Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - April 7th 2021

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Street Eats - places where you can enjoy food and drinks purchased from your favourite participating pubs and restaurants - will be popping up around the borough from 12 April when hospitality businesses can reopen for outdoor dining.

Hairdressers and other personal care outlets, and non-essential retail can re-open too. See a list of dates and locations: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/streeteats

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From 12 April a number of indoor activities and services will open.

These include: • Libraries • Gyms • Indoor sports facilities

• Swimming pools • Spa treatments

For more information about the reopening of these facilities visit: better.org.uk/greenwich As lockdown restrictions are lifted, we will need to continue to follow guidance to make sure this roadmap is effective and remember:

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The elections will be held on 6 May and polling stations will be open.

However due to the impact COVID-19 continues to have on our lives, we recommend you consider voting by post.

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While travel and indoor entertainment remain off limits, this spring is all about making the most of the natural world on our doorsteps. Sure, you probably know the ancient forest of Oxleas Wood is carpeted with bluebells at this time of year, but when was the last time you visited? You could make a day of it, packing a picnic and walking the 6km from Oxleas Wood to Mottingham, completing section six of the Green Chain Walk. Or, skip the walk and simply admire the fleeting presence of the bluebells before heading back to finish off the last of your Easter chocolate. www.oxleaswoodlands.uk/

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A community dance class for over 55s Greenwich Dance is on a mission to keep the community connected online while we’re physically stuck at home. One for the over 55s, Dancing to the Music of Time is a weekly, hour-long class, focused on aligning the spine, breathing in a way that relieves tension and energises the body, and expressing emotion through physicality. Slow down, fill your lungs with precious air and explore movement through dance. No previous experience is required. Dancers are advised to wear loose clothing and prepare a comfortable space to move.

The class is taking place on Zoom.

April 9, 3pm - 4pm. Admission: £4. www.greenwichdance.org.uk/ classes/dtmt-open-class

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Sir Willoughby’s Challenge returns!

Sir Willoughby’s Challenge originally ran at Greenwich Theatre over the Christmas period as an online adventure to accompany the stage production of The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase. Now, it’s got a life of its own. Using the play’s characters, the quest sees its audience-turned-gamers explore the mansion where cousins Bonnie and Sylvia live. From here, they must dodge the wicked Miss Slighcarp and sneak past the wolves in order to deliver a code to save a friend. This escape room-style experience is aimed at ages six to 12, and can be played on Zoom by up to 12 households at any time.

Greenwich Theatre at home, April 1 - 10, 11am and 2pm. Admission: £15. www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/ events/sir-willoughbys-challenge-2/

Boots on the ground!

If you’re feeling sluggish after so many months spent sedentary at home, a session with Blackheath Military Fitness could be the energising, if a little terrifying, push you need to kickstart a fitness regime. In-person classes have resumed on the heath, meaning you can swap your sitting room and camera screen for a bracing, fresh-air workout overlooking the London cityscape. The workouts incorporate the latest military methodology combined with a cutting-edge training programme. Sessions are tailored to all abilities and newcomers are welcome, whatever your fitness level.

Blackheath Park, SE1 8QY. April 2, 3 & 4. Sessions at 6:45am, 8am and 9am.

Admission: £14.99. www.bemilitaryfit.com/ london-blackheath

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Venture into a black hole (and return safely) The Royal Observatory’s weekly Space Queries and Theories sessions are an informal, easy-to-follow way to help your kids (and yourself) understand how our solar system works. Held on Saturdays and Sundays, the hourlong sessions are a chance to speak directly with a Royal Observatory astronomer, asking questions about all things space – from understanding dark matter to finding out what happens if you fall inside a black hole.

Suitable for ages 7+. April 10 and 11, 12pm & 2pm. Admission: £5 per household. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/ space-queries-and-theories

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RMG takes virtual visitors behind the scenes to peek at hidden treasures Prior to lockdown, Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) ran on-site tours of its Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre (PPMCC), where over 2.5 million historical objects not currently on display to the public are kept. The tours offered behind-the-scenes access to the museums, and an insight into the process of documenting and preserving important historical artefacts.

With physical tours of the collections centre still off limits for now, the team behind it have developed a series of live virtual tours, with a new theme each week. The hour-long tours are held on Thursday lunchtimes and are designed for the whole family to enjoy. Holly O’Mahony speaks to RMG’s Collections Learning Manager Matthew Cahill to find out more…

Holly O’Mahony: How did you go about adapting PPMCC’s behind-thescenes tours for a virtual audience?

Matthew Cahill: The beauty of the behind-the-scenes tour is the up-close and personal nature of the experience.

We wanted to keep this notion and try to maintain it in our virtual tours by giving live opportunities to ask questions with our specialists.

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specific compared to our onsite experiences, and go deeper into the story of the objects and how we care for them. When you come to a site as vast as PPMCC, it is easy to be overwhelmed by everything. For the online tours, we keep things simple by choosing one example of each type of item.

HOM: Each week, the tour has a different theme relating to the objects it will focus on, with the Titanic (April 15), the collection’s drawings (April 22)

and model ships (April 29) among the upcoming themes. How did you go about grouping the vast array of items in the collection and deciding which themes would resonate with viewers?

MC: The themes have been inspired by the public. The tours are interactive, with many visitors returning each week, and these relationships we are building allow us to find out what areas of interest our guests have. As the facilitator of the tours, I then take the public requests to

the specialists we have onsite – such as curators, conservators and researchers – and delve deep into the areas suggested.

HOM: You recently ran tours centred around the animals in the collection, and the representation of pastimes and hobbies. What were some of the most exciting objects you were able to show?

MC: In our animals tour, I retrieved items relating to a wide range of furry and scaly creatures, from a pastel drawing of a cat that allegedly survived the sinking of a German Battleship to a series of mythical beasts illustrated in early Atlases.

In our pastimes and hobbies tour, the public got to see a beautiful backgammon board which once belonged to Captain Matthew Flinders, a navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of the landmass that is now known as Australia. The board comes with hand-written instructions and illustrations of how to play the game, offering us an insight to the everyday experience of life at sea for navigators exploring the world at that time.

HOM: What can be gleaned by joining one of your virtual tours?

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MC: We want the public to maintain a connection with their collection.

Though the doors to the museums may be closed, we want to continue to offer attendees a chance to delve into the archives, to learn new things and to escape the boredom of lockdown.

HOM: Lastly, do you have a date in mind for when you’re hoping to resume the in-person tours?

MC: One of our most popular online tours was our toys-themed tour, and we are excited to inform you that this tour will be reproduced for our on-site visitors over the May half-term. The tour will be showcasing a wide range of toys, from dolls made to promote the women of the Royal Navy to a toy pig that was on the Titanic. This tour has been designed to be booked by the bubble, keeping the attendees safe yet entertained.

Virtual tours of the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre (PPMCC) are held on Thursdays, 1:30pm - 2:30pm. The next virtual tour, on the topic of the Titanic, is on April 15, 1:30pm. In-person tours are resuming from May 31. Admission: £0 - £15 (pay what you can). www.rmg.co.uk/whatson/online/behind-scenes-online-tours www.weekender.co.uk

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Ahead of its full reopening in May, the Old Royal Naval College is welcoming back visitors to its historic grounds from April 12. An outdoor programme of guided and self-guided tours will offer the chance to learn more about Sir Christopher Wren’s ‘riverside masterpiece’ and the important figures who influenced its usage through the centuries. The gift shops and café will also reopen, and the lawns will be lined with food trucks serving premade picnics, afternoon teas and ice cream. Meanwhile online, further culture can be found in the form of a series of illustration workshops for little ones led by local artist Nick Ellwood, and a film recording of Phillis in London by award-winning playwright Adeola Solanke is also showing. Holly O’Mahony speaks to Sasha Greig, Head of Visitor Experience, Retail and Marketing at the Old Royal Naval College to find out more…

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the show, and learn the incredible story of Phillis Wheatley, who was the first African American poet to have a book of poetry published in English. Phillis visited the Painted Hall in 1773 while on a visit to London to publish her first collection of poems, while still enslaved.

Holly O’Mahony: The Old Royal Naval College has spent most of the year closed to the public. How are you feeling about it reopening?

Sasha Greig: We’re very excited to reopen our grounds to visitors, and have been busy over the last few weeks ensuring that there is plenty going on to welcome people back and make sure they have a great visit. Our teams have had a lot of practice, reopening from two lockdowns in July and December last year, so we will be ready to hit the ground running this time, and although we have worked hard to make sure we keep engaging our audiences digitally while we have been closed, there is really nothing like being in the grounds and experiencing the site in person.

Virtual audiences can see a 20-minute excerpt of the play, performed in the Painted Hall, with an introduction from Solanke. The performance imagines Phillis in London and connects her with iconic literary figures of the day.

HOM: Lastly, what can you tell us about your plans to reopen fully on May 17?

HOM: Tell us about the guided tours.

What format will they take?

SG: The outdoor tours that we will be delivering from April 12 are a modified version of our ‘500 Years of History Tour’ that we have been running for ticket holders on a daily basis since March 2019.

The tour gives visitors a look into the five centuries of history that surround us in the grounds. Visitors can also download any of the three free self-guided tours of the Old Royal Naval College grounds on the Smartify app, from family-friendly Building Detectives to an architectural tour and the new Greenwich Pensioners tour.

Alternatively, you can join a small group tour led by a knowledgeable volunteer.

HOM: What are some of the points of interest called out along the way?

SG: The tours introduce you to some of the people who have played pivotal roles not just in the history of the Old Royal Naval College, but Greenwich,

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London, and the UK as well; figures such as King Henry VIII, Queen Mary and King William, Sir Christopher Wren, and Samuel Pepys. Along the tour, our expert guides bring to life the stories of the Water Gate, Nelson Pediment, the Grand Axis and, of course, the twin domes.

HOM: How long will the tours last?

And will they feel Covid-secure?

SG: At 45 minutes long, the tour is the perfect length to learn something new while still having plenty of time to enjoy other parts of the site during your visit. We have modified the route to take place entirely outdoors and are strictly limiting group numbers to ensure everyone can stay socially distanced,

so that all of our visitors can enjoy their tours and feel safe while doing so.

HOM: As for refreshments, what will visitors be able to enjoy on site?

SG: The pop-up food stalls on the King William Lawn will be based on our Christmas pop-up food and drink market, which was unfortunately cut short in December due to the move to Tier 4 Covid restrictions. It will be operated by our onsite catering partner CH&Co, who run the Painted Hall Café, and in addition to their usual ice-cream cart and food truck they will be offering hot and cold food, pre-made picnics, drinks and sweet treats.

Visitors will be invited to take a seat on one of our benches or bring their own blanket

and enjoy their picnic on the lawns.

HOM: Ahead of reopening for indoor events in May, you’re streaming a filmed recording of Adeola Solanke’s Phillis in London, which tells the story of African American poet Phillis Wheatley. What can virtual audiences expect from it?

SG: We had originally planned to host a performance of Phillis in London in the Painted Hall in conjunction with our Black Greenwich Pensioners exhibition and International Women’s Day, so when it became apparent that the ongoing lockdown would make that impossible, we decided instead to film an excerpt from the play and release it on our website so that audiences could still experience

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SG: We are incredibly excited to reopen our indoor visitor spaces when we are allowed to do so in May. We will be reopening our full visitor offer, including the Skittle Alley which has remained closed since the first lockdown last year. We’ll also be opening our new exhibition, Mischief and Misadventure, showcasing original artworks and animations from awardwinning illustrator Nick Ellwood. Alongside the exhibition, we will be running drawing workshops for children and adults, and launching a new activity guide which will be available in our shop. In the summer we will also see the return of the everpopular Luna Cinema screenings and the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival to the grounds. In short, there truly will be something for everyone this year.

The Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 9NN. Reopening outdoors from April 12, indoors from May 17.

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Enjoy the great outdoors safely as lockdown restrictions ease The relaxation of lockdown rules on March 29 has been welcomed as a breath of fresh air. Up to six people or two families are allowed to meet safely distanced outdoors. Here we explain why remembering hands, face, space and air is vital as we move forward together with cautious confidence.

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Member UK Government Science Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

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: Small winds deliver fresh air that is less virus-laden.

There are also fewer surfaces, especially if you are going for a walk, for you to touch.

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: Why should we still be strict on hand-washing, masks and distancing

: They’re easy to follow. I would encourage people to get out but be very astute and remember the messaging.

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: If it feels right to them, in terms of being more cautious, it is sensible, because this isn’t just about the risk of transmission, this is also about how they feel, and anxiety can be incredibly powerful.

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: What would you say to people who have had the vaccine and think it [the virus] is all over? : Hold on a bit longer while we get more vaccinations. It will be safer for everyone.

It’s about that collective response that we’re all making sacrifices for one another and that we’re all cheering one another along.

Reaping benefits of return to safe sporting activities This sporting life plays a big part in the lives of Barrie and Caroline Watson.

The Yorkshire couple, both in their early sixties, welcomed the UK Government’s relaxation of lockdown rules.

Bowling Club secretary Barrie and his wife would normally play in league matches and competitions many of which were cancelled or curtailed during lockdown.

Members were at times allowed to play in specially-devised COVIDsafe club contests and practice sessions; and similar procedures are now back in place.

“Bowlers have to pre-book slots on the green, only allowing four people together at once.

“Bowlers also have to sanitise

bowls and jacks and socially distance. They are not allowed to shake hands. We also had to restrict use of the clubhouse,” explained Barrie.

He is also a committee member of a cliff-top golf club, where similar safety rules and a track and trace policy are in place.

The couple had to cancel foreign holidays and stage a sociallydistanced, outdoor 90th birthday celebration for Barrie’s mum.

Barrie knows the importance of sport to physical and mental health, “it is a massive uplift to be able to mix with friends and enjoy the usual banter that surrounds any sport. We already have many members raring to go, now that rules allow.”

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Time to get musical at Blackheath Halls

Back in 2019, the team at Blackheath Halls ran an Easter holiday musical theatre course, Youngstars, for young people aged eight to 15. It proved hugely popular and a follow up was planned for the Easter of 2020. Then the pandemic struck and, of course, it was cancelled. One year on and while in-person entertainment remains off the cards, the team are now equipped with the resources (and patience) to attempt to run a series of hour-long musical theatre sessions online, under the name ‘School’s Out… Let’s Musical!’, writes Holly O’Mahony…

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To bring its musical course to fruition, Blackheath Halls will once again collaborate with Trinity Laban’s musical theatre department, drawing on the conservatoire’s roster of talented teachers and potentially some student mentors, too.

‘School’s Out… Let’s Musical’ has sessions available for children aged three to five, six to 10, and 10 to 15. The classes are running from 10am to 10:30am or 10:30am to 11:30am daily, and every session has a different theme. Among the workshops available are sessions in interactive musical storytelling, creating a prop for a musical, learning a dance routine, acting and, of course, a chance to sing your heart out to musical hits.

Grown-ups are also being catered for with the Halls’ weekly evening ‘Let’s Musical!’ classes. The workshops are running on Thursday evenings throughout April, from 7:30pm – 8:30pm. The sessions are being led by West End musical director Tom Self, who will teach the group to sing ‘You Can’t Stop the Beat’ from Hairspray. Participants will record themselves singing their part in the song. These will then be spliced together to form

an online performance, which will be made available to view on Blackheath Halls’ YouTube channel.

“We hadn’t been planning anything for 2021,” admits Rose Ballantyne, Community Engagement Manager at Blackheath Halls. “The year has been a difficult one, and we are operating on a skeleton staff.” Then a parent of a child who attended the 2019 Easter course got in contact to ask whether there would be a follow up course. “This prompted a meeting with our Trinity Laban colleagues and we thought, yes, let’s do it. So School’s Out…… Let’s Musical was born,” she grins.

“We feel really confident that this online format will be lots of fun.

The hour-long sessions are in the morning, so there’s still plenty of time to get outside and do other things for the rest of the day,” she adds.

Attendees can commit to the full week, or just sign up to a single class they’re particularly interested in.

The adult classes, she says, are inspired by the Halls’ previous Blackheath Does Broadway courses, including 2017’s semi-staged production of Guys and Dolls. “We are very excited that Tom Self is running

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this course for us. He supported our Blackheath Does Broadway courses on the piano as a Trinity Laban student and has now become a really well-regarded musical director of West End shows,” says Rose.

While a far cry better than nothing, running musical theatre courses online was not the team’s first choice.

It’s also more technically challenging than bringing together the cohorts in a single room. “The whole year has been complicated for these very reasons. It is so evident that nothing replaces live music or live music making,” reasons Rose. “However, we have organised a variety of online projects during lockdown and have received some really great feedback. We will keep the group numbers relatively small, probably around 10 maximum, so the sessions feel focussed and engaging.”

As for a return to live performance, at the time of writing, plans are yet to be finalised. “We know that until May 17 at the earliest we are unlikely to be able to gather any or our community together in real life,” says Rose.

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While the team are presenting a cautious front, behind the scenes, plans are in motion to present the annual Blackheath Halls Opera to a live audience. “[We’ll be] trying to involve as many of our community as we can in this fabulous project, in whatever way is possible within restrictions,” says Rose. There are hopes, too, to relaunch the Youth Choir from september.

‘Let’s Musical!’ will (hopefully) be among the last activities Blackheath Halls is forced to run online. So, here’s to embracing the last of the Zoom experiences, and admiring just how far we’ve come in the last year. We can all sing to that.

‘School’s Out… Let’s Musical!’ is taking place from April 12 - 15, 10:30am - 11:30am with additional 10am -

10:30am classes. Open to children aged three to five, six to 10, and 10 to 15. Admission: £8 per session.

Adults’ ‘Let’s Musical!’ classes are running on Thursdays from April 8 - 29, 7:30pm - 8:30pm. Admission: £30pp. All classes are being held on Zoom. www.blackheathhalls. com/whats-on/lets-musical/

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Bringing power to the people Mary Mills Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing about the East Greenwich tide mill. It’s been a long story and we are coming towards the end of it. On the riverside near The Pilot there is now a project called The Jetty. This is on a jetty going into the river and this was where coal was unloaded for use in Blackpool Point Power Station – and this is the next stage in the story of the tide mill...

We’ve seen how the East Greenwich tide mill was built; how it nearly fell down and how it later it became a chemical works owned by Frank Hills. After he died the site was sold in 1897 and part of it was acquired by the Blackheath and Greenwich District Electric Light Co. Ltd. I have already written a bit about this company in Weekender. In September 2019 I wrote an article which told about a terrible accident which happened on the site in 1911, but now thought I should give a bit of general background too.

The power company had a Parliamentary order which allowed them to supply electricity as alternating current in Blackheath. Charlton, Kidbrooke, Lewisham, and Eltham. In Greenwich they could only supply direct current. They also did a deal with a local tram company to supply electricity to run the trams.

The company also built substations around the area - there was one in Westcombe Hill and one in Crooms Hill. The Crooms Hill one was larger

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so that it could supply current to the South East Metropolitan tram Company.

Probably the only remains of this power station are the third substation which still exists at the back of Blackheath Concert Halls in Blackheath Park.

It is a very substantial building.

Of course this power station was built next to one of the biggest gas works in the world and highlights the way that electricity was becoming a big competitor to gas for light and heat in people’s homes. In order to get custom they offered ‘free lights’ if an electricity supply was connected to peoples’ homes. However electricity from this power station was more expensive than gas –and the gas companies had had similar deals for many years.

The new power station was built next to the river wall on subsoil which apparently was full of soap works refuse and therefore it was built on piles made of pinewood. The buildings are described as substantial but the lack of money meant they were ‘not interesting from

an architectural point of view’- except the engine room which was faced with glazed white bricks. The coal came from the north-east of England to a jetty.

This was not the jetty which is there now but one built of timber which had rails on it so that trucks of coal could be moved easily. All of the electrical and control equipment was supplied

by Johnson and Phillips. They had a big factory in Victoria Way in Charlton, which many people will remember.

If anyone wants more detail about the power station there was a very detailed article in The Engineer when it opened in 1900. There is a copy of this article on the Greenwich Industrial History blog site https://greenwichindustrialhistory. blogspot.com/2016/11/the-firstpower-station-on-peninsula.html As I mentioned earlier there was a terrible accident here in 1911, however the station continued to provide electricity to Blackheath and Greenwich and the surrounding area until after the Second World War. It closed in

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1947. It was replaced by a new power station which a great many local people will remember. By the time it opened electricity had been nationalised and it was in public ownership.

The new power station opened in 1952. In those days The Pilot was connected to the river by a road called River Way – which was removed by the New Millennium Experience Company for some unknowable reason. The new power station was on the riverside on the north side of this road but its switch house, laboratory, drawing office and office block were across the road on the south side. At the end of the road a new jetty was built - the one which is there now.

It was the first London power station built to use pulverised coal. Coal unloaded at the jetty was stored in overhead bunkers and then ground to the fineness of talcum powder.

There were two sets of generating equipment and two men worked each one and there were two men for each associative boiler.

The ’new’ power station eventually closed in 1980, having been at the peak of the amount of electricity generated between 1964 and 1975.

It’s very difficult to find out anything very much about this ‘new’ power station.

Very little seems to remain of its records and I am rather taken aback to find in the Wikipedia article on the Power station quoted many things that I have either written or published on various websites - and I know nothing about the subject at all really. What happened as far as I’m aware is that all records of power stations were kept at an archive owned by the Central Electricity Generating Broad at Sumner Street in Southwark. When electricity was privatised this archive was completely junked and destroyed. Apparently there are other power stations like this about which very little is known except in the memories of people who worked there.

The site achieved a brief moment of fame with the video recording of Park Life with Blur and featuring the very wonderful Phil Daniels. There are some quite good shots in the background of the video of the railings which stood alongside the office block on the south side of the road.

Today the modern jetty is all that remains of the two power stations and it is now home to a gardening and community project. A previous plan had hoped to use it as a depot to repair and moor various historic ships.

Also - just to say – any material about these power stations would be gratefully received.

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public notices ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – WHITE HART ROAD 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to facilitate carriageway works under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The effect of the Order will be to temporarily: (a) prohibit all vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in the northbound carriageway of White Hart Road from its junction with Hartville Road to its junction with Plumstead High Street; (b) introduce one-way traffic flow (southbound) in White Hart Road from its junction with Hartville Road to its junction with Plumstead High Street.

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

4. Whilst these measures are in operation, vehicular access to properties affected by the works will be maintained. The alternative routes for vehicular traffic will be maintained via: (a) Plumstead High Street, Garibaldi Street and Gunning Street; or (b) Plumstead High Street, Kentmere Road and Hartville Road.

5. The Order will come into force on 7th April 2021 and will continue in force for up to 18 months or until the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner.

6. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Strategic Transportation by emailing Parking-Design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 04-21 White Hart Road Closure.

Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 7th April 2021

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Greenwich High Road] 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 UK Power networks who need to carry out new service connection.

2. The Order will come into operation on 14th April 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 2 weeks. 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 suspended the bus lane between Royal Hill and Stockwell Street.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will not be diverted. 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 29th March 2021 (INTERNAL REF: PL/000/LA405402)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Greenwich South Street] 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 water connection works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th April 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 1 week. 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, the Slip road from Greenwich High Road into Greenwich south street.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Greenwich High Road, Blackheath Road and Greenwich South Street. 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 29th March 2021 (INTERNAL REF: PL/000/LA403565)

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Prescribed Routes) (No. 202) Traffic Order 2021 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich on 6th April 2021 made the above-mentioned Order under section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 8th April 2021.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to impose a banned right turn on Bannockburn Road into Plumstead High Street.

3. Further information about the Order may be obtained by emailing Traffic.Team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

4. To view the Order and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order, please email Traffic.Team@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, Strategic Transportation, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 7th April 2021

Royal Borough of Greenwich Notice of Planning Application.

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (As Amended) Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (As Amended) Notice under Article 15(1A) of an application for planning permission accompanied by an Environmental Statement The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 Proposed Development At: Land bound by Beresford Street and Macbean Street, Woolwich, SE18 6BG Reference Number: 19/2498/F Notice is hereby given that an application is being made to the Royal Borough of Greenwich By: Legal and General Property Limited

For Full Planning Permission in respect of: Formal Description: Residential led, mixed-use development comprising residential dwellings (Use Class C3) with ancillary residential facilities

and flexible floorspace Use Classes E, F1, F2 and sui generis (market pound, public house, drinking establishment, hot food takeaway) [formerly Use Class A1-A5, B1, D1, D2 and sui generis (market pound)], new public realm with hard and soft landscaping, highway works, disabled car parking and cycle parking, access and servicing arrangements, mechanical plant and associated works.

Description for consultation purposes

Demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of 5 new buildings ranging from 7 storeys to 22 storeys for the creation of 595 dwellings 2,022sqm (GIA) of flexible commercial floorspace (Class E, B1, F1, F2 and sui generis), 675sqm (GIA) of Market Pound floorspace (Sui Generis), 1,680 sqm (GIA) of residential and workspace amenity facilities.

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

The proposed development may impact on the setting of nearby listed buildings (Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II), the Woolwich Conservation Area and the Royal Arsenal Conservation Area.

This does not constitute a formal EIA consultation as the amendments and addendums received in November 2020 are not substantive.

Re-consultation due to submission of revised documents.

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

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

Members of the public may obtain copies of the environment statement from Quad at Ingeni Building, 17 Broadwick Street, London W1F 0DE at a charge of £100 for Volume 1, £250 for each of Volume 2, 3, 4 and 5 or £20 for an electronic version of the complete (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) on a disc.

Date: 07/04/2021 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director Planning and Building Control

Willow Dene School Proposal to expand Willow Dene School Willow Dene School is a special school for children with a wide range of special educational needs and which is part of the Compass Ppartnership of Sschools.

Willow Dene School is consulting on a proposal to expand both its primary and secondary provision phases, and to add a sixth form, for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

The proposal would add 112 new primary places at the current Swingate Lane site (phased over several years from 2022) and 80 new secondary places, plus 72 sixth form places, (phased over several years from 2024), over two sites. on a new site within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Further information about the proposal is published on the school’s website: Willow Dene School There will also be an opportunity to attend an on-line meeting to discuss the proposal on 30th April 2021. For further information or for details of how to join the on-line meeting, please email: [email address}. To join the online meeting please contact us at wdcontact@willowdene.compassps.uk

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This consultation will run from 26th April 2021 to 11th June 2021 (the deadline for receiving comments). If you wish to comment on the proposal, please contact us in writing at: Willow Dene School Swingate Lane London SE18 2JD Or email at wdcontact@willowdene.compassps.uk

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public notices 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: 07/04/2021

Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control List of Press Advertisements - 07/04/2021 Publicity For Planning Applications.

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

K Daley 20/3971/HD 41 PLUM LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3AF Construction of a single storey rear extension, installation of raised platform and steps to the rear. (Amended Description) Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mrs Flint 21/0468/HD 4 BOWATER PLACE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 8ST Demolition of unused rear coal shed; Replacement of front door; Installation of door

on rear elevation; Relocation and reduction of existing out-rigger grey water and rainwater pipes and associated external works.

Conservation Area: RECTORY FIELD Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mr B. Watts 21/1029/F 69A VANBRUGH PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7JQ Proposed loft conversion with two turret dormer windows connected with a mansard roof, installation of one rooflight to the front roof slope and associated works.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Experimental Prohibition of Motor Vehicles Outside Schools The Greenwich (Prohibition of Motor Vehicles) (School Streets No. 3) Experimental Traffic Order 2021 The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 53) Experimental Traffic Order 2021 The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 54) Experimental Traffic Order 2021 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the abovementioned Orders under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended and will come into operation on 14th April 2021.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be, on an experimental basis, to prohibit any motorised vehicle entering certain streets or lengths of streets near the schools listed below during Monday - Friday 8am - 9.30am and 3pm - 4pm, during term time: (a) Bishop John Robinson School: i) Hoveton Road, for its entire length; ii) Bertrand Way, for its entire length; iii) Ludham Close, for its entire length; iv) Oulton Close, for its entire length; v) Salhouse Close, for its entire length; (b) Cherry Orchard School: i) Rectory Field Crescent, from its junction with The Glade to its junction with its sidearm leading to Nos. 25 to 36; ii) The Glade, for its entire length; iii) Fairlawn Court, from its junction with The Glade to a point approximately 3 metres north of the northern building line of Nos. 29 to 44; (c) St Margaret Clitherow School: i) Southwood Road, for its entire length; ii) Woolf Close, for its entire length; iii) Cole Close, for its entire length; iv) Shaw Close, for its entire length; (d) Invicta School (Deptford): i) Trevithick Street, for its entire length; (e) St Margaret’s School: i) St Margaret’s Grove, between its junction with Plumstead Common Road and Blendon Terrace.

[The measures on all the streets and lengths of streets listed above will be enforced by the installation of removable barriers as well as traffic signs. Access will be permitted for accredited vehicles, blue badge holders and emergency vehicles.]

3. In addition, the effect of the Orders would also be, on an experimental basis, to introduce single yellow line ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 8 – 9.30am and 3 - 4pm’ restrictions on the junction of Hoveton Road and Crossway.

4. To view a copy of the Orders and/or a statement of the Council’s reasons for making this experimental Orders, please email ParkingDesign@royalgreenwich.gov.uk, requesting electronic copies.

5. The Orders provide that in pursuance of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Assistant Director of Strategic Transportation at Greenwich Council, or some person authorised by him, may, if it appears to him or that person essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the Orders extends, modify or suspend the Orders or any provision thereof.

6. The Council will consider in due course w h ether the provisions of the Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of permanent Orders made under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of a permanent Order for the purpose of such indefinite continuation, within a period of six months beginning with the date on which the experimental Order comes into force or, if the Order is varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the date on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification comes into force.

Any such objection must be made in writing and must state the grounds on which it is made and be sent by email to Parking-Design@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 04-21 School Streets No.3).

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

8. Persons objecting to the 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.

Applicant: Site Address:

Mr Mohamed Hemissi 21/1032/HD 62 ASHBURNHAM GROVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8UJ Development: Installation of double glazing to 2 front facing windows of the first floor.

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE Publicity for Listed Building Consent

Applicant: Site Address:

Ms Chesaites 39 GLOUCESTER CIRCUS, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RY

21/0215/L

Development:

Installation of 3 replacement timber sash windows on the third floor of the house (top floor - mansard) Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2 21/1006/L Applicant: Mr Kwarteng Site Address: 2 EGERTON DRIVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8JS Development: Retrospective cleaning of brickwork of house's facade.

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE Listed Building: Grade 2

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Sun Lane] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out New service connection.

2. The Order will come into operation on 7th April 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 3 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Sun Lane outside number 14 between the hours of 9am and 5pm.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will not be diverted. 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 31st March 2021 (INTERNAL REF: PL/000/LA401435)

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 – SECTION 247 PROPOSED STOPPING UP OF THE HIGHWAY – HADDEN ROAD 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make an Order under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the Act"), entitled the Royal Borough of Greenwich (Stopping Up of Highways) (No. *) (Hadden Road) Order 20**.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to authorise the stopping up of an area of the highway located south-west of the multi-storey car park on Hadden Road, shown hatched on the deposited plan. The term “stopping-up” means that this area of highway would cease to be public highway.

3. If the Order is made, the stopping-up would only be authorised in order to enable the provision of the development described in the Schedule to this Notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning application reference 20/1279/F validated on 07 May 2020.

4. Further information may be obtained by telephoning Strategic Transportation on 020 8921 2103.

5. A copy of the proposed Order and the relevant plans are available for inspection by any person, free of charge, during normal office hours until the expiry of those normal office hours on 27th January 2021 at the Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills, Strategic Transportation, Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ. 6. Any person who wishes to object to the making of the proposed Order should send a statement in writing by 20th January 2021, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made, to the Council at the following address: Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills, Strategic Transportation, Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ, or by email to Jack.Carlisle@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference PCL/SUO/OK/1000007097).

7. Persons objecting to the proposed Order 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

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

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Dated 7th April 2021

Reinstatement of Hadden Road access from Nathan Way, to provide new access into HMP Thameside and associated works.

SCHEDULE (DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT – see paragraph 3 above)

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