The Tower of London's Forgotten Beach

For several decades in the 20th century, it was possible to visit a long sandy beach on the river Thames- and it was right outside the Tower of London. In this video, we'll be looking at the history behind this fascinating aspect of lost London, along with several more of the capital's hidden corners... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters in this video: 00:00 Intro 01:02 The District Line to Southend-on-Sea 01:27 The Royal Borough of Greenwich 01:55 Bermondsey Beach 02:44 Reverend Tubby Clayton 03:48 Improving Tower Hill 05:27 Tower Beach in the 1930s 09:32 Tower Beach after WWII 10:33 Tower Beach today 10:58 All-Hallows-by-the-Tower 11:43 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you so much to all of you who support robslondon with your kind comments, likes and shares- all of which really do help the channel to grow. If you're in an extra generous mood, you can support my work by leaving a small tip either via either the YouTube 'Thanks' button (which appears as a heart icon below the video) or on my Kofi account: https://ko-fi.com/robslondon Any donations are of course greatly appreciated, and they really do go help towards creating content. If you haven't yet subscribed to my channel it would be wonderful if you could please consider doing so as this, along with ringing the bell icon to receive notifications, will ensure that you don't miss out whenever I publish a new video- plus of course it would be great to have you here! Other links: My online Etsy store- robsonlinedesigns, for London-themed merchandise: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/robsonli... My website: https://robslondon.com/ Twitter:   / cabmirror   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_lord... If you fancy visiting Bermondsey Beach, please do be sure to check the tide times of the Thames before you. You can do that here: https://tidepredictions.pla.co.uk/ Occasional walking tours of Tower Beach can be found here: http://www.thamesdiscovery.org Visit the Tower of London: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-londo... Visit All-Hallows-by-the-Tower: https://www.ahbtt.org.uk/ Thanks for watching, friends. Stay well and please be sure to stay tuned! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Credits: Music: 'I do like to be beside the seaside' (John H. Glover-Kind, Public Domain): https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jo... No. 9 Esther's Waltz (Esther Abrami) Dark Hallway (Kevin MacLeod) We are the Rain (Aakash Gandhi) Barnyard Medley (Will Osborne & His Orchestra) Malt Shop Bop (Kevin MacLeod, Creative Commons) Malt Shop Bop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Okey Dokey Smokey: Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: http://audionautix.com/