Public Houses
At the junction between Tooley Street and Bermondsey Street is a historic pub called "The Shipwright's Arms", recalling one of the local industries. It has a large wall of tiles showing ships being built.
There are also three wine bars — The Mug House, which occupies a vault under London Bridge at 1 Tooley Street, Skinkers under the Railway Viaduct at the corner of Joiner Street and The Auberge within the London Bridge City development. During reconstruction work another pub, The Antigallican, has been closed down. Its name celebrates a man o' war wooden battleship named after the ancient enmity that existed between the English and the French.
Several streets that used to be on maps before 1999 have been swept away — Willson's Wharf, Unicorn Passage, Morgan's Lane and Pickle Herring Street. The Bethell Estate that was built in the early 1930s between Tooley Street and the river was demolished in its entirety for redevelopment.This area used to house some of the poorest people in London, and fell victim to cholera in the 1840s.
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