EPW060796 ENGLAND (1939). The Isle of Dogs, Blackwall, the site of the O2 Arena and environs, Poplar, 1939

Original St Josephs and St Marys Catholic Church. Opened in September 1856 on Gate Street (which later became part of Canton Street), the church was a striking Kentish rag-stone cruciform building designed by William Wilkinson Wardell. It was highly regarded as one of the finest Catholic churches in London. Bombed 8th Dec 1940 destroyed.

Original St Josephs and St Marys Catholic Church. Opened in September 1856 on Gate Street (which later became part of Canton Street), the church was a striking Kentish rag-stone cruciform building designed by William Wilkinson Wardell. It was highly regarded as one of the finest Catholic churches in London. Bombed 8th Dec 1940 destroyed.

the aberfeldy arms public house

the iron bridge tavern

culloden street school

poplar hospital

the queens public house

the london graving dock ship repair drydock

Poplar Union Workhouse. Following a number of extensions in the late 1800s and early 1900s it was described in 1903 as " a veritable small town". When the workhouse eventually closed it was partially demolished and the remaining buildings repurposed as a London County Council (LCC) supplies depot.

Poplar bowling green, previously Poplar Recreation Ground.

Possible pre war Heavy AA battery

Site of the Thames Ironworks the last major shipyard in London.

Limmo Peninsula

Poplar Dock

Blackwall Basin

Blackwall Basin

St Anne's Limehouse is a Hawksmoor Anglican Church in Limehouse

The Marshal Keate public house in Preston Road. Built in the mid-1800s, it survived the Second World War to be demolished in the late 1980s.

The former Millwall Junction station, closed by the L N E R to passengers in 1926 and all other use in 1927 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/millwall_junction/index.shtml

Silvertown Way, 17/02/2015

East India Dock Road, Poplar, 17/02/2015. Looking east.

Bow Creek from East India Dock Road, 17/02/2015. Looking north west.

All Saints Church, Newby Place, Poplar, 17/02/2015

Manilla st