Good-Bye to Greenwich

Good-Bye to Greenwich
May 2006

Merchants House Gang

Here we are with our best friends in England: Nick, Lainie & Charlie Welham.

This photo was taken by the driver waiting to take us to the airport; thus ending our year-long adventure across the Atlantic.
As you can see, Charlie was pretty broken up about us leaving. Or maybe he just doesn't like long good-byes that cut into feeding time.

Let's back up ...

Our address was 39 Merchants House, Collington Street, Anchor Iron Wharf, Greenwich London, SE10 9LX.

The block is named Anchor Iron Wharf for the iron recycling yard that used to be located on the site.

We had great views across the Thames. The area with the skyscrapers is called Canary Wharf. Megan worked at the Bank of America building — between the red-topped Citibank building and the white-topped HSBC building.

Our building was next to a fascinating old power station from 1903.

What's with the cropped trees? We don't know. The English have some odd thing about keeping nature from looking too natural.

Mudlarking territory

Beneath the pylons of the huge old coal-loading dock for the power station, close to low tide.

Chris spent many, many happy hours "mudlarking" down here. People have been tossing their garbage in the Thames for more than two thousand years. The result: a filthy river, and an archeological treasure trove!

Mudlarking territory

The Millennium Dome dominates the east side of Greenwich. This site was chosen for millennium celebrations since Greenwich is "where time begins" (i.e. the world sets it clocks by Greenwich Mean Time).

Millennium Dome

Mud

The Yacht and The Trafalgar are two pubs along the river walk between our building and the center of Greenwich.

Trafalgar Tavern

Nelson at Trafalgar

Admiral Horatio Nelson watches for the French fleet.

This statue was added in front of the Trafalgar Tavern on the 200th anniversary of the 1805 battle of Trafalgar that crushed Napoleon's navy and saved the British from French invasion.