Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - September 8th 2021

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Celebrate the talent of the local community at the Forever Young Festival. Hosted in the picturesque location of Charlton House and Gardens, with a stage set up in front of a Grade 1 listen stone arch, the festival promises a varied line-up featuring Aircraft Circus, Tai Chi, Empathy Theatre Group, local community singing group Sing Together and more. Over in the health and wellbeing zone, attendees can flex their muscles with a session led by fitness support group Don’t Tone Alone, while coaching sessions will be up for grabs, along with consultations on nutrition and foot health. There will be plenty of reasonably-priced food and drink options available to buy on site when your clan needs to refuel.

Charlton House and Gardens, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. September 10, 11am - 4pm. Admission: FREE. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/ event/8205/the_forever_young_festival

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Turn your fingers green at the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre in Kidbrooke invites all those with a budding interest in gardening and growing food to come and get their hands dirty. They say: “The aim of the community garden is not only to create a visually beautiful space with fresh produce to share, but is an opportunity to learn about our heritage through the garden.” Sessions are run by the garden volunteer team and are open to visitors of all ages and abilities.

Muck in with tasks and a programme of fun activities.

Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, Nelson Mandela Road, London SE3 9QS. September 4, 12pm.

Admission: FREE, but booking required. www.rmg.co.uk/ whats-on/prince-philipmaritime-collections-centre/ community-garden-princephilip-maritime

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360° immersion into London’s contemporary jazz scene Head to the Albany in Deptford this weekend for the chance to hear some of the finest jazz musicians playing in London today. Called Spectrum, the event is being led by composer Dan Samsa, whose music is known for melding jazz with techno, jungle, electronic dance and even classical. Dan will be playing piano for the event. Also performing is the London Contemporary Orchestra, led

by Alison D’Souza on viola, and south-east London dance group Birdgang.

The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG. September 11, 7pm. Admission: £20. www.thealbany.org.uk/shows/spectrum/

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Live laughs with Trevor Noah “If you laugh with somebody, then you share something,” Trevor Noah famously said. The South African comedian and host of The Daily Show is bringing his brand new show Back To Abnormal to the O2 in Greenwich. The first leg of a new world tour, Trevor’s O2 performance is a chance to see his latest material before he takes it around the US, back to Europe and on to Canada.

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The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX. September 10 & 11, doors 6:30pm. Admission: £31 - £94. www.theo2. co.uk/events/detail/trevor-noah

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A multi-sensory spectacle to soothe the mind Part of Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF), Balsam is an immersive, multisensory theatrical experience that invites your ears to bathe in live music while your nose travels on a journey of scent conjured by aromatic potions and elixirs.

As a whole, the experience is healing and restorative; a moment of calm to distract from the day’s stresses. The event is taking place in Building 41 at Woolwich Royal Arsenal’s Riverside, offering audiences early-bird access to the site soon to become the major new arts venue Woolwich Works. Balsam is part of the festival’s Focus on Flanders, a two-year partnership between GDIF and the Diplomatic Representation of Flanders to the UK, which hopes to inspire crosscultural working between the vibrant and diverse destinations of Flanders and London.

Building 41, Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 4DX. September 7 - 11, 8:30pm.

Admission: £15/£10 concessions. www.festival.org/whats-on/gdifbalsam/

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Healing Together: a mini festival jam-packed with free, family events

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Did you know that from 1900 until 1965, Eltham, Plumstead and Woolwich were united together as the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich? The borough has since been sliced in two, with the River Thames flowing between what we now know as the boroughs of Newham and Greenwich.

Here to reunite the two riverside communities is a twoday mini festival Healing Together. Part of Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF), the festivalwithin-a-festival is staging street arts, installations and performances at the Royal Victoria Gardens in North Woolwich, the Royal Docks and Woolwich Town Centre on September 10 and 11, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Fire installations, cabaret performances, family activities and fireworks are among the highlights to look forward to at Healing Together, with many events carrying messages of caring for the environment or healing as a community after the pandemic.

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Here’s a look at the full programme of Healing Together events and where to find them.

A Square World

WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens Theatre practitioner Daryl Beeton presents a quirky, non-verbal story for young audiences using clean-cut simple design, object manipulation and an original soundtrack.

Born to Protest WHEN: September 11, 1pm & 3:45pm WHERE: General Gordon Square Seven talented dancers use hiphip and an energising voiceover to dismantle presumptions about black male and female figures, swapping intimidation, danger and isolation for fragility, vulnerability and a constant battle to prove oneself.

Cabaret Stage WHEN: September 11, 1pm - 7pm WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens In celebration of Pride London, Healing Together is hosting an afternoon of queer cabaret, music, drag and singalong. Acts include non-binary diva Liv, ‘The People’s Pensioner’ Ida Bar, vocalist and storyteller Cazeleon, and 60s revivalist Jonny Woo.

Communities in Woolwich: Healing Together WHEN: September 11, 1pm - 6pm WHERE: Dial Arch Square and

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General Gordon Square A showcase of the creativity of the local community, who have taken part in workshops and engaging activities in response to the idea of Healing Together as we emerge from the pandemic.

Do What Yah Mama Told Yah WHEN: September 11, 2:35pm & 6:35pm WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens An immersive and vibrant family circus show using storytelling and food to take audiences around the world and through different generations.

Frock WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Woolwich Town Centre An uplifting ‘dance riot’ set to an exclusive soundtrack created by Hannah Miller of rock band Moulettes, in which playful recreations of the yesteryears explode into a punkish celebration of individuality and difference. www.weekender.co.uk

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From Greenwich with Love WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Woolwich Town Centre A promenade dance piece created by Greenwich Dance in collaboration with choreographer Mathieu Geffré, From Greenwich with Love sees five performers present a series of four duets, each inspired by a true story of love.

Recovery Poems WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Beresford Square Pioneering outdoor performance group Emergency Exit Arts (EEA) presents a light poem created by artists Robert Montgomery and Deanna Rodger in response to questions surrounding how best to commemorate coming out of lockdown and the positive changes the community want to see in society going forward.

Robot Selfie WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: General Gordon Square What happens when you give a robot a can of spray paint and a giant canvas? Find out at

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this collaboration between audience, artificial intelligence and art. Upload a selfie and watch the robot-cum-artist turn your portrait into a picture.

The Rascally Diner WHEN: September 11, 1:45pm & 4:15pm WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens One for little audience members aged 5 and up, The Rascally Diner is a chance to cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsley’s kitchen crew. A fun-filled, messy and musical performance that explores food in a silly and engaging way.

The Hidden Music of Trees WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens This magical installation features a composition of rhythms and notes created by placing probes onto leaves in order to catch their natural electrical currents. The resulting spectacle allows audiences to experience the natural world as an augmented reality experience.

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What Happened to You?

WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens

WHEN: September 11, 3:15pm & 5:30pm WHERE: Old Royal Naval College

A thrilling outdoor spectacle that combines parkour-style movement with contemporary dance to explore themes of human connectivity, stories of bridgebuilding and connecting across divides.

Inspired by verbatim theatre and real-life stories, this production puts disabilities under the spotlight, underlining the importance of access and inclusion.

Artist Nikki Charlesworth has created three award-winning puppets that embody her own disability. Here, she invites young audience members and their families to have fun, play, and to leave with greater awareness and understanding.

Urban Astronaut WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens Peer into the future with Urban Astronaut.

Featuring a flying machine, simple storytelling and dance, the show searches for a solution to the environmental disaster that is present in our near future.

Reflection Gardens WHEN: September 10 & 11, 8:30pm 10:30pm WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens

Outdoor art experts Walk the Plank present a cross-river installation which hopes to evoke a spirit of community resilience through a multi-sensory display of light, sound and fire effects.

Bee-ology WHEN: September 11, times vary WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens Inspired by the Honey Bee’s waggle dance, Bee-ology is a funny, heart-warming and interactive outdoor Circus show that weaves together juggling, storytelling, dance and puppetry. A chance for little ones to learn about the vital role bees play within our ecosystem.

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After the Storm

WHEN: September 11, 1:45pm & 5:25pm WHERE: General Gordon Square

WHEN: September 11, 9:45pm - 10pm WHERE: Royal Victoria Gardens

Fusing circus, comedy and brute strength, this optimistic street art show celebrates finding strength in unexpected places.

The festival finale, After the Storm is a Thames-based spectacle that puts the Woolwich Ferry centre stage.

Presented by outdoor art experts Walk the Plank, the spectacle draws on the central role the ferry played during the early stages of the pandemic, blasting its horn and performing donuts during the Thursday night Clap for Carers.

Ludala WHEN: September 11 WHERE: Powis Street, Woolwich, SE18 Multidisciplinary arts platform Initiative. dkf presents a commemoration of British blackness that takes audiences on a journey down a south-east London high street of yesteryear, in a surreal celebration of food, identity and expressive mannerisms.

Healing Together is taking place in the Royal Victoria Gardens in North Woolwich, Royal Docks and Woolwich Town Centre.

September 10 & 11 at various times. Admission: FREE. www.festival.org/whats-on/ gdif-healingtogether/

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De Roovers collective on adapting Blue Remembered Hills for the great outdoors Sofie Sente doesn’t have long for our call. “I’m about to get on the ground to play a rat,’” she says gleefully. An actor and co-creative director – or ‘player’, as she and the company like to refer to themselves – Sofie is one of four core performers with De Roovers, a theatre collective based in the Flanders region of Belgium. The company is bringing one of its most popular site-specific shows, Blue Remembered Hills, to Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF) this year, writes Holly O’Mahony…

“We’re a collective of players. We work without a director and have been working like this for 25 years,” explains Sofie, about the style of the company. “It’s very horizontal; everybody does everything.”

Inspired by Dennis Potter’s 1979 television drama of the same name, Blue Remembered Hills was first adapted by De Roovers some years ago. “We watched the play on TV and were so charmed,” recalls Sofie. “It’s adults playing children, so you get a kind of distance from the story. The distance makes it easier to reflect on the contents of the play.”

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The company adapted the story into Dutch, the primary language of the Flanders region, and spent 10 years performing the show at indoor venues, before transforming it into an outdoor spectacle for The Summer of Antwerp Festival, where it first caught the eye of GDIF artistic director Bradley Hemmings.

Bringing it to the UK for the first time this summer, De Roovers – who brought their acclaimed show A View from the Bridge to the festival in 2017 – have referred back to Potter’s original play and are performing the show in English.

“We’ve been studying hard as it’s

written in the Forest of Dean dialect, so hopefully the public will accept our strange accents,” chuckles Sofie.

[to the country] and we couldn’t get out,” sighs Sofie. “Nobody was vaccinated so it was impossible.”

Blue Remembered Hills takes audiences on a journey through a restricted landfill site in Thamesmead. Set under the shadow of the Second World War, the story follows a group of children playing in the countryside. When the boundaries between fun and cruelty blur, disastrous consequences ensue.

When we speak, the company is still at home in Belgium – and most of them, including Sofie, are yet to see the Thamesmead location that’s been scouted for the show. “It’s a very special site because it’s not normally open to visitors,” says Sofie, adding that on arrival, they’ll take some time making micro alterations to the play to suit the new site. “We know the play so well and have played it on so many sites we’re used to adapting it.”

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Past settings have seen the audience be guided through a forest before settling at the site, other times the entire site is more of an open expanse. Often, there will be a man-made structure around which much of the action plays out.

When the audience arrives, “we are already in character, building and playing like the children. They see us moving around like little rats, building camps, shooting at one another and falling,” says Sofie.

While set to a backdrop of the Second World War, Sofie believes Blue Remembered Hills speaks of the www.weekender.co.uk

theatre experiences of children growing up in contemporary conflicts, too. “In the play, the war is far gone but you feel through the children they’re reflecting on what happened to their parents,” she says. “There’s humour but they’re also recovering from it. It’s healing but it’s very hard, and it ends with a big trauma,” she cautions. “You recognise yourself in the play, even when you’re older; some things don’t change.”

Sofie believes performing the show outdoors brings performers and audience members closer together.

“It’s a different experience,” she muses. “Whatever the environment, be it rain or sunshine, you’re connecting with the audience in another way.”

So, what can audiences expect from the show? “It’s a good combination of funny and serious that makes this play charming and agonising at the same time; it’s a strange combination,” Sofie ponders.

“We’re very much in love with everything Dennis Potter has written, so it’s an honour for us to come to your country and perform it on stage,” she beams.

“We hope that the people who see the show like it so much we can do a whole UK tour in the future.” And with that, she’s off to transform herself into a rat.

Blue Remembered Hills is showing as part of GDIF. Pick up point is outside Abbey Wood station from 6pm – 6.45pm.

September 7 - 11, 7:30pm.

Admission: £15/£10 concessions. www.festival.org/whats-on/ gdif-bluerememberedhills/

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Mumford’s Mill and the demise of urban flour milling

Mary Mills Working up the Greenwich Creekside towards Lewisham we have at last come to a site which has on it something visible – old (well oldish - it’s only just over 120 years old) and ex-industrial, and converted to flats (of course). It’s also the subject of a very nice booklet written by Jonathan Clarke for English Heritage in 1999 – as well as an article in a Lewisham History Journal (NO 8 2000) and numerous other reports and blogs, which makes it all the easier for me to write and – I guess – to cheat, this time round.

This is, of course, the site of Mumford’s Mill. It is on a surprisingly small site though for such a big and impressive building. On the maps you can see how small it is compared with its neighbours – which for much of its history have been timber and building supplies wharves both upstream and downstream of it. Jonathan Clarke describes the main building – which was built as a grain silo - now on site as ‘visually arresting and technologically sophisticated’. The architect was so important that Mumford’s isn’t even listed among his less important buildings, let alone his big stuff.

So, what is the background to it? It appears that there had been a mill here since the 1790s -built of timber and powered by the tide. In the early 19th century members of the Ritchie family appear to own it – as they did some other wharves – and it was later owned by members of the Carpenter family. Both of these seem to have been

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prosperous businessmen – William Ritchie had married a Miss Pitcher at Northfleet, where the Pitchers were major ship builders. William Carpenter was an ‘extensive miller’ who also owned a specialist farm near East Grinstead.

Part of the background is also the change throughout the 19th century to flour milling. There is a sort of idea that in the past the Jolly Miller (usually in a windmill) ground Farmer Giles’ corn and then Mr Bun the Baker baked the bread for local people. Perhaps that did happen once long ago but there were as many – probably more – rural watermills as windmills. They may have also had a Jolly Miller and been by a bubbling brook but in urban locations and on bigger rivers there were tide mills – which is what we had at Deptford Bridge (more about that to come in a future article too). Tide mills certainly weren’t about anything other than shifting a lot of grain and producing a lot of flour – and other things too,

because mills certainly weren't just about milling corn. However the mills at Deptford Bridge – Mumford’s, Robinson’s, and others – were part of urban large scale flour milling – and in their turn within a century they also became too small and thus defunct.

Peter and Samuel Pretyman Mumford had had a flour mill at Catford and a granary just off the Strand and then took over this old wooden tide powered mill in 1848. In Europe and beyond, in the late 19th century a revolution in flour milling took place with a radical transformation in technology, as well as work organisation and locations. There was a change from traditional stone milling to roller milling and it was accompanied by an ambitious approach to architecture to match the increasing sophistication and ingenuity of the machinery, although it was in an ever fiercer commercial environment. As well as Deptford Peter Mumford also took on the Royal Flour Mills on the Albert Embankment, where he also installed roller milling and he was named as one of the pioneers of the process in England.

Both the Royal Flour Mill and Mumford’s Mill at Deptford were designed by Aston Webb, one of the country’s leading architects – he had designed the frontage of Buckingham Palace, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Admiralty Arch and much, much more. At Deptford it is his enormous silo which people see and this was clearly an advertisement

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History on this relatively small site, for the modernisation and efficiency of this urban mill. No more Mr. Jolly Miller – but large scale, grand, and wealthy, as well as technologically super-efficient.

The mill was fitted out by Henry Simon, who led the ‘roller milling revolution' in this country to replace traditional mill stones. A German refugee, Simon had arrived penniless and built up an engineering practice which transformed the 'slow, laborious and costly' batch milling into one of the most 'highly mechanised industries in the world'.

When Jonathan Clarke wrote in 1999 he said that the earliest surviving components were a brick, early 19th century site office and two early 19th century three storey stone grinding flour mills, the East Mill and the West Mill.

He thought that change came gradually to this old mill site. Grain came to the Creekside wharf in barges and was then screened and cleaned. It was milled in the two – east and west – mills and then bagged, stored and dispatched in buildings to the south and near the site entrance. It all made sense like that. Gradually there was a change to use roller milling and this needed steam, rather than water, power. So an engine and boiler house was added.

The important change was that to roller milling which was developed through the late 19th century. It would have meant the gradual inclusion of increasingly sophisticated machinery.

Clarke gives a short description of what this would have meant and some diagrams which explain it. The

Work to convert the large original buildings, especially the silo, into flats called ‘Mumford Mills’ was completed in 2005 by Rees Mellish Ltd. There are 36 flats plus a penthouse and four shell unit apartments. The entire shell of the building has been kept– including the decorative frieze, brickwork and stone. There is a communal garden above a secure stacker car parking and inevitably it is gated and ‘prestigious’.

wheat needed to be cleaned. It was then reduced to flour, along with ‘middlings' and bran, and next the ‘middlings’ were turned into flour. The sort of flour produced and what it was to be used for was an important part of this and made a difference as to how it was to be handled. He comments that ‘the technological advances in terms of integration, efficiency, capacity of plant ….was surely fairly striking’. Larger and larger rolling machines were introduced.

In 1897 the huge grain silo was built to the ‘elaborately Italianate designs of Aston Webb’. Facing the creek and probably replacing an earlier granary it embodied advanced techniques of internal metal framing, with a grid of rolled steel beams supported at their intersections by cast-iron columns to produce a ‘fire-proof’ structure. It was probably manufactured and fitted

by Henry Simon Ltd., whose firm was responsible for the greatest number of roller installations nation-wide. The construction of the silo was probably accompanied by the insertion of steel-framed doors in the East Mill to support heavier roller-milling machinery, and a larger wheat-cleaning wing, also internally supported by steel members. In the twentieth century electric power was used and a canteen, a smithy and garage were added.

The outside of the silo building is decorated with diaper brickwork which incorporated large 'M's and crosses – and this was praised when an illustration of it was exhibited at the Royal Academy. There are large inscriptions

at the top of the building showing ‘1790, 1897, Mumford’s Greenwich Flour Mills’ and ’S P Mumford & Co’. On the Creek frontage the only sign of the use of the building would have been the steam powered grain elevator which automatically scooped loose wheat from the barge, weighed it, and sifted it before moving it to storage bins.

Peter Mumford's Royal Flour Mills in Lambeth was eventually to be severely damaged in a fire, and our Deptford mill also suffered a number of fires. Following that automatic sprinkler systems were installed and Peter Mumford founded a special Mills Insurance Company which he chaired and which only offered policies to those with sprinklers.

In the 20th century technological

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change accelerated, while government policies tended to reduce demand for home produced flour. From 10,000 mills in 1880 there were only 1000 in 1917.

Huge milling companies evolved – the Co-op, Rank and Spillers – and set up organisations to exclude smaller millers.

Their super-efficient mills did not bother to look grand and/or dramatic, and were purely functional. There was the now demolished Central Granary in the Millwall Docks – and many of us in Greenwich can just see over the River to Spillers highly functional Millennium Mill in the Royal Docks.

Mumford’s survived into the mid-1960s by specialising in cake flours. After that the building was used by a succession of small industrial units until it was bought out by developers. Of course that dramatic silo building had to be kept.

In front of the mill on the Greenwich High Road frontage were a couple of buildings used as offices. They have now been rebuilt and extended to look like the terrace of houses that they never were – and I think that is a pity as they originally provided break in scale but now just add to the boring continuous frontage which development has provided along Greenwich High Road.

I have quoted Jonathan Clarke’s booklet on the mill extensively here and would very much recommend people read it. There are many pages of detailed description not just of the dramatic architecture but of the machinery and process within the mill and there are many many pictures. I have no idea if it is still available, it was published by English Heritage, and I have given details of the Lewisham History Journal article above.

There are of course also web sites about roller milling and Mumford’s is often included in them – but most of the web sites you will find searching under ‘Mumford’s’ will lead to endless sites trying to sell you one of those flats in the silo!

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“I’m learning all the time and can now really engage with the young people” – Volunteering with Young Greenwich

Young Greenwich recently delivered summer camps for those eligible for free school meals.

As part of Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT’s) partnership with Shooters Hill Post-16 College, CACT offers work experience to students studying for BTEC Sports qualifications who wish to develop a career as a sports coach, 18-year-old Gabriel Affiku is one such student.

Gabriel has been volunteering with CACT on the multi-sports programme, funded by Royal Borough of Greenwich and Peabody Housing, delivering one evening session a week this summer.

Through Gabriel’s volunteering with the Young Greenwich youth service via CACT, he has made excellent progress towards his football coaching qualifications.

Gabriel said: “I am really enjoying working with the young people in the local community making their summer more exciting and enjoying my opportunity to work with CACT. “I was really nervous at first but I’m learning all the time and can now really engage with the young people.”

Matt Horne, Young Greenwich’s Partnership Manager added: Gabriel has been volunteering with Young Greenwich all summer and will continue to deliver sessions in autumn

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“It is fantastic to work with Gabriel who we have got to know from our work with Shooters Hill College.

Gabriel has been really engaging with the young people, encouraging them to get active following hard times in lockdown due to COVID. “A big thank you also to our funders Royal Greenwich & Peabody Housing who finance these sessions and create opportunities for volunteers like Gabriel to work within the community.”

Kunle Labinjoh, a CACT Coach, who ran the sessions alongside Gabriel, said: “Gabriel has been a very enthusiastic member of the team getting involved in all aspects of the sessions, and is a great addition to the team.”

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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: 08/09/2021

Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control List of Press Advertisements - 08/09/2021 Publicity For Planning Applications.

Applicant: Mr Solanski 21/2396/F Site Address: ST JAMES PHARMACY, 52 POWIS STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6LQ Development: Construction of a second floor rear roof extension and mansard roof extension w/ front and rear dormer windows creating an additional storey to facilitate the conversion of the upper floors into five (5) self-contained flats (Use Class C3). Installation of replacement PVCu windows, new shopfront and front access door and associated external alterations (re-consultation, revised description).

Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area Applicant: Site Address:

Building Materials Ltd 21/2581/F CHICHIDISHES, 29-31 HARE STREET, WOOLWICH,

LONDON, SE18 6NE Development: Use of the rear of the ground floor of the site as offices (Class E(g) (i) with associated alterations to provide a new rear and side windows as well as bins and cycle stores.(Part-Retrospective).

Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area Applicant: Site Address: Development:

Mr & Mrs Asimolowo 21/2655/HD 11 PHILIMORE CLOSE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1PN Planning permission is sought for excavation works at the rear garden, construction of raised single storey rear extension and construction of side steps Conservation Area: Adjacent to Plumstead Common Applicant: Site Address: Development:

H Todhunter 21/2678/HD 31 BRAND STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8SP Demolition of a part of the existing lower ground floor

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) CARNBROOK 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 Kind & Co on behalf of Skyline Arcomet Ltd who need to carry out a Crain removal.

2. The Order will come into operation on 25th & 26th September 2021 with backup dates of the 2nd & 3rd / 9th & 10th / 16th & 17st October and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However; the works are expected to take 2 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Carnbrook Road from outside 12 to 34.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Scarsbrook Road, Langbrook Road, Highbrook Road 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.

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

and construction of a new part one-storey, part two-storey rear extension with two rooflights, plus interior alterations.

Conservation Area: West Greenwich Applicant: Miss Kyselova 21/3010/HD Site Address: 45 GUILDFORD GROVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8JY Development: Like for like replacement of existing front first floor windows.

Conservation Area: Ashburnham Triangle Publicity for Listed Building Consent.

Applicant: Site Address: Development:

material amendment in connection with Listed Building consent 17/3956/L, which were approved at appeal (references APP/E5330/Y/18/3219141) on 22 September 2020 for Erection of a two storey, with basement, four bedroom detached house with new vehicular access.', to allow; - Amended plans (variation of condition 2) - Amended landscape plan (Condition 5b & 5C) Conservation Area: Woolwich Common Listed Building: Grade 2

Mr Halkyard 21/2639/L Development Site at Rushgrove House, Rushgrove Street, Woolwich, SE18 5DD An application submitted under Section 19 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Royal Hill] 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 Valve replacement works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 13th September 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Royal Hill outside number 31 4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Greenwich High Road, Greenwich South Street, Blissett 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.

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 03/09/2021 (INTERNAL REF: PL//LA408009)

Dated 03/09/2021 (INTERNAL REF: PL/284/LN62866)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Royal Hill] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [King George Street] 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 service connection works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 7th September 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, Royal Hill adjacent to 18.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Greenwich High Road, Greenwich South Street, Blissett 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.

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 main repair.

2. The Order will come into operation on 15th September 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in, King George Street outside 95.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Crooms Hill, Cade Road, Hyde Vale 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.

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 01/09/2021

Dated 03/09/2021

(INTERNAL REF: PL/000/LA409686)

(INTERNAL REF: PL//LA406713)

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public notices ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Lassell 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 mains repair.

2. The Order will come into operation on 13th september 2021 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Old Woolwich Road, Gibson Street, Banning 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.

Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability.

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

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JULY – SEPTEMBER 2021

The holidays may be over but our summer events programme continues, with plenty of gems left to be discovered.

Greenwich + Docklands International Festival continues to 11 September where you can experience the ‘Northern Lights’. And with Royal Greenwich Festival, Parksfest events, African and Brazilian cultural festivals stretching through September there’s plenty yet to enjoy.

To find out more about the programme visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/summer

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