Waterloo Bridge builders union meeting August 1939 Theodore Lane Charlotte Street in the North

Charlotte Street in the North East

General view of the park with the north east corner of the Serpentine in the Summer

Coloured aquatint from Ackermann's Colosseum series

which operated seven days a week close to Angel Tube station

on the eve of St Batholomew's Day

Waterloo Bridge builders union meeting August 1939 Theodore Lane Charlotte Street in the NorthWaterloo Bridge builders union meeting, August 1939. Disputes over the development of Waterloo Bridge had lasted ten years from the old bridge's closure in 1927. Work began to demolish the old bridge in 1937 and a foundation stone taken from it was laid for the new bridge in 1939. The government paid 60% of the cost of building the replacement, which was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Work on the new Waterloo Bridge started just before the outbreak