Thames River Crossings

Thames and Docklands History Group

THAMES RIVER CROSSINGS
DOCKLANDS HISTORY GROUP – SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Museum of London (Change to previous venue) – Saturday 13th May 2017
150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN 
Programme
AM     9.45 Museum of London doors open; registration, coffee and tea
           10.30 Welcome and Opening Remarks – Chris Ellmers 
          
           10.35 First Session: Chairman – Chris Ellmers 
           10.40 Paper 1: Gustav Milne – Crossing the Thames in prehistoric and Roman times
            11.10 Paper 2: John Schofield – Old London Bridge and the Pool of London
           11.40 Paper 3: Hazel Forsyth – Frost Fairs
           12.10 Paper 4: Chris Dodd – Thames watermen – wherries and ferries
 
 PM     12.40-2.00 Lunch – This is not provided but local cafe details will be provided
          
          2.00 Second Session: Chairman – Chris Ellmers
          2.00 Paper 5: Professor Jerry White – Some 18th century Thames crossings and the    
          shape of London
          2.30 Paper 6: Peter Cross-Rudkin – John Rennie’s Thames bridges
          3.00 Paper 7: Chris Everett – Waterloo Bridge: 200 years in the London psyche
          3.30-4.00 Coffee/tea
           
          4.00 Third Session: Chairman – Chris Ellmers
          4.00 Paper 8: Mary Mills and Ian Blore – The story of the LCC tunnels
           4.30 Paper 9: Guy Taylor – The incredible disappearing bridge mystery 
 
           5.00 Questions and Answers
           5.15 Concluding Remarks – Edward Sargent 
           5.30 Closure

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