Comments on: The Guardians Of London’s Lost Rivers

By: steeleenergysolutions

steeleenergysolutions — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:40:39 +0000

Yet once upon a time many other rivers flowed through the city which have been ‘lost,’ mostly absorbed into the modern drainage

By: M.D.West

M.D.West — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:22:38 +0000

Wasn’t it the invention of the water closet which really messed up the rivers flowing into the Thames leading to the ‘great stink’ in the early 1800s…before W.C.s people used earth closets and there were collections of solid ‘night-soil’ by cart which were transported to farms

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:51:34 +0000

I too grew up with Beverley Brook at the bottom of the garden in Beverley Rd. We built dens but never paddled as were firmly told that a boy round the corner had fallen in some years before and developed polio. Other memories were the dread when after heavy rain the high sides filled up to the top (probably eight foot or so) and a torrent of brown water flowed through. The thought of falling in brought on nightmares. Then there was the day when the army came round as someone spotted a small wartime bomb in the water.

By: Paul Bommer

Paul Bommer — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:35:26 +0000

This is pure joy and pure genius! Much needed piss-take on this gloomy day

By: Peter Holford

Peter Holford — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:16:07 +0000

Some of these rivers are lost and now integrated with the drainage systems underground but others may be just unknown. I grew up with Beverley Brook as part of my playground. It is the nearest thing to a countryside, babbling brook in London. Most of its course is through green areas from Richmond Park to Barnes Common. Happy days paddling and looking for aquatic wildlife. That was long ago but I would be surprised if it isn’t still a clean river considering the expensive areas it flows through!