Saturday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-12-05
MPSSouthwark Please take care at new Elephant and Castle layout. Mirrors, signal etc...
^540 pic.twitter.com/vvkX72DjlB
Winter Fair at @MorleyCollege tomorrow https://t.co/ljYyb4gayf
Christmas lights at Styles House in The Cut pic.twitter.com/RqlsanLwXy
Tomorrow - look out for dozens of people dressed as Father Christmas running across Tower Bridge @SantainCity: santainthecity.co.uk
RT @nuttyxander: 1960 - Fleeting glimpse of plans for Elephant and Castle alongside roundabout in 'Changing Face of London' https://t.co/3A…
Free parking in Southwark today pic.twitter.com/EIV14mc6za
One day to go pic.twitter.com/xBPlgTh1jo
Late 1950s model of the proposed Elephant & Castle roundabout: https://t.co/DGmbvvyoER
SimonthePieman6 Only in Elephant & Castle you'll find a donkey named Pedro pic.twitter.com/FAGun0dZUj
Local MP, 1958, complains that discussion re Elephant & Castle traffic has lasted 40 yrs https://t.co/jo9ePP6OeQ https://t.co/6f135JFgAT
1958: House of Commons debate on whether mastic asphalt or hot rolled asphalt should be used for E&C roundabouts: https://t.co/jo9ePP6OeQ
1964: MP complains of "twenty minutes' circular tour round the catacombs of the Elephant and Castle": https://t.co/vKBvsRhtNg
MP in Commons re. E&C traffic problems, 1939:
"May I ask respectfully what and where is the Elephant and Castle?"
https://t.co/Rq2Ir3Dkhm
Fantastic 1962 ITN report showing roadworks while Elephant & Castle roundabout was created: https://t.co/yexn2wvYGO https://t.co/BU8SJBomTG
1959 - transport minister visits Elephant ^ Castle to see new roundabouts https://t.co/ZGcjuWpzwd https://t.co/6AQwh0IqYE
Advert for Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, 1964 pic.twitter.com/gX5YHAv04i
1946: LCC discusses plans for a roundabout at Elephant & Castle pic.twitter.com/2BIXZRUyvC
1933: London County Council discusses what to do about gridlock at Elephant & Castle pic.twitter.com/p7ctevkUE6
In 1996 it was suggested that a 1000ft 'Brighton Pier' should be built across the Elephant & Castle roundabout pic.twitter.com/dwYeOYHWYo
Idea of a creating roundabout one-way traffic system at Elephant & Castle was first suggested in Parliament in 1928: https://t.co/GQ1Cfr9GBU
Christmas Fayre at @oasisfarmse1 this afternoon - Waterloo's new city farm: https://t.co/h7rJx1u8qE
Christmas Market at Southwark Cathedral continues today: https://t.co/FRkghVGEMy
Winter Lights Festival at Elephant & Castle with @DraperEstate https://t.co/HLQtrJ756j
Magical Christmas event (crafts + music) at @gabrielswharf on South Bank today: https://t.co/FCKMe4Z2c3
Christmas Market in crypt of @georgethemartyr in Borough High Street today: https://t.co/6tF35Kepbd
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