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1. Patsy Collins - Recollections of changes in the Port of London.
*Patsy Collins - Recollections of changes in the Port of London. Patsy recalls how the changes to the retirement age in the 1950s forced many old dockers to leave their jobs. Many men, in their 70s and 80s, were...
2. Liquid history (the Thames during the 1930s)
*Liquid history (the Thames during the 1930s) A journey down the river from Tower Bridge to Tilbury.
3. Boom and bust: Docklands 1914 - 80.
*Boom and bust: Docklands 1914 - 80. During the 1920s and 1930s, despite the ups and downs of trade including the major trade depression of the 1930s, the port continued to handle an...
4. Barging through London
*Barging through London In 1820 the Regent's Canal Dock was opened in order to connect the Regent's Canal with the Thames at Limehouse. It is now known as Limehouse Basin...
 
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