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• Cecil House: housing association sells former Waterloo women's hostel

  26-11-2023 14:11 via se1.news
  The Central & Cecil housing association was founded by journalist Ada Chesterton who established a network of 'Cecil Houses' for vulnerable women in memory of her husband Cecil who died in the First World War.The first Cecil House opened in Holborn in 1927. The Waterloo Road property was the fifth in the network and opened in 1934 with capacity for 49 women and two babies.The Lord Mayor of London performed the opening ceremony on 14 March 1934 A report in the London Mercury on the opening of
  
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• Case for Bakerloo line extension 'really positive' - council leader

  26-11-2023 13:06 via se1.news
  
  Council leader Kieron Williams was responding to a question from Old Kent Road ward councillor Richard Livingstone at Wednesday's Southwark council assembly meeting."I think it is absolutely a question of 'when', not 'if'," said Cllr Williams."I'm delighted to say that work is currently under way to put together the detailed updated business case for the Bakerloo line that will be coming out next month and it's looking really positive, having seen an early copy of it."And I'm also delighted to s
  
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