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the sixteenth or seventeenth
century, and would have been
used for cooking or storing
food. By now my arms are
aching with all my treasures,
the heat is overwhelming and
it’s time to make way for the
children behind me queuing
at the information table, some
with bones as big as their
hands.
It’s clear that the reopening
of the children’s beach at
Tower Bridge, even for just