The River Thames - photos and stories

[existentialist]

So you don't have to... Salt print - Wikipedia

 

[mx wcfc]

Seal basking outside the House of Commons, apparently.......

 

[RoyReed]

Seal basking outside the House of Commons, apparently.......

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It's the Privy Seal.

 

[hash tag]

Worried about a seal I saw on the Thames a while back, we made enquiries and it turns out they are very common

The UK’s River Thames has come back to life – with a seal population to prove it

In the 1950s, the Thames was so polluted it was declared biologically dead. But today it’s thriving – and a recent count of baby seals shows how far it has come.

www.weforum.org

 

[RubyToogood]

So jel. I've always wanted to see a seal. I used to work by the river and I was always keeping an eye out but nothing.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

So jel. I've always wanted to see a seal. I used to work by the river and I was always keeping an eye out but nothing.

They stink.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

greenwich peninsula (what's now 'north greenwich') 1986

from a series of 'then and now' on a london inheritance blog

 

[clicker]

 

[Puddy_Tat]

taken from the woolwich ferry, late afternoon a few weeks ago

 

[Puddy_Tat]

more from teh tweeter

 

[Epona]

Not quite the Thames, this is the River Lea near where it enters Bow Creek from which it flows into the Thames.

Beautiful day today. The crow was wanting my lunch.

 

[BCBlues]

Not quite the Thames, this is the River Lea near where it enters Bow Creek from which it flows into the Thames.

Beautiful day today. The crow was wanting my lunch.

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Dont be mean. Share your lunch
Nice pics

 

[blossie33]

Not quite the Thames, this is the River Lea near where it enters Bow Creek from which it flows into the Thames.

Beautiful day today. The crow was wanting my lunch.

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Is that near Three Mills?
Quite scary the amount of building going on in that area now!

 

[hash tag]

Not quite the Thames, this is the River Lea near where it enters Bow Creek from which it flows into the Thames.

Beautiful day today. The crow was wanting my lunch.

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I'm sure a seagull would not have waited to be asked to share your lunch.

 

[hash tag]

I had this little fella for company with my lunch today out on a common ( not mine )

 

[Epona]

Is that near Three Mills?
Quite scary the amount of building going on in that area now!

About halfway between Three Mills and the Thames, so right where the Lea turns into Bow Creek.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

About halfway between Three Mills and the Thames, so right where the Lea turns into Bow Creek.

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down a bit from bow locks (which is a real place but can lead to misunderstandings)

 

[TopCat]

Kayaking on the tidal Thames today. Putney to Isleworth and back. Should be good.

 

[TopCat]

I'm staying relatively sober today. I have a lot more respect for the tidal Thames after working on the river last year. I had to do a load of safety stuff and know the grisly reality of making mistakes. That said it's looking perfect and I am with another person . Low tide at 10:00 at Putney, go on the up tide, it's beautiful going past Kew Gardens and Syon Park. Then lunch and pint in the London Apprentice and float back on the ebb tide.
Really looking forward to it. Everyone is so nice on the river.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

it's next to the river...

battersea power station when there was only half of it

 

[Epona]

Thought this would be most likely to interest people on this thread - Thames21 have published a list of events in celebration of London Rivers Week which takes place in July - guided walks, river cleanups, removing damaging invasive plant species etc.

<a href="https://www.thames21.org.uk/events/">Putting Healthy Rivers at the Heart of the Community</a> › London Rivers Week 2022 – Thames21

www.thames21.org.uk

(I'll also try to remember to post about it separately nearer the time!)

 

[steeplejack]

Flying boats on the Thames (a fairly common sight until the late forties, some visible even in early eighties):











From top; a Fairey Seaplane full of newspapers, bound for Kent, c. 1911; Alan Cobham lands his "Gypsy Moth" seaplane in 1926 after a 27,000 mile round trip to Australia; Short Calcutta of Imperial Airways on the Thames in 1928; BOAC Short Solent by Tower Bridge, early 1950s; the last Short Sandringham by HMS Belfast, 1984.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

london bridge, 1957 - looks like morning rush hour, as most people are walking north across the bridge.

from teh tweeter.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

london bridge, 1957 - looks like morning rush hour, as most people are walking north across the bridge.

from teh tweeter.

Cranes that far upstream, never knew that.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Cranes that far upstream, never knew that.

the thames was pretty much industrial at least as far west as putney.

1950s OS map here (based on putney, you can move it around)

 

[T & P]

Flying boats on the Thames (a fairly common sight until the late forties, some visible even in early eighties):

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From top; a Fairey Seaplane full of newspapers, bound for Kent, c. 1911; Alan Cobham lands his "Gypsy Moth" seaplane in 1926 after a 27,000 mile round trip to Australia; Short Calcutta of Imperial Airways on the Thames in 1928; BOAC Short Solent by Tower Bridge, early 1950s; the last Short Sandringham by HMS Belfast, 1984.

I wonder if they had to raise Tower Bridge to let that last couple of fellas sail through. Which would be somewhat ironic.

 

[steeplejack]

I wonder if they had to raise Tower Bridge to let that last couple of fellas sail through. Which would be somewhat ironic.

They did indeed: this is the Short Solent from my post above with Tower Bridge raised:

 

[steeplejack]

Also a gratuitous picture of the Solent’s military ancestor, the Short Sunderland, parked up on the Thames for the Festival of Britain:

 

[editor]

They did indeed: this is the Short Solent from my post above with Tower Bridge raised:


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Weird how that sort of looks old and futuristic at the same time!

 

[blossie33]

A cruise ship coming up the Thames to Tower Bridge tomorrow, Saturday 18th if anyone's interested and in the area ...

Cruise ship to pass through Tower Bridge

A note that a large cruise ship, the Silver Wind will pass through Tower Bridge today.

www.ianvisits.co.uk