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Schooner Close, LONDON, SE16 6DP

The estate consists of three blocks: Beech House (shown) in Canon Beck Road, Larch House in Swan Road and Pine House in Albion Street. Built in 1953 over Ainsty Street of which only about 15 yards remains. See image of Image re definition.

An example of adapting old structures to new uses - a disused gasometer now hosts mobile phone masts.

Off Brunel Road and about 75 yards west of Canon Beck Road and originally called York Street, stretching from the boundary fence of Surrey Docks to about 100 yards north of Brunel Road. At the bottom is the rear of Pine House to the right of which (out of view) can be found Larch House - to the left (again out of view) can be found Beech House. All three form the Ainsty Estate. "Ainsty" is an old name for an area close to the City of York.

On the corner of Canon Beck Road & Albion Road. Not sure what was going to happen to this pub, there were workmen inside the building, but I didn't enquire if it was to remain as a pub or not.

Not sure at the time the pub was actually open, but in any case at the time of writing (2016) it does appear to have closed and been turned into an art gallery. Glazed brick ground floor and adverts for Watney Combe Reid (1898), Watney's ales, Reid's stout and Combe's brown ale survive(d). Above the main sign is some corbelling.

Above Rotherhithe Tunnel. A plaque records that it was "constructed between 1904 and 1908 by the engineer Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice".

The owners of this house have made quite an effort to decorate their house for the Queens Diamond Jubilee.

This stood from 1867 to 1904 on the east corner at the junction with Forsythe Street, which today is in Brunel Road and just west of Kinburn Street i.e. where the two wheelie bins are outside numbers 32 and 34. I assume the pub was demolished as it was about that time that the immediate area changed by extending Brunel Road to the east. I do not know of any 'Edinburgh' connection but half a mile to the east is now an Edinburgh Court.

Image shows Brunel Road and on the left is the junction with Ainsty Street that originally cut across Brunel Road and terminated at Rotherhithe Street. At one of the right hand corners of the junction stood the pub. It was built in 1814 and demolished in the 1930's after having served a time as a cafe. It may be considered too close to the pub in the background (Adam & Eve at No 33) but years ago in Rotherhithe there were many pubs that were closer still.

Looking south-southeast.