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Old January 14th 11, 05:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default North dock drained for crossrail
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Come to that I've never seen any canarys down there .

They weren't canaries - they were dogs.

Insula Canaria = Isle of Dogs, which was the Latin name for the Canary
Islands (although the dogs were apparently seals - sea dogs in Latin).

Olsen Lines rather liked the idea of shipping fruit from one of Isle of
Dogs to another, hence the punning title of Canary Wharf.
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