However, there is no evidence that LDDC foresaw this scale of development and nearby Heron Quays had already been developed as low density offices when Canary Wharf was proposed, with similar development already underway on Canary Wharf itself, Limehouse Studios being the most famous occupant.

In October 1985, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Lee Rocker, Rosanne Cash and Ringo Starr appeared with him on stage for a television special that was taped live at the Limehouse Studios in London called Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session.

Shows were recorded at Central's studios in Nottingham with last minute additions being recorded at the Limehouse Studios at Canary Wharf, London.

The first series of the show was broadcast live ( with no delay ) originally from London Studios in the LWT building on the South Bank and then from Limehouse Studios, Wembley ( 1991 – 1992 ).

The show was recorded at the former independent production facility Limehouse Studios, on a soundstage in front of a live audience.

Although most cargoes were discharged in the Pool of London before the establishment of the docks, industries such as shipbuilding, ship chandlering and rope making were established in Limehouse.

The lions were cast within sight of the development by the Bronze Age Sculpture Casting Foundry in Limehouse.

These were St Anne, Limehouse, St Mary Matfelon, Whitechapel, St Dunstan, for Stepney and St George in the East.

These were known as Blackwall Basin and Limehouse Basin, not to be confused with the Regent's Canal Dock also known as Limehouse Basin.

Under PLA control, cuts were made to connect the three docks into a single system, and the connections to the Thames at the western end were filled, along with the Limehouse basin and with it the western connection between the two northern docks.

Bow Locks were originally semi-tidal, as high spring tides flowed over the top of the locks, altering the level in the Limehouse Cut and the southern section of the Lee Navigation.

Between 1852 and 1890, several of the institution's lifeboats were constructed in Limehouse.

Toynbee and her first husband Peter Jenkins ( from 1970 ) were supporters of the Social Democratic Party breakaway from Labour in 1981, both signing the Limehouse Declaration.

In this series, the set was revamped due to a move to Thames Television's facilities ( the original studios were at Molinare in Soho, London, and then Limehouse in East London which was by this point earmarked for demolition to make way for Canary Wharf ), and Willis was promoted to sharing main billing with Kendall.

Lacewing, based in Winchester, were commissioned by Channel 4, via Limehouse Productions in London, to make a series similar to Out of Town.

Most of the population had been descended from the 19th century workers who had built and operated the docks, but with the building of the Limehouse Link Road, a run down Council estate in Limehouse ( the St. Vincent Estate ) containing predominantly Bangladeshi families, were rehoused in properties in Millwall, previously marketed as ' luxury ', but due to a property downturn had been unable to sell.

These substitution patterns were first demonstrated by jazz musician John Coltrane on the albums Bags & Trane ( on the track " Three Little Words ") and Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago ( on " Limehouse Blues ").

Community centres were: Georgetown, Acton, Glen Williams, Stewarttown, Norval, Limehouse.

Maurice Elvey's Curlytop ( 1924 ) combines a number of Limehouse scenes and other stories of Burke ’ s were also used as material for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

In all, MHA were involved in the construction of all but five of the UK's longest road tunnels ( the exceptions being the Heathrow Cargo Tunnel, Heathrow Main Tunnel, Clyde tunnel, Limehouse Link tunnel and Rotherhithe tunnel ).

At its early extent it additionally included Whitechapel, Wapping, Stratford Bow, Shadwell, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green, Limehouse and Poplar.

The property boom and bust of the 1980s set back progress considerably, as did the construction of the Limehouse Link tunnel which was built under the north side of the basin in the early 1990s.

First proposed by Thomas Homer in 1802 as a link from the Paddington arm of the then Grand Junction Canal ( opened in 1801 ) with the River Thames at Limehouse, the Regent's Canal was built during the early 19th century after an Act of Parliament was passed in 1812.

During the early 1980s, it was clear that the existing road infrastructure serving the Isle of Dogs development zone had no spare capacity, and the Limehouse Link formed the western part of improvements proposed by the London Docklands Development Corporation.

His London ancestry can be traced back to the early 18th century: his father was a coal merchant in Ratcliff on the north side of the Thames near Limehouse.

This built on existing plans for Limehouse Basin, and offered a discussion framework for future development, housing refurbishment and environmental improvements across the whole of Limehouse.

The key to development in Limehouse lay next door in the Isle of Dogs.

The sheer scale of the Canary Wharf proposals, and in due course the rapid implementation of the first phase of development, provided the impetus to the transport improvements which completely altered prospects for Limehouse as well as for the Isle of Dogs.

Image: Limehouse development 3. jpg | Construction of apartments on Commercial Road ( now complete ).

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It was Rohmer's contention that he based Fu Manchu and other " Yellow Peril " mysteries on real Chinese crime figures he knew during his time as a newspaper reporter covering Limehouse activities.

The King was displeased at Liberal attacks on the peers, including Lloyd George's Limehouse speech and Churchill's public demand for a general election ( for which Asquith apologised to the King's adviser Lord Knollys and rebuked Churchill at a Cabinet meeting ).

As the route leads away from Canary Wharf into Poplar, competitors run west down Poplar High Street back towards Limehouse and on through Commercial Road.

Not long after Wilson's retirement, his mental deterioration from Alzheimer's disease began to be apparent, and he did not appear in public after 1988 when he unveiled the Clement Attlee statue at Limehouse Library on 30 November of that year.

It is based on Thomas Burke's short story " The Chink and the Child " from the 1916 collection Limehouse Nights.

The area gives its name to Limehouse Reach, a section of the Thames which runs from Shadwell, through Ratcliff and then Limehouse and on to Millwall.

It was based on four major projects: Limehouse Basin, Free Trade Wharf, what was then known as the Light Rapid Transit Route ( DLR ) and the Docklands Northern Relief Road, a road corridor between The Highway and East India Dock across the north of the Isle of Dogs.

The next stop to the east on the DLR, Westferry, also lies within the Limehouse area.

Image: Canal lock-Regent's Canal-Limehouse Basin. jpg | Commercial Road Lock on the Regent's Canal entering the Limehouse Basin.

On the c2c route, Limehouse is between Fenchurch Street and West Ham stations, and on the Docklands Light Railway, Limehouse is between Shadwell and Westferry stations.

The DLR opened on 31 July 1987, with new platforms ( platforms 3 & 4 ) built on the site of the old L & BR platforms ; the station had been renamed Limehouse on 11 May that year.

Limehouse station is elevated on a pair of diverging viaducts, each carrying a pair of platforms – one pair for c2c and one pair for the Docklands Light Railway.

London bus routes 15, 115, 135 & D3, and night routes N15, N550 and N551 all serve Limehouse station from stops sited on Commercial Road.

* Limehouse on the DLR website