Downstream

But back in the 1930s, a
little way downstream in
front of the Tower of London,
this was the city’s very own
‘sea side’. Here children of
the East End traditionally
played on the rocky foreshore
at low tide, although this
could be a fatal pastime.
Officially they were also
trespassing on land that
belonged to the Crown. When
Henry III received ‘a white
bear’ from King Haakon of