ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Spencer Drury has been adopted as candidate for Greenwich and Woolwich at the next general election. A member of Greenwich council since 2002, he leads the borough's Conservative group and is an economics teacher by profession. He contested Eltham in...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Ok - so she's not actually from Greenwich - but she lived in Blackheath and then Eltham for 23 years; a mildly scandalous woman for whom I have a lot of time, and of whom virtually nothing remains at her old home... A few months ago I went for a cup of tea at Well Hall Pleasaunce where I fell in with one of Life's characters, whom I will call Alf. Alf was determined that I shouldn't just see the Pleasaunce...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Meri asks: I am coming to London from Darwin, Australia with my husband and children for Christmas. Staying three weeks. We are visiting my brother and his wife, who live in Eltham. However, we thought we would stay in the Greenwich area. A number of apartments are available for rent. There are available properties in Bellott Street, Woodland Grove, Blissett street, Westcombe Park Road. Also one in...
Brockley Central (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Yesterday, forced to look further afield for swimming options, Brockley Central visited the Eltham Centre, Greenwich's latest community pool. The Eltham Centre replaces Eltham's old, urine-coloured baths that have now closed down. The pool is dedicated to proper swimming, with none of the slides and rapids to be found at Woolwich Waterfront. Squeezed just behind the high street, on to a site that,...
