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Billson Street

Billson Street. The 'temporary' Orlit pre-fabricated houses built after WW2 still survived in 2014!

Cumberland Wharf

Cumberland Wharf, Saunders Ness Road.

Seysell Street

Corner of Manchester Road & Seysell Street, looking east

Pier Tavern

Corner of Manchester Road & Pier Street. The 'Pier Tavern' survives, albeit much changed

Dorset Arms

Manchester Road between Jubilee Crescent & Cubitt Town School, looking west. The 'Dorset Arms' pub was demolished in the 1990s & replaced with a block of flats

Mudchute Entrance

Pier Street, looking west. View of the entrance to the Mudchute from Urmston House

Mudchute Farmyard

Mudchute Farm

Cubitt Town School Corridor

Cubitt Town Junior School

Cubitt Town School Play

Cubitt Town Junior School Christmas play

Glengall Grove

View of Glengall Grove from Finwhale House, looking north

George Pub

Junction of East Ferry Road & Glengall Grove

Castalia Square

Castalia Square shopping precinct

Castalia Square Hairdressers

Castalia Square: Jill Skeels & Madelaine Harvey still working at the hairdresser's in April 2014

Castalia Square Ray Whiting

Castalia Square: Ray Whiting, who ran the greengrocer's in the 1980s, still lives in the area

Cubitt House

Roffey Street, looking south. 1930s-built Cubitt House & Roffey House were very run-down by the early 1980s & were subsequently demolished & replaced with terraced housing

Stewart Street

Corner of Manchester Road & Stewart Street

Queen Hotel

Junction of Manchester Road & East Ferry Road. The 'Queen Hotel' was demolished in 2004 & replaced with a restaurant & flats

W.I. Docks Overview

View from Alice Shepherd House, looking north-west across Manchester Road towards the West India Docks

Glen Terrace

Glen Terrace, Manchester Road. The gap caused by a WW2 bomb was later filled in with a new house built in a matching style

Managers Street

Junction of Coldharbour & Managers Street, looking south

Poplar Dock Bridge

Preston's Road bridge over the river entrance to Blackwall Basin & Poplar Dock, looking south

Bridge House

Preston's Road by Bridge House, looking north-west

Marshall Keate Looking North

Preston's Road near the junction with Baffin Way, looking north. The 'Marshal Keate' pub was demolished in 1986

Blackwall Way, looking south. The 'Brunswick Arms' pub and the LCC-built 'Alberta House' behind it were demolished in 2007


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