GASHOLDER SPECIAL SIX: BETHNAL GREEN (amended)

NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2019 So far, 1475 people have signed the EEWG petition to St William Homes, for which many thanks. However, we need many more signatures. REASONS FOR SIGNING THE EAST END WATERWAY PETITION TO ST WILLIAM HOMES No. 2 Gasholder…
GASHOLDER SPECIAL FOUR – BETHNAL GREEN AND POPLAR

NEWSLETTER APRIL MAY 2019 No. 2 and No. 5 Gasholders at Bethnal Green INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC EXHIBITION FOR THE MARIAN PLACE GASHOLDER SITE Please go to this vitally important consultation as it is a unique opportunity (especially for those…
SWAN WHARF, DACE ROAD, ‘FISH ISLAND’

Swan Wharf is an Edwardian multi-storey stable block with a 1960s extension and a wharf on the River Lea, just below Old Ford Locks. Having written several letters of objection to the London Legacy Development Corporation (last dated 17 July…
FORMER CAIRD & RAYNER WORKS
NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2019 FORMER CAIRD & RAYNER WORKS COMMERCIAL ROAD LIMEHOUSE The 1940s photograph shows the office and service range on Commercial Road. The vehicle entrance on the left leads through to the former sailmaker’s workhouse, which backs onto the…
SECOND LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL PETITION
Proposed residential blocks We, the undersigned, object to PA/16/03342 and 03343 because the three proposed residential blocks would dominate rather than defer to the Grade II-listed 1855 main building, and their height, scale and bulk would also fail to preserve…
FORMER LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL
East End Waterway Group Special December 2016 Newsletter from Tom Ridge HELP STOP THE DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE 1855 MAIN BUILDING’S ROOF AND VENTILATION TOWER AT THE FORMER LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL (LISTED GRADE II APRIL 2016) Compare the existing…
FORMER LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL PETITION
(1st petition) For the second petition – Click here The demolition of the repaired original 17th century country house-style roof (with gentle slopes and several flat tops), and the demolition of the original albeit shortened ventilation tower would result in…
GASHOLDER SPECIAL DECEMBER 2016

EAST END WATERWAY GROUP LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THREE HISTORIC GASHOLDERS ON THE WATERWAYS IN TOWER HAMLETS Regular readers will know that EEGW has tried and failed to save the No.1 gasholder in Poplar, on the River Lea, and the…
TWO LLDC BRIDGES OVER THE HACKNEY CUT
EAST END WATERWAY GROUP FISH ISLAND SPECIAL DECEMBER 2016 The LLDC has submitted four planning applications to itself for two new bridges over the Hackney Cut. The narrower bridge requires the unnecessary demolition of Fish Island’s second oldest canal-side industrial…