Walk by Gang of Four less Steve around Woolwich 15th June 2018
 Our route Marked in red |
 Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station |
Woolwich has a new town centre square
overlooked by a futuristic development of flats above a giant Tesco.
Royal Arsenal Riverside, the Berkeley Homes £1.2 billion development of the Arsenal site is bringing 5,000 new homes to the area, some in converted heritage buildings, others in new riverside towers. |
 The Tesco Store |
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Gateway to Woolwich Market |
Line ahead |
Sparrow interloper |
What are you doing? |
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Dodging past |
Fruit Stalls in the market |
More stalls |
All in Blue |
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Blue and Red |
Clothes Market |
Aubergines or... |
Peppers? |
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Beresford Gate, 1829, now separated from the Arsenal by a road |
The "Old Gun Pit" pub |
Flags for the soccer World Cup? |
Three Somalis with coffee for Eid? |
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Drinking Trough |
African Take Away |
Sparkly Sandals |
Pyjamas? |
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Need Cash? |
Small Somalis |
In the Pink |
"Vaping Joint" |
 It was "The Shakespeare" pub |
 Roof Decoration |
 Sale |
 Ice Cream stop |
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Smart shoe |
 Just what you need |
 Smart |
 Chairs |
 Grandma |
 On Phase Three |
 Musick |
Resting |
 Big Girls |
 A selfie |
 On the phone |
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RACS Old HQ on Powis Street |
RACS Motto on building left |
In 1868 workers founded the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society which eventually owned farms, bakeries and housing estates as well as shops. A statue of one of the society’s founders, Alexander McLeod, stands above its listed Edwardian Central Store in Powis Street, with its motto: “Each for all and all for each”. |
 Helen and a Big Gun in "Riverside" |
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RACS old Central Store |
Alexander McLeod on the RACS old Central Store |
More Somalis now Ramadan has ended |
Juice Bar |
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Shop back |
A chat |
 Old Cannon in "Riverside" |
First Choice Cafe |
 Do they sell Ice Cream? |
Polar Bear |
To Let |
Lantern |
 Slacks |
 Bagel Boss |
 Signs to anywhere |
 Woolwich Foot Tunnel entrance, but the stairs were closed off |
 Woolwich Free Ferry |
 Loading up |
 Ferries Swapping sided |
 A plane bound for London City Airport |
 The Royal Brass Foundry |
 "The Assembly" by Peter Burke |
 and again |
 A Naval Gun |
 The Weather Vane on the Royal Brass Foundry |
 Lunching |
 Royal Military Academy Cadets pictured on the Heritage Centre |
 "Gardening" for a photo |
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 The original Royal Military Academy, the Heritage Centre is to the right |
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 The "Dial Arch" pub for lunch |
 The Dial Arch now the Young's Pub called after it |
 Its front door |
 Nike |
 "The Guard House" now another Pub |
 Guard dogs |
 The restored Royal Academy Turret Clock |
 Riverside Development flats each with the same balcony furniture |
 Not too much privacy |
 Royal Purple |
 Not "Rummy" but happy to pose |
 Shops and the "African Bus Stop" |
 Quality Meat |
 A "Rock of Ages" Church |
 Afro Caribbean Takeaway |
 A representation of " The Great Harry" in front of the covered market |
 A rolling ball clock in the Heritage Centre which seemed underfunded |
 "Twentieth Century" Embroidery |
 Tudor Times |
A convict who provided free labour |
 A Canon Pendulum |
 Enlarges |
What are you doing? (He asked to be snapped) |
 Tesco Again |
 At Woolwich Arsenal Station where we caught a train which went all the way to Luton. Unfortunately they made it an "all stations" after London. When Crossrail is open and the flats are occupied old Woolwich will die
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