Did you know?
Downing’s Road is what they call river moorings.
Downing’s Roads are one of the oldest surviving river moorings in London. Since at least the first half of the 19th Century, the moorings have been used to accommodate a variety of craft, both permanently moored and mobile
Dockers had to wear overalls without pockets. When No. 1 Warehouse first opened, dock workers had to wear special pocket less garments to stop them pilfering goods.