Preparations for this weekends London Red Bull Air Race continue. The control tower and stands in nearby East India Dock are almost complete. This looks as if it will be part of a VIP or “High Flyers” area. Also the “course” is already laid out, marked by orange buoys on the River Thames itself. Lets hope the nice weather keeps up, its been ideal over the last few days, though slightly more overcast today.
Trinity Buoy Lighthouse glimpsed from the Thames foreshore
John Rennie’s interesting local history blog which has over 600 history pieces, has an article on Trinity Buoy Wharf and the history of Trinity House:
“Lighthouses evoke pictures of stormy seas and Grace Darling bravely heading out to save stricken mariners. The names Forties, Fastnet and Dogger come to mind rather than Blackwall, Bow and Wapping. But all lighthouse keepers had to train somewhere, and for decades it was used both to train lighthouse keepers and to trial lights for Trinity House, the body that to this day runs all the lighthouses in England and Wales.”
Sustainable living and Trinity Buoy Wharf’s seven year old Container City gets a brief mention on the Miami Style Watch Blog:
“So Container City was built in 2001, but I still find this news to be current as it definitely started a movement towards container living. There are something like 22 MILLION of these in circulation- that is a lot of metal- and a lot …”
From Owen Hatherlay’s of http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com “Nil Scrap Value: Silvertown” is an interesting Photo Essay on the local area and Silvertown. Trinity Buoy Wharf even gets a mention!
“The main reason for the closure of the London Docks was Containerisation, which made the large workforces of the docks obsolete. Instead, the boxes are collected by the automated port at Tilbury. Within Trinity Buoy Wharf is ‘Container City’, where the boxes that decimated the London working class become a fun and imaginative urban living solution for young creatives”
It was back to business as usual for the Hurricane after the dramatic rescue. “As a company we recognise their achievements and will reward them for their efforts,” said the Clippers spokeswoman.
Some local residents who applied for Free Tickets to the event have not been able to get all the free tickets they wanted as the event was massively over subscribed. The offer was only open to residents of Greenwich, Newham or Tower Hamlets. Applicants are being informed by email.
Successful free ticket holders will be located in a standing area in front of The O2 (formerly known as the Dome) on the South side of the River. The ballot was strictly random and free ticket holders, can receive a ticket for any of the days including Qualifying Day. They cannot be swapped and are not interchangable. Of course some “Grandstand” tickets may still be available from the organisers website.
Red Bull Air Race London Photo by Nic Syahron www.flickr.com/photos/nsyahron
For the second year running, the world’s newest, fastest and most exciting motor sport will be touching down in London this summer.
The Red Bull Air Race World Series will bring the world’s best pilots to the UK to battle for the supremacy of the skies just metres above the river Thames and only feet away from Trinity Buoy Wharf.
Tenants of TBW and their friends have been invited to the informal viewing area outside The Riverside Building at TBW, where they will have a front row seat to all the action.
In order to celebrate 10 years of Trinity Buoy Wharf, a weekend of festivities is planned on 20-21st September providing tenants with an opportunity to collaborate with both internal and external partners to help bring the vibrant spirit of Trinity Buoy Wharf alive.
River Thames Shore at Trinity Buoy taken by Paul Lee
The appeal has gone out for Trinity Buoy Wharf tenants to donate a piece of work (photograph, painting, fashion outfit or accessory, design etc) for an exciting exhibition that hopes to give visitors an idea of the creative talent that is based on site.
Alternatively, organisers are open to ideas and suggestions on how you would like to be part of this exciting event.
Aerial View TBW site taken from Citygroup Tower by Paul Lee
As part of the weekend’s festivities there will be a Trinity Buoy Wharf Regatta taking place on the Thames and river Lea on Sunday 21st September. We are looking for crews or those with the following vessels to take part: sailing boats, rowing boats, kayaks, canoes, tugs and anything else that floats (within reason).
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Preparations for this weekends London Red Bull Air Race continue. The control tower and stands in nearby East India Dock are almost complete. This looks as if it will be part of a VIP or “High Flyers” area. Also the “course” is already laid out, marked by orange buoys on the River Thames itself. Lets hope the nice weather keeps up, its been ideal over the last few days, though slightly more overcast today.
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