Albert Road is a spinal route running parallel to this stretch of the Thames, which served the substantial commercial and residential development built around the Royal Docks during the late nineteenth century. Parts of the road were either in North Woolwich, Kent, or East Ham, Essex, originally having sequences of street numbering in two directions, but all is now within the London Borough of Newham. This view shows a pair of cottages from a long terrace in two sections that used to run along the eastern stretch of Albert Road, backing on to the Royal Victoria Gardens, once a visitor attraction served by the nearby North Woolwich station (since disused),the former pier and ferry pontoons, and the Foot Tunnel. All of Park Terrace has now gone, although the Royal Victoria Gardens remain as a public park, albeit without its original layout. Dating from the 1890s, the stone lintels and arched brickwork pattern above the windows and door pairs make an eye-catching feature of the terrace. Number 135, at the end of the western section of the terrace next to where the Police Station still stands, is shown running as a shoe maker's business with services advertised above the door and in the window, the 1891 Census indicating this was likely to have been one Frank Golder and his family.
