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My walk from London Bridge Station to Canada Water.

Part one
Bermondsey and how it used to be a marsh

Part 2
Guy Street Park burial ground.
The history of leather in Bermondsey and a little bit of Charles Dickens thrown in

Part 3

Moroccan leather
Bermondsey Village

Part 4

Vietnamese Egg coffee drinking disaster
Tanner Street
St Olave's workhouse

Part 5

Christy and Co hat company
Where Mad as a Hatter comes from
Time and talent girls
Oldest building in Bermondsey

Part 6

Discovering the grave of a famous family in the middle of park

Body snatching

Bermondsey Square which used to be the inner courtyard of Bermondsey Abbey

And which restaurant you can look though a glass floor to see the foundations of the Abbey still

Part 7

Following the path of one of the lost rivers of London

Seeing the glorious New Caledonian Mill and the Riverside walk to St Saviour Dock

Part 8

More Charles Dickens whilst describing the mud flats and Jacobs Island.

Cherry Garden Pier where the Temirere ship was moored

A lost fire station

The ruins of the moated Manor House of King Edward III

Lots of pottery discovered in this area

Part 9

This is the story of Alfred and Adam Salter.

An amazing couple who wanted to make a difference.

Alfred gave up a brilliant medical career in order to tend the sick & needy in Bermondsey

He and his wife Ada moved into the slums in order to win the trust of the people

Part 10
I hope you aren't tired yet

Think of poor me walking all of this and talking so much without even the chance of a beer at one of the pubs discussed

The Angel and the Mayflower to be precise.

Also the Brunel tunnel is mentioned

Part 11

This is the sad story about Prince Lee Boo from Palau, who was sent to Rotherhithe by his father in order to get a western education and sadly died very young.

The reason why so many churches near the Rotherhithe tunnel are Scandinavian

And Part 12.

Ending up at Canada Dock.

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