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Our neighbours in Abbey Wood
There has been an active Facebook group for Thamesmead for some time, and despite referring to stage 3 in the title, it covers the goings on and memories of Thamesmead for all areas. You can find that here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThamesmeadSE28/ Recently, … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, infrastructure, local business, regeneration, traffic
Tagged abbey wood, cross quarter, facebook, sainsbury, shops, social media, town planning, traffic
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The Boston Globe, 1970
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
Posted in about the area, historical, in the media
Tagged boston globe, building, concrete, historical, housing, infrastructure, media, newspaper, thamesmead, town planning
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South Thamesmead Neighbourhood Group discussion
Here are some updates gleaned from conversation at the South Thamesmead group. Lesnes to Crossness work to improve the route from the old abbey ruins through to the lake is ongoing and the pile of mud and rubble around the … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, infrastructure, local business, local initiatives, regeneration, south thamesmead neighbourhood group, thamesmead people, traffic
Tagged abbey wood, bexley council, community, consultation, coralline walk, greenwich council, harrow manor way, lesnes abbey, meeting, park view hub, peabody, south thamesmead neighbourhood group, south thamesmead regeneration, southmere lake, southmere village, teresa pearce, thamesmead, the moorings, town planning
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In The Grand Manner (part 1)
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
Posted in about the area, in the media, infrastructure
Tagged clockwork orange, concrete, country life, history, magazine, media, thamesmead, town planning
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Community Voice Meeting
I wrote previously about a community voice meeting I attended, and the next one is coming up next week. I’ll be going along again but I’m off on holiday shortly afterwards, and unlikely to be able to do a write … Continue reading
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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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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An Excellent Overview
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
Posted in about the area, external link
Tagged blog, links, new town, thamesmead overview, town planning
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Blast from the Past
The following article first appeared in The Guardian, in March 2000 and it focuses on Thamesmead, linking it to A Clockwork Orange which was about to get a fresh release. It is no longer available on the Guardian website so … Continue reading
Posted in about the area, film, in the media
Tagged a clockwork orange, architecture, concrete, new town, thamesmead, town planning
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