Bow Creek Wharf. c.1946. S7

[Eastsidepilot]

My Grandfather moved out to Rayleigh, Essex to start up a branch of the building firm plus an ironmongers shop.. My father always maintained it was more for health reasons but I'll never really know.
They kept the business going in Bow at the same time run by one of my Great Uncles ( there was 14 siblings ! one of whom had a hauliers firm W.H.Dowling)) whilst Great Granfather moved down to Rayleigh also to retire.

Here's a shot found in a book about Bow, it shows Iceland Rd. in the background with the pub on the corner, Maverton Rd. is to the right with my Great Grandfathers house and yard at the end. It's painted on the back wall as decorators but they were main building contractors.


The original H.Dowling & Sons goes back a few generations as we have bill heads for 1813.
The London branch closed in the '50's and the whole family moved down to Rayleigh except W.H. who kept the haulage firm going.

I can see my self replicating certain elements of this scene on 'Bow Creek'

Col, an Essex boy who's a chip off the block of an old Cockney.

 

[fenman]

My Grandfather moved out to Rayleigh, Essex to start up a branch of the building firm plus an ironmongers shop.. My father always maintained it was more for health reasons but I'll never really know.
They kept the business going in Bow at the same time run by one of my Great Uncles ( there was 14 siblings ! one of whom had a hauliers firm W.H.Dowling)) whilst Great Granfather moved down to Rayleigh also to retire.

Here's a shot found in a book about Bow, it shows Iceland Rd. in the background with the pub on the corner, Maverton Rd. is to the right with my Great Grandfathers house and yard at the end. It's painted on the back wall as decorators but they were main building contractors.

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The original H.Dowling & Sons goes back a few generations as we have bill heads for 1813.
The London branch closed in the '50's and the whole family moved down to Rayleigh except W.H. who kept the haulage firm going.

I can see my self replicating certain elements of this scene on 'Bow Creek'

Col, an Essex boy who's a chip off the block of an old Cockney.

Colin,
Looks like a Pub over the road, very handy.
Pete.

 

[fenman]

Colin,
Looks like a Pub over the road, very handy.
Pete.

Colin,
I should have read that properly, must have been the thought of beer set me of, are they open yet?
Pete.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Colin,
I should have read that properly, must have been the thought of beer set me of, are they open yet?
Pete.

They were.....the pub was a Mann, Crossman & Paulin concern and very similar to this one in Bromley By Bow.



There are two women in this shot behind the Guy in the light coloured jacket, to the right, they must be the Land Lady and Barmaid as this looks like a Lad's day out on a charabanc.

Col.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Another reference photo for buildings on the layout is this shot taken at the time of the Coronation of Elizabeth 11.


As mentioned in #321 my Grandfathers ironmongers shop along with the office for the building firm in Rayleigh.
The family still have the flags and shields !

Col.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Fascinating photographs for the wealth of detail.

In the first one of the trio it's how the building materials are stored on the outbuilding roofs - ridge tiles, tiles, ladders, chimney pots, etc.etc.

Also the washing line and what appears to be two people towards the bottom left (blurred) attending to the brick wall. Could be something else giving the impression of two people.

Also had to search the area on the Library of Scotland OS maps. Quite a bit of industry Palace Works, Ivy Gate Works, Printing Ink Works, Iceland Wharf (Ammonia Works) and Hair and Wool Works - judging by the associated road a dye works.



I see the pub is still on the corner of Iceland Road.

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

My Grandfather moved out to Rayleigh, Essex to start up a branch of the building firm plus an ironmongers shop.. My father always maintained it was more for health reasons but I'll never really know.
They kept the business going in Bow at the same time run by one of my Great Uncles ( there was 14 siblings ! one of whom had a hauliers firm W.H.Dowling)) whilst Great Granfather moved down to Rayleigh also to retire.

Here's a shot found in a book about Bow, it shows Iceland Rd. in the background with the pub on the corner, Maverton Rd. is to the right with my Great Grandfathers house and yard at the end. It's painted on the back wall as decorators but they were main building contractors.

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The original H.Dowling & Sons goes back a few generations as we have bill heads for 1813.
The London branch closed in the '50's and the whole family moved down to Rayleigh except W.H. who kept the haulage firm going.

I can see my self replicating certain elements of this scene on 'Bow Creek'

Col, an Essex boy who's a chip off the block of an old Cockney.

Looks like somebody has left their crown on the chimney pots

all the best
Tim

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Looks like somebody has left their crown on the chimney pots

all the best
Tim

My Great Nan's

 

[simond]

Spot on Brian, about 10 minutes by car from me. I really ought to visit sometime..

JB B

leave the car at home and enjoy...

 

[Scale7JB]

leave the car at home and enjoy...

I was waiting for that

JB.

 

[oldravendale]

I see the pub is still on the corner of Iceland Road.

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Been there! It's a bit lot more upmarket than I reckon it would have been in the '30s.

Brian

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

I had a good few 'business meetings' there in my city days

all the best
Tim

 

[Eastsidepilot]

The pub I've planned for Bow Creek is a mirror image copy of the The Angel which was at Rotherhythe. It's still there....



Col

 

[spikey faz]

Loving the pictures Col. Please keep 'em coming.

Mike

 

[Boyblunder]

A pleasant way of spending a sunny day in London is to rent a Boris bike from Shadwell DLR station or St Katherines and pedal over Tower Bridge. Go along the south riverside path to the Salt Quay for 1st pint. Then back to the Mayflower for 2nd pint & into the Brunel Museum for some culture and a (rather expensive) coffee before wobbling back over Tower Bridge. Back through the Tower Hotel to negotiate the north side river path to the Prospect of Whitby for 3rd pint then hop back on the bike to Sir Ian McKellan's Grapes at Limehouse for 4th pint (or more). Dump the bike at Westferry DLR or back at Shadwell and get the DLR home to recover.
Robin

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

That sounds like a good plan for a Love Lane team and supporters day out.

all the best
Tim

 

[Eastsidepilot]

...........Dump the bike at Westferry DLR or back at Shadwell and get the DLR home to recover.
Robin

.....and after the fifth pint throw the bike in Shadwell basin

Col.

 

[Wagonman]

Nah. That's what everybody does!

 

[simond]

I wouldn’t presume, but I’d love to join the merry throng...

 

[Boyblunder]

I wouldn’t presume, but I’d love to join the merry throng...

Simon, if we do you will certainly be invited. We forgot to discuss it during our weekly Love Lane Webex chat yesterday. On reflection I'm not sure we can safely visit the Prospect & The Grapes this year due to the pesky virus. There is the Anchor and Hope with a garden just the other side of the Dome but I think that is too far to pedal on a Boris. I had forgotten the Bermonsey Angel which is between the Bridge and Mayflower so that was 5 pints but, I don't think they have a garden. Maybe wait until next year. I did the quoted cycle ride while my boat was moored in Limehouse basin for a few days. My son reminded me of another epic riverside adventure done by train when the Tall Ships event was on: DLR to Island Gardens, walk through Brunels's foot tunnel, a pint in the Plume of Feathers, another in the Trafalgar, DLR Greenwich to Canary Wharf to look at the London Docks Museum but decided it would take up too much drinking time, The Grapes for one and a pork pie, The Prospect of Whitby where I seem to remember we drank our beer down on the "beach", The Town of Ramsgate for a quicky and then somehow we got to the Museum Tavern and the Marquis Cornwallis in Bloomsbury by which time I was on soft drinks. Happy, carefree days.