Rotherhithe blog and historical stuff

You might know that I own a flat in Rotherhithe... currently rented out while I'm living in the US. I've noticed a lot of blogs about Washington DC, some of which are very particular to the street/neighbourhood we live on - so I wondered if there's any bloggers that have started talking about my old abode.

Here's a couple of local bloggers that caught my eye for U Street, here in DC:

metrocurean (food focused, but you can tell she lives round corner because from her posts)
14th & You (14th and U - geddit?)

Getting back to Rotherhithe, what I found was not in the same vein as the DC bloggers, but I found one that not only gave recent coverage (mostly photos) of the parkland, but also interesting historic stuff like this:

Ice floes on the Thames in 1895!!!

Pictures of Greenland/Howland Dock from the 1700s

Bomb damage maps from WWII

Brunel's tunnel under the river (used as a tube tunnel now)

He mentions that Brunel's tunnel has been re-opened to the public for the first time in decades, which sounds like a really interesting trip, although I couldn't find any info or pictures of the Rotherhithe end on the web.

I chanced a look for my street on Google streetview. Looks like they caught it on a cheery summer's day:

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BTW - ironically for this post, we're imminently moving out of the city to the 'burbs - watch this space for details!