Greenwich and Blackheath Past

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GREENWICH AND BLACKHEATH PAST
The old town of Greenwich sits with its feet dangling in the river Thames from which it has always derived much of its prosperity. Adjacent Blackheath is a village with its head in the air, one of villas, sport and relaxation.
The two places are complementaiy rather than identical twins, for their histories, retold here with much skill by the London historian, Felix Barker, are vastly different. As Greenwich developed from its royal beginnings and then industrially from its early shipyards, so prosperous people took advantage of the spectacular views and open spaces afforded by Blackheath to build their out-of-town houses.
While Greenwich had the cachet of royal residents and a world-famous Observatory, Blackheath became sought after for its gentler pleasures - especially sport, where its claims to be in at the beginnings of golf and rugby are taken seriously, uj Felix Barker's affectionate history of the two places is one that stems from living... Tovább

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GREENWICH AND BLACKHEATH PAST
The old town of Greenwich sits with its feet dangling in the river Thames from which it has always derived much of its prosperity. Adjacent Blackheath is a village with its head in the air, one of villas, sport and relaxation.
The two places are complementaiy rather than identical twins, for their histories, retold here with much skill by the London historian, Felix Barker, are vastly different. As Greenwich developed from its royal beginnings and then industrially from its early shipyards, so prosperous people took advantage of the spectacular views and open spaces afforded by Blackheath to build their out-of-town houses.
While Greenwich had the cachet of royal residents and a world-famous Observatory, Blackheath became sought after for its gentler pleasures - especially sport, where its claims to be in at the beginnings of golf and rugby are taken seriously, uj Felix Barker's affectionate history of the two places is one that stems from living nearly forty years in the area.
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THE AUTHOR
Felix Barker was bom in London in 1917 and has lived in Blackheath since 1957. He was educated at Felsted and the Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut.
He is the author of many books on London including London: 2000 Years of a City and its People (with Peter Jackson, 1974), and he is also co-author of London as it Might Have Been (1982), The Black Plaque Guide to London (1987) and The History of London in Maps (1990).
As a journalist he has worked as a reporter, feature writer and drama critic. Vissza