Category Archives: about the area

Garden City (revisited)

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Max

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 →

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Traffic and Travel

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Max

The people have voted and the winning entry for the decorative light sculpture to be installed at the roundabout on Harrow Manor Way is the peace sculpture. You can read about it here: http://www.bexley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17401 For some reason you can’t see … Continue reading →

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Thamesmead Garden City?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Max

An interesting blog post from Peabody over here: http://www.peabody.org.uk/news-views/chief-executives-blog/londons-garden-suburb-thamesmead As many know, Gallions has been taken over, merged, subsumed, or supplemented by Peabody recently, in the wake of accusations over bad internal policy and overblown staff payoffs. It’s quite a … Continue reading →

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Flea

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Max

If this is subject to the usual “7 day window” that much BBC content is, then it will be available online only for a week. It’s possible, though, that as a series of one-off dramas, specially commissioned for the soon-to-be … Continue reading →

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An Excellent Overview

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Max

I discovered in my referral logs that a blog had sent some viewers my way. I went to investigate and discovered a very competent and well illustrated overview of various bits of Thamesmead, its history, and the potential future given … Continue reading →

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Another picture of Lakeside Medical Centre

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Max

Steve Peterson who I barely know at all, but interact with on the Thamesmead facebook group, saw the previous post in which I searched for a picture of the medical centre building and pointed me at another one which I … Continue reading →

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Lakeside Medical Centre photo and Halifax and the concrete houses

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Max

    I seem to have become a minor expert on local matters through the course of writing this blog. It was pointed out to me this week that I have a leftist approach and I only know my stuff … Continue reading →

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I’m all for diversity but…

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Max

I’m a little baffled by the local primary school that has decided to celebrate the “gift” of dyslexia. I know it is generally poor form to begin an argument with “Some of my best friends are…” but I actually do … Continue reading →

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Community Voice Meeting

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Max

I went along to the Thamesmead Community Voice meeting last night, at The Link. The last time I went to a meeting there the Thamesmead Residents Group were protesting and filled the hall to the point where people were standing. … Continue reading →

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Is Icon Back at Work?

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Max

  The early days of this blog covered a lot of snaps of graffiti around the area by a local artist who goes by the moniker Icon, or more lately, Trust Icon. He (or, indeed, she) has seen a lot … Continue reading →

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