The story of Waterloo #1: The Ladies’ Bridge

 

Waterloo Bridge, connecting our local neighbourhood to the other side of the Thames, was inaugurated in 1817. In the 1930s, the London County Council drew plans for a new bridge with construction kicking off in 1938. A significant number of the work force on this project were women, earning the bridge its nickname – The Ladies’ Bridge.

 

 

 

The story of the women who built Waterloo Bridge has long been left out of our history books. Historian Chris Hall and film-maker Karen Livesey produced the documentary below telling the fuller story.