LONDON ROAD

[kiwi]

London Road, Elephant & Castle, c1944. Travel information kiosk.

As below wrong information,Cheers Fogbrain.

[Fogbrain]

London Road, Elephant & Castle, c1944. Travel information kiosk.

This is Piccadilly Circus, corner of Shaftsbury Avenue. There is a kiosk but the structure beyond it with the London Transport roundel is temporary wartime cladding protecting the staircase down to the underground station ticket office; the lanterns are still there on columns at the sides of the stairs. The year is accurate - the photo was taken on Tuesday 28th November.

[kiwi]

Matilda Powles (1864-1952) widely known by her stage name Vesta Tilley, was one of the most famous male impersonators of her era. A star in Britain and the United States, she performed to audiences to great acclaim for over thirty years performing and singing comedic songs in drag as a man. The songs would often elaborate on embarrassing or pompous aspects of masculinity or the profession of love for or desire by ladies in numbers such as 'I'm The Idol of the Girls' or 'When the Right Girl Comes Along'. Her sexuality was never questioned, and she was married to a British politician and yet today we would consider that her performance of gender role was perhaps more complex than appreciated at the time.

1882.

[GSLondon]

Thought I’d share this

picture of the Burton building at the Elephant, with London Road and the Bakerloo line station in the background.