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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Historians fear for Greenwich archives as Heritage Centre announces closure
Users of Greenwich borough’s local history archive fear they will lose easy access to its collections after it suddenly announced plans to close its doors on 21 July. A number of staff are being made redundant as part of the closure of the Woolwich facility, 853 understands from multiple sources, but the trust that runs […]
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