by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
The Nandos restoration – a pioneering project one year on. A whole year has past since the Environment Agency’s restoration work on the Quaggy behind Nandos Restaurant in Lee High Road, Lewisham. QWAG has carefully monitored developments, keeping a close...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
The restoration officially opened five years ago today. Above: The iconic before and after views of the Quaggy in Chinbrook Meadows. “It rained on the 29th October 2002 but no-one seemed to mind. From those expensively shod to the wellington-boot brigade, all...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
QWAG’s last walk of the year visited the lower Ravensbourne. The Domesday Book (1086) records 11 corn mills along the River Ravensbourne. For the next 800 years the river powered the production of flour – and at times higher value goods such as leather,...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
Lewisham Gateway outline planning application has been approved. The Lewisham Gateway outline planning application was approved at last night’s meeting of Lewisham Council’s Strategic Planning Committee by three votes to two. And with that approval the...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
QWAG’s Green Chain walk linked Chinbrook Meadows and Sutcliffe Park. In March of this year we explained how both Chinbrook Meadows and Sutcliffe Park have won a steady stream of accolades since their superb transformations – proposed and championed by QWAG...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
A close encounter with a kingfisher was the highlight of this year’s river walk. “We were standing in the river, just downstream of a sharp bend, a short distance from Manor Park, talking about the plants that had colonised the old concrete wall. A...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
Our latest walk revisited the upper reaches of the Kyd Brook. Last autumn, QWAG’s stroll for members and supporters toured the upper reaches of the Kyd Brook, south of Petts Wood. As we explained at the time, the choice was deliberate – with some...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
Cornmill Gardens is an apt name for Lewisham’s newest open space. The Domesday Book (1086) lists 11 corn mills powered by the River Ravensbourne, one situated just upstream of Lewisham Bridge, where the road from London (the A20) crossed the river. It is...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
The home page has been redesigned to be more inviting to new visitors The current QWAG website was launched in August 2004. At the age of three it is positively geriatric in the fast changing world of the web. However, that in itself is not a good enough reason for a...
by Qwag | Apr 3, 2015 | 2007
QWAG’s hard work developing its new display for schools has paid off – literally. Location, location, location. Although the only commodity QWAG were dealing in was information the retail trade’s mantra is equally important. This was the third...
