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Zog flies into the Churchill Theatre Remember Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s beloved story about an accident-prone dragon, Zog? The sequel to the original, Zog and the Flying Doctors, has been adapted for the stage by Freckle Productions and Rose Theatre, and it’s flying onto the Churchill Theatre stage this week. Can you help the dragon rescue Princess Pearl, whose aspirations to become a doctor have led to her uncle, the King, locking her away in the castle? Suitable for ages 3+. Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. March 24, 4:30pm; March 25 & 26, 10:30am & 1:30pm. Admission: £18.50/£16.50 concessions. www.churchilltheatre. co.uk/Online/ ©©Mark Senior
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It’s time for another round of comedy on Greenwich tea clipper Cutty Sark. The monthly night sees budding and established comedians take to the stage of the Michael Edwards Studio Theatre in the hull of the ship to entertain audiences with their latest skits. Headlining the night is Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Alasdair BeckettKing. Joining him are Dublin-bred Jasmin Gleeson, who became an instant hit on the UK circuit with her playful writing style; LGBTQ+ Comedian of the Year finalist Katie Price; and Adam Flood, whose show sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2021. Cutty Sark, King William Walk, London SE10 9HT. April 24, 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Admission: £17.50/£15 members. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cuttysark/cutty-sark-comedy
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Head back in time at the Old Royal Naval College
Creek safety Get a full course in tidal safety as part of this ‘Creek Knowhow’ session, hosted by Creekside Discovery Centre. Once you’ve been clued up in the classroom on the ins and outs of interacting with a wild river, you’ll wade in for a low tide walk on Deptford Creek. This course is open to anyone aged 14 or above, with tea, coffee and biscuits all provided. Don’t forget your outdoor clothing and some lunch! Creekside Discovery Centre, 14 Creekside, London SE8 4SA. March 26, 10am - 3pm. Admission: £8 - £10. www.creeksidecentre.org.uk/events/
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Stars descend on Blackheath Halls Another highlight from Lewisham’s stint as the London Borough of Culture: Mercury-nominated singer Dave Okumu has curated a starry night to celebrate local talent in the community. Dubbing it ‘Love is Attention’ and hosting it at Blackheath Halls, Dave brings together BRIT-nominee Jessie Ware, singer-songwriter Tiberius b and soul artist Yazmin Lacey for a one-off evening of collaborative performances. Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. March 25, 8pm. Admission: £25. www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/lewishamconnections/ editorial@weekender.co.uk
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Did you know that on the fourth Sunday of every month, a different historical character can be spotted roaming the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College? Head on over to find out who has been resurrected this week – they’ll be looking to regale you with their stories and will be happy to answer any questions you have about their past. One for little ones and their grown ups. Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. March 20 (and fourth Sunday of every month), 11am - 1pm & 2pm 4pm. Admission: FREE. www.ornc.org
Hedge your bets Have you ever driven past country hedges and found yourself wondering when they were built and who built them? Woodlands Farm is offering grown-up visitors the chance to help stack a hedge under the guidance of the conservation team. You’ll be taught how to prepare the ground, use a billhook, cut wooden stakes and hazel bindings, and have a go at ‘pleaching’ – that’s slicing the stem of a tree just enough to keep it alive before making it a part of the hedge. Woodlands Farm, 331 Shooters Hill, Welling DA16 3RP. March 27, 8am - 4pm. Admission: £80. www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org/
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Punchdrunk are back – and they’re recreating the fall of Troy in Woolwich
The pioneers of immersive, promenade theatre return to London, making Woolwich Works their new headquarters. Here’s what we know about their latest show, The Burnt City, which invites 600 visitors to explore the sprawling labyrinth of Troy each night, writes Holly O’Mahony… Who or what is Punchdrunk? They’re the forefathers of large-scale, immersive theatre essentially. Punchdrunk productions allow the audience to roam around a giant complex, interacting with actors and piecing together snippets of a plot told in a non-linear format. Felix Barrett, the current artistic director, established the company in 2000. Other long-standing members include the director and choreographer Maxine Doyle, and designers Livi Vaughan and Beatrice Minns. The company typically uses famous classical stories as a loose starting point for its notoriously abstract shows – famously Büchner’s Woyzeck for 2013’s The Drowned Man and Shakespeare’s Macbeth for 2003’s Sleep No More.
Sounds cool, but why haven’t I heard of these shows before? Well, the company’s shows take years to create and they haven’t staged anything in London since 2013/14’s The Drowned Man. That’s eight long years! In that time, other companies have risen up the immersive theatre ranks (albeit with varying degrees of success). Those who have visited New York in that time might have come across Punchdrunk. Following a sell-out run of their show Sleep No More at Lambeth’s Beaufoy Building in 2003, the show moved to America and since 2011, it’s enjoyed a permanent residency at fivestorey arts venue The McKittrick Hotel in Manhattan.
So, Punchdrunk are back in London and making Woolwich their new base? Exactly. This week, their brand new show The Burnt City opens at new multi-purpose arts venue Woolwich Works, where it’s scheduled to run until late August, but it will most likely be extended and run for a good few years – like Sleep No More has in New York.
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Opened last year, it’s a cluster of Grade-II listed former military buildings in the Royal Arsenal that has undergone a £31m restoration. Punchdrunk has taken over the lion’s share of the complex – using two vast adjoining buildings spanning 100,000 sq ft to stage The Burnt City.
What’s the plot of The Burnt City?
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The Burnt City is set in a future, parallel world and depicts the fall of Troy. Spread across two buildings – one Troy, the other Greek Mycenae – it’s essentially a choose-your-own-adventure, where audiences can interact with a cast of 30 characters (from royalty to Gods and monsters) and dancers along the way. Don’t expect a regular play with one clear plot; audiences are invited to explore this sensory world at their own pace, with the story unfolding around them. As Punchdrunk connoisseurs will know, ‘fortune favours the brave’ in the sense that leaving the masses and following an individual character will likely reveal hidden pockets of action and unveil more about the show’s potentially elusive plot. When you reunite with your fellow show-goers to discuss what you saw, chances are you will have had a different experience to your peers.
What else do I need to know? The performance lasts up to three hours and there are six entry times. Early slots are recommended for those who want the maximum amount of time to explore. You will be on your feet the whole time and you may be invited to take a path exclusively open to you. In fact, to get the most out of the performance, the company recommends you go it alone.
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Theatre Audience members will also be expected to wear masks, but not the Covid kind.
Masks! Why? Creepy, plain-faced masks are a staple of Punchdrunk productions. It anonymises the audience, making them appear complicit with the action. In fact, you can expect to see these masks on Tube and train carriages between Woolwich and central London every night once the show opens.
It sounds pretty intense. Is there anywhere to take a break on site? Don’t worry, the venue houses at least two bars, open exclusively to ticket-holders, where audience members can take off their masks for a moment of respite during the experience. However, even in these breakout areas, the real may blend with the fictional, and you could find yourself swept up in the story.
Okay, I’m sold. How do I book this show? The preview period, which runs from March 22 to April 17 has sold out (we told you Punchdrunk shows are popular!) but the show is currently booking until August 28. Our advice? Go online and book immediately. Even though The Burnt City is likely to extend its run, you won’t want to miss it.
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The Burnt City is showing at Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. March 22 – August 28, 2022. Admission: £45 - £150. www.onecartridgeplace.com/theburntcity/
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Bright lights in The Burnt City When an internationally renowned theatre company lands on your doorstep, anticipation for the opening of a new show is palpable. But for the residents of Royal Greenwich what’s behind the walls of The Burnt City isn’t the only thing to get excited about. Woolwich Works is one of the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s flagship regeneration programmes – a multi-million pound development to create an arts venue to rival the South Bank Centre. The complex itself opened its doors in September last year and now with the premier of Punchdrunk’s show, the vision for world-class performances in the heart of the borough is coming together. Woolwich Works is just part of the wider regeneration of the town centre, nearly £92 million is set to be spent on improvements including new homes for people on the housing waiting list, a new leisure centre and new shops, cafes and restaurants. The council is determined that Woolwich won’t become a dormitory town – where commuters come to sleep then head off into central London for work and leisure – but will extend the popularity of maritime Greenwich along the river, creating a new destination for leisure and living. Of course, one of the immediate benefits of having Woolwich Works in the borough is that local people will be able to enjoy the experience of an immersive show without travelling hours for the pleasure – and the fantastic ticket offer for residents (see box) will make sure even more people get the chance to see the performance. But Punchdrunk is delivering many more benefits to the area. Bringing visitors to Woolwich who spend money in local shops, restaurants and venues increases the prosperity of the town, boosting the local economy. Employment opportunities increase and pathways into careers you might never have thought of open to young people.
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week by week and seeing it get bigger and more impressive is amazing. I loved it so much.”
Punchdrunk has already had more than 80 learning placements during the development of The Burnt City. Verity Rock and Jack Loft are both studying creative design at the University of Greenwich and found their eyes opened wide in amazement during their placements. For Verity, creative design has come as a second career. “I’ve done this all later in life,” she says. “I went to college when I was 33. I had kids first. I didn’t know what I wanted to do, I was doing one of those at home make-up companies and I found myself preferring to make the images for it than actually doing it – and I thought ‘Ahh! I’m going to look at graphic design’ and it went from there.” Jack went into the experience not quite knowing what to expect, but found his passion for building 3D objects quickly reignited after joining the team. “I didn’t know much about Punchdrunk going in” he says. “Their social media presence is there, but it’s quite minimal and quite secretive (which I love!). But just going into the space and seeing something being made
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Both creatives got their hands dirty too and while careful not to give too many secrets away, they describe time spent building with paper mâché, finishing with gold leaf, learning how to cast, moving their design work from screen to real objects and developing their skills. “I think the biggest thing I’m taking away from Punchdrunk is an attention to detail I didn’t realise I was lacking,” says Verity. “Their attention to detail is astounding and it’s made me look at my work in a more meticulous way. It’s improving how my work comes out.” For Jack, the opportunity to learn new skills was invaluable. “Just the range of tasks I was doing!” he says. “One day I’d be making signs, the next day I’d make a papier-mâché arcade machine – it would be something different every day.” Both students have clearly been inspired and enthused by their placements – Jack’s constant refrain of “I loved it so much!” leaving no doubt. But what does all this mean to two people hoping to make careers in the creative industry? “The trouble is, anyone with Photoshop or Illustrator can say ‘Oh, I’m a graphic designer’. That was why it was important to me to get into placements – not just to pad the CV, but to add more strings to my bow. It’s difficult because it’s very
Jack Loft “One day I’d be making signs, the next day I’d make a papier-mâché arcade machine – it would be something different every day.” competitive, so my goal is to broaden my skillset as much as I can and put together a really beautiful portfolio,” says Verity. Jack and Verity, are both looking forward to promising careers in design, supported by time spent with a worldclass theatre company. They’re the first of many who will pass through the doors during the residency of the show, getting glimpse behind the scenes that few will see. As new doors open in The Burnt City for students and other local people, Royal Greenwich can be excited about a future where Punchdrunk, along with Woolwich Works, isn’t just an organisation in the borough, but part of the community. And the magic of the show – that’s just the bonus.
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Punchdrunk is offering residents of the borough £25 tickets for The Burnt City. Tickets will be released on the last Friday of every month (except March where tickets were released on the 18th). Go to burntcity.com for more details and to book.
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Meet the traders making Mother’s Day special With mothers across the country being pampered this Sunday, Holly O’Mahony speaks to two local businesses and a heritage site about the preparations that go into making Mother’s Day memorable…
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Mother’s Day experienced a lull over the years, but was revived in 1913 thanks to an English Anglican woman called Constance Smith. Inspired by the recent take-off of Mother’s Day in the US, Constance campaigned to revive the holiday back in the UK. The tradition in America was relatively new, held in May (rather than a particular Sunday during Lent), and was brought about for entirely different reasons to the original holiday in the UK. Not long after Constance Smith reinstated Mother’s Day in the UK, merchants saw the commercial opportunity for it and so, little by little, the holiday we know today with its cards and flowers was born. Back in present day Greenwich and Lewisham, and I’m asking local businesses, why flowers? “Flowers put a smile on anyone’s face and are always appreciated,” says
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Eduard Garcia, head of marketing and design for Flower Station, a flower delivery service running across south-east London and beyond. Brett Wilcox, owner and manager of Deptford Market Flowers, agrees. “Flowers and plants are a perfect gift for Mother’s Day because they always make people smile and they brighten up any room,” he says. Brett should know, he’s been a market trader all his life, as were his parents. For Eduard, the relevance of flowers to Mother’s Day runs deeper than aesthetic appeal. “It is the mother who gives birth to life and something beautiful and this life and beauty is perfectly encapsulated with flowers,” he reasons, adding that plants are also a fitting Mother’s Day gift, as they require nurturing and can grow and mature. So, what sort of blooms are popular on Mother’s Day? At the Flower Station, Eduard recommends the appealingly titled ‘Pure Bliss’. Its pastel hues and strong fragrance represent femininity, he says, making it a favourite contender for Mother’s Day. For those with traditional taste, he recommends the ‘Park Avenue’: a luxury bouquet comprising an “avalanche” of English garden roses in creamy tones. Those after a statement bouquet, meanwhile, could opt for the ‘One in a Million’, a vivid and vibrant bouquet in a warm colour palette. Sustainability-focused shoppers meanwhile, might opt for the fittingly named ‘Love you Mum’ – a
ranunculus and gypsophila in a jar, which Eduard describes as “very cute”, or the ‘White Orchidea Vase’.
years and extended periods apart, calendar dates like Mother’s Day feel all the more worthy of celebrating this year.
Brett, too, has noticed a rise in demand for plants over bouquets, and he stocks a selection of indoor and outdoor plants to cater for this. Rather than selling pre-made bouquets, he encourages customers to select the stems they’d like, turning these into a bouquet before their eyes.
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Over at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, head of visitor experience Kate Miners is preparing to welcome guests for the Admiral’s Tea, an afternoon tea served in one of the World Heritage Site’s oldest buildings that’s rarely open to the public. “The beautiful interiors of Admiral’s House at the Old Royal Naval College are what sets our afternoon apart,” she says. “It offers views of the Thames and a regal yet intimate atmosphere.” As you’d hope, the menu features a selection of delicate finger sandwiches, homemade scones with clotted cream and jam, plus cakes and further sweet treats – all of which can be washed down with a tea of your choosing and a glass of bubbles, if you wish.
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First things first, a bit of history. How did Mother’s Day come about? According to a quick Google search, the event dates back to the 17th century, when it was established as a holiday for household servants, who would take leave from their employers to visit their mothers (who knew!). The servants would reportedly gather fresh flowers on their journey home to give as a gift. Other aspects of the tradition, such as visiting your ‘mother’ church in your hometown and eating simnel cake, are no longer associated with Mother’s Day, but gifting flowers has remained a custom three centuries later.
Those hoping to bag a table this Sunday will want to book soon, though. “From experience, we know it will be extremely popular with mothers,” adds Kate. Whether you’re spoiling her (or being spoiled yourself!) with flowers, afternoon tea or something entirely different this Sunday, after two tough
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The Extra Time Hub meets every Wednesday from 10am-12pm at The Valley to take part in a wide variety of activities for health and exercise, from dance classes and singing to curling and bingo.
Social prescribing is at the heart of Live Well Greenwich, whose free services are commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and delivered by Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) and a range of partners in the voluntary sector. A free service, Live Well can help you to find a range of new activities and work towards a healthy lifestyle. Whatever your needs, Live Well is the place to go to find the right group or support for you. CACT has seen many success stories of people who have loved the health programmes they’ve been involved with. One great example of this is the CACT Extra Time Hub. The Extra Time Hub is a group of retired and semi-retired people that get together every Wednesday to take part in a variety of activities, including singing, table tennis and occasionally day trips to the beach. In October 2019, minister Jo Churchill and officials from the Department of Health and NHS England visited the Extra Time Hub, as part of the launch of the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Jo Churchill said she had a “brilliant morning” at the Extra Time Hub and mentioned that CACT offers “fabulous programmes” improving health for people in the community.
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“We’ve seen people do exercise classes, we’ve seen them doing choirs – there is a fabulous story about somebody who had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and, when they went for their check-up, their lung capacity had really improved. The only difference in their life was that they were part of the choir”. This is a key approach of social prescribing, bringing a community together for activities and support. This is even more valuable now, as people have gone through years of loss and isolation because of COVID-19. Experiences like these can take a while to recover from, but Live Well is there to help. Live Well Greenwich supports local people to live healthier, happier lives for longer. Live Well health advisors can help you find community groups and projects to get involved in and offer support and advice with anything you’re working through. If you, or someone you know, could benefit, call the Live Well Greenwich Line on 0800 470 4831. Another activity CACT offers is weekly Walking Football sessions which is a non-contact version of the game aimed at men aged 50+ to help maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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The ruthless, engagingly wicked Frank Hills Mary Mills Last week I wrote a bit about Frank Hills and his chemical works. So, I thought I ought to say a bit more! He took over the Beneke chemical works at some time around 1840. We don’t hear much of him for a while in Deptford, although I know he was pretty busy. His father, Thomas, had bought a lot of waste ammoniacal liquor from various gas works, as had Beneke who had founded the Deptford chemical works. Frank bought from them too and was also involved in research on gas industry waste and already embroiled in what was to become years of litigation on it. There is little enough about Frank Hills in the local papers throughout the 1840s but in 1853 we suddenly find the local authority taking an interest in some of the noxious smells in the area. Visits were made to Creekside and Dr.Leeson was commissioned to investigate. This was Henry Beaumont Leeson who was a medical doctor with a laboratory in an old mill on the riverside at Middle Watergate in Deptford. They went to various works on the creek – and I’ll come back to what was said about the other works in later articles - but at Hills’ works they found ‘evaporating pans and sub liming pots from which odours of the most nauseous character were exhaled .... small chimneys from which offensive odours were exhaled’. The committee decided that legal proceedings must be taken. The case went to Maidstone Sessions and the parish authorities took eleven witnesses to Maidstone to support the indictment. The works was visited again and ‘the nuisance was not in the slightest degree abated’. The final verdict was not reported.
demolished by the same method. The chap who took the candle into the store was terribly burned and immediately taken, by train, to St. Thomas’s hospital where he was reported to be ‘going on favourably’ despite the extent of his burns.
Four years later in 1857 the Deptford Medical Officer reported to the authority about the various works on Deptford Creek. He reported that every means had been adopted to prevent the escape of effluvia. The committee were not impressed – one member describing it as the ‘most namby pamby report he had ever heard’.
It’s not until the 1860s that we begin to get an idea of what was being made at the Deptford chemical works through constant and increasing advertising. These early adverts are all for manure ‘chemical and artificial manure works’ – and this included the works at East Greenwich and at Stratford. F.C.Hills sold ‘turnip and wheat manures and ‘superphosphates’. This is particularly interesting since superphosphate manures had been developed by John Bennet Lawes whose works was a few yards further down the creek. I don’t know – and Hills advertisements do not say – what the situation was with patents held by Lawes or by anyone else. I would put nothing past Frank in the area of patents and patent protection. It seems very likely that J.B. Lawes knew Frank Hills – and indeed twenty years later the Lawes works at Barking recorded transactions with him for sulphur and other items. However manure was what F.C.Hills advertised intensively from the 1860s onward. He clearly worked through agencies and in various parts of the country advertised sales by local traders. There is often a particular emphasis on agencies in Ireland.
In 1849 there is a press report of a serious explosion which resulted ‘in great damage to the chemical works’. This turns out to have been caused by the old fashioned method of going into an unventilated chemical store with a lighted candle. Only fourteen years earlier Old Kent Road Gas Works had been almost completely
An interesting advertisement from 1864 is for ‘Hop Sulphur’ and ‘Genuine Virgin Roll Brimstone’. This was of course of particular interest in Kent where hop growing was intensive and Frank Hills must have known many hop growers. The Greenwich coal merchant and developer Coles Child grew hops near
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his home Bromley, now in London, and in Kent – and took part in an annual ‘race; to get the first hops to the Hop Exchange near Borough Market. Just by London Bridge station the Exchange was almost on Frank Hills’ doorstep and the sulphur was clearly a speciality. It is not until the early 1870s that we get more of an idea that the Deptford works was producing something other than manure. The Deptford works was now a ‘sulphuric acid, ammonia and chemical manure works’. I am sorry if I am repeating here what I have written – I am afraid written many times – before. I have certainly outlined Frank Hills’ relationship with the gas industry and the efforts to ‘purify’ town gas so it smelt good enough to use in people’s homes. Frank Hills was closely involved in the development of a process which cleaned up coal gas. There is a long, long saga about the development of this process, some of which I have outlined originally in my PhD thesis and later in my book ‘The Early East London Gas Industry. Frank actually held the patent on this ‘purifying’ process but he had acquired it by very dubious means. Apparently one day scientists were demonstrating the new process at the Westminster Gas Works when they saw Frank standing outside in the Yard. ‘Shut the door’ one of them said ‘or Frank will immediately patent it’. Too late! Frank already held the patent and would ruthlessly exploit it over the next years. He claimed that much of the research on this process was carried out at Deptford by a German chemist who worked for him using the facilities at the next door gas works – which had been the Greenwich railway gas works, Frank’s energy was enormous. I have seen many, many gas company records from all round the country. All of them seem to have been visited by Frank so he could sell his purification process to them. He required them to buy a licence from him to be allowed to use the system; he would then sell them a mixture which would clean the gas; for another fee he would remove the used mixture. He
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could then process it to remove the chemicals which could be sold. If a gas company deviated from this agreement they would quickly find themselves in court. He made a vast amount of money out of this. Even in those dry old company minutes the desperation of the directors seeps through to you.
The litigation on the purification issue between Frank the gas companies and the other inventors of the process went on for years and years from the 1830s inwards. Much of the evidence is incomprehensible and there is a suspicion that he and the other chemists were trying to bamboozle judges and juries
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History who they knew wouldn’t understand any of it - and so they would win their case. One of his main rivals – Angus Alexander Croll – also had a works in Deptford but I don’t know where it was. I could do with an excuse to write about him because he was a bit of a character, to put it mildly. In 1871 Frank become a director of the Thames Iron Works which was on Bow creek opposite East Greenwich. One of the world’s premier shipbuilders in 1869 they had built The Warrior - the great ironclad warship which is now a tourist attraction in Portsmouth Harbour. Frank was effectively in charge of this works when it was at its peak as a builder of great warships in the late 19th century - they built not only for the Royal Navy but for the navies round the world. Frank is said to have been always most excited as a new ship was launched and set off down the Thames with him on board. It is this works which was passed to his son Arnold in the 1890s. Frank died in 1895 at his home, Redleaf, just outside Penshurst. St. Luke’s church in Penshurst remains as a memorial to him. His death was followed closely by the death of his two eldest sons and his huge industrial legacy was broken up and passed into the hands of Arnold and the husbands of his daughters, Constance and Annie.
F.C. Hills general ad from 1873
works belonging to other family members and a colossal amount of litigation. I have always found Frank fascinating and engagingly wicked. He is one of our great 19th century industrialists but no one (but me) knows about him.
The Deptford chemical works passed into the management of Thomas Herbert Hills – Frank’s nephew and the son of his brother Thomas. By 1907 the works was bankrupt and was closed down. This has been a very, very short summary of Frank Hills, who built up this vast fortune and empire out of a network of
To finish with something cheerful. In July 1890 workers from Hills’ factories at East Greenwich and Deptford were taken by a special train ‘with marked punctuality’ to Frank’s beautiful estate at Redleaf. They saw the Orchid House, and the Fernery and had dinner and tea in tents in the garden. There was
Bills deptord certificate
boat racing, running and cricket. The day ended with a brass band as they assembled in front of the mansion. Well, all very nice. The house at Redleaf was pulled down many years ago but if you go up the hill north from Penshurst village you pass the gates with the grand gate piers which Frank put up. I used to go down to Penshurst to see his great grandson – Patrick – a very nice man living much more modestly. ‘I don’t know where all his fortune went’ he used to say – ‘I never got any of it’. By my standards Patrick was pretty posh but I knew what he meant.
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public notices ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) BROOKHILL ROAD, SE18 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 needs to install a new water connection. The Order will come into operation on 4th April 2022 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. 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 Brookhill Road outside 57. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Sandy Hill Road, Bignell Road, Elmdene Road, Willenhall Road and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH LOCALISM ACT 2011 – ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE STAR & GARTER, 60 OLD WOOLWICH ROAD, SE10 9NY NOTICE OF DISPOSAL Notice is hereby given that the owner of the above property intends to dispose of their freehold interest. The Localism Act requires that the intent to dispose of property or land that is listed as an Asset of Community Value is advertised in order to allow any community interest group to make a written request to the Council to be treated as a potential bidder. The purpose of this notice is to alert community interest groups to the proposed disposal. Any such group that wishes to be treated as a potential bidder should submit written confirmation to community-assets@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or by writing to the address given below. Written requests to be treated as bidders are required to be submitted within an initial six week period which means the deadline for receipt of such request is 11th April 2022. If such a written request is made to the Council during the above period, the owner may not dispose of the Asset of Community Value, except to a community interest group, during the full six month moratorium period which will expire on 1st September 2022, six months from the date of the notification of the owner’s disposal.
Dated 31/01/22
David Dodd Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise and Skills Regeneration Team 5th Floor, The Woolwich Centre 35 Wellington Street Woolwich SE18 6HQ
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Dated 02/03/22
Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
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public notices ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – STRATEGIC CYCLE ROUTE GREENWICH TO WOOLWICH 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make an Order to prevent danger to the public and because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily: a) provide a segregated two-way cycleway on: i) Trafalgar Road, north side, from a point opposite No. 168 to its junction with Blackwall Lane; ii) Woolwich Road, north side, from its junction with Blackwall Lane, crossing Angerstein Roundabout, to its junction with Gallions Road; [Note: Along the two-way cycleway in i) to ii) no waiting at any time and no loading at any time will apply.] [Note: As part of this scheme, traffic signals will be introduced at the junction of Woolwich Road and Gallions Road to allow cyclists travelling westbound to access the two-way cycleway specified in ii).] b) remove the bus, cycle and taxi lane on Trafalgar road, north side, from a point opposite its junction with Earlswood Street to a point outside No. 197; c) prohibit access for all vehicles except pedal cycles and emergency vehicles to Rodmere Street at its junction with Trafalgar Road; [Note: the alternative route to avoid the restriction in c) will be from Trafalgar Road via Colomb Street or from Vanburgh Hill via the eastern arm of Rodmere Street.] d) remove the one-way system on Rodmere Street, from its junction with its eastern arm to its junction with Trafalgar Road; e) prohibit the right turn into Aldeburgh Street from Woolwich Road westbound carriageway for all vehicles except pedal cycles and emergency vehicles; [Note: the alternative route to avoid the restriction in e) will be from the opposite end of the road in question.] f) replace the existing advisory cycle lanes with segregated mandatory cycle lanes on Woolwich Road, both sides, from its junction with Gallions Road to its junction with Anchor and Hope Lane; g) prohibit access for all vehicles except pedal cycles and emergency vehicles to Gallions Road at its junction with Woolwich Road; h) provide bus, cycle and taxi lanes on: i)Woolwich Road, north-eastbound, from a point 60 metres east of the junction with Charlton Church Lane to a point 55 metres west of its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout; ii)Woolwich Road, north-eastbound, from its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout to a point 33 metres west of its junction with Westmoor Street; iii)Woolwich Road, north-eastbound, from a point 44 metres east of its junction with Eastmoor Street to its junction with Warspite Road; iv)Woolwich Road, south-westbound from its junction with Warspite Road to its junction with Westmoor Street; v)Woolwich Road, south-westbound from its junction with Westmoor Street to a point 39 metres east of its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout; vi) Woolwich Road, south-westbound from its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout to a point 75 metres east of its junction with Charlton Church Lane vii)Woolwich Church Street, eastbound, from a point 76 metres east of its junction with Ruston Road to a point 93 metres west of its junction with Leda Road; viii)Woolwich Church Street, eastbound, from a point 48 metres east of its junction with Leda Road to its junction with the A2204; ix)Woolwich Church Street, westbound, from a point 65 metres west of its junction with John Wilson Street to a point 87 metres east of its junction with Frances Street; x)Woolwich Church Street, westbound, from a point 58 metres west of its junction with Frances Street to a point 52 metres east of its junction with Woolwich Road; i) replace single yellow line waiting restrictions with double yellow line ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions on: i)Woolwich Road, northwest side, from its junction with Charlton Church Lane to a point 58 metres southwest of its junction with Warspite Road; ii)Woolwich Road, northwest side, from its junction with Warspite Road in a south-westerly direction for 10 metres; iii)Woolwich Road, southeast side, from its junction with Charlton Church Lane in a north-easterly direction for 12 metres; iv)Woolwich Road, southeast side, from a point 31 metres northeast of its junction with Charlton Church Lane to its junction with Woolwich Church Street; v)Woolwich Church Street, north side, from its junction with Woolwich Road to its junction with the A2204; vi)Woolwich Church Street, south side, from its junction with Woolwich Road a point 19 metres east of its junction with Prospect Vale; vii)Woolwich Church Street, south side, from a point 31 metres east of its junction with Prospect Vale to its junction with John Wilson Street; viii)Charlton Church Lane, northeast side, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a south-easterly direction for 12 metres; ix)Anchor and Hope Lane, northeast side, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a north-westerly direction for 12 metres; x)Gallon Close, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a south-easterly direction for 10 metres; xi)Penhall Road, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a north-westerly direction for 12 metres; xii)Charlton Lane, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a south-easterly direction for 10 metres; xiii)Westmoor Street, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a north-westerly direction for 10 metres; xiv)Eastmoor Street, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a north-westerly direction for 10 metres; xv)Clevely Close, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a south-easterly direction for 7 metres; xvi)Warspite Road, west side, from its junction with Woolwich Road in a northerly direction for 10 metres; xvii)Pett Street, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Church Street in a southerly direction for 8 metres; xviii)the access road to Woolwich Dockyard Industrial Estate, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Church Street in a northerly direction for 15 metres; xix)Kingsman Street, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Church Street in a southerly direction for 10 metres; xx)Church Hill, north side, from its junction with Woolwich Church Street in a south-easterly direction for 12 metres; xxi)Church Hill, south side, from its junction with Woolwich Church Street in an easterly direction for 38 metres; and xxii)Mast Quay, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich Church Street in a northerly direction for 14 metres. j) reduce by approximately 30 metres the start point of the westbound bus, cycle and taxi lane on Woolwich Road, opposite Commerell Place, and extend the hours and days of operation to all times; k) extend the bus, cycle and taxi lanes on: i) Blackwall Lane, southbound carriageway, to a point 30 metres north of its junction with Trafalgar Road; ii) Blackwall Lane, northbound carriageway, from its junction with Trafalgar Road; l) remove 5.6 metres of shared use parking place for Zone EG permit holders and payment parking and replace with waiting restriction operating between 9am and 6.30pm on Monday to Saturday on Old Woolwich Road, south side, opposite No. 1; m) remove 3.6 metres of shared use parking place for Zone EG permit holders and payment parking and replace with waiting restriction operating between 9am and 6.30pm on Monday to Saturday on Old Woolwich Road, south side, outside No. 4; n) remove 5 metres of shared use parking place for Zone EG permit holders and payment parking with waiting restriction operating from 8am to 6.30pm on Monday to Saturday and 9am to 6.30pm on Sunday on Old Woolwich Road, south side, outside No. 54; o) relocate limited waiting parking places operating between 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday, maximum stay 20 minutes, no return within 1 hour outside No. 35 Woolwich Road, north side, to adjacent to the new segregated two-way cycleway and reduce in length by 2.5 metres; p) relocate limited waiting parking places operating between 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday, maximum stay 20 minutes, no return within 1 hour outside No. 47 Woolwich Road, north side to Armitage Road, west side, from a point 14.5 metres south of the southern building line of Nos. 8 to 12 Armitage Road in a southerly direction for 13 metres, replacing double yellow line no waiting at any time restriction; q) remove the bus stop clearways on: i) Trafalgar Road, outside No. 197, north side; ii) Woolwich Road, north side, outside No. 27, and relocate the bus stop clearway to outside No. 47 Woolwich Road, north side; r) remove the following bus stop clearways and replace with waiting restrictions operating between 7am and 7pm Monday to Saturday and loading restriction operating between 7am and 10am and 4pm and 7pm Monday to Friday on: i) Woolwich Road, south side, outside Layfield House and relocate the bus stop clearway to outside No. 86 Woolwich Road, south side; ii) Woolwich Road, south side, outside Sailacre House; s) reduce by approximately 30 metres the bus stop clearway on Woolwich Road, outside Hazel Lane, at its eastern end; t) relocate the bus stop clearways on: i) Woolwich Road, north side, outside No. 135, 5 metres to the east; ii) Woolwich Road, north side, outside No. 201, 3 metres to the west; iii) Woolwich Road, north side, outside No. 295 Woolwich Road, 3 metres to the west. u) reduce the length of the bus stop clearway opposite No. 380 Woolwich Road, north side, by 8 metres on its eastern end and 15 metres on its western end. 3. Closures will be in place to enable the above works to take place and will be introduced in further notices giving precise details. 4. The Order would come into force on 31st March 2022 and will remain in force for 18 months. 5. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 03-22 Cycle Route Extensions. Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 23rd March 2022
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ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – WILMOUNT STREET CAR PARK 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make an Order because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily: a) replace the car park located off Helen Street with a public off-street car park, ‘Wilmount Street Car Park’ which will be managed by the Council. Parking will be restricted to marked bays and payment will be made using a cashless ‘pay-by-phone’ system only, the proposed parking charges for the car park are detailed in the Schedule to this Notice. Disabled badge holders and motorcycles will be able to park in designated bays free of charge. 3. The Order would come into force on 4th April 2022 and will remain in force for 18 months. 4. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 22-02 Wilmount Street Car Park. Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 23rd March 2022 Schedule – Proposed Parking Charges for Wilmount Street Car Park Name of Car Park
Times of Operation
Duration of Stay
Parking Charge
Wilmount Street Car Park
Monday to Saturday 8am to 6.30pm
1 hour
90p
1-2 hours
£1.80
2-3 hours
£2.70
3-4 hours
£3.60
4+ hours
£9
Please note: Disabled Badge Holders and Motorcycles will be able to park free of charge
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) [Westcombe Hill] PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out Water main repair works. The Order will come into operation on 2nd April 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take two weeks. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. 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, Westcombe Hill outside 178 and Opposite 178. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via (i) Charlton Road, Invicta Road and Sibert Road. (ii) Westcombe Hill, Sibert Road and Invicta Road. This will not be in force at the same time only one at time. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. 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, Transport The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 18th March 2022 (INTERNAL REF: PL/000/LA421862)
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003 Notice is given that: FSH Limited, 55 River Gardens Walk, SE10 0UB have applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: Rox Burgers 55 River Gardens Walk London SE10 0UB A record of this application may be inspected by appointment. Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than Friday 8th April 2022. Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one of the four licensing objectives, namely: • • • •
Protection of children from harm Prevention of Public nuisance Prevention of crime and disorder Public safety.
Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine. It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises: Sale and supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises only on the days Monday to Sunday from 10:00 hours until 23:30 hours each day Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6HQ.
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public public notices notices ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) HIGHBROOK ROAD, SE9 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) HAIMO ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
The Royal Borough of Greenwich 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 install new connections. The Order will come into operation on 4th April 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 10 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. 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), outside 5 Highbrook Road. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Halsbrook Road, Langbrook Road and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 UK Power who need to install a new supply. The Order will come into operation on 4th April 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. 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, outside 1. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via East Bound – Westhorne Avenue, Lionel Road and Froissart Road. West Bound – Froissart Road, Horsfeld Road, and Westhorne Avenue. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 23/02/22
Dated 21/02/22
(INTERNAL REF: PL/347/LA426416)
(INTERNAL REF: PL/340/LA425755)
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES ACT 2000 STREET ENTERTAINMENT
2. List of streets in the regulated area in Greenwich Town Centre HADDO STREET
BARDSLEY LANE
GREENWICH CHURCH STREET
BURNEY STREET
HORSEFERRY PLACE
CHURCHFIELDS
KING WILLIAM WALK
CLAREMOUNT STREET
NORMAN ROAD
COLLEGE APPROACH
It will be a criminal offence for any person to provide street entertainment or engage in busking without a licence in these streets and areas.
PEYTON PLACE
CROOMS HILL
The designation of these streets and areas will come into effect on 20th April 2022
RANDALL PLACE
CREEK ROAD
Director of Regeneration Enterprise and Skills For and on behalf of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
NEVADA STREET
CUTTY SARK GARDENS
NORWAY STREET
GREENWICH HIGH ROAD
NELSON ROAD
GREENWICH HIGH RD STRAIGHMOUNTS F/PATH
ROAN STREET
GREENWICH SOUTH STREET
The Royal Borough of Greenwich, under Part V of the London Local Authorities Act 2000 hereby gives formal notice of their resolution of 27th October 2021 to designate certain streets or areas within the Royal Borough of Greenwich as licensed streets / areas for the purpose of street entertainment and busking. The streets / areas are: 1) Cutty Sark area - Greenwich Town Centre 2) Powis Street - Woolwich Town Centre 3) Greens End - Woolwich Town Centre.
Dated 23/03/2022 Regulated area and street entertainment pitches 1. List of streets in the regulated area in Woolwich Town Centre POWIS STREET GREENS END
ROYAL HILL PARK ROW ST ALFEGE PASSAGE STRAIGHTSMOUTH TARVES WAY THORNHAM STREET RIVERSIDE WALK ROMNEY ROAD STOCKWELL STREET THAMES STREET WELLAND STREET WALLER WAY
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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) Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED) Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning. If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below. Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice. Please quote the appropriate reference number. Date: 23/03/2022 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control List of Press Advertisements - 23/03/2022 Publicity for Planning Applications
Applicant: Site Address:
Mr McAllister Morden College 21/1517/F 18-20 MONTAGUE GRAHAM COURT, KIDBROOKE GARDENS, KIDBROOKE Development: Conversion of two existing staff flats into four residents flats and installation of access ramps. (Reconsultation Amended Description) Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH Applicant: Site Address: Development:
21/3534/F Hikigaya 2 Limited BRIDGE HOUSE, 11 CROSSMEAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3AA Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of part four/part three-storey residential development comprising fifteen self-contained flats and three singlefamily dwelling houses.
Applicant: Site Address: Development:
21/4433/F K Smilewicz 5A GLENLUCE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7SD Extension of the existing rear stair landing and replacement of the stairs. Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
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22/0491/HD Dr Daniela Quayle 14 DICKSON ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6RB Dropped kerb to connect the site of 14 Dickson Road to the public road (Dickson Road), to be carried out by the council (Royal Borough of Greenwich). The front
door is proposed to be changed to one consistent with the period and the original style i.e. with glass panels at the top. Like the current door, the new door will also be timber and/or timber veneer. Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE Applicant: Site Address: Development:
22/0527/HD Mr Mirza Yazmin Rashid 104 ARSENAL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1JZ Installation of gas metre within front set back and associated works. Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Site Address: Development:
22/0779/HD Mr Martin Holder 15 PAPILLONS WALK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9SF Retrospective application for proposed single storey rear extension. Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Site Address: Development:
22/0825/HD K. Passi 37 FAIRFIELD GROVE, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 8UA Single storey rear and side glazed extension. Infill bathroom door with brickwork to match existing. Replace kitchen window. Replace front door and fanlight. Install shower room on first floor. Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE
Applicant: Site Address:
22/0830/HD Mr R Graham 53 STRAIGHTSMOUTH, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LB
Development: Construction of a single storey side infill conservatory Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Applicant: Site Address: Development:
22/0862/F Ms Karen Hughes 6 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH Proposed addition of lantern to front elevation; front garden ground works including levelling and repaving with York stone; repaving of front and lower ground floor steps with York stone; replacement of modern railings to match original design; installation of grey painted timber bin store in front garden; installation of EV charging point; and associated landscaping works. Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
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22/0929/HD Ms Covington 9 KING GEORGE STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QJ Development: Removal of ground floor outrigger side wall and construction of glass infill extension. Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Publicity for Listed Building Consent
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Ms Chesaites 22/0216/L 39 GLOUCESTER CIRCUS, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RY Like-for-like replacement of timber sashes in three windows (two windows in the master bedroom, one
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH – COUNCILLORS’ ALLOWANCES 2022/23 Under the procedures required in The Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, the Council has determined that the allowances payable under the Members Allowances Scheme shall be amended with effect from 1 April 2022 for the Municipal Year 2022/3. The Scheme also provides for the payment of travelling, subsistence and dependents' carers' allowances where out of pocket expenses are incurred in carrying out official duties. In making the Scheme, the Royal Borough complied with its duty arising under Regulation 19 to have regard to the recommendations of an independent remuneration panel established by London Councils.
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10,415
window in the ensuite bathroom) to be installed into the existing timber window frames, with single glazed timber sashes, at the rear of the house (not visible from the street), on the first floor. Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Site Address:
22/0708/L Pastor Bamigabde RCCG Inspiration House GLOBAL GUARDIANS, 203-207 WOOLWICH ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 0RL Development: To undertake a full programme of repair and renovation, including re-roofing, addressing water ingress, and damp and rot treatment; together with the installation of roof insulation, secondary glazing, and new fire doors; the re-instatement of incorrectly lifted parquet flooring; and the removal of a ground floor wall Listed Building: Grade 2
Applicant: Site Address:
22/0932/L Ms Lily Covington 9 KING GEORGE STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QJ Development: Removal of ground floor outrigger side wall and construction of glass infill extension. Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003 Notice is given that: Mr Umid Muminov of 54 Woodville Road, Golders Green, London NW11 9TN has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises:
Max Fresh Foods (formerly Maistas & Gerimai), 33 Herbert Road, Woolwich, London SE18 3SZ A record of this application may be inspected by appointment. Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than Thursday 12th April 2022. Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one of the four licensing objectives, namely:
Special Responsibility Allowances:
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Prevention of crime and disorder Prevention of Public nuisance Public safety. Protection of children from harm
Leader of the Council
53,508
Deputy Leader
34,185
Cabinet Member (x 8)
22,562
Chair of Overview & Scrutiny
22,562
Chair of the Planning Board
18,542
Leader of Opposition (largest Minority Party)
18,540
Off-Sale of alcohol daily for between 09:00 and 22:00 hours (inline with opening times).
Chief Whip of the Council
10,836
Chair of Highways
10,046
Chair – Pension Fund Investment and Administration Panel
10,046
Scrutiny Panel Chairs (x 6)
10,046
Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6HQ
Leader of second largest Minority Party
5,736
Licensing Sub-Committee Chair
1,553
Mayor
10,046
Deputy Mayor
1,553
Project Assistants (x2)
5,100
Minority Party Allocation (each party comprising 4 or more
5,736
Members) Independent Person to Advise the Standards Committee
1,567
Independent Member of the Standards Committee (x 2)
778
Copies of the Council’s Scheme for Members’ Allowances, and details of the allowances paid to individual Councillors during the financial year 2021/22 may be inspected at the Council’s offices at Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6PW. Debbie Warren Chief Executive Dated 18 March 2022 editorial@weekender.co.uk
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Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine. It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises:
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ADVERTORIAL
News from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Our local heroes: Community Award Laurence Pinturault, Marc Tuft and Sarah Knox Jane Bannan Second Tots Wendy Power Gill Moody London South East Colleges Greenwich Foodbank
Royal Borough of Greenwich Civic Awards 2022 Celebrating local heroes
Greenwich Winter Night Shelter and Katy Ridsdill-Smith Caroline Walsh
The Good Neighbour Award Daphne Jones Calestock Estate Neighbours Sophie Reagan, Cheryl Wood, Antje Kompa and Sarah Chaplin
The Teacher of the Year Award Benjamin Sloan Michelle Dobner Lottie Ormerod
Fara Casewell and Manijeh Casewell
The Arts and Entertainment Award
Trevor Gomes
Luca Silvestrini’s Protein
Exceptional people and organisations from across the borough received awards for their outstanding contributions to the community, great achievements and making a difference in the Royal Borough in a special ceremony at Woolwich Town Hall.
The Young Peoples’ Outstanding Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Nicole Walmer
Canon Christopher Moody
The worthy winners received their awards from the Leader Cllr Danny Thorpe and the Mayor Cllr Denise Hyland at the tenth annual Civic Awards event.
Sarah Belle Thapa
Mick Bond
The Volunteer Award
Paul Murphy
Take a look at our pictures from the glittering award’s ceremony below.
Diane Scott
Cheryl Spruce
Matthew Bird
Tammy Aghedo
Kerry Kendall
Lucie Murphy
Sue Elsegood
Karen Oliver South London Sikh Youth
The Act of Courage Award
Lilian Odim
PC Harry Huddleston
The Javan Coker Foundation
PC Anthony Frickey-Grande
The Award for Sporting Achievements FlavRcise Dance Fitness Daryll Neita Abbey Wood Tennis Club
Leader’s Special Civic Award The Citizens of the World Choir
The Mayor’s Outstanding Achievement Award Greenwich Young People’s Council
Nominations for next year’s awards will be announced at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/civicawards www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
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