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Leisure, health and housing |
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The hospital was founded to provide a health and welfare service for sailors on ships visiting the river Thames | |
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Making life secure and comfortable for visiting seamen in the port |
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How London disposes of its sewage | |
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Life in the dockland slums |
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The floating hospitals | |
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Ports as gateways for disease |
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The port was a dangerous place | |
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The experiences of Docklands' post-war community |
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Leisure activities for a riverside community | |
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Experience a maritime pub crawl | |
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An elegant Regency building standing on the edge of the Thames | |
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A famous riverside tavern, described in Charles Dicken's book 'Our Mutual Friend' |
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The oldest public house in Rotherhithe | |
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One of the most famous pubs in London |
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Work at the docks could be very dangerous, and many dockers were injured while handling heavy goods | |
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The magazine 'Punch', commented on government policy, providing moral judgements on political and social events, from the late 1840s to mid 1850s it focused on the appalling quality of Thames water |
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