Rathmore Benches Update
I'm feeling just a little smug just now. Remember the Rathmore Benches? Those beautiful, snaking mosaics in Charlton that must have once glowed like jewels and now look a little patchy to say the least?
Well I just got an email from Carol from Greenwich Mural Workshop who tells me that thanks to my reminding them (i.e. banging on about them being really shabby-looking) they have just successfully applied to Awards for All for a grant to repair these lovely works of art. The work will be going on in August and September, so we should have sparkling-fresh restored benches by October.
Well I just got an email from Carol from Greenwich Mural Workshop who tells me that thanks to my reminding them (i.e. banging on about them being really shabby-looking) they have just successfully applied to Awards for All for a grant to repair these lovely works of art. The work will be going on in August and September, so we should have sparkling-fresh restored benches by October.
Huzzah!
Carol also tells me "In addition we will be running a short course for young people from 10 years upwards for 8 days from 18th August to 29th August in mosaic production and as part of this course will be producing a new panel for the exterior of the building. The course is also being supported by Greenwich Youth & Play Services."
She doesn't mention how to get involved in these workshops but I guess an email to her from their website (above) should do the trick. I'm just hoping the budget stretches to a tin of paint for the building itself. Whoever thought Battleship Grey was a good colour for a Youth Club? I'm guessing not Greenwich Mural Workshop...
But hurrah for regenerating the regeneration. If only a few other projects that were done in good faith but that have fallen by the wayside could be similarly resurrected.
Labels: News, Not-Quite-Greenwich, Places of Interest
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
13:10
3 Comments:
I remember as a kid watching them being built. When they were painting the murual on the side of tghe build (long gone) Rathmore Road and Troughton Road residents posed.
Here a site with some pis of the place long before it was done up
http://www.yellins.com/transporthistory/bus2/charlton.html
Parked alongside these the other day, while nipping down to the shop to get a paper. Smiled then, remembering seeing them as a child, and smilied even harder when I saw you'd picked up on them.
And thank you, for a wonderful website, by the way. Thoroughly enjoy it and couldn't agree with the vast majority of your sentiments more...
I moved from Troughton road many years ago, and was really disappointed to see the youth club looking so down when I visited again a few years ago.
Thanks for spaking the interest in the benches....nect time I'm in the area I'll take a look.
You might be interested to know it was my mum that commissioned them, she also appeared in the mural pushing a double buggy.
It was nice everyones comments and see that the effort was apprecaited.
Thank you :)
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