Chris The Barber
P&D writes:
Just a little note to let you and others know that Chris the Barber (at the top of Blackwall Approach) has closed after 25 years. Admittedly,he did the same haircut whatever the fashion or request but he has served the local area faithfully for all this time. It is somewhat of an enforced retirement for him as the council refused to renew his tenancy. Chris thinks that 'they' have a plan for that area but he doesn't know what.
Well, me for one will wish him a happy retirement and all the best forthe future. Once more little bit of local colour ebbing away.
The Phantom Adds
Am I getting this entirely wrong, or is that the bit up by the Tunnel itself? I vaguely remember a suggestion for a five star hotel being mooted but it all went a bit pear-shaped when the Casino was dropped. Of course I may have completely the wrong place. I'm having trouble placing it in my Monday afternoon head...
Just a little note to let you and others know that Chris the Barber (at the top of Blackwall Approach) has closed after 25 years. Admittedly,he did the same haircut whatever the fashion or request but he has served the local area faithfully for all this time. It is somewhat of an enforced retirement for him as the council refused to renew his tenancy. Chris thinks that 'they' have a plan for that area but he doesn't know what.
Well, me for one will wish him a happy retirement and all the best forthe future. Once more little bit of local colour ebbing away.
The Phantom Adds
Am I getting this entirely wrong, or is that the bit up by the Tunnel itself? I vaguely remember a suggestion for a five star hotel being mooted but it all went a bit pear-shaped when the Casino was dropped. Of course I may have completely the wrong place. I'm having trouble placing it in my Monday afternoon head...
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posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
17:00
6 Comments:
It's by the bus stop at the top of Blackwall Lane - just by the T junction where that lap dancing club tried to open.
I think the council has got plans for that stretch too. There's another empty unit next door.
...or the junction of Trafalgar Road /Woolwich Road/Vanbrugh Hill...
If it is the bit at the corner of Trafalgar Rd, that has been in the pipeline since at least 2002.
Greenwich Peninsula Development Frame work 2002
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/932B9E27-4910-4D3B-95B6-9F81F8D38C5E/0/peninsula_framework_final_2.pdf
part 20.33
Trafalgar Road is at the heart of the southern district but currently does not provide the range and quality of shops and services needed to serve an integrated community. Increasing the
residential density and employment in the area will help provide a sustaining population and will be an integral part of the options for new development. A new focus will be created around the junction of Blackwall Lane and Trafalgar Road by introducing
new development opportunities at the Greenwich District Hospital (GDH) and Blackwall Lane.
...." Increasing the residential density and employment in the area will help provide a sustaining population and will be an integral part of the options for new development."
Err, hasn't this area of London been inhabited since before the Roman times? I'd call that 'sustaining population'. Who the hell are these people that write this sort of tosh? Obviously no one that either lives in or knows the area. Not enough 'Cafe Nero's' for their liking probably!
Aren't there enough closed down shops on Trafalgar Road to be filled up first?
Another local institution lost :(
I haven't used a different barber since I moved to the area 5 years ago. I'll miss him.
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