the Royal Naval College during the war years.

Dates: Showing until January 2026

Tickets: Included in your ticket to the Painted Hall (£16.50) College Approach, Greenwich, SE10 9LW ornc.org/whats-on/painted-hall-displaywomen-at-war-wrens-at-greenwichand-beyond

Bonfire Night at the Old Brewery

Are you looking for a sparkling night of celebration for Bonfire Night? Head down to The Old Brewery on the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College for an evening of festivities, delicious food and warming drinks. Hats and gloves at the ready, gather around the venue’s outdoor heated tables and savour seasonal treats like hot apple cider or mulled wine. And the food menu sees pub classics that welcome the winter season like no other – cyder battered fish and chips, Cumberland sausages nestled on a pile of mash and an apple and berry crumble for dessert. Cosy season is here.

Date: Tuesday 5 November 2024

The Pepys Building, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, SE10 9LW www.oldbrewerygreenwich.com/ whats-on

Make Joy

Make Joy is a one-day celebration of yarn and friendship for knitters, crocheters and makers hosted at Woolwich Works. You’ll find a curated marketplace of local London makers, and those from further afield, where you can buy hand-dyed and rare breed yarns, notions and more items for your crafting. Listen to a series of free talks from designers and makers within the craft industry and enjoy a coffee or prosecco while making new friends in the Maker’s Lounge.

Date: Saturday 9 November 2024

Tickets: £5 in advance, £7 on the door

The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, SE18 6HD www.woolwich.works/events/ make-joy

Sofar Sounds on the Thames

Are you ready to rock the boat with this floating gig on the Thames? The Uber Boat is hosting Sofar Sounds while you ride from Embankment Pier all along the river and up to Greenwich. Live music lovers are invited all aboard for an intimate concert with a mystery lineup of three artists, curated by the Sofar Sounds team. You’ll be able to experience various genres and styles, so there will be something for all fans to bop along to, and the chance to discover your next favourite artist. Boarding is at 7:15pm, but you can arrive early to enjoy a refreshment at Clipper Lounge.

Date: Thursday 14 November 2024

Tickets: £41

Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6NU www.thamesclippers.com/whatson-and-offers/sofar-soundsintimate-gigs-on-the-thames

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Taiko Meantime brings Japanese drumming to Blackheath Halls

Founder

Mark Alcock explains the history of the art and what to expect from the upcoming show at Blackheath Halls

When the founder of Taiko Meantime

Mark Alcock first experienced Taiko drumming in Japan, “it was as though a light was switched on in my head”.

Taiko brings together music with theatre and drama using the barrel-shaped Taiko drum.

The tradition originated in temples and shrines as part of the Buddhist and Shinto religions, “we have our church bells, they have their temple drums,” says Mark.

Another origin of the drumming would be Kabuki and Noh theatres, where the Taiko drums would “accompany the actors and any other musical instruments to support the drama”.

When in Japan, Mark then studied Taiko drumming with Tennon Daiko in Gobo-city, Wakayamaprefecture. The drumming group “taught me the importance of community”, he says – something that he has recreated in Greenwich with his group Taiko Meantime.

Taiko Meantime performs across the globe and will be coming to Blackheath Halls on Saturday 23 November.

Of the show, Marks says: “Often, people will be quite surprised by a two-hour show of drumming, but I don’t consider it to be two hours of drumming. I would describe it as a musical journey where we use drums in completely different ways, both musically and physically.

“We hope to take visitors on

an emotional rollercoaster.

“In this show, we also have other instruments: Japanese percussion, flutes and a shamisen player performing on the threestringed Japanese guitar.”

Audiences will hear the full range and capabilities of what Taiko Meantime can do.

“Also, we feel it’s important, as westerners playing Taiko, that our music reflects our own influences. So, Taiko Meantime’s music also has elements of jazz, rock, progressive rock and classical, too, while keeping our feet firmly placed in the Japanese traditions of Taiko,” Mark adds.

Of the history of this art, he explains that until around the 1950s, Taiko drumming was mostly used to accompany other art forms, but the Japanese drummer Daihachi Oguchi started to experiment and bring drums to the forefront. “That’s where Taiko as we know it today started, in terms of it being a stage art and the performance art itself,” Mark adds.

Of bringing this historic art to Greenwich, Mark soon realised when he

returned home to England that “Taiko was in my blood, I couldn’t just give it up”. At this point in the 1990s, Mark could count on his hand the amount of people doing Taiko in the UK.

When he moved to Greenwich near the millennium, he moved with the intention of setting up his own group. “I don’t remember how I knew, but I felt that Greenwich would be very accepting of artists and musicians,” he says.

Taiko Meantime was launched as a workshop and performance project, and they have since performed at the London Marathon, Glastonbury, and many more festivals and events.

The group has three levels of membership, the core group, which has been performing with Mark for years – “one of the core group has been with Taiko Meantime for 22 years, almost as long as me” – then the festival group and finally a student group.

Bringing Taiko drumming to Greenwich, Mark explains how it is “immensely fulfilling for me to have to have learned it in Japan, bring back my skills, collaborate with other brilliant people in the band,

and then present the music where it belongs, and that’s in theatres”.

You can try out Taiko drumming for yourself, too. Every week, there is a two-hour open session for people to come along, both experienced and beginners, to learn the technique and get involved.

Taiko Meantime also does school visits and runs corporate team building days.

“Drums are a great vehicle to demonstrate good teamwork,” he explains, adding that this type of work actually pre-dates Taiko Meantime as Mark has been working with companies since 2000, and the group formed in the couple of years following.

And it doesn’t stop there – you’ll also find Taiko Meantime drumming on recordings for games, which Mark is seeing “more and more requests for these days, so that’s an interesting field we’re getting into”.

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Taiko Meantime at Blackheath Halls

Date: Saturday 23 November 2024

Tickets: £18. 23 Lee Rd, Blackheath, SE3 9RQ www.blackheathhalls.com/ whats-on/taiko-meantime

Permanent bracelets with Laura Lees Morgan

The Greenwich Market seller tells Eliza Frost about personal pieces and the ‘endless and fascinating’ possibilities in designing jewellery

“Permanent bracelets are welded on, and you can’t take them off, they are memories you can wear,” explains Laura Lees Morgan.

Laura is a “very happy mum” and jeweller, originally from North East Lincolnshire, but she has been “proudly forging silver jewellery for my stall on Greenwich Market since 2017”.

Her favourite pieces to create are always the one-of-a-kind items, which often “exist in my head until completion”.

Laura lists some previous commissions, such as forging a heart ring, a cuff set with sapphires, a skull pendant, a ‘Love you to the moon and back’ necklace, and an 18-carat gold ghost on a silver pendant.

“I also turned a much-loved drawing into a rose gold and silver necklace,” she says, adding that “the possibilities [when creating jewellery] are endless and fascinating. I love my job.”

What Laura enjoys the most, though,

is doing her forever welded bracelets:

“They are often fitted with someone you love, but not always,” she says.

Laura’s permanent bracelets are a bit different from some you see being sold as you can add a little charm that you or a loved one has chosen and stamped.

“My daughters stamped mine, so it’s a little extra way of always having them close to me,” she adds.

Laura started selling permanent bracelets around 18 months ago, with prices starting from £20 for a solid silver bracelet and £99 for a solid gold bracelet. The charms start from £20, which includes free personalisation.

Inspiration for her jewellery designs comes from everywhere, she says, from antique and vintage pieces, period dramas (which she notes are often filmed here in Greenwich – like the Queen’s House being used for Netflix’s Bridgerton) and especially from her customers.

Laura explains how she used to use “feel good quotes” on her pieces, such as “Live, love, laugh”, until a customer asked her to stamp “something naughty”.

“I happily obliged and, a few weeks later, yet another trendsetter asked me to put something equally naughty on a ring. I therefore created a few risqué pieces, which sold out immediately. So, my range of ‘Emotional Support Rings’ was born,” she says.

And at Laura Lees Morgan, most pieces can be personalised for free.

“I made a gentleman’s heavy cuff bracelet with the children’s names stamped on the inside,” she offers as an example.

She also makes “life’s most important pieces, too” and believes there is “no greater honour than making wedding and engagement rings”.

Laura says: “I take this very seriously. My favourites are perhaps

a pair of platinum wedding rings where the bride and groom added little details to the other’s ring, creating even more memories.

“[When designing these items,] I become part of their families’ stories, starting off making them a little gift for their new partner, years later after having made their wedding and engagement rings, I find myself making treasures for their children.”

Laura’s designs can also be found on screen, having made the hairpins featured in the Ford Edge advert starring Mads Mikkelsen. “I was asked by a local Greenwich makeup artist working on the production if I could make something similar to antique Sperada, so that’s what I did. The first time I saw them on TV was pretty cool,” she says.

Laura has been working at Greenwich Market for seven years, “which has been great”. She says how there is “such amazing creative talent on the market – from other

jewellers like myself to amazing artists, photographers, soft toy makers, fashion designers, quality leisure wear, wire artists, you name it, it’s at the market”.

And she adds you can’t forget the food on offer, too. Laura says Greenwich Market has the most delicious tea and coffee, her firm favourite of Brazilian crepes and pizza – “the list is endless”.

At the market, Laura meets customers from all over the globe, but she “loves our locals”, too.

You can find Laura on Saturdays and Sundays selling her jewellery, and also “repairing much-loved pieces on the spot wherever possible”.

So, if you’re looking for a special something as we approach the gifting season, check out a Laura Lees Morgan design.

Greenwich Market, SE10 9HZ www.lauraleesmorgan.com

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The birth of post-war prefab buildings

Last week I wrote about an article in the current Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society’s Journal - London’s Industrial Archaeology No. 22. That was about international telecommunications. This week is about another article in the same edition of the Journal, but it is something much nearer home. It’s about the now online prefab museum.

I’m sure many older people will remember prefabs – but I suspect that the under 50s may not do so. They were everywhere after the Second World War as quick and cheap housing for the many homeless people bombed out and unable to find anywhere decent to live and bring up their families. The Prefab Museum project began in nearby Lewisham but now it’s online and covers the whole of the country.

Prefabs were everywhere in the late 1940s - early 1950s and were gradually replaced by council housing in the succeeding years until very few remained. They are easy to spot on OS maps of town centres and urban areas – there were undoubtedly some near you! Looking at the map I can see that where I live in Blackheath there were some just along the road from me where there are now some 1960s council flats. When I moved to Greenwich in the

Mary Mills

1960s I think there were some prefabs in their last days just off Trafalgar Road where the London County Council were infilling bomb sites with what we would now call a ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ –Earlswood, Tyler and Colomb Streets.

This was quickly built temporary housing from the 1940s and 50s. However it means that in Woolwich the biggest scheme of temporary housing built - the hutments - don’t count. They were wooden huts built in the Great War to house munitions workers moving into the area to work in the Arsenal. They were in the Well Hall area of Eltham and also Wickham Lane in Plumstead. In some ways they were predecessors of the later prefabs, but they probably had very little in the way of modern design features but they did provide family housing for an unstable workforce. There is a very interesting book about them by John

The point about prefabs is that they were built to official specifications and although there were a number of different types of structure each of them was regulated. It had been realised quite early on in the Second World War, in 1941 and by Government in 1942, that a great deal of temporary housing was going to be needed to house those bombed out, as well as for new families and servicemen returning home. There was at the same time a shortage of labour since men were in the armed forces, but also work would have to be available for them when they had been demobbed.

Work on these buildings was directed centrally, because in war time it is accepted that initiatives had to be properly documented, regularised and organised from a centralised command. In this case the Civil Service had clear lines of communication to local authorities as to what they could do and then saw that it was done properly. There was no question of developers making slippery excuses about their profits.

Designs for prefabs were exhibited at the Tate Gallery showing a steel two-bedroom bungalow. All prefabs were designed with fitted kitchens cupboards and wardrobes, an indoor toilet and bathroom with heated towel rail, constant hot water, a vented heating system and a fridge. This was a much higher standard of housing than a majority of people could expect in the ordinary housing market.

These standards were to raise

aspirations. They went to people who had probably expected to spend much of their life in a couple of rooms at the back of somebody else’s house. They suddenly found that they were in a detached house with a garden and all sorts of space inside and internal facilities. On the net are family history stories of families in poor housing with frequent marital breakups - if the couple concerned were married at all - where relationships were fleeting and children neglected, were sometimes dumped on relatives, and sometimes died. Most

people were frequently ill, disabled, drank too much, and ate a ‘cook shop’ diet. Often this changed once the family had access to a decent standard of housing. It was if they had found themselves catapulted into the house owning respectable working class.

Major construction companies, materials suppliers and manufacturers received detailed instructions as to what was wanted. In 1944 local authorities were given powers to compulsory purchase vacant land for prefabs and

were told to submit details apply to the Ministry of Works with the numbers of units they would need. They also had to undertake submit detailed plans for local amenities; roads, drainage, etc. Only when they were ready would the Ministry organise delivery and erection of the structures.

Later, local authorities were given permission to put prefabs in parks and open spaces – except in the Royal parks, like Greenwich. These spaces were to be returned back to being parks by 1968 - I wonder how often that actually happened or if permanent buildings ended up in what was supposed to be public park space.

Detailed instructions were provided on building the prefabs and they were largely erected by local building firms and sometimes by prisoners of war. By 1945 the London County Council had found sites for over 10,000 prefabs, of which 8000 were actually within the then County of London (much smaller than it is now) and 2000 outside it. They were designed for a life of 60 years but after 1948 some were sold - but most were transferred to local authorities.

Gradually through the 1960s prefabs were mainly replaced by local authority housing. If I look at the map I can see places where this happened. Prefabs appear in old films in location shots – for example in ‘Dodging the Column’ there is a shot of prefabs opposite the Harvey factory site in Woolwich Road - they were on the site of what is now Phipps House at the bottom of Victoria Way.

However there were some large areas of prefabs which were never cleared. Hence the prefab museum project which began in Lewisham at what was called the Excalibur Estate.

This is quite near Greenwichtucked away to the west of Hither Green cemetery. Somehow it was still there in 2020.

This was a large estate with a settled community and now, after around

seventy years, Lewisham Council decided it wanted to pull that down and build proper houses - but many people liked their prefabs. Some had lived in the estate since it was built or were brought up there or spent their entire married lives there. Several units had been bought by the occupants through the Right to Buy scheme. Six of them had been listed. Residents were also aware that rehousing would be in a modern flat that would have less amenities - it wouldn’t have a garden or the amount of space that the prefab offered.

In 2012 there was a formal notice from Lewisham ‘Initial Demolition Notice. Suspension of the Right to Buy’. It said it was ‘intended’ that all properties, bar the six ‘listed’ in 2009 would be demolished by 2017. While some residents welcomed it, others objected.

Now I am not going to pretend to know what went on as far as the museum is concerned. I’m just a Greenwich resident who went over to Lewisham a couple of times to see the Museum. It began when Elizabeth Blanchet, a French photographer, began to interview residents and collect photographs. Eventually with some friends she designated one of the prefabs as a museum and they had an exhibition there which you could visit. Eventually Elizabeth went back to France. The museum went online and is now curated by Jean Hearn, very effectively.

There seems to be an enormous amount written about it on the net - I think every blogger in London visited at some point.

I don’t know what has happened to the estate now. Many websites say it has been totally demolished in the last few years. I’ve been unable to get over there to see for myself - but the latest Google Street View is dated August 2023, just over a year ago, most of the prefabs appear to be lived in and well kept although maybe not as neat and tidy as in the past. There is an area of demolition but it’s quite small. So what’s going on?

I’m just going to sum up and say that prefabs were a successful venture in emergency housing by centralised authority and provided a high standard of living accommodation.

One final thing – I was looking for a site near my home but it’s not in the list of Greenwich prefabs or on the map which shows them. But I remember some on the site of the John Roan School in Westcombe Park Road. One resident told me she had moved there after being bombed out in Stepney. She had moved with some misgivings but her cat was quite clear and a week after coming to Greenwich it was back in Stepney.

Read the article in the GLIAS Journal. http://www.glias.org. uk/gliasjournals.html.

Apologies to Alan Burkitt Gray for having spelt his name wrong in last week’s article about his contribution to the GLIAS Journal.

Kennett –‘The Eltham Hutments’.

At The Heart Of The Community

CACT celebrates its participants, staff and partners at 2024 CACT Awards

Charlton Athletic Community Trust’s (CACT) annual award ceremony took place at the House of Lords on Thursday 24th October.

The 2024 CACT Awards were hosted by Lord Michael Grade of Great Yarmouth, with accolades being presented for six categories: Participant of the Year (under 18), Participant of the Year (over 18), Programme of the Year, Partner of the Year, Sir Maurice Hatter Outstanding Contribution to the Community and Outstanding Staff Contribution.

Various partners, stakeholders and sponsors of both Charlton Athletic FC and CACT were in attendance inside the Cholmondeley Room at the House of Lords along with representatives of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

The first award of the evening was the Participant of the Year (Over 18) Award. This was won by Marc Hawkins, who is a member of CACT’s walking football team. Marc was recognised for his selfless efforts to help organise and run CACT’s walking football sessions,

despite facing his own personal challenges over recent months.

Leland Walmer was named as the winner of the Young Participant of the Year (Under 18) Award. Leland was recognised for being a community champion who is always the first person to volunteer his services at CACT events and assist staff to deliver activities, including cricket coaching.

The third award of the evening was Programme of the Year Award, which was won by CACT’s Youth Engagement Buses programme. The variety of recreational activities available on the buses, coupled with the presence of dedicated mentors, has ensured that young people feel comfortable and safe with CACT during daily sessions on the buses in Greenwich and Bexley.

Champions 4 Change (C4C) were the recipient of the fourth

award of the night when they were named as Partner of the Year Award winners. C4C are a community interest company who aim to empower young people to become the best versions of themselves through boxing, mentoring and social intervention.

The winner of the Sir Maurice Hatter Outstanding Contribution to the Community award was Lesley White. Lesley was the chair of CACT’s pan-disability football club Ability Counts for 16 years, which runs weekly football sessions for children and adults.

The Outstanding Staff Contribution award was won by CACT Outreach Officer Matt Phillips. In June, Matt administered CPR on Alan Ford, who collapsed during a CACT Walking Football session. Matt was welcomed to the stage to collect his award alongside Alan and Jack Willows, who also helped provide Alan with medical assistance.

of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1)

GREENWICH CHURCH STREET 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 JSM Group Services Limited who need to install telecom ducts and chambers.

2. The Order will come into operation on 09th November 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 weekends (9th – 10th November 2024 and 16th -17th November 2024). 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), northbound in Greenwich Church Street outside 20 to 46.

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.

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Dated 16 September 2024

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The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich proposes to make the above-mentioned Order under sections 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

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

(a) add the following to a list of ‘car free’ developments which are ineligible for parking permits, unless a resident or business user of that property is a disabled person’s badge holder:

(i) No. 60 Orissa Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits;

(ii) Nos. 96, 96A, 98, 98A Sandy Hill Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits

(iii) No. 1 (Flats M01, M02, M03) Polytechnic Street.

(iv) No. 11 Ellis Close, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits.

(v) No. 59C (Apartments 1-6) Carlton Church Lane.

(vi) Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (Flats 1-5) Berberis Terrace, Bliss Crescent, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits.

(vii) Nos. 2, 4 (Flats 101-102, 201-207, 301, 401-407 & 501 Pitts House), 6-12 evens, 14 (Flats 101-102, 201-208, 301, 401-408 & 501, Sinfield House) 16-22 evens, 24 (Flats G01-G02, 101-106, 201-206, 301-306, 401-406, 501-506, 601-606, 701-706, 801-806, 901-906, 1001-1006 & 1101-1106, Starkey House), 26 (Flats G01, 101-104, 201-207, 301-303, 401-407 & 501-503, Gaddie House), 28-38 evens, 29-33 odds, 35 (Flats 101-102, 201-210 & 401-410, Goodlad House), 37-43 odds, 45 (Flats G01-G02, 101-105, 201 205, 301-305, 401-405, 501-505, 601-605, 701-705 & 801-802, Cheeseman House), 47 (Flats 201-206, 301-306, 401-406, 501 506, 601-606, 701-706, 801-806, 901-906, 1001-1006, 1101-1106, 1201-1206, 1301-1306 & 1401-1406, Willowherb House) Ignatius Sancho Road. (viii) No. 158 (Flats G01-G02, 101-105, 201-205, 301-305, 401-405, 501-505, 601-605, 701-705 & 801-802, Beeny House) Kidbrooke Park Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits. (ix) No. 1 (Flats 1-5) and 3 (Flats 1-5) Clubb Close (x) No. 40 Frederick Place, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits

3. A copy of the proposed Order and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 10-24 Car Free Developments).

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 Order, should send a statement in writing by 20th November 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 10-24 Car Free Developments).

6. Persons objecting to the proposed Order 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 30th October 2024

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 135) Order 2024

The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 142) 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, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 31st October 2024.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:

a) Replace the Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-11am Zone AO bays with Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-11am Zone AO and Zone AW bays at the following locations on Blithdale Road:

i) South side, from a point 10 metres west of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 14 metres in a westerly direction.

ii) South side, from a point 10 metres east of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 17 metres in an easterly direction.

iii) South side, from a point 33.5 metres east of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 9.5 metres in an easterly direction.

iv) North side, from a point 29 metres west of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 79 metres in an easterly 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. Further information about the Order may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

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

5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order 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 Order was made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.

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

Dated 30th October 2024

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

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Network Rail who need to carry out examination works at the rail crossing point.

2. The Order will come into operation on 16th November 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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

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

Dated 26 September 2024

INTERNAL REF - PL / LA476442 FN698 / Lic. No: 72158

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1)

EDMUND HALLEY WAY

PLANNED DIRECTIONAL ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Cappagh Contractors LTD who need to carry out works on a sewer cover replacement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th November 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from exiting (banning right turns) or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in west bound intersection of Edmund Halley Way at the junction with Millenium Way.

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 17 September 2024

INTERNAL REF - PL / LA477040 FN697 / Lic. No: 72075

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

2. The Order will come into operation on 12 November 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in northbound West Parkside at the junction of John Harrison Way

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 29 August 2024

INTERNAL REF - PL / LA475504 FN692 / Lic. No: 71919

Schedule 1 – The current Permit and voucher charges for Abbeywood Outer (AO) CPZ

(1) residents' permit, £62.40 each per year; (2) residents’ visitors’ vouchers valid for one day: £7.80 for 10 for a maximum of 100 per year; (3) business permit, £112.32 per year for 1st permit, £239.20 for each additional business permit; (4) nannies' permits, £112.32 each per year (5) doctor’s permits, £239.20 each per year (6) tradesmen's permits, £16.64 each per week up to a maximum of six weeks (7) car club permits, £166.40 each per year (8) carers' permits, no charge; (9) electric vehicle permits, £26.00 each per year.

Schedule 2 – The current Permit and voucher charges for Abbey Wood (AW) CPZ (1) residents' permit, £62.40 each

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)

Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED)

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

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

Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 30/10/2024

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 30/10/2024

Publicity for Planning Applications

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2421/F

Site Address: 11, 11A, 13 & 13A MOIRA ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1SJ

Development: Replacement of existing windows with double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars, and replacement of all external doors to original styledouble glazed bespoke Georgian door in PVCu to the front elevation and white double glazed PVCu door to the rear.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: London Fire Brigade 24/2661/F

Site Address: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE, GREENWICH FIRE STATION, 4 BLISSETT STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8UP

Development: Replacement of all existing single-and double-glazed windows at the property, with the replacement of all external doors on the building (excluding the fire appliance doors), alteration of colour finish of existing cladding at the property and associated external alterations [Re-consultation, revised description]

Conservation Area: adjacent to Ashburnham Triangle

Applicant: Randall Place Developments Ltd 24/2850/F

Site Address: 12 RANDALL PLACE, LONDON, SE10 9LA

Development: Demolition of the existing building on site; construction of a new 4-storey building providing community facilities at ground floor and six (6) residential units over upper floors; other associated external works and alterations.

Conservation Area: adjacent to West Greenwich

Applicant: Mrs Glen Andrulioniene 24/3094/HD

Site Address: 5 BUSHMOOR CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EG

Development: Replacement windows in white PVCu with dummy sashes and rectangle leads above the transom bars.

Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE

Applicant: Dr Roshik Patel AR Smiles 24/3143/F

Site Address: AR SMILES, 416 WELL HALL ROAD, LONDON, SE9 6UD

Development: Construction of a first floor extension to dental surgery practice to create 2 x additional surgeries; other associated external alterations.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Mr Ricci Tamagna RTSAN 24/3157/F

Site Address: The Gipsy Moth, 60 Greenwich Church St, London SE10 9BL

Development: Installation of additional glass panel to northern

boundary wall, new butterfly awnings to rear garden and new fascia mounted retractable awning to side garden and all other associated external alterations

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr Correia 24/3214/HD

Site Address: 16 PRINCE RUPERT ROAD, LONDON, SE9 1LS

Development: Demolition of existing rear conservatory and outbuilding, construction of a single storey part side and rear wrap around extension with 2.no rooflights, replacement of window and doors, a new window to side elevation and all other associated external works.

[Re-consultation - Corrected Location Plan]

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3260/F

Site Address: 9 & 11 Granby Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1EH

Development: Replacement of the existing windows and all external doors. The proposed windows are to be double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars. The doors are to be designed to the style of the original doors from when the properties were builtFD30 bespoke Georgian doors in PVCu to the front elevation and white double glazed PVCu doors to the rear.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3285/F

Site Address: 2 PHINEAS PETT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6RH

Development: Replacement of the existing windows, external doors and the porch. Replacement windows are to be double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars. Replacement doors are to be designed to the style of the original doors from when the properties were built, including bespoke heritage door in PVCu, porch door in PVCu and a white double glazed PVCu door to the rear. The replacement porch will be a like-for-like timber porch with double glazing.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3286/F

Site Address: 40 PHINEAS PETT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6RH

Development: Replacement of the existing windows and external doors. The proposed windows are to be double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars. The doors are to be designed to the style of the original doors from when the properties were built. Like-for-like PVCu units to the front elevation and a white double glazed PVCu door to the rear.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) ANCHOR AND HOPE LANE AND WOOLWICH ROAD PLANNED DIRECTIONAL ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Transport for London (TFL) who need to carry out investigative work related to the cycleway extension.

2. The Order will come into operation on 11th November 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take three nights (21:00 p.m. to 05:00 a.m.). 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 Anchor and Hope Lane from the junction with (northbound/ southbound) Bugsby's Way to Woolwich Road and in Woolwich Road from the junction with (westbound/ eastbound) Gallions Road to Anchor and Hope Lane.

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 22 October 2024

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3287/F

Site Address: 50 WHINYATES ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6NN

Development: Replacement of existing windows with double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars, and replacement of all external doors to original styledouble glazed bespoke heritage door in PVCu to the front elevation and white double glazed PVCu door to the rear.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3288/F

Site Address: 40 MAUDSLAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LJ

Development: This proposal is for the replacement of the existing windows and all external doors. The proposed windows are to be double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars. The doors are to be designed to the style of the original doors from when the properties were built - a bespoke heritage door in PVCu to the front elevation and a double glazed PVCu door to the rear.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3289/F

Site Address: 33 MAUDSLAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LH

Development: Replacement of the existing windows and external doors. Replacement windows to be double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars. Front door proposed to be a bespoke heritage door in PVCu and rear door to be double glazed PVCu.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3300/F

Site Address: 3 & 4 Sandby Green, Eltham, London, SE9 6NJ

Development: Replacement of the existing windows with double glazed PVCu casement windows with Astragal Bars and all external doors with a double glazed Bespoke Heritage doors in PVCu for the front and a white double glazed PVCu single door for the rear.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Royal Borough of Greenwich 24/3301/HD

Site Address: 87 GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8NT

Development: Replacement of existing uPVC casement windows with new box sash double glazed timber windows. Replacement slates to match existing, and external redecorations to previously painted/rendered surfaces to match the existing.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Selbi Akmammedova 24/3355/HD

Site Address: 40 WINFORTON STREET,

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/3384/F

Site Address: 100 & 102 ARSENAL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1JZ

Development: Replacement of the existing windows and external doors. The proposed windows are to be white double glazed PVCu casement windows with astragal bars. Bespoke heritage doors in PVCu are proposed for the front

Publicity for Listed Building Consent

Applicant: C/o Agent C/o Agent

Address: 16 NELSON ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9JB Development: Listed building consent for the installation of externally illuminated facia text, retention of existing externally illuminated projecting sign [in altered position], retention of existing non illuminated awning, retention of internally illuminated menu [in altered position].

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2

Publicity for Advertisements

Applicant: C/O Agent 24/3101/A

Site Address: 16 NELSON ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9JB Development: Installation of externally illuminated fascia text, retention of existing externally illuminated projecting sign [in altered position], retention of existing non illuminated awning, retention of internally illuminated menu [in altered position].

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

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

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Transport for London who need to carry out investigative work related to the cycleway extension.

2. The Order will come into operation on 14 November 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take one night (21:00 p.m. to 05:00 a.m.). 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 westbound /eastbound carriageway of Church Hill at the junction of Woolwich Church Street, and to implement bus lane closure in Woolwich Church Street (both directions) from the junction with John Willson Street to Church Hill, as well as lane closures at the roundabout of John Wilson Street and Woolwich High Street.

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 October 2024

INTERNAL REF - PL / LA477348 FN706 / Lic. No:72353

Remembrance Weekend events in Royal Greenwich

From Friday 8 to Monday 11 November, remembrance events will take place across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, with local branches of the Royal British Legion. Attend a wreath laying ceremony, memorial service or parade to pay your respects.

Friday 8 November

• 2pm, Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, SE18 3RZ

• 2.45pm, Greenwich Cemetery war memorial, Well Hall Road, SE9 6UA

Saturday 9 November

• 10.45am, Thamesmead Clocktower, SE28 8GG

• 10.45am, Maze Hill war memorial, SE3, followed by St. Johns Church, Stratheden Road, SE3 7TH, then Charlton Village war memorial, SE7 8UD and Cemetery Lane war memorial, SE7 8DZ

• 12 noon, Plumstead Cemetery war memorial, Lodge Hill, SE2 0NS

• 12.30pm, Woolwich New Cemetery war memorial, Camdale Road, SE18 2DS

Sunday 10 November

• 10.40am, Eltham war memorial, SE9 1DH, followed by a service in St. John’s Church, Eltham Hill, Eltham, SE9 1DH

• 10.40am, St. Michaels and All Angels Church, Abbey Wood Road, SE2 9DZ, followed by Abbey Wood war memorial at Abbey Wood Gardens, Rosedale Close, SE2 9PE

• 10.45am, Woolwich St George’s Garrison Church, Grand Depot Road, SE18 6BW (please email Tim Barnes at tim@ttbarnes. com if you would like to attend this event)

• 11am, War Memorial of Flight Lieutenant Richard Reynell at The Point, Point Hill, SE10 8SY

Littering fines increasing to £200 in Royal Greenwich

The fine for littering in Royal Greenwich has increased from £85 to £200.

Monday 11 November

• 11am, two-minute silence with the Mayor, Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6PW

Find out more about the services and support available to our armed forces community at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ armed-forces

Littering is a London-wide problem, and in 2023, the council spent £6 million on street cleaning. This fixed penalty notice increase aims to encourage changes in behaviour so we can keep our neighbourhoods vibrant, safe and attractive places to be.

Littering is when a person throws or drops an item in any public place, like roads and pavements. Litter should always be put in a bin to be disposed of properly.

Dropped cigarette butts are a very common form of littering. If you need to dispose of cigarette ends, many bins around the borough have an ashtray attached, otherwise investing in a personal ashtray is a good idea and a lot cheaper than a fine.

From 21 October 2024, community safety enforcement officers and the police will be able to stop and issue £200 on-the-spot fines to anyone seen littering in the borough. If paid within 10 days of the fine being issued, the fine will decrease to £100.