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This is the site of the former abattoir for Woodlands Farm. Woodlands Farm was taken over by the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society in 1920, and in 1936 an abattoir was built on this site. The abattoir carried out work for all Co-ops in South East London and was in use between 1937 and 1989, but from 16th March 1985 it functioned solely as a meat depot. The building stood empty from October 1989 until it was demolished, between May and June 1994. Now all that remains is some of the concrete hard standing, the old entrance gates and some rather eerie remains of lamp posts. The whole site, surrounded as it is by woodland, is quiet and eerie. This is even more the case in view of what happened here in 1987. On 9th July 1987 two armed robbers were shot dead by armed police officers here at the Woodlands Farm Abattoir when wages were being delivered. The incident set a new record on mainland Britain for the number of deaths and woundings in a single incident which did not involve terrorism. The full story can be read at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0YkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT172&lpg=PT172&dq=plumstead+abattoir+shooting&source=bl&ots=wru9hu37ad&sig=HTd57K3jnbpJm44XH76DZpVL3UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgsj4ssbYAhXmL8AKHR9GCj04ChDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=plumstead%20abattoir%20shooting&f=false Two news recordings from the time can be seen here - one follows the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsKr1nKJWA This view looks into the neighbouring woodland from which the robbers emerged. A view from this point up the access road down which the wages van came can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4442100 The Woodlands Farm Trust was founded in 1997 and bought a 999 year lease on the farm with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Bridge House Estates Trust.

This is the site of the former abattoir for Woodlands Farm. Woodlands Farm was taken over by the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society in 1920, and in 1936 an abattoir was built on this site. The abattoir carried out work for all Co-ops in South East London and was in use between 1937 and 1989, but from 16th March 1985 it functioned solely as a meat depot. The building stood empty from October 1989 until it was demolished, between May and June 1994. Now all that remains is some of the concrete hard standing, the old entrance gates and some rather eerie remains of lamp posts. The whole site, surrounded as it is by woodland, is quiet and eerie. This is even more the case in view of what happened here in 1987. On 9th July 1987 two armed robbers were shot dead by armed police officers here at the Woodlands Farm Abattoir when wages were being delivered. The incident set a new record on mainland Britain for the number of deaths and woundings in a single incident which did not involve terrorism. The full story can be read at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0YkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT172&lpg=PT172&dq=plumstead+abattoir+shooting&source=bl&ots=wru9hu37ad&sig=HTd57K3jnbpJm44XH76DZpVL3UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgsj4ssbYAhXmL8AKHR9GCj04ChDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=plumstead%20abattoir%20shooting&f=false Two news recordings from the time can be seen here - one follows the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsKr1nKJWA This view looks from the hard standing where the abattoir was located and into Clothworkers Wood, from where the robbers emerged. The Woodlands Farm Trust was founded in 1997 and bought a 999 year lease on the farm with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Bridge House Estates Trust.

This is the site of the former abattoir for Woodlands Farm. Woodlands Farm was taken over by the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society in 1920, and in 1936 an abattoir was built on this site. The abattoir carried out work for all Co-ops in South East London and was in use between 1937 and 1989, but from 16th March 1985 it functioned solely as a meat depot. The building stood empty from October 1989 until it was demolished, between May and June 1994. Now all that remains is some of the concrete hard standing, the old entrance gates and some rather eerie remains of lamp posts. The whole site, surrounded as it is by woodland, is quiet and eerie. This is even more the case in view of what happened here in 1987. On 9th July 1987 two armed robbers were shot dead by armed police officers here at the Woodlands Farm Abattoir when wages were being delivered. The incident set a new record on mainland Britain for the number of deaths and woundings in a single incident which did not involve terrorism. The full story can be read at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0YkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT172&lpg=PT172&dq=plumstead+abattoir+shooting&source=bl&ots=wru9hu37ad&sig=HTd57K3jnbpJm44XH76DZpVL3UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgsj4ssbYAhXmL8AKHR9GCj04ChDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=plumstead%20abattoir%20shooting&f=false Two news recordings from the time can be seen here - one follows the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsKr1nKJWA This view looks from the hard standing where the abattoir was located past one of the old lamp posts and into Clothworkers Wood, from where the robbers emerged. The Woodlands Farm Trust was founded in 1997 and bought a 999 year lease on the farm with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Bridge House Estates Trust.

From the upper reaches of Shrewsbury Park, there are extensive views down to Plumstead Common and across the Thames. In this view, Bostall Woods are on the left horizon behind the tree, whilst to the right is looking towards Bexleyheath.

This was the route that the wages van took on 9th July 1987 when two armed robbers were shot dead. The story and another view can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4442100 It is now a lonely and rather creepy part of Woodlands Farm.

This is the site of the former abattoir for Woodlands Farm. Woodlands Farm was taken over by the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society in 1920, and in 1936 an abattoir was built on this site. The abattoir carried out work for all Co-ops in South East London and was in use between 1937 and 1989, but from 16th March 1985 it functioned solely as a meat depot. The building stood empty from October 1989 until it was demolished, between May and June 1994. Now all that remains is some of the concrete hard standing, the old entrance gates and some rather eerie remains of lamp posts. The whole site, surrounded as it is by woodland, is quiet and eerie. This is even more the case in view of what happened here in 1987. On 9th July 1987 two armed robbers were shot dead by armed police officers here at the Woodlands Farm Abattoir when wages were being delivered. The incident set a new record on mainland Britain for the number of deaths and woundings in a single incident which did not involve terrorism. The full story can be read at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0YkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT172&lpg=PT172&dq=plumstead+abattoir+shooting&source=bl&ots=wru9hu37ad&sig=HTd57K3jnbpJm44XH76DZpVL3UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgsj4ssbYAhXmL8AKHR9GCj04ChDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=plumstead%20abattoir%20shooting&f=false Two news recordings from the time can be seen here - one follows the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsKr1nKJWA This view looks back down the entrance approach road towards the hard standing where the abattoir was located. The wages van came down this road and the robbers came out of the surrounding woodland. The Woodlands Farm Trust was founded in 1997 and bought a 999 year lease on the farm with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Bridge House Estates Trust.

This is the site of the former abattoir for Woodlands Farm. Woodlands Farm was taken over by the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society in 1920, and in 1936 an abattoir was built on this site. The abattoir carried out work for all Co-ops in South East London and was in use between 1937 and 1989, but from 16th March 1985 it functioned solely as a meat depot. The building stood empty from October 1989 until it was demolished, between May and June 1994. Now all that remains is some of the concrete hard standing, the old entrance gates and some rather eerie remains of lamp posts. The whole site, surrounded as it is by woodland, is quiet and eerie. This is even more the case in view of what happened here in 1987. On 9th July 1987 two armed robbers were shot dead by armed police officers here at the Woodlands Farm Abattoir when wages were being delivered. The incident set a new record on mainland Britain for the number of deaths and woundings in a single incident which did not involve terrorism. The full story can be read at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0YkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT172&lpg=PT172&dq=plumstead+abattoir+shooting&source=bl&ots=wru9hu37ad&sig=HTd57K3jnbpJm44XH76DZpVL3UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgsj4ssbYAhXmL8AKHR9GCj04ChDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=plumstead%20abattoir%20shooting&f=false Two news recordings from the time can be seen here - one follows the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsKr1nKJWA This view looks back down the entrance approach road towards the hard standing where the abattoir was located. The wages van came down this road and the robbers came out of the surrounding woodland. The Woodlands Farm Trust was founded in 1997 and bought a 999 year lease on the farm with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Bridge House Estates Trust.

This is the site of the former abattoir for Woodlands Farm. Woodlands Farm was taken over by the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society in 1920, and in 1936 an abattoir was built on this site. The abattoir carried out work for all Co-ops in South East London and was in use between 1937 and 1989, but from 16th March 1985 it functioned solely as a meat depot. The building stood empty from October 1989 until it was demolished, between May and June 1994. Now all that remains is some of the concrete hard standing, the old entrance gates and some rather eerie remains of lamp posts. The view from the other direction past the entrance gates can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6047345 The whole site, surrounded as it is by woodland, is quiet and eerie. This is even more the case in view of what happened here in 1987. On 9th July 1987 two armed robbers were shot dead by armed police officers here at the Woodlands Farm Abattoir when wages were being delivered. The incident set a new record on mainland Britain for the number of deaths and woundings in a single incident which did not involve terrorism. The full story can be read at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I0YkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT172&lpg=PT172&dq=plumstead+abattoir+shooting&source=bl&ots=wru9hu37ad&sig=HTd57K3jnbpJm44XH76DZpVL3UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgsj4ssbYAhXmL8AKHR9GCj04ChDoAQg-MAQ#v=onepage&q=plumstead%20abattoir%20shooting&f=false Two news recordings from the time can be seen here - one follows the other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsKr1nKJWA This view looks back up the entrance approach road from the hard standing where the abattoir was located. The wages van came down this road and the robbers came out of the surrounding woodland. The Woodlands Farm Trust was founded in 1997 and bought a 999 year lease on the farm with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Bridge House Estates Trust.

This very rare oval postbox is one of only a couple of dozen 'Type E' postboxes which survive on the street. The posting slot is on the other end of the box, while this side has a (now disused) stamp vending machine, which we see here. See Image for the front view of the box.

A very rare 'Type E' postbox, of which only a couple of dozen survive in use today. The posting slot is at one end of the oval rather than along a side as might be expected... that's because there is a (now disused) stamp vending machine on the other side. See Image for detail of the stamp machine.