An Alphabet of Greenwich – C
We haven’t had one of these for weeks, months even.
So today,
on a sunny Friday that just can’t last to the weekend (can it..?)
for a bit of fun
Let’s see how many Greenwich things with the letter C
we can think of…
the attachments to this post:
don’t try this at home
chris roberts
Crooms Hill hole 1
cork club low
cigar warehouse low
chris roberts
chestnuts
Charlton House 1922
Interesting background on Olympic arrangements. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/06/international-olympic-committee-london-summer-olympics.
Sorry it’s off-topic. “Committee” starts with a C, though.
OK I’m lost. What word beginning with C is Chris Roberts supposed to represent?
Jon – I have a few ideas for you, not many of which are suitable for a family blog.
Other Cs:
Princess Caroline
The Chapel of the ORNC
Deptford Creek
Christ Church
Caradoc Street
Circus Street
Colomb Street
Croom’s Hill
If anyone hasn’t read the Vanity fair article that Alphonso mentions, then they should.
Forget C for committee and think C for corrupt.
Circus Field
Charlton
Conduits
Chalk caves
Jack Cade
College Approach
Catherine of Aragon
Canaletto
The park looking Crap this summer
Ahhh, just snorted coffee out my nose! Genius scrolling punchline Phant!
Church Street – photo elsewhere on blog.
@ Jon Lee.
Well, it has four letters…..
I have been watching them in the distance from my kitchen window on their practice runs… Cable cars!!!
Ps. Heard their are very rare Charlton house tours tomorrow (Sunday) for £10! Details online somewhere no doubt.
@ scared of chives
Since the lady concerned was Spanish, its more likely to have been Katherine with a K. Or Katerina.
@ Capability Bowes
ummm…perhaps:
Catalina de Aragón
Catarina d’Aragón
Can I add in some industrial history bits:
Corys Barge yard (still there and still at work)
Cable manufacture (Greenwich’s most important industry and one which changed the world – why do we continue to ignore it?)
Christie Tar works
Convoys – closed now, but the last large scale operation on this bit of the river.
Coles Child – the man who built Lovells Wharf and all the houses in the Pelton Road area.
Caradoc Street – named for Durham coal owners
Ceylon Place – the remaining houses from New East Greenwich, built 1801.
Coombe Farm – stood off Westcombe Hill, mentioned by Pepys.
Crowley Wharf – named for 18th ironmaster Ambrose Crowley who had a warehousing operation on what we now call Ballast Quay and a big big house on the site of the power station.
and also:
Co-operative Development Agency – a leading agency in the field based now in Norman Road.
I could go on…………….
@ Scared of Chives.
OK, I fess up. What has the lady in question got to do with Greenwhich? Anne of Cleves, yes, but Catherine/Katerina/whatever?
@ CB
She married Henry VIII in Greenwich, in 1509
@ Mary Mills
Hi Mary,
Did Coles Child work alongside George Smith, or was he employed by him (and Morden College). I assumed the northern connection explained the Pelton Arms distinctive sign board!
Thanks
Hats off to S.o.C