SEAN MCCAULEY
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Recorded with the assistance of Julian May
Recorded with the assistance of Julian May
00.00 Birth and move to Union Wharf 01.37 Dad's and Mum's large families 04.17 School, local mates and their playgrounds 08.05 Adventures in Robinson's Scrap Yard
10.23 Bodies in the river 12.37 Dad's brush with a villain on the run 13.48 Early memories of Union Wharf Garden 15.52 Industry and TV reception 16.55 Greenwich baths
18.03 Filming on Ballast Quay 18.54 Local haunts and pubs 21.47 Trafalgar Road shops,pubs and cinema 24.50 First steps into work and a career 28.10 Cutty Sark pub
30.17 Nostalgia for the childhood home
10.23 Bodies in the river 12.37 Dad's brush with a villain on the run 13.48 Early memories of Union Wharf Garden 15.52 Industry and TV reception 16.55 Greenwich baths
18.03 Filming on Ballast Quay 18.54 Local haunts and pubs 21.47 Trafalgar Road shops,pubs and cinema 24.50 First steps into work and a career 28.10 Cutty Sark pub
30.17 Nostalgia for the childhood home
Former local resident, Sean McCauley, reminisces about growing up in a house on Union Wharf, a few steps from the river and the Cutty Sark Tavern. He recalls his childhood, his mates and the adventures they had in the industrial landscape that was their playground. He reminisces about school and work which led to a long career in the Fire Service and even now in 'retirement' he works as a Fire Officer in the Houses of Parliament.
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The McCauley's house from the river, immediately to the right of the gap in the terrace, with The Cutty Sark and Robinson's to the right.
Ballast Quay as it was in the mid-1960s. Union Wharf has been cleared in readiness for the planting of the garden and the new railings are in place.
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Sean posing on the river wall opposite the house where he lived.
In the background is one of the cable laying ships moored off Enderby Wharf 
Above: one of the photographs of Sean and his mates in the Union Wharf garden taken by the photographer mentioned in his memoir.
Sean (almost hidden) and mates Michelle, Micky Robins, Michael and Denny Hall (standing at the back) all pose for the photographer in the Union Wharf garden. 
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