London Districts: Millwall (Documentary)

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Millwall makes up the eastern half of the Isle of Dogs adjacent to Cubitt Town and sits firmly inside the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Millwall started out as ‘Pomfret Manor’ where the earliest ferry would sail between Millwall and Greenwich in the 15th century. To harness the strong winds across the peninsula, 7 windmills were erected on the wide embankment walls to mill flour from the wheat and corn being brought along the River Thames Tideway. This is why Millwall is named the way it is.
Old workers of the Millwall Dock dealt in grain, timber and wool as well as flour, most notably from the McDougall family. These gardens are named after John McDougall in particular, a prominent local politician aswell.
Margaret Thatcher’s LDDC (the London Docklands Development Corporation) raised the ground level of these gardens up to the river surface to improve the view. The LDDC also coined the term ‘Docklands’ and developed the Barkantine Estate across Westferry Road along with its Quarterdeck Shopping Parade.
Millwall F.C. was founded here in 1885 before moving to New Cross in 1910. The Millwall name carries a history of football hooliganism so most islanders refer to the Millwall area today as the ‘Isle of Dogs’ to make the distinction.
Millwall Dock is also an area where several housing developments and impressive apartment towers have been developed. There is a marked contrast between the newly established living and working areas and the older neighbouring developments in the area.
The 'SS Great Eastern' was the largest ship ever to exist in 1858.
It was twice the height of Big Ben in length and too wide for the Thames upon its construction so the Millwall shipbuilding workers had no choice but to launch the ship sideways. It held 4,000 passengers and could go from Millwall to Australia without refuelling.
This is all that remains at its launch site, the Millwall Iron Works factory, which is now Burrell’s Wharf.
The most obvious transport to the area is the DLR via Island Gardens, Mudchute and Crossharbour stations. Its also served by night buses and is about 10 minutes walk to the Jubilee Line at Canary Wharf.

[@dolorespinto3106]

I'm escaping my small flat in Twickenham and walking London every day thanks to you films. Thank you and please more on West London, Fulham and Chelsea, Victoria and Vauxhall. Or am I being greedy.

[@LondonDistricts]

This is warming :) I certainly will be venturing to these places.

[@Mokum1961]

Love your documentaries, mate.

[@LondonDistricts]

Thanks Michiel.

[@rainerfussganger8531]

Great series about London. Good info and amazing pictures in all film I ve seen!!

[@LondonDistricts]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@carmelohank6086]

I realize it is quite randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online ?

[@zahirbyron1195]

@Carmelo Hank Try FlixZone. Just search on google for it :)

[@Brise2100]

Went to George Greens School on the IOD 89- 94 obviously he'd friends and new people from Millwall and Cubit Town. In my experience most (overwhelmingly) were West Ham rather than Millwall fans.

[@simonebell928]

Yayyyy you’re back!!

[@LondonDistricts]

Series 2 in effect.

[@EliteXtasy]

Yay, a new series!

[@peterpowell8827]

enjoyed this fanks

[@alexismccourt7712]

Really enjoyed this just been discovering over the last few weeks, that part of the isle. Many thanks.

[@LondonDistricts]

Great to hear!

[@chrismccartney8668]

Great Video good mix of old and new to understand area.

[@LondonDistricts]

Appreciated.

[@allansmith5248]

Really enjoyed watching the documentary 👍👍🦁🦁

[@LondonDistricts]

Awesome, thank you! Keep watching :)

[@atticbrowser9698]

Thanks. Nice film.

[@Ethan-ik1nm]

Great video, hope you're back for good

[@LondonDistricts]

Never left. Series 2 begins.

[@Loki1815]

MMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIILLLLLLL, Oh no, not that Millwall!

[@patricksmart5673]

I stopped here in my canoe today. The slipway to Millwall dock is in a mess. So much plastic rubbish including a plastic tank. I moved the plastic tank out of the river so it does not end in a whale's gut. I hope someone will clean that beach.

[@chrismccartney8668]

Great Video used ride thru Docklands on motorcycle to go to work it was dereliction every where..

[@LondonDistricts]

Yes it was

[@bertramwilliams5717]

I was in the Tooke the day when you came in. Eating my chicken and chips! If you remember. Nice video!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@LondonDistricts]

No way! If you got your chicken and chips from a few doors down, then they were some of the best chicken and chips I've tasted in all of London.

[@bertramwilliams5717]

London Districts that was the one. We had a little chat as you was setting up the camera. I told you that I didn’t want to be in the video whilst eating. Hahaha

[@LondonDistricts]

@@bertramwilliams5717 Granted. You're not famous by us! Check out the Cubitt Town, Canary Wharf and Poplar videos aswell.

[@bertramwilliams5717]

London Districts will do. Stay safe.

[@simonsteamyhead5738]

The Barkentine estate was built in the early 60’s,well before the LDC even existed.

[@Brise2100]

Good vid btw.

[@LondonDistricts]

Oh thanks

[@ITZhazza12]

I think that game 1:15 was Southampton vs stoke

[@LondonDistricts]

Haven't the foggiest.

[@P1mpMyBr1de]

No holidays abroad for me this year so im going to London in November. Will i be glassed in a pub there? I'm a northerner

[@LondonDistricts]

Do you really believe you will? For being a Northerner? Come on... That's funny though lol

[@rickysorhaindo1359]

Yeah you will if you wear Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle accents or football shirts😁😁😁😁

[@patrickj8984]

haa,aye-up.. repeat after me, faack orf yoo caant ooo are ya you be good to go!

[@michellecaisey1110]

The Barkantine Estate was built by the GLC in 1968, not the LDDC.

[@bobsapsford7526]

Most families on Barkentine were moved in from Stepney,

[@jackyoung3046]

Are there any districts in London left that are inhabited by the indigenous English ?

[@vicfromyer8376]

Do people who live in the millwall part of the iod support millwall?

[@LondonDistricts]

Every single one.

[@simonzonenblick395]

@@LondonDistricts I'm always fascinated by the fact that although it was originally in Millwall, the contemporary ground for Millwall FC is, unless I'm mistaken, in Bermondsey, so technically south of the river? (even though there are of course parts of the IOD that are geographically north of places in Bermondsey) Is this irony ever commented on? Don't the fans mind the fact that their team play on the other side of the Thames, or does the "north/south of the river" distinction not apply much in real life? I lived in east London about 18 years ago and was more of a jokey thing then, but I'm from Yorkshire so London customs are often a mystery to me. By the same token though, do people in Bermondsey all tend to be Millwall fans?

[@bonesth9514]

London Districts why you chatting shit lol they support west ham

[@DavidUKesb]

@@simonzonenblick395 It was well over 100 years ago that the club moved south of the river so the connection has long since died out.

[@alexsaynor6717]

​@@simonzonenblick395 There is a metal plaque on the pavement on Westferry Rd (not far from Canary Wharf), on the site where Millwall Rovers - the original Millwall - were based. There are quite a few West Ham fans in the area. Not everyone in Bermondsey supports Millwall, but Bermondsey/New Cross has a lot but as with all London clubs, the majority seem to live outside the city these days and travel in.

[@themassofmen]

Unrecognisable from 50 years ago and not for the better.

[@Simon-xc6iy]

I was always under the belief that the Isle of dogs name was due to king Charles's dogs being there???

[@ITZhazza12]

Who supports Millwall?

[@YourMarge]

No one fuck off

[@alanjacks9081]

Charlton!

[@mickrobinson6518]

COYL.

[@millwa111]

Miiiiii

[@stellamariesmithson1431]

Coyl