tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post3057654909751572752..comments2024-02-22T19:52:27.939+00:00Comments on The bad old days will end: A Rotherhithe afternoon.rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08557920166206674182noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post-40762255562241620392012-07-27T09:18:41.853+01:002012-07-27T09:18:41.853+01:00Funnily enough as an aspiring history teacher, I h...Funnily enough as an aspiring history teacher, I have just spent three lessons with 13 year olds - teaching them about docklands. Comparing pictures of Canary Wharf today with the docks in the 1930's blew their minds. Coming from a long line of watermen & lightermen I was proud to do this - and it is a great way of telling the story of empire and slavery, the industrial revolution - and of course the dock strike..Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537094981931276738noreply@blogger.com