Hopefully you will all be pleased to learn that this morning we have passed the 2500 mark for signatures, We should  congratulate ourselves and - please - carry on signing

THE COUNCIL AND THE ARCHIVE AND US ...... We have reported in previous updates that the Greenwich archive was due to be reviewed by a Greenwich Council Scrutiny Committee in early April.   However that meeting never took place and we understand that the report on the archive will be discussed at a meeting after the Council's Annual Meeting in May. We don't know when that will be but look forward to finding out and will report here

We understand that the presentation which was not discussed at  the Scrutiny Committee in November has been completely changed - but we don't know the new contents.  We will report back to you when, and if, we find out.

AND WHAT ELSE HAVE WE DONE ??? .... What has Greenwich industrial History Society been doing?? Please keep an eye on our Facebook page because that will advertise not only our events but events from other organisations.

 - and we will try and report back here as frequently as I can

ZOOM  TOO .Greenwich Industrial History Society hosts a free monthly talk which is always done on Zoom.  How do you find out how to get the link? Keep an eye on our Facebook page and in the week before the lecture date you will find instructions for getting the  link sent to you. 

BOOKED SPEAKERS.....................

14th May  James Douet on the Architecture of Steam - Waterworks and the Victorian Sanitary Crisis'. This talk will relate to James's current book on the subject - which has been subject to some controversy

11th June  Chris Ellmers on. Deptford Shipbuilder Charles Lungley.. Lungley had a  shipyard on the Deptford  riverside  where he built an experimental dry dock. Among other things he was Brunel's manager on the construction of  Great Eastern.

9th July.  Mike Seabourne with Photographs of the industrlal riverside. Mike's  photography and his range of contacta are impressive

10th Sept  David Leal on Dartford and Crayford creeks past and future. Davidis well known to local Facebook readers with his posts about his ownership of sailing barge Decima.

8th October Sarah Palmer on sugar bakers. Sugar has been very much associated with slavery issues and Sarah can explain this and other issues

12th November Steve Hunnisett - Second World War bombing of Greenwich Industry.  Well known throughout London for his extensive knowledge of World War 2 bomb sites and some the history behind them .

THE WRITTEN WORD .....in addition to all the zoom meetings and so on many Greenwich historians publish works on a  regular basis. 

There are articles in both the new Greenwich Historical Society journal and also in Lewisham Local History journal

Can I - Mary - also perhaps interest people in my own weekly articles in Greenwich Weekender - a local freebie -  over last five years I’ve covered an enormous number of aspects of Greenwich industry. Happy to give more info. Email: indhistgreenwich@aol.com