The Greenwich Heritage Centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich because of a lack of funding, according to the head of the trust in charge of the borough’s archives. Janet Denne, the chief executive of the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, told councillors last week that “the situation had moved on” from the council’s plan that […]
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Charlton House declared ‘at risk’ by Historic England over leaky roof
Charlton House has been added to Historic England’s register of buildings at risk, a decade after the Jacobean mansion was hived off to an independent trust. The 17th-century building is in desperate need of £2 million of repair work, particularly to its leaking roof. Built for Prince Henry, the son of James I, in 1607, […]
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Children’s charity finds new home after losing base at Charlton House
The future of one of Greenwich’s best-loved charities has been secured, three months after it was told to leave its long-established home at Charlton House. Charlton Toy Library will move into new premises at Langthorne House, on the Springfield Estate, later this month, ending weeks of uncertainty for the volunteers who lend toys, games and puzzles […]
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Children’s charity faces eviction from Charlton House after more than 40 years
A much-loved children’s charity based at Charlton House is facing eviction and an uncertain future after more than 40 years. Charlton Toy Library, which was founded by a group of local mothers in 1982, helps families with children under five by lending toys and equipment such as baby monitors and stair gates. The charity also […]
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Greenwich Heritage Centre may not move back to Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal
The future of the Greenwich Heritage Centre remains “under discussion” and it may not move back to the Royal Arsenal as promised, councillors were told last night, three years after it was evicted from its home in Woolwich to make way for a £31m arts centre. Thousands of artefacts and historical records have been stored […]
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New Greenwich borough archive not fit for purpose, users say
The replacement for the closed Greenwich Heritage Centre is “not fit for purpose”, its users’ group has said – branding it difficult to access and “impossible” for many visitors to use. Users can only book appointments to view items from the borough’s archive on Tuesdays, and one part-time member of staff is facing an “intolerable […]
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Greenwich Heritage Centre: Trust left frustrated as council delays archive move
A Greenwich Council delay has meant the borough’s archive will not now open in its temporary home in Charlton until March, the charity that runs the archive has said. Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust was thrown out of its home in the Royal Arsenal in July, when the council took back the Greenwich Heritage Centre for […]
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Greenwich Heritage Centre: Users’ group set up to lobby for reopened archives
A users’ group has been set up to lobby for the reopening of Greenwich borough’s local history archive, which closed suddenly last month. The doors were locked at the Greenwich Heritage Centre on 21 July, with a number of staff redundancies, after the building – a former ammunition factory in the Royal Arsenal complex – […]
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