6 December (Part 1) - Father Christmas comes to Abbey Wood
The Wilton Road (Abbey Wood) Christmas Fair which has been advertised both here and everywhere
locally for the past few weeks seemed to be reasonably busy when I dropped by this morning.
It was set up by the newly formed Abbey Wood Business Network with the help of Sally Williams who is
the retail consultant charged with spending the £300,000
provided by the GLA and Greenwich and Bexley councils in an effort to improve
the area in time for the coming of the new station in 2017. Last Friday one of
Network Rail’s civil engineers assured me it would be ‘world class’.
As well as the usual face painting, home made cakes and Father Christmas himself,
we were treated to a pair of reindeer and the unusual sight of Tariq from the
card and gift shop serving up brussels sprouts and tangerines.
Despite the widespread advertising I managed to find someone who works in Wilton
Road who knew nothing about the event until yesterday and a BiB reader who had
not noticed the site banner. (It’s gone now.)
