By 1905 when the book of their journey from Westminster to the Nore was published Marion, Mrs Wyllie, explains how Erith, the once quiet village “in the midst of green fields and gardens” had been transformed, and that “No-one in the present day would call Erith pretty or rural.” She goes on to explain why: …
Category archives: Ebb & Flow
Thames
John Challis the Thames turns inwardly to find a space… and burrows through the mud and claywhere every London intersects, to get its nose beneath the grave, … Anglo-Saxon ornaments,unexploded payloads, bone dice and oyster shells,wedding rings and number plates, and all thoseyou might have been had your time started early: gong farmers and costermongers, …
To Ruth, with love…
Many of you will know Ruth Wadey as a star “weather watcher” featured across several British TV channels screening her ever-changing river Thames and sky views. From her perch high up on the river bank at Twickenham, she captures the river in all its moods and fills our timelines with sunrises, sunsets, and magical clouds. …
Tower R.N.L.I.
Night and day, throughout the year, the permanent and volunteer RNLI crews at Tower Lifeboat Station, afloat on the central London tidal Thames, are ready to come to the rescue of anyone in trouble on the river. Since opening on January 2nd in 2002, they have had nearly nine thousand call-outs for various emergencies, and …
Victoria Tower Gardens- update
Since first posting this article in September, 2019, the government has given the go-ahead for a Holocaust Memorial and underground learning centre right by the river Thames. However, rather than a memorial to the Holocaust, blending in with those already existing in the park, the design chosen is an ugly, domineering, over-development of the space, …