Greenwich news and information
The Junk Shop in Greenwich South Street sells all kinds of oddments, which come from house clearances I assume. Anyone in need of a coffin? On the clock which protrudes from the shop front, it says “It’s Junk Time”.
Everyday, we will post a new photo of Greenwich. Would you like your photo featured here? Send images or links to photos on Flickr to editor@greenwich.co.uk
The ultra-desirable Hyde Vale.
Everyday, we will post a new photo of Greenwich. Would you like your photo featured here? Send images or links to photos on Flickr to editor@greenwich.co.uk
Some mushrooms growing by the lake (or is it a pond?) between the A2 and Greenwich Park.
Everyday, we will post a new photo of Greenwich. Would you like your photo featured here? Send images or links to photos on Flickr to editor@greenwich.co.uk
A new section ‘s Greenwich.co.uk “Magazine” is the Daily Photo. Monday to Friday, I’ll be posting up a new image from around Greenwich. I’ve not got a natural eye for photography but I’ll try my best and hopefully in time, contributors can send in their images to be featured.
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The O2 Arena on Greenwich Peninsular looks set to be expanded after outline planning permission was approved by Greenwich Council. The owners, AEG, has been granted permission for another 19,000 sq m of leisure or sports space, and 5,000 sq m for food and drink outlets. The expansion, which would grow the development by 39%, could see the addition of a new theatre, comedy club or some other large visitor attraction.
The Anniversary at Greenwich Playhouse, October 14th – 9th November
Flat Pack Productions are back at the Greenwich Playhouse following last year’s successful production of “A Christmas Carol”. Collaborating with director Joseph C. Walsh, Flat Pack present a revival of the classic black comedy The Anniversary.
Set in South London: it’s Mum’s wedding anniversary, and despite the fact that Dad has been dead for some years, her 3 sons are obliged to gather for the annual celebration. Two of the sons have something important to tell Mum and so begins an evening of lethal, verbal humiliation, bullying and bribery – resulting in moments of delicious comedy and toe curling embarrassment for the family and audience alike.
Tickets:£12; £10 (concs.)
Box Office: 020 8858 9256; boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.uk
The turmoil affecting the financial markets has had a devastating effect on Iceland. The collapse of its leading banks has left many UK councils, charities and organisations exposed as they had taken advantage of good savings rates and deposited their money abroad.
The good news for Greenwich residents is that the council has issued a statement saying that Greenwich Council had no savings in Icelandic bank, Landsbanki.
Other councils were not so lucky, with reports suggesting that over 100 authorities had Icelandic accounts, with some even using them to deposit money earmarked for employee salaries.
The Secret Policeman’s Ball comedy event will be cinecast live from the Royal Albert Hall to the Greenwich Picturehouse cinema on Satuday night. The event, in aid of Amnesty International, will feature performances from Frank Skinner, Alan Carr, Graham Norton, Sean Lock, Katy Brand, Tim Minchin, Kristen Schaal, Sarah Millican, Kayvan Novak, Russell Peters, Fearne Cotton, Meera Syal, Sean Williamson, Matt Berry, Katherine Parkinson, Mitchell and Webb, Russell Howard, Jason Manford, Shappi Khorsandi, Sharon Horgan, Nick Mohammed, Dan Clark and David Armand.
The show starts at 7pm – find out more
The Greenwich Wheel that gave visitors excellent views across Greenwich over the Summer was yesterday taken down. Simon Starr’s excellent Cutty Sark Webcam was brilliantly positioned to capture the Wheel coming down, so here’s a couple of image grabs which he kindly gave permission for me to use that show exactly how it happened.
Image one shows the wheel on Sunday – before work started on bringing it down.
By 09.57 on Tuesday, the pods have been taken off.
A pigeon swoops past the webcam – nice action shot!
It can be seen now that a segment has been removed and it’s starting to look like Pacman munching on those trees.
By 5pm, it’s well over half way down and has been turned around too.
And today, the Greenwich Wheel is gone – will it be back next year?
Last year’s fire at the Cutty Sark was an accident according to a police investigation. An official report has revealed that an industrial vacuum cleaner had been left on for two days prior to the fire, which took place in May 2007 whilst the ship was undergoing restoration and repair.
The incident was originally thought to be “suspicious” by the Police and much time was spent studying CCTV footage to trace people and vehicles seen in the area at the time. The fire added a 12 month delay to the tea clipper’s restoration and required an additional £10million funding.
It had been feared that the ship was beyond repair but fortunately much of the hulk had been removed from the site as part of the restoration. Following the fire, the Cutty Sark Trust faced a huge funding black hole, but their fundraising was accelerated and in July of this year, shipping magnate Sammy Ofer made a £3.3 million donation to get the project back on track.
Mobile Phone Footage of the Cutty Sark Fire
Find out more about the Cutty Sark in Greenwich