I've been researching the Southwark Tower building that stood over London Bridge Station and have decided that I will include it as a very iconic structure of the area. As it was completed in 1976 and demolished mid 2009 it will rather define the era for the layout - but I'm more than happy with that period.

The triple winged towers were 320ft high which scales out as a little over 2 feet tall in N gauge 1:148 scale. Along with the other high rise building at the front of the station that I'll need to include, they will be pretty dominant. However, as the layout won't be an exact scale model of LB station and will involve some compression and compromise I'll probably be scaling back the buildings. But they still remain a significant modelling challenge.

(That other high rise block - what's it called?)

What I'm short of are pictures of the entrance lobby and the lower ground floor area at Thomas Street level for Southwark Towers. It's too late to check it out now as the tower is demolished and resigned to history. If anyone has anything suitable I'd be grateful. Thomas Street will be the front boundary of the baseboards so the Guys Hospital tower is not included - phew - but that area will be on immediate front view.

PS - I hope people are happy to read about my layout planning musings. If so I'll try and continue a fairly regular blog diary update.

G.