Sept' 12th 2019 . Calderwood street
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May 9th 2018. Calderwood street
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Dec' 19th 2015 Calderwood street
library entrance
May 5th 2015 Polytechnic street
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July 19th 2014 Market street Police station now closed
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March 6th 2014 Monk street ( just off Calderwood street )
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Feb' 12th 2014.. Calderwood street
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Feb' 12th 2014 .. Market street
Market street entrance to the town hall copyright Chris Mansfield
Jan' 8th 2014 . Old county court building in Plytechnic street
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Ceiling corner detail of the old 1842 town hall building in Calderwood street copyright Chris Mansfield
Nov 21st 2013 .. Market street
Side entrance to the town hall copyright Chris Mansfield
Sept' 16th 2013.. Market street health centre
Built in 1938 .. designed by the borough engineer Mr H W Tee and built by the councils own labour force. copyright Chris Mansfield
August 30th 2018. Calderwood street
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May 9th 2018. Polytechnic street
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September 23rd 2014. Clara place
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July 19th 2014 . Market street Police station entrance after closure
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Multi storey car park above Sainsburys copyright Chris Mansfield
Feb' 12th 2014 .. Market street
The Magistrates court closed down in June 2011 and its looks from the sign as if it has been sold .
Feb' 12th 2014.. Market street
The old cottages on the left were built in 1832 and the police station was built in 1910. copyright Chris Mansfield
Jan 8th 2014.. Calderwood street
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Interior of the old 1842 town hall building in Calderwood street copyright Chris Mansfield
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Sept' 16th 2013.. 19th century Cottages in Market street
Before I started studying local history I had always assumed this row of houses were living quarters for the officers of the adjacent police station, But they are actually much older.. This was originally a terrace of nine small houses built in 1832..these five still remain.. In 1807 the Woolwich board of Commissioners came into being ( an early version of the council) They had the power to rebuild the market which at that time was an unregulated sprawl of traders on the north side of Woolwich high street .. roughly in the area of the present day entrance to the leisure centre car park. Without consulting the traders they decided it was a better idea to build a completely new market in the area now known as Market street / Bathway/ Polytechnic street.. The commissions laid out a nice new square with sheds around the edges but the traders were not interested... It was too far out on the fringes of town and the new market was a total flop. In 1824 they gave up on the idea and put the area up for sale. A man called Benjamin Davies took out a lease on a sizeable chunk of this area .. Much of the street would have looked similar to this row of houses.. The present police station arrived in 1910 and the magistrates court followed a few years later copyright Chris Mansfield
Aug 30th 2018 Polytechnic street
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rear of library building
Jan' 6th 2016 Calderwood street
Sikh temple
Aug 17th 2015. Market street, Police station building
These steps once led to a doorway .. not sure when it was bricked up
July 19th 2014 "For Sale" Market street police station closed and for sale
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Feb' 22nd 2014.. Obsolete entrance to Marks and Spencer in Calderwood street
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Feb' 12th 2014.. Market street
The health centre was built in 1938-39.. The modern building beyond is the Job centre. copyright Chris Mansfield
The old swimming baths building and Bathway viewed from Market street copyright Chris Mansfield
Stairway detail inside the old 1842 town hall in Calderwood street copyright Chris Mansfield
Dec' 5th 2013 .. Old county court
Main door of the old county court building .. Nice VR cypher above door copyright Chris Mansfield
Entrance to the old swimming baths .. now closed down, the property is used by Greenwich university copyright Chris Mansfield
Aug 9th 2018. Calderwood street
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!0th March 2014 New Cafe opens in Calderwood street
New Cafe opened in Calderwood street on the above date copyright Chris Mansfield
Feb' 12th 2014.. Calderwood street
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Bathway , looking towards Market street copyright Chris Mansfield
Dec 5th 2013 .. Old county court
Interior stairway detail of the old county court building copyright Chris Mansfield
Nov' 21st 2013.. Calderwood street
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Oct' 12th 2013 .. Calderwood street
This building of 1891 was the original site of the "Woolwich Polytechnic young mens christian institute" . The school gre rapidly to fill the island site, bounded by Calderwood street, Thomas street, Polytechnic street and Wellington street.. Calderwood street was formerly known as Wiiliam Street.. It was renamed in 1938 in honour of a local industrialist, councillor and chairman of the Polytechnic governing body, William Calderwood copyright Chris Mansfield
June 6th 2018 Calderwood street
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March 10th 2014 New Cafe in Calderwood street , Koffees and KreaM
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Feb' 12th 2014.. Calderwood street
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Feb' 12th 2014.. Market street
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June 8th 2014 side entrance to town hall in Polytechnic street
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Dec' 5th 2013 .. Old Town Hall
Interior of the old town hall building in Calderwood street copyright Chris Mansfield
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Oct' 12th 2013 .. Calderwood street
Close up view of the entrance to the original polytechnic building copyright Chris Mansfield
