Alphabet of Greenwich – J
Okay – no obvious quizzes today, just the latest in the Alphabet of Greenwich, which by now has reached the letter J.
I’m not around at the moment, so I’ll leave you to ponder
on a few Greenwich things beginning with the letter J.
the attachments to this post:
mystery image
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jubilee
Joy
jousting
James 1
inigo Jones loo
John Townsend low
John James. Lived in Greenwich, designed St Alfege Tower, Clerk of Works at the Naval College.
I’m sure I read somewhere that when they ran short of money, JJ also drew a salary as a night watchman, for which they bought him a guard dog with a spiked collar.
Jesus Christ..last seen trying to park at the O2!
John Harrison
Sam Johnson – lived for a while on Church Street.
John Roan and two James Wolfes
J.A.S.O.N
Jokes (Up The Creek).
Jetties on the river.
Jumps (for the horses during the Olympics).
Japan – the first country to officially adopt Greenwich Mean Time.
Glen Johnson – Liverpool and England footballer, born in Greenwich in 1984.
John Julius Angerstein.
Samuel Johnson, writer, lived in Greenwich.
John Bold author.
Greenwich: An Architectural History of the Royal Hospital for Seamen and the Queen’s House
Jools Holland; Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves)
@ Nick: surely England was the first country to adopt GMT?
Otherwise, Charlton House = “Jacobean”
OK, the first country outside of the UK (groan).
Marine engineer John Penn was born in Greenwich in 1805.