Greenwich Archives - Brockley SE4

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Feb

5

2022

The buildings that today house the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park previously housed a school to train boys for the Navy, as well as at times girls for domestic service. The Royal Hospital School had its origins in the early 18th century and from the beginning of the 19th century the Queens House in ...

Revolt at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich 1840

Feb

5

2022

The buildings that today house the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park previously housed a school to train boys for the Navy, as well as at times girls for domestic service. The Royal Hospital School had its origins in the early 18th century and from the beginning of the 19th century the Queens House in ...

The temporary architecture of Covid-19

Dec

29

2021

Mobile Testing Unit, Canada Water Is anybody documenting the temporary architecture of COVID-19?All those pop-up testing, vaccine and booster centres. White marquees in lockdown-emptied carparks. Public buildings grand and shabby transformed into collection points for saliva and mucus. Neighbourhood chemists with queues round the block administering life-saving vaccines.Testing Centre by Devonport House, GreenwichIn a nation obsessed ...

BBNO – new brewery at Mordern Wharf

Oct

4

2021

Out for a bike ride round the Greenwich peninsula last weekend we saw some people drinking at tables next to a warehouse on the riverside at Morden Wharf. So of course we stopped to investigate and had a quick drink - just one, hey we were cycling. The site is the new home for South London ...

Extinction Rebellion on Blackheath

Aug

26

2019

Last weekend (17-18 August) saw local supporters of the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion stage a series of protests, workshops and other events in Greenwich and Blackheath.The weekend started on Saturday morning (17/8/2019) with a couple of hundred people joining a procession from the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, up through Greenwich Park and on to ...

Classic motorbikes in Greenwich, May 3

Apr

6

2018

St Johns resident Will is organising this motorbike event. He says:"I am running this event at Greenwich Market with my company, Urban Rider. My business is a specialist retailer of the world's finest motorcycle gear and we have partnered with Italian helmet manufacturer AGV in taking over Greenwich Market for an evening to celebrate motorcycle ...

Independent Label Market in Greenwich

May

4

2017

This Friday night (May 5th 2017), a free night of music at Greenwich Market:'Independent Label Market, supported by Sound Performance are excited to announce the launch of their debut Night Market, South of The River at the historical Greenwich Market! As usual we'll be joined by London Brewers' Market providing refreshment from some of your ...

Cutty Sark – Camberwell Now

Apr

25

2017

Last weekend 40,000 people including both myself and the world's greatest endurance runners ran round the Cutty Sark in the course of the London Marathon. The week before thousands more were in the area for the Tall Ships festival. Since the ship was first put in in dry dock in Greenwich in 1954 it has ...

Robin Hood Ballads at South East London Folklore Society

Nov

9

2016

Coming up tomorrow (Thursday 10th November 2016) at South East London Folklore Society, Bob Askew will be given a talk on 'Robin Hood Ballads: The ‘Real Robin Hood’?'The Robin Hood Ballads are the source for the core stories of the Robin Hood figure that we know today. They have been sung, recited and read for ...

May Day 2016: Jack in the Green in Deptford and Greenwich

May

3

2016

Another May Day, another procession through the streets of Deptford and Greenwich with the Fowlers Troop, featuring the Deptford Jack in the Green. As in previous years it all started at the Dog and Bell pub in Deptford, before heading eastward down to the Cutty Sark, Greenwich Park and various pubs. Of course the area is changing, ...

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