From Southwark Park Faculties which ended the earlier publish on this stroll, Rotherhithe New Street & Southwark Park Faculties, I walked a couple of yards up Southwark Park Street to the nook with Banyard Street, the place I photographed the taxi workplace (nonetheless there however modified from A-Z Star Automobiles to five Star Automobiles) with the pub on the alternative nook, the Southwark Park Tavern, now closed and transformed to residential round 2003.
There was a pub round right here, the Inexperienced Man, presumably on this web site earlier than Southwark Park opened in 1869 however I feel this constructing in all probability got here shortly after the park was opened, and is reverse the Carriage Drive main into the park.
Sadly I haven’t but digitised this image, nor considered one of slightly plain two-storey terrace on Banyard Rd or a picture exhibiting a play space within the park. I hurried via the park to the Jamaica Street gate at its north, crossing to make my solution to Kings Stairs Gardens and the River Thames.
The 2 jetties seen right here I feel have now gone and there’s definitely no line of lighters as on this image, and there’s one putting new constructing on the riverfront.
A second image taken with a brief telephoto lens from virtually precisely the identical place exhibits the central space extra clearly, with new flats being constructed on Rotherhithe St.
Wanting throughout the Thames downstream, with Free Commerce Wharf on the excessive proper and simply to the left the cylinder air flow shaft of the Rotherhithe tunnel within the King Edward Memorial Park. Each Metropolitan Wharf and New Crane Wharf are lined iwth scaffolding.
A part of St John’s Wharf and King Henry’s Wharves seen throughout the River Thames.
Extra of St John’s Wharf, together with one of many earlier warehouse conversions and the Grade II listed Wapping Police Station, constructed 1907-10, Metropolitan Police architect John Dixon Butler. At excessive left is part of Aberdeen Wharf inbuilt 1843–4 by the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Firm.
The tip of Aberdeen Wharf is on the proper fringe of this image, and at its left the Wapping Police Boatyard, an unnecessarily ugly constructing opened in 1973. The brand new constructing within the centre of the image additionally appears one thing of an eyesore, at the least at its ends.
Persevering with up-river from the Police Boatyard are St Thomas Wharf, Pierhead Wharf, Oliver’s Wharf – the primary warehouse in Wapping to be transformed into luxurious flats in 1972 – and Wapping Pierhead, with homes designed by Daniel Alexander in 1811 and the primary entrance to London Docks.
Wanting upriver on the south financial institution with Tower Bridge on the excessive proper and Man’s Hospital tower simply left of centre. Cherry Backyard Pier is at left.
There may be nonetheless a marker for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee right here but it surely appears to be like far much less spectacular than this rugged stonework I photographed in 1988. London has additionally gained fairly a couple of tall buildings, however the view alongside the river stays clear and you’ll nonetheless see the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral.
41 Rotherhithe St, now apparently 1 Fulford St at the least in keeping with Google Maps, was the places of work of lighterage firm Braitwaite & Dean, the place their lightermen would come to gather their weekly wage. Apparently it was identified regionally because the Leaning Tower of Rotherhithe, although the constructing’s lean is extra obvious from throughout the river than in my image.
It was left roughly alone on this stretch of the river with simply the Angel pub equally remoted a couple of yards upriver after Bermondsey council purchased lots of the buildings in 1939 to create a park, with wartime bombing persevering with the demolition job. There was some momentary housing by the river once I first walked alongside right here within the early Nineteen Eighties, however that quickly disappeared.
My stroll in Bermondsey continued – extra about it in a later publish.
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