Dec 1918 - the captured German U Boat, the U-155 in St Katharine Docks alongside the 'mystery ship' HMS Suffolk Coast. Mystery ships were often scruffy little colliers, and fishing boats, but these facades hid 12-pounders and Maxim guns https://t.co/ze3tlgyUpo #History#eastend
Castle Alley with the Three Crowns public house in the background in 1890 - this lane ran from Whitechapel Road. The modern shot is the view today, with Whitechapel Public Baths further down on the right... #eastend#history#whitechapel
Our project to colour in the entire 1746 John Rocque map has reached the eastern edge of London. This is the scene in Mile End 280 years ago. Mostly fields, but a few intriguing features. High-res version and article in comments...
Burnham’s latest brainwave is to introduce a death tax. I mean why not go a step further? Why not turn up at funerals and rifle through coffins looking for valuables. Jewellery, watches, a gold tooth here and there. This is your socialist government, stealing from dead people who’ve worked hard all their lives, and tossing their money mindlessly at benefit scammers.