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Isle of Dogs
THAMES AT WAR Research ProjectThames Discovery Programme
During the Blitz, the docks, the riverside warehouses and the
neighbouring communities were very heavily bombed. There was
also a serious danger of flooding if breaches in the river wall were
not repaired quickly and well.! To ensure that low-lying areas of
London such as the Isle of Dogs were not inundated during the
Blitz, a special rapid-response unit was set up be the London
County Council (LCC). This was called the Thames Flood
Emergency Repairs team, or TF (Thames Flood) for short.! They
had four depots across London, one of which was in Poplar, at
Pryimont Wharf off Saunders Ness Road. Each depot had an office
and mess rooms, an air-raid shelter, and a vast store of sand-bags,
timber and tarpaulins, as well as two lorries, all secured behind a
strong fence or hoarding.
The TDP are studying the vital work of this organisation, and we
would be delighted to hear from anyone with information on the
TF Depot, or who has recollections of it, or maybe even a
photograph from the 1940s.
We would also be keen to hear from anyone with information on
any of the local incidents that kept the TF team busy, such as
these bomb strikes on the river wall
! at Poplar:
Gas Works, Leven Road (Sept 1940)
Millwall Lead Works (Sept 1940)
Barnards Wharf! (Sept 1940)
North Woolwich Station (Sept 1940)
Union Wharf (Oct 1940)
Slipway Wharf (Oct 1940)
Commercial Gas Co (Nov 1940)
Winkleys Wharf (Dec 1940)
Bridge Wharf (Dec 1940)
Samudas Wharf (Dec 1940)
Grosvenor Wharf (Dec 1940)
Rose's Wharf (March 1941)
St Andrew's Wharf (March 1941)
Fenners Wharf (March 1941)
Hutchings Wharf (March 1941)
Millwall Wharf (April 1941)
Glengall Wharf (May 1941)
Union Wharf (May 1941)
St George's Wharf (March 1941)
Aberdeen Wharf (Sept 1941)
St Andrew's Wharf (Feb 1944)
Ovex Wharf (March 1945)
! ! and at Limehouse:
Rose's Wharf (Nov 1940)
Black Eagle Wharf (Dec 1940)
Hermitage Wharf (Dec 1940)
Anchor Wharf (March 1941)
Watson's Wharf (May 1941)
Upper Standard Wharf (May 1941)
Standard Sufferance Wharf (May 1941)
St Helen's Wharf (May 1941)
Thorpe's Wharf (May 1941)
Eagle Wharf (May 1941)
British & Foreigh Wharf, Stepney (May 1941)