Thursday 24 September 2020
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@Peckhampulse @coyleneil @thegingerpig 100-ish (out of c. 1000). But the council homes will be the very last bit of… https://t.co/kTAxjnt6u1
@langrabbie @LambethTogether These slides were screenshared by Dr Hutt during the Teams meeting - not sure if they'… https://t.co/xI0sbJfiLR
@langrabbie Dr Ruth Hutt, Lambeth's director of public health, said very similar things at the @lambethtogether boa… https://t.co/S1SMMNtbC8
As that slide indicates, testing in Southwark is down by ONE THIRD on last week - so the true number of cases is li… https://t.co/xPvyB5Tm2x
🔴 Today's figures show the biggest daily increases in our boroughs for a long time.
This afternoon Southwark's pub… https://t.co/3lVDza7J8R
Thursday #coronavirus COVID-19 stats for our boroughs:
Southwark
18 more people tested positive
Total cases: 1,894… https://t.co/49Zgq3CcZJ
RT @se1: Elephant & Castle campaigners @UpTheElephant_ do a loop round the shopping centre to mark its closure https://t.co/6rKRaGx7SU
New floor markings outside E&C tube to help people interchange once the waking route through the shopping centre sh… https://t.co/q5r4svE9SJ
Till midnight you can still walk through the upper level of the shopping centre to reach E&C mainline station pic.twitter.com/FNx0SsWCVh
A last glimpse inside pic.twitter.com/WgfZX6iMtJ
The shutters have come down on the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre for the last time, after 55 years as an oft ma… https://t.co/7ZJE3uVTgJ
RT @MPSBoroughBank: Yesterday we were flagged down by a MOP, a lady had tripped & fallen. We raced down the road to help the PCSOs & public…
Sunset from Blackfriars Bridge pic.twitter.com/R53vcUH6xV
RT @JolyonMaugham: Just walked past the Elephant and Castle shopping centre which has just closed for the last time and is now being secure…
Last few hours of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre - practically all shops now shut for good. pic.twitter.com/uyrKU1tjun
The remains of the New Kent Road fruit and veg kiosk demolished today in preparation for shopping centre redevelopm… https://t.co/7EFoeuxyDR
RT @liquid_highway1: An aerial view looking upriver towards London Bridge in 1920 - Interesting to see just how the barge roads are blockin…
The @UpTheElephant_ banner is unfurled in front of the shopping centre. https://t.co/aDvtjgnzwO
Security guards with dogs block the goods entrance to Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre as protest march goes past. pic.twitter.com/aWx4YlUbKQ
The @UpTheElephant_ march pushes at Castle Square - new home for some of the affected traders but only added to the… https://t.co/akDsRH7axc
Elephant & Castle campaigners @UpTheElephant_ do a loop round the shopping centre to mark its closure https://t.co/6rKRaGx7SU
Trader Emad Megahed thanks everyone for supporting Elephant & Castle businesses pic.twitter.com/xrCYMC7Y8K
Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre already being fenced off. Hoardings follow soon. Demolition starts next month. pic.twitter.com/nDTnwJKnbV
Campaigners including @UpTheElephant_ @LatinElephant holding rally outside Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre https://t.co/DdPhsZ62IX
RT @mistakenotmy: A very last walk through Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, only hours before closing after more than 50 years. A sad day…
2011 - the last time the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre was repainted pic.twitter.com/PtXNGybyGa
@DavisVilums There was a 98p shop upstairs for a while
2008: fashion show at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre pic.twitter.com/bXI5tdygWa
RT @coyleneil: One of our last visits to the #SE1 Elephant & Castle shopping centre which is soon to be demolished - I hope Esme remembers…
2014: a throng of pensioners returning to the bingo hall after it was evacuated due to a small fire at the Elephant… https://t.co/tFTGCUAt8i
2008: the queue for the grand opening of the 99p store at the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre pic.twitter.com/fz1BnwGjKy
A reminder of Christmas, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre style pic.twitter.com/hfAmJvU26b
Also 2005: cake and bubbly to celebrate 40 years of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre pic.twitter.com/YiU8gZwyYI
2005: crowds jostle to win a car as part of Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre's 40th birthday celebrations pic.twitter.com/68hfDBPYC7
How the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre looked in 2005 pic.twitter.com/6b1pPxV943
And how the centre marked its second birthday pic.twitter.com/490G31IXX4
Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre two years on - The Times in 1967 pic.twitter.com/K18S4TBTUJ
Editorial in The Times when Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre opened in 1965 pic.twitter.com/hUE25m8EPT
RT @StartLicensing: Sad to see this #Waterloo #bookshop closing.
As well as #transport it had very well stocked #militaryhistory & #localhi…
Rise in calls to 111 from Southwark re COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/gPZxQiiAN6
Dr Jin Lim, Southwark acting director of public health, presents slide showing geographic spread of recent COVID-19… https://t.co/mj5pvBmwms
Demographic breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Southwark from Dr Jin Lim's presentation pic.twitter.com/k0CbNEifvn
Dr Jin Lim stresses current COVID-19 stats are not comparable with previous figures due to drop in testing capacity… https://t.co/YfMv7Bj1Gx
Current state of contact tracing in Southwark. Red arrows show Southwark.
"There is room for improvement" - Dr Ji… https://t.co/WW10vU6IrL
Test outcome data are no longer a reliable indication of outbreak development
"We are under-detecting" COVID-19 in… https://t.co/ioKXJVL8oi
Above slide also shows Guy's and St Thomas' seeing rise in COVID-19 activity
In last week Southwark has had three COVID-19 outbreaks in schools and one in a care home, says Dr Jin Lim, Southwa… https://t.co/mR2wN9eDpx
Dr Jin Lim, Southwark acting director of public health, says COVID-19 positivity rates in Southwark are going up pic.twitter.com/NbGNXWf3JD
Cllr @kieronjwilliams says London may need further restrictions soon to counter rise in COVID-19 cases
Speaking at Health & Wellbeing Board, Southwark Council leader @kieronjwilliams: "The truth is that the failures ar… https://t.co/xvxqmg6S76
RT @ExpNewsUK: Johana Ãlvarez, comerciante latinoamericana afectada por los planes de remodelación en #ElephantandCastle, nos habla de su a…
RT @coyleneil: It’s the end of an era for this once iconic building and community hub. I’ll miss shopping there but look forward to the new…
RT @lepontdelatour: In line with government guidelines we have updated out opening times, so that our last dinner seating will be at 8.45pm…
@zefrog Many of the shopkeepers are busy stacking shelves. Official launch Saturday.
The boundary of @giles_fraser’s parish - St Mary Newington - cuts through the middle of the shopping centre, reflec… https://t.co/DPTmeZHTNf
Bishop of London responds to closure of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre https://t.co/jPrld4mDc0
RT @giles_fraser: Goodbye Elephant & Castie shopping centre. Closing today. Never a thing of great beauty. But a hub of community nonethele…
Workers from demolition contractors Keltbray already at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre pic.twitter.com/wUnSP02aCK
Fruit and veg stall under the rail bridge on New Kent Road being demolished. pic.twitter.com/qANH6F59gh
A few more snaps inside the shopping centre on its final day pic.twitter.com/LSgDYA2WLY
In later phases a ‘pit lane’ will be created across the piazza for demolition / construction vehicles
Elephant Square is being dug up for preparatory work for shopping centre demolition. pic.twitter.com/EO1rM1zBuZ
Tonight the shopping centre will be fenced off. pic.twitter.com/JuNaFmIWSB
Last chance to visit the photography exhibition on the upper floor of the shopping centre. pic.twitter.com/YnBxoS90VA
From tomorrow the only access to Elephant & Castle mainline station will be from Elephant Road
Info:… https://t.co/xQBFC2bg0E
Many of the small shops are busy packing up
Greggs at Elephant & Castle has shut. Clarks and Superdrug still open (it’s their final day toopic.twitter.com/v24JSbiiFmFm
Iceland at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre closing down at 4pm today. pic.twitter.com/QfeDXOU0jV
RT @FloEshalomi: Vauxhall businesses in the hospitality and tourism sectors continue to face huge challenges as a result of measures to sto…
RT @BBCTomEdwards: NEW: Tfl passengers until 10am Thurs 24/9/20: Tube DOWN 2.3 per cent on last week to 771k this morning, 32 per cent of n…
RT @bridgetminamore: as a kid I was obsessed with the pink elephant at Elephant & Castle shopping centre—here’s when my parents took me on…
RT @dianacochrane: Very sad day at the #elephant - dismantling the convergence of cultures and livelihoods that gave this area a unique fl…
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