Talk:Thamesmead

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Contents 1 T Block 2 Clockwork Orange and Tavy Bridge 3 Bostall 4 Dates 5 Missing Information

[edit] T Block

"It is also the known location of a notorious gang named T-Block originating from the north side of Thamesmead associated with incidents documented by the local News Shopper paper."

Very untrue. T Block originates from Central Thamesmead, more specifically the Titmuss Avenue and surrounding towerblocks. This area is even known as "T-Block", as T Block is not just a gang it is the territory in which they run. People normally refer to it as "Gogi's" because of the nearest newsagent "Gogi's Supermarket". I should know, I live in T Block. I'm changing it. 86.149.253.205 01:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clockwork Orange and Tavy Bridge

Primary source. In this still from the film http://nhindymedia.org/usermedia/image/3/clockwork-orange-5.jpg the characteristic 10-story towers of Thamesmead stage 1 either side of Tavy Bridge can be seen in the background of Southmere Lake.

Compare with this photo of the same spot http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/clockwork.html

Secondary sources (not obviously recursive from Wikipedia)

• http://www.wheredidtheyfilmthat.co.uk/film.php?film_id=65
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/locations
• http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/film/f_info3.htm
• http://www.reelstreets.com/clockwork_orange.htm

[edit] Bostall

If anyone can identify the area called Bostall, please write it up & reinstate the link I just removed. I lived just off Bostall Lane for ten years but never heard of a local area called Bostall. Nealc 16:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Bostall is listed as a locality in the London Borough of Bexley. There is a Bostall library run by the Borough. Millbanks (talk) 07:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Mainly on the Bexley side, there is also an Anglican parish (St Andrew). Bostall Woods, and Bostall Heath itself are on the Greenwich side of the borough boundary, as are Bostall Gardens (near Viola Avenue and McLeaod Road) . Hasted in his History of Kent (1797) [1] mentions Bostall as a hamlet near Plumsted, and that it contained Suffolk Place Farm. Rhillman (talk) 11:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

The article does not give a date for the initial development in Thamesmead. My memory is that it was in the 1960s when architects, planners etc used to visit Thamesmead as some sort of "brave new world".

[edit] Missing Information

A lot of information is missing from this article - development dates (as mentioned above), the role of Trust Thamesmead, details of the lakes and canal system, the fact that Thamesmead South, Thamesmead North, Thamesmead Central and Thamesmead West are essentially separate from each other. Will try to gather further information and add to the article! Rhillman (talk) 11:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)