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Battlebridge Basin
Ice Trade
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The fascinating story of Londons canals, the people who worked on them and their cargo and trade. Go inside the narrowboat Coronis and see how people lived in incredible cramped conditions. Enjoy archive film of the Regents Canal and study our giant historical map of canal London. Listen to oral history recordings of people who remember the working days and life on board.
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Battlebridge Basin is outside, a surprising urban beauty spot where the museums restored 1950 tug Bantam IV is normally on display.
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Peer down into our huge Victorian commercial ice well, uniquely preserved. See tools and techniques of the now half forgotten trade in Norwegian ice that once made London a cool city and kept foods fresh. Listen to oral history and have a chat with Carlo Gatti himself, ice entrepreneur.
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Discover the story of ice cream, with range of ice cream artifacts on display.
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The story of working canal and cart horses in London, with a reconstructed stable on the spot where it stood in 1906. Meet the horse, see a display of horse care artifacts .
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