Royal Street, SE1

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The Underground Map Whitehall, SW1A Added: 8 Dec 2020 00:24 GMT	Othello takes a bow On 1 November 1604, William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello was presented for the first time, at The Palace of Whitehall. The palace was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698. Seven years to the day, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy The Tempest was also presented for the first time, and also at the Palace of Whitehall. Reply
Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Jessie Doring Tisbury Court, W1D Added: 22 Feb 2021 04:33 GMT	Tisbury Court Jazz Bar Jazz Bar opened in Tisbury Court by 2 Australians. Situated in underground basement. Can not remember how long it opened for. Reply
Pauline jones Bessborough Place, SW1V Added: 16 Oct 2017 19:04 GMT	Bessborough Place, SW1V I grew up in bessborough place at the back of our house and Grosvenor road and bessborough gardens was a fantastic playground called trinity mews it had a paddling pool sandpit football area and various things to climb on, such as a train , slide also as Wendy house. There were plants surrounding this wonderful play area, two playground attendants ,also a shelter for when it rained. The children were constantly told off by the playground keepers for touching the plants or kicking the ball out of the permitted area, there was hopscotch as well, all these play items were brick apart from the slide. Pollock was the centre of my universe and I felt sorry and still do for anyone not being born there. To this day I miss it and constantly look for images of the streets around there, my sister and me often go back to take a clumped of our beloved London. The stucco houses were a feature and the backs of the houses enabled parents to see thier children playing. Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
Robert smitherman Saunders Street, SE11 Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT	Saunders Street, SE11 I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
Jude Allen Orange Street, WC2H Added: 29 Jul 2021 07:53 GMT	Bra top I jave a jewelled item of clothong worn by a revie girl. It is red with diamante straps. Inside it jas a label Bermans Revue 16 Orange Street but I cannot find any info online about the revue only that 16 Orange Street used to be a theatre. Does any one know about the revue. I would be intesrested to imagine the wearer of the article and her London life. Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply

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Nower Hill, HA5 Added: 27 Mar 2023 18:28 GMT	Nower Hill, HA5 lo Reply
Albert Mews, SW7 Added: 26 Mar 2023 14:50 GMT	Albert Mews It is not a gargoyle over the entrance arch to Albert Mews, it is a likeness of Prince Albert himself. Reply
Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Canterbury Music Hall The Canterbury Music Hall was established in 1852 by Charles Morton on the site of a former skittle alley adjacent to the Canterbury Tavern at 143 Westminster Bridge Road.

Canterbury Music Hall

Christ Church, Lambeth Christ Church was founded by the Rev Dr Christopher Newman Hall in 1876 as a Congregational chapel on Westminster Bridge Road.

Christ Church, Lambeth

Florence Nightingale Museum The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas’ Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames.

Florence Nightingale Museum

Garden Museum The first museum in the world dedicated to the history of gardening.

Garden Museum

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park is a public park in Kennington.

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

Lambeth North Lambeth North is the area surrounding the Imperial War Museum.

Lambeth North

Lower Marsh Market Lower Marsh Market is in the Waterloo area of London.

Lower Marsh Market

Morley College Morley College is an adult education college in south London.

Morley College

Necropolis Station The London Necropolis Railway was opened in 1854 as a reaction to severe overcrowding in London’s existing graveyards and cemeteries.

Necropolis Station

NEARBY STREETS

Addington Street, SE1 Addington Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Addington Street, SE1

Astbury House, SE11 Astbury House is a block on Lambeth Road.

Astbury House, SE11

Barkham Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Barkham Terrace, SE1

Baylis Road, SE1 Baylis Road runs between Westminster Bridge Road and Waterloo Road.

Baylis Road, SE1

Becket House, SE1 Becket House is located on Lambeth Palace Road.

Becket House, SE1

Blenheim Business Centre, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Blenheim Business Centre, SE1

Burdett Street, SE1 Burdett Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Burdett Street, SE1

Canterbury House, SE1 Canterbury House can be found on Royal Street.

Canterbury House, SE1

Carlisle Lane, SE1 Carlisle Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Carlisle Lane, SE1

Centaur Street, SE1 Centaur Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Centaur Street, SE1

Chicheley Street, SE1 Henry Chichele was a 15th-century Archbishop of Canterbury.

Chicheley Street, SE1

China Walk, SE11 China Walk and its estate dates from 1928-34.

China Walk, SE11

Church Street, SE1 Church Street is an old name for the street leading to Lambeth Bridge.

Church Street, SE1

Cole House, SE1 Cole House is a block on Tanswell Street.

Cole House, SE1

Copeland House, SE1 Copeland House can be found on Lambeth Road.

Copeland House, SE1

Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Coral Street, SE1

Cosser Street, SE1 Cosser Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Cosser Street, SE1

Cottesloe Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Cottesloe Mews, SE1

Curtis Green Building, SW1A Curtis Green Building can be found on Victoria Embankment.

Curtis Green Building, SW1A

Dibdin Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Dibdin Row, SE1

Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1 Doreen Ramsey Court is a block on The Cut.

Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1

Ferrybridge House, SE11 Ferrybridge House is a block on Lambeth Road.

Ferrybridge House, SE11

Forum Magnum Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Forum Magnum Square, SE1

Frazier Street, SE1 Frazier Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Frazier Street, SE1

Granby Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Granby Place, SE1

Greenham Close, SE1 Greenham Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Greenham Close, SE1

Griffin Street, SE1 Griffin Street was marked on maps between the 1820s and the 1950s.

Griffin Street, SE1

Harlington Street, SE1 Harlington Street was built in the 1820s but swept away by the building of Waterloo station.

Harlington Street, SE1

Hercules Road, SE1 Hercules Road runs north from Lambeth Road near Lambeth Palace, on the site of Penlington Place.

Hercules Road, SE1

Holmes Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Holmes Terrace, SE1

Johanna Street, SE1 Johanna Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Johanna Street, SE1

Kennington Road, SE1 A small section of Kennington Road lies in the SE1 postal area.

Kennington Road, SE1

King Edward Walk, SE1 King Edward Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

King Edward Walk, SE1

Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 Lambeth Palace Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Lambeth Palace Road, SE1

Lambeth Road, SE1 Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Lambeth Road, SE1

Launcelot Street, SE1 Launcelot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Launcelot Street, SE1

Leake Street, SE1 Leake Street is a road and a road tunnel where graffiti is tolerated.

Leake Street, SE1

Lower Marsh, SE1 Lower Marsh is an 18th century street in the Waterloo neighbourhood.

Lower Marsh, SE1

McAuley Close, SE1 McAuley Close runs north from Cosser Street.

McAuley Close, SE1

Mead Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Mead Row, SE1

Morley Street, SE1 Morley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Morley Street, SE1

Munro House, SE1 Munro House can be found on Murphy Street.

Munro House, SE1

Murphy Street, SE1 Murphy Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Murphy Street, SE1

Newnham Terrace, SE1 Newnham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Newnham Terrace, SE1

Oakey Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area

Oakey Lane, SE1

Oreilly Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Oreilly Street, SE1

Pear Place, SE1 Pear Place was formerly Peartree Street.

Pear Place, SE1

Pearman Street, SE1 Pearman Street is one of the centres of London.

Pearman Street, SE1

Perspective Building, SE1 Perspective Building is a block on Westminster Bridge Road.

Perspective Building, SE1

Prideux Building, SE1 Prideux Building is a block on Westminster Bridge Road.

Prideux Building, SE1

Railway Arch 213, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Railway Arch 213, SE1

Reeves House, SE1 Reeves House is a block on Baylis Road.

Reeves House, SE1

Ronald McDonald House, SE1 Ronald McDonald House is sited on Lambeth Road.

Ronald McDonald House, SE1

Santley House, SE1 Santley House can be found on Frazier Street.

Santley House, SE1

Spode House, SE11 Spode House is sited on Lambeth Walk.

Spode House, SE11

Spur Road, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Spur Road, SE1

Stangate House, SE1 Stangate House is a block on Upper Marsh.

Stangate House, SE1

Steam Pump Lane, SE1 Steam Pump Lane is a road in the W4 postcode area

Steam Pump Lane, SE1

Tanswell Street, SE1 Tanswell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Tanswell Street, SE1

Upper Marsh Street, SE1 Upper Marsh Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Upper Marsh Street, SE1

Upper Marsh, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Upper Marsh, SE1

Virgil Street, SE1 Virgil Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Virgil Street, SE1

Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

Waterloo Road, SE1

Westminster Bridge House, SE1 Westminster Bridge House is a block on Westminster Bridge Road.

Westminster Bridge House, SE1

Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 Westminster Bridge Road runs on an east-west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

Westminster Bridge Road, SE1

Westminster Bridge, SE1 Westminster Bridge links Westminster on the west side with Lambeth on the east side.

Westminster Bridge, SE1

Westminster Pier, SW1A Westminster Pier is one of the streets of London in the SW1A postal area.

Westminster Pier, SW1A

Worcester House, SE11 Worcester House is sited on Kennington Road.

Worcester House, SE11

Yew Cottages, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Yew Cottages, SE1

York Road Curve, SE1 York Road Curve is a road in the N1C postcode area

York Road Curve, SE1

NEARBY PUBS

Slug & Lettuce

The Camel & Artichoke

The Duke Of Sussex

The Horse And Stables

The New Crown & Cushion

Waterloo Bar And Kitchen

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Lambeth

The ’Lamb’ in Lambeth really means just that.

The name is recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha, meaning ’landing place for lambs’, and in 1255 as Lambeth. The name refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the Old English ’lamb’ and ’hythe.

South Lambeth is recorded as Sutlamehethe in 1241 and North Lambeth is recorded in 1319 as North Lamhuth. The marshland in the area, known as Lambeth Marshe, was drained in the 18th century but is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name. Sometime after the opening of Waterloo railway station in 1848 the locality around the station and Lower Marsh became known as Waterloo.

Lambeth Palace is located opposite the Palace of Westminster. The two were linked by a horse ferry across the Thames.

Until the mid-18th Century the north of Lambeth was marshland, crossed by a number of roads raised against floods.

With the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750, followed by the Blackfriars Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge, a number of major thoroughfares were developed through Lambeth, such as Westminster Bridge Road, Kennington Road and Camberwell New Road.

In William Blake’s epic Milton a Poem, the poet John Milton leaves Heaven and travels to Lambeth, in the form of a falling comet, and enters Blake’s foot. This allows Blake to treat the ordinary world as perceived by the five senses as a sandal formed of "precious stones and gold" that he can now wear. Blake ties the sandal and, guided by Los, walks with it into the City of Art, inspired by the spirit of poetic creativity. The poem was written between 1804 and 1810.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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William Shakespeare TUM image id: 1509551019 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo Credit: Virtual Tourist TUM image id: 1605093975 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Overflow of the Thames at Lambeth Stairs on Tuesday 29 January 1850. Lambeth Stairs was near to Lambeth Palace. Poor river wall maintenance meant that the area was flooded whenever there was an unusually high tide. Credit: Illustrated London News TUM image id: 1623706174 Licence:	Strand stretches along the River Thames between Trafalgar Square and Aldwych Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1625131830 Licence:	1893 programme cover - Canterbury Theatre Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1513437589 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Hungerford Stairs circa 1828 TUM image id: 1557403389 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames, near the London Eye. It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year. TUM image id: 1557161405 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Adelphi Building on Savoy Place, looking north from Victoria Embankment Gardens (2018) Credit: Wiki Commons/Acabashi TUM image id: 1668084438 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The original, Brunel-built Hungerford Bridge. TUM image id: 1544479084 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Newspaper seller on Horse Guards Avenue (1937) From the archive of amateur London photographer, John Turner Credit: John Turner/Museum of London TUM image id: 1649108027 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Deep beneath the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo Station, Leake Street, once a dismal, tunnel for vehicular traffic now enjoys a new lease of life as an ever changing, unofficial art gallery. Credit: Instagram/@njcoxx TUM image id: 1630932184 Licence:	Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew. Credit: London Borough of Lambeth TUM image id: 1625154491 Licence:	Building the District Line and Joseph Bazalgette’s Embankment sewer near Waterloo Bridge (1867) Bazalgette’s Memorial is on the right here today. TUM image id: 1660652189 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Catherine Street, Vauxhall looking South (1930) Catherine Street, as Worgan Street, became part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1643826581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	York Road, South Bank (2013) York Road started its life in 1824. Part of the land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was extended from Nine Elms. Waterloo Station, which was raised above the marshy ground on a series of arches, was designed by Sir William Tite and opened on 11 July 1848. Credit: Wiki Commons/Mikey TUM image id: 1637676495 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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William Shakespeare
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The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo
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Overflow of the Thames at Lambeth Stairs on Tuesday 29 January 1850. Lambeth Stairs was near to Lambeth Palace. Poor river wall maintenance meant that the area was flooded whenever there was an unusually high tide.
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1893 programme cover - Canterbury Theatre
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The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames, near the London Eye. It opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and hosts about one million visitors each year.
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Deep beneath the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo Station, Leake Street, once a dismal, tunnel for vehicular traffic now enjoys a new lease of life as an ever changing, unofficial art gallery.
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Children among the rubble of a bombsite playground at Lollard Street, Lambeth (1957) Children’s rights campaigner Lady Allen of Hurtwood formed a movement for the building of playgrounds. Originally known as ‘junk’ playgrounds, they were renamed adventure playgrounds in 1953 and the movement grew.
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York Road, South Bank (2013) York Road started its life in 1824. Part of the land was sold to the London and South Western Railway in 1848 when the line was extended from Nine Elms. Waterloo Station, which was raised above the marshy ground on a series of arches, was designed by Sir William Tite and opened on 11 July 1848.
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Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster (2016). The current bridge was designed by Thomas Page and opened on 24 May 1862. With a length of 820 feet and a width of 85 feet, it is a seven-arch, cast-iron bridge with Gothic detailing by Charles Barry - the architect of the Palace of Westminster.
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Pelham Mission Hall, Lambeth Walk (2005). A curious building with an outside pulpit. It closed as a church sometime around 1970.
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