I don't know how many are aware of this, and I am only just learning more about this myself, but there are plans afoot to scupper the already existing plans to rejuvenate historic Deptford dockyard, by a Hong-Kong based redevelopment company. It would appear that the plans of this company include the complete bulldozing of the site to provide high end residential accomodation, which would be well outside the scope of local people. It would also appear that the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has fast tracked their application.
I am sure we all here would think this a great mistake, not to say tragedy, were it to happen – certainly historically. It would seem that all trace of the Dockyard, John Evelyn's garden, and other historic sites would disappear, not to mention dashing the hopes of local people for the rejuvenation of the area, and the proposed plans to build a replica of the seventeenth century warship, Lenox. As far as the latter is concerned, it was the hope that local people could be employed in her building, in an area of already high unemployment.
There is an on-line petition, which I have signed, and which I am sure many here would like to do. Here is the link:
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/ ... yard#share Here is the link to the Lenox project and further details:
http://www.buildthelenox.org/I am sure they might already be aware, but perhaps we might bring this to the attention of the Nelson Society and the 1805?