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Feb 20, 20204 min read
Mr Baker’s trap to Mr Jasper’s opium den: Extending the East London Dickens Thames walk, 2
Continuing from the previous blog... From Raine St turn right, back onto Wapping Lane and walk up to the open space that acts as a bridge...
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Feb 3, 20203 min read
From the Charitable Grinders to the Wapping Workhouse: extending the East London Thames walk 1
Should you want to extend your Thames walk on the East end of London, you might like to include Dickens' evocative journalistic pieces...
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Nov 30, 20194 min read
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend and the Marine Police Force, Wapping – a detective story
There is a tall, slightly strange-shaped building with a crenellated top (as seen from the river) on the north bank of the Thames in the...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
Crossing the Thames by the Tower 3: subway and tunnel
Tower Bridge so dominates the landscape of that part of the river that it is very difficult to imagine it not being there. However, as...
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Oct 9, 20191 min read
A Christmas Carol - a walk through time
As our Christmas Carol walk weaves through the City of London and then snakes up to the Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street, it’s...
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Jul 19, 20192 min read
Crossing the Thames by the Tower 2: Dickens and Mayhew
In the course of researching the locations for our literary walks, we have come across hidden stories, interesting observations, literary...
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Jun 29, 20194 min read
Crossing the Thames by the Tower 1: Quilp & Rogue Riderhood
In The Old Curiosity Shop, chapter 5, Quilp, who lives on Tower Hill, takes a wherry across the river by the Tower to get to his wharf on...
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