River Thames
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The Thames Estuary's Military Heritage by Philip MacDougall
My new book, The Thames Estuary's Military Heritage was inspired by a period of time when I lived on the Isle of Grain, an extension to the Hoo Peninsula, a spit of land that juts out into the Thames Estuary, with Southend on the far side of the Thames. It is more than possible on a clear day to see...Read More -
River Thames Dockland Heritage by Malcolm Batten
I grew up and still live in East London, only a few miles from where used to be the Port of London Authority ‘Royal’ Docks – the largest enclosed dock area in the world. My grandfather was a boilermaker in the ship repair yards – considered such an important skilled job that he was not called up during the first...Read More -
River Thames Shipping Since 2000 by Malcolm Batten
Cargo Shipping, Passenger Ships, Ferries, Heritage Shipping and More I grew up and still live in East London, only a few miles from where the Port of London Authority ‘Royal’ Docks used to be – the largest enclosed dock area in the world. My grandfather was a boilermaker in the ship repair yards – considered such an important skilled job...Read More -
Secret Southwark and Blackfriars by Kristina Bedford
It was a great pleasure to spend the summer heatwave of 2018 photographing the ‘highways and by-ways’ of Southwark and Blackfriars for Amberley’s Secret local history Series, and discovering gems which lie behind façades I had casually passed by in the past, such as the massive Universal Testing Machine constructed by David Kirkcaldy in The Grove, Southwark. Kirkcaldy’s Testing Works...Read More -
River Thames: From Source to Sea by Steve Wallis
For me, writing about rivers started off in 2013 when I was discussing possible books with my contact at Amberley. He mentioned the ‘From Source to Sea’ series on rivers. I live in Dorchester in Dorset so what came to my mind immediately was the river Frome which flows past the town. This Frome is one of several of that...Read More