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Re: Tooley Street

Postby fosney » Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:53 pm

Tooley Street

Engraving of the demolition of St Olave's Church Tooley Street.

Only the turret was presverved and is now a Grade II listed building. It can be found in the south east corner of Tanner Street recreation ground

It was adapted for use as a water drinking fountain but is now disused.

By the look of today's picture it is not only disused but also abused with Graffiti.
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:47 am

A workman produces a batch of policeman's helmets at a workshop in Tooley Street, Southwark, 7th April 1930. I think this is possibly Hobsons (Hat) Factory.?
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Tooley Street, Hobsons 1930.

Tooley Street, Bermondsey in 1986. Building right is Hobsons & Sons formerly The Britannia Pub.    X.png
Tooley Street, Bermondsey in 1986. Building right is Hobsons & Sons formerly The Britannia Pub.
Tooley Street, site of The Britannia Pub also known as The Colonel Wardle.   X.png
Tooley Street 2020, site of The Britannia Pub, this pub was built in 1881 and was also known as The Colonel Wardle.
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby Fogbrain » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:42 pm

fosney wrote:Tooley Street --Post Office

Picture of one of the two Tooley Street Post Offices around 1960. I have been trying to place where in Tooley Street it was and according to the map number 61 was between Hays Lane and Battle Bridge Lane so todays picture is the area where I think it was.

Specifically, it was this bay:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5051008,-0.0842606,3a,30y,31.14h,84.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_lovCrYtz2wLK031VxLjTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en

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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Thu Jun 08, 2017 4:51 am

fosney Tooley Street --Post Office.
I think you are right with the Post Office between Hays Lane & Battle Bridge Lane. The other Post Office was between Vine Lane & Weaver’s Lane near the Antigallican Pub, you can see the letter box where it was. The cafe (Bell'Aria) in the picture, corner of Vine Lane, I would go into when I was driving. Picture 1973.
Antigallican Pub, 155 Tooley Street 2011.jpg
Antigallican Pub, 155 Tooley Street 2011
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Tooley Street
Tooley Street 1980.   X.png
1980, same location. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Thu Jun 08, 2017 5:09 am

Hobsons factory and offices in Tooley St, several hundred employees worked at making all garments and accessories required for the Guards uniforms. In the picture above to the left you can see Hobson & Sons.
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Hobson & Sons, Tooley Street

1934 A worker at Robson's factory in Tooley Street, London, fits a cane structure on the head of a live model, from which a busby of the Guardsman will be manufactured.
12.   Tooley Street, Hobson Button Manufacturer Britannia House.  X..png
Tooley Street 1934, I think this is Hobson’s not Robson’s,fitting of a busby.  X.jpg
I think this is Hobson’s not Robson’s? >>>>>>>>>>>>
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:40 am

Built in 1879, and located at 165 Tooley Street, this station remained operational until 1928 when the new Dockhead fire station was opened and the engines and crews transferred there. This building still stands in Tooley Street today. A Dennis pump and pump escape are pictured and a child can be seen at a first-floor window (the firemen lived at the station along with their families).
TOOLEY STREET FIRE STATION 1879..jpg
TOOLEY STREET FIRE STATION 1879. If they could see it now?
Tooley Street Fire Station is now home to Brigade, an all-day bar and bistro. 2017.jpg
Tooley Street Fire Station is now home to Brigade, an all-day bar and bistro. 2017.

Tooley Street fire station, Bermondsey c1890.  X.png
Tooley Street fire station, Bermondsey c1890.Seen here is the horse drawn steamer and crew on the station forecourt.
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:58 am

Kings Arms, 251 Tooley Street, Southwark St John Horsleydown SE1.jpg
Kings Arms, 251 Tooley Street, Southwark St John Horsleydown SE1.
Kings Arms, 251 Tooley Street, Southwark in 1960.jpg
Kings Arms, Southwark in 1960.
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Kings Arms, in 2014. Three Oak Lane right.

Tooley Street 2021, looking down Three Oak Lane. In c1921 there was an Oil Merchant shop on the corner right, now an Off Licence. X..png
Tooley Street 2021, looking down Three Oak Lane. In c1921 there was an Oil Merchant shop on the corner right, now an Off Licence.
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:51 am

Tooley Street, Bermondsey, Working Mens Hostel Club..jpg
Tooley Street, Bermondsey, Working Mens Hostel Club
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Tooley Street, I think the building on the right could be the Hostel.?
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Tooley Street Bermondsey, Working Mens Hostel 1986.

To the left of the gap picture right (Unicorn Passage) in c1921, was John Evitt, Lamp Manufactures, to the right 147 was Southwark Chambers.
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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Fri Mar 23, 2018 2:22 am

Tooley Street and a view towards Tower Bridge, London Bridge Train Station near Borough and Bermondsey with Hay's Wharf in the 1930's.jpg
Tooley Street and a view towards Tower Bridge, London Bridge Train Station near Borough and Bermondsey with Hay's Wharf on the left in the 1930's

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Re: Tooley Street

Postby kiwi » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:08 am

Billy Corn Beefs, Coffee stall Tower Bridge, Thanks to Stubbles (dannystubbles) re- the name.
Its where the Taxi’s stopped, they used to do great Sausage and Saveloy sandwiches. I remember it in the late 1950s & 60s
Tea stall,c1950. there was one like this at Tower Bridge.jpg
Tea stall, c 1950s. It was similar to this one.
Queen Elizabeth Street (left) the stall was just where the buses are. Tooley Street (right) 2017.jpg
Queen Elizabeth Street (left) the stall was just where the buses are. Tooley Street (right) 2017


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