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This site is a celebration of life past and present on this small part of London’s East End.
Isle of Dogs Life 
Hi, do you have any old photos of Ferry Street? Particularly looking on the Ferry House Pub?
Hi Eilis,
I dont have any photos but if you follow this link http://www.islandhistory.co.uk/zen/index.php?album=pubs/ferry-house and you will see some old photos.
regards
Just by chance seen your site and Carol’s memories of Alton St.School in the 40s – I too went there, Your photo of the lady in fur and the American food parcels was takem at Alton St School – I have one of those photos showing my younger sister being presented with a large parcel. The film star was Paulette Goddard. I don’t remember what was in the parcels but think they were shared out. I too remember our visits to the Queens Theatre. We used to go on Spotlight night when a torch was shone into the audience from the stage to pick out winners of small prizes. And when the pantomime used miniature ponies we went to see them where they were being kept.
Thanks Norah for your memories.
This is not a reply but a question. I was evacuated 1st September 1939 aged 10 from the isle of dogs school to Wells Somerset, the whole school went, I lived at 304 Glengall Grove right oposite the School. Have you any information on this event we were put on Buses the train. I cannot seem to find any information on this mass evacuation from the Isle of Dogs. I am Doreen Boon. Nee North
Hi Doreen,
I have sent you an email, but if any other readers have any information , please get in touch.
My sisters and brothers were evacuated to Wells Somerset at that time, eric, harry, iris and rene begent
I may be related to you . My name is Christopher Boon , son of Walter Boon , lighterman .
Hi is it possible for me to buy a picture of your company,sufi from limehouse e14
Hi
No pictures , I’m afraid and you can contact us on isleofdogslife@gmail.com
Hi could you please let me know your address as I wish to order another Callendar for my sister thankyou.
Gret aerticke about Bow which is getting attention from others – thank you. https://twitter.com/EastLondonGroup/status/562730250191523842
can you let me know if i am still a member? also is their a calendar for 2016?
I have MUCH better photos of the NATO ships if you’d like?
Hi Natalie,
Thanks for the offer, if you would like to send a selection over to isleofdogslife@gmail.com
We can take it from there.
Most interesting article about Bow Brewery and India Pale Ale. I understood that Duncan Dunbar (of Dunbar Wharf, Limehouse) was an early large scale exporter of India Pale Ale, from the nearby brewery (later the site of the Taylor Walker brewery). Where does he fit into the picture ?
Hi Roger,
This is often some confusion between Duncan Dunbar and Hodgson’s Bow Brewery. There is no evidence that Dunbar’s brewed India Pale Ale before Hodgson but it is highly likely that Dunbar carried beer to India and beyond. His fleet of ships carried a wide range of cargo all around the world.
There is no doubt that Hodgson’s IPA was the most popular brand in India for a number of years but other people did brew and send beer to India, Dunbar being just one of many. Dunbar was unusual that he owned ships and a brewery, so it was a natural fit but Hodgson had his connection with the east India company to give him an advantage over his competitors. It is a fascinating topic but quite difficult to find proof of what really happened because certain myths are recounted time and time again.
Re article on Frederick Garrard – did you mean St Paul’s in Rome or did you mean St Peter’s.
Also great display of his tiles in Cragside – the Northumberland home of Lord Armstrong
Hi Peter,
I believe it is St Paul’s within the walls in Rome, did not know about the Cragside ones.
Will add that to the post.
Many thanks.
Hi, thanks for the article on the Blackwall Tunnel, very interesting. Familyn history rumour has it that my great great grandfather worked on the construction of the tunnel. He apparently lost a leg in an accident whilst working on the construction. Do you have any access to any further records of the tunnel’s construction, or know where I could look? Thanks!
Hi Louise,
Thank you for the comment,
I have had a quick look around various places for further information but
only found out that six workers died working on the project, but nothing about injuries.
If you have a rough date, perhaps local newspapers may be a way to find out.
Wishing you look on your research.
Hello there , my late grandmother lived on the Isle of Dogs – Millwall Docks during the 1920’s. her parents ran the Sailors Rest home. I don’t think it s still standing ! Does anyone have a picture by chance or know of its exact address? Would the museum of London be a good , ahem ‘port of call’ for such info ? all the best , Simon.
My great grandfather Alexander Castle was fireman on Vessel Oithona of the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company when she was alongside the Aberdeen Wharf in the 1891 census taken 2nd April 1891 . Are there any pictures of this ship at the wharf and how is the ship’s name pronounced?
Hi
Thanks for the comment, I am not aware of any pictures of the ship at Aberdeen Wharf but there is still a plaque on the riverfront that marks where Aberdeen Steam Company had their wharf.
According to the interesting following link.
http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=1950&index=100920
The Oithona was sold in 1891 to Russia, so it would have been one of the last times it docked in London.
If I come across any photos, will let you know.
regards
Isle of Dogs life
Please may I ask, if anyone has ever come across George Henry Mitchell undertakers or Thorp Funeral directors – undertakers, Trading at No. 217 E. India Dock Road, Poplar?
Also, are there possibly any old adverts, documentation and/or photographs of the building and shop, or even the shops next to it?
I also wondered, whether anybody possibly has any burial or cemetery details, which may include the Mitchell or Thorp names, as undertakers
I very much look forward to hearing from you, my best wishes.
Jed Stu
Hello’ Can you tell me who was the contributor of the articall on the Millwall Poultry Club. I also was a member in 1947/8 and Charlie Sieloff who was the principle is related to me
Hi George,
I have written to you by email to answer query.
I bet I’m the only person here to visit Lake Ballard in W Australia this year?
Antony Gormley’s sculptures were absolutely fabulous, but weird, in a v eerie place.
We felt the sky was lower! Three of us, and a million flies arrgh!
I’d love to see his work in London. Can anyone recommend?
Thanks, Annie
Hello, My Nan died in 1940 as a result of a German bomb exploding in the basement of Grosvenor buildings Poplar and taking out an adjacent air raid Shelter. Would you have or know where I can get any further info on this event.
Thank you,
Graeme
Hi Graeme,
You may want to try the http://bombsight.org website, it tracks all bombs dropped in the blitz.
Appears Alf gardener and I have the same ancestor in Gideon woolfe and would love to read the book or even better to glen anything he knows about him.
Hi
Thanks for the comment, if you look at the bottom of the article, you will find Alf’s email details if you would like a copy of the book or ask any questions.
Hi Do you have a date for or other info about Eric Pemberton’s postcard of Bow Road ( Vic meeting Elsie) ? I am putting together some “ history” for a friend who was born in St Andrew’s hospital in the 1930s. Thank you
Hi Katherine,
Sorry do not have any date.
Hi there how do I get tickets to fish Blackwell basin
Hi Daniel,
I am afraid I do not know, perhaps try Canal and River Trust.
I hate to be pedantic, however… the image of Goodluck Hope with the terrace of 13 houses (West Street and Salter’s Buildings passage) on the right and large factories on the left is not the Galvanised Steel Works as they were on the east side of the Leamouth Peninsula and this is the west side. Contemporary maps describe the factory building as “Metal Works”, with “Bow Creek Mills” behind and a “Treacle Refinery” behind that.
Hi Chaz,
It is not being pedantic, we all struggle getting the right information sometimes.
Thank you putting us right on this.
regards
Isle of Dogs Life
Hi! Came across this interesting site – not sure if still active? Just wanted to say first photo of my great grand parents I have ever seen! William and Betsy Skeels. My father Reuben was named after his uncle who died in WW1. Thank you!
Hi Helen,
Glad you found the photo.
The site is still active but since Covid, we have been travelling a lot but normal service will resume in April 2024