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'Cranes at Bankside,' (1946) was one of 19 paintings John Minton made based on the quays and wharves around Southwark and Bankside which earnt him the title of 'urban romantic.' The critic Michael Middleton said Minton created: 'richness without the loss of poetic intensity.'
Real Life in Victorian London
The stultifying poverty in which most Londoners wallowed is perfectly encapsulated by John Wykeham Archer's study of Alleyne's Almshouses in Soap Yard, Southwark (1839)
This reconstruction drawing depicts one of two Romano-Celtic found at Tabard Square, Southwark, a site which transformed perceptions of the ritual landscape of #RomanLondon. #WorldBookDay #ThrowbackThursday
8 Feb 1555: Laurence Sanders #Protestant having been arraigned by Bishop Stephen Gardiner at Southwark cathedral a week earlier, and convicted of heresy is burnt at #Coventry #otd (BM) @DrStevenMFoster
29 Jan 1555: Laurence Sanders #Protestant arraigned #otd by Bishop Stephen Gardiner at #Southwark, convicted of heresy & burnt at #Coventry on 8 Feb 1555 (BM)
A Bridge to Modern Times
A lovely view of the Thames looking south across new #London Bridge towards the Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie (Southwark Catherdral), at the advent of steamship technology, by Gideon Yates (1837)
Seasonal greetings #cards became a popular idea by the end of the 19th century. Here’s one from Messrs. Clifford & Co., a confectioners based in #Southwark from our Evanion #collection
Shelfmark: Evan.9061
https://t.co/ZwbMBKc42m
@SPark_Galleries left: "The Sign" right: "The Loop" Southwark Park Galleries Annual Open - still open :) #exhibition #digitalart #mixedmedia #photo
S is for Southwark Bridge. These images show John Rennie's bridge, opened 1819. the cast iron bridge had three flat arches supporting a 42 ft wide roadway. Its centre arch was the longest of its kind at that time. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1921 #BridgeAZ
Good Day!
The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London with Stone Mason and Surveyor in the Foreground.
(Artware Fine art)
Delancey is an offshore-based tax avoiding series of investment funds. Southwark Council is Labour run. It's remarkable that today even we would put Delancey above the Council for actually doing some tiny things to help some traders at Shopping Centre. Southwark - another new low
Happy #InternationalFriendshipDay! 👯♀️🥰
A friend should be there on dark days and sunny ones like today. 🌞
Why are you grateful for your friends?
#Southwark #Wellbeing
‘... a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone...’
What could say ‘London’ better than the river and its bridges?
#LondonHistoryDay #OurMutualFriend
A glimpse of #London on the cusp of modernity: Southwark Iron Bridge from the south bank, with boats moored in the foreground to the left and St Paul's on the opposite bank beyond the bridge; with a new-fangled steamship seen passing beneath the bridge. April 3rd 1822
It’s just as important as ever that we all keep staying as active as possible – for both our mental and physical health.
There are plenty of home workouts you can do from your living room 👉👉👉 https://t.co/UoA42niLmI
#ActiveSouthwark #COVID19 #Homeworkout #StayInWorkOut
John Rennie's Southwark Bridge opened #onthisday 1819. Originally called Queen Street bridge, the centre span was said to be the longest cast iron span ever built, at 240ft (73m). It was replaced in 1921 as it was too narrow to cope with the growing traffic.
Worst #UK regions for #CoronaVirus #COVID19 :
Cases per 100,000 people:
Shetland: 35
Kensington & Chelsea: 23
Westminster: 15
Camden: 10
Southwark: 9
Hammersmith & Fulham: 9
Lambeth: 8
Barnet: 7
Brent: 6
Ealing: 6
#London now has 9 of the 10 worst affected regions.