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Beckton

North Woolwich, 1880

Tue, 24/08/2010 - 15:57 — Newham Story BF

Descriptive account in the Kentish Independent for 5th June 1880 of a trip to North Woolwich and Beckton when much of the (then) new industry, docks and housing was developing.

Beckton Road, 1890

Jerry -built housing in Beckton Road, about 1890. The demand for workers in the new and rapidly growing industrial areas of the borough created a huge demand for more housing.

UEL Docklands

The University of East London's Docklands campus was the first new university campus to be built in London for over fifty years.

Albert Dock

Busy scene in the Royal Albert Dock in the 1920s

Gas Works

Beckton Gas works had ceased to produce gas and was due for demolition when it was chosen as the site of a bombed-out Vietnamese city in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket.

Trowel, St Michaels Beckton.

Silver trowel, presented to J.W. Field Esq. On the occasion of laying the foundation stone of St. Michaels Beckton, 29th September 1906. This church was bombed in 1941 and not rebuilt.

From Newham Heritage & Archives collection.

Gas Making at Beckton

Fri, 07/05/2010 - 14:00 — Newham Story BF

Before Natural Gas began to be used Coal Gas, or 'Town Gas', used to be made at Beckton. This article describes the industry as it was in 1896.

Princess Alice Disaster

Tue, 04/05/2010 - 12:17 — Newham Story BF

TERRIBLE COLLISION ON THE THAMES

Brass No Plate from PLA Loco no 52 manufactured in 1915 by Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd, Leeds. This loco is pictured with goods wagons, at the North Side of Victoria Docks, in the photo titled Dock Railways (3)

Part of Newham Heritage and Archives collection

Railways - tickets & labels (5)

Workmen's third class daily and weekly tickets between local stations.