[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-greenwich-market-goodies-and-olympic-faffing-in-the-park":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hello! Would you like to meet some of the fabulous characters at Greenwich Market? Let's start with this little fella here. *Quack*\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_1-558ee200fa.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more pics under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd here's \u003Cb>Amy Lee\u003C/b>: she runs a stall, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thefluffycosmo.com/\">The Fluffy Cosmo\u003C/a>, and sells lots of lovely little handmade critters. I've seen her there often and I just bought one for my studio mate for her birthday this weekend (but shhh, don't tell her). Amy will happily make dolls to order, if you have anything specific in mind.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_2-69f17d8d70.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd just next to the market entrance, there's a great new shop selling bags, handmade by this guy, \u003Cb>Matt\u003C/b>, and his partner \u003Cb>Sophia\u003C/b>. I've been carrying around everywhere a bag I bought in Greenwich (rather bizarrely, at a surfing shop, which has gone out of business). But it's getting pretty grey and tatty. So it was time to invest in something new. You can read about how \u003Cb>Sophia & Matt\u003C/b> started up their business over \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sophiaandmatt.co.uk/\">on their website\u003C/a>, in the 'About Us' section. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_8-8dab6939e3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's \u003Ca href=\"www.lushlampshades.co.uk/\">Lush Designs\u003C/a>, two women who make amazing screen printed items: cushions, lampshades, tea towels, cards, aprons. I have their fox pillow sitting in pride of place at home on my sofa.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_9-d83ba7ed5f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOkay, now some fun tidbits from the market. Here are some old clay pipes, the kind you find along the shoreline at low tide. (I blogged about them once \u003Ca href=\"jabberworks.livejournal.com/408956.html\">here\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_4-893e6ac7e1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLovely old tins:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_6-c23f44e4ab.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOo, gosh. Does 'boys' fun' include getting a thrashing from the housemaster?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_7-9f9fbf4c65.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI was sorely tempted to buy this 1971 Ladybird book about how computers work, but I managed to resist. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_11-0421cbabf7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_10-19e30b4c9c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_5-9a24f71f7d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_3-1dcbbc4ac8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI was awfully curious about how the Olympic setup was affecting Greenwich Park, and yup, there's a lot going on there. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_olympics_2-5a7faab5e2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a massive arena on the front lawn, between the Royal Observatory and the Colonnade where old merchant seamen like to smoke their pipes and have their lunches. (I had a long chat with one once, named Norman.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_olympics_3-18df72fa15.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nFor all the upheaval, the park actually looked okay. I don't think they've removed any trees, or at least not any major trees, and the grass may take a bit of time to recover, but that's not such a big deal. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_olympics_1-92d833eaf7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nRight at the beginning, there was talk that they were going to fell some of the ancient chestnuts, but I think they're safe. (If not, you'll find me chained to them and I'll be missing a few illustration deadlines and could you please bring me flasks of tea and sandwiches from time to time.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_olympics_4-1829aeb650.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHey, remember that cool ship-in-a-bottle on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square? Well, I don't know if it's permanent, but it's found a good home at the National Maritime Museum. Yay! I love the patterned sails. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_olympics_6-85372d017b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nEven with the Olympics stuff going on, there are acres and acres of park that are totally untouched. I love our park.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_olympics_5-ab5af89886.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I'll give our market duckie the last word.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_market_12-a1aa3bc425.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n*Quack*","2012-05-31T15:30:00.000Z","greenwich-market-goodies-and-olympic-faffing-in-the-park",[],"greenwich market goodies and olympic faffing in the park",1776628721890]