Greenwich news and information
Here’s a rather charming photo, taken in the courtyard of King William Court by Nick Davison from the University of Greenwich. The small snow animal in the foreground gives it certain Narnia-esque qualities?
And I’m dipping into DaveH48’s Flickr photostream with this one showing people trekking through a busy, but cold looking, Greenwich Park.
Occasional commenter Tom emailed me his account of a nightmare journey back to work on the DLR today after yesterday’s “extra bank holiday”.
“I can’t move in any more there is no ROOM. Get the next train!”
“I cant wait , 3 trains I let go already”
“Wait till the next one then”
“No!”
“stop shoving!”
“I have to get on and get to work….”
“Ok then just get on and shut up!”
“Thats not very nice , thats very rude”
“Well i thought it was rude when you pushed and shoved at my wife..”
Later on at Limehouse I shouted out for people to just walk the lazy b’stards, then realised it was quite a way to Bank from there! I felt silly but luckily I had looked stern enough to carry it off. People generally don’t answer back – this wasn’t in Lewisham, after all!
A woman kept saying “Chadwell” on the phone explaining to her boss, and she was corrected by irritated passengers and told to say Shadwell!
All in all i wanted to turn animal and fight my way off and on to the tracks, I’d have done it too but i feared loads would have fallen off with me!
Horrifc journey. The train kept stopping. It was 1hr 10 mins of debauchery!
Thanks Tom. Quite a vivid description of what sounds like a nightmare journey! Did you use the DLR this morning? How was it for you? Were you on the same train as Tom when he called you all lazy for not walking from Limehouse? Wwre you the lady on the phone who was calling it Chadwell?
With lots of workers and school children enjoying an extra day off thanks to the snowfall, families descended on Greenwich Park for sledding and other snow based fun. Here’s some videos captured today and posted on Youtube which give a flavour of a busy Greenwich Park.
The great thing about this snow is that it makes for some lovely pictures. The flip side of this though is that it affects people’s ability to get around safely, get to work or to the shops, or to access important services.
Greenwich Council has implemented its pre-organised “Snow Plans”, which means some council run services such as rubbish collection and general passenger services have been suspended. Meals on wheels deliveries will be made as normal.
Most schools are closed, and listen to local radio to find out if they will be open tomorrow. More heavy snow is predicted so the advice is not to travel unless you really have to. South Eastern has suspended services in and out of London.
Councillor Chris Roberts, Leader of Greenwich Council, said: “Greenwich Council is making every effort to keep vital services running and I am very pleased we are able to say we have got staff out and about to ensure the elderly and vulnerable are being looked after as normal. We urge people to stay indoors and keep listening to local news reports for the latest advice. We will be issuing updates as and when we have them”.
It’s apparently the best/worst (depending on how you see the cold, white stuff) snowfall we’ve had for years, and there’s some cracking pictures of Greenwich under snow on Flickr. So with kind permission, here’s a selection of pictures of snowy Greenwich today…
Greenwich Park, from Jim’s photo stream (EatYourGreens)
Here’s a gorgeous one of the park from Tracy’s photostream (TG&BB)
And this was the scene up Maze Hill as caught on Tamsin’sphotostream
UPDATED- DaveH48 captures the scene very nicely looking up Old Woolwich Road with the ORNC in the background.
Did you get a cool picture of Greenwich in the snow? Send it or a flickr link to rob@greenwich.co.uk or post a link in the comments below!