Sunrise over England

London September 2008

Folder: Great Britain
My visit to London Sept 15 to 22, 2008: Regent's Park, the East End, the Leake Street graffiti tunnel, Chiswick, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Stoke Newington, Abney Park Cemetery, and Open House weekend.
Dead Man's Hole

Dead Man's Hole

18 Sep 2008 464
Under Tower Bridge. Bodies were dumped into the Thames here -- easier to do at high tide, natch. I found this on the internets : "Before Tower Bridge was built, a ferry ran from Horselydown Steps, near the southern foot of today's bridge, to a point on the north bank known as Dead Man's Hole - so called because the ferrymen operated a lucrative sideline taking corpses across the river. The reason was simple. Bart's Hospital, on the north side, paid 6d more for the bodies used for medical research than Guy's Hospital on the south." See where this picture was taken. [?]
Leaf

Leaf

18 Sep 2008 236
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Docks opened 1825

Docks opened 1825

18 Sep 2008 228
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Bills of Mortality

Bills of Mortality

18 Sep 2008 212
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
St Katharine of Alexandria

St Katharine of Alexandria

18 Sep 2008 209
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Wines and Spirits

Wines and Spirits

18 Sep 2008 217
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Red and Blue

Red and Blue

18 Sep 2008 233
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Orange

Orange

18 Sep 2008 215
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Green and Tan with Red and Blue

Green and Tan with Red and Blue

18 Sep 2008 235
Enamel panel by Dale Devereux Barker at St Katharine Docks. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Rigging

Rigging

18 Sep 2008 254
Thames sailing barge, St Katharine Docks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_sailing_barge See where this picture was taken. [?]
Masts

Masts

18 Sep 2008 284
Thames sailing barge, St Katharine Docks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_sailing_barge See where this picture was taken. [?]
Lock

Lock

18 Sep 2008 223
St Katharine Docks. View On Black See where this picture was taken. [?]
Chains

Chains

18 Sep 2008 247
St Katharine Docks. View On Black See where this picture was taken. [?]
Sundial & Tower Bridge

Sundial & Tower Bridge

18 Sep 2008 230
From St Katharine Pier. Something recognizable for my mates at home, who at this point are scratching their heads and wondering wtf I was doing for a week in London taking pix of graffiti and boot scrapers. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

18 Sep 2008 231
New paint. See where this picture was taken. [?]
War Department Marker

War Department Marker

18 Sep 2008 244
Tower Bridge Approach/St Katharine's Way, at the bottom of the stairs to the bridge. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Thames Sailing Barges

Thames Sailing Barges

18 Sep 2008 228
St Katharine Pier. The Ardwina (on the right) belongs to the firm of an esteemed Flicrkmate. It must be amazing to see one of these under full sail on the Thames. See where this picture was taken. [?]
Homage to Yersinia

Homage to Yersinia

18 Sep 2008 205
South steps, Tower Bridge. See where this picture was taken. [?]
293 items in total