Curb Cup Event--Crazyness!!

This is the smaller version of the curb cup that will be given to the big winner; just finished it up in time to run it down to the event :)

Cute, eh??

And, here I am at the big event, passing the cup along :) OMG; I was amazed at how many people were out for the fun--it was crazy!!

Walking along 8th street, trying to make it through the crowds to see all the performers....





All in all, I think the event was a great success for the 1st year; still amazed at how big the crowd was downtown! We had to wait 20 minutes just to get out of the parking garage! I haven't heard who won the big prize, & I'm dyeing to know!!!

Amber

Crossness Engines Steaming Day Images

Here are some stills I took at the August 23rd 2009 Steaming Day at Crossness compiled as a short video.

some meetings

Some meetings around London which might interest our members:

Early Roman Quarrying and Building Stone use in London and South England - Kevin Hayward. LAMAS 10th November 6.30 Museum of London, London Wall.

Surrey Archaeological Society Conference 10th October, Leatherhead. Includes an item by Prof Alan Crocker on Monastic Mills

Searching for Trevithick's London Railway of 1808. John Liffen. 29th September. Surrey Industrial History Group University of Surrey, Guildford 7.30

Wapping Foreshore Troubles in Stuart Times. Sally Maschiter. Docklands History Group. 3rd September 5.30 Museum in Docklands

The 1872 Dock Strike and the West India Dock. Chris Elmers Docklands History Group 5th November.

A.V.Roe and the First Flight over Walthamstow Marshes Neil Houghton. Hornsey Historical Society 14th October 8 pm Union Church Hall, Ferme Park Road/Weston Road

John Burns and the Town Planning Act 1909 Lester Hillman. Islington History Society 8 pm Islington Town Hall 16th December

The Penns of Lewisham. Ricahrd Hartree Lewisham Local History Society 7.45 Methodist Hall, Albion Way 25th September

The Promised Lane and the lure of South London. Len Reilly. Lewisham, as above 30th October

Industries of Southwark, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. Stephen Humphrey Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Society 7.45 Time and Talents, St.Marychurch Street 25th November

A short journey down the Thames. Magic Lantern Show. Aileen Butler. Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, as above. 16th December

Valentines Mansion and its owners. Georgina Green. Walthamstow Historical Society. 7.30 Greenleaf Baptist Church, Hoe Street area. 8th October
(I am very seriously thinking of going to this Valentines was owned by Holcombe family who had an extensive tar works on Greenwich Marsh)

Woolwich Foot Tunnel tiles

a correspondent says:

I came across the following in papers for the Newellite Glass Tile Company formed in 1898 and based at 19 Shenton Street, Old Kent Road.October 1912 - "The loss shewn is almost entirely attributable to a contract undertaken by the Company for Tiling the Woolwich Tunnel under the engineers to the LCC."My grandfather held shares in the company and one of the owners, John Tyrrell Newell was a relative of his. The company eventually folded and was dissolved in 1921.I would be interested to know if any record of the contract would be in any archives or if you could point me in any direction to find out more.

Crossness Engines Steaming Day

As mentioned in an earlier post, Sunday August 23rd saw the last of the 2009 Steaming Days.

Crossness was extremely busy on a beautifully hot and sunny day. Helpers there were suggesting a possible record attendance. Apparently, a certain Mr. Gryff Rhys Jones had mentioned Crossness in his 'World's Greatest Cities' program on London the previous Sunday, so that must have helped.

Since I have yet to find any videos of these 'steaming' events posted on the Web, I thought members of the GIHS and others might be interested in seeing a video I took with a little Flip video camera. I have spent almost no time on this. They are raw clips, unedited, in the same sequence that I took them and with a piece of electronic music chosen totally random that seems to just work with the motions.

Prince Consort is certainly an impressive beast, and a huge credit to the team of volunteers that have restored her to working order. What surprised me more than anything was how quiet it was, with a whole load of weird creaks, groans, squeaks and whistles being the dominant sounds rather than any crashing and banging.

RE Boutique sign; Installed

Last night Kevin & delivered the signs to the shop--they look great in place! They are funky & different, & I love the copper with the color of the brick building....

Shop owner Mckinsey...

And, the front of the store. Stop in & check it out; RE is a cute little shop with great clothing & accessories. From the Facebook page: "A great boutique with a great concept: a small shop selling local artisan works, recycled clothing and re-purposed furniture. It is designed to be a community project that takes a creative look at how to reuse, renew and re-purpose." Located at 405 South 8th Street; right in the heart of BoDo....