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Peninsula Fountain Result: C+ 27 Aug 2013 | 11:48 am
Continuing the Greenwich fountain focus, I guess we have at least made some progress on the peninsula fountain. There’s water in it. And when I went past this weekend, the water was actually moving. ...
Fountains (3) 23 Aug 2013 | 11:57 am
Stephen's photo of, er, something not there... After the dreary fountains that have been (not) springing up in Greenwich recently I wasn’t really surprised when Stephen pointed out that the fountain ...
Zaibatsu 22 Aug 2013 | 11:53 am
Nathan’s just told me: Just popped into Zaibatsu on Trafalgar Road on the way home from the Picture House tonight to find out from the owner that it is currently ranked as the No.2 restaurant in Lond...
Captain Handyman 21 Aug 2013 | 12:24 pm
Greenwich’s own superhero. Okay, he may not do the flying bit or the tights thing (or at least not on council time…) but in many ways the small things are what saves a community. Alan is Greenwich Cou...
Greenwich Park, Its History and Associations 13 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
I realised the other day when I was writing about the little Greenwich Park entrance tokens that I’ve not actually ever talked specifically about the seminal Greenwich Park book (I could have sworn I ...
How Low is Under the Radar? 12 Aug 2013 | 11:31 am
Okay, so this bit of ground along Creek Road has been hotly contested for, like, ever. You only need to look at the sign on David Herbert’s gaff to see how long he’s been fighting. And in many ways i...
Tokens of Affection 9 Aug 2013 | 11:04 am
(c) The Trustees of the British Museum Cute, huh? Greenwich Park wasn’t always open to all. In fact for much of its life it’s been enclosed, open only to the privileged few. Around 1700, you needed ...
In, Out, In, Out… 8 Aug 2013 | 12:02 pm
…shake it all about. I’m getting a bit confused at Greenwich’s ‘gay’ watering holes. Admittedly I’ve been out of the loop recently but it does seem to be a bit on the odd side. Of course, years a...
Enderby Steps 6 Aug 2013 | 11:52 am
Look like they’ve been here forever, don’t they? In fact the first thing I thought of when I saw the steps at Enderby Wharf on the west side of the Thames Path was the crazy coastal rock carvings by t...
Maze Hill Station again… 5 Aug 2013 | 11:41 am
After the two birds-eye views of East Greenwich and North Backheath over the past couple of weeks – one looking to the east the other to the park we’re back on ground-level today for the people who wa...
