Tag: Bermondsey

• The Most Incredible Article About the Civil War You’ll Ever Read

  

  by Sheldon The blazing hulk of the USS Tulip burnt ferociously as 29 year old John Davis gasped for breath; his head erupting from the surface of the dark waters of the Potomac. Embers rained down from the sky – shouting aloud, in part to let people know he was alive but also to see if any of…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  August 8, 2016

  American, Military, Restored, War

  Bermondsey, Cemetery, Civil War, Frascati’s, Hero, John Davis, Missionary, nunhead, Potomac, USS Tulip, Veteran

• The Lost Docks, Prince and Engineer of Southwark

  

  On a chilly Sunday morning, Steve and I went to Bermondsey tube station to go on a tour of Thames-side Southwark, led by the charismatic Tim Thomas (who wore the best flat cap I’ve ever seen). An actor (gleefully telling us it was he who bumped off Simon Callow in the third act of Four Weddings and…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  March 23, 2015

  American, churches, History, literature, London, Prostitute, Religion, Tours

  Bermondsey, Bungle, Docks, George, Heritage, Port of London, Prince Lee Boo, rainbow, Rotherhithe, Southwark, The Mayflower, Zippy