Monday 8 June 2015
News & features published on 8 June 2015
Holy Trinity Dockhead: listed building status upgraded
The Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity at Dockhead has been upgraded from grade II listed building status to grade II*.
Jonathan Dimbleby leads 50km walk to raise funds for cancer charity
More than 100 walkers took to the streets of London on Friday night to honour the memory of broadcaster Richard Dimbleby and the work of the Dimbleby Cancer Care charity.
Old Kent Road's Thomas a Becket pub to be sold at auction
The famous Thomas a Becket pub in Old Kent Road is to be sold at auction later this month with a guide price of £1.9 million.
Former council flat at Bankside goes on sale for £1.1 million
A flat in a riverside council block with views of St Paul's Cathedral has gone on sale with an asking price of £1.1 million.
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@sam_parham @AdeleCathedrals @BermondseyVoice Solum part-owned by Network Rail, so some pressure could be put on them as quasi-public body
1897 plan for Elephant & Castle pub rebuilding: http://t.co/SmY88S0eK0
Erno Goldfinger's design for the Elephant & Castle Pub, 1962 http://t.co/yKtXEKDjS1
Monday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-06-08
BermondseyVoice Do you want to save the Tin Factory in @se1 on Tanner Street? Please come to @grange_pub this Thursday at 8:30pm! pic.twitter.com/o35YMUZh0v
"A man may go round and round until he has exhausted his petrol ration before he can discover the way he wants to go" - MP 1948 re Elephant
1937 - Elephant and Castle "known all over the world and particularly in London as a centre of traffic congestion": http://t.co/ymacz19Ilf
"I was held up for six minutes in an omnibus at Bricklayers Arms and for another 11 minutes at Elephant & Castle" - Dr Alfred Salter, 1933
1929 - Herbert Morrison answers parliamentary question about Bakerloo line extension: http://t.co/muEvVGpbbt
1926 - Colonel Day suggests that a 'system of gyratory traffic control' be introduced at Elephant & Castle: http://t.co/RFGWfPFLcF
1925 - questions in the House of Commons about road safety and congestion at Elephant & Castle: http://t.co/VkA5j1M5IX
Thomas a Becket pub could be yours for £1.9 million:london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8309q
1929 - Herbert Morrison answers parliamentary question about traffic congestion at Elephant & Castle: http://t.co/DLQZhIWq9d
"May I ask respectfully what and where is the Elephant and Castle?" - House of Commons debate 1939 http://t.co/9fd7HZGrCS
Letter to the Times in 1959 lamenting the demolition of the old Elephant & Castle pub pic.twitter.com/ivu2kkIqDM
'The Times' leader column welcomes the opening of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre pic.twitter.com/QvMUf0mCbF
How the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre celebrated its second birthday at Easter 1967
(from 'The Times' archive) pic.twitter.com/U3ylXP7FM9
Southwark's first million pound former council flat: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8308
MPSSouthwark Have you seen Lidiya Datsyuk, 33? She went missing from Southwark between 7-8am on Saturday. Call 101 if seen. pic.twitter.com/Rrzy8GfI5O
brigadese1 Tower bridge is up!! Cruise ship floating by our windows. Not something you are every day. @ScoopMoreLondon @se1 pic.twitter.com/Rcb7UKaMNR
RT @AndrewPotterNZ: LIVE on #Periscope: cruise ship goes under Tower Bridge in London https://t.co/23dAq2X3zz
Just published - Holy Trinity Dockhead: listed building status upgraded goo.gl/fb/UrmvgL
clifflauson Crowds walking past a solid red line of buses as drivers tell passengers it is faster to get out and walk. #elephant&castle @TfLBusAlerts
Tower Bridge due to lift at 6.15 for departure of Silver Cloud cruise ship
TfLBusAlerts Please allow extra time if yr bus serves Elephant & Castle in rush hour as they can get seriously delayed due to Cycle Superhighway works.
Just published - Sponsored 50km walk led by Jonathan Dimbleby raises £70k for@DimblebyCancerCcgoo.gl/fb/Nr9Xw3E
Southwark councillors @ChaucerVijay @sunnylambe @riwingfield @rhules @GavinEdwards77 backing @SadiqKhan for Mayor: http://t.co/9tSa0l8wwM
'Why London needs the Garden Bridge' - by @RupertMyers http://t.co/FaqlAoVQ3c
Google Street View car going round Elephant & Castle roundabout pic.twitter.com/JNdvs0aOR1
Elephant subway ramp almost completely filled in pic.twitter.com/NW7ZPxElDh
RT @peterjohn6: The reality of Right to Buy in Southwark as former council flat up for sale for £1.1 million http://t.co/vEfsbt5kpy
@thevicsoc yes certainly
ChickyBoilUps Drawing in @se1 pic.twitter.com/o68i6x8Lce
BTPWaterloo Hub officers are aware that there are dinosaurs currently at Waterloo. Do not be alarmed *Pats head of raptor* "Clever girl!" *Gets eaten*
NofBermondsey A little about the wonderful Barry Albin who will be missed fb.me/2fHgKRnT9
Signage now up for the new Carluccio's next to Tate Modern http://t.co/qIBDBF3hMZ http://t.co/be0srAYe3M
RT @jasonhawkesphot: 2200ft over #London. 51°30'59" N 0°6'53†W @visitlondon, @London_PR, @LondonPortAuth http://t.co/HuVeA19ETU
RT @RegenerationEX: London #gardenbridge Boris mortgages £90m of London’s future funding on the day George Osborne cut Transport for London…
£1.1 million ex-council flat - have dug out some cuttings from 1970s SE1 newspaper re Falcon Point developmentlondon-se1.co.uk/news/view/8308z
Just published - Old Kent Road's Thomas a Becket pub to be sold at auction goo.gl/fb/UXKBp2
Just published - £1.1 million: Is this Southwark's most expensive ex-council flat?goo.gl/fb/aZRZttb
@teabolton The @WalworthSociety are coordinating an ACV application.
XBallooning This is a wonderful picture... The official @LMAppeal for the @citylordmayor over the #shard #BalloonRegatta #London pic.twitter.com/PhRgkkeNBD
Tonight - @PubPolyphony at the Horse & Stables: http://t.co/Mj4jLdFXBz
@jyatak Newington / Walworth
@jyatak @helendennis80 @deansouthwark earliest surviving written record of E&C name locally is in reference to the pub in 1765.
@jyatak @helendennis80 @deansouthwark Clearly it's not the original pub, Janet. But for name of area, read Stephen Humphrey's book.
[Job vacancy] Hospitality Assistant, Citrus Cuisine: http://t.co/LWFsMrd1iZ
South Bermondsey Community Choir - rehearsing every Tues in June for performance at next month's Bermondsey Carnival http://t.co/2y6Aug0vfd
MattLewisAuthor 8 June 1492 Death of Elizabeth Woodville, queen to Edward IV, mother to Edward V, at Bermondsey Abbey aged 55. pic.twitter.com/ndKh1ihRuK
RT @queentohistory: 8th June 1492: On this day in history Elizabeth Woodville died at Bermondsey Abbey. https://t.co/Ez6v1haTWe
@wideeyeswander yes - click on the comments tab
therichwalters More scenes for the new James Bond film being shot in London this morning. #JamesBond #London #WestminsterBridge pic.twitter.com/FdQniBMxcK
RT @lilredlizzie: #Filming the new #JamesBond movie #Spectre outside our hotel in #London on #WestminsterBridge 👠So cool!! http://t.co/6sr…
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