The River Thames - photos and stories

[not-bono-ever]

Why am I up so fuckin early ?

 

[not henry]

Why am I up so fuckin early ?

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It's the most wonderful time of the year

 

[editor]

Had a lovely walk last night








A peaceful winter’s evening walk along the South Bank from Hungerford Bridge to Blackfriars Bridge - urban75: art, photos, walks

 

[Puddy_Tat]

on teh tweeter today

1979

 

[Epona]

on teh tweeter today

1979

Real "I remember when this was all fields" vibe there! (Not actual fields ofc but vastly different to how it is now). Thanks for posting it!

 

[brogdale]

Real "I remember when this was all fields" vibe there! (Not actual fields ofc but vastly different to how it is now). Thanks for posting it!

That year I was taken on a field trip around the derelict Royal Docks walking through the post-industrial wasteland, empty spaces and over the remains of the elevated walkways over the docks. It was a very memorable trip and how I wish I'd had a camera back then.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

In the early-ish 80's I used to go cycling around there on a Sunday. This was before Sunday trading laws changed, so London was fairly quiet and the docks were deserted, was really cool and when I go down there now the change is just unbelievable!

 

[editor]

That year I was taken on a field trip around the derelict Royal Docks walking through the post-industrial wasteland, empty spaces and over the remains of the elevated walkways over the docks. It was a very memorable trip and how I wish I'd had a camera back then.

I can remember cycling through vast empty warehouses but like a fool only took a few photos. Mind you I did find a lovely old 'Smoking Prohibited' enamel sign that I took home with me (and still have).

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Real "I remember when this was all fields" vibe there! (Not actual fields ofc but vastly different to how it is now). Thanks for posting it!

That year I was taken on a field trip around the derelict Royal Docks walking through the post-industrial wasteland, empty spaces and over the remains of the elevated walkways over the docks. It was a very memorable trip and how I wish I'd had a camera back then.

In the early-ish 80's I used to go cycling around there on a Sunday. This was before Sunday trading laws changed, so London was fairly quiet and the docks were deserted, was really cool and when I go down there now the change is just unbelievable!

I can remember cycling through vast empty warehouses but like a fool only took a few photos. Mind you I did find a lovely old 'Smoking Prohibited' enamel sign that I took home with me (and still have).

1950s OS map showing just how much space the docks (and associated warehouses / railway lines etc) took up - here (you can go up to the 25 inch scale if you feel so inclined)

there really wasn't that much else round rotherhithe then - just development round the edge.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

in memory of those lost to the 1953 east coast flooding, 70 years ago today

 

[brogdale]

Am planning another trip over to Erith soon, (maybe walk round to Dartford?) and dug out these pics from last July's walk round to Thamesmead;

 

[Puddy_Tat]

taken from 50th floor of canary wharf tower, looking east, 1992

photographer has 1,000+ photos of london docklands on flickr

 

[Puddy_Tat]

N Greenwich sunrise

from 'the liquid highway' on teh tweeter

 

[Puddy_Tat]

came up elsewhere - charlie chaplin in london, 1959, visiting the south bank, walworth, kennington of his childhood

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Posted these on the Deptford & New Cross thread a few years ago but thought I might as well stick them here too.

I was a Goldsmiths student, living on Creek Road, in the early 90s. Took the photos of Deptford power station just before it got demolished and the view of the creek at Greenwich in 1994, prior to heading back to Devon. We used to walk down to the slipway next to the power station, which we called Deptford Beach, to see what we could find. Some mates found a message in a bottle one day. It had only come from the other side of Woolwich, but they wrote back to the girl who sent it with a slightly implausible tale about where they found it. No harm done, I guess. Better than finding out that it only went two miles upstream...

 

[clicker]

Today.

 

[T & P]

Today.
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That's a nice pic. Was that taken with a proper kit of camera, or just a smartphone?

 

[clicker]

That's a nice pic. Was that taken with a proper kit of camera, or just a smartphone?

Just a Samsung phone.

 

[T & P]

Just a Samsung phone.

Amazing what good quality shots those things produce nowadays.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

from teh tweeter today

 

[brogdale]

from teh tweeter today

Lovely view of the home of lower tier football.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Lovely view of the home of lower tier football.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

I spent 10/15 years or so cycling alongside the Thames, between Vauxhall and where it joins the sea out at north Kent and I took a lot of photos. So I'll be dumping a few of them here. Here's the first.


old ferry

new ferry

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

this was taken at Gravesend I think.

 

[brogdale]

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this was taken at Gravesend I think.

Looks like it could be Iceland!

 

[Epona]

Aye, I feel cold just looking at that! Great photos

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Looks like it could be Iceland!

Apparently it was January 2010. I quite enjoyed cycling in arctic weather in those days.

 

[Epona]

Apparently it was January 2010. I quite enjoyed cycling in arctic weather in those days.

My face is feeling numb just thinking about cycling in that cold

 

[blossie33]

A Thames linked article about an interesting building in Rotherhithe...

'Leaning tower of Rotherhithe' sells for £1.5m

The house, four storeys high and 3.5m wide, is the only property on a street by the River Thames.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Puddy_Tat]

1930s version of battersea power station