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Simpsons Road, LONDON, E14 0AN

This is for Vietnamese Christians locally. At some times of year, this building is quite literally in the shadow of the office blocks behind.

A splendid piece of Victorian polychromy. In an Italian Gothic style by Hills and Fletcher with A. and C. Harston in 1869-70. The tower in particular is a lovely touch with its spired dome, rich carvings and decorative frieze. Grade II listed. At the time of the photo, the building appeared to be disused, although, externally at least, it seemed to be in reasonable condition.

Fronting onto Poplar High Street, but seen here from Cottage Street, and dating from 1910 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-206181-3-piers-immediately-in-front-of-no-127-p (which gives the initial impression that just the piers, one of which can be seen on the left, at the front of the building, are listed, rather than the building itself).

Looking roughly east towards the DLR depot at Poplar.

In Poplar High Street. There are about 3500 Vietnamese Catholics living in the UK and Ireland.

Looking east from a train at the station.

Poplar DLR station was opened on 21 August 1987, originally with just two platforms, being served only by the Stratford-Island Gardens branch of the Docklands Light Railway. As the DLR was expanded eastwards, the station was extensively given two extra platforms. This view looks east from the end of one of the platforms. The flyover carries trains towards Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal whilst trains to and from Stratford pass under the flyover.

This image was taken about a month after the Docklands Light Railway opened to passengers. At the time, the Isle of Dogs peninsula was being regenerated, it was hoped that the DLR would help to catalyse that regeneration by providing new transport links. Those hopes have been realised, the area has changed beyond recognition in the 25 years since the DLR opened. The railway opened with a fleet of just 11 trains, each running as a single unit. These original units have since been replaced. By 2012, the fleet had grown to 149 trains, which now run as 2- or 3-units coupled together.

Taken from a green in the angle between Cottage Street and Smythe Street (immediate left). The older brick buildings across the road are a mortuary and coroner's court. In the background rise the towers of Canary Wharf.

Woodstock Road was renamed Woodstock Terrace in 1937 which suggests that the upper sign has been there for 80 years and the lower one a lot longer! At the junction with Poplar High Street.