Convoys news

EMAIL RECEIVED FROM DEPTFORD IS - reproduced with their permission. All links are to Deptford Is sites  - not GIHS

...attending the Convoys Wharf public exhibition Convoys Wharf developer Hutchison Whampoa has announced dates for a public exhibition of its revised masterplan. This will be our first chance to assess the new plans and see if Terry Farrell's pledge to listen to local voices has been heeded at all. The exhibition dates are: Thursday 28 February and Saturday 2 March. Read our post for more information about the times and places. For a review of our campaign so far you can read the short history on the blog. ...working with local schools The Sayes Court Garden project held a workshop last November with children from two local primary schools in Sayes Court Park, part of John Evelyn's original gardens and we hope to bring you news shortly of another very exciting event which is planned for the park later in the year.   ...planning ahead  Once we have seen the revised masterplan proposals we will make our comments available on the Deptford Is... blog and will be inviting feedback from other parties and readers of the blog. We know that our pages are read by many of the parties involved in the redevelopment plans - planning officers, local councillors and local MPs, and also staff from the developer Hutchison Whampoa and its architectural and engineering advisors - so we encourage you to comment on our blog as well as giving feedback at the open days. ...spreading the word Please help to spread the word by forwarding this email to anyone you think might be interested in our campaign - neighbours, friends, family or colleagues.

Uncommon Goods Design Contest :)

Omg!  I'm so excited: my steel tree was chosen to be a part of the Uncommon Goods Garden Design contest :)  It will be up on the site for the next 7 days for voting by the public--the winner will get a contract to be sold on the Uncommon Goods site :)

To vote, just go to: UncommonGoods/Steel Tree

Check out the other cool designs too & vote for you favorites :)

UncommonGoods (www.uncommongoods.com) is an online marketplace offering creatively designed, high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. At UncommonGoods, we believe that creativity and the expression of individuality represent two great human treasures. We have set out to create a business that makes uncommon goods accessible to everyone.
Founded in August 1999, UncommonGoods is privately held and headquartered in New York City.

I would love to be a part of this website/catalog :)  
Sending in a sample piece today; crossing my fingers...

Amber 

More stuff in the post - GLIAS - WADAS

GLIAS NEWSLETTER

I was going to review items about Greenwich in the GLIAS newsletter - but the following link gives the entire text - plus some Greenwich pictures not in the original.


http://www.glias.org.uk/news/264news.html

This covers a list of sites of industrial interest published by the London Fieldwork and Publication Round up.  Greenwich sites mentioned include:
Crossrail Station, Woolwich
Royal Military Repository re. Napier Lines
Stockwell Street, malthouse
Air Raid Shelter, Waverley Road
Woolwich Station
Convoys Wharf

An article on the United Glass Works, Charlton - given in full through the link above.

A report - with pictures - the Lovells Wharf Thames path opening


WOOLWICH AND DISTRICT ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER

(sadly, no information on their web site address)

The newsletter contains a report of a talk by GIHS Chair Sue Bullevant, and Vice Chair, Andrew Bullevant, on Severndroog Castle.

The envelope also contains the papers for their AGM - and perhaps of most interest to GIHS is their Conservation Report by Sue Bullevant

Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital - restored and converted to flats
Equestrian Centre, Shooters Hill - going ahead despite objections
Alexander McLeod RACS building - reopened as a Travel Lodge
Art Deco Co-op - is to be converted to flats, but has been refused listing
Verbruggens House, the illegal signage is now with the Planning Inspectorate
Adair House - is surrounded by huts which are used by the 'free' school

Trucks for Girls

I was informed by a friend today that her husband was a bit envious of my big truck...

How funny is that?  I never really even think about it, but the truck is a bit of a beast :)

Since back in my high-school days, I always wanted a big truck--maybe it was all the rodeos & such that I went to, but ever since I was old enough to drive: all I wanted was a truck :)  

I had a few cars in my younger years, & that was fine: but secretly I couldn't wait for the day that I had my own truck--4WD, can tow trailers, throw stuff in the back, go anywhere, etc.

This old Ford that I drive now has been a great ride: it's been with me almost since I started the whole crazy-ness with welding/metal art, etc.  It's even recycled: a salvaged title: it was wrecked & then re-built: sure the passenger door doesn't close quite right, or the hood, but the price was right & it's really never let me down.  

Yes: I am a bit of a red-neck :)  I love my big truck.  And I really love the looks I get when I jump out of it on a construction site or scrap yard with my long, floofy hair, sparkly makeup & skirt and/or heels ;) 

Or even when I'm dressed for work in overalls & steel-toes, lol, & grab my black hard-hat, hehehehe (yes, it does have a few crystals)

 It really is possible to be a girly-girl, plus know how to work & drive a truck, & I love it!

Amber

PS: I wonder what he would think of the other (bigger) truck out back with the crane on it...

Portfolio 2013 :)

Just wanted to share my updated portfolio :)

 

Whatcha think???  I'm going to be sending this out in PDF format to some vip clients & contacts: wanted to show a glimpse into the Refinerii studio :)

Any feedback would be great.

Amber

GLIAS NEWSLETTER - advertised meetings

The GLIAS Newsletter is just through the door - more on its contents in a future post  - however - for the time being here are some of the meetings they are advertising.

20th March. GLIAS Lecture, Mary Mills on The Early History of the Gas Industry in London. Robin Brook Centre, St.Bartholomew's Hospital. 6.30

23rd March. There She Blows. Aspects of the London Whaling Trade. Booking via docklandshistorygroup.org.uk  This includes speakers on the Greenwich based Enderby family

1st April. Markfield Beam Engine Steam Day. 11-5 Markfield Road, South Tottenham, N15 (included because the adjacent cafe is a close relation to our own East Greenwich Pleasaunce cafe)

12-13th April. The Beating Heart of London's Business. Exploring Company Archives.  includes a contribution from Mary Mills on archives relevant to history on the Greenwich Peninsula. Organised by A2SN and hosted by London Metropolitan Archives and Museum of London in Docklands. R.A.Edwards@soton.ac.uk

21st April. Crossness Engines Public Steaming Day, 10.30-4.30  £5 www.crossness.org.uk

27th April SERIAC  South Eastern Region Industrial Archaeology Conference hosted by Kent Archaeological Society at Dartford Grammar School.  This includes:
Prof Alan Crocker on Gunpowder Industry of Kent
Richard Holdsworth on Ship Building in Kent
Malcolm Moulton on Historic Aircraft Restoration
Terry Young on the early years of J & E Hall
Jim Preston on the Cement Industry in Kent
Nick Kelly on Kentish Motor Cycle Manufacturers
Booking with cheque made out to Kent Archaeological Society, for £12 (£19.50 with lunch) to David Gordon, 319 Lordship Lane, SE228JH 

Pippenhall Farm - a short history

A short history of Pippinhall Farm

 

Pippinhall Farm, Bexley Road SE9, is an amazing relic of agricultural land. It is a network of small meadows and ancient hedgerows on Eocene strata; a river terrace of Blackheath Gravels overlying a spring line on Woolwich & Reading Beds.

The first specific written record is in 1290 when King Edward 2^nd negotiated hay from John de Henley, the owner, to feed the royal deer at Eltham Palace during a very cold winter.

Pippinhall Farm lies in a valley drained by one of the headwater streams feeding the River Shuttle

The first evidence of human utilisation of the Pippinhall Valley is a Mesolithic concave scraper dropped by a hunter gatherer sometime around 7000 BC and discovered by a “Young Friend of Avery Hill Park” while hedge planting.

Since then the Bronze Age and Celtic, Eltham farmers have cleared the wet woodland and planted hedges around their fields. The oldest dateable hedges at Pippinhall are from 1370. There is a small relic of medieval “ridge and furrow” in the south east corner of the farm. This most probably dates from before the Black Death decimated the local population; when maximum arable land was needed to feed the locals and the Kings entourage at nearby Eltham Palace.

At present the ridge and furrow, an amazing piece of Eltham’s agricultural history, is being engulfed by Blackthorn scrub. The wet pastureland, presumably protected by the borough, is invaded by over 1200 square metres of Japanese Knotweed and large areas of blackberry thicket.

The present tenants are unable to keep pace with the encroaching scrub simply grazing their ponies in these precious meadows.

Royal Greenwich Parks and Open Spaces hope to commence clearing the knotweed with stem injection.

Bee Twidale