The caption for the picture above is as follows: A flat-bottomed barge or "lighter" going downstream towards Southwark Bridge, circa 1905. These barges, moved along by long oars, were a common sight in London until as late as the 1960"
Monday, July 18, 2011
London in Black and White
The caption for the picture above is as follows: A flat-bottomed barge or "lighter" going downstream towards Southwark Bridge, circa 1905. These barges, moved along by long oars, were a common sight in London until as late as the 1960"
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love finding old pictures of working life, my mum used to tell stories of her Uncle Harold who still sailed on clippers up to the 1930's,walking home bare footed from the docks when he was on leave.
some more examples of London here
http://bursledonblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/national-maritime-museums-photostream.html
Very nice - I'll enjoy looking at those.
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