Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - Otober 19th 2022

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HERE TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THIS WINTER

On Wednesday 12 October, the Royal Borough of Greenwich hosted a Cost of Living Summit with local charities, community groups, housing associations and c ouncillors to discuss the affects the crisis is having in our borough.

Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Council, addressing the Summit said: “This winter we want to make sure that Greenwich Supports, our campaign to help residents with the cost of living, is a reassuring presence to those that need it most. This summit is one step towards understanding and working with community partners to make the most impact.

“Rising costs are affecting residents and businesses from all walks of life. Please do not suffer in silence, and check on your neighbours, so that no-one is left to go cold this winter.”

Whether you've had money problems for months or years, or rising living costs are causing you concern for the first time, the Council is here to support.

WORRIED ABOUT BILLS THIS WINTER?

Set up a payment plan with your energy provider

If you are struggling to pay your energy bills, your supplier can help by setting up an affordable plan.

You will find their contact details on any billing, or letters sent to your address. Contact us if you need help advocating for yourself.

welfare-rights@royalgreenwich. gov.uk

020 8921 6375 (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 10am to 1pm)

Add yourself to the priority list for water and electric

If you or someone you know is vulnerable or has young children, they can be added to the Priority Services Register.

For water, visit: thameswater.co.uk/ help/extra-care/priority-services

For electricity and gas, contact your current energy supplier.

Could I get cut off?

Energy suppliers rarely cut off supply to homes, instead they will attempt other ways of dealing with debt. This could be through a payment plan, or by installing a pre-payment meter.

Advice Hubs

In-person advice is available to all that need it. If you're worried about someone vulnerable this winter, direct them to one of the Council’s Advice Hubs.

Find all the dates and times at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/advicehubs

LiveWell

Our Advisors can help you understand how to manage debt, create payment plans and more.

0800 470 4831 livewellgreenwich.org.uk

Cllr Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Council

Cllr Clare Burke-McDonald, Charlton Hornfair Ward and Chair of Overview and Scrutiny

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Holly O'Mahony

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Grief and hope

Cordelia O’Neill’s brave, taboo-busting play Anything Is Possible If You Think About It Hard Enough, which ran at Southwark Playhouse last year, is showing in the Churchill Theatre’s studio space. It follows two mismatched Londoners, who meet on the Underground, bond over caffeine and later fight over baby names, but must face unimaginable grief when their baby is stillborn. A brave play that looks to find hope and even humour in the darkest of places.

Churchill Theatre Studio, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. October 21, 7:45pm; October 22, 4pm. Admission: £14. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/ticketsanything-is-possible-if-you-think-about-it-hardenough-bromley-2022

Pick of the Week

By Holly O’Mahony

Snapping satire

The sixth iteration of Human Stories, NOW Gallery’s annual contemporary photography series, explores the concept of satire through the lens of six international and emerging photographers. The free exhibition considers the potential for satire to offer an alternative world view to biassed tropes and stereotypes, and nurture diverse identities.

NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, Soames Walk, London SE10 0SQ. October 13 - November 13, Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 7pm; Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 11am - 4pm. Admission: FREE. www.nowgallery.co.uk/ exhibitions/human-stories-the-satirists

The sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of a traditional Diwali celebration await visitors to the National Maritime Museum this Saturday. Curated by South Asian arts collective CommonGround&, the programme marking the Festival of Light is designed to appeal to the whole family, with workshops in jewellery design, incense sampling, dance performances and a sunset light parade through Greenwich. There’s also talks, live music and a sari drape demonstration to enjoy. Bring your own lanterns and shakers for the light show.

National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, London SE10 9NF. October 22, 10am - 7pm. Admission: FREE. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/findingdiwali

Breaking the ice

Have you felt a chill in the air of late? We’re deep-diving into autumn, it seems, but our great British weather is balmy compared to what the sailors on board Cutty Sark experienced when they navigated the icy waters of the Antarctic. Find out how the crews survived sub-freezing temperatures in this family-friendly tour of the ship. Cutty Sark, King William Walk, London SE10 9HT. October 22 - 30, various times. Admission: FREE with entry to the ship. www.rmg.co.uk/ whats-on/cutty-sark/all-hands-on-deck-october-half-term-cutty-sark

Woolwich Works is celebrating the father of Afrobeat Fela Kuti this Friday, with a concert from Afro-inspired band The Amalgam. Expect a genre-defying fusion of funk, jazz, afrobeat and pop, including covers of Fela’s greatest hits plus the band’s original songs. This, they say, is the language of groove.

Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. October 21, 7pm. Admission: £6.50£9.50. www.woolwich.works/events/fela-kutibirthday-celebration

Bollywood brass

Have you ever heard a brass band take on Bollywood? No? Now’s your chance. The UK’s pioneering brass band for Indian music is performing its infectiously joyous arrangements at Blackheath Halls – and you’re invited to dance along to a cacophony led by saxophone, dhol drums, a twirly sousaphone and more. To help you get in the mood and teach you a bit about the music, the band is hosting a family drumming workshop in the Hearn Recital Room before the concert.

Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. October 22, family drum workshop at 3pm / concert at 7:30pm. Admission: £8.50 for workshop / £16£18 for the concert. www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/bollywood-brass-band/

Shining bright: Diwali at the National Maritime Museum

Groove for Fela Kuti

Brave a bear hunt

‘We’re going on a bear hunt. We’re going to catch a big one’ – so goes the chant from Michel Rosen’s hugely successful children’s book. Here comes a chance to see the bears on stage, as the Little Angel Theatre’s popular production, currently on a UK tour, comes to Greenwich Theatre. Directed by Peter Glanville with music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Barb Jungr, the show is brought to life with enchanting puppetry and lively imagination. Suitable for ages 2+.

Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. October 26 - 30, performance times vary. Admission: £14. www.greenwichtheatre. org.uk/events/were-going-on-a-bear-hunt/

Baby Gospel at Woolwich Works

You’re never too young to start listening to the music of the greats, and this family concert is a chance to sing along to them too. Baby Gospel will have you clapping along to a host of soul, motown and gospel favourites, led by London’s CK Gospel Choir. Open to audiences of all ages, it’s a chance to enjoy the hits of Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Adele and more, in a relaxed environment.

Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. October 22, 11am. Admission: £10.50/£9 concessions. www.woolwich.works/events/baby-gospel-2

DIY sushi

Kids will have the chance to cut and roll their way through the kitchen in this sushi making class at Sticks ‘n’ Sushi in Greenwich. With a professional chef at the helm, children (aged six-12) will be invited to make their own sushi rolls and nigiri, with enough to take some home in a goody bag. Aprons and utensils are provided.

1 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9JB. October 15, 10am - 11:30am. Admission: £40. www.sticksnsushi.co.uk/

Broadway for tots

Grab your little ones and head to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley to catch its popular family event Baby Broadway. Listen out for hits you know and love (past editions have included songs from Mary Poppins, Singin’ in the Rain, Mamma Mia and Frozen), and enjoy a chance to sing along to numbers from the shows which have dazzled on the star-studded streets of Broadway and London’s West End. The event is open to all ages – from newborns to grandparents –but is pitched at those aged under seven.

Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. October 21, 11am. Admission: £13.50/£4.50 under 16s/ under twos go free. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/ Online/tickets-baby-broadway-bromley-october-2022

Bright lights at the National Maritime Museum

It’s all about light at the National Maritime Museum this October half term. The museum is hosting a week of fun, interactive and family-friendly workshops in its Learning Space. Highlights this week include a celebration of Diwali with performances, arts and crafts, and a parade (October 22); a chance to make your own shadow puppet (October 23); and Guiding Lights, a workshop in which you’ll make your own mini lighthouse to protect ships from the rocks (October 28).

National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, London SE10 9NF. October 22 - 30, 11am1pm & 2pm - 4pm. Admission: FREE. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/ guiding-lights-october-half-term-activities

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T HE BEST ,

E x OTIC SHOW IN B ROMLEY

You’ve read the book, you’ve watched the film, and now it’s time to see the live show. Deborah Moggach’s 2004 best-selling novel These Foolish Things, which in 2011 was turned into a star-led film by Ol Parker under the new name The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, is back in the hands of its author, who has teamed up with brilliant theatre director Lucy Bailey (Much Ado About Nothing, Witness For The Prosecution) to bring it to the stage. Holly O’Mahony speaks to cast member Paul Nicholas (Jesus Christ Superstar, Just Good Friends, Eastenders) to find out more…

“We’re not old, we’ve just been young for a very long time,” says Paul, quoting a line from the show that captures the very essence of the heartwarming comedy-drama, which follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of British senior citizens, who embark on a new life at a family-run hotel in India.

“I think it’s encouraging for an older audience to see we’re not all walking around half dead; that when you get to 70, life doesn’t have to stop, you can still have fun.” Paul insists that while the show appeals to an older demographic who can relate to its plot – which Deborah and Lucy have updated for 2022, including woke culture references that the OAPs find baffling – it’s very much a family show. “It’s a funny, feelgood show, and it celebrates old age rather than being depressing.”

Joining Paul in the cast of the brand-new stage adaptation, which

is touring the UK until June next year, are several other household names including Hollywood icon of the Golden Age Hayley Mills (1961’s The Parent Trap), Coronation Street’s Rula Lenska and Marlene Sidaway, Andy de la Tour (Notting Hill, Star Wars) and Rekha John-Cheriyan (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Tomb Raider).

Paul plays Douglas, who kindles a special bond with fellow hotel guest Evelyn, while his marriage to his downbeat wife Jean is falling apart. “I’ve played romantic leads over the years but I didn’t think I’d still be doing it at 77,” he laughs.

“It’s very nice, it’s very gentle. At least my romantic liaison is with a woman of a similar age and I’m not chasing younger women – that would be horrendous!”

When not on tour, Paul lives with his wife in north London. After weeks on the road, performing in Sheffield, Glasgow and Newcastle,

he’s excited to bring the show to Bromley – “a marvellous place” – for the chance to enjoy a few nights’ sleep in his own bed.

“I think my wife might be getting bored of me going off [on tour], but it’s hard not to say yes, particularly at my age. Opportunities to be in things lessen as you get older,” he says, warily. “I’m lucky to be in a show that’s successful and earning me money. There’s only so many times you can watch your wife play Scrabble,” he laughs, referencing the long lockdowns spent at home.

Paul was perhaps an obvious choice to star in the stage version of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, having appeared as himself in BBC One’s The Real Marigold Hotel in 2017. “Based on the film, [it was] basically about old people going to different places around the world to see how they liked it. We went to places like India, Mexico,

Argentina and Thailand,” he recalls, fondly.

Paul hasn’t seen the film adaptation of the story. “I wanted to see how we fashioned it without any preconceived ideas,” he reasons. He’s happy to be working with Lucy and to be part of the first cast breathing life into the story on stage. “Lucy’s a very good director – she’s thoughtful… It’s a living thing and I think she’s fashioned it very well.”

The UK tour ends in June 2023 when the show plays Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, but for Paul, the highlight comes during the run up to Christmas. “We’re all going on a cruise to New York, performing the show three times as we cross the Atlantic,” he beams. “When I was a kid growing up in the early 50s, one of my dreams was to go to New York on [cruise ship]

the Queen Mary. Now all of these years later, I’m going to New York on the Queen Mary 2.”

So if you fancy escaping the drudgery of British winter and joining Paul’s Douglas and the other residents of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as they embark on a Transatlantic adventure, that’s where you’ll find them.

For now, though, they’re drinking gin and tonics, causing mischief and making audiences laugh at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is showing at the Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA. October 18 - 22, 7:30pm. Admission: £25+/concessions available. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/ticketsbest-exotic-marigold-hotel-bromley-2021

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CACT celebrates a year of achievements at the House of Lords

The CACT Awards celebrates the fantastic work and achievements of participants, partners, and programmes across the past year.

Lauren Ashton, a member of Young Greenwich’s Avery Hill Youth Hub, opened the event with a speech about how the youth service has helped her since she first became a member, before introducing the evenings host Lord Grade.

On the night, Lord Grade announced some of the key figures from CACT’s latest annual report including committed expenditure in the local community for the 2021/2022 financial year, which totalled £6.3 million. A new organisation-wide Impact Report has calculated that CACT’s programmes generate an incredible annual social value of £49.6 million which represents £9.52 of value

to society for every £1 invested.

After announcing the figures, Lord Grade said:

“All the talk in football is about the money that goes out through the players’ entrance to the agents and the players and so on, so when you see a £6m sum being raised to help the community, it’s so special and it says so much about what Charlton Athletic stands for and I wish the rest of football was as good at it as we were.”

In the 2021-22 financial year, CACT worked with over 25,000 people, empowering communities and changing lives across South-East London and Kent. This includes:

5,014 participants on Football & Sports Development programmes

3,649 participants on the Young Greenwich Youth Service

177,776 calls made to and from their Contact Telephone Support Centre

Congratulations to our winners:

Alfie Maloney (Participant Under 18, sponsored by University of Greenwich); Gary Ginnaw (Participant Over 18); Kent and Medway Progression Federation (Partner of the Year, sponsored by KW Consulting); County Lines & Exploitation Workshop (Programme of the Year, sponsored by RSK Group); Cherie Barnet (Sir Maurice Hatter Award, sponsored by Regular Cleaning) and Claire Hallinan (Outstanding Staff Contribution).

To read more about CACT’s work over the past year, take a look at the latest annual report by visiting: cact.org.uk/annual-reports

CACT’s Vice President, Lord Michael Grade hosted the celebratory event at the House of Lords on 6 October.

Charlton Athletic Community Trust’s (CACT) annual award ceremony, sponsored by ITRM, took place on Thursday 6 October at the prestigious House of Lords, hosted by its Vice-President Lord Michael Grade of Yarmouth CBE.

It’s spooky season at Eltham Palace

As the thrills and chills of spooky season creep closer and quiver in the air, Eltham Palace and Gardens is embracing Halloween wholeheartedly, offering themed activities for all ages. So, put on your bravest face (and something warm!), and prepare for a spine-tingling adventure. Here are the highlights to look out for, writes Holly O’Mahony…

Halloween Half Term: a Beanothemed quest and supernatural storytelling

Dennis the Menace, his equally mischievous dog Gnasher and the whole Beano gang are descending on the grounds of a number of English Heritage properties this Halloween, including Eltham Palace. Follow their trail around the gardens to solve creepy clues and win a prize.

Next, search for costumed performers, who will happily regale you with stories, ranging from silly to strange and inexplicably supernatural.

When: October 22 - 30, 10am - 5pm

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Pumpkin Carving

One for creative kiddos, Eltham Palace’s pumpkin carving workshops are a chance to project your own horrors onto the face of a big orange orb, readying it to glow outside your front door on the spookiest day of the year. Don’t fancy carving a creepy face? Why not try a haunted house or a witch’s cat instead? Pumpkins and carving kits can be bought for £4 from the Palace’s gift shop in advance of the sessions, which will run on a first-come-first-serve basis.

When: October 22 - 30, 45-minute sessions at 10:30am, 11:45am, 1pm, 2:15pm and 3:30pm

Ghost Tours

No scene is quite as suitable for Halloween as an ancient, history-riddled castle. At Eltham Palace, big kids (aged 16+) can take a chilling, fantastical journey back in time to the 1930s.

Guided by expert storytellers, you’ll hear tales of the sinister goings-on in the servants’ quarters, supernatural sightings and horrible happenings. What really happened at the palace while its esteemed guests enjoyed lavish feasts, completely unaware? The grounds will be dark at this hour so whatever you do, bring a torch and don’t get lost.

When: October 28, tours at 6pm, 7:15pm and 8:30pm

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Christie’s works

I have copies of railway magazines of the 1920s and 1950s which feature the Angerstein railway – which is still running between the Blackheath rail tunnel and the river and which I have written about in several previous articles here. They tell us that the freehold of 16 acres of the wharf area was acquired in 1912 by “William Christie Sand and Gravel.Co., Ltd,” who were “large sleeper importers and creosoters.” They built a “large creosoting works and sawmills” and thus “the district has become a very important timber centre”. Local directories say this was Christie’s Wharf Ltd, incorporated in 1929. Later they were Christie & Vesey Ltd. Vesey’s Wharf is a block of houses jutting out into the river at the end of Anchor and Hope Lane and with any luck I’ll get to them later.

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The magazine articles describe the jetty which Christie’s built in Charlton and says it is still there. Although they had bought the freehold in 1912 the works itself was not completed until just after ‘the war’ – that’s the Great War - so in the early 1920s. It is described as “one of the finest ferro-concrete piers of its type on the Thames”. They say it can take larger steamers than any other wharf in the Reach with 26 ft. 6 in. of water at high tide spring tides, and 6 ft. at low water with a “proper chalk bed where steamers may lay in safety”. It is “equipped on the most up-to-date lines, 15 400 ft. in length” and is “a very good example of what might be done on the Thames banks” and the wharf handles “over 30,000 tons of sleepers and 30,000 tons of timber, deals and telegraph poles” and this is done with “steam travelling cranes, which run on 4 ft. 8in. roads from the wharf back into the works”. Christie’s Wharf they say can “give steamers loaded with timber quicker dispatch than any other place in the Port of London”. It is difficult to know how much of this structure remains, and is even used. In 2017 it was reported that ‘the foundations and deck remain substantially as built with redundant and cranes and davits still in situ’.

The works’ internal rail system joined to the Angerstein Railway north of the tram depot. Maps from the 1950s show an internal tramway network looping round between jetties and buildings. Nine steam travelling cranes were employed in the handling of sleepers and timber – and ten steam cranes operated on the standard gauge lines”. The 1920s railway magazine notes that “60,000 tons of timber... annually… passes over the Southern Railway Company’s rails... and during the Baltic season it is not an uncommon sight to see train after train leave the wharf composed entirely of timber traffic”.

So – this was clearly a large and important works which employed a lot of people. Yet we seem to know very little about it. William Christie & Co.was a large Scottish firm. Christie himself was married and living in Stirling in 1873 and he may have founded the firm there, although he may actually have come from Perth. He is also said to have had sites on the Clyde in the Glasgow area, and in particular in Ardrossan. Although the family are said to have lived in Ardrossan, most of their six children were born in Stirling –although one particular

official reference shows William and one of his sons staying in a boarding house in Ardrossan. In 1912 William and his wife donated a stained glass window to a church in Ardrossan in memory of their daughter Jane Helena, who had died at the age of 32.

In 1891 the census shows that they had briefly moved out of Scotland and were living in Streatham and I wonder if this is anything to do with setting up a works in London. It might also be noted that the company which owned the business was changed frequently and that the registered company address is in the City of London. After that they returned to Scotland and eventually seemed to have settled in Peebles and this was where William’s, wife Jane died eventually in 1934.

William died in 1923 described as ‘a timber merchant of Peebles’ leaving £318,000. His sons Andrew and William seem to have taken the business over but again this is not really clear. Perhaps it was divided between them.

A list of wills from the 1930s has the headline “Timber Importer Leaves £69,059.” This refers to Andrew Charles Christie ‘Chairman of Christies

Wharf Ltd’ but William’s son Andrew is also said to have died in 1910. To confuse things even more when I first did some research into Christies I found an obituary to ‘Charles Christie’ who had died at the age of 54 and which gave his addresses as “Warning Camp House, “ and “5, Royal Crescent, Brighton”. He was apparently the chairman of Christie’s Wharf – and had come from Stirling, where his father was a timber importer. I was later contacted by the current owners of “Warningcamp House” which is on the outskirts of Arundel. They said that while the Christies had lived there they had turned a Victorian Gothic house into an ‘Arts and crafts’ style house. They had also installed a generator in the garden.

It is also clear that the firm had several sites in England but they hardly seem to get a mention. At the same time that our Charlton works was opened the Ardrossan works also had a new site – which is described in a newspaper article in enormous detail. At the same time I have been unable to find any mention of the Charlton works, although clearly a lot of money was spent on setting it up.

So what were Christie’s actually doing

in Charlton, as well as Ardrossan and elsewhere? Much of it seems to have been to do with the preparation and transit of railway sleepers. All works seem to have had a creosoting plant and a sawmill. And they all seem to have been the site of major fires in the course of their histories. There was a particularly bad fire at Ardrossan in 1914 and said to have been ‘started by suffragettes’. In 1934 there was a big fire at the Charlton works which involved thousands of railway sleepers – “with one enormous stack soon a mass of flames”. Workmen made efforts to check the fire, but were driven back by the heat, and the fire service was called and a ‘district call was circulated’. Soon over 25 fire engines had rushed to the scene. ‘Clouds of smoke rose into the air and drifted across the Thames …. ‘A gas mask tender with six men equipped with masks was sent to the scene …. the firemen got sheets of corrugated iron and used them as shields ….. 50 workmen formed a bucket chain, and were busily engaged in throwing water on to surrounding stacks in case the fire should spread. Happily the firemen had the situation under control within an hour..’

Much of what we know about these

works comes from the occasional court case and they are not always that comprehensible - set in Scotland where the terminology is unfamiliar to people in England. In 1879 a case involved demurrage. It involves an ‘interlocutor’ and a pursuer. The case seems to involve various sums of money and when it should be paid and to whom and took place in South America. In 1960 a boat was subject to an ‘arrestment order’ coming into Aberdeen with a cargo of maize. This had been sent by Christie and Vesey of Charlton, but ‘not for debt’ but for a different sort of debt, and not explained.

At some time in the mid-twentieth century there were massive losses in the company and it became Christie and Vesey. I know nothing about Vesey and a descendant of William Christie who contacted us from Spain describes them as ‘unwelcome’. I have no ideas what had happened and why this apparently successful firm needed this input.

Vesey (or is it Vaizey?) had their own Charlton Wharf and hopefully by the time I get to that bit of the Charlton riverside I will have found something!

The works continued through the 1950s, ‘60s and 1970s. In 1951 they advertised for ‘hands’ aged under 45. In 1976 the following advertisement appeared, which speaks of a very different attitude to the works:

‘CHAUFFEUR (SE) Required for Managing Director with offices in Woolwich. Must be local to Ightham, but with knowledge of London area. Personal lock-up garage would be an advantage to enable applicant to travel home to Ightham using one of our cars. SALARY: f2.000 according to knowledge of car engines etc. Uniform provided”.

I wonder if this is the sort of advert you get with companies which are actually on the way down. With management and owners living in their own rather well upholstered world. I also see that the address of the firm is now Riverside House in Woolwich – nice clean offices some way from the actual site.

In 1988 they were still expanding with a new works site opened in Inverness. The company still exists now but is said to have finished trading in 1998. I wonder what happened to the Inverness works?

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) soutHoLD risE, sE9 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 a mains replacement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 31st October 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 20 weeks. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Southold Rise from the junction of Kingsley Wood Drive to William Barefoot Drive.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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

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

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

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

Dated 28/07/22 (INTERNAL REF: PL/429/LA419939)

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to prevent danger to the public under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit any motorised vehicle entering certain streets or lengths of streets near the schools listed below during Monday - Friday 8:00 - 9:30am and 3:00 - 4:00pm, during term time:

(a) Bishop John Robinson School: i. Hoveton Road, for its entire length; ii. Bertrand Way, for its entire length; iii. Ludham Close, for its entire length; iv. Oulton Close, for its entire length; v. Salhouse Close, for its entire length; vi. Rollesby Way, for its entire length;

(b) Cherry Orchard School: i. Rectory Field Crescent, from its junction with The Glade to its junction with its sidearm leading to Nos. 25 to 36; ii. The Glade, for its entire length; iii. Fairlawn Court, from its junction with The Glade to a point approximately 3 metres north of the northern building line of Nos. 29 to 44;

(c) St Margaret Clitherow Primary School: i. Southwood Road, for its entire length; ii. Woolf Close, for its entire length; iii. Cole Close, for its entire length; iv. Shaw Close, for its entire length;

(d) Invicta School (Deptford): i. Trevithick Street, for its entire length; (e) St Margaret’s Grove School: i. St Margarets Grove, between its junction with Plumstead Common Road and Blendon Terrace.

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

4. The above restrictions would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing or covering of the appropriate traffic signs and the measures on all the streets and lengths of streets listed above will be enforced by the installation of removable barriers as well as traffic signs. Access will be permitted for accredited vehicles, pedal cycles, blue badge holders, licenced Public Service Vehicles and emergency vehicles.

5. The Order would come into force on 20th October 2022 and will remain in force for 18 months.

6. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 10-22 School Streets.

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

Dated 19th October 2022

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

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the Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and stopping restrictions) (Amendment no. *) order 202* the Greenwich (charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment no. *) order 202*

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

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

a) to introduce a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on:

i) Dallin Road, south side, outside No. 20 Dallin Road.

ii) Bannockburn Road, west side, outside No. 39 Bannockburn Road.

iii) Adderley Gardens, north side, from a point 10.3 metres west of its junction with Milverton Way in a westerly direction for 5.4 metres.

iv) Eglinton Road, north-west side, outside No. 141 Eglinton Road.

v) Bostall Lane, north-west side, from a point 36 metres north-east of its junction with Bevan Road in a north-easterly direction for 5 metres.

vi) Kashgar Road, east side, outside No. 24 Kashgar Road.

vii) Admaston Road, west side, from a point 1.6 metres south of the common boundary of Nos. 80 and 82 Admaston Road in a southerly direction for 4.8 metres.

viii) Edington Road, north side, from the eastern property boundary of No. 110 Edington Road in an easterly direction for 5.6 metres.

ix) Godstow Road, south side, from a point 5.1 metres east of the common boundary of Nos. 54 and 56 Godstow Road in an easterly direction for 5 metres.

x) Ogilby Street, south side, from a point 7.4 metres west of its junction with Dairy Lane in a westerly direction for 5.8 metres.

xi) Middle Park Avenue, south side, from a point 2.5 metres west of the common boundary of Nos. 288 and 290 Middle Park Avenue in a westerly direction for 6.5 metres.

b) Replace part of the existing Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am (N) restriction with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Colyer Close, south-west side, from a point 1.8 metres north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 16 and 18 Colyer Close in a northwesterly direction for 3.5 metres.

c) Replace part of the existing Permit Holders Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm Zone C or Limited Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm Max stay 2 Hours No return within 3 hours restrictions with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Gurdon Road, south side, outside No. 22 Gurdon Road.

d) Replace part of the existing Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am Zone PL restrictions with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Coxwell Road, east side, outside No. 9 Coxwell Road.

e) Replace part of the existing Permit Holders Only 9am-6.30pm Zone EG restrictions with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place at the following location on Kossuth Street, east side, outside No. 14 Kossuth Street.

f) Replace part of the existing free parking place restrictions with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Sewell Road, south-east side, from a point 44.4 metres south-west of its junction with Wolsey Close in a south-westerly direction for 6 metres. g) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f).

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Disabled Bays 22-10).

4. Further information may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 9th November 2022, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Disabled Bays 22-10).

6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.

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

Dated 19th October 2022

royAL BorouGH oF GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) tEmPorAry trAFFic rEstrictions – WooLWicH roAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to facilitate resurfacing works under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

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

(a) Prohibit all vehicles from entering into, exiting from, proceeding in, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Woolwich Road, westbound carriageway, from its junction with Kemsing Road in an easterly direction to its junction with Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach, on Monday 24th October to Saturday 29th October 2022 between the hours of 9.00pm and 5.00am.

(b) Prohibit all pedestrians in the pedestrian crossing on Woolwich Road, south side, opposite Nos. 98 and 100 Woolwich Road on Monday 24th October to Saturday 29th October 2022 between the hours of 9.00pm and 5.00am.

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

4. Alternative routes for diverted pedestrians would be available via Woolwich Road south side footpath, Woolwich Road north side footpath, Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach west side footpath, Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach east side footpath, Horn Lane east side footpath, Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach west side footpath and Woolwich Road south side footpath.

5. Alternative routes for diverted vehicles would be available via:

(a) Combedale Road, Westcombe Hill, Westerdale Road, Ormiston Road and Kemsing Road.

(b) Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road, Blackwall Lane Link, Blackwall Lane and Woolwich Road.

6. Whilst the closures are in operation, vehicular access to properties affected by these works would be maintained wherever possible subject to the extent and operations of the works.

7. The Order would come into force on Monday 24th October 2022 and works are expected to complete Saturday 29th October 2022. However the Order will remain in force for 18 months, or until the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner.

8. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 10-22 Woolwich Road.

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

Dated 19th October 2022

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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 Water main repairs.

2. The Order will come into operation on 24th October 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.

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, Boxgrove Road outside number 74.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Felixstowe Road, Eynsham Drive and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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

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

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

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

Dated 14th October 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/431/LA436632)

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Date: 19/10/2022

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 19/10/2022

Publicity for Planning Applications

Applicant: Mr / Ms Akinsuyi 22/1534/HD Site Address: 2 MEREWORTH DRIVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EE

Development: Construction of a single storey side extension.

Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE

Applicant: Nepali Temple 22/2093/F Site Address: SHREE PASHUPATI NATH MANDIR, SWINGATE LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 2DA

Development: Retrospective planning consent for the construction of a single storey rear conservatory (Reconsultation (Additional Information)

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON

Applicant: Ms McCann-Tomlin 22/2377/F

Site Address: FLAT 2, WOODHILL COURT, 175 WOODHILL, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5HS

Development: Construction of a 7.5m2 garden room / outbuilding in side garden, to be served by a three panel door, with associated external alterations

Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON

Applicant: R P International Ltd 22/2466/F

Site Address: 131 WOODHILL, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5HW

Development: Conversion of existing single dwellinghouse into 2x2 bedroom duplex residential units, construction of single storey rear extension and associated cycle parking and refuse storage Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON

Applicant: The Oak Ltd 22/2663/F

Site Address: 20-22 WILMOUNT STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6EN

Development: Change of use of ground and basement floors of nos. 20-22 Wilmount Street from a shop (Use Class

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royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) [Lansdowne Lane] PLAnnED roAD cLosurE (orDEr)

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

2. The Order will come into operation on 24th October 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 5 months in total. 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, Lansdowne Lane at the junction of Fairfield Grove. As well the Closure of Coxmount Road at the junction of Charlton Lane which will come into place on the 3rd January 2023.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via an appropriately sign route. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.

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

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

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

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

Dated 14th October 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/396/LA432225)

royal Borough of Greenwich

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E) to 2x1 bedroom residential units (Use Class C3), formation of two front lightwells, construction of single-storey rear extension, associated landscaping, fencing, cycle parking and refuse storage and other associated works

Applicant: Ms Nguyen 22/2673/F

Site Address: 93B HUMBER ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7LR

Development: Retrospective application to replace windows on all sides to ground floor flat.

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Applicant: Mr J. Nethercott Prime Oak 22/3045/F

Site Address: FLAT 1, 14 VANBRUGH HILL, LONDON, SE3 7UF

Development: Construction of a single storey side garage with office space

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Applicant: BKS Consultants 22/3111/F

Site Address: ST JAMES PHARMACY, 52 POWIS STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6LQ

Development: Construction of a third floor rear extension with side and rear windows with rear door access to facilitate three (3) one bed, self-contained flats (Use Class C3) while retaining the ground floor shop unit.

Installation of replacement aluminium windows, new shopfront and front access doors and associated external alterations.

Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area

Applicant: Sivyer Logistics Ltd. 22/3188/F

Site Address: LAND REAR OF EAST GREENWICH FIRE STATION, RAMAC WAY, CHARLTON, SE7 7RF

Development: Permanent retention of construction storage and logistics yard with modular buildings.

Applicant: Purelake New Homes Ltd 22/3238/F

Site Address: ALDINGTON HOUSE, 107A BLACKHEATH PARK, LONDON, SE3 0EY

Development: Part demolition of existing ground floor extension, construction of lower ground floor rear extension and lightwells, first floor front extension and second floor roof extension to facilitate the conversion of existing care home (Use Class C2) to nine self contained residential flats (Use Class C3), associated landscaping and 6 no. of parking spaces

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: Silver Birch Care 22/3250/F

Site Address: 2 HORNE HOUSE, MASTER GUNNER PLACE, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 4NH

Development: Change of use from single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to residential care home (Use Class C2) for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (‘SEND’) and associated alterations (Retrospective)

Applicant: Mr Hamish Hubbard 22/3307/HD Site Address: 21 PARK VISTA, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LZ

Development: Construction of a roof terrace and relocation AC outdoor unit and solar panels Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK

Applicant: Mr Josh Doughty 22/3339/HD

Site Address: 89 BLACKHEATH PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0EU

Development: Demolition and re-building of northern and western brick boundary walls

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: Mrs Mackevic 22/3371/HD

Site Address: 7 SHRAPNEL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LB

Development: Replacement of 5 windows to front and rear as well as rear patio door

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Sara Haluk 22/3375/F

Site Address: 45 BLACKHEATH ROAD, GREENWICH SE10

Development: To replace 3no. timber sliding-sash windows - 2no. to the front elevation (arched) and 1no. to the rear elevation - with double-glazed timber sliding-sash windows, together with all associated works.

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE

Publicity for Listed Building consent

Applicant: Sara Haluk 22/2782/L

Site Address: 45 BLACKHEATH ROAD, GREENWICH

Development: To replace 3no. timber sliding-sash windows - 2no. to the front elevation (arched) and 1no. to the rear elevation - with double-glazed timber sliding-sash windows, together with all associated works.

Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE

Listed Building: Grade 2

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Free packed lunches for kids this half-term

The Council is making sure that regular meals are available for all children and young people within the borough during school holidays.

Meals are available throughout half-term from 24 to 28 October. Just turn up and tuck in!

Woolwich Centre Library Monday to Friday, 12noon

Eltham Centre Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12noon

Plumstead Centre Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Thamesmere Leisure Centre Monday to Friday, 12noon

Greenwich Centre Tuesday and Thursday, 12noon

Plumstead Adventure Play Monday and Thursday, 2pm

Woolwich Adventure Play Tuesday and Thursday, 2pm

Glyndon Adventure play Tuesday and Thursday, 2pm

Meridian Adventure Play Tuesday and Thursday, 2pm

Coldharbour Adventure play Monday and Wednesday, 2pm royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ holidaymeals

Staying safe with fireworks this autumn

Autumn is the season of falling leaves, Diwali, Halloween and Bonfire Night. The safest and most responsible way to enjoy fireworks is by going to an organised and professional display. If you can't go to an organised display please follow our top tips:

• Do not set off fireworks after 11pm (or midnight on Bonfire Night and 1am on Diwali or New Year’s Eve)

• You must be at least 18 years old to buy or use fireworks

• You should only buy fireworks from a responsible retailer and only purchase fireworks with the CE mark ( )

• Always wear gloves when handling sparklers and fireworks

• Always have buckets of water ready to put out small fires or to cool sparklers

• Never go back to a firework that has been lit – even if it hasn’t gone off

• Make sure children are supervised around fireworks and bonfires

• Never set off fireworks near animals where possible keep animals indoors with curtains closed

Do not set fire to bulky waste. If you see bulky waste, please report here: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/bulkywaste

Find more tips on the London Fire Brigade website: london-fire.gov.uk/safety/fireworks

Save the date for Sparkle in the Park

Our annual festive light trail, Sparkle in the Park, is back for a third year this Christmas!

This year the magical event will be hosted at a brand-new location, from 1 to 4 December, Well Hall Pleasaunce will be transformed into an enchanted winter wonderland for residents to enjoy.

Tickets to the free event will be available online soon. Be the first to find out by signing-up to the Council’s e-newsletter: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/newsletter