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A couple of years ago, having arranged to meet up with mates for a lunchtime drink in the George in Glengall Grove, I decided to walk to the pub through the docks from Limehouse and take some photos of the … Continue reading →

[Many thanks to former Mellish Street resident, Con Maloney for his contribution of some of the text and photos in this article.] There are very few streets left on the Island where 19th century houses are still standing. One of … Continue reading →

The Isle of Dogs was a relatively sedate and stable place during the half century from the start of 1880s to the end of the 1930s. In large part due to its physical isolation – enclosed by the docks and … Continue reading →

Westferry Road at its corner with Chapel House Street is an area characterised by low-rise, modern homes. Until the 1980s, few people lived along this section of Westferry Road. When I walked home from Harbinger Primary School along the dirty … Continue reading →

An Allied invasion of mainland Europe during WWII would have failed very quickly if the Allies did not have access to a working, deep-water port for the landing of vehicles, troops and supplies; and the planners knew that existing ports … Continue reading →

Yarrow’s was a major shipbuilding company – specialising in military vessels – which in the 1980s was taken over by GEC Marconi Marine and which is now part of BAE Systems. The company was founded by Alfred Fernandez Yarrow who … Continue reading →

Like many others, I have too much time on my hands at the moment. By way of nothing in particular I have been merging old pub photos with present-day street views (yep, that’s how sad I am 🙂 ). I … Continue reading →

Every now and again I come across an old image of the Isle of Dogs which is of such high quality and detail that I can spend ages studying it, and frequently learn something new or something familiar is presented … Continue reading →

I always called it the Salford Estate (or referred to it as ‘over Salford’), but its official name is the Manchester Estate – built by the LCC around 1961 between Seyssel Street, Pier Street and Manchester Road. As shown in … Continue reading →

The earliest known map which names the Isle of Dogs – Robert Adams’ Thamesis Descriptio of 1588 – names a Saunders Nesse in the east of the Island. A ness is a headland or promontory, from the Old English naes, but … Continue reading →