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The story of the rise and fall of Erith as an industrial and trading centre is the subject of Erith Trade and Industry 1600-2000, an exhibition of objects and archival documents at Erith Museum, Walnut Tree Road, from June to September.
In the 1600s East India Company ships unloaded their valuable cargoes at Erith. By the end of the nineteenth century the quiet little town had become a major commercial port and, because of its riverside position, home to many heavy-engineering firms.
Sadly, this great manufacturing centre went into steady decline from the 1970s and factory after factory shut its gates for the last time.
The exhibition is a pilot project, part of the Working Lives of the Thames Gateway partnership project in which Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre and the East Community Heritage seek to record the memories of people who worked in factories in Bexley and the other London boroughs in the Thames Gateway region.
Erith Yacht club sailors turned out on Sunday 18th June 2006 for the second race of the Foot Mitchell cruiser series.
A dozen or so members raced down to Greenhithe and back – almost half the crew on board were youth members. The start was made all that much more spectacular by the arrival of a dozen yachts from Greenwich Yacht Club who were just finishing their race. Greenwich members were ferried ashore for refreshment and watched the returning Erith racers. Two yachts were given extra time because they had to give way to a specified vessel, so the Edmonds/Feddersen team had to take 2nd place to the Taylors’ first.
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