Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - March 18th 2020

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Help us decide our climate emergency priorities We need you to tell us what you think we should prioritise as we develop our carbon neutral plan.

We’ve created a short consultation to make it easy for you to get involved, and you can fill it in as a Royal Greenwich resident or a business based in the borough. Questions are grouped into three themes - people, places and organisations - and it would really help us if you answer as many questions as you can.

In June 2019, the Council set an ambitious target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030, that’s 20 years ahead of the national target! Change is not always easy, especially when we need to make big changes to our everyday lives. The suggestions in the consultation are some of the main things we can do to start making a difference.

Have your say until 31 March: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/climatepriorities

New enforcement service launches We’ve officially launched our new Safer Spaces service which aims to tackle enviro-crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough, and the new team has already issued 150 fines within two days of launching.

The frontline team of community safety enforcement officers are clamping down on people who litter, use public spaces as a toilet, drink alcohol in restricted areas and commit other types of enviro-crime and anti-social behaviour.

Anyone who is caught committing an offence could be issued a fine of up to £80, and any additional money generated by the service will be invested into the local community. The five additional officers join the team under a 12-month pilot, starting in Woolwich town centre, with the potential to expand borough-wide.

This will allow the Council to also focus on more long-term problem solving across the borough and solve more complex community safety issues.

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Better Together

No one knows your area better than you do, which is why we want to hear your views, ideas and issues regarding where you live, to help us improve our services.

However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have made the decision to cancel the face-to-face meetings at the Clockhouse Community Centre and Mycenae House.

The meetings will however still go ahead but will be moved online, where you can get involved. Councillors will be online to answer your questions and queries.

All you need to do is Tweet us or send us a direct message on Facebook on the evening of the original meeting, and use the hashtag #AskGreenwich along with your question/query, and the Councillor will respond.

Meetings were due to take place on: • 30 March for residents of Charlton, Kidbrooke and Woolwich • 31 March for residents of Blackheath and Greenwich These two will take place online on these dates, but the times are tbc. Please be sure to check on royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ bettertogether for updates on when they will be.

Although the circumstances have changed, we’d still really like to hear your views and hope you can join us!

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Pick of the Week

Mother’s Day high tea, Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder and Science Shambles.

By Holly O’Mahony

Murderously good fun at the Churchill editor

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Can you ever get away with the perfect crime?

Such is the subject of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 crime mystery film Dial M for Murder, written

by Frederick Knott (who also penned the stage adaptation). A new, nail-biting production of the story comes to the Churchill Theatre this week, starring Tom Chambers, (Top Hat, Strictly Come Dancing) as the charismatic and manipulative Tony Wendice, and Sally Bretton (Not Going Out, The Office, Death in Paradise) as his wife Margot, on whom he plots revenge after discovering she has been unfaithful.

Have a laugh this Mother’s Day

Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. March 17 - 21, at 7:30pm and additionally at 2:30pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Admission: from £22.50. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/

Who said Mother’s Day had to be a serious affair? Certainly not Dancehall Episode Comedy.

The group is holding a Mother’s Day special on Saturday March 21: ‘The Truth About The Yardies’.

Curious? Grab mum and head to the Broadway Theatre in Catford to see the group perform their latest sketches, then stick around for giveaways and an after party.

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Tea for two this Mother’s Day

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Treat mum to the traditional delights of an afternoon tea this Mother’s Day. At Double Tree

by Hilton in Greenwich, you can enjoy a scrummy spread for £25 – £30 per person, and spend the afternoon catching up over classic sandwiches, scones and themed cakes. All of which can me enjoyed with a selection of Fortnum Mason teas, freshly brewed coffee and pink fizz (for a little bit extra).

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Fanatic about science? Come along to the National Maritime Museum to hear Ron Ince and Helen Czerski’s Science Shambles podcast recorded live. The semi-regular podcast features conversations with scientists on all manner of topics, and is aimed at an audience who want to keep on learning about the universe through science, art, history, philosophy, music and literature. Join the team for what promises to be an intimate and fact-filled recording.

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National Maritime Museum, Park Row, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 9NF. March 22 at 3pm. Admission: £10. www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritimemuseum

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Broadway Theatre, Catford Road, Catford, London SE6 4RU. March 21 at 7:30pm. Admission: £22.50 - £25. www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/

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A moving exploration of four generations of women “You are always your mother’s child, my mother used to say.” Canada Water Theatre presents Charlotte Keatley’s 1987 play My Mother Said I Never Should: a moving and funny exploration of the lives of four generations of women in one family. The production comes from visual physical theatre company Fingersmiths, together with Sheffield Theatres and in partnership with New Wolsey Theatre. See time shift back and fourth between 1900 and 1980, as love, expectations and choices come up against the social norms and restrictions of the day. The production, directed by Jeni Draper, is presented in British Sign Language and spoken English.

Canada Water Theatre, 21 Surrey Quays Road, Rotherhithe, London SE16 7AR. March 20 at 7:30pm, and March 21 at 2pm and 7:30pm. Admission: £14/£10 concessions. www.thealbany.org.uk/shows/ my-mother-said-i-never-should/

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There’s comedy gold at Blackheath Halls this spring Looking for some local laughs?

Blackheath Halls promises to provide gags aplenty this spring. The 600seat venue is welcoming comedy royalty along with bright new talent, including award-winning acts who have already won over the crowds at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Pen and diary at the ready, here are the belly laughs you won’t want to miss, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Family favourite Jimmy Carr is first up, bringing his latest show Terribly Funny to the halls this week on March 19. He says: “having political correctness at a comedy show is like having health and safety at a rodeo”. So instead, expect jokes about terrible things (but remember: they’re just jokes).

Then on April 2 and 3, Suzi Ruffell (Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats) is performing her latest show: Dance Like Everyone’s Watching. Suzi made a name for herself by turning tragedy and anxiety into comedy.

This year, she’s actually happy – which, naturally, has led her worried mind to question whether standups are at their best when they’re miserable. It’s this very question that forms the basis of her new show.

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(and presenter, actor, author and scriptwriter) who needs no introduction. Excitingly for fans, he’s bringing his 2020 tour of The Fast and the Curious to Blackheath Halls on April 30. The multi award-winning comedian is best known as the host of BBC Three’s survival comedy show Stupid Man, Smart Phone and as the host of the channel’s Live at the Electric series. His live show is a motor through love, family and life – hoping to prove that the fast and the curious get more out of life.

Concluding the spring chortles, on May 28, is comedian Ivo Graham with his show The Game of Life. The comedian, who has appeared on the likes of Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week, was recently nominated for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award after a sell-out run at the 2019 Fringe Festival. He describes his show as:

“More hilariously anxious blather from one of the most hilariously anxious blatherers in the business.”

“It’s a particularly busy comedy season,” says Nicola Metselaar, marketing manager at Blackheath Halls. “It’s great to welcome some new faces to the halls but many of the comedians performing have been here before and we always enjoy welcoming them back,” she beams.

While traditionally a concert venue, comedy has long been integral to the offering at Blackheath Halls.

“Historically, the halls have included performances by some of the country’s most famous comedians,” affirms Nicola, adding that standup events are particularly popular with local audiences. “Since our refurbishment, the raked seating in the main hall has significantly

enhanced the experience for both audience members and performers, so we’re really keen to make the most of this and to offer our audiences even more opportunities to see some of their favourite comedians,” she adds.

Of course, tickets to see household names perform at the intimatelysized venue often sell out quickly.

But Nicola has some tips to prevent fans missing out. “Big names always sell quickly, but we do our best to give the south-east London community a heads up via our social media channels and through local Facebook groups,” she says.

“It’s also a good idea to sign up to our mailing list to be among the first to find out what’s going on. The nature of comedy means we sometimes get bigger acts at the last minute,” she advises.

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At the same time, it’s not all about the big names. In January, Blackheath Halls launched a new monthly mixed bill comedy night, ‘Off the Kerb Presents…’, led by leading comedy agency Off The Kerb. Tickets to the night are just £10, and it’s a chance to see a variety of acts from the British comedy circuit show off their talents. “It’s a great night out for any connoisseur of comedy,” says Nicola. “Watch this space as more names are confirmed for the series.”

So, now you’re all clued up, find your favourite act and book soon to avoid missing that punchline.

Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. Comedy gigs on various dates and times this spring.

Admission varies depending on event. www.blackheathhalls.com/ www.weekender.co.uk

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Part of NOW Gallery’s on-going Design Commission, Slices of Time is an installation of epic scale, consisting of 6,000 hanging numbers in 100 different shades of colours, which aims to express the flow of time. Each layer of numbers is said to reflect the now, the past and the future. In a bid to get viewers interacting with the exhibition, visitors are invited to remember a date that holds significance to them and record this on a piece of coloured paper provided.

Together, these important dates will form their own kaleidoscope of colour.

For Jemima Burrill, curator of the exhibition, it was the depth of colour and delicacy of the installations that attracted her to Emmanuelle’s work, and prompted them to ask her to come up with something for the gallery. “Emmanuelle’s installations make you take colour in and enjoy it in a different way,” she says. “It’s the way she layers them, so each colour reacts to the one next to it.

It’s like a colour conversation which immerses you, making you take time to look at the wonder of it.”

Jemima commissioned Emmanuelle to create a piece that was “true to her sublime aesthetic” while also having relevance to the gallery’s location on the Greenwich Peninsula. In response, Emmanuelle has featured the Meridian Line itself in her installation.

“The Meridian Line is drawn out in the gallery in large but delicate circles with the earth duplicated in her 100 shades of colour,” reveals Jemima, for whom it was also important that the exhibition provided some light relief from the gloomy political climate and chilly weather.

“I saw having one of [Emmanuelle’s] supremely organised and intricate pieces as a wonderful counter balance to the politically turbulent

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times we’ve been going through. Her work provides a moment of calm for people to leave the winter months behind and experience pure colour.”

Born in France in 1971, Emmanuelle moved to Tokyo in 1996, where she later established ‘emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design’ in 2003. It was the layers and colours of Tokyo – that she saw as building a complex depth and density on the street – along with traditional Japanese spatial elements, like sliding screens, that inspired her to create the concept of ‘shikir’, which literally means ‘dividing space with colours’. Ultimately, Emmanuelle hopes to evoke emotion through colours through her creations.

Emmanuelle’s unique style has seen her create art installations for fashion houses including UNIQLO and ISSEY MIYAKE in the past. She’s also been the Associate Professor of Art and Design at Tohoku University since 2008, where she famously has her pupils explore the possibilities of colour by creating a 100-colour palette out of an item from their everyday life.

Creating the Slices of Time exhibition at NOW Gallery has not been without its challenges, admits Jemima.

“Hanging up 6,000 numbers attached to fishing wire has been a challenge, as these need to be attached to the floor to ensure they don’t blow around,” she says. “Luckily for us, Emmanuelle has done an installation to this scale numerous times before.”

Should all go to plan, these behindthe-scenes logistics will be invisible to the viewer when the exhibition opens on February 5. “As a visitor to the gallery, the key thing about this installation is that when you come to see it, all you will encounter is the serenity of the finished product,” Jemima says. “This is a rare opportunity to enjoy colour in a beautiful form and have the time to contemplate a significant date that needs revisiting.”

Slices of Time is showing at NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0SQ. February 5 - April 17. Monday - Friday 10am - 7pm; Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 11am - 4pm. www.nowgallery.co.uk/ www.weekender.co.uk

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Fresh xxxx on theYorkshire Ripper arrives at NOW Gallery The Incident Room invites audiences to step back in time to 1975 and follow Sergeant Megan Winterburn as she joins hundreds of police officers on a manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. Co-written by playwrights David Byrne and Olivia Hirst, the play comes to Greenwich Theatre this week following a successful stint at the New Diorama Theatre, where David is also artistic director, writes Holly O’Mahony…

As those who lived through it will recall, the Millgarth Incident Room in Leeds became the epicentre of the biggest manhunt in British police history while the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, was at large.

Officers working on the case were under huge amounts of pressure to catch the killer and bring him to justice before he could brutally murder any more women.

Both David and Olivia were interested in the Yorkshire Ripper case and discussed co-creating a play about it while working together on David’s 2017 play The Secret Life of Humans.

They realised that while there had been several surface-level dramas and reports written about the case in the past, there was a more human side to the story yet to be told and plenty of characters who hadn’t been explored.

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“We humanise the key people in the story, following a female detective, Meghan Winterburn, who was really pivotel to the case and whose story hadn’t been told before,” reveals David. “Her story felt like the right one to tell when looking back on a case that really changed everything for a whole generation of people in the north of England at that time.”

The case also marked a turning point for how the entire practice of policing was carried out in the UK. “The Yorkshire Ripper case was the last of its kind before policing was more formalised; it preceded computerisation and DNA testing,” explains David. “How the police hunt was carried out was really audacious, too. It led to policing as we know it today,” he adds. “Through The Incident Room, we hope to give audiences the chance to see real,

on-the-ground policing and what the true cost of that vocation was.”

Olivia grew up in Yorkshire and doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t know about the Yorkshire Ripper.

Like many bringing up children in the North, her mother used the Ripper’s crimes as a cautionary tale about the dangers of walking home alone. The case took place relatively recently after all. Because of this, Olivia and David were able to go around the country interviewing real people who were there at the time, including journalists and police officers.

Through extensive research into the climate hanging over the case, the pair even found shreds of humour in the story. “Our play is a proper representation of a northern workplace.

It’s not a gritty TV drama where no

one smiles, like the 70s cops you see on Life on Mars,” says David.

“It’s a surprisingly funny play.”

All three of David’s plays have dramatised real life events. His 2016 play Down & Out in Paris and London fused together aspects of George Orwell’s 1933 memoir of the same name with Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee’s 2003 memoir Hard Work. His 2017 play The Secret Life of Humans, followed what happened when a secret room in the house of scientist and mathematician Dr Jacob Bronowski was discovered by his grandson. Does the playwright feel a pressure to be historically accurate when dramatising real life events?

who worked on the case, including Sergeant Megan Winterburn, who have come to see the play. “We were very nervous about having them in but they said they couldn’t believe how true to life it is,” beams David. “Even journalists who covered the case have been surprised at some of the details we’ve managed to get into the play.”

Following its run at Greenwich Theatre, The Incident Room’s next stop is New York, where the show is playing at Off-Broadway venue 59E59 Theatres for five weeks this summer.

“It’ll be interesting performing it to an audience who have very little knowledge about the case,” says David.

“I think there’s a responsibility to be careful with real life narratives, but at the same time it’s not a documentary,” he says. “The Incident Room is based on such a well-known story that if we made something up, people would question it. We’ve amalgamated characters, but all the main plot points in the show did really happen.”

Back in London, the run at Greenwich Theatre is all about giving audiences a deeper understanding of the story.

“Our aim is to show the impact the case has had on society,” says David.

“How it affected the women – both the victims who died, and victims who survived – and on the legacy and inheritance it has left us with today.”

Judging by audience reactions so far, the pair have pulled it off. Not only has The Incident Room impressed at the New Diorama and before that at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where a shorter version of the play sold out last summer, it’s won over real people

The Incident Room is showing at Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8ES. March 17 21, at 7:30pm and additionally at 2:30pm on Saturday.

Admission: £20/£10.50 concessions. www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk

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History

Barges, piers and watermen Mary Mills

In the last article on our walk along the Greenwich riverside we were at the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, and before that at Billingsgate Dock.

Our riverside walk now takes us through what is now Cutty Sark Gardens and the heart of Tourist Greenwich – on our way to the Royal Greenwich riverside.

Until the Second World War this was still a working area, although, clearly the pier and the pubs were attracting an increased tripper trade – and had so for many years. So, we start at a set of waterman’s stairs by the foot tunnel and – and walk eastwards past the pier. This now an open area but in the past we would have been walking down a lane with buildings which serviced river activities, and a number of pubs.

We would have passed another set of stairs and a small dock, a fish market and then the ‘royal’ area. In the days when it was a working palace, under the Tudors and Stuarts, a huge area would have been needed for service facilities and other buildings associated with maintenance and government activities.

So, we begin at the set of watermen’s stairs near the Foot Tunnel. These stairs give access to the foreshore and were also where licensed watermen could pick up and leave passengers – plying for hire in exactly the same way as today’s black cabs. These are called ‘Garden Stairs; and are very ancient, dating back to at least the fifteenth century. It is said that they were originally called ‘Skarne’ or ‘Skerne ‘ Stairs after an Elizabethan resident and that ‘Garden’ is a corruption of this – although I must say I can’t turn Skerne; into anything like ‘Garden’.

These stairs were also used by ferry services. The history of Greenwich ferries is one of prolonged aggravation of various sorts and, as we have seen, the ferry terminal moved to the end of the Horseferry Road in the 18th and 19th centuries. There are various prints by Thomas Rowlandson from the early 19th century showing people apparently arriving in Greenwich by boat. Also depicted is Salutation Tavern – whose sign is in the drawings – which stood on the west side Garden Stairs at the top. On the east side of the stairs was the Peter Boat Tavern – a ‘peter boat’ was a fishing vessel.

In one of Rowlinsn’s drawings the people climbing the stairs, the spectators and others are behaving in a respectable and decent manner. The other prints show them in a range of rather different activities. Note that all these passengers were heading for the pub.

Before the pier was built a lane –Fisher Lane - ran parallel to the river and in front of where the pier now stands.

In a fictionalised account by Captain Marryat, Fisher Lane is described as “a narrow strait rejoicing in a common gutter running through its centre and .... the entrance to a shipwright’s yard chiefly for the repair and building fishing smacks ,,, general receptacle for the boat’s gear and fishing tackle and

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used by the fishing vessels” . Captain Marryat called the pub ‘The White Nag’ and there actually was a White Horse pub in Fisher Lane as well as another pub called the Lord Ligonier.. There were several others , one being The Salutation as shown by Rowlandson at No.1. Garden Stairs. – and from his drawings it appears to be, well, lively.

The Buffalo’s Head was also at Garden Stairs and at Ship Dock at the eastern end of Fisher Lane were the Crown and Anchor, The Red Lion, and The Chest.

At Ship Dock, which was a draw dock,was the Ship Hotel, far too grand to be listed with the taverns. This was a large and imposing building and one of the places where the famous ministerial whitebait suppers were held after they had moved to Greenwich from Dagenham. The Ship-was eventually destroyed in a Second World War bombing raid – and thus created an empty space to be filled by the Cutty Sark ship.

Today the major riverside structure is the Pier which dates from 1836 –although clearly it has been rebuilt and changed over the years.

A project to build a pier here was first put forward by the Stone Pier Company, which later changed its name to the Greenwich Pier Company. The principal shareholders are said to have been Sir Richard Dobson, who was surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Seaman and Dr. John Sutton. It therefore seems to have been an initiative of the Royal Hospital who owned much of the land here. The original 1836 Act of Parliament was for a pier 175 feet long sited on the present Pier’s upstream area. Later in the same year an amendment allowed it tobe extended downstream. It was built by contractors Grissell and Peto.

What happened next is a bit complicated. Some ‘watermen’ objected to the pier being built and a ‘misunderstanding arose’. The watermen set up a ‘floating pier’ at

Garden Stairs alongside the new stone pier. I do not know if it was this pier or the ‘stone pier’ which was opened in March 1837 with flags on the ‘new road leading to the pier’. But the reporter for the West Kent Guardian was stopped at this point because he did not have a ticket for the opening and thus his report ended right there.

The barges of the Watermen’s Pier were moored up against Garden Stairs and blocked access to the Salutation Tavern. The proprietors of the Tavern, by then this was Sir Richard Dobson and Dr Sutton, began to build another pier - which must mean at Garden Stairs. The City of London controlled Thames Conservancy held a jury sitting on this dispute and the various claims and counter claims were then sent for trial at the Maidstone Assizes.

They referred the matter to arbitration for investigation and it was then ordered that the structure in front of the Salutation should be removed.

Unfortunately In 1843 the new stone pier suddenly collapsed “with an explosion like a piece artillery’ with people on it as it gave way. This led to more litigation – this time against the contractors. Action also continued against the Watermen’s floating pier, which was busy serving the steamers of the Watermen’s Steam Packet Company. A handbill was published with a relevant ballad T’was the voice of poor Dickey—I heard him complain, Oh take back my shares in the Stone Pier again, For see how the WATERMAN’S PIER proudly floats, And how Thousands flock down in their rapid steam boats.

Dickey being Sir Richard Dobson. I must say that the accounts of all this litigation appear to involve some important and no doubt expensive lawyers. I suspect that the real row is between the Royal Hospital and the City of London in the guise of the Thames Conservators –and possibly

the Company of Watermen (although they at one point denied involvement).

The stone pier having been rebuilt, there was through the 19th century a busy and growing tripper trade. They used the new steam boats with constant new technologies in design and power. They were initially mainly paddle steamers and there are many accounts of them - there are several specialist web sites which illustrate and describe them one by one. Early boats ran from London piers to Margate where families would stay in the summer, father commuting down for weekends by boat. There was also of course a flourishing day tripper trade – perhaps going to Rosherville Gardens at Northfleet like the ill fated Princess Alice. Fishing villages around the Thames estuary and the adjacent coast became resort towns, almost overnight. One such was Clacton where a developer working with the Woolwich Steam Packet Company virtually invented the town in the early 1870s The London County Council took the pier over in 1905 and began a passenger service up and down river in addition to the existing commercial tripper boats.

This was inaugurated at Greenwich by the Prince of Wales. There have been a lot of comings and goings since – in 1953 it was visited by Marshal Tito, no less. In 1954 part of the upstream end of the pier was dismantled to allow the Cutty Sark into its dock.

Although the LCC service was not a success it has been succeeded by many others. Greenwich Pier has always been and remains busy. As far as its historic structure is concerned a report of 2000 concluded “the upstream corner and end wall of the pier date from 1955 - the main pier frontage dates from after 1843 - the downstream corner and side wall probably date from 1836 – and the level of the river bed in front of the pier has not changed significantly in 75 years”.

But then it was rebuilt again recently – to the fury of local residents who disliked the garish chain restaurants installed to

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encourage more spend from trippers.

To return briefly to the history. At the east end of the pier there were once more watermen’s stairs – Ship Stairs and alongside them Ship Dock. I suspect they were named for the Ship Pub rather than for shipping activity. Here was the site of the fish market, which I mentioned in the article on Billingsgate The industrial riverside begins again at the other end of the riverside ‘Five Foot Walk’ and at the steps by what is now the Trafalgar Tavern.

Sources This has mainy been taken from news reports and cuttings. Thanks though to Sally Mashiter for info from PLA.

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Callum said: “Since I joined CACT, they brought me over to Andrews Sykes and from them I’ve found myself a job that I really like.

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Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE LICENSING ACT 2003 or For a variation pursuant to section 34 Notice is given that: Primerose Retail LTD, 26 Eltham High Street, Eltham, SE9 1DA has applied for the Grant /Variation of a Premises License for the following premises: 26 Eltham High Street, Eltham, London, SE9 1DA

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 7th April 2020. 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 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 a maximum fine of £5,000.

It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises: or The folllowing variation/s is/are proposed: The sale of beers, wine and spirits.

Road Traffic Acts ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH THE GREENWICH (PRESCRIBED ROUTES) (MACBEAN STREET AND BANNOCKBURN ROAD) ORDER 202*

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Charlton Road] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

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 Order in exercise of their powers under Sections 6 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to impose a banned right turn on: (a) MacBean Street into Beresford Street (b) Bannockburn Road into Plumstead High Street 3. A copy of the proposed Order and other documents, giving more detailed particulars of the Order, including a map and drawings, are available for inspection during normal office hours until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Order is made or, as the case may be, the Council decides not to make the Order, at the Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills, Strategic Transportation, Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ. 4. Further information may be obtained by telephoning Strategic Transportation on 0208 921 3804.

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Order should send a statement in writing by 8th April 2020, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made, to the Traffic Team, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ, or by email to Traffic.Team royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Banned Right Turn – MacBean / Bannockburn).

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.

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by the Royal borough of Greenwich who need to carry out reconstruction works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 23rd March 2020 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 6 months. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Invicta Road, Sherington Road, Wyndcliff Road, Hassendean Road, Couthusrt Road, Bramhope Lane, Mascalls Road, Cherry Orchard and Victoria Way all at the junction with Charlton Road and only one closure to be in place at a time.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via an appropriate signed route. 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.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 13th March 2020 (INTERNAL REF: PL/207/LATBC)

Dated 18th March 2020

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) Erindale PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to 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 manhole works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 26th March 2020 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 1 day. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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, Erindale at the junction of Macoma Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Macoma Road, Macoma Terrace, Plumstead Common Road, Garland Road, Pendrell Street and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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

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

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

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 13th March 2020 (INTERNAL REF: PL/206/LA384442)

Royal Borough of Greenwich Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED) Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.

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

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

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 18/03/2020 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 18/03/2020 Publicity for Planning Applications.

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

The Royal Parks 19/4305/F Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London SE10 8QY Various works to Greenwich Park including the redevelopment of Nursery Yard for the construction of a Learning Centre with surrounding public realm improvements, growing areas and return of hard standing to deer park; change of use and refurbishment of Vanbrugh Lodge to A3 cafe including external alterations, ramp entrances, single storey store, installation of buggy store, boundary treatment works, relocation and alterations of access gates, volunteer kitchen garden and refuse service yard, external alteration (new window) to Wildlife Centre, demolition of existing catering store and construction of a single storey catering store with refuse service yard to the south of existing store, internal and external improvements to Pavilion café and a new landscape setting; demolition of existing park view coffee cabin to the south of the General Wolfe Statue and construction of catering kiosk and furniture store, refurbishment and alterations to historic assets including works to Conduit Head, Band Stand, extension of Wolfe Statue dais with improvements to surrounding public realm, and other associated works including tree planting to restore historic avenues, improvements to access and changes to parking arrangements, additional cycle spaces, external seating, relocation and installation of street furniture, landscaping and planting

enhancements including the reinstatement of the Grand Ascent

or Giant Steps and Parterre Banks. Horticultural enhancements

to the flower garden and water quality improvements to the

Flower Garden Lake. Site wide enhancements to Bio

diversity. Site wide improvements to signage and interpretation.

Site wide improvements to pedestrian access and circulation

including One Tree Hill and Blackheath Gate. THIS DEVELOPMENT

MAY AFFECT THE SETTING OF THE GRADE I, II AND II* LISTED BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES, AS WELL AS THE GREENWICH PARK CONSERVATION AREA. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK Applicant: Mr Cole 20/0322/HD Site Address: 16 ASHBURNHAM PLACE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8TZ Development: Demolition of the existing rear extensions and construction of a single storey rear extension at the lower ground floor level

including excavation of the ground to enlarge the lower ground

floor, replacement of the brick fence at the front elevation with

metal railings, removal of the existing white paint from the

front elevation and other associated external alterations.

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE Applicant: Mr Colin Smith 20/0517/F

Site Address: SAMANTHA JANE ESTATE AGENT, 30 THE VILLAGE, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 8UD Development: Installation of a small extraction system including an odour control system along with silencers.

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE Applicant: Mrs Nicola Dennis 20/0552/HD Site Address: 81 ASHRIDGE CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EA Development: Demolition of existing extension and construction of a single

storey side and rear wrap around extension, replacement of

garage door with timber doors, replacement of door glazing,

installation of rooflight to side extension roof slope and other

external alterations.

Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE Applicant: Holme Young’s & Co 20/0555/F Site Address: RICHARD I, 52-54 ROYAL HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RT Development: External redecoration and internal refurbishments.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Applicant: Mr Rademaker 20/0562/F Site Address: 44 Vanbrugh Hill, Blackheath, London, SE3 7UF Development: Construction or a loft conversion with a mansard to the rear

and a set in side dormer, 4 roof lights to the front roofslope

and Change of use to Large HMO (Sui Generis).

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK Applicant: Fossdene Primary School 20/0572/F Site Address: FOSSDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL, VICTORIA WAY, CHARLTON, LONDON,

SE7 7NQ Development: Conversion of existing gymnasium into a dining hall with

integral preparation kitchen and washing up room; Replacement

of two external doors & associated side lights; Construction of a

new access deck to the north east of the building.

Applicant: Royal Borough of Greenwich 20/0718/F Site Address: Former Police Car Park, r/o 18-26 Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10 Development: Construction of supported housing scheme containing five dwellings (1 x 4-bed and 4 x 1-bed) (C3b use class), a training dwelling with staff office/bedroom (Sui generis use class) and associated landscaping, waste and cycle store.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Publicity for Listed Building Consent Applicant: Holme Young’s & Co 20/0556/L Site Address: 52-54 ROYAL HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RT Development: External redecoration and internal refurbishments.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Fossdene Primary School 20/0573/L Site Address: FOSSDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL, VICTORIA WAY, LONDON, SE7 7NQ Development: Conversion of existing gymnasium into a dining hall with integral preparation kitchen and washing up room; Replacement of two external doors & associated side lights; Construction of a new access deck to the north east of the building.

Listed Building: Grade 2

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public notices 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 proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 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 Orders would be to: (a) extend the existing Eltham Outer (‘EO’) Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) as described in paragraph (d) below. The parts of Glenesk Road, Glenlea Road, Glenlyon Road, Glenshiel Road and Westmount Road referred to in that paragraph that are currently in Eltham Station (‘E’) CPZ would be removed from that CPZ and properties within those lengths would no longer be eligible for ‘E’ CPZ permits and vouchers; (b) provide a new CPZ, to be called Eltham North (‘EN’) CPZ as described in paragraph (e) below. The parts of Kidbrooke Lane, Prince Rupert Road and Well Hall Road (including the service road) referred to in that paragraph that are currently in Eltham Station (‘E’) CPZ would be removed from that CPZ and properties within those lengths would no longer be eligible for ‘E’ CPZ permits and vouchers; (c) retain double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions where they are currently located and provide additional double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (i) at the junction of Admiral Seymour Road with Moira Road; (ii) at the junction of Congreve Road with Prince Rupert Road; (iii) at the junction of Eltham Park Gardens and Glenesk Road; (iv) at the junctions of Rochester Way with Congreve Road, Prince Rupert Road, Admiral Seymour Road and Moira Road; (v) in Glenesk Road, between Glenlea Road and Nos. 28 and 75 Glenesk Road; and (vi) in Kidbrooke Lane, on the north-east side, opposite Nos. 51 and 53 Kidbrooke Lane; (d) (i) provide that in addition to the roads within the existing ‘EO’ CPZ, the extended ‘EO’ CPZ would include the roads and lengths of roads listed in Schedule 1 to this Notice and would retain CPZ hours of between 11am and 12.30pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive; (ii) retain the free (1 hour maximum stay) parking places in various lengths of Glenshiel Road which would retain their existing times of operation; (iii) retain the free (30 minutes maximum stay) parking places in Eltham Park Gardens, adjacent to Nos. 112 and 114 Westmount Road which would retain their existing times of operation; (iv) provide shared-use (permit holders / pay and display) parking places on the north-west side of Glenlea Road that would operate between 9am and 5.30pm on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive; and (v) provide a combination of permit holders parking places and single yellow line waiting restrictions that would operate during the ‘EO’ CPZ hours throughout the extended part of EO CPZ except where the double yellow lines and parking places referred to a sub-paragraphs 2(c) and 2(d)(ii) to (iv) above, or any existing disabled persons’ parking places, would be provided; (e) (i) provide that the new ‘EN’ CPZ would include the roads and lengths of roads listed in Schedule 2 to this Notice and would have CPZ hours of between 9am and 5.30pm on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive; (ii) provide shared-use (permit holders / pay and display) parking places (maximum stay 4 hours, no return for 2 hours, with first 30 minutes free) that would operate during the ‘EN’ CPZ hours, in various lengths of Well Hall Road (including the service road) and in Prince Rupert Road and Kidbrooke Lane near their junctions with Well Hall Road; (iii) provide a disabled person’ parking place (approximately 20 metres in length) on the south-east side of Admiral Seymour Road, outside Progress Hall; and (iv) provide a combination of permit holders parking places and single yellow line waiting restrictions that would operate during the CPZ hours throughout ‘EN’ CPZ except where the double yellow lines and parking places referred to a sub-paragraphs 2(c) and 2(e)(ii) and (iii) above, or any existing disabled persons’ parking places, would be provided; (f) provide that residents whose postal address is within EO or EN CPZ would be able to purchase permits and visitors’ vouchers for parking within their respective CPZs at the rates set out in Schedule 3 to this Notice; (g) provide that business users whose postal address is within EO or EN CPZ would be able to purchase permits for parking within their respective CPZs at the rates set out in Schedule 3 to this Notice; (h) provide that community centre on Admiral Seymour Road would be able to purchase business visitors’ vouchers for parking within EN CPZ at the rates set out in Schedule 3 to this Notice; and (i) replace certain map tiles attached to the Orders that those Orders amend so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) above.

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection during normal office hours until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made or, as the case may be, the Council decides not to make the Orders, at the Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills, Strategic Transportation, Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ. 4. Further information may be obtained by telephoning Strategic Transportation on 020 8921 4320.

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders should send a statement in writing, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made, to TMO Team, Project Centre, Unit 2, Holford Yard, London WC1X 9HD, or by email to GreenwichTMOconsultations@projectcentre.co.uk (quoting reference PCL/TMO/JP/1000005988), to arrive by 8th April 2020.

6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 18th March 2020 [INTERNAL REF: 100005988NOP]

Schedule 1 – additional lengths of road in ‘EO’ CPZ

Eltham Park Gardens, Glenesk Road (between Eltham Park Gardens and Glenure Road), Glenlea Road (all parts not within existing CPZ boundary), Glenlyon Road, Glenshiel Road and Westmount Road (between Glenlea Road and Glenure Road).

Schedule 2 – lengths of road in ‘EN’ CPZ

Admiral Seymour Road, Congreve Road (between Prince Rupert Road and Rochester Way), Elmbrook Gardens, Kidbrooke Lane, Moira Road, Prince Rupert Road (between Well Hall Road and Rochester Way), Well Hall Road (between Rochester Way and the southern boundary of No. 180 Well Hall Road), and Well Hall Road Service Road (extending from Tom Coombs Close to No. 53 Tudor Place).

Schedule 3 – permit and voucher charges

(1) residents’ permit (specifying up to two vehicles), £100.00 each per year; (2) residents’ visitors’ vouchers, valid for four hours: £2.00 per voucher, or valid for one day: £4.00 per voucher; up to a maximum of 100 vouchers per household per year (3) carers’ permits, no charge; (4) nannies’ permits, £216.00 each per year; (5) business permits, £400 each per year; up to a maximum of 5 business permits per business; and (6) business visitors’ vouchers, valid for four hours: £12.50 for 5 vouchers, or valid for one day: £30.00 for 5 vouchers; and (7) tradesmen’s permits, £15.00 each per week up to a maximum of six weeks.

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