tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555515594218868773.post7076826716755940688..comments2022-12-13T13:53:58.291+00:00Comments on A Rotherhithe Blog: Please help to save the red crane on the Thames Path at Odessa Street!Andiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342690442454499340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555515594218868773.post-28086939778255569462015-03-29T10:27:55.038+01:002015-03-29T10:27:55.038+01:00Southwark Council should invite alternative develo...Southwark Council should invite alternative development schemes which retain a higher element of social housing and retain the Red Crane and the public realm where it stands. A more accountable and inclusive use of this key riverside site. If protected OPEN SPACE is to be developed then residents expect a project of the HIGHEST QUALITY SYMPATHETIC TO THE SETTING AND ITS HERITAGE meeting local Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155289086787825339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555515594218868773.post-30269309056132690672015-03-28T10:47:31.059+00:002015-03-28T10:47:31.059+00:00Thanks for this. Such a shame that it's been l...Thanks for this. Such a shame that it's been left to rot over the years. I suspect that it's beyond dismantling. Why on earth are English Heritage not involved? Ade Masonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555515594218868773.post-27447253747114705912015-03-28T09:19:41.164+00:002015-03-28T09:19:41.164+00:00Dear Malcolm. Would you have a moment to mail me? ...Dear Malcolm. Would you have a moment to mail me? I would very much like to chat, and promise not to take up too much of your time. andie [at] oddthing dot co dot uk. Best, AndieAndiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342690442454499340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555515594218868773.post-83799301089757634602015-03-27T23:13:13.285+00:002015-03-27T23:13:13.285+00:00I'm glad you've been able to use my two ph...I'm glad you've been able to use my two photos. The one dated 1982 shows the now surviving crane, at Commercial Pier Wharf in Odessa Street, with the wharf around it stacked with sawn hardwood baulks. The other dated 1980 shows Lawrence Wharf, just along Rotherhithe Street beyond Durand's Wharf, where there were three other cranes of similar type, seen surrounded by hardwood logs. <brMalcolm Tuckernoreply@blogger.com