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I worked at Tate and Lyle for 19 years from 1997 to 2016. I saw all these changes slowly unfold. Great to see this video. Brings back happy memories from these times. Thank you.

@LinesideSouthEast

10 ай бұрын

You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it.

My old man used to work at a factory called BOCM which after it closed became Charringtons, He loved that place and the Christmas parties which I went to as a Kid was fantastic

I lived at 49 albert roadfromwhen i was born in 1953, it was opposite tate and lyles, i also worked in bocm silcocks, but that was in west silvertown,the place has changed out of all recognition, to an old silvertowner, i cant help but feel sad, pete

What a great video with some interesting photos. I first came across the Silvertown tramway in about 1984. A lot of traces still remained then.

@LinesideSouthEast

8 ай бұрын

Many thanks, I wished I had visit the area earlier when the tramway was still active.

I used to drive over that level crossing every weekday from 1986 to 2006 on the way to work at the paint factory in North Woolwich Road from home in Maidstone via the Woolwich Ferry

I love these old industrial archeology videos. Reminds us of what we used to have and have lodst

Well, well, I never knew any of this existed and I only lived just across the river, just inside plumstead on bloomfield road. That was back in the 60's until 1971 and our house, and my granny's house around the corner, and all their long gardens, are all gone now.

Excellent video. Thank you very much.

@colingrainger1954

3 жыл бұрын

Have shared on Silvertown ‘s local groups on FB and my own two pages so hopefully a few more views!

Very interesting footage and informative brief documentary. 🤔👍🏻

@LinesideSouthEast

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great video my late wife was born in Starnard Crescent in Pfefab as a child in what is callrd Cyprus.. i remember driving thru docklands to work and taking her to visit Docklands and her going quiet when she saw new builds and dereliction and wiping out of area full of memories long held..

Very informative and interesting video. Amazing how it changes over the years and sad in some aspects. At least a railway line is still present in the form of the Elizabeth line.

Excellent video .

I used to live in the blocks of flats, Gannon Point to be exact, seen over the Connaught tunnel at 2:48, this take me to happier times. Thanks for the memories!

@LinesideSouthEast

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome.

Thanks, that filled in a lot I was missing, and very clearly. I think the line was already closed when I first visited.

Amazed that you failed to mention Tate & Lyle Refinery as it appears in most of the shots. Worked there myself from 79 to 99

@LinesideSouthEast

3 ай бұрын

Fair point, although I was trying to concentrate primarily on the railways of the area. I know a few people who also worked there and they tell me it was a good place to work.

Thanks Jago 😀

Remember going down there on a red rover bus pass, 3 bob 15p from Walthamstow bus garage. Late 60's there were 3 shunters out on the street opposite Tate and Lyle. All with mixed wagons and all shut down. The smell of the place, you could cut it with a knife. Sugar tobacco, glue (boiled bones) ands the brewing from that brewery over the other side.

@LinesideSouthEast

2 жыл бұрын

Must have been an amazing place to visit back then. I grew up in Romford which had a large brewery in the middle of the town for many years which made the whole place smell of yeast.

Was it really necessary to build such a high wall, looks like something you would have seen in Berlin! Good to see rail corridor is being reused though.

@JamesScantlebury

2 жыл бұрын

It’s downstream of the Thames Barrier, so the walls are needed for flood protection!

@london52uk

Жыл бұрын

so thats where the berlin wall went

Fantastic video - I would have loved to have visited Silvertown in its heyday. What is the music that accompanies this please?

@LinesideSouthEast

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it. The music is called Art of Silence by Uniq kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZYph0rt8d9uWc5c.html

wow the 313’s i see used to work there

@LinesideSouthEast

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed they did as well as EPB's borrowed from the southern. I now regret not photographing the 313's when they were working the line.

Silvertown kind of has a Berlin feel to it

@LinesideSouthEast

3 жыл бұрын

Yet to visit Berlin, never occurred to me it could be like East London.

@tsrgoinc

3 жыл бұрын

Well, we did both get the living shit bombed out is in the war so it makes sense!

@melanierhianna

3 жыл бұрын

Berlin of the 1960s. Berlin is a very different city now…

I was carrying out a ground investigation adjacent to Lyles factory this was related to the DLR . During the investigation we came across the old tramway We dug up one of the old rail track seats which I still have in my garage. This is part of our history or a piece of junk?

@LinesideSouthEast

3 жыл бұрын

A piece of history without a doubt!

@chrismccartney8668

3 жыл бұрын

Goldust..

Will the crossrail trains terminate at abbey wood? I've been looking on google maps and I see the station there has been extensively rebuilt and extended, and it looks like the overhead line will end there, so it must be a terminus for the crossrail trains unless they can run off the third rail as well, just like the eurostars. And I see they've raised the road there now onto a bridge, much better than the old level crossing that was there when I lived in plumstead as it held up the traffic for ages while a train waited in the station.

@LinesideSouthEast

3 жыл бұрын

Abbey Wood will be the terminus for the Crossrail trains. They are AC only and unable to run on the third rail.

what song is that

@LinesideSouthEast

3 жыл бұрын

It's called The Art of Silence by Uniq and is available from Soundcloud.com