Father Thames Himself Again mb-artist Charlie_Crawford January 25

January 25

This motorcycle and sidecar combination is being pushed by CE 'Titch' Allen

represents the useless chaff

figures on the street and at windows and sheep on the right

Three figures torturing a debtor in Fleet Prison

Father Thames Himself Again mb-artist Charlie_Crawford January 25'Father Thames Himself Again', 1865. 'Lor Bless Yer R'Y'L 'Ighness! I ain't the Same River since I Gave up Scavenging and Turned Waterman! In the late 1850s, the River Thames had been so badly polluted that action had had to be taken to bring it back to life. A programme of regeneration had been launched in 1858 and here the results can be seen. Father Thames, originally depicted as a vile creature, ornamented with dead cats and broken kettles is now