Off for 2 weeks

PS: I’m away for a couple of weeks. Mrs Bugle may post if you’re lucky.

Blackwall Tunnel Closure

Cllr Chris Maines (Blackheath ward councillor) writes:
Sorry for long posting but I thought local residents may want to know what is going on.
Engineers working 24 hours a day to repair damage
TfL takes steps to help people affected by the closures
The Blackwall Tunnel northbound will remain closed until Wednesday at the earliest after a vehicle [...]

Momo Franks becomes the wedding dress shop

I noticed that Momo Franks was being redecorated today – I asked one of the builders what it was turning into. He said that the wedding shop down the road is moving in. I’m guessing that it is this one. Now, I know what you’re thinking – how useful is a wedding [...]

Deep Below Ground

Amazing photos of “The Blackheath Cavern” on the Subterranean Greenwich and Kent blog. Also known as Jack Cade’s Cavern, these are photos that I haven’t seen before! Well worth a look. Imagine the parties down there.

Handmade and Vintage

Sacha says:
I wondered if you might be interested in putting something on your site about a fund raising evening I am organising for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The event is the Blackheath Handmade & Vintage Shopping Evening on 3rd December. There will be local designers and craftspeople, and independent traders to selling gifts for [...]

All of this has happened before…

…and all of it will happen again, possibly. A little clarification on what I was referring to in the previous post, when I wrote “They were there in the past – they could come back again”. Windmills were on the heath from the 1600s:
The book that nobody in Blackheath should be without “Blackheath [...]

Half a million pounds to go green

As several people have pointed out, Greenwich Council are offering half a million pounds to five projects, including the Transition Westcombe Project. Now they have to decide how to bid for the money. I’m still not exactly sure how the Westcombe Park area is defined, but a good chunk [...]

Those Brits, they’re so quaint…

British man digs up Notre Dame fencing medal
Some guy in Blackheath digs up a medal in his back garden, and it is covered on a US TV news page. The fencing medal is from Notre Dame University in Indiana, not from Paris…
My favourite part:
He used an old English cleaning remedy.
Waller soaked the medallion in [...]

Book clubs in Blackheath

Clare emailed a while back, asking if there were any reading groups in Blackheath. I knew that there was one based at the library, but couldn’t remember the details. As I went to renew a book a few days ago, sure enough on the counter was all the information that you would need [...]

Best Blackheath Fireworks Video…

Without doubt, the best video from the Blackheath Fireworks by Henry, below. Make sure you press the “HD” button, and watch on fullscreen.

It doesn’t need the music though! We need some binaural recordings with two little mics in your ears! Stick some headphones on, and listen to these [...]