{"id":17312,"date":"2025-04-21T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17312"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:35:17","slug":"deptford-greenwich-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17312","title":{"rendered":"Deptford &#038; Greenwich &#8211; 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Deptford &amp; Greenwich<\/strong>: Some pictures from two bike rides in April 2005, the second cut rather short by a puncture, around one of my favourite areas of London, mainly along the southern bank of the River Thames. The area has changed fairly dramatically in recent years with new blocks of riverside flats replacing riverside industry, much of which had already ceased work by 2005.  I first photographed here around 1980 and it still now makes an interesting walk (or ride) and I&#8217;ve done most or all of it a few times since 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n091.jpg\" alt=\"Deptford &amp; Greenwich - 2005\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>River Thames and Drydock, North Greenwich.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual I&#8217;ll post a slightly amended version of what I wrote at the time on My London Diary together with links to that site which has some more pictures. But I didn&#8217;t write anything about the actual pictures except the captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/29\/050429_n060.jpg\" alt=\"Deptford &amp; Greenwich - 2005\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Reflection of the Laban building in Deptford Creek, London.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a fine sunny day on Thursday 21 April 2005 and I put my Brompton folding bike on the train to Waterloo, then cycled east from there to Deptford and Geenwich, taking another trip along one of my favourite riverside paths around the Greenwich Peninsula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n023.jpg\" alt=\"Deptford &amp; Greenwich - 2005\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Trinity Square, Southwark, London SE1. Church is now a rehearsal studio<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>North Greenwich is still interesting, although the area by the Dome is now rather bleak. Time went surprisingly quickly, and I had only got just past the Dome when it was time to make my way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n093.jpg\" alt=\"Deptford &amp; Greenwich - 2005\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Dry Dock, North Greenwich, London.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just over a week later I tried to take up the ride from where I left off, but only made it as far as the footbridge over Deptford Creek, when I heard a loud bang as my rear tyre punctured. I should have stopped, mended the puncture and gone on, but I couldn&#8217;t face it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n041.jpg\" alt=\"Deptford &amp; Greenwich - 2005\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Deptford Creek close to its junction with RIver Thames, Deptford, London.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wheeled the bike to Greenwich station, got on the train and came home. One of my few gripes about the Brompton is that mending punctures is a bit of a pain; the small tyres are hard to take off and even harder to replace, and if you want to take the rear wheel off, it is a rather tricky business that I&#8217;ve yet to master. I have tyres with kevlar inserts that are supposed to be puncture-resistant, but they don&#8217;t seem very effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n175.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Canary Wharf and River Thames from North Greenwich, London<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After I&#8217;d arrived home and had a cup of coffee, the puncture turned out to be a straightforward job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n197.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ship breaker&#8217;s yard, North Greenwich, London, April 2005<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/21\/050421_n258.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Doorway, Albury St, Deptford,<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/29\/050429_n012.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>St Pauls, Deptford, London built by Thomas Archer in 1713<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/29\/050429_n027.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Laban dance centre<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/29\/050429_n095.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Deptford Creek<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More pictures on My London Diary<br><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/apr29-01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">From April 21st 2005<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2005\/04\/apr29-01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">From April 29th 2005<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-21592268-6698-4884-b8d2-0c04276c63b5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"block-1347990f-e0e8-4f40-a8b0-aa6582de51ac\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/69163004@N00\/albums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flickr<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peter.marshall.712\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My London Diary<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hullphotos.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hull Photos<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/river-lea.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lea Valley<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/peter-marshall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paris<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.petermarshallphotos.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London&#8217;s Industrial Heritage<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingsoflondon.co.uk\/\">London Photos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"block-8dc66be1-c5ae-47e2-b405-4b303d7ef4e1\">All photographs on this page are copyright \u00a9 Peter Marshall. <br>Contact me to buy prints or licence to reproduce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-1ffbd6e4-34ed-4464-9d11-8ce09bf8d01e\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deptford &amp; Greenwich: Some pictures from two bike rides in April 2005, the second cut rather short by a puncture, around one of my favourite areas of London, mainly along the southern bank of the River Thames. The area has changed fairly dramatically in recent years with new blocks of riverside flats replacing riverside industry, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17312\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deptford &#038; Greenwich &#8211; 2005<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[20225,734,1439,1440,147,20220,131,6984,20222,20223,20226,3518,17,1343,4937,83,200,2841,20227,20221,20,15926,183,2842,20224],"class_list":["post-17312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-londonphotos","category-my-own-work","tag-albury-st","tag-canary-wharf","tag-deptford","tag-deptford-creek","tag-dlr","tag-drydock","tag-greenwich","tag-greenwich-peninsula","tag-laban","tag-laban-centre","tag-laban-dance-centre","tag-lighters","tag-london","tag-london-photos","tag-north-greenwich","tag-peter-marshall","tag-river-thames","tag-riverside-walk","tag-sailing-barge","tag-ship-breaker","tag-southwark","tag-st-pauls-3","tag-thames","tag-thames-path","tag-trinity-square"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17314,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17312\/revisions\/17314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}