Woolwich
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Do tourists still call us Sharlton?0
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Rwanda ?Radostanradical said:The truth is Woolwich is going through a change and is much like a lot of other London areas now, you will have wealth and poverty within a stones throw away of each other. As a teenager in noughties Woolwich had a reputation as a no-go area, thats no longer the case and it will continue gentrification.
The waterfront/docklands apartments (plus other building work) appeal to young professionals ( usually without kids) especially now because of the increased transport links. The question is when the people who have been living there for 10 plus years (who dont own their homes) are moved out, and they will eventually be moved out, where do they go ?0 -
The only person I ever heard say something other than "Woolidge" was Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks who walked onstage at Thames Poly and said "Hello Wool Which" to general amusement.0
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SporadicAddick said:
use to go a plumstid a lot but lived in El'um. I always called it Woolidge an all.Starinnaddick said:bobmunro said:Starinnaddick said:Woolich or Woolidge? What do the natives call it?
Definitely Woolidge.
I've lived in Plumstead since 1949 and it's Woolidge to me.
Have you ever lived in Grinidge?
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Ha, I was there for The Buzzcocks gig.Big William said:The only person I ever heard say something other than "Woolidge" was Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks who walked onstage at Thames Poly and said "Hello Wool Which" to general amusement.1 -
Buzzcocks, Slits, Penetration and Patrick Fitzgerald all for a quid. Tell the youngsters that etc,etcCovered End said:
Ha, I was there for The Buzzcocks gig.Big William said:The only person I ever heard say something other than "Woolidge" was Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks who walked onstage at Thames Poly and said "Hello Wool Which" to general amusement.3 -
Never lived there, but loved sledging in Grinidge park, and riding the donkeys on Blackeef.ElfsborgAddick said:SporadicAddick said:
use to go a plumstid a lot but lived in El'um. I always called it Woolidge an all.Starinnaddick said:bobmunro said:Starinnaddick said:Woolich or Woolidge? What do the natives call it?
Definitely Woolidge.
I've lived in Plumstead since 1949 and it's Woolidge to me.
Have you ever lived in Grinidge?0 -
Not been Blackeef for a few years, is the old wooden tea hut still there?SporadicAddick said:
Never lived there, but loved sledging in Grinidge park, and riding the donkeys on Blackeef.ElfsborgAddick said:SporadicAddick said:
use to go a plumstid a lot but lived in El'um. I always called it Woolidge an all.Starinnaddick said:bobmunro said:Starinnaddick said:Woolich or Woolidge? What do the natives call it?
Definitely Woolidge.
I've lived in Plumstead since 1949 and it's Woolidge to me.
Have you ever lived in Grinidge?0 -
CaptainRobbo said:
Not been Blackeef for a few years, is the old wooden tea hut still there?SporadicAddick said:
Never lived there, but loved sledging in Grinidge park, and riding the donkeys on Blackeef.ElfsborgAddick said:SporadicAddick said:
use to go a plumstid a lot but lived in El'um. I always called it Woolidge an all.Starinnaddick said:bobmunro said:Starinnaddick said:Woolich or Woolidge? What do the natives call it?
Definitely Woolidge.
I've lived in Plumstead since 1949 and it's Woolidge to me.
Have you ever lived in Grinidge?
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No h in Bexleyeef.CAFCTrev said:Bexleyheef, Eariff?2 -
Thanks for the info, I guessed that the old boy that seemed to always have dirty fingernails was no longer running it 👍bobmunro said:CaptainRobbo said:
Not been Blackeef for a few years, is the old wooden tea hut still there?SporadicAddick said:
Never lived there, but loved sledging in Grinidge park, and riding the donkeys on Blackeef.ElfsborgAddick said:SporadicAddick said:
use to go a plumstid a lot but lived in El'um. I always called it Woolidge an all.Starinnaddick said:bobmunro said:Starinnaddick said:Woolich or Woolidge? What do the natives call it?
Definitely Woolidge.
I've lived in Plumstead since 1949 and it's Woolidge to me.
Have you ever lived in Grinidge?0 -
SporadicAddick said:
Never lived there, but loved sledging in Grinidge park, and riding the donkeys on Blackeef.ElfsborgAddick said:SporadicAddick said:
use to go a plumstid a lot but lived in El'um. I always called it Woolidge an all.Starinnaddick said:bobmunro said:Starinnaddick said:Woolich or Woolidge? What do the natives call it?
Definitely Woolidge.
I've lived in Plumstead since 1949 and it's Woolidge to me.
Have you ever lived in Grinidge?
I used to live in Louishum, I did not like Catfad much either.
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Has Woolwich Market gone?clive said:0 -
Solidgone said:
I think it has (as we would remember it in the 70s/80s) but I read somewhere that some stalls are coming back. Others would know better.0 -
No, but much smaller & mostly located on 'high pavement', Covered market empty.Solidgone said:0 -
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Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes1 -
Growing up as a kid in Woolwich I still remember vividly the wonderful outdoor and indoor markets. My mate still has the Flower stall on the market which he has worked on since the 70s. Was only chatting to him there the other day. Hope this new investment in that area gives it a new lease of life - markets are wonderful places!!0
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Diebythesword said:
Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes
I'm not old enough to remember trams, but I do remember the tram lines still being in the square - I'm assuming they have gone now.2 -
Gone, but not forgotten.bobmunro said:Diebythesword said:
Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes
I'm not old enough to remember trams, but I do remember the tram lines still being in the square - I'm assuming they have gone now.
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Do you remember the Trolley buses 696 and 698? Our family used to go from Woolwich to Danson Park on one of them.bobmunro said:Diebythesword said:
Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes
I'm not old enough to remember trams, but I do remember the tram lines still being in the square - I'm assuming they have gone now.0 -
They won’t find anything here. High rents and increasingly high house prices. It’s changed a lot in the 20 years I’ve been here (less a few years in Ireland).CAFCTrev said:
Plumstead.Radostanradical said:The question is when the people who have been living there for 10 plus years (who dont own their homes) are moved out, and they will eventually be moved out, where do they go ?0 -
My grandad talked about trolley buses but always in a negative way like they were in the way of working people. This was Peckham not Woolwich. But I'm sure he said the last tram to run was in new x PeckhamStarinnaddick said:
Do you remember the Trolley buses 696 and 698? Our family used to go from Woolwich to Danson Park on one of them.bobmunro said:Diebythesword said:
Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes
I'm not old enough to remember trams, but I do remember the tram lines still being in the square - I'm assuming they have gone now.0 -
Last Tram day in London was in July 1952, the year before I was born.orpingtonRED said:
My grandad talked about trolley buses but always in a negative way like they were in the way of working people. This was Peckham not Woolwich. But I'm sure he said the last tram to run was in new x PeckhamStarinnaddick said:
Do you remember the Trolley buses 696 and 698? Our family used to go from Woolwich to Danson Park on one of them.bobmunro said:Diebythesword said:
Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes
I'm not old enough to remember trams, but I do remember the tram lines still being in the square - I'm assuming they have gone now.
I lived in Woolwich until I was 5, when the family moved to the newly constructed Abbey Wood Estate.
I remember taking the 698 trolley bus from the Woolwich terminus at Parsons Hill (outside the odeon) to the Harrow Inn in Abbey Wood village.
This was before a diesel powered bus service ran through the Estate, initially the 177A and later the classic LT Routemaster 180 service. (Phwoooaar, bus porn)
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The last tram went from Woolwich to New Cross on Saturday 5th July 1952.orpingtonRED said:
My grandad talked about trolley buses but always in a negative way like they were in the way of working people. This was Peckham not Woolwich. But I'm sure he said the last tram to run was in new x PeckhamStarinnaddick said:
Do you remember the Trolley buses 696 and 698? Our family used to go from Woolwich to Danson Park on one of them.bobmunro said:Diebythesword said:
Beresford square market is still going. The indoor market has been long gone. Still waiting on it to be turned into flats and a cinema.Solidgone said:
beresford square looking really nice now. Could do with that cafe moving in at the pavilion and when the poundstretcher building goes
I'm not old enough to remember trams, but I do remember the tram lines still being in the square - I'm assuming they have gone now.0 -
52 or 62 lol0
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