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Fiona Rule didn't know London's docklands from a plate of pie and mash when she started research for her book - but she'd heard the stories.

Stories about the Blitz, of course - their finest hour - but mostly stories about the sense of community, the casual savagery of working life, the cheek-by-jowl two-up-two-downs with their tin baths and coal-specked washing.

BOOK
London's Docklands, by Fiona Rule
Ian Allan Publishing, £19.99
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
The history of the docks from Romans era to their decline at the tail-end of the last century