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Surrey Canal, c1931, looking towards Plough Road crossing the canal. (Now Plough Way), in the background the Plough Pub is visible in Plough Road, the point where the Surrey Canal enters the docks. Surrey Canal, c1931, looking towards Plough Road crossing the canal. (Now Plough Way), in the backgrou...

This pub closed in 1940, due to being badly damaged by enemy action. This part of Lancaster Street is now called Gaunt Street.

M. Manze's eel and pie shop, opened in 1892 at 87 Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey. This was the first of the Manze eel and pie shops and the oldest one still standing. When the photograph was taken in1991, Denise, Joanne and Michelle were cleaning up after another 'sold-out' day. Tower Bridge Road, M....

The two ladies are Bebe & Sasha Griesbach sisters of the owner Frederick Griesbach. On the corner to the left would have been 'The Portland Arms' pub. 'Turog' was a flour like 'Hovis' that was produced by 'Spillers' c.1900 until the brand disappeared in the early 1960s. Westmoreland Road. The ba...