TRIBUTE TD FATHER THAMES
The following tribute from the pen of Sir David J. Owen, general manager of the Port of London Authority, was culled from the December issue of ‘ The P.L.A. Monthly ’ : “ Divers were always objects of veneration to the ancients, and if we compare the Thames with the Nile, which was worshipped by the Egyptians, or with the Tiber, ‘ Father Tiber to whom the Homans pray,’ how can we estimate the extent of the tribute we should pay to Father Thames—the Tamesis of the Romans and the Tafwys of the Britons ?”-
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Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 12
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93TRIBUTE TD FATHER THAMES Evening Star, Issue 21628, 25 January 1934, Page 12
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