1pm update: I’ve just got home (from the table tennis at ExCeL, natch) and found the latest edition of Greenwich Time on my doormat. This headline from the propaganda weekly shows the council’s reputation-first communications policy falling flat on its face – there’ll be a few hollow laughs in Greenwich town centre at this. I […]
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Greenwich Peninsula cable car station – final design revealed
You might have seen the Greenwich cable car in action over the bank holiday, with tests being stepped up. From halfway up the hill in Charlton, with the gondolas sat in pairs across the river, it looked a bit like a set of Christmas lights nobody had bothered to turn on. There’s still plenty of […]
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No horses, no Irish – NOGOE goes back to the 70s
The latest communiques from NOGOE, the always open-minded opponents of the Olympics in Greenwich Park. If they’re trying to work out why nobody’s listening to their claims that the rebuilding of the Blackheath gates (and the remodelling of an iffy junction) is “Olympic vandalism”, then these might provide an answer… 9pm update: I’ve tidied the […]
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Greenwich and Blackheath Olympic traffic plans now online
They’ve been a bit late in coming, but full plans for what’ll happen to traffic in Greenwich and Blackheath during the Olympic Games – as well as parking in an area from Deptford to Plumstead – are now on the London 2012 website. It’s worth a look, even if you’re a non-driver like me – […]
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Second time lucky for Oranjecamping in Greenwich?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ReG5-KWfvM&w=560&h=315%5D Their last application was comprehensively thrown out by Greenwich Council’s licensing board, but the plan for a big Dutch campsite right next to the Greenwich Millennium Village during the Olympics was launched anyway a couple of days later. Spot the senior Greenwich councillor in the video above, and try to name the local […]
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Woolwich Common’s Olympic venue takes shape
The Olympic shooting venue on Woolwich Common is fast taking shape, with the distinctive holes in the side of the temporary structures. The venue will have to be finished by the spring, with a test event, the ISSF World Cup, planned for 18-28 April. But one thing’s still missing from the site… Sadly, there’s still […]
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Greenwich Park 2012 closure cut to four weeks
Greenwich Park will now be closed for four weeks in summer 2012 to accomodate the Olympics, organisers confirmed tonight. It had been planned to close the entire park for between six and eight weeks to allow equestrian events to take place. But organising body LOCOG now says the restrictions will now run from 6 July […]
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Societies’ secrecy hides Olympics good news
This post could have brought you news of Wednesday night’s meeting between the organisers of 2012’s London Olympics and local societies in Blackheath and Greenwich, about the planned equestrian events in Greenwich Park and their ramifications. Unfortunately, the Blackheath Society did not respond to a request for access to the meeting, and I was told […]
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