Refrigerated New Zealand lamb Royal Victoria Dock c. 1920 77.171/4 which was completed in July

which was completed in July

The writer John Evelyn described London as 'this Glorious and Antient City…so full of Stink and Darknesse' in his Fumifugium of 1661

The figures in this scene include street musicians

Work on the new Waterloo Bridge started just before the outbreak of the Second World War

and the lost treasures of the Thames

Refrigerated New Zealand lamb Royal Victoria Dock c. 1920 77.171/4 which was completed in JulyRefrigerated New Zealand lamb, Royal Victoria Dock, c. 1920. A new dock quay and shed were built to handle increasing imports of chilled and frozen meat. Almost 2000 meters of mechanical runways led to road and rail loading bays. Photograph: John Avery