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Showing posts with label greenwich. Show all posts
15 April 2024

Boots and Shoes – a ghostsign in Trafalgar Road, Greenwich

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On the North side of Trafalgar Rd there is this a shop at No.117 painted purple (or mauve or lilac) with some faded letters on the brickwork...
24 March 2024

The historic topography of Royal Hill, Greenwich – repurposed railway lines and ghostsigns

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I was wandering the lovely back streets of Greenwich last week, past the theatre and the fan museum (both marvellous, and I found myself in ...
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19 May 2017

Get up close to the Painted Hall ceiling at Greenwich ORNC – plus a tip for good cheap food

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I can't recommend this enough. The marvellous Painted Hall ceiling with the Old Royal Naval College buildings is being cleaned and cons...
19 May 2016

Dockers' Mistresses – something to come home to

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OK, so you've been at sea and there's been nary a female in sight for months, perhaps even years. So, how nice to come back and hoo...
9 May 2016

The Olympian Way, Greenwich, continued

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Ok, so where was I? We'd given up on the foreshore, walked around the O2, seen some dodgy art and attempted to understand the confusing...
20 April 2016

More from Greenwich Peninsula

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This follows on my last piece   Just re-found these pics taken in August 2015 after an afternoon at the beer festival when we thought it ...
18 April 2016

A mooch around the meridian – Greenwich Peninsula and the O2

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The plan was, as the tide was so low last weekend, to go and investigate the foreshore around the Greenwich Peninsula. But as we came off sl...
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10 December 2015

The Old Royal Naval College and Christmas lights at Greenwich

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The Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich is a fascinating place. Lots of interesting artefacts, art and information. Be sure to check out t...
4 September 2015

A Forage on the Foreshore in Rotherhithe then a walk around Surrey Quays along the Thames Path to Greenwich

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On Sunday 23rd August I met up with a group of friends for a Forage on The Foreshore . This time we met late morning outside The Angel pub a...
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30 August 2015

Brewfest - Bank Holiday Weekend August 2015

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Yesterday I went to check out Meantime Brewing Company's Brewfest 2015 in the shadow of the O2 on the Greenwich Peninsula. The event co...
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11 May 2015

Foraging and dangling... and a free potato

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I have been out and about a lot this weekend. On Saturday I visited Boston Manor and Brentford which I will write about soon. And then yes...
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23 September 2014

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

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On Saturday 23rd August I needed to go to the  Old Royal Naval College  to supplement  my stock  at the shop and, because I'd arrange th...
1 May 2014

Montague Burton, The Tailor of Taste

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Back in the 1930s almost every decent high street in the UK had a branch of Burton selling menswear. So popular were they that it's sai...
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14 June 2012

Jewellery week

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Oops I am a bit late with this one as the week is almost over, but there's still plenty to see and do. Like it says here , this event i...
4 May 2012

A lovely day Greenwich

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On Monday morning I went to Greenwich to display some of my clay pipe jewellery in Bullfrogs  shop window in Church Street. A friend came ...