For London's sake, we have to keep this wharf alive; Why a boatbuilder has launched a campaign to protect one of the Thames's last remaining working waterfronts property on sunday.

From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: May 4, 2003| Author: Hughes-Morgan, Mark | Copyright information

Byline: MARK HUGHES-MORGAN

Once it housed the pride of Henry VIII's fleet. Now Convoys Wharf at Deptford is at the centre of a more modern battle - between developers wanting to build luxury riverside flats and campaigners determined to preserve the beating heart of the Thames as a commercial waterway.

The Convoys development, designed by New Labour's urban living guru Richard Rogers, is one of the largest single applications ever to be submitted in London....

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