What is "wandle"

Usage examples of "wandle".

They lived along the banks of the River Wandle in disused sewers and smelly holes they had scooped out below the streets of Wandsworth.

Their skin always had a green tinge to it which came from living so much underground and being so often in and out of the filthy Wandle water.

Once the Wandle had been a pleasant stream, but years of industrialisation had turned it into a treacherous ooze of green and muddy slime.

The Wandle mud would entrap any stranger who was foolhardy enough to wade across without guidance.

After that a little more rowing would put them at the mouth of the Wandle where they could conceal the boat and begin their long trek overland.

Napoleon was convinced he would never find the mouth of the Wandle and his companions began to despair.

Already the high banks of the Wandle, held in place by slimy green sleepers and sheets of pitted iron, were taking on a shape and the black sky was not so black as it had been.

They crossed the hall and entered a tunnel which soon joined the Wandle and they followed the tow-path along its edge.

They bounded over the Wandle without hesitation, flitting across the mud of the river as if it had been as solid as the pavement along Wandsworth High Street.

The Park was black and silent and the grass was wet but they had brought the canvas with them and when they reached the banks of the Wandle, flowing quiet and murky, they spread the tarpaulin on the ground and sat on it to keep dry.

The tall shapes of the buildings on the far side of the Wandle were dark against the sky.

I am to lead you across the Wandle, along the bank and then underground.

Again the Adventurers smelt the smell of the River Wandle, penned and confined in its narrow tunnels, and the sweat of the Wendles, who guarded them on all sides, rose and stung their nostrils.

Hunt us down one by one and shove us under the Wandle mud when they catch us?

They followed Napoleon at a sustained and speedy run down the wide bricked tunnel that led to the River Wandle, the boat, and safety.