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canary wharf
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The Gang of Four visited on 2.12.22
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 Church Boat |
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 Possibly Britannia |
 Museum of London Docklands |
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 Exhibits in a dark space so poor images |
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Ding dong! When the call-on bell rings, you need to be ready! Work is not guaranteed for most dockers since the amount of work each day depends on how many ships have arrived in the docks. Bell tolls for lunch and end of work. |
 Low Pattern Deadweight Platform Scales Wood and steel made by Vandome, Titford and Pawsons between 1866 and 1875. Portable machine was used in the West India Docks to weigh large sacks and bales |
 Cargo basket |
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 Enlarges enough to read |
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 Model of the Maunsell Forts found in the Thames Estuary |
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John Anderson Viscount Waverley 1882 - 1958 |
 Spoons |
 West India Import Dock |
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 Reflection |
 The boys |
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| We had a sandwich lunch at The Henry Addington PH |
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Grabbed shot |
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 A Coral |
 Testa Addormentata (Sleeping Head) by Igor Mitoraj 1993 |
 Floor |
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 Smoke |
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 Carrot cars |
 Mobile shop |
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 Fat Cat's Yacht? |
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 Home on a boat |
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 Ginko biloba |
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 Maserati |
We walked along a path where we were accosted by squirrels begging for nuts. The animals were much fatter than the average squirrel. We saw a women feeding them almonds |
 Squirrel |
 Ack-ack gun |
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 Llamas |
We picked up the Overground at Mudchute; it had been a good day out. |