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World Docks online tour | Episode 6: West India House

Our last stop on the World Docks online tour is West India House. Now flats, this building stands on the site of the "old strangers home for Asiatic, Africans and South Sea Islanders" which was opened specifically to house minority mariners and seamen.

Watch more stops on the walk on our World Docks online tour page.

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