by Qwag | Sep 27, 2015 | 2015
River Talk – A Quaggy tale for World Rivers Day 2015 by John D Roberts, Torridon Writers Group In River Talk, the Quaggy and Ravensbourne rivers talk to each other as they race from source to sea. ‘It’s a duologue inspired by the book, Rivers of...
by Qwag | Sep 18, 2015 | 2015
Drawn from Nature & on Stone, Henry Warren. Reproduction from the original lithograph held at the Local History Centre of the London Borough of Lewisham Printed by C Hullmandel, circa 1827, Hand coloured by Dodie Masterman The Well of Our Lady QWAG meeting...
by Qwag | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorised
3RiversCleanUp July 2015 2015 #3RiversCleanUp on the Quaggy at Manor Park @3RCU We find some – quite a lot in fact – of Himalayan Balsam just upstream of Manor House Gardens 2015 #3RiversCleanUp on the Quaggy at Manor Park @3RCU Lots of Himalyan Balsam to...
by Qwag | Aug 11, 2015 | 2015
Before summer slips away, thanks to all who helped with this year’s 3RiversCleanUp (3RCU), the largest community river clean-up of its kind. For the 7th successful year, we and partners helped people get into their local rivers to see things from the rivers’...
by Qwag | Aug 7, 2015 | 2015
QWAG meeting with special guest speaker, Dr Geraldine Wharton, revealing the results of her new study into how the restoration of the Quaggy through Sutcliffe Park is working. 7.45 for 8pm start at Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way, Lewisham, SE13 6BT Click here for...
by Qwag | Apr 28, 2015 | 2015
3 Rivers Clean Up May 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm 3 Rivers Clean Up warm up event with Thames 21 at Ladywell Fields, 5.30-7.30pm. Meet at the middle field at the end of Malyons Rd Venue Ladywell Fields Malyons Road, Lewisham, SE13 7XEUnited Kingdom+ Google Map More...
by Qwag | Apr 16, 2015 | 2014
It’s hot. It’s Wimbledon men’s singles final day. And we’re off to the source of the River Quaggy. Here the Quaggy flows in ways it can only dream of later on in built up Greenwich and Lewisham. But it’s an inauspicious start. At Locksbottom, a stone’s throw from...
by Qwag | Apr 16, 2015 | 2014
The annual 3 Rivers Clean Up is a great show of community wanting to protect and improve our urban rivers. The 3RCU is mainly about keeping our rivers and waterways free from the invasive non-native species, Himalayan Balsam (HB). HB grows easily in wet soil and its...
by Qwag | Apr 16, 2015 | 2013
The Quaggy joins cast of award-winning film The River Quaggy is featured in Lost Rivers, a film about the treatment and revival of our urban rivers. We were filmed by the Canadian crew in Sutcliffe Park in 2011 – and then forgot about it. Then in we heard that...
by Qwag | Apr 16, 2015 | 2012
QWAG’s 4 films tell the story of the Quaggy QWAG has made 4 unique films showing what it’s like to walk through the Quaggy. The films capture where the river has been improved and where it still needs help. In film 1 we walk underground, beneath the vast Police...
