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Thanks to Mintguy for the correction concerning Martin Frobisher getting the black rock. However, Sir Humphrey Gilbert was involved in the Society of the New Art which attempted to produce gold, and their laboratory was at Limehouse. A little hint: why not correct pages rather than reverting to a former page. Removed a range of corrections. e.g. there are no tube stations in the area - tube stations are constructed by driving a tube through the ground and then building a railway inside. Local services are provided by the underground which is constructed by cut and cover. Also the term nearest refers to only those staiosn with the greatest propinquity to the area. Thus it is correct to list Stepney Green underground station, Limehouse DLR station and Westferry DLR station. The other stations listed are some distance away, particularly Bow Church DLR which is beyond Bow Common and Bow Road underground station. I was particularly suprised that someone so knowledgeable about Martin frobisher would remove the reference to Ratcliffe. Was it not from here that Frobisher departed to play his part in the defeat of teh Spanish Armada? Anyway I have taken the reference to the sea monster to the Humphrey Gilbert page, as he did not encounter the beast at Limehouse. Harry Potter

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Well the only reference I've found to Gilbert, Limehouse and the Society of the New Art is from http://www.t0.or.at/karloff/darkterrors.html. It appears to be complete nonsense. So I've reverted it. Mintguy 00:57 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I suggest:

a) that you use other sources of reference than the internet whereby you might learn something. You could try the Local History Library at Bancroft Road. b) that if you have problems with some of the content that you edit the page rather than treacherising it. You can always enter into debate with people rather than simply assuming anything you do not know is nonsense.Harry Potter

Yeah, but.... sea monsters??? -- Wapcaplet 11:37 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Narrow Street

Bit of duplication here. And the Narrow Street entry is, in some respects, superior, when it is talking about Limehouse in general. I've copied a bit of it over, but maybe the general Limehouse bits should be moved over here? Tarquin Binary 10:00, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Further to that, what needs moving over here is the history section from Narrow Street insofar as it talks about Limehouse in general. Later. Tarquin Binary 10:10, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes I agree 100% they could do with some copyediting to make Narrow Street more of a satellite article of Limehouse rather than the other way round. Mrsteviec 10:15, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Steve. I'm kind of on the Tower Hamlets thing for now, too - long bracing Thames-side hikes help with the detox programme :( OK, I'll see if I can disentangle Limehouse this week - merge and separate, sort of. Also looking at fixing up Wapping and Shadwell, which need work, some time soon. Tarquin Binary 11:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adrian Gilbert

I'm removing the wikipedia link on Adrian Gilbert, as it leads not to a page about the 16th century alchemist (there doesn't seem to be one) but to a page about a modern writer.

[edit] Limehouse Blues

Does this place have anything to do with the song "Limehouse Blues"? dq 15:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)