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Shooters Hill Archery Then and Now

hilly — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:00:24 +0000

Although the widely-held belief that Shooters Hill derives its name from its medieval use as a site for archery practice is probably erroneous, it still seems appropriate that the Paralympics Archery competition was held nearby. There is a record of a medieval archery competition on Shooters Hill, in 1516 as part of Henry VIII’s May [...]

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St George’s Garrison Church Restoration

hilly — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:12:07 +0000

I see work has started on the restoration of the grade II listed St George’s Garrison Church, another “Heritage at Risk” building close to the Olympics shooting and archery venue. Hopefully this will result in more people being able to see its marvellous mosaics. The organisation responsible for the restoration, Heritage of London Trust Operations, [...]

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Who was Major Robert John Little?

hilly — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:42:48 +0000

The restoration of parts of our urban environment prompted by the prospect of thousands of visitors is one of the positive side-effects of Greenwich being an Olympic borough. Major Robert John Little’s Memorial Obelisk was an obvious candidate for refurbishment; it is located right in front of the shooting/archery stadium on Woolwich Common, and on [...]

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Oxleas Missile Deployment Confirmed

hilly — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:43:05 +0000

The Ministry of Defence has decided that a Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) System will be deployed in Oxleas Meadows, on Blackheath and 4 other sites across East London during this summer’s Olympics. The MoD announcement said that the Rapier missiles will be in put place in the middle of July. The announcement was made [...]

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Shooters Hill Olympics – Car Parking & Travel

hilly — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:27:20 +0000

Plans for transport and parking changes for the Olympic Games have been finalised by Greenwich Council, TfL and LOCOG, as you may have seen by the many notices decorating lamp-posts in Shooters Hill, competing with the Jubilee bunting. As expected there will be parking restrictions in Shooters Hill during the games – we will be [...]

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Fever Bell

hilly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:17:34 +0000

The elixir Gallery run by Verve Arts at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is one of my regular destinations when I’m near the hospital: I’ve seen some impressive photography exhibitions there. The current one is no exception, a selection of 30 of the photographs submitted to the Green Chain Captured 2012 competition. It runs until 2nd September [...]

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Fire Station Mast – New Dish Application

hilly — Sun, 27 May 2012 17:35:37 +0000

A new planning application for the temporary addition of an extra microwave dish to support Olympics’ security onto the Fire Station mast has been submitted on behalf of Airwave Solutions Ltd, the operators of the TETRA based system already installed on the mast. This system provides encrypted communications for the emergency services: police, fire and [...]

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May Be Out

hilly — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:38:55 +0000

Action Week, as David Hockney named it, is here – the brief period of the year when hawthorn trees are covered with copious creamy-white blossom. Hockney describes the sudden appearance of the blossom as being “as if a thick white cream had been poured over everything” and saw it as a time to seize the [...]

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Oxleas Meadows Missiles

hilly — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:30:26 +0000

A battery of Rapier surface-to-air missiles together with other components of a Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) System was set up on Oxleas Meadows, just below the Oxlea Wood Cafe this morning as part of the MoD’s exercise Olympic Guardian. The exercise to test security preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games also includes deployment [...]

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Plumstead Make Merry Call for Volunteers and Stallholders

hilly — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:07:07 +0000

Plumstead make Merry are looking for volunteer event stewards and stall holders for this year’s event which will be held on Saturday 2nd June on Plumstead Common. They already have a brilliant set of acts lined up for their main stage and tea tent, with more to be announced. They are also looking for teams [...]

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