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- The West Ferry Estate
- The End of the Island – Blackwall Entrance Lock
- The Public Library in Strattondale Street
- War Damage to Shelters in Poplar
- Pictorial History of the Millwall Docks. Part 5: Closure
- Limehouse Hole
- Me new book – A Dictionary of Lost East London
- The Poplar Gut
- The Barn Fields
- Pictorial History of the Millwall Docks. Part 4: Post-World War II
- Pictorial History of the Millwall Docks. Part 3: World War II
- Millwall Flyers. Guest article by Con Maloney
- Pictorial History of the Millwall Docks. Part 2: Early 20th Century (Pre-WWII)
- Pictorial History of the Millwall Docks. Part 1: The Age of Sail
- The Bridges of the Isle of Dogs
- The Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacement over the Muddy
- Dolly Fisher – ‘Tugboat Annie of the Thames’
- McDougall’s, Millwall Docks
- The Timber Transporter
- The Mill Wall
- Gizza Job, I Can Do That.
- Samuda Estate
- Tooke Times
- Pictorial History of the West India Docks. Part 5: Closure
- Pictorial History of the West India Docks. Part 4: Post-World War II
- Pictorial History of the West India Docks. Part 3: World War II
- Pictorial History of the West India Docks. Part 2: Early 20th Century (Pre-WWII)
- Pictorial History of the West India Docks. Part 1: The Age of Sail
- Historic Isle of Dogs Churches
- The Ill-Fated R101 over the Isle of Dogs
- Millwall Park Open-Air Swimming Pool
- The Windmills of Millwall
- Stebondale Street
- A Little Bit of Millwall
- The Lansbury Estate
- Mudchute Anti-Aircraft Installation
- The Isle of Dogs Progressive Club
- Central Granary
- Pier Head Cottages
- Cold Harbour Infectious Diseases Receiving Station
- The Millwall Extension Railway
- The Isle of Dogs and the American Civil War
- A Catalogue of Victorian Island Industry
- Christmas Tree From Norway
- Roland Dowlen: Island Scoutmaster and War Hero (Guest Blog)
- The Ferry House
- Millwall Fire Station
- Dockland Settlement
- The Other End of the Tunnel
- Wet, Wet, Wet
- Glen Terrace
- A View from a Balloon
- Lawn House
- The View from the Hill
- Women’s Work
- Now available: The Isle of Dogs During World War II
- Millwall Park
- (Almost) 1000 Years of the Isle of Dogs
- The Glass Bridge
- The Newty
- Father Kingdon: “A man of reassuring bulk, generally with an endearing smile”
- Potter’s Ferry
- The Lascars
- Greenwich Foot Tunnel
- Kingsbridge – A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
- The Lost Waters of Millwall
- The Medieval Road from Poplar High St to the Greenwich Ferry
- The Prince Alfred Public House
- London Bridge – Made on the Isle of Dogs
- The Cutty Sark in Millwall Docks
- Barnfield
- The Isle of Dogs is NOT Named After Royal Hunting Dogs
- Millwall Cutting
- SS Endurance
- Moderately Shameless Self-Promotion
- The West India Dock Tavern
- The Drunken Dock
- A Pictorial History of St. Luke’s Church, Millwall
- Island Pub Map
- From Millwall to the Kop
- Rigger and Painter – Dick Whyte
- The Walls
- Filmed on the Island
- Unveiling of Bullivant’s Wharf Plaque
- Poplarism aka The Poplar Rates Rebellion
- The Distress
- Millwall FC – The Millwall Year(s)
- Island Pubs and Beer Houses
- For the Convenience of the Public
- S.V. Penang
- Hello, Hello, Hello, What’s All This Then?
- Island Prefabs
- The Quest for Queenie – The Voice of the Island
- Westwoods – From the Thames to the Indus
- “The General Tone of the Isle of Dogs is Purple”. Charles Booth’s Poverty Maps
- ‘Lead, Kindly Light’
- Dudgeon’s Wharf – You Couldn’t Make It Up
- Home Sweet, Defective Home
- The Tragedy at Bullivant’s Wharf
- False Quays, Norwegians, Bananas and Rubber Puppets
- Pickles and Pickets
- The Muddy
- The Call-On
- The Fall and Rise of the Isle of Dogs
- The Blue Bridge
- Island Gardens
- ‘It Was All a Bit of a Joke’
- Waterman’s Arms
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The West Ferry Estate
The area immediately to the west of Harbinger School was one of the poorest of the Island, and was known for its slum housing. The Rev. Richard Free took charge of St Cuthbert’s Church in 1897, and stayed for a … Continue reading
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The End of the Island – Blackwall Entrance Lock
There are occasionally discussions in various Facebook groups – well, the ones that I’m a member of – about the geographical extent of the Island. The river’s an obvious boundary, but what about the northern boundary? Where does the Island end … Continue reading
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The Public Library in Strattondale Street
It was good to hear that ASDA is abandoning its plans for a massive development on its mudchute site (see Second Tower Hamlets ‘people victory’ as Asda scraps Isle of Dogs development), but I didn’t realise that – had it … Continue reading
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War Damage to Shelters in Poplar
While researching the article, The Tragedy at Bullivant’s Wharf, I made use of some papers I had received from The National Archives: “Poplar Met Boro – War Damage to Shelters (POP/30)”. The papers describe the examination of the damage to a … Continue reading
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Pictorial History of the Millwall Docks. Part 5: Closure
The introduction of containers for cargo handling in the mid-1960s was the beginning of the end for the India and Millwall Docks. Despite the Millwall Docks being amongst the most modern and well-equipped in the world, they could not handle … Continue reading
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Limehouse Hole
The origins of the name Limehouse Hole are not certain. This 1745 map mentions Limekiln Holes, in the plural, and possibly referring the stretch of river, rather than a place on dry land. My own theory is that a hole was … Continue reading
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Me new book – A Dictionary of Lost East London
Excuse the blatant self-promotion for a moment, but I’ve just published another book. As the cover blurb says, “An absolute must for anyone interested in the history of East London or who is exploring their East London ancestry – a comprehensive … Continue reading
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… A Dictionary of Lost East London