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By Paul McNeil Posted on February 11, 2017January 28, 2020

Part 1: Finding the “Lost Temple” for an Old Mate


Tall Stories I have known Les since we started our first job together at the Greater London Council’s Electronic Maintenance Section, he was sixteen and I was eighteen.  Electronics sounded like … Continue reading Part 1: Finding the “Lost Temple” for an Old Mate

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By Paul McNeil Posted on February 28, 2015April 16, 2018

Danny Dyer’s Family Tree Part 2: Watermen and Lightermen


“Redknap’s men would wend their way through the Poplar marshes, and would need more than a pint of Ale when they arrived at the Inn on Dolphin Lane, they would … Continue reading Danny Dyer’s Family Tree Part 2: Watermen and Lightermen

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