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Labels: faded greenwich, Secret Greenwich
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
08:57
Greenwich is one of the coolest "uncool" places there is in London. It's not profoundly unfashionable - rather somewhere where it doesn't occur to people that there is anything more than a few museums, a nice park and the Cutty Sark. The really adventurous might know about the Trafalgar Tavern or venture out to Greenwich market on a Sunday afternoon, but essentially, Greenwich is still relatively undiscovered for one of the great regions of London. I adore Greenwich - but I'm not blind to its faults either. In this journal I take an affectionate but honest - at times brutally so - look, giving my own personal low-down on the things to do - and one or two of the things NOT to do in Greenwich. I am being unashamedly parochial here. I will talk about the tourist sites, of course - how could I not when we have a World Heritage Site on our doorstep - but also about the things which make our town great - the little things. Interesting vistas, cool shops, bizarre novelties and quirky one-offs which make this place buzz. Greetings, by the way, to all of you who have travelled with me from Livejournal - and thank you for making the journey.
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Quite by chance I noticed this yesterday and thought of this blog. So it's still there at least
AND GUT YOUR FIRST OCTOPUS (fishmonger training course)
AND CUT YOUR LOST COUSIN OUT OF THE WILL (solicitors)
AND CUT YOUR LIST OF NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS DOWN TO JUST AVOIDING CAKE (self-improvement programme)
?
And on a more serious note :-)...
...AND CUT YOUR COST OF...(living, shopping, motoring...?)
After staring at the cursive red script underneath this for ages I began to think I could make out the words ''the dividend''. Which of course made me think of the Co-op (Royal Arsenal Cooperative Society) who used to do a spot of wall painting publicity.
Intriguingly, there's the remnants of a map painted to the right. I guess that the flying Citroën logo to the right of the /R/ in YOUR is the tail of an arrow pointing in a NNE direction. I can't figure out what area the map is representing, though. Also, above the T of COST there appears to be a roundabout marked. There aren't that many roundabouts in the area - why can't I place it?
Tee hee - brilliant.
Thanks for cheering me up guys...
It's bugged me for a while as well.
The Co-Op could be a good lead, since they have/had a funeral directors in that building.
Hope you're on the mend, Phantom!
You only need too ask
Yup, I've now been able to take a look at this, at first hand, and all the signs are (groan) that it relates to the Co-op.
There's a word on the lower line that initially looks like '... blend' but, once seen, it becomes clear it actually says dividend
RogerW,
Me too, I passed by it again today and had a closer look. ''....it's the dividend f....''
But I had an attack of reticence when I considered going into the shop (prompted by anon's ''you only have to ask'') and asking if they knew anything about it - the lad inside the shop didn't look like he'd either know the answer or appreciate the question. If I see someone a wee bit older next time I pass I'll venture in.
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