Limehouse Collection

Cid Officers as Dockers
C.I.D officers cunningly disguised as dockers during investigations into drug smugglers at Limehouse Docks, London. One man (r) has a hook for a hand!

The House they Left Behind Pub
The House They Left Behind pub in Ropemakers Fields, Tower Hamlets in the heart of the East End of London as it was in 1986. Since converted to a house. Date: 1986

Regents Canal / Limehouse
Regents Canal (Grand Union), entrance at Limehouse

Liberal Election Campaign Card, 1909
A Liberal Party campaign card for the 1909 General Election. A grim image of an elderly couple heading for the workhouse is contrasted with the partys vision of sunlit fields of waving corn

Limehouse Dock 1827
Limehouse Dock, where cargoes arriving in London by sailing ship are transferred to the Regents Canal (Grand Union) whose terminal is here

GRAPES PUB, LIMEHOUSE
Situated directly on the north bank of the Thames, this splendid pubs timeless appeal is invigorating in an area transformed by 1980s property development and yuppiedom. Date: circa 1912

East London and Regents Canal Dock in Limehouse, showing barges waiting for access to the canal. Date: 1926

Anna May Wong, 1928
Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong (1905-1961) reads a menu in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. 1928

Limehouse Causeway C20
Limehouse Causeway

The Strangers Home, Limehouse, London, 1857
Engraving showing the exterior of the Strangers Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders in West India Dock Road, Limehouse, 1857

Mother, Child, Limehouse
A mother stands with her child at the door of her home in Limehouse, east London : the boards are presumably to prevent the child straying into the street

Photograph of Railway Tavern, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Barnardos Edinburgh Castle Mission Hall and Coffee Palace
Edinburgh Castle at Limehouse, East London, was a former gin palace and music hall, re-opened by Thomas Barnardo as a British Workmans Coffee Palace with a Mission Hall at its rear. Date: circa 1906

The Grapes, Limehouse
An illustration of The Grapes, a public house on the north bank of the Thames, in London's Limehouse area. The original pub was built in 1583 much

Photograph of Vulcan PH, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Vulcan

Photograph of Ship PH, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Photo of remainder of destroyed pub

Photograph of Oporto PH, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the Oporto

Photograph of Charlie Browns PH, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Machine at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Yarn dressing and beaming machine at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842

Rope making at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Flat rope making at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842

Rope laying at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Rope making or laying at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842

Rope spinning at a rope and sail cloth factory, East London
Rope spinning at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London, with a close-up view of the many strands of a rope. Date: 1842

Clock of St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London 1842
A man operating the workings of the clock belonging to St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London, to illustrate an article about a church clock factory and bell foundry, Moore and Co. 1842

Map, Tom Manns Dock Scheme, London. 1892

Hot-cross buns for poor children in the East-end of London
Some 500 children were given a feast of hot-cross buns on Good Friday at the Salmon Lane Mission, Limehouse Fields. Date: 1910

Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service, London Steamboat Company Limited, for steamboats calling at various points along the River Thames in London and places further afield in Essex

The interior of Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York

Soup kitchen, Limehouse 1860
Food distribution at the Strangers Home, West India Dock Road, Limehouse, London. Date: 1860

WAIFS HEADING TO MISSION
Two street Arabs from the streets of London make for the Edinburgh Castle mission in Limehouse where they will be fed. Date: 1895

DESTITUTE CHILDREN FED
Destitute children are found and fed at the Edinburgh Castle, a mission in Limehouse, in the East End of London. Date: 1895

LIMEHOUSE REACH 1905
Limehouse Reach with boats Date: 1905

ENGLAND / LONDON / LIMEHOUSE
A view from the river. Date: 1900

Short S. 45 Solent 3 G-AKNO at Tower Bridge
Short S.45 Solent 3 G-AKNO (msn S.1294) at Tower Bridge. G-AKNO land on the Thames at Limehouse Reach on 5 May 1949 to be named City of London in a ceremony by the Lord Mayor at Tower Pier on 10 May

Limehouse Pennyfields
Limehouse: Pennyfields Date: early 20th century

Thomas Barnardos Edinburgh Castle Mission Hall and Coffee
The Edinburgh Castle on Rhodeswell Road, Limehouse, East London, was a former gin palace and music hall, re-opened by Barnardo as a British Workmans Coffee Palace with a Mission Hall at its rear

Street view of Limehouse causeway, London
Street view of Limehouse causeway. London

Regents Canal at Limehouse Basin, London. Date: circa 1930s

Singing saloon in the East End of London
The crowded singing saloon (pub) in Ratcliffe Highway, in the Limehouse area of the East End of London

Street party, Coronation of King George V
A large crowd of people taking part in a street party for the Coronation of King George V. The location is Acland Street, Limehouse, London E14

Gymnasium at Barnardos Leopold House Home, Limehouse, Londo
Boys performing a drill in the gymnasium at Barnardos Leopold House Home, Limehouse, London. Date: circa 1905

Advertisement for Sanitas disinfectant, WW1
Wartime advertisement for Sanitas disinfectant, by appointment to King George V -- don t use German disinfectants. Sanitas Fluid for washing wounds, purifying the air of sick rooms, etc

Limehouse
Scene in a Limehouse Street in London with two-horse coal cart ridden by two tradesmen passing a stationary cart piled high with large boxes and crates Date: 1930s

St Ann Limehouse
The church and its graveyard Date: circa 1840

Limehouse Shop
A Chinese shop in Limehouse, at this time the district most favoured by residents of Asiatic origin. Date: circa 1900

Sea Scouts at Limehouse Basin, London Docks
4th Streatham Sea Scouts on their boat, 4th Dimension, at Limehouse Basin, London Docks, around the time of the 25th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth IIs Coronation

Where to eat dinner with chopsticks a la chinoise
Scene from 1920 of a Chinese restaurant in Londons Chinatown in Limehouse. The first Chinese to settle in Britain arrived in the late 18th century

1930s slum back yards, Limehouse

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping