So the Parklife video is a reminder of a Greenwich that’s being erased before our eyes. This is River Way looking away from the Thames – you can see the silo of Tunnel Refineries in the background, which were demolished in 2010. Here’s an odd one out – this is the Sun-in-the-Sands roundabout at Blackheath. The pub and cottages are just behind, the buildings on the right are the remains of Blackwall Point Power Station. These shots were filmed on Ordnance Crescent, which was an emergency escape route for traffic which couldn’t fit in the Blackwall Tunnel.
In some of these shots, you can see the grey hoardings of the Jubilee Line construction project, which had just begun. The street was closed off a few years back, and it’s now used as a vehicle inspection station. In those days, the Thames Path didn’t run all the way around the peninsula – walkers had to go via River Way and cross the A102 at the footbridge. There was a sign outside the pub reading “Riverside Walk East/ Riverside Walk West”, which inspired the sign in this scene. This is Boord Street, close to the Blackwall Tunnel approach.
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