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Category archives: Notes on Places

From Gravesend to the Nore

This first picture on our continuing journey downstream is of Gravesend seen from Rosherville Pier. Thames Waterman and Lighterman, Eric Carpenter, who has kindly been sharing his extensive knowledge of the river as we travel along Thames Past, explains that this is a view towards the Royal Terrace Pier, though this is not shown in […]

Posted byPatricia Stoughton11th May 202011th May 2020Posted inEbb & Flow, Notes on Places

The Thames Barrier

In 1972 Londoners were asked “If London flooded tomorrow, would you know what to do?” Well most of us didn’t. We were aware of the Thames and its tides of course but hadn’t given the possibility of flooding much thought. Not so the government, they were clearly worried and began a series of measures to […]

Posted byPatricia Stoughton27th October 201911th November 2019Posted inNotes on Places

All Hallows by the Tower

Just a few steps away from the tourist-thronged Tower of London stands a church, founded in AD 675 as a chapel of the abbey of Barking, that is older than and steeped in as much history as its famous neighbour. And yet only a comparatively small number of visitors make it up to the South […]

Posted byPatricia Stoughton13th October 20193rd December 2019Posted inEbb & Flow, Notes on Places

London’s Favourite Lion

Standing majestically on the east side of Westminster Bridge is a white, sculptured lion looking down over the traffic and the thousands of commuters and tourists that stream in and out of the city every day. Known as the South Bank Lion it has become one of London’s favourite landmarks since it was lifted onto […]

Posted byPatricia Stoughton29th September 20193rd December 2019Posted inNotes on Places

Victoria Tower Gardens

Perhaps not many of you will know this park by name, though you might have passed it along the river, or sought refuge there after a visit to Parliament Square and the Palace of Westminster, but you will have undoubtedly seen it as the backcloth to countless news reports over the years and particularly at […]

Posted byPatricia Stoughton1st September 20193rd December 2019Posted inEbb & Flow, Notes on Places

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