Ashburnham Triangle Association

Mick Delap, the ATA's representative for Deptford Creek developments, has posted a new update on the Thames Tideway Tunnel project. There's good news and bad news if you're interested in the work, so please click here for his full report.

The Ashburnham Triangle Association is looking for a new chairman and secretary, and someone to take responsibility for arranging some local events and organising the annual ATA Street Party. Would you be interested in getting involved? Our Annual general meeting will be at the Ashburnham Arms on Wednesday 20th October at 7.30pm if you would like to find out more.  Please email Robin Stott  if you'd like to attend.

Following the devastating murder of Sabina Nessa locally, please see here the council response,  Officers investigating the murder of Sabina Nessa have released details of the route she was travelling at the time of the attack in the hope that any further witnesses will come forward. Anyone with information should call the incident room on 0208 721 4266 or Crimestoppers completely anonymously on 0800 555 111. Claire, ATA security 

The Greenwich West Safer Neighbourhoods Panel met on Zoom on Tuesday 7th September. Below is a summary of that meeting:  Within the Triangle Resident has reported that their rubbish has been rifled through- please ensure that you shred confidential documents and destroy those with personal details on. Drug dealing continues from Merriweather Place. Police are aware. Burglaries have increased. Police will be doing set patrols to monitor this. Please ensure doors and windows are secured. Greenwich Town centre Spate of graffiti on businesses, ORNC, bus stops - large police, business and council effort to catch the individual. Distraction thefts - keep phones and wallets etc in a safe place. If approached for help or assistance by a stranger, ensure your valuables are securely away before assisting. Pedal cycles- theft of cycles in town centre is rising again- ensure your bike is locked securely with more than one lock. Other local areas Brookmill Park- knifepoint robbery reported- pl...

In August the Green Hub bought three swift boxes to support the local swift population. These have now been fitted by St Marks onto the side of their tower. Here’s hoping they are occupied next year .. although apparently it can take a few years. Thanks to St Marks.  Alison Haworth

The next ATA History group meeting is this Thursday from 7.30pm. Barbara writes: It seems a long time since our last meeting on zoom back in March. I have been waiting to see how things would develop over the summer and to see if we could meet up in person rather than on zoom. Our usual venue, the back room at the Ashburnham Arms is a great location and I hope we can be back there before too long but it’s a smallish space and I'm aware that at the present time this might prevent some people from coming to a meeting so with that in mind I have booked a larger venue:  West Greenwich Library for Thursday 12 August 7.30pm.  The main item is a talk by historian Ann Dingsdale on a remarkable woman, Marie Celeste de Casteras Sinibaldi, who in the 1860s lived at 1 South Villas, Greenwich South Street. She signed the 1866 women's suffrage petition and took out several very interesting engineering patents in the early 1860s including one for improvements in the manufacture of armour pla...

Three swift boxes have been bought by the ATA and will be mounted under the water Ed at St Marks church, hoping to increase the local swift population in the next few years.

If you fancy a bit of gardening on Saturday morning, our gardening team will meet at the planter in the Play Street at 10.30am, do what's needed there and then go to Ada Kennedy Court.

Mick Delap is the July speaker to the Greenwich Industrial History Society, on Tuesday 13 July.        The free Zoom talk starts at 7.30pm, with people gathering electronically from 19:15 onwards. There will be time for questions and debate after the talk.  If you want to sign up for this virtual talk, you must register via the Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deptford-creek-and-the-area-in-the-19th-century-tickets-162587352147                     They will then send you log-on details after 6pm on Tuesday.

The Greenwich West Safer Neighbourhoods Panel met on Zoom on Tuesday 6th July. Below is a summary of that meeting:   Within the Triangle  Cowan House- neighbour disputes, Optivo housing is dealing with this. Drug dealing has been reported from Merriweather Place. Police are monitoring. Burglaries and motor vehicle theft down, but police will be doing plain-clothed patrols. Issues with an address on Blackheath Road. Please report any issues to police.  Greenwich Town centre  Mobile phone theft, robberies, pickpocketing still happening around Cutty Sark Gardens/New Capital Quay (outside Waitrose)/Riverside/Creek Road – please be aware of your surroundings and when using phone.  Large gatherings around Cutty Sark gardens have been happening at weekends. These have turned unsavoury at times so please be careful if in the vicinity if they happen again. Other local areas Anti Social Behaviour including drugs reported on The Point. Please continue to report to pol...