Monday 28 January 2019
News & features published on 28 January 2019
John Harvard Library to be closed one day a week
The John Harvard Library in Borough High Street will have its opening hours reduced as Southwark Council cuts its libraries budget by 250,000 a year.
Pennyworth: Batman prequel filming in Roupell Street
Roupell Street and Whittlesey Street were turned into 1960s Bethnal Green this week whilst scenes for a new TV drama about Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth were filmed.
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Tweets on 28 January 2019
Monday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2019-01-28
@mcmillaniain @LondonWaterloo Baylis Road / Lower Marsh looking towards Spur Road
John Harvard Library will no longer be open 7 days a week under plans to trim Southwark's libraries budget london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9809
@bringbackLB Till 1994 the Waterloo & City line was part of British Rail - hence Network SouthEast livery.
1993 - the old Waterloo & City line trains are lifted out of ‘the Drain’ pic.twitter.com/JjzxXfzy2b
@MikePugh1986 The Red Arrow buses used to pull in under there. It was always filled with fumes.
Emerson Street #bankside in the early 1990s. The northern section was renamed New Globe Walk when @The_Globe was bu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Elephant & Castle, early 1990s pic.twitter.com/XNqm9QhzRF
The Cut in the early 1990s - before Southwark Station was built. Orbit House (India Office Library) occupies site w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Early 1990s - the footbridge linking Waterloo mainline and Waterloo East stations is assembled in Waterloo Road pic.twitter.com/X005ytpYoa
A couple of early 1990s photos of @The_Globe under construction #Bankside pic.twitter.com/683IyhxHTR
Minicabs now leaving Blackfriars Road
United_PHD Protest stops for religious observances. pic.twitter.com/EbgKN8bEDh
Sounds like next Monday’s @United_PHD anti congestion charge demo will be at London Bridge rather than Blackfriars Road
Some protesters now sitting down at Blackfriars Road Southwark Street junction pic.twitter.com/cf7p5PnTw4
Current scene at Blackfriars Road Southwark Street junction as @United_PHD protest spills over beyond police lines. pic.twitter.com/H3SDckFKka
Minicab drivers blocking Blackfriars Road / Southwark Street / Stamford Street junction despite police efforts to s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Now chants of “Met Police shame on you” - man with microphone accuses Met of racism. pic.twitter.com/oNQZ6HwShr
Police refusing to allow @United_PHD minicab drivers to move their demo onto Blackfriars Bridge. Union blames Met f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Minicab drivers march on the TfL taxi and private hire offices in Chancel Street pic.twitter.com/iWZvBrVnfT
For the third Monday in a row, @United_PHD minicab drivers have brought Blackfriars Road to a halt in protest again… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
TfLTrafficNews Blackfriars Road - Closures are going in at The Cut, St Georges Circus and Southwark Street. Use alternative routes.
twitter.com/TfLTrafficNews…
"The Severed Arms" - @thekingsarmsse1 in Roupell Street transformed for #Pennyworth Batman prequel filming.
More:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Just published - Borough High Street's John Harvard Library to be closed one day a week, @rebeccalury reveals at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
00__00 Hi @EveningStandard @metpoliceuk @TheSun Watch this video, it's corker. I have received a £130 fine for an illegal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
SE1 to E2: Roupell Street and Whittlesey Street become 1960s Bethnal Green for filming of Batman prequel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Traffic in Blackfriars Road is likely to be halted from 4pm to 6pm tonight as @United_PHD’s regular protest against… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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