Many of you keep returning to this website and rather than trawling through all

the old stuff heres some new pics that have been added to their respective sections

updated January 2007

Greenwich

 

Chisenhale Works - Old Ford (Bow)

Morris Cohen (Veneer Works) built  the current Chisenhale Works building (called CHN Veneers) in 1943 to produce

veneer for the construction of Spitfire cockpits and propellers and plywood for Mosquito planes during WW2.In 1972

Chisenhale Works closed and the building is bought by London Borough of Tower Hamlets.In 1980 a  group of visual

artists and the X6 Dance collective are forced to relocate from their studio building in Butler’s Wharf in Docklands.

They take over the lease at Chisenhale Works, creating Arts Place Trust. During the winter of 1980-1981, the artists

renovate the derelict building and create 40 studios. X6 Dance establish Chisenhale Dance Space in the derelict

Black Horse Brewery Building adjacent to Chisenhale Works. Much of the old works remain derelict

Middlesex Hospital, Central London

The Middlesex Hospital's history goes back 250 years. The Middlesex Infirmary opened in 1745 with 18 beds to

provide medical treatment for the poor. Funding came from subscriptions and in 1747, the hospital became the first

in England to add 'lying-in' (inpatient) beds.The foundation stone on the present site was laid in 1755 and in 1757,

The Middlesex Hospital opened on its current site. Over the years, extra wings were added but in 1924, it was

decided that the building was about to collapse and something had to be done. Huge efforts were put into a "The

Middlesex is falling down" campaign to raise the necessary million pounds plus to rebuild the hospital. Finally,

without ever having closed its doors, the new Middlesex was opened in 1935 and eventually closed in December 2005

Bow

Cambridge Heath                                   Dalston

Hoxton                                                      Bermondsey

 

 

Plumstead - White Hart Road Depot

The council depot worksite contains a former electricity generating station, which is

listed as Grade II. This complex of buildings was originally an early-Edwardian combined

refuse incinerator and electricity generating station supplying both street and domestic

lighting. Power generation ceased in 1923 and incineration in 1965 and it was

subsequently modified to become a council depot.. The interiors of the buildings contain

interesting decorative finishes including doors, door surrounds, fireplaces,stairs and glazing

within the offices and glazed brick interiors and mosaic flooring in the main hall.

 

Bow                                                            Plumstead

Woolwich (Princess of Wales)

Bow                                                           Bethnal Green

A shop window near Finsbury Park