One of the great things about working as a consultant in the heritage sector is that it often takes me to museums, galleries and heritage sites that I might not otherwise have got around to visiting. This time it was the Museum of London Docklands, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The museum itself is nestled towards the North-West extent of the Isle of Dogs, which is the peninsula delineated by that famous wiggle[1] in London's section of the Thames. It played host to the West India Docks which first opened in 1802 and closed for business in 1980[2] to be redeveloped into the area now known as Canary Wharf.
