Monday, December 28, 2009
Posted By:
henneke sharif
Photo:
henneke sharif
Rotherhithe Picture Research Library
The V&A achieved infamy for running an ad campaign calling itself an "ace cafe, with quite a nice museum attached." I think the Rotherhithe Picture Library should steal that campaign. Just down from the epic Mayflower Pub--so good the pilgrims stopped there before they went to find the new world--this little area of St Marychurch is truly beautiful with cobbles and lovely warehouse conversions. It's also an area with layers of history, all recorded and catalogued in the Rotherhithe Picture Library. The cafe has got that arty farty squatters cafe vibe going on, and it does it well. You can sit here and think about Brunel building the first tunnel under the Thames which starts here, about the pilgrims off to find the New World, or about Jack the Hat McVitie, killed by Reggie Kray, and whose body was dumped outside St Marychurch by Tony Lambrianou. No pictures of that in the library though I don't think...
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