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I have never seen a boat moored by where some of those shoes are :confused:
Sorry. Ignore me it is not the picture I was thinking about.:oops:

This is the picture that was discussed.
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Sorry, I know it's not quite the Thames, but certainly related. This was Sarfend on Saturday.

BTW those shoes on the bank at Battersea in an earlier post, does anyone know anything about why they might be there?

What part of Southend seafront is that?

(I do wish people would stop calling it Sarfend :mad:)
 
Look the end by two loos right of the peir.

Sarfend - Must be day trippers or London types. [emoji1]
 
Mrski, you are right. Those shoes are a fraction to the west of the slipway by st marys. So, why are they there?
 
Mrski, you are right. Those shoes are a fraction to the west of the slipway by st marys. So, why are they there?
As far as I know, as I said above. Or looking at the picture, to stop the chains getting caught up or damaging any boat moored.
 
Sorry...just seen this, it's oak.
I saw something that reminded me of this today as I was at a seminar at Museum of London Archaeological Service: a wooden doll that was dumped in a disused privy in Limehouse in 1850s.

What's the bottom and back like ?
 
BTW those shoes on the bank at Battersea in an earlier post, does anyone know anything about why they might be there?

if you mean the photo i took in battersea, then this boat was moored just next to them on the same day, so i imagine it is just to stop the boats knocking against the wall.

eta - hang on think you meant southend?
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I saw something that reminded me of this today as I was at a seminar at Museum of London Archaeological Service: a wooden doll that was dumped in a disused privy in Limehouse in 1850s.

What's the bottom and back like

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Ah, the ones I saw were considerably chunkier, with flat backs, so no doesn't look like much of a match. That pointy end is interesting though. Maybe it's a test piece for a really shit whittler.
 
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