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ATA Card spotlight: Greenwich Osteopaths

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Hello everyone - I am pleased to announce that Greenwich Osteopaths have joined the ATA Card discount scheme. Greenwich Osteopaths was established in 1986. In 2007, Glynn Booker took over the practice and has been teaching Osteopathy for 16 years (15 years as a consultant equivalent). The practice is run as a small, personal business treating a wide range of painful conditions anywhere in the both. Problems treated include lower back/shoulder/neck pain, pins & needles, numbness, stiffness/reduced mobility, dizziness, and also the occasional/unusual/offbeat ailments. All ages welcome and treated! Treatment may include a range of techniques: massage, joint waggling, clicking or cranio-sacral. All of these are delivered with the principal aim of making the technique applied as comfortable as possible. Current pricing is  £80 for initial consultation and treatment, and  £70 for subsequent treatments. ATA cardholders are entitled to a 10% discount on these rates. If interested...

Reminder: Guildford Arms closing on 27 September

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Hello everyone - a reminder that, after over 217 years of service, the Guildford Arms closes its doors on Sunday 27 September at 5pm. Please do pay them a visit, have a drink/meal and thank them for their longstanding presence and participation in our community. They will be missed.

Redevelopment of the Former Lewisham College site // important update

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H ello everyone, I am writing to advise the meeting agenda scheduled for Planning Board on Thursday, 24 September 2026 has been published where the above application will be heard. Please see the below document for more information relating to the committee. Many AT residents are interested in (and critical of) proposed redevelopment plans - if available, please do attend to express your views. To coordinate responses from our area, please feel free to liaise with our councilors and representatives of The Greenwich Society and CreekLink charity.

Missing cat - please help!

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Reminder: ATA street party this Sunday... see you there?

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Looking forward to seeing everyone at this Sunday's street party. We have a great lineup of activities planned... come along, bring the kids, bring a friend, have a bite and a drink... and enjoy!

In case you're looking for a night out... upcoming shows at Greenwich Theatre!

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Hello everyone - sharing information from Greenwich Theatre on some great events planned for the months ahead - details below and via clicking this link . There are some very familiar faces heading to Greenwich Theatre over the coming months… From comedy and music legends to extraordinary stories from behind the scenes of television, show-business and true crime, we’ve got a packed line-up of special one-night events coming to our stage. BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW BOOK NOW

Next local history group talk: 17 September, 7:30pm

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Hello everyone- sharing on behalf of Barbara Reid: I hope you’ve all had a good summer. September has arrived and it’s time for another local history talk.  It will be on  Thursday 17 September at 7.30pm  in the lovely West Greenwich Library.    Some of you may have attended Vaughan Ginn’s previous talk about the journalist Gareth Jones, one of the first journalists to report on the 1932-33 Great Famine in Soviet Ukraine. This talk follows on from that to tell the story of John Hughes, a semi-literate Welshman, who set up the highly successful steel mining town Husovska (Hughesovka) named after him in Ukraine. It tells the story of his humble beginnings, his move to the Greenwich area, the connections he made, what happened to Husovska post revolution and the fascinating Kruschev connection.    Talk title: The Greenwich Ukranian Welsh Connection  Our speaker is Vaughan Ginn who lives on Greenwich South Street.   ...

13 September street party - run of show details, plus additional information!

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Hello everyone - here's our schedule for the upcoming street party plus ads for some of the performers you can expect to see. Please share far and wide - all are welcome!

Next meeting with Councillor Stacy Smith - 5 September

Hello everyone – sharing some information on behalf of our councillor, Stacy Smith.   The next meeting with Stacy is scheduled for 5  Saturday, 7pm  at the Ashburnham Arms. The informal agenda for the meeting includes: Glyphosate usage and opt-out program: update and actions (including draft survey, and pending Council update) Engaging Blissett Street residents in unused land patch (including draft survey) Ways forward for more trees and less fly tipping Improving Blackheath Road (including conversations with Street Trees for Living and Wickes local manager about trees and green space to act as a deterrent to fly tipping)   And of course, any other business of interest to AT residents.

Reminder: rules around weekend building works

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Hello everyone - at the suggestion of an AT resident, I am circulating the below RBG guidelines around building works noise at the weekends. More detailed information can be found by clicking on this link . In the  Royal Borough of Greenwich , general construction and noisy building works are restricted to  8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturdays , with  no noisy work allowed on Sundays or bank holidays . Weekend Building Hours Saturday:  8:00 AM to 1:00 PM (noisy activities like power tools, hammers, and heavy plant equipment are strictly limited to this window). Sunday:  Prohibited (no noisy construction or demolition work permitted). Bank Holidays:  Prohibited. (Note: Weekday construction hours run from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday). What Counts as Noisy Work? Using power tools (drills, saws, sanders). Using hand tools (hammers, chisels). Operating heavy plant equipment (Kango hammers, pneumatic breakers, cement mixers). Demolition and structural alterat...

Upcoming talk: 2 September, 11am, The Greenwich Society

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Hello everyone - for those interested and available, please see below details about expedition travel specialist Amelia Dalton's Coffee and Chat at the National Maritime Museum.