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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Streetz
An enterprising guy with a strong interest in film is working on a piece filmed in Thamesmead, named Streetz. The trailer for the piece is over on Youtube, and also embedded in the fund raising page on Indiegogo, here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/streetz#home … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, film, in the media
Tagged beautiful thing, clockwork orange, filmed in thamesmead, filming location, gang culture, gangs, london, media, misfits, reputation, streetz, thamesmead, video
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Adam Curtis in Thamesmead
There’s an article on rationalist.org where the participants wander around Thamesmead musing on the nature of hope and gloom. http://rationalist.org.uk/articles/4641/fail-better It’s an interesting piece, but a little odd. They begin at Abbey Wood, sensibly enough, but seem to go north … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, external link, in the media
Tagged concrete, conversation, hope, houses, housing, infrastructure, interview, lesnes abbey, magazine, media, shopping centre, thamesmead
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Filmed in Thamesmead
I’ve had an idea for a while that it would be nice to catalogue the ever increasing list of things filmed in Thamesmead. It’s a minor project in itself that requires a reasonable amount of effort which has been off-putting. … Continue reading
The Link’s Opening Day video
I just came across this on Youtube, which is worth a look. It showcases The Link on its opening day, showing some of the background to how it came to be.
Alsike Road parking restrictions
I was a little surprised this week to see Alsike Road turned into a largely no-parking zone. I would have expected a move like that to involve posting warnings in the same way that closing a road to alter it … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, traffic
Tagged cars, parking, roads, thamesmead, town planning, traffic
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Tump 53
Thamesmead is home to a nature reserve known as Tump 53. This is a long standing feature of the region but had seen a lot of neglect over recent years. Last autumn it was a candidate in The People’s MillionsĀ and … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, events, local initiatives
Tagged community, education, nature, nature reserve, people, peoples millions, thamesmead, tump 53
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Garden City (revisited)
I suspect that Peabody have put out a press release of some kind recently as there has been a spate of news articles of this ilk: http://www.propertymall.com/property-news/article/35071-Boris-backs-new-100-acre-Thamesmead-garden-suburb Even the BBC is getting in on the story and lauding the proposals … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, in the media, regeneration
Tagged essentials, garden city, housing, peabody, regeneration, thamesmead, town planning
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