Canary Wharf - Funky Building

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November 30th 2006
Thursday I decided to have a walk around my local area, Surrey Quays. I found out that the Greenland dock near my flat is called so because it was used by the whaling ships which operated principally in the North Atlantic around Greenland. It was used to refit whaling ships and as a location for the boiling of blubber to produce oil. A few of the pubs in the area are named after this fact too, suc ... read more

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