Now it is easy to over romanticise the River.
Our bit was smelly, noisy, and grimy and at times dangerous with none of those idyllic scenes you get up river.
But this was our stretch from the ferry at Woolwich down to the Naval College and on to Deptford.
I spent hours on the ferry just going back and forth, played on the beach in front of the Cutty Sark, and on a whim went for an adventure in the two foot tunnels just to see what “the other side looked like”.
And sometimes when we were older we just took ourselves down to the water front and watched the busy river do its business.
This was one of the pictures I took of Eltham and Woolwich in the mid ‘70’s which sat undisturbed in our cellar.
But all good things eventually come to light.
They were colour slides which have been transferred electronically.
The quality of the original lighting and the sharpness is sometimes iffy, but they are a record of a lost Eltham and Woolwich.
And these two are from a lost day out with our Jillian and Stella. I have no idea where Liz or Theresa were and I have no idea what we did next.
Location; Woolwich
Picture; Woolwich, circa 1978, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
But this was our stretch from the ferry at Woolwich down to the Naval College and on to Deptford.
I spent hours on the ferry just going back and forth, played on the beach in front of the Cutty Sark, and on a whim went for an adventure in the two foot tunnels just to see what “the other side looked like”.
And sometimes when we were older we just took ourselves down to the water front and watched the busy river do its business.
This was one of the pictures I took of Eltham and Woolwich in the mid ‘70’s which sat undisturbed in our cellar.
But all good things eventually come to light.
The quality of the original lighting and the sharpness is sometimes iffy, but they are a record of a lost Eltham and Woolwich.
And these two are from a lost day out with our Jillian and Stella. I have no idea where Liz or Theresa were and I have no idea what we did next.
Location; Woolwich
Picture; Woolwich, circa 1978, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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