People
Near the Dockmaster's office, on New Lock, is a memorial to Captain Peter de Neumann, GM, who was killed there in an accident on 16 September 1972. Rolf Harris visited the Docks during a TV episode of Rolf On Art, when he recreated J M W Turner's famous painting The Fighting Temeraire.
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“Good people are countenanced by Heaven.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Avoid dishonest people and ill-gotten gains.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Who can think of the sun costuming clouds
When all people are shaken
Or of night endazzled, proud,
When people awaken
And cry and cry for help?”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)