Woolwich....anyone been?

I think it closed in about 1985 

My family has a long history with Woolwich.
My Mum's family moved there in 1935, first to Warren Lane, then Greenlaw Place and finally Rideout Street where I was born in 1953.
As a 9 year old my Mum stood in the grounds of St. Mary Magdalene on the first day of the blitz and watched as North Woolwich and Silvertown was set ablaze. Nan ran all the way from the Market to grab her and head for the shelter.
Mum says the unmoored barges were drifting ablaze downstream. With the morning tide they were swept back up again still smouldering.
Mum remembers 6 cinemas and a Theatre, although only the 3 cinemas remained in my day; The Odeon, The Granada and the ABC Regal. Now there are none.
As a kid I remember being taken to the Barracks Parade ground, just around the corner from us, and watching the military parades.
Taking the ferry to North Woolwich and Victoria Park was a cheap day out as a kid.
Mum told me that when she was a kid her and her mates would often stay on the ferry and just across and back until they got bored. On the old boats you could get close to the generators and stay warm, in the days when houses had no central heating and just one open fire in the front room.
Grandad was a drinker and alternated between the Kings Arms, The Village Blacksmith, The Navy and Army, The Admiral and one of two others, all now gone.
As a kid I remember being taken to see the xmas lights in town centre. Seemed impressive at the time.
Apparently they came a couple of years before the famous ones in Oxford Street.
I was born too late for the Trams but I do remember the Trolleybuses, which terminated in Parson's Hill, outside the Odeon.
Parson's Hill disappeared when the new ferry approach was constructed and John Wilson Street widened to a dual carriageway.
I remember the 3 Department Stores; Garretts, Cuffs and RACS. Very posh was our Woolwich 
They have all gone, as have Marks and Spencer, BHS and Woolworths amongst many others.
Woolwich is not the town I remember, but I have some really good memories.
When I visited in around 2012 I thought the place was the absolute pits, with Powis Street and Hare Street full of derelict vandalised buildings and a lot of charity shops.
Sorry, I realise none of this is helping you @CAFCTrev
It seems that plans are afoot to regenerate and lots of very expensive Riverside luxury flats are already up. 
When I briefly visited last year I quite liked what they have done to General Gordon Square.
I know some have spoken positively about modern Woolwich @Leuth ?
If I win the lottery I am going to buy myself one of those luxury penthouse suites overlooking the river