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Excellent recreation grounds serve the Charlton area for, in
addition to the Maryon and Charlton Parks, there is the L.C.C.
Play Centre and Lido with its well-equipped swimming bath,
tennis courts and bowling greens.
More recently, social centres catering for all shades of cultural
and educational tastes have been established at Charlton House,
Kidbrooke House, the Town Hall and the Old Town Hall under
the auspices of the Greenwich Community Council in conjunction
with the L.C.C.
In addition to the normal Health Services, Greenwich has
always been well furnished with schools and hospitals and it can
boast of modern baths and excellent library facilities.
Considerable alteration has taken place during the post-war
period by the erection of modern houses and blocks of flats and the
Borough Council, still pressing ahead with its new housing schemes,
has behind it a record of sound achievement.
The part situated near the River Thames is, generally speaking,
an industrial area, and is more densely populated than the upper
parts of the Borough. In recent years, however, the commencement
of a gradual movement of people away from the river-side has been
witnessed.
The majority of the industries and sources of employment in
the Borough are to be found in close proximity to the River Thames
which forms the Borough boundary on the north side. Chief
among these are large Cable and Engineering Works, Ship Repairing
Works, Gas Works, Soap and Candle Works, L.T.E. Generating
Station and Carriage Repair Depot, The British Electricity
Authority's Works, Glass Bottle Works, Rope Works, Ship Propelling
Works, Merryweather's Works (Fire Engines), Cement and Stone
Works, Asbestos Works, Cold Meat Storage, Pressed Tool Works,
Constructional Engineering Works, Galvanizing and Sheet Metal
Works, Brewery, Flour Mills, Aero Parts, Wireless and Vehicle
Parts and Tin Box Manufacturing Works.
The numbers employed at 11 of the larger factories range
between 500 and 5,000 each, whilst 17 smaller works each employ
between 100 and 400.