Clean Water
River Ecology Talk at the Lancasterian School
River ecology talk by Theo Thomas, London Canalkeeper at Thames21 at the...
Poem by Dan Hackett
The Moselle in Haringey
It rises, clean and clear, from near my house. Quiet as a mouse, it seeps from the soil, of Churchyard Bottom Wood.
If I could, I would bottle...
Timeline
Farms, Nurseries, Allotments and Market Gardening
Mid 13th Century: Tottenham was mainly arable farming with only small area of pasture land.
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Beam Engine, Markfield Park
"Sewage was the worst problem arising from Tottenham's mid-19th-century expansion. In 1843 the riverside lands were generally malarial and by 1848 some 800 houses discharged their waste into the...
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Queen’s Wood – where the Moselle Starts, but Time Stands Still
There’s something quite magical being near the source of a river, whatever its size or location. It’s that sense of being at the beginning, with all that potential, just as the journey starts. I...
The Moselle River is Telling Us 'It is Ill'
Sewage fungus is a clear sign a river is sick. It grows when the pollution in the river is bad enough to see bacteria grow so much that it forms long grey feathery strands and clumps.
When...