Old houses in Bermondsey Street 1881 HG2243/73 Criterion Restaurant and Theatre

Criterion Restaurant and Theatre

the government insisted all prisoners be forcibly fed

Victoria Railway Station with a train for the Kent coast departing from the platform

finally closed down in 1970

There is a hurdy gurdy player on the left

Old houses in Bermondsey Street 1881 HG2243/73 Criterion Restaurant and TheatreOld houses in Bermondsey Street, 1881. Timber framed houses like these dated back to the 16th and early 17th centuries and were still common in Southwark and the surrounding areas at the beginning of the 19th century. However, by the time this photograph was taken they had become something of a rarity. This photograph was commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London to form part of a permanent visual record of historic buildings