Rooftop view of Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, from the junction with Addington Street and looking west over Westminster Bridge. This area was badly damaged by bombing in World War II. On the right, at the corner with Addington Street is a sign for DEMOLITION GRIFFITHS on the site of an old iron and brass foundry. In front stand two policemen in conversation. On the right are four-storey buildings at 218 - 240 Westminster Bridge Road with a poster for Peek Freans Biscuits on the side of number 228. This site is now a modern hotel. Beyond on the right is the South Block of County Hall, built by Higgs and Hill between 1936 and 1939, as an addition to the main County Hall which was opened in 1922 as the headquarters of the London County Council and later the Greater London Council. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 and the building is now used for a hotel, restaurants, exhibitions and tourist attractions. On the left, 191 and 199 Westminster Bridge Road are the only buildings still standing. On the side of number 191 is a poster advertising 'Pin Up' hair pins, and two cars and a van are parked on a vacant site. Beyond the junction of Lambeth Palace Road is a terrace of four-storey buildings at 4-12 Lambeth Palace Road, with The Rodney public house on the corner. This is now part of an extension to St Thomas's Hospital. In the distance is the tower of the Houses of Parliament which houses the bell Big Ben, now known as the Elizabeth Tower. There are roadworks in the middle of the road, relaying tram tracks. Many vehicles are on the road including trams, one advertising THOUSANDS ARE FINDING STRENGTH IN GUINNESS, two black cabs, a van with SOFTEX on the side (toilet tissue), and a lorry with the sign F. J. SKINNER LONDON Ltd WHOLESALE PROVISION MERCHANTS, and a man is wheeling his bicycle around the junction.