Letters January 2006
From:
Keith Mills
I
have no real information relating to "Merryweather's" of Greenwich , London . I know that
following their move from Greenwich, they established themselves at the Rassau
Ind. Estate in Ebbw Vale, South Wales, then one Easter weekend they moved all
their appliances to a store in Plymouth, all this took place between 1982 and
1986. Furthermore, two gentlemen by the names of Greening and Tovil (I
believe) set up the G & T Turntable ladder business in Gravesend , Kent .
These two gentlemen were former employees at the Merryweather Factory in Greenwich , further to
this I have no other information on their Records/Files on Fire
appliances. A descendant recently approached the Fire
Service College .
I believe the descendant was that of "Moses Merryweather,"
From: Richard Buchanan
This is in reply to a request in the
November 2005 GIHS Newsletter: SS Faraday (1) is briefly written up in Cableships
and Submarine Cables by K R Haigh, published in 1978 by STC Submarine Systems
Division (now Alcatel Submarine Systems). The following is an extract:
Brief details- Built for Siemens Bros,
Woolwich, in 1874 by C Mitchell & Co Ltd, Newcastle .
Length: 360.38 ft Breadth: 52.25 ft Depth-.36.9ft Gross Tonnage: 5052 Compound
Engine.
William Siemens was instrumental in
having: Twin Screws and bow & stern Rudders for manoeuvrability; Twin Funnels
abreast, leaving a clear central cable run from bow to stern, and innovative
cable handling gear. There were three Cable Tanks. Laid 50 000 nautical miles
of cable before being decommissioned in 1924, when replaced by SS Faraday (2); though survived as a hulk before being
broken up in 1950.
From Yvonne Witton
I
saw your website and am hoping you can give me some brief information on the
Industrial Buildings Company who owned the Rectory Buildings in Deptford in
1890's
From: Jennifer Nevill
Do you have any information about CA
Robinson & Co which was based at Anchor
Wharf until the 1970's?
From:
Sharon Waite
I wonder if you could direct me to
somebody that may be able to help. My husband lived at 147 Blackheath Hill
until he was about 6 (which would have been approx. 1967). We have managed to
find an old photo of the building which was spectacular - I am trying to find
out the history of the building, what was it used for originally, who built it
etc. Unfortunately it has now been demolished and some ghastly 1970's style
flats have been erected, but it would be great to know the history of what he
remembers.
From:
John Davy
We recently had a neighbour pass away
and during the house clearance came across 2 framed certificates awarded to a
George Smoker for services in assisting to save lives from a fire at
Chestfields Blackheath Hill Greenwich 13th July 1880 . I wondered if your local society would
have any information or would know where I could go to find more.
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