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: Pearce Duff`s, a tinplate lorry biscuit tin. Could be worth a few Bob now.

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: The Shakespeare Pub. 203 Southampton Way, Originally 165 Southampton Street in 1881

: 203 Southampton Way, Shakespeare Head, - rebuilt in 1939, plus a name change.

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: 1847. Love Lane, which is now Cathey St ran from Paradise Street to Platform, which is now Bermondsey Wall East.

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From the Film Adventure in the Hopfield’s, 1954

: London Road with the Bakerloo Line's Elephant & Castle station in the centre distance and the Elephant & Castle Hotel beyond. 1954.

: London Road and the Elephant & Castle. Same location 2018.

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: From the Film Adventure in the Hopfield’s, 1954, Dickens Square SE1. Looking from Ralph Street. I think this is coming from the right-hand corner in Fosneys picture.

: Couldn’t agree more regarding the demolishing of these beautiful buildings, this is the replacement building on the same corner 2018. They will probably make this Monstrosity a Heritage-Listed Building.

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Ralph Street was called Union Place which ran off Union Road now called Harper Road. When it changed to Ralph St it ran from Harper Rd to Deverell St, crossing Falmouth Rd, which at that point was called Brunswick St. Ralph St replaced St Patricks Terrace along the way (c 1860s). B/W Pictures Film A...

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Tucked away between Albion Street and Lower Road, the chimney of the pumphouse in Renforth Street is visible, The pumphouse was built in 1902-3 by the London Hydraulic Power Company, a company created in 1883 by Act of Parliament. Renforth Street, Rotherhithe Power Station. 1906. 1.jpg Renforth Stre...