Event    From 1985  To 1991

Liverpool Street Station restoration

Categories: Transport

First opened in 1874. Extensively modified between 1985 and 1992. Opened by the Queen in 1991.

2023: Spitalfields Life have many photos of the old station and at Spitalfields Life 2.

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Liverpool Street Station restoration

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Liverpool Street Station restoration

Unusually high quality plaque, for the date.

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Camden Roundhouse

Camden Roundhouse

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Building, Music / songs, Theatre, Transport

1 memorial
James (Jim) Selby

James (Jim) Selby

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1 memorial
Barry Mason

Barry Mason

Cycling activist. He was known for supporting community and environmental projects in Southwark. For a time he managed school building projects for Southwark Council, before becoming manager of Sur...

Person, Community / Clubs, Transport, Spain

1 memorial
London And Blackwall Railway

London And Blackwall Railway

Opened as the 'Commercial Railway' it connected Central London with the docks.

Place, Transport

1 memorial
National Railway Heritage Awards

National Railway Heritage Awards

From their website: "We are the only Awards body dedicated to encouraging and rewarding best practice in the restoration and continued upkeep of our rich heritage of railway and tramway buildings a...

Group, Craft / Design, History, Transport

1 memorial

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Brook and Cranleigh House Residents Association

Brook and Cranleigh House Residents Association

Also known as "Brook and Cranleigh House Tenants and Residents Association".  Active c. 2013.

Group, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Ray Mears

Ray Mears

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Person, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Roman pavement - St Matthews

Roman pavement - St Matthews

This section of Roman pavement was found at St Matthews, Friday Street, possibly in 1886 when that church was demolished, but we can discover no more about it.

Place, Romans

1 memorial
Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie

Rev. William Thorburn Elmslie

The Reverend William Thorburn Elmslie, M.A. was born on 24 June 1894 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the son of Leslie Cruickshank Elmslie (1852-1922) and Catherine Elmslie, née Thorburn (1860-1941). His ...

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War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial