The river Thames lies at the heart of the story of London. It is one of the great working and trading rivers of the world.
For over 2000 years, Londoners have lived on it, worked on it, feared it and loved it.
Central to the story of this great river were the many dockers, like Bill Brewster pictured here in 1958, who dedicated their working lives to stealing cargo from ships, going on strike for no reason and protesting about coloured immigration.
London owes them a huge debt.
