Running alongside the schools project was a reminiscence group of retired Lightermen run by Age-Exchange. We are also working with the Museum of London, Docklands, in London with galleries and exhibitions exploring the history of the river and London's river communities. Learning material linked to the primary school curriculum is now being developed which, along with the film and visits to the Museum of London, Docklands, will enable schools across London to explore this important and wonderful history. Whilst the trade for watermen dwindled with the construction of bridges, the lightermen continued to grow with London's trade up until the 1960s when containerisation and then the closure of London's dockyards led to a decline in the trade. We have added them to the interviews page of this website. Born and growing up in Battersea, the Thames was only a few streets away and as kids we often found ourselves on the foreshore. It was driven upriver using a converted Greenwich ferry with lighters helping to steer the central span into position. Then, with oral history training, the children themselves conducted and recorded on film, interviews with lightermen to discover and then share their history through a documentary film and writing. Even more exciting was the good condition of the letter in the Museum’s archives section, an extra bonus was that there was more written information on the reverse for me to research. On Monday 16th November 2015 we had a wonderful reminiscence screening of the film at Age-Exchange in Blackheath. This was aimed mainly at current and retired Lightermen and was an opportunity particularly for those who were unable to take part in the project at earlier stages to get involved. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-working-boat-on-river-thames-london-uk-residential-development-at-23351305.html, Tug the Arthur Darling owned by Darling Brothers Ltd on the River Thames at Greenwich London England Water colour original art work, https://www.alamy.com/tug-the-arthur-darling-owned-by-darling-brothers-ltd-on-the-river-thames-at-greenwich-london-england-water-colour-original-art-work-image352088772.html, https://www.alamy.com/lighterman-on-river-thames-image4964973.html, A lovely postcard composition depicting small tugboat pulling a number of Thames River Barges. Mayhew spoke to hundreds of Londoners of various character, backgrounds and occupations and recorded his findings and the conversations he had. They have been on visits to the Museum of London, Docklands, and on a specially organised boat trip where they learnt some of the skills of the lightermen from former lightermen and went through mock apprenticeships. The participants were then interviewed on film by the children.
On Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September the film, exhibition and children's writing developed as part of this project will feature in the Museum of London Docklands "Your River" festival.
I have recently started researching my family and am focusing on the Taylors (Mother’s maiden name). Copyright © 06/10/2020 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. The reminiscence sessions are being run by Age Exchange based in Blackheath. Date: circa 1909, https://www.alamy.com/a-lovely-postcard-composition-depicting-small-tugboat-pulling-a-number-of-thames-river-barges-date-circa-1909-image256555307.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-london-lighterman-54730248.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-river-thames-docklands-london-england-37097079.html, https://www.alamy.com/charles-hay-and-son-ltd-image217813470.html, Thames barge by Tower bridge London England UK Great Britain, https://www.alamy.com/thames-barge-by-tower-bridge-london-england-uk-great-britain-image2610810.html, Lighterman Towers flats in Lots Road, London SW10, https://www.alamy.com/lighterman-towers-flats-in-lots-road-london-sw10-image348704841.html, 1930's - A photograph of barges on the Grand Junction Canal as it passes over the viaduct oftow the North Circular Road, London, just after its construction. Totally Thames is an exciting month-long celebration of London's river featuring arts, music and community festivals; colourful regattas; thrilling river races; foreshore archaeology, exploration, environmental and educational activities; as well as river-linked activities in London's 17 riverside boroughs. There are more on the interview page of this website. 14th September 2014.
Working boat on River Thames London UK. Working with arts and education charity digital-works children from St George The Martyr and Westminster Cathedral primary schools in London have been exploring this history. He served his apprenticeship in the 1936, commanded 15 barges in the D-Day Landings and went on to run the Lighterage School after the war where he taught just about everyone we met. I contacted the Museum of London and arranged a visit to view the sword and letter. This special screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A with old lightermen. For the past couple of years, I’ve spent countless hours at the London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Library and planned visits to the Docklands Museum and the Waterman’s Hall. This project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The sword was found on July 17th 1897, at very low tide near the north pier of Vauxhall Temporary Bridge, opposite Taite Picture Gallery Millbank Westminster.
The children have written about the history and the lightermen they met in biography, prose and poetry. This project aims to record and share some of these. They were used to off load ("lighten") the cargo of merchant ships delivering to the Port of London. "Tales from the Thames" is an oral history project focussing on the Thames Lightermen and Watermen, the people who have operated the boats on the Thames with a history going back hundreds of years. Before the invention of powered boats the lightermen needed detailed knowledge of the tides as well as great strength and skill in order to manoeuvre the huge barges into place. Circa 1960, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-thames-barge-man-ernest-murray-seen-here-at-work-on-the-river-circa-20585189.html, The London Eye illuminated by setting sun River Thames and working barge navigating downstream Houses of Parliament London UK, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-london-eye-illuminated-by-setting-sun-river-thames-and-working-47281533.html, Wooden lighter and topsail barges on the Thames at Greenwich, London, c1905. Marriage certificate for Joseph (Charles) Taylor and Emily Lewis 1901, showing James Jarvis Taylor’s occupation as a lighterman. I have gathered numerous marriage and birth certificates, census’s, electoral registers and binding/freedom apprenticeship records.
River Thames with tug and barges used for transporting London's waste to landfill sites. It was won by the team rowing 'Balmoral', https://www.alamy.com/thames-historic-barge-race-rowers-row-large-30-ton-barges-from-greenwich-to-the-finish-line-of-westminster-bridge-on-the-river-thames-it-was-won-by-the-team-rowing-balmoral-image210614909.html. Thanks very much to the Lighterage Committee. River Thames City working boat with London Eye and SouthBank behind, assisting for maintenance, helping the navigation of larger craft if needed and general working river crew duties.
221,587,993 stock photos, vectors and videos, Thames Lighterman Waterman guiding container vessel into to Port of London 1980s HOMER SYKES, https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1, https://www.alamy.com/thames-lighterman-waterman-guiding-container-vessel-into-to-port-of-image64525318.html, City of London Saint Paul's & River Thames from Waterloo Bridge with working tug navigating industrial container upstream London UK, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-city-of-london-saint-pauls-river-thames-from-waterloo-bridge-with-130100391.html, Thames Historic Barge Race. Whilst meticulously searching, I came upon an interesting article on the Museum of London website titled The broken sword and the vanishing bridge by John Clark. More info here..www.phm.org.uk/whats-on/.
Under a further Act of 1555 the Company introduced apprenticeships for those wishing to learn the skills of the Watermen. The childlren will also be visiting the National Maritime Museum where a curator will introduce them to the Thames Maritime Exhibition. The website www.parishregister.com also contains information on tracing Docklands, East End and Thames Watermen and Lightermen ancestors. It runs from midday to 4pm on both days. On board a lighter, London, c1900 (1903). One of Joseph’s sons was George Jarvis Taylor from his first marriage, who followed in the tradition and was apprenticed as a Lighterman by his Father, Joseph’s youngest son by Elizabeth became a Postman.
In the nineteenth century the introduction of steam powered tug boats allowed several lighters to be towed at once, but the equation of one-lighterman-one-lighter persisted. Almost all of the lightermen interviewed knew the poem but noone knew who had written it. Alan Lee-Williams and John Barrett will also be going along to speak about their own history.
For hundreds of years generations of families and communities have worked on the river with a rich history of apprenticeships, work and family life and culture developing around it. If you enjoyed this documentary please visit the. More details on this flyer or go to the Museum of London Docklands website.
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