Tower Bridge open to allow the 'Sir Alan Herbert' to sail through PoD paintings Thames Police

Thames Police

They were attracted by jobs in the health service

Charles Dickens compared the building work to 'the shock of a great earthquake

A City of Westminster Council street cleaner poses for the camera with his broom and cart outside the Jack of Clubs

Immigrants made London

Tower Bridge open to allow the 'Sir Alan Herbert' to sail through PoD paintings Thames PoliceIn 1974 the 'Sir Alan Herbert' was owned by the East Coast Sail Trust. The boat was a Thames sailing barge which was originally named Lady Jean. It was renamed after MP and naval officer Alan Herbert who died in November 1971. Used as a training barge for trips along the Thames, she sailed between the Thames Estuary and Orfordness. Students on board studied ecology, geography, maritime history as well as commerce and shipping. Henry Grant Collection