Woolwich, London: by benson Agoha
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has visited the on-going Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festival and called on Londoners to head to the event today. He tweeted a photo of himself with a salute pose.
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| * The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson salutes Londoners from Tall Ship Tenacious when he visited the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festival on Monday, 8th September, 2014. (Photo Credit: Mayor of London). |
The Mayor Tweeted “Fantastic morning at the Tall Ships @Royal_Greenwich as part of @TotallyThames - urge everyone to head down there!”
While in Royal Greenwich, The Mayor met the Leader of the Royal Borough, Cllr. Denise Hyland, and Duncan Souster of Jubilee Sailing aboard British Tall Ship `Tenacious' - one of the participating vessels at the Festival.
The Tall Ships Festival has grown from a few ships taking part in the first few years to its recent size of 50 ships for the 2014 event.
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| * Boris Johnson meets the Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Cllr. Denise Hyland and Duncan Souster of Jubilee Sailing aboard Tall Ship Tenacious in Greenwich, on Monday 8th, September, 2014. |
Binita Dave said it was "stunning" and Bill Green shared an awesome shot of the Greenwich Pier with the Tall Ships at night.
Ian Hawking said he was loving it and called it “a MUST SEE in London at the moment.” Tweeting "Loving the @tallships_2014 at #GreenwichRegatta a MUST SEE in London at the moment. Well done Royal Greenwich."
There are several activities in various parts of the Borough taking place simultaneously and promotion offers abound.
To woo visitors and ensure that everyone who visited benefited, prices have been consistently dropped, even at official merchandise stands.
Deals
have also been announced throughout the Borough. The Following deals are available for the Royal Arsenal
Festival Village:
Deals in Royal Arsenal Woolwich
Name of Business
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Address
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Business Description
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Description of Tall Ships Deal or Activity
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Beyond
the Fringe
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63
Woolwich New Road
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Hairdressers
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25% off
all services for new clients £30.00 stand by service Wash and Blow Dry
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Coffee
Lounge
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Greens
End
|
Cafe
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Coffee
and Croissant £2.50 Afternoon treat - slice of cake and scoop of ice cream
£4.00 Cup of Tea or regular Americano Coffee £1.00 (mornings)
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Earl of
Chatham
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Thomas
Street
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Pub
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Homemade
food from £5.00 - 10% discount with Greenwich and Military card Carling Beer
£3.20 Happy Hour 5 – 10pm Late night Friday and Saturday
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Chicken
N Pizza
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56
Hillreach
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Fast
Food Take-away
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2
Pieces of Chicken & Regular Fries £2.30 Chicken Fillet Burger and Regular
Fries £2.30
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Greenwich
& Lewisham Young People’s Theatre
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Woolwich
New Road
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Theatre
Group
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Mother
Courage play running on the Royal Arsenal promenade £12
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Home
Living
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Powis
Street
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Home
Furniture
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Buy 1
Get 1 free on Limited Stock
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Kaz
Café
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85
WoolwichNew Road
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Café
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Tall
Ships Sausage Baguette £2.20 Tall Ships Bacon Baguette £2.40 Tall Ships Egg
& Bacon Baguette £3.20
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Nando
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Powis
Street
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Restaurant
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Free
Quarter of Chicken when you spend £5.00
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New
Look Beauty Salon
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36
Thomas Street
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Beauty
salon
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Full
set of finger nails £10 Shellac full set of finger nails £20
|
Phillys
Chicken & Burgers
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34
Thomas Street
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Fast
food
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Flame
grilled chicken salad £2.49 6 hot wings and drink £3.49 2 Piece Meal £3.69
(including drink)
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Super
Fried Chicken – Shabeele
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75
Woolwich New Road
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Fast
food
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Pizza
deal – 7” pizza, chips and drink £3.50 Chicken wings deal – 6 chicken wings
and chips £2.00
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Wetherspoons
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Thomas
Street
|
Pub
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Curry
Club -£6.49 Fish Friday - £5.09 Sunday Club - £7.09 Steak Club - £7.59
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Woolwich
Express Dry Cleaners
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Woolwich
New Road
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Drycleaners
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10
shirts (or more) dry cleaned £1.90 each
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For deals in Maritime Greenwich, Eltham, Charlton, Greenwich
Peninsula and Blackheath please visit >> [ ROYAL GREENWICH TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL DEALS ].
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| * Binita Dave takes a good shot from the Queens House, Greenwich. (Photo Credit: Binita Dave). |
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| * Ian Hawking said he was loving the Festival and took this shot of some of the Talls Ships moored on the Thames. (Photo Credit: Ian Hawking). |
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| Bill Green's awesome shot of the Greenwich Pier at night with Tall Ships moored there. (Photo Credit: Bill Green). |
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