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stan mayes · Apr 23, 2010

Imperial Wharf - still operating.
Tilbury landing stage in background
Stan

Stumps · Apr 23, 2010

Good photograph of one of the more obscure wharves on London River. Owned by Reed's Paper , or it used to be and can remember Tate & Lyle utilising it to discharge sugar there into "Tipper Lorries" when they had problems at Silvertown. Who remember that "pub" opposite "End of the world" I think it was called - Interesting to say the least(Jester)

shipmate17 · Apr 23, 2010

Hi Stan,
At 16 I sailed to New Zealand as a passenger on the Rangitoto in 1957 from Tilbury,would that be the landing stage she sailed from.
Cheers.
PS Any ideas to the names of the ships in the photo,the nearest one looks like Scotland or something like that.

stan mayes · Apr 23, 2010

Stumps - the pub near Tilbury landing stage is 'World's End' still in business.

Shipmate17 -that is where Rangitoto would have sailed from.
The Totland of Stephenson Clarke is discharging coal and the white ship on landing stage is one of the Russian cruise ships often seen there during 1960's and 70's.
Possibly Azerbaijan or Maria Ulyanova.
Regards
Stan

Stumps · Apr 27, 2010

Stan - Sorry mate , I was referring to the pub opposite the entrace to Imperial Wharf , was set back a bit from the road and had a sort of car-park. Can't for the life of me remember the name (MAD)

bobs · Apr 27, 2010

"The Hit or Miss" was the pub by Imperial Wharf.
Imperial Wharf is no longer used for cargo handling.
Totland would be discharging coal for the paper mill's boiler house, while the unidentified ship on the outer berth would probably have been bringing in pulp.

Stumps · Apr 28, 2010

Cheers , Bob and thanks. that's the one . the "Hit or miss" and if ever a pub was aptly named it was that one (Thumb)

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