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...An hour’s drive from the upmarket nightclubs and golf courses of Palm Springs, the Salton Sea offered a yacht club, motels, water-skiing, and — after the waters were stocked with shad, orangemouth corvina...
...Why The water tower dates back to 1923. The property has further development potential: the old water tank could become a swimming pool, for example....
...Helen Penfold, of Hamptons International, says this is because Canada Water is less expensive than nearby areas, such as Shad Thames and London Bridge....
...“Properties in Wapping are still about £750 per sq ft, compared with about £1,200 per sq ft across the water in Shad Thames,” says James Hyman, head of residential for London estate agency Cluttons....
...Why The property’s private dock has two boat lifts and a 30ft float with deep water access to the Intracoastal Waterway....
...swirling tresses of water weeds....
...If I said “twaite shad” to you, you would probably feel offended. It does sound like a West Country insult, as in: “That Elvis is a twaite shad when he’s on the scrumpy.”...
...“It’s attracting a new type of buyer,” Hyman says, explaining that people are moving downstream from the more expensive Shad Thames neighbourhood near Tower Bridge as they discover the quieter riverside...
...Le Pont de la Tour 36d Shad Thames, London SE1 Gazpacho Andaluz £8.50Soused dayboat mackerel £8.50Roast cod with crushed potato £16.00Roasted supreme of chicken £16.00Spinach £3.75Bottle of still water...
...An hour later we trolled the calmer waters of Gerritsen Creek....
...Thames: Sacred River By Peter Ackroyd Chatto and Windus £25, 608 pages FT bookshop price: £20 I have lived on the Thames twice – once in London, in a warehouse on Shad Thames, before that place had any...
...Blueprint Café, 28 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf, London SE1, tel: +44 (0)20-7378 7031 nicholas.lander@ft.com...
...staples of industrial fishing fleets from shrimps, sardines, squid, cuttlefish and tuna to equally important but less widely known species including croakers, grunts, meagres, scads, crucifix fish, bonga shads...
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