Mudchute. Silly name. Nice view.

Mudchute. Silly name. Nice view.

by naveregnide

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  1. This was also the case of the later Mudchute (or ‘Mud Shoot’ as it was originally spelled in official documents).

    The name “Mudchute” derives from it being the former dumping ground for mud dredged from the Millwall Docks, which had to be regularly dredged to prevent silting up

    Wikipedia.

    I grew up there in the 80’s and was on that platform for the opening of the DLR with the rest of my classmates from Cubitt Town primary school. The Queen was supposed to ride past from Island Gardens where it originally started from before the South expansion but the train broke down and didn’t move for an awkward 10 minutes of a load of East London school kids staring at the Queen, pointing and laughing mainly.

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