Leonard Bentley
Westminster Bridge
This is a very early Magic Lantern slide showing Westminster Bridge looking east towards the north bank, the bridge was opened in 1862 and its parapet on the downstream side reached to the roadway in front of Ginger’s Hotel which can be seen on the corner of Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment next to the white building which was the Westminster Tavern. Both buildings were demolished in early 1872 to make way for St. Stephen’s Club. The Club was removed when Portcullis House was built in the late 1990s. Part of the parapet was demolished to make way for the roadway on Victoria Embankment in 1868. I think that the date of the slide is probably 1869-1870ish, there is a glimpse of a knifeboard bus on the bridge, and I would like to know what is intriguing the two ladies at the stall.
Westminster Bridge
This is a very early Magic Lantern slide showing Westminster Bridge looking east towards the north bank, the bridge was opened in 1862 and its parapet on the downstream side reached to the roadway in front of Ginger’s Hotel which can be seen on the corner of Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment next to the white building which was the Westminster Tavern. Both buildings were demolished in early 1872 to make way for St. Stephen’s Club. The Club was removed when Portcullis House was built in the late 1990s. Part of the parapet was demolished to make way for the roadway on Victoria Embankment in 1868. I think that the date of the slide is probably 1869-1870ish, there is a glimpse of a knifeboard bus on the bridge, and I would like to know what is intriguing the two ladies at the stall.