Kings Reach
"The
Thames
is liquid history"
John
Burns*, politician, to an American adversely comparing it to the
Mississippi
A
deviation
to "The Blackfriar" at the north end of Blackfriars bridge is
worthwhile
for its beautiful art noveau interior, the "Wolf Parlour" there relates
to the "wolf club" frequented by actors, pornographers and prostitutes
and formerly resident in "The Coal Hole" further west in The Strand.
*One of the three Woolwich ferry
boats is named after him.