Downstream

currently Curator of
Community and Maritime
History, ‘but people did. You
weren’t supposed to bathe in
the docks or the entrances to
docks, but there is evidence
that people drowned while
bathing. Most drowned in
winter when conditions were
icy or smoggy, but there was
also a peak in the summer.
There was usually a beach, a
stretch of silt, at the entrance
to most docks, and kids were