Thames Day 3: London Bridge to Bermondsey...

This was the first time that I’d ever been east of Tower Bridge, which I couldn’t help but photograph from these new angles many times. It was incredible that we completely left the crowds of tourists behind and entered a different era in history: the time of sailing ships and warehouses.

This area once was home to the worst slums in London. The warehouses and wharves were targeted during the Blitz of World War II and fell further into decline after the war. It has clearly now been revitalized and is home to many cool upmarket residential buildings.

Couldn’t help but think that this looks like something owned by a super villian in a James Bond movie...

...especially considering the looks of most of the boats along this stretch of river.

This three-part sculpture by Diane Gorvin in 2014 is entitled Dr. Salter’s Daydream. Here is his wife, Ada, who was the first female mayor of the borough in 1922...

...their daughter Joyce, who died of scarlet fever when she was eight...

...and the doctor himself, Alfred, who treated his poorest patients without charge and entered politics to try to effect changes in the squalid environment of Bermondsey.