Convoy's Wharf Planning Permission

It appears that there will be no further public consultation on the permission currently being sought for the Convoy's Wharf site. Anyone preparing a response should be aware of the December 30th deadline and consult the following helpful documents for policy and guidelines on planning and the historic environment. Happy reading!

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/1514132.pdf

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/pps-practice-guide/pps5practiceguide.pdf

Sweet Fanny Adams

There is an interesting connection between 

canning and the phrase 'Sweet Fanny Adams'. 

In 1867 a sailor from Portsmouth murdered his 

girlfriend (Fanny Adams) in Alton in Hamp- 

shire and tried to get rid of her body by hacking 

it into small pieces. The murderer, Frederick 

Baker, was hanged in Winchester jail on Christmas 

Eve 1867. The morbid humour of his fellow sailors 

at Portsmouth soon suggested a connection 

between this murder and canned meat being turned 

out by a newly established canning factory at the 

Naval Victualling Yard in Deptford. It is one of the 

few cases where the victim rather than the murderer 

has achieved immortality!