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Dockhead Stores, 146 Tanner Street, London, England. This building once housed a pub called the Ship and Camel, which was renamed Dockhead Tavern by 1856, Dockhead Stores in 1895, the Ship and Camel again by 1899, and then again the Dockhead Stores by 1944. The pub seems to have closed long ago.
Founded in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 1907 by Henry Price, the chain expanded to over 400 stores across the country, most of which traded under the Fifty Shilling Tailors brand.
In 1953, the company was sold to UDS, which renamed it John Collier. It continued to trade within the UDS empire until 1983 when UDS was sold to Hanson plc. In order to recoup the cost of the purchase Hanson sold on a number of UDS assets, including John Collier, for £47.5 million to a management buy-out team. In 1985 the company was sold on to the Burton Group, but the brand was discontinued and no longer exists today.
This was (I think) above men's Duncan's.
London Fire Brigade
Fire inside Charing Cross underground station - 27/05/24
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Southampton
Everett Alfred Meadows.
Born: 8th March 1897 at Wistledon, Suffolk.
He served in the Royal Field Artillery from 1915 until 1919.
Married on 20th March 1922.
Home addresses were:
1 Kenninghall Road, Clapton, E5.
8 Queens Road, Leytonstone, E11.
Joined the London Fire Brigade: 11th June 1919.
Postings:
Station 23 Homerton - 7 August 1919.
Station 61 Dockhead - 23 July 1932.
Station 22 Burdett Road - 21 September 1939.
Station 34 Shadwell - 4 July 1941.
LFB Appointments:
Assistant Sub Officer - 16 September 1939.
Temporary Station Officer -20 September 1940.
National Fire Service Appointments:
Leading Fireman - 10 June 1942 to 17 December 1942.
Section Leader - 18 December 1942 to 2 September 1945.
Leading Fireman - 3 September 1945 to 7 November 1946.
Qualifications:
Appliance Driver - 30 July 1921.
Anti-Gas Precautions - 24 December 1936.
Proto Breathing Apparatus - 14 December 1940.
Water Officer - 23 July 1943.
Junior Officers Course - 24 September 1943.
6 December 1924 - Commended for saving 5 lives at a fire in Dalston Lane.
Awarded LCC LFB Long Service Medal - 16 May 1935.
Last day of service - 7 November 1946.
Medals:
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal, LFB Long Service Medal.
Anomaly:
Fire and Rescue Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. This medal is impressed with Everett’s full name but no rank.
I’m not sure if he worked in another area of the Fire Service which entitled him to this medal or if he, after 1954, bought himself one & ‘awarded’ it to himself.
Traffic on St Michael's Bridge and beyond....
Where the River Neckinger meets the River Thames near Tower Bridge. Viewed from Jamaica Road.
St Saviours Creek, Dockhead, Bermondsey, Southwark, 1992, 92c04-04-41
Tapley House, Parkers Row, Bermondsey, SE1
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London Fire Brigade
Waterloo Station - Suspicious Substance Incident
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbUn87YLbLk
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Catholic Church in Dockhead, Bermondsey, London SE1.
Overlooking St Saviour's Dock, the wharves in Shad Thames; Jamaica, Dockhead. Shuters, Christians, St George's and St Saviour's. Tea, coffee, rice and spices were stored in these buildings and a walk along Shad Thames used to be a mix of wonderous smells even long after they closed. Those fragrances have now sadly gone, the bricks and timbers now expensive apartments.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Saviour%27s_Dock
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