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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Blog closure

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New room, new view Just a quick note to say that I moved house this year, and am now based in mid-west Wales on the coast.  I have ha...
Sunday, March 4, 2018

Thames Discovery Programme - Rotherhithe Ethical foreshore exploration (10th March 2018)

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https://www.mola.org.uk/thames-discovery-programme-rotherhithe-ethical-foreshore-exploration   At previous Rotherhithe investigations by t...
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Presentation: The Last Days of Rotherhithe Shipbuilding: The Clipper Ships

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The clipper Coonatto in Port Adelaide.  Built by Bilbe and Perry at Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe, in 1863 Source: Trove PRG 1373-2-6 Many...

Shad Thames Trail and other booklets available to download

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A new booklet entitled "The Shad Thames Trail" has been published, issued by the Shad Thames Area Management Partnership.  It’s...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

A great night at the Docklands History Group

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Enormous thanks to the Docklands History Group ( www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk ) for inviting me to speak tonight at the Museum of Lo...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Port of London Study Group moves to Canada Water Library

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Stewart’s Dry Dock on the right and Glen Terrace on the left; the bowsprit of the barque Milverton overhangs the dock wall at Manchester...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

John McGowan's Rotherhithe prints to go on display

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Artist and printmaker John McGowan has been sending me photographs of his prints for years, and they are truly evocative, showing...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Launch of the lighter "Apprentice Lighterman" built at South Dock by Bill Robinson

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Built at South Dock and launched today in high winds and pouring rain, the 15 ton Apprentice Lighterman was launched at noon today surr...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Photographs of the Lavender Pump house from the Enthusiastic Gardener blog

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A lovely collection of photographs on the Enthusiastic Gardener blog showing Lavender Pump house and its surroundings at their summer best...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Stephen Humphrey has passed away

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I was terribly sorry to hear about the death of Stephen Humphrey at the age of 64 on 1st December 2016.  A Southwark historian who worked f...

South Dock website

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I have assembled all the posts about South Dock from this blog and posted them on a website of their own.  South Dock is now London's l...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Stuart Rankin's Rotherhithe shipbuilding books are available online for the first time

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After many years, Stuart Rankin has now managed to secure the copyright on the booklets that he wrote many years ago about shipbuilding a...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Rotherhithe – Canary Wharf Bridge short-listed in New London Awards 2016

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One of the designs proposed for a much-needed pedestrian and cycle bridge between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf has been short-listed in ...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Russia Dock Woodland on a fabulously sunny day in May

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Yesterday was stunning.  I went to mark my crosses on ballot papers at the Docklands Settlement and then crossed the road and was submerged...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thomas Bilbe's "Coonatto," built at Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe, 1863

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Coonatto by Thomas Goldsworth Sutton National Maritime Museum PY8564 Coonatto was a three-masted  clipper commissioned from the par...