Comments on: Seaside in the Park http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/seaside-in-the-park/ An Intimate Guide to Life in Greenwich Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nick http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/seaside-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104435 Nick Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:35:18 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11372#comment-104435 There's another reason (apart from typhoid) that parents didn't want their kids playing on Greenwich beach....... tar ! As a kid in the 1960's, I used to play on the beaches in Greenwich, and I used to come back with at least one item of clothing (and some skin) coated in sticky tar. I think it came from ships flushing out their fuel tanks. There’s another reason (apart from typhoid) that parents didn’t want their kids playing on Greenwich beach……. tar ! As a kid in the 1960′s, I used to play on the beaches in Greenwich, and I used to come back with at least one item of clothing (and some skin) coated in sticky tar. I think it came from ships flushing out their fuel tanks.

]]> By: Bugs http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/08/seaside-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-104434 Bugs Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:23:07 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11372#comment-104434 Regarding Greenwich beach - your comment struck a chord. I had a completely unfounded instinct that it was "out of bounds". Then one day when the rowing club gate was open we guiltily wandered down to take a look. We fell into conversation with a gentleman who turned out to be Peter Kent the artist & illustrator of the book "Greenwich & the London Rover" & nearby resident. Needless to say it was a lovely way to find out more about the river & the beach in particular. Now, we often walk from the pier to the Cutty Sark pub, along the beach picking up old clay pipe stems and other bits and pieces. History in the hand! Regarding Greenwich beach – your comment struck a chord. I had a completely unfounded instinct that it was “out of bounds”.

Then one day when the rowing club gate was open we guiltily wandered down to take a look. We fell into conversation with a gentleman who turned out to be Peter Kent the artist & illustrator of the book “Greenwich & the London Rover” & nearby resident. Needless to say it was a lovely way to find out more about the river & the beach in particular.

Now, we often walk from the pier to the Cutty Sark pub, along the beach picking up old clay pipe stems and other bits and pieces. History in the hand!

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