The attendant at the back on the rigt is Sally Ellis. It's possible that the attedant on the left is Faye Fairclough (Smith).The picture is taken in front of The Elephant and Castle pub in Bridge Street. The building dates from the 17th century with alterations in the 19th century and in the 1960's. It seems to have been a public house for most of its life but it closed at some point in or after 2000 and is now a private house. It had a thatched roof until 1958 when a firework, let off some weeks before the 5th November, struck the roof and started a fire.

1950 Morris dancing in front of the Elephant and Castle on Bridge Street

These pictures were taken in the Elephant & Castle in 1981. Some of the people include Rocky, Steve Pearce, Dave Rose, Keith Chandler, Fred Cook, Roy Shergold, Jasper Walsh, Lionel Cook landlord, Martin Ellison, Harry Ellison, Jan Walsh, Kath Ellison playing the bones, Paul McGrath, Maurice & Carol New.

Taken about 1958 opposite the Elephant & Castle and by Castle View farm. Gladys was one of the daughters of Mary Elizabeth and Albert Townsend. Syd White and Bobby Wells in the centre front. Sisters Lynne and Teresa Rouse on the left edge.

Photographs of the men's football club from the Elephant and Castle that played against Dean Farm Eggs at Brize Norton
Team names: Steve Pearce, Lionel Cook, Ben Tanner, Tom Papworth, Adrian Dunsby, Tom Tanner, Ollie (Jasper)Walsh, Brian Kew, Michael Wheeler, Frank Godwin, Brian Radband (Brusher), Robert Radband
Jasper Walsh – “What a team , plenty of skills and hangovers on a Sunday morning. I think we played 4:4:2 or was is 5:3:2?? We had to have de-brief back at the elephant pub; great fun.”

Photos of the men v ladies football team organised by the Elephant and Castle on May 21st 1978 ;
Score was 6-6 and the ladies won on penalties 2-1
Teams were as follow:
Ladies: Freda Bradley. Joan Cook, C Nutt, Ruth Wheeler, Lyn Wheeler, April Mulluis, S Paporth, Eve Godwin, A Harris, Bridget Shergold, Mary Cook
Men: Lionel Cook, Frank Hudson, Harry Beaumont, F. Cook, Tommy Tanner, R, Shergold, Frank Godwin, Ken Mullis, Robert Radband, Tom Bradley

Dora Townsend as a child sitting on a pig, 1927 when she lived at the Elephant and Castle. Her parents were Albert and Mary Elizabeth Townsend and she had older sister Ethel and Gladys and a brother Albert who was always known as either Son or Sonner

B/w phot of dancer in front of Elephant and Castle
L-R Francis Shergold, Terry Rouse, hidden, Jim Buckingham, Tony Allam, Jasper Walsh, Reg Hall.

Dancing outside the Elephant and Castle in 1951, this picture is from Country Life.
Francis Shergold on the Extreme left Jingy Wells on fiddle