Sunday 24 June 2012
Pete's friends giving him a proper send off, with bells, whistles, drums, percussion Instruments and a clarinet, followed by the scattering of his ashes at the Ha'penny Hatch bridge in Deptford Creek!
Stephen Lawrence honoured with blue heritage plaque
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[image: A blue plaque has been put up as a memorial to Stephen Lawrence.
Pic:]Pic: Stephen Lawrence Charitable TrustA Nubian Jak Community Trust
blue plaqu...
Alphabet of Greenwich (Q)
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Tough on for the Bank Holiday weekend. Once you’ve gone through everything
with ‘Queen’ in it: it all gets a lot tougher. I guess there’s And for that
matt...
Manchester Greater
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I just had the second launch of Jericho Road Solutions – this time in
Manchester. Another basement of another pub, this time very informal and no
high-heel...
Royal Exchange, Bank EC3
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The most important man on the facade of the Royal Exchange, the founder Sir
Thomas Gresham, and the architect has put him high on the eastern facade
facin...
Spam spam spam
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If you've ever left, or considered leaving, a comment on this site then
you'll know that I moderate all comments. It's not because I don't trust my
readers...
Dutch barge ZWERVER TERHERNE
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London has a number of barges dotted along the Thames acting mostly as
residential or commercial properties. One Dutch barge that is hidden away
amongst th...
RumBQ Street Party by Telegraph Hill Park
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This Bank Holiday Sunday 26 May 2013 sees a free street party in Arbuthnot
Road SE14, next to Telegraph Hill Lower Park. RumBQ will feature the Unit
137 r...
The Radicalisation of David Goodhart
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I’ve been meaning to get to this. Now, he’s bound to be out telling us to
give up this or that to fight the terrorists, so here goes. OK, who’s this?
The f...
Benefit Cap Judicial Review underway
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A four party judicial review of the Benefit Cap – now under pilot in 4
boroughs and to be rolled out in October – was issued today (Wednesday 22
May). De...
Death in Woolwich: Got nothing to say? Say it anyway
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I can hear sirens in the distance from where I’m typing, but I’m nowhere
near Woolwich. Instead, I’m sat in a hotel courtyard trying to catch up
with the h...
For Norm
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Norman Geras's blog Normblog is, believe it or not, coming up to its tenth
birthday. I was heart-broken to read this post, talking about his illness.
Norm ...
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This old photo was sent to me by Trish Gage who was born in Deptford. It
shows her grandad standing outside Borehams which was located in the High ...
Other London Boroughs Dump Homeless in Lewisham
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Lewisham has become a favoured location for other London Councils in the
rehousing of their homeless. The post Other London Boroughs Dump Homeless
in Lewis...
Finally, policies from Ed Miliband
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And tax-related as well:
*But, in a major policy announcement, Miliband says a Labour government
would engender a more responsible capitalism in the UK by ...
Frome, Somerset, Bath Road 1910
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Frome, Somerset, Bath Road 1910. Frome (pronounced 'Froom') is a
picturesque town in Somerset. Postcard by Young & Co of Teddington. Click
the postcard to ...
Deptford's 'spectacular history'
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The full text of Joan Ruddock's introduction at the recent Naval Dockyards
Society conference has now been published on her website. We have included
our h...
Bristol street art
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Found some very impressive street art on a recent weekend break in Bristol, these are on Nelson Street and are part of the 'See no evil' project which has be...
Food for thought: upcoming events
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This week's round-up of upcoming events is focussed entirely on my
favourite subject: food. Well my favourite subject after beer, that is.
This weekend in ...
Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be
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*Cllr Pete Reeve*
No bog standard Councillor, Ramsey’s Pete Reeve is a man of action. As a
recent Sunday Times article announced Cllr Ree...
East Greenwich Gardens
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Ages since I put something on this blog - but the current outbreak of
gardening can't go without notice.
Last night I was at the launch of the Charlton Gar...
South Met. Gas. The Co-partnership Scheme Part 1
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'We humbly submit that if no idea was entertained by you. of 'breaking our
union a more successful
scheme was never promulgated to accomplish such an unin...
After the deluge
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Seemed odd to have Planning & Transportation, a school governors’ meeting,
and the Policy and Resources Committee on the day after the election.
Planning l...
Cloth Fair
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Cloth fair is a medieval street in the heart of Smithfield which despite
much alternation does retain some of its original character and atmosphere.
It wa...
What is really happening at Preston?
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In a situation where benefits are being decimated, estates cleared, the NHS
privatised and urban planning regulations torn up, it's easy for
politicians ...
December, like it was in 1997..ahem.
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A few more extracts from the 1997 enhanced diary …I’m living in hope of
finding something about the apocalypse somewhere, which reads stranger than
actuall...
Arthritis Latihan
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Sebuah minimal 30 menit direkomendasikan aktivitas sehari-hari adalah
norma. Sebelum memulai program latihan, sangat penting bahwa seseorang
berbicara den...
Where Thames' smooth waters glide...
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http://hidefwallpaper.org/sea_wallpapers
I have *@BillEllson* to thank for this; on Twitter he called it
"pretentious guff" and I wouldn't dare argue... ...
Dickens (Jnr) on Deptford
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http://shipwrightspalace.blogspot.com/2010/10/bed-time-reading-from-mrdickens-jnrs.html
Follow the link to a wonderful write up on Deptford, including an ac...
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