Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
Wapping guide, old converted warehouses, quaint cobbled streets, Execution Dock replicas and historical pubs. Here's our local's Wapping guide.
Wapping guide, old converted warehouses, quaint cobbled streets, Execution Dock replicas and historical pubs. Here's our local's Wapping guide.
Pirates, commerce and warehouse conversions are just the tip of the iceberg when exploring the history of Wapping, East London.
This guide to things to do in Wapping has the best pubs, restaurants, and streets in Wapping. This area is steeped in the history of the British Empire.
From Dickensian docks to luxury apartments: inside the revival of a onetime slum in east London
A Walk along Wapping High Street and Wapping Wall give a glimpse of the history of this area with original river stairs, wharves and pubs lining the Thames.
Wapping guide, old converted warehouses, quaint cobbled streets, Execution Dock replicas and historical pubs. Here's our local's Wapping guide.
Wapping guide, old converted warehouses, quaint cobbled streets, Execution Dock replicas and historical pubs. Here's our local's Wapping guide.
Wapping Beach is a stretch of the Thames foreshore in Wapping, that is exposed at low tide. It was the location of Execution Dock where...
Things to do in Wapping, London. The ultimate guide on what to do in this east London neighbourhood famous for traditional riverside pubs
The LLoyds of London building is just visible in the background meaning this picture was probably taken in the mid-1980s as Lloyd's moved into their new building in 1986.
David Granick’s (1912-80) Kodachrome photographs of London in the 1960s and 1970s are sensational. Here are more from Granick’s legacy of more than 3000 colour slides of a London now only glimpsed. More here. Via: Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives , The East End in Colour 1960-80 edited by Chris Dorley-Brown and published by Hoxton Minipress.
Just four miles from the centre of London Limehouse is now a luxurious area between the City and Canary Wharf.
A Walk along Wapping High Street and Wapping Wall give a glimpse of the history of this area with original river stairs, wharves and pubs lining the Thames.
Wapping is a district in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Wapping's position, on the north bank of the River Thames, has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses and steps, such as the Prospect of Whitby and Wapping Stairs. It also has a Royal Navy shore establishment base on the riverfront called HMS President and home to Tobacco Dock and King Edward Memorial Park.
Just four miles from the centre of London Limehouse is now a luxurious area between the City and Canary Wharf.
Photographs of Wapping and Whitechapel from 1973 by Jonathan Barker.
