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Back in 2008, when I lived on the Isle of Dogs, you would have only been two bus stops away from me. My stop - St. Edmund's School (Stop N) - sports an additional bus route though, the 135, which then turns down Spindrift Avenue.

Back in 2008, it was quite dull in the area, especially on weekends.

Greg | 11.08.21 - 9:00 a.m. | #

Love cast iron hole covers.

Sarah | Homepage | 11.08.21 - 9:30 a.m. | #

The DLR Discovery Treasure Hunt actually sounds a lot of fun for kids, and the under-11s travel free, so really the only cost is for the adults.

Both lifts of the Woolwich Foot Tunnel were working 10 days ago!

But I'm glad you chose Bow instead.

Cornish Cockney | 11.08.21 - 9:52 a.m. | #

I hadn't realised that those plaques had been relocated from quite a distance away. I'd assumed that they were from a church on that site, destroyed in the war...

Mikey C | 11.08.21 - 10:25 a.m. | #

Can you now drive the DLR again? Last time I took one (albeit a few months ago) the first portion was cordoned off for social distancing in case a driver was needed.

TomH | 11.08.21 - 10:34 a.m. | #

Interesting to learn about the plaque, which I used to pass regularly some years ago, on bike rides along the river.

I also used to pass something else, very nearby, at that time, which was an overgrown site behind a fence, with - of all things! - a miniature lighthouse peering out through the buddleia. I've a feeling it may have been where the Canary Wharf College has since been built, on the corner of Glenworth Street. I'd actually be very grateful to know if you (or any of your commenters) might be able to provide any explanation about it. [photo]

RogerW | 11.08.21 - 11:15 a.m. | #

The cost is cheap compared to the 'treasure trail' books that are available at the moment. Every single family in my local area seem to be playing them at the moment.

Here's one called 'The Cable Car' mission. With the print at home PDF setting you back £9.99 and a further cost for going on the Dangleway (and getting to the Dangleway).

R2 | 11.08.21 - 11:59 a.m. | #

What a pleasure! A Five star rabbit hole. Diamondgeezer: lighthouse > islandhistory/History of Saunders Ness Road: Asphalte de Seyssel Company > asphaltmagazine: The asphalt industry from the 1800s to World War II. It's always a delight to unexpectedly discover I never knew I knew so little. And I'll never walk Threadneedle Street again without fondling a few new factoids.

jpmac | 11.08.21 - 12:32 p.m. | #

Also love iron hole covers.

There is a walk that I regularly make in North West London where I think I can trace approx 100 years of telecom history by hole covers (iron&concrete rather than pure iron, mostly) starting with PO telegraphs, various generations of BT, and including a fairly rare C&W cover, some early generic CATV covers, up to a pair of alt net fibre that are digging up at pace in NW.

MilesT | 11.08.21 - 1:30 p.m. | #

Sadly, as I and my three and a half year old transport-mad grandson discovered today, you still cannot sit at the front of a DLR train. The section from the front doors to the front (inclusive) is to allow for a socially distanced train captain to sit.

Although a strike day is listed for tomorrow the Woolwich Ferry was simply not operating today with no explanation that we could see as to why. Fortunately he was up for walking under the Thames instead, provided he could go down and up in the lifts.

London City Airport, our next transport stop, had its doors firmly shut unless we wanted a Covid test and we had only got from Stratford to Bethnal Green before the Central Line controllers ordered all trains from Notting Hill Gate to Leyton to an in-station stand and then suspended the service.

Perhaps DG will blog that this is just a typical day for getting around in his part of the world.

James Bunting | 11.08.21 - 3:40 p.m. | #

Did you cover the speed limit sign or was it covered in real life?

Greg S | 11.08.21 - 11:32 p.m. | #

The south lift of the Greenwich foot tunnel is indeed out of order.

HTFB | 12.08.21 - 10:03 a.m. | #

Thanks for posting the picture of the Poplar manhole cover. I now need to go and see what else might have survived in the area. If anyone is interested, there are over 500 similar images from all over London on my website in the ‘Historic London Street Furniture’ section, with explanatory contextual notes.

Doug Rose | Homepage | 15.08.21 - 8:15 p.m. | #











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