Civilians taking refuge in Elephant and Castle tube station during the bombardment of London – 12 Nov 1940. (Photo by Roger-Viollet/Shutterstock 437381bd).

Inside the covered shopping centre at Elephant and Castle, London. People walk past W. H. Smith & Son. (Mary Evans Picture Library).

Customers drinking at a public house near the Elephant and Castle, South London. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4694 – Life at the Elephant – pub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

A man climbs onto a Southwark milk cart near the Elephant and Castle in South London. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4694 – Life at the Elephant.

Women queue for jellied eels at a shop in South London’s Elephant and Castle. Original publication: Picture Post – 4694 – Life at The Elephant – pub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Southwark horse dealers and barrow mongers trade on the street at the Elephant and Castle, South London. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4694 – Life at The Elephant – pub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

Patients in a doctor’s waiting room at the Elephant and Castle, South London. Original publication: Picture post – 4694 – Life at the Elephant – pub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977) acknowledging his welcome during a walk with his wife Oona O’Neill (1925 – 1991) on the Old Kent Road, near his birthplace in Southwark, London, 11th May 1966. Chaplin is in the area for location filming on ‘A Countess From Hong Kong’.  (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

A young woman washes her hair in a basin at Elephant And Castle, south London, 8th January 1949. Original Publication : Picture Post – 4694 – Life in the Elephant – pub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Southwark women browsing over crime magazines outside a newsagent’s at the Elephant and Castle, South London. ‘The Girl’s Crystal’, ‘Predictions for 1949’, ‘True Romances’, ‘Unknown Worlds’ and ‘Fantasy Fiction’ are also on display. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4694 – Life at the Elephant – pub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)