Tooley Street

Yesterday & Today
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fosney
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Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:21 pm

(Yesterday & Today)

Picture of the Weddel building in Tooley street Weddel were meat importers
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Weddel Building
Weddel Tooley Street today.jpg
Same building toady

fosney
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Re: Tooley Street (Yesterday & Today)

Postby fosney » Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:25 pm

Aerial view of Tooley Street outside the Weddel Building in 1910
The same area today
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Tooley Street 1910
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Tooley Street today

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THE KING OF BELGIUM.

Postby kiwi » Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:16 am

The King of Belgium pub,Tooley St..jpg
THE KING OF BELGIUM PUB,TOOLEY STREET.
The Bridge Lounge 2015,was The King of Belgium Pub,Tooley St..jpg
THE BRIDGE LOUNGE 2015, FORMERLY THE KING OF BELGIUM PUB.

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Tooley Street 1995. Pearly King in King of Belgium Pub

Tooley Street, 2022, Two Bridges Pub, formerly King of Belgium & The Bridge Lounge, Druid Street right.  X..png
Tooley Street, 2022, Two Bridges Pub, formerly King of Belgium & The Bridge Lounge, Druid Street right.
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Tooley Street, interior Two Bridges Pub, 2019.
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St Olaves Church,Bermondsey.

Postby kiwi » Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:37 am

The site of the church was sold and redeveloped with an Art Deco office building which became the headquarters of the Hay’s Wharf Company. This still stands on Lower Tooley Street and is now called St Olaf’s House; it bears a plaque giving information on the demolished St Olave's Church and its patron saint.
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St Olave's Church, Tooley Street, Bermondsey.
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Tooley Street, St Olave's Church.
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:11 pm

Hanover Buildings Tooley Street

Now known as Devon Mansions /Buildings is opposite the old St Olave Grammer School Building
in Tooley Street
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:56 pm

Tooley Street - The Fire Station

Picture courtesy of London Fire Brigade

This fire Station ceased to be an active Station in 1928
The building is now being redevoloped
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:58 pm

Posted by bermbird


i have tried so hard to find a picture of how the station looked..........very impressed Fosney.......thanks

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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:59 pm

Postedby deegs


It's great to see Tooley Street so busy and vibrant now, but as that picture shows, it's a real shame they've allowed so much ugly and inappropriate re-development.

I suppose its a sign of whats to come - especially when you see whats being built at Chambers Wharf, Bermondsey Spa regeneration, the Shard and Three Towers.

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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Wed Mar 01, 2017 1:00 pm

Mark Browns Wharf --Tooley Street

Records show that Mark Browns Wharf (Formerly Curling Wharf) stood in Pickle Herring Street an extention of Shad Thames.

Today it has been replaced by the oddly shaped building known as London City Hall but I ask how long will this building stand for?
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:13 pm

Tooley Street

Again we return to the Tooley Street area, and like most of us I was unaware that Shot Manufactory existed in Tooley Street. The tower stood adjacent to London Bridge and St Olaves Church and was used to make lead shot (see Wikipedia Shot Tower for explanation ). The only other Shot Tower I am aware of is the one that stood at Waterloo Bridge on the site of the Festival Of Britain in 1950.
After the manufacture of shot ceased the tower was used by Watsons Telegraph for an early system of sending telgraphic signals. In 1843 the area was once again consumed by fire, the tower and Church were destroyed but the Church was rebuilt and survived to the twentieth century.
The Navy Board had leased Gun and Shot Wharf in Morgan's Lane off Tooley Street - it makes one wonder if the shot was transported to the wharf to be loaded aboard ships.
1 The Shot Tower from from Boruogh High Street
2 The Shot Tower from London Bridge
3 Watsons Telegraph Tower 1843 next to St Olaves Church
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