UNDERSTATED
LONDON ARCHITECTURE (2014)
| a newer London building where
the wearing of sunglasses is required if one intends to
look at it head on. It won a much sought after award in
2014 against competition from across the country.
Woolwich is famous for another reason and that is for
McDonalds foray onto British soil. In 1974 Powis Street
saw Britain's first McDonalds open. I lived here
over forty years ago but had moved to Norfolk in east
Anglia before this landmark occasion occurred so missed
out on the possibility of ballooning to twenty plus
stone had I stayed and made a Big Mac, fries, strawberry
milkshake and diet coke a regular daily meal. McDonalds
and carbuncle awards aside
this area in the burbs of London has always been in need
of a little injection of tlc. It is now slowly in the
process of regeneration thanks in part to its closeness
to the river Thames where riverside, quayside and
waterside apartments are springing up along the Thames
path. There is a third thing that Woolwich is famous for
and it's criminal that I forgot and I don't mean
Belmarsh prison. Woolwich ferry has been ferrying
passengers for free the short journey across the river
since 1889. It is deserving of the top spot for putting
Woolwich on the map
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