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Taken around 1974 from just outside the Woolwich Arsenal gates, the old tram tracks are still visible in the cobble stones running left to right between the two cars and just in front of the skirt stands. A second line crosses the foreground going 'through' the Cortina wing mirror with the other rail passing just in front of the litter.
©rafflesbear
The old tram lines can clearly be seen in the foreground. Picture scanned from old Agfacolor slide.
©David Wright
The central section of the mid-nineteenth century terrace with the rounded pediment feature carries the name "Invicta Terrace".
©Derek Harper
The sanctuary is all that remains of the former military chapel opposite the former Royal Artillery headquarters. The chapel was built in 1873 and bombed in WW2. The remains are Grade C listed.
©Stephen Craven
Looking towards Woolwich Arsenal station.
©Danny Robinson
This 2005 view is already out of date because the Docklands Light Railway terminus is presently (2006) under construction at the far side of the station. The freight train is aggregate unloaded at Angerstein Wharf [[TQ4079]].
©Stephen Craven
Built in 1829 along the north side of Beresford Square, the Gatehouse was once the main entrance to the Royal Arsenal. Today the building is separated from the rest of the Royal Arsenal site by the A206 road.
©Nigel Cox
This imposing Grade II listed building was built as the headquarters of the Woolwich Equitable Building Society in 1935, and overlooks General Gordon Square. The Society's headquarters is now in Bexleyheath, but it retains a branch facility at the building. The upper floors are mainly unused now but are fitted out as a disaster recovery centre.
©Nigel Cox
Woolwich Town Hall is the seat of Greenwich Council, and the centenary of its opening was celebrated in January 2006. This is the Wellington Street frontage.
©Nigel Cox
This entrance and the ticket office inside were completed in 1996. The red tower crane behind marks the construction site of the DLR extension to Woolwich, on the north side of the existing Network Rail station.
©Nigel Cox
This arch is at the entrance to Beresford Square and Woolwich Market from Woolwich New Road. The inscription above the Woolwich Market sign reads "This market has been serving the citizens of Woolwich since it was created by a Charter granted by James I in 1619".
©Nigel Cox
There is something faintly naïve and charming about the name of this pub in Spray Street. Maybe it's the old-worldly use of the word tavern, or maybe it's the implication that this is the only such public house in all of North Kent! Whatever, it's water under the bridge because the pub has sadly joined the long list of the five pubs that CAMRA estimates are shut down each week.
©Nigel Cox
©Danny Robinson
Queen Victoria Artillery Place 118 Wellington St, SE18 6XY, London
©Todd Keator
Squeezed in between terraced housing and The BT telephone exchange is bad enough but opposite the Woolwich Job Centre! A block away from the Woolwich Arsenal Station with the new Docklands extension it could mean a new lease of life for this tired building.
©Ken Brown

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