Category Archives: in the media

The Boston Globe, 1970

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Max

 I found this interesting snippet via Twitter, posted by @heroicproject Click the image to see the full sized version which espouses the merits of what Thamesmead was expected to be back in the early years, and contrasts it to the … Continue reading →

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Architect’s Journal does a write up on Thamesmead

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Max

I found an article online today. It seems largely accurate with comments such as Southmere Lake is where ‘regeneration’ started a few years ago, and the results were sad. Owners Gallions Housing Association demolished all the parts of the lakeside area … Continue reading →

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In The Grand Manner (part 1)

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Max

This, and the subsequent posts in the series, is a copy of an article printed in Country Life, June 19th, 1975. By reproducing it here I hope to bring a bit of history to a wider audience. The ownership and … Continue reading →

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Thamesmead Youth Provision

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Max

I’ve been growing a little concerned by some recent news around Thamesmead regarding provisions for kids. I went along to the South Thamesmead Neighbourhood Group last week where I discovered that the headmaster of Bexley Business Academy was due to … Continue reading →

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Exhaustion and Lake Misuse

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Max

As I write I am missing the Thamesmead Community Voice meeting. Unfortunately I had a hectic weekend over the bank holiday and wore myself out. I’ve been at work but I’m a wreck in the evenings and I have to … Continue reading →

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Streetz

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Max

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 →

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Adam Curtis in Thamesmead

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Max

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 →

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Filmed in Thamesmead

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Max

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 →

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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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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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