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Author archives: Patricia Stoughton

Eric Carpenter: 2 The Cory years

Over the past weeks of lockdown, I have had the chance to discover more about Eric Carpenter’s wide-ranging work along the Thames. It seemed from our initial meeting and following email exchanges that he held his time with Cory in particular affection. From 1984 until his retirement in 2008 Eric was employed by Cory Waste …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton31st May 202030th May 2020Posted inEbb & Flow

Meet Eric Carpenter: 1

Working for fifty years on and around the Thames, Eric Carpenter has a map of the river, its tributaries and canals indelibly etched into his brain. I’m lucky to meet him in St. Katharine Docks a couple of weeks before *lockdown* as not only has he told me something of his life on, and love …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton24th May 20202nd July 2023Posted inEbb & Flow

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