You will be glad to know that we have had some discussions with Council officers about the situation with the archive. We are sending to them some of the comments you have put on this petition.
The Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust is due to present a paper about its future to a Council Scrutiny panel and we will report to you on that.
---------------------------------
We wondered if you would be interested in other things Greenwich Industrial History Society is doing.?
Next Tuesday – 12th March starting at 19:15 for 19:30 UK time*. we have a talk vin Zoom- by Dr Stella Butler “Charlton House Garden 1612-1925: plants, people and other places”.
That might not sound very industrial but – well let’s see, it must have been a sizeable workplace – and such big estate gardens must have involved technical innovation.
You must book your slot by sending an email to greenwichindustrial@gmail.com with the subject line “Charlton House GIHS talk” before 18:00 UK time on Tuesday 12 March.
We will send you Zoom log-in details shortly after 18:15 on Tuesday 12 March. (Don’t chase us; we have to wait until we have all the registrations.) · VERY IMPORTANT: Please don’t log in until 19:15. · If you don’t receive the link by 18:45, please check your spam folder – Zoom registration details often go there. · The talk starts at 19:30 on Tuesday 12 March. · You can ask questions via Zoom’s text chat function. · We will record the meeting and plan to put the recording on the NEW Greenwich Industrial History Society channel on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@GreenwichIndustrialHistorySoc
FUTURE TALKS INCLUDE;
9th April. Martin Stilwell. Early LCC housing in and around Greenwich/Deptford,
14th May James Douet on his new book. The Architecture of Steam - Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis'
11th June Chris Ellmers on Charles Lungley. Deptford shipbuilder,
MOST GIHS talks are recorded and published on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GreenwichIndustrialHistorySoc
These include:
- Deptford, Greenwich and the History of Enslavement. -Judith Hibbert, and Helen Paul (Museum of Slavery and Freedom).
- George England and the Hatcham Locomotive Works.-Kevin Robinson.
- Greenwich and Woolwich became the Birthplace of the Global Telecoms Network. Alan Burkitt-Gray.
- Greenwich Marsh to Greenwich Peninsula, 300 years of Regeneration. -Mary Mills.
- Greenwich Riverside, from Deptford to Charlton. Mary Mills.
- Keeping the World Connected, with Greenwich’s High-tech Industry.- Stewart Ash.
- Marie Celeste de Casteras Sinibaldi, the undefeated blacksmith of Deptford. -Ann Dingsdale.
- Peter Marshall’s photographs of Greenwich and Docklands history since 1970.- Peter Marshall.
- Progress Estate, Eltham, Munitions Workers’ Housing. -John McGuinness.
- Royal Greenwich: Archaeological Sites, Past, Present and Future - Mark Stevenson.
- South London's Failed Canals. -Alan Burkitt-Gray.
- Tools of Empire? The International Landscapes of the People and Materials of Submarine Telegraphs. -Cassie Newland.
- And many more
Finally – we are always looking for speakers. If you have an interesting subject why not get in touch. indhistgreenwich@aol.com
or via the Greenwich Industrial History Facebook page -with news and updates from many many members