Greenwich and the London River - Softcover
The year 2012 will be a momentous one for Great Britain, for London is to host the Olympic Games and the Queen will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. Not only is Greenwich to be the site of the Olympic equestrian events, but one of the highlights of the Diamond Jubliee celebrations is the granting of royal status to the Borough of Greenwich, which has long had royal associations. What better time to publish an account of Greenwich and the London River? Paul Tempest's timely book covers the past, present and future of an area rich in history and a key to the City's safety and success. The River Thames is the lifeblood of London, and on its southern shore lies the jewel that is Greenwich - a World Heritage Site, man's agreed base-point of time and space, home of the Royal Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, the Cutty Sark and so much more. Paul Tempest has lived in Greenwich for more than 50 years, and has researched it in loving detail. His book, which is greatly enhanced by the beautiful drawings by Peter Kent (another longstanding Greenwich resident and a well-known artist) and the photographs by his son Stephen, captures the spirit of the place and of the people who live and work in the Borough. It is, as he says in the Preface, "not so much a formal guidebook as a drawing together of disparate threads, an expression of affection and love". The author also offers his assessment of how the River has changed over the last 50 years, and what might lie in store in the coming decades.
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The Tempest family, longstanding residents of Greenwich, have been publishing their family guides to Greenwich and the London River, eight in number, over the past 40 years. Paul Tempest worked for 24 years in the Bank spending over eight years on secondment - with the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland, with the Diplomatic Service learning Arabic in the Middle East, as General Manager of the Qatar and Dubai Currency Board (in 1970-71) and for three years with Shell International and British Gas. He has been Chairman of the Bank's alumni organisation, The Threadneedle Club since its inception in 1985.
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- PublisherMedina Publishing
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0956708196
- ISBN 13 9780956708199
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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