The Desborough Cut

Bombing of the bridge

But brothers Billy and Jeremy and their brave young aunt were undaunted by German pilot’s attack

Steps to improvement

One of my earliest recollections of the River Thames takes me back to when I was five or six.

Dad’s Army-on-Thames

During the Second World War, people from all walks of life did their bit for the country in whatever ways they could – among them, helping to protect key installations like locks, bridges and weirs on the River Thames as members of the Upper Thames Patrol (UTP).