tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273409189022605643.post2392599569027913846..comments2023-04-05T11:57:44.724+01:00Comments on Deptford Is...: Meanwhile, in Deptford Docks...DEPTFORD IS...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15461323445196003952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273409189022605643.post-73848199543224999442013-08-03T14:52:25.336+01:002013-08-03T14:52:25.336+01:00Firstly, the Convoy project must also remember how...Firstly, the Convoy project must also remember how many slave trade ships came through here. The Royal docks were the base for the slave trader John Hawkins. This project must learn from the Museum of London Docklands and not try to whitewash this barbaric history. It must not be forgotten that much of the wealth did not come by good means. This time round, the Convoy Project aims to create wealth through honourable and noble ways and it seems for the benefit of all in the area.<br />Secondly, I am perplexed by using BoxPark as an example of regeneration. This forgets that Brick Lane was already a major tourist centre by the time this outfit arrived. In the days when no one knew about Spitalfields, people visited Spitalfields Market which in its hey day had organic food introducing many middle class people to the delights of the area and let us not forget the antique bargains and bric a brac of Brick Lane Market which also took you through to Columbia Road. Spitalfields Market, the Truman Brewery and the Spitalfields Small Business Association had temporary spaces for businesses and artists (many set at affordable rents in the case of the SSBA which was the first social entrepeneur organisation). It was a combination of these large sites and projects that made the area work. Spitalfields and the surrounding areas experienced a a renaissance as a result of the collective organic uses being discovered by ordinary people and now for many years, tourists. Nowadays Spitalfields is well known for the reputation created by fashionistas primarily vintage shops. The reason why two of London's leading advertising companies chose to be in the area. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273409189022605643.post-3080998215254822692012-06-05T22:21:56.398+01:002012-06-05T22:21:56.398+01:001513 was the dockyard,could we not have a celebrat...1513 was the dockyard,could we not have a celebration/flagwaving/regatta /type thing next year?Lurcanoreply@blogger.com