#London Docklands bombing

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Bugs: All Under Control

I know that I pride myself that everything I blog about here is cult TV, but in this post we are in proper cult TV territory, in fact a show I haven't long known about. Bugs (1995 to 1999)is not one of those shows that just everyone has watched, but has a definite cult following in the UK, with actual fans. I don't know whether it has much or any of an international following. In fact Bugs has been described as 'an Avengers for the nineties'.

Frankly I wish people would mostly stop comparing shows to The Avengers. It doesn't do, they don't usually compare, and it sets up an unrealistic expectation of what the show can come up with and places the show under unfair stress. Adam Adamant Lives is a show this has been done to, as is Virtual Murder, and both shows are quality entertainment in their own right and don't need comparing to anything else. However in the case of Bugs it's not just anyone describing it as the Avengers of the nineties, but it's Brian Clemens. Yes, that Brian Clemens, script writer, editor and producer of The (actual) Avengers, who had an input into this show. Holy cow, this show had the bloke who did The Avengers working on it. Of all the shows compared to The Avengers, this actually *is* as close as we'll get to The Avengers of The Nineties.

It's an action/adventure cum science fiction show about Gizmos, a team of crime-fighting technology experts. And so we have the witty dialogue, we have the fantastic technology, we have the sexual chemistry, we absolutely have the great and the good gone bad, and while the complete unreality has been toned down a bit, it has rather been transferred to the technology that features in the show. Oh, the technology that features in the show. I don't mean the fictional technology, I mean the technology of the nineties. Thirty years later this show might as well be set in 1960 because some of the technology looks so outdated it's like a trip down memory lane. Of course this wasn't intended at the time. My personal opinion is that it doesn't really matter that the sort of futuristic fictional technology depicted didn't really come to pass in most cases, because that aspect of the show can firmly be consigned to fiction. It's against a familiar nineties background, though.

One of the things which makes the background so nineties it that the show is shot with a very definite aesthetic in mind. Its palette is predominantly blues, and greys, with splashes of yellow or read in places. Essentially if you heap up a collection of vintage nineties computing equipment you would have exactly the aesthetic of this show and it's glorious.

Another interesting feature of this show is that it was impacted twice by IRA bombs during the tail end of the Troubles. Initially it was mostly filmed around the reveloped London Docklands with its futuristic appearance, but this was ended by the IRA bombing of the South Quay Plaza in 1996. Then the Omagh bombing in 1998 severely disrupted the broadcast of the final series. Truly of its time.

All Under Control is perhaps slightly different from the other episodes because it's about the team's investigation after a passenger aircraft is hijacked by remote control. Not to beat about the bush here, I love the dead nineties computer set up with a mouse that the hijacker uses to hijack the plane. Otherwise the episode is a great opportunity for filming outside the city, including obviously at an airport and also at the homes of the genius who designed the state-of-the-art navigation system of the plane. It's great stuff.

I have to say that the plots of Bugs episodes are fairly straightforward in the early episodes (I haven't got there yet but apparently in later episodes more human interest stuff starts intruding): basically they are presented with a problem, investigate it and find the solution. It's about as no-nonsense as you can get, while still having that Avengersesque/futuristic feel. I suspect this is the reason this show has a cult following: you'll either take to it or you won't, and personally I don't follow the plots too closely and just let it wash over me.

If I have a criticism it is that I think the episodes are possibly a little longer than they could be, at least in terms of plot. the good looks and nineties state of mind never gives up. I wouldn't go to the stake for this opinion though.

I have to say it is a pleasure to find a series which might actually have a claim to be a successor of The Avengers because of having Brian Clemens work on it and I recommend it very highly. I'd suggest starting at the beginning if you've not seen it because the fans seem to like the earlier ones better than the later ones.

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[elaine4queen]

London Stock

So when I’m using google to look at John Fisher Street it’s an interesting contrast. In my mind, for instance, John Fisher Street is a very soft grey, even in the sunshine. There are two spaces where blocks used to be - one was in the very middle, with the others arranged around it, which I think was deliberately razed, and which became a kid’s playground, and another to the south west which, when I lived there, was a car park and which has now, finally, been built over, with what looks like quite posh flats, which gives the estate a gentrification I couldn’t have imagined at the time and closes up a space which was very open for the 12 years that I lived there.

Now, this block that used to be there, was bombed near the end of the second war. My neighbour Ethel was living in the council estate next door with her family. She was a young woman at the time and she worked in the docks. Her friend, who lived in that block, had just had a baby and she asked her mum if she could go and visit. Her mum said no, and then there was an air raid. 

The people in the council estate sheltered in the railway arches which now have the Dockland Light Railway tracks on them, but which used to service the docks. Ethel said that the people in the Peabody shelter in their basement. This would certainly protect you from flying glass, but what happened was that the bombs they called the doodlebugs had just come in. These bombs could fly along with their own little motors that made a noise, and when that noise cut out the bomb would explode. This doodlebug flew into a window and exploded killing everyone in the building, including Ethel’s friend and her baby. Ethel said that when the bomb went off and the building exploded into rubble all of the air was sucked out of the railway arch. So for her, a space which had been left empty for decades and just used for parking cars, was a site of a very visceral memory.

[seachranaidhe]

'REVELATIONS: Calls for London heiress Rose Dugdale's arrest following IRA bomb-making claims '.

‘REVELATIONS: Calls for London heiress Rose Dugdale’s arrest following IRA bomb-making claims ‘.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/06/revelations-calls-for-london-heiress.html Rose Dugdale – Women of the Revolution

[thefivedemands]

TROUBLES. RICHIESTO UN STUDIO SUI SUICIDI

TROUBLES. RICHIESTO UN STUDIO SUI SUICIDI

E’ stato chiesto l’avvio di uno studio sul reale tasso di suicidi legati ai Troubles, che potrebbe portare ad un aumento delle vittime

La richiesta è partita dopo le confidenze rilasciate da un ex soldato UDR part-time, Ernie Wilson (82),  sul suicidio del figlio James dopo che l’attentato dell’IRA contro un autobus scolastico guidato dal padre. James si incolpava di non aver individuato la…

[mostly-history]

Photos from the “Little Blitz”:

Bombed-out houses on Elsenham Road (Manor Park, June 1944).

The aftermath of a V-1 strike on Marlow Road (East Ham, November 1944).

Bomb damage on Cundy Road near Custom House (September 1944).

The remains of the Woolworths store on New Cross Road after a V-2 bomb killed 168 people (Deptford, November 1944).

Blackwall Dock (1945).

[sbd17]

My city 🌃 London🙌🏼 I am 3rd generation east Londoner and like to call myself a cockney with a good tan🤣🤣🤣 What you see is the London docklands heavily bombed during the war but look how stunning it stands today;out of disaster rises magnificence 💯

[londiniumlundene]

Museum of London Docklands

Located in a 19th Century warehouse at West India Quay, this outpost of the Museum of London is dedicated to the capital’s history as a port. Though slightly smaller than its better-known sibling, the main galleries spread over two floors will still take at least half a day to fully explore – but probably longer if you want to read every panel, watch every video, and try out all the interactive exhibits.

The museum begins with a look at how the building itself operated in its life as Warehouse No. 1, before backtracking to ca. 1600, when trade to the port of London begun to expand with the rise of the merchant class. As the quantity and value of goods being brought up the river increased, so did the level of piracy – this gallery ends with a reconstructed gibbet, illustrating the fate that befell those pirates caught in the act.

The next gallery hits hard, telling the story of London’s role in the slave trade. The West India Docks were built from the proceeds of the sugar industry, the product of which was stored in the warehouses, having been grown on plantations by enslaved Africans. The cruel instruments of slavery sit alongside portraits of wealthy merchants and the fine implements used for preparing and handling sugar in the kitchens and parlours of Britain.

Continuing onwards, the museum details the great changes that came to the Thames in the early 19th Century, when major construction of docks was needed to support the expanding coal and whaling industries. A reconstructed ‘Sailortown’ gives an idea of what the dark, seedy alleyways around Wapping, Shadwell and Ratcliffe were like in the days they were filled with crews enjoying shore leave.

All this builds towards London becoming the principle port of the British Empire, sometimes called the ‘Warehouse of the World’, where every conceivable commodity could be found – just a fraction of which are on display. It wasn’t great for all though, as a section devoted to the 1889 dockworkers strike tells.

This hub of global trade wouldn’t last. The penultimate gallery tells how the docks were a major target for the Luftwaffe in the Second World War: the nostalgic artefacts such as gas masks, air raid shelters and mobile canteens are accompanied by film footage of the devastation caused by the bombing, and bleak paintings from war artist William Ware.

The lives of those associated with the docks post-war were filled with ups and downs. Exhibits show how reconstruction brought modernisation – but this meant automation and standardisation, leading to massive job losses. The final gallery packs in the stories of the Docklands Development Corporation, the fights against regeneration by local communities, the construction of Canary Wharf, and ends not, as one might expect, on the river, but on the Underground, looking at the Jubilee Line extension that better linked the Docklands to the rest of the capital.

[wanna-b-poet31]

A note on the names meta

A few of the notes I took when looking at the names, too. I don't know if any of these will be of any interest, but provided below: (sources include wikipedia and behindthename)

Anathema Device

Anathema - Ancient Greek: ἀνάθεμα (anáthema) meaning "an offering" or "anything dedicated",  derived from the verb ἀνατίθημι (anatíthēmi) meaning "to offer up" - In the Old Testament, something (living or inanimate) that was consecrated or to something denounced as evil or accursed and set aside for sacrificial offering.

Device - usually a constructed tool.

(A professional descendant, whose identity is a tool constructed by her family for the purposes of interpreting/fulfilling the prophecies.  A witch, and therefore "something denounced as evil.")

Newton Pulsifer

Newton - According to popular lore, Sir Issac Newton's theory of gravitation was inspired by watching the fall of an apple from a tree.

Pulsifer - Google suggested Percival as an origin for the surname Pulsifer.  Percival was one of King Arthur's knights. Most well known for being the original hero in the quest for the Grail, in some versions he died a virgin after achieving the Grail. His story involves the Fisher King, the last in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail.

Sergeant Shadwell

Sergeant - Latin serviens "one who serves" - Military rank.

Shadwell - A district in East London. During Victorian times, the growth of Shadwell's port led to an increase in the number of prostitutes in the area, and the area was known as the centre of the capital's opium smoking.  Among its landmarks is St George in the East. The church was hit by a bomb during the Second World War Blitz on London's docklands in May 1941.

  Madame Tracy

Madame - A title for a polite and formal form of address for women, often contracted to ma'am.  Also a woman who manages a brothel, escort service or some other form of prostitution for profit.

Tracy - Particularly during the 1980s, it was a name considered to be archetypal of the Essex girl. (Essex girl: a pejorative stereotype in the UK, applies to a female viewed as promiscuous and unintelligent; gained popularity 1980-90s...about the time the book was written).  As an Irish surname, Tracey comes from Irish "treasach" meaning "war-like" or "fighter" and is also translated as "higher", "more powerful" or "superior." 

[your-joyfulvoidstudent-blog]

The success of £20 million Woolwich Ferry upgrade

By Shanai Campbell

The story of Woolwich,and it's new ferries

The Woolwich Ferry was closed between the, 6th of October 2018- 29th of February 2019. The crossing of the free ferry was shut, in order to create new docking berths.

      Ben Woollacott ferry- Photographed by Shanai Campbell

Woolwich is an area in South East London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It has been part of the London metropolitan area since the 19th century. Sometime between the 3rd and 1st century, in the late Roman period re-used as a fort, were at the current Waterfront development site between Beresford Street and the Thames.

The development of each boat was £10 million. unfortunately, the boats took more time than expected because, specialists were sent into the Thames to check the mud for hidden explosives; due to the vast numbers of bombs dropped on the docks in the war. 

On January the 9th 2019 the ferry service was re-open and had successful responses from the public.

                 Woolwich Ferry- Photographed by Shanai Campbell

It operates across the River Thames to North Woolwich in the London Borough of Greenwich. Carrying trucks, cars, cyclists and pedestrians every 15 minutes, from 06:10am to 20:00pm on Weekdays and weekends. 

According to the Survey of London This defensive earthwork encircled the landward sides of a riverside settlement. In 1965 the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich became part of Greenwich Borough, of which it remains the administrative Centre. 

After the short closure of the Woolwich Ferry in October 2018, the multi-million-pound upgrade has replaced and re named the old boats, the new names are:

Ben Woollacott, which operates at Woolwich North. The ferry was named after the young man who died, whilst he was working on the ferry.

     Dame Vera Lynn Ferry- Photographed by Shanai Campbell

The other was named Dame Vera Lynn which operates at Woolwich South; this ferry was named after the 100- year- old East London singer. The new boats are more modern, and have low-emissions to protect the environment.

The town is a river crossing point, with the Woolwich Ferry and the Woolwich foot tunnel crossing to North Woolwich in the London Docklands. Between the 17th and  20th century, Woolwich was an important naval, military and industrial town.The free Woolwich Ferry origins can be traced back to the 1300s.

Traffic increased in the 20th century, because of the rise in motor vehicle traffic and it remained popular because of the lack of nearby bridges. The new ferries provide 14% extra space than the current vessels; and are able to carry 150 passengers, with a total of 210 meters of space for vehicles and dedicated cyclist spaces across four lanes.

           Interviewee- Photographed by shanai Campbell

Frederick Spencer, a frequent ferry traveller said: 

"I often travel on the Woolwich ferry to visit my family on weekends. The staff members have always been friendly, and I've never had a problem with the services. Taking the ferry is a good way to relax and see a different scenery, instead of taking the bus or trains."

"I remember getting on the two old boats, and thinking if they will ever change the boats for new ones, and they did. I think that the two new boats have really given Woolwich ferry a much better popularity, because it is free and looks much more attractive to the public it was about time that they upgraded the ferry; to me the upgrade has been a great success.”

"The names given to the new boats were a way to pay respect to the young boy Ben Woollacott who died whist working, and Dame Vera Lynn, the famous World War 1 singer. The tribute to the two people took over the names of the old boats which were John Burns and Ernest Bevin; they were named after the politicians and served Woolwich themes for a half a century."

Since the Woolwich Ferry has been re-opened it has been a great success as it has welcomed more travellers than ever. According to Trip-Advisor Woolwich ferry has 71 reviews and 4.0/5 ratings. 

            Local Woolwich People- Photographed by Shanai Campbell

There were many talks about the ferry closing down for good, but a petition went around the local communities and people voted for the Woolwich ferry not close down but to be upgraded. According to TFL two million people take Woolwich ferry each year. 

Woolwich locals have said that they do miss the old boats, as they were the classics. Whereas most people have said that they love re development of the ferries, and that the new low emission helps to protect the environment against pollution.

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Streets in the sky

A journalist who has lived in the shadow of Dawson’s Heights her whole life spent six months researching the local landmark

Words by Tarn Rodgers Johns

Photos by Pablo Cuéllar

I’m standing on the balcony on the top floor of Ladlands, one of the two blocks that make up the Dawson’s Heights estate in East Dulwich.

It’s a warm summer’s afternoon and the view over London is spectacular, stretching from Battersea to the left, all the way to the O2 arena and Docklands to the right.

Behind me is a row of royal-blue front doors, running along the open balcony like a street. At this height, the fresh air whipping around my face is a world away from the stuffy congestion at ground level.  

Reportedly visible from as far away as Hampstead Heath, Dawson’s Heights is probably East Dulwich’s most famous example of a postwar social housing project, and over the years it has become something of a pilgrimage for fans of modernist architecture.

Officially “Dawson” Heights but known as Dawson’s Heights by virtually everyone, the building of the estate was completed in 1972 at the tail end of the social housing construction boom which revolutionised London’s skyline.

Clad in warm sand-coloured brick, the two buildings that make up the estate avoided the monolithic impression of other housing estates from the same era constructed from prefabricated concrete.

Split over two or three levels, a jigsaw-style pattern of interlocking maisonettes means that one, two and three bedroom dwellings neighbour each other. The ziggurat-style shape and sheer size of the blocks are a stark contrast to the Victorian and Georgian houses on the streets nearby.

But what makes this estate unusual goes beyond aesthetic. In 1968, recently qualified and with a few years’ experience under her belt, a 26-year-old borough architect called Kate Macintosh won an in-house competition to design a housing scheme to sit on the remarkable site.

Even today only 25 per cent of registered architects are female, so for a female architect to design such a large-scale project in the 1960s and so early on in her career would have been very unusual indeed.

Whereas today many of Dawson’s Heights’ contemporaries have been pulled down, such as the Heygate Estate in nearby Elephant and Castle, Ladlands and Bredinghurst seem to have stood the test of time.

For my MA in journalism at London College of Communication I spent six months researching the history of social housing, meeting Kate and residents of the estate to learn more about this building that, having grown up in Dulwich, I’d been looking at all my life.

My project explores how a combination of the housing crisis, social class and the Right to Buy policy have all affected the perception of what it means to live in an housing estate today.

As a child, my family lived on Hillcourt Road, just at the foot of Donkey Alley, a muddy track that leads up to the estate. When I was a teenager, my friends and I would walk up to Dawson’s Hill on bonfire night to watch the fireworks – occasionally sneaking into the building to take in the view from the top floor.

After my parents got divorced they moved into two separate houses – my dad to Peckham Rye and my mum to different house in East Dulwich. Now, from outside both of my parent’s front doors you can see the highest point of the estate peeping out above the tree line. I guess you could say I’ve lived in the shadow of Dawson's Heights all my life.

The estate sits on Dawson’s Hill, which in the early 20th century had the local nickname “the slippery hill” because of its tendency for landslides into the street (and houses) below. To ensure the stability of the estate, engineers recommended 30-feet deep foundations.

Still, it was not possible to build on a large percentage of the hill and today the hilltop nature reserve around the estate provides six acres of space for the use of local kids, dog walkers and joggers.

At 255 feet above ground level it’s easy to see why this hill might have been important for ancient settlers, and during my research I discovered that a castle may have existed here long before Dawson’s Heights.

Dulwich historian Brian Green told me that when the estate was being built, a few artefacts were discovered which pointed to the probability that a Roman fortress had once existed on the site.

At the time there were no legal requirements to stop building works so any treasures remain hidden, but coincidentally or not, the phrase “an Englishman’s home is his castle” was a recurring motif in my conversations with residents.

Incidentally, Kate Macintosh has also said that when it came to the design of the estate she was inspired by Scottish castles, which are “imposing on the outside, but protective on the inside”.

One of the key features of the flats at Dawson’s Heights is that they all have their own balcony – most even have two – from which to enjoy the panoramic views. It’s a feature which Macintosh fought for at a time when the council considered them an extravagance.

Likewise, all flats were designed with a view onto the playground for parents to keep an eye on their children, and it’s these little details that make Dawson’s Heights the much-praised example of social architecture that it is today.

One former resident I spoke to, Tim, first moved to the estate in 1971, aged six. His family of five were the fifth to move onto the estate, having previously lived in a house in Nunhead where they had all shared one room.

Even though it was some 25 years since the end of World War Two, Tim remembers empty spaces between houses on the street where the bombs had hit. “We had no inside bathroom, just a tin bath and a toilet outside,” he says.

When the terraced houses they lived in were scheduled for demolition, Tim and his family were relocated to a brand new three-bedroom flat in Dawson's Heights. “Suddenly we had all this space, me and my brother could just open the front door and run onto the grass. It was amazing.”

Although he was quite young at the time, Tim has strong memories of the how the block felt while they were waiting for the new tenants to move in. “There was no one to play with yet, the play area was still a muddy building site.”

Like many other estates at the time, Dawson's Heights was constructed out of concrete, and Tim still vividly remembers the smell of the new building. “To this day when I go up a new concrete staircase, that smell takes me straight back to my childhood.”

Leaseholders are the minority at Dawson’s Heights, with only 49 out of 298 flats privately owned. One resident, David, who bought his flat, said: “Back in the day you could just go to the council on a Monday get a flat on a Friday. But there’s no social housing any more.”

Tim still lives in council housing but has now moved north of the river, to Brent. He admits there is an element of nostalgia when he thinks about his childhood, but he doesn’t think he’s ever lived anywhere as good as Dawson’s Heights was in the 1970s.

“I swear to you, everywhere I’ve lived since then I’ve wished it was like Dawson’s Heights,” he said. “I’ve never had that sense of community again anywhere.”  

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The photographs on these pages were taken by Pablo Cuéllar from Colombia, who collaborated with me on the project. See more of Pablo’s photography on Instagram @pablocuellarb and read the full article at trodgersjohns.wixsite.com/dawsonheightsproject

[heykav]

Big bang theory: how blowing up a Transit van wiped out £1m of debt | Art and design

Big bang theory: how blowing up a Transit van wiped out £1m of debt | Art and design

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As dawn broke one spring day last year, Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn parked a gold Ford Transit van on some waste ground in London’s Docklands. It was filled with £1.2m of banknotes – and it also contained a bomb. They then retreated to a safe distance, leaving a specialist to trigger the device. “It was the money shot,” laughs film-maker Edelstyn. “The camera man was very nervous,”…

[watchfuldeer]

living in london, being in london, is risky. it is more dangerous here than in other places. i’ve known that since i was very young. i remember the docklands bomb in 96, that was the first time i was exposed to the concept that my home wasn’t safe. all this... screeching conjecture and lack of respect for the dead and the rank sentimentalism in the fucking phrase ~stay strong~ and ~we are not afraid~.... it flies in the face of what it’s actually like to live here.

[seachranaidhe]

Army veterans may be protected for alleged historic offences as MPs announce official inquiry

A consultation document drawn up by the Northern Ireland Office on how to handle legacy killings has ruled out protection for Armed Forces veterans.

MPs are to launch a formal inquiry into whether British Armed Forces veterans could be granted amnesty from prosecution for alleged historic offences, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The Commons defence select committee will investigate the…

[captainstatesman1]

The Royals Are Making A Killing

The Royals Are Making A Killing

By Daniel Margrain

Two weeks ago (December 22, 2016), Prince Charles warned against state persecution. This is despite the fact that the House of Saud regime he ingratiates himself with as depicted by the photograph above, executed religious leader, Nimr al-Nimr, earlier in the year. If not for the thousands of people who demonstrated against that, and previous years arms fairs in London that…

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[PDF] Abandoned London: Discover the hidden secrets of the city in photographs - Katie Wignall

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Book Synopsis :

With 150 outstanding color photographs, Abandoned London presents a poignant pictorial exploration of the English capital?from forgotten railways lines and underpasses to lost industrial places, movie theaters, churches, and cemeteries.?? ? London is both a bright, modern city with soaring skyscrapers as well as a metropolis hundreds of years old?and, despite its gleaming surface, there is another side to the city, one of secrets, dilapidation, and mystery. Wander through disused stations on the Underground; immense, ornate Victorian sewers and waterworks; crumbling but beautiful Art Deco cinemas and empty swimming pools; bombed-out churches and eerie docklands; and ruined mansions and overgrown cemeteries, all haunting relics from a time gone by. Arranged thematically from transport and industry to residential and recreational, these entries cover both the modern city and the historical metropolis.Includes: - South Kentish Underground Station, closed in 1927 - Camden?s horse

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Coronavirus: IRA dockands bombing victim helping vulnerable

Jonathan Ganesh, badly injured in the London docklands attack in 1996, is driving an ambulance car. from BBC News - London https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52362258 from Blogger http://componentplanet.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-ira-dockands-bombing-victim.html