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The elephant shown alongside the title is the model elephant from the Elephant and Castle. Although trams ran across all of London, the film focuses on south London. In 1971, Unity Hall published Emily, A Biography of the Moroccan Princess from the Elephant and Castle , which tells the story of Emily Keene.
Plans in the early 2000s to redevelop the Elephant and Castle included turning the roundabout into a peninsula and moving the Michael Faraday Memorial 400 metres south-east to the Walworth Road, where it would stand next to the Cuming Museum and possibly become part of a proposed science museum. These plans were shelved as the regeneration of ...
The Forty Thieves operated from the Elephant and Castle area of London. They were allied with the Elephant and Castle Mob led by the McDonald brothers. They raided quality stores in the West End of London and ranged all over the country. The gang was also known to masquerade as housemaids for wealthy families before ransacking their homes ...
In 2001, Anne Spiselman of Crain's Chicago Business said, "If you ever wondered why British food traditionally has had a bad reputation, eating at Elephant & Castle will provide some insight." [21] In 2011, Ben Small of Newcity said, "E&C did a great job of recreating the world renowned pub fare. The batter was delectably crispy and the chips ...
The Elephant & Castle regeneration is a £1.5 billion scheme to redevelop the area around the Elephant & Castle road junction. The regeneration plan led to the demolition of the Heygate Estate, with the land planned to provide 2,704 new homes, of which 82 will be social rented. [ 11 ]
That story is recounted from his diaries in ‘Elephant Boys – Tales of London and Los Angeles Underworlds’, written by his nephew Brian McDonald. In Wag’s absence, leadership of the Elephant Gang went to Walter (Wal) McDonald, who defeated the Sabini gang, led by Harry Sabini, at the ‘battle of Ham Yard’ near Piccadilly in 1927.
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The elephant-and-castle imagery depicts an elephant with a stylised Howdah on its back. That imagery is part of the 'branding' of the Royal African Company, a mercantile company founded in 1660 to exploit trade along the west coast of Africa ('The Gold Coast'), especially in gold and slaves, but also in ivory. Guinea coins dating from the reign ...