Tower Bridge open to allow the 'Sir Alan Herbert' to sail through PoD paintings Charles Dickens compared the building

Charles Dickens compared the building work to 'the shock of a great earthquake

Section 16 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty

In the distance are the dome of University College and St

View of Vauxhall Bridge and Pimlico from Lambeth

A City of Westminster Council street cleaner poses for the camera with his broom and cart outside the Jack of Clubs

Tower Bridge open to allow the 'Sir Alan Herbert' to sail through PoD paintings Charles Dickens compared the buildingIn 1974 the 'Sir Alan Herbert' was owned by the East Coast Sail Trust. The boat was a Thames sailing barge which was originally named Lady Jean. It was renamed after MP and naval officer Alan Herbert who died in November 1971. Used as a training barge for trips along the Thames, she sailed between the Thames Estuary and Orfordness. Students on board studied ecology, geography, maritime history as well as commerce and shipping. Henry Grant Collection