Ashburnham Triangle Association

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...

Aren't the gardens and green spaces looking good at the moment? It would be good to see some new faces, if you are able to join us, on Sunday June 27th to do some gardening. We are meeting at the planter on Ashburnham Retreat at 10.30am. Sara

Greenwich Neighbourhood Watch week begins on Monday, June 7th. There will be a week of organised events online which will provide tips on different aspects of personal security. Register now at https://www.greenwichnhwconnect.org/