Tea on a conveyor system Tilbury Docks c. 1920 jigsaw the headquarters of the Thames

the headquarters of the Thames police and the Bunch of Grapes

The 19th-century building was home to the hospital until 1973

'Street Life in London' with text written by Thomson and the journalist Adolphe Smith

This caricature is one of hundreds relating to dandies produced between 1816 and 1819

Composed by Ethel Smyth in 1911

Tea on a conveyor system Tilbury Docks c. 1920 jigsaw the headquarters of the ThamesTea on a conveyor system, Tilbury Docks, c. 1920. Tea imported from India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was sent direct from Tilbury Docks by rail to Commercial Road warehouses where there was over 100,000 sq meters of storage. Photograph: John Avery