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Docklands reeks of history

AMONG the many alehouses in London's Docklands area is the
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IN all the sagas of the London
Docklands, from pirates and
public hangings of old to latter
day arrivals such as Canary
Wharf and its Canadian connec:
tion, one very important fact has
gone unreported, it being a stag:
gering number of superb pubs
packed with history, river views
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Canary pub, where the floor is froma
castle in France and the pay phone
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It is one of about 10 good pubs on
the Isle of Dogs and perhaps 25 in the
Docklands area. In the days of sail, when
London was the largest port in the world
with 3,500 ships coming and going at

any time, there were 36 pubs in Wapping

* High Street alone, not to mention shop-
pers, sailors, smugglers, thieves, prosti-
tutes and Bow Street Runners,

When TE worked in London Fused to
go to the Docklands on Sunday rights,
the popular places being the Tron Bridge
‘Tavern on East India Dock Road, the
Waterman's Arms and the Prospect of
Whitby,

The fatter pair are included in a neat
little guide book called The Special
Charm of Waterside Pubs that went in my
luggage on a recent trip to Lendon. In
my day the lure was live bands, music
hall turns and sing-alongs, sometimes

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