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- Thames Portrait – From Westminster to Southend
- Lenanton’s
- Hammond House Photo Album
- Outside Christ Church – a Mainly Pictorial History
- A History of The Arches in Millwall Park
- ‘As the rum burnt, its evaporated alcohol made the firemen tipsy’ – the Rum Quay fire of 1933
- Late 1970s Photos of George Green’s and Area
- Hesperus Crescent
- Millwall Lead Works (aka ‘The Lead’)
- The Writing on the Wall
- Hawkins & Tipson’s Rope Works
- Bill Voisey, the Millwall Footballer from Cubitt Town
- The Isle of Dogs – Kew Gardens Connection
- Cumberland Oil Mills
- Docklands Light Railway Accident
- The Isle of Dogs in the Seventies (Sound On :) )
- Round Glengall
- Morton’s of Millwall (and Cubitt Town)
- Is this a Photo of Saunder’s Ness?
- Men of the Isle of Dogs Killed in Action During WWI (Update: New Grave Photos)
- Folly Wall
- The Chimneys of the Isle of Dogs
- Some Quality Images from Tim Brown’s ‘The East End in Colour 1980-1990’
- Fred. Olsen & Co. and the Millwall Docks
- Where the Other Half Lived: the Isle of Dogs – Blackheath Connection
- A Short History of Glengall Road (which turned out to be longer than I anticipated)
- A Walk Round the Isle of Dogs in 1968 (Then & Now) – Part II, Manchester Road (Mostly)
- A Walk Round the Isle of Dogs in 1968 (Then & Now) – Part I, Westferry Road
- The first battery company in the world was opposite the Tooke Arms!
- Millwall FC in Millwall Park
- Preston’s Road
- Los 7 Puentes de Avellaneda – Made on the Isle of Dogs
- “In Constant Use” – The Unnoticed End of 200 Years of Millwall Industry
- Images of the Isle of Dogs During WWII
- Everything you wanted to know about Alpha Grove but were afraid to ask
- Outside The Nelson
- The Isle of Dogs in Maps
- Millwall House – An Island Secret for 150 Years
- The Millwall Mudlark
- A Brief History of Castalia Square
- The Last Windmill in Millwall
- The Sad Deaths of Heinz Marchlowitz and Richard Bomba
- St. Mildred’s House, Westferry Road
- Off the Track in London – On the Isle of Dogs in 1905
- The Traffic Island Outside Christ Church
- West India Dock Pier: Festival of Britain, Murder and Nico
- The Blue Bridge
- Limehouse Basin. No, not that one.
- Cuba, Tobago and Manilla – Three Old Island Streets
- Unique Images of Canary Wharf from the Late 80s to the Early 90s
- A History of South Cubitt Town
- A Wander Around the Block Near the City Arms
- An Elevated View of the New Docks & Warehouses now constructing on the Isle of Dogs near Limehouse
- The Chapel House Estate
- McDougall’s Millwall
- A Lifetime Behind Bars – Guest Article by Tony Alltoft
- Island Pubs – Then & Now
- The Kingfield Estate
- A Drive Through West India Docks in the 1960s
- The Oldest Photos of the Isle of Dogs (a Selection)
- The Island at Sea
- You say Coldharbour, I say Cold Harbour
- Nellie Frances Cressall
- Island Pubs and Beer Houses
- Where we learned to rite proper
- The West Ferry Estate
- The End of the Island – Blackwall Entrance Lock
- The Public Library in Strattondale Street
- War Damage to Shelters in Poplar
- Limehouse Hole
- Me new book – A Dictionary of Lost East London
- The Poplar Gut
- The Barn Fields
- Millwall Flyers. Guest article by Con Maloney
- The Bridges of the Isle of Dogs
- The Mudchute Anti-Aircraft Gun Emplacement
- Dolly Fisher – ‘Tugboat Annie of the Thames’
- The Timber Transporter
- The Mill Wall
- Gizza Job, I Can Do That.
- Samuda Estate
- Tooke Times
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- For the Convenience of the Public
- S.V. Penang
- Hello, Hello, Hello, What’s All This Then?
- Island Prefabs
- The Quest for Queenie Watts – The Voice of the Isle of Dogs
- 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
- The History of Canary Wharf
- Pickles and Pickets
- The Muddy
Tag Archives: Newcastle Arms
Hello, Hello, Hello, What’s All This Then?
Compared to other East End dockland areas, the Isle of Dogs had less crime to speak of. That’s not to say there was none, but the conservative and close-knit nature of its people – along with its geographical isolation – to a large … Continue reading
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Tagged Booth, Crime, Joseph Westwood, Newcastle Arms, PLA, Police, UDI, Waterman's Arms
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Waterman’s Arms
What’s in a Name? In the 1870 map below, a public house (P.H.) is shown at the corner of Newcastle St and Wharf Rd. This was the Newcastle Arms, built by William Cubitt as part of his Cubitt Town development, and … Continue reading
. . . . . . . THE ISLE OF DOGS DURING WORLD WAR II
. . . . . THE (OLD) ISLE OF DOGS FROM A TO Z
DICTIONARY OF LOST EAST LONDON.