We have a very old looking corner here at the junction of Druid and Tanner Street. Notice the different colour brickwork and the wonderful Bermondsey Scrap sign and just look at the vertical drain pipe on Tanner Street with the conduit running over the street sign.I've also noticed how the street signs came after the scrap merchants sign for they are placed at different heights and look rather new. Take a closer look at Druid Street and you'll notice a blue circle with some writing upon and here at this corner of a railway bridge support is a little piece of local London World War II history.
The plaque was placed by the local borough council of Southwark and it tells a very simple story of the Druid Street bombing back on the 25th of October 1940 when a bomb hit the railway arch and killed 77 people who were sheltering from the air raid. That was over 68 years ago and who would have thought a site dedicated to corners would find out something like that.
May they rest in peace...
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