SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:41 am

Southwark Bridge Road 1863 Pocock Brothers. Disaster struck in 1959 when the offices and warehouses in Southwark Bridge Road were devastated by fire. The new building at 235 Southwark Bridge Road survives and forms the London campus of the University of West Scotland.
Southwark Bridge Road 1863 Pococks Brothers. Burnt down in a fire in 1959.   X.png
Pocock Brothers 1863.
Southwark Bridge Road 2018. Pococks Brothers new building survives and forms the London campus of the University of West Scotland.  X.png
2018.
Southwark Bridge Road.  X.png

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:32 am

Southwark Bridge Road 1937.   X (2).png
1937
Southwark Bridge Road c1950.  X.png
c1950. >>>>>>>

Southwark Bridge Road, Universal House, demolition c1964.  X.png
Universal House, demolition c1964
Southwark Bridge Road, Riverside House,site of Universal House 2019.  X.png
Riverside House,site of Universal House 2019.

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:08 am

Beck & Pollitzer, Head Office, Universal House, Southwark Bridge Road, as above. Their Head Office eventually moved to Dartford.
Southwark Bridge Road, Beck & Pollitzer, steam truck.  X.png
STEAM TRUCK.
Southwark Bridge Road, Beck & Pollitzer trucks.  X.png

Southwark Bridge Road, Beck & Pollitzer truck unloads in London 1933.  X.png
Beck & Pollitzer truck unloading in London 1933.
Southwark Bridge Road, Beck & Pollitzer.   X.png

Southwark Bridge Road, Universal House, Beck & Pollitzer.   X.png
Southwark Bridge Road.   X.png
Southwark Bridge Road, Beck & Pollitzer.  2  X..jpg
Beck & Pollitzer, this one was a surprise.
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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Mon May 04, 2020 12:20 am

Southwark Bridge Road c1924. The entrance to the rear yard of Hanover House, Borough Road, right.  X.png
Southwark Bridge Road c1924. The entrance to the rear yard of Hanover House, Borough Road, to the right.

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:48 am

2 Southwark Bridge Road, once the Head Office of the Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company c1889.  X..png
Southwark Bridge Road c1889. Southwark and Vauxhall water company.  NOT ON..png
Southwark Bridge Road c1889. Southwark and Vauxhall water company. Later The United Friendly Insurance Building.
3 Southwark Bridge Road.  3  X..jpg
Southwark Bridge Road.   X..jpg
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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:26 am

If they move that ladder it would make his eyes water. ;)
Southwark Bridge Road 1922.  A fireman jumping from a window into a safety blanket.  X.png
Southwark Bridge Road 1922. A fireman jumping from a window into a safety blanket.

Southwark Bridge Road SE1, Southwark fire station, the original engine house opened in 1878. X..png
Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark fire station, the original engine house opened in 1878
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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:20 am

Southwark Bridge Road, Anchor Terrace, c1950. Grey Marten Chimney far end.  1  X.png
Southwark Bridge Road, Anchor Terrace, c1950. Grey Marten Chimney far end.

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Mon Nov 08, 2021 3:13 am

Southwark Bridge Road, c1974. The City Lead works and the other side of the chimney.  X..png
Southwark Bridge Road, c1974. The City Lead works and the other side of the chimney.

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:42 pm

This pub closed in 1940, due to being badly damaged by enemy action. This part of Lancaster Street is now called Gaunt Street.
Southwark Bridge Road (left) Lancaster Street (right), c1939, The Sportsman Pub. X..png
Southwark Bridge Road (left) Lancaster Street (right), c1939, The Sportsman Pub.

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Re: SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.

Postby kiwi » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:08 am

Southwark Bridge Road SE1, Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarter.  X..png
Southwark Bridge Road, Metropolitan
Fire Brigade Headquarters.
The Fox and Hounds Pub on right.
Southwark Bridge Road SE1, c1933.  Morris’s design for the Brigade’s first hose laying lorry.  X..png
Southwark Bridge Road SE1, c1933. Morris’s design for
the Brigade’s first hose laying lorry.


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