On the 29th January 1510, a royal warrant was issued, in which "John Dawtrey by our like commandment hath delivered and paid unto the said Robert Brigandine, Clerk of our said Ships, for timber, ironwork, and workmanship of two new ships to be made for us £700, and the one ship to be of the burthen of 400 tons and the other ship to be of the burthen of 300 tons"
Later, the smaller ship would be named Peter Pomegranate, while her big sister would be called Mary Rose...
Later, the smaller ship would be named Peter Pomegranate, while her big sister would be called Mary Rose...
Slum housing in Tooting Grove , London, 21st May 1935. ‘ Houses with no roofs and no walls!’ London’s strangest ‘ open - air’ colony is soon to disappear. For four months scores of people in Tooting Grove, Wandsworth, have been living in houses without roofs and with parts of the walls missing , while Wandsworth Council and the owners negotiated the price of the property. In January, parts of the houses were condemned by the district surveyor, but since their demolition the tenants have refused alternative accommodations .
ALBION STREET, Bermondsey ran parallel to the edge of Albion Dock which opened in 1860.