{"id":465435,"date":"2025-12-28T23:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=465435"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:11:50","slug":"our-lifeline-pride-and-joy-and-link-with-the-past-how-the-river-thames-made-southwark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/history\/history-plus\/our-lifeline-pride-and-joy-and-link-with-the-past-how-the-river-thames-made-southwark\/","title":{"rendered":"Our lifeline, pride and joy and link with the past \u2013 how the River Thames made Southwark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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