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New Foxtons part of ‘scandalous social cleansing’
REPLACING one of London’s landmark pubs with a Foxtons estate agency branch would be part of the capital’s “scandalous social cleansing,” campaigners claimed yesterday.
A pub standing for the tavern which gave Elephant & Castle its name 250 years ago is set to be transformed soon.
Southwark planners received a letter from the estate agents in April advising of their intention to open a branch in place of The Elephant & Castle.
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