Fighting for Football: From Woolwich Arsenal to the Western Front - The Story of Football's First Rebel: Tim Coleman Stood Up for Players' Rights and Became a First World War Hero
A room of one zone (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Since getting exceedingly fed up catching the bus to work, waiting in the cold, never knowing when I'm going to arrive or whether I would be spending the whole journey listening to some edgy schoolboy's rap music droning tunelessly on, I got myself a cheap new bike in April. Since then I've done 1600 miles in a mixture of commuting, weekend runs and evening fresh air runs. I've also done a fair bit...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Delroy Grant appears before Greenwich magistrates and is remanded in custody to appear at crown court next week A man accused of a series of sex attacks on elderly women was remanded in custody today to appear in court again this month. Delroy Grant, 52, of Brockley, south-east London, appeared at Greenwich magistrates court and was ordered to appear at Woolwich crown court next Thursday. Grant was...
Capitalists@Work (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The current Government is intent on blowing an asset bubble to get us back to 2007 . Oh, happy days. A key part of that is to re-pump the housing market. This will help the now Government owned banks with their mortgage portfolios and keep the all important Daily Mail onside. However, as ever, Governments are not very good at joined up working and here is a typical modern example. The Daily Mail et...
Transpontine (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Folk clubs are like dog fighting clubs , they're often little known about and in more places than you think. Hither Green , Eltham , Blackheath , Borough , Woolwich , the Union Tavern in Camberwell and Deptford have, or have had, regular folk sessions. Greenwich has the institution that is the tuesday night Greenwich Traditional Musicians Co-op and there is the gig-based One World Club who have gigs...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Remember the long saga of 258 Creek Road ? We visited it again and again and again and again and once again . In fact I'm quite surprised at myself - I thought I'd only talked about it once or twice. Well, after yesterday's moan about the possible loss of a truly historic and curious building, I bring you the good news that another - well, at least old-ish - building has been saved. It may not have...
Drinking During the Game (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I feel like I am sitting on the fence over the planned use of Greenwich Park for the Equestrian events at London 2012. I want to see my borough involved in the Olympics but I would resent it if we lost the use of the park for too long and especially if irreparable damage was done as a result. The proposed use of Woolwich for the shooting seems less controversial as it is unlikely to attract the numbers...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Luke met (over the weekend, I'm assuming) some people seeking support against the closure of the foot tunnel and wondered if I'd come across them (which I hadn't.) We talked about refurbishment work looming on the horizon back in January but although Andrew Gilligan's June article mentions a start date of September 2009, work doesn't appear to have started yet. Luke says that the protesters claim the...
diamind geezer (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Random borough (23): Greenwich (part 3) Somewhere historic: Firepower Another day, another museum beginning with F. This one's at Woolwich Arsenal, which I blogged about so comprehensively earlier in the year that I wasn't sure there was anything left to see. But there was still this repository of death and killing, so I went there. It's a favourite venue for young children, obviously, one of whom...
Greenwich Industrial History (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
First I should explain to any readers under 60 that Siemens was a large factory near where the barrier is today. Like so much of Greenwich and Woolwich industry it was a world leader in expertise and innovation in its field of electrical engineering - much of what we take for granted in telecommunications today was pioneered there. After the factory closed in the 1960s the group of young apprentices...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
I've been sitting on this thorny question for some months, trying to get to the bottom of it. Sheila asks: "I'm trying to find out when and why Silver Street was changed to Nevada Street. I've tried research on t'interweb, but to no avail. Do you have any information or advice as to where I could find out more about this?" You know I thought this was going to be fairly easy to answer, but...
Greenwich Industrial History (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
This is our programme for the next year or so: Please note NEXT TUESDAY 20th October Duncan Hawkins on Waterfront Archaeology of Greenwich and Lewisham then: 17th November: Edward Sargent on The Grand Surrey Canal 19th January: Mike Jones on current work at Crossness Engines . 23rd February: Peter Guillery & Joanna Smith on The Survey of Woolwich – a progress report and a case study: Woolwich...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
A press release from TfL dropped into our inbox yesterday afternoon stating that, thanks to the munificence of Mayor Boris Johnson and Greenwich Council, the Thames Clipper river service that plies between the O2 and Woolwich has been secured for at least another four years. A £269,000 sum has been put forward to ensure the same level of service continues until 2013. The deal helps maintain...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
As we've said before, the bulk of the space at our Museum of the Month is taken up with temporary exhibitions, the latest of which began last week. The theme is military - yes, you may do a double take if you like. How do fashion accessories possibly tie in with war and battle? Well, put down your preconceptions a while and step over here. Many early fans were painted by artists like Rubens and Albani,...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
The dynamic tag team of Boris Johnson and Tessa Jowell are in agreement: let's move badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to Wembley Arena . Jowell has changed her stance in a compromise that sees Boris drop his opposition to holding shooting events at Woolwich. Badminton and gymnastics were originally set for a temporary structure known as North Greenwich Arena 2 , south of the O2 dome (Arena 1, in case...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
• Boris Johnson's scheme to move shooting events is dropped • Badminton and rhythmic gymnastics set for Wembley Arena A row over finalising the venues for the 2012 Olympics moved a step closer to resolution today, after the government and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, came to an agreement that should save organisers more than £20m. Johnson, who earlier this month hit out at 2012...
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