Two Residents of Waterloo in London look at old pictures of the area around Lower Marsh and The Cut.
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John and Matt check out some old photos of the Waterloo area including the station, The Marsh and Waterloo Road. At the end, The Surrey Chapel is mentioned. It stood where the modern TFL building now stands, opposite Southwark Underground Station. Find out more about this extraordinary building, built by Rowland Hill in 1783 and eventually demolished in 1942 after wartime damage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Chapel,_Southwark
Order of Photos (More Detail to follow...MS 04/09/18)
1. Truman Brewery and The Shot Tower from Hungerford Bridge (Date Unknown)
2. Old Vic looking south down Waterloo Road
3. Waterloo Road looking north
4. Lower Marsh looking towards the Young Vic
5. Lower Marsh including Waterloo Library and Tip Top cleaners
5. Lower Marsh looking east.
6. St Thomas's on Westminster Bridge bomb damage
7. Intersection of Southwark Bridge Road, Blackfriars Road and Stamford Street
8. Emma Cons Gardens looking across Waterloo Road towards the former M16 block
9. St John's Waterloo looking towards Waterloo Road
10. Queue on The Cut.
11. The Cut - southside where Nero is currently
12. Waterloo Road looking at the Station Facade
13. Walkway under Railway heading towards Royal Festival Hall
14. Inside Waterloo Station
15. Inside Waterloo Station
16. Inside Waterloo Station
17. Inside Waterloo Station
18. Victory Arch at Waterloo Station
19. Corner of The Cut and Cornwall Road
20. The Shot Tower and The Royal Festival Hall
21. Outside Lambeth Palace, looking west with Lambeth Bridge on the right.
22. Southend of Hatfields looking north
23. Roupell Street looking towards Hatfields
24. Mid Hatfields looking south towards the Cut
25. The Cut looking West where the Windmill is located.
26. Southside of Waterloo Bridge pre-Imax
27. Looking towards Lower Marsh and Cubana from the corner of Waterloo Road
28. Looking down Greet Street on the Cut
29. Rebuilding The Young Vic
30. Rebuilding The Young Vic
31. The Lying In Hospital on York Road before the building of "The Wedding Cake" roundabout
32. From the footbridge over York Road from Waterloo looking towards parliament
33. The Fire Station on Waterloo Road
34. Westminster Bridge Road looking North with the corner of Lower Marsh.
35. Building on Lower Marsh next to Leek Street
36. The Ring
37. Illustration of inside The Surrey Chapel
38. The Lincoln Tower
39. Rev Roland Hill by Samuel Mountjoy Smith
40. Rev Roland Hill
41. Illustration of The Surrey Chapel
42. The Palaestra TFL Building
For more on the Surrey Chapel visit: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol6/pp368-383 and http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2009/06/blackfriars-road-the-ring-and-the-death-of-al-bowlly/