Lurking in St Alfege Cemetery is this small building which looks thoroughly disused. No idea what it was used for and it looks a bit creepy. Do you know what it is?
Daily Photo 21/10/08: Greenwich Union Pub
Daily Photo 20/10/08: Weekend’s Over
It’s Monday morning which always reminds me of going back to school after the weekend. These are the old entrances to the old Royal Hill School, which is currently used by Charlton School.
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Daily Photo 19/10/08: The Junk Shop
The Junk Shop in Greenwich South Street sells all kinds of oddments, which come from house clearances I assume. Anyone in need of a coffin? On the clock which protrudes from the shop front, it says “It’s Junk Time”.
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Daily Photo 18/10/08: Hyde Vale
Daily Photo 17/10/08: Greenwich Mushrooms
Introducing The Daily Photo
A new section ‘s Greenwich.co.uk “Magazine” is the Daily Photo. Monday to Friday, I’ll be posting up a new image from around Greenwich. I’ve not got a natural eye for photography but I’ll try my best and hopefully in time, contributors can send in their images to be featured.
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Greenwich Wheel Comes Down
The Greenwich Wheel that gave visitors excellent views across Greenwich over the Summer was yesterday taken down. Simon Starr’s excellent Cutty Sark Webcam was brilliantly positioned to capture the Wheel coming down, so here’s a couple of image grabs which he kindly gave permission for me to use that show exactly how it happened.
Image one shows the wheel on Sunday – before work started on bringing it down.
By 09.57 on Tuesday, the pods have been taken off.
A pigeon swoops past the webcam – nice action shot!
It can be seen now that a segment has been removed and it’s starting to look like Pacman munching on those trees.
By 5pm, it’s well over half way down and has been turned around too.
And today, the Greenwich Wheel is gone – will it be back next year?
Riding The Greenwich Wheel
This summer has seen the arrival of a feature on the Greenwich riverside that has offered views to match those of the London Eye. The Greenwich Wheel can take you sixty metres in to the sky, and apparently on a clear day you can see up to 25 miles into the distance.
With the Wheel only there until 28th September, I thought I better go along and have a look before it disappeared. My first observation was that it was remarkably quiet. Ok, summer is pretty much over now and the kid’s are back at school, but even so the thing was pretty empty with I think two people on it before I got there, and then when I boarded it was just me and a friend, and another guy in the pod behind us. It costs £7 for an adult and £4.50 for kids. The wheel actually moves pretty speedily, but you get a good couple of rotations and the ride lasts for ten minutes or so.
The views were excellent, with brilliant vistas across Greenwich Park, the Royal Navy College and Canary Wharf in the other direction. When you get off, you can buy a photo of yourself in the pod for some extortionate amount, so best of taking your own camera. If you haven’t been yet, definitely worth popping along and giving it a go. It’s open between 10am and 10pm until Sept 28th.
London Bloggers Tour ITV Local
ITV Local invited a select group of bloggers, and somehow I got invited too, up to their studios today to learn more about their own London blog and to give us the chance to see them putting out an edition of London Tonight.
This eclectic bunch of bloggers from across London assembled at 200 Grays Inn Road on this muggy Friday afternoon, and were duely given a tour of the newsroom, the ITV evening news set and the London tonight set. The picture on the right shows inside the iconic, Norman Foster designed building with a stunning atrium at its heart, which we learned was once home to a hanging art installation like a “stick of rock” which fell loose and came crashing down into the cafe area on the ground floor, just as Katie Dereham was down there grabbing a coffee.
Highlights of the walkabout for me included passing Bill Neely in the corridor and then getting to meet and shake hands with the legend that is Alastair Stewart. In fact my neck was starting to ache from constantly turning round to see more recognisable faces.
After the tour, we settled down in the gallery with the director to see the main evening news programme, London Tonight, being created. Being a Friday show, there was a bigger element on the fun stuff – a guide to What’s on this weekend, a look at the movies and a funny video featuring a surfing dog. The other tell tale sign it was a Friday was that Alastair wasn’t wearing a tie! Having seen London Tonight so many times, it was fascinating to see the show being made and also to enjoy the banter that goes on between the presenters when they’re not on air. It was a privelege to be invited, so big thanks must go to ITV Local and their social media consultants, 1000 Heads.
Have a look at the ITV Local London Blog to find out more about their blog which includes regular posts from Alastair, Salma Siraj and Katie Dereham.