Cathedral of St George, Bradshaw’s Hand Book, (No.91)
Bradshaw says ‘…the Roman Catholic Cathedral … singular evidence of the mutations to which localities are subject and striking proof of our advance in liberality of opinion, occupies a large plot of ground at the corner of the Lambeth Road and … Continued
Philanthropic Society & Blind School, Bradshaw’s Hand Book, (No.90)
Bradshaw says ‘..Returning by the London Road we may notice at the end some workshops, that til recently formed part of the establishment of the Philanthropic Society, instituted in 1788 for the reformation of youthful offenders by religious and industrial training…’.
The British & Foreign School & Southwark Literary Institute, Bradshaw (No.89)
Bradshaw says ‘..In the Borough Road is the British and Foreign School, and the Southwark Literary Institute..’, and this time I am flummoxed!
Life starting again
London yesterday was bitterly cold but even so there are signs that winter will pass.
Blackfriars Bridge
Blackfriars Railway Bridge was designed in 1862-4 by Joseph Cubitt and F T Turner to carry the London , Chatham and Dover Railway across the Thames to the Metropolitan Railway at Farringdon. The bridge was dismantled in 1984, leaving the red … Continued
