LURS Meetings

NEXT MEETING

 

Tuesday  2nd September

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“Building London’s Tubes”. 
Historian and author Antony Badsey-Ellis has been continuing to research the construction of the deep-level tube railways in London.  

Tonight, he presents an interesting selection of images and explains how the Tube lines were built.

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FUTURE MEETINGS

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Tuesday 4 th November.

“A Whistle-stop Architectural History of London Underground stations”
with Edmund Bird – TfL’s Heritage Manager.

This will encompass the growth of the network over the last 162 years, an
assessment of the great diversity of architectural styles of station design in this
period, the key players in the development of the system, the different forms of
heritage protection and historic asset identification that protect this outstanding
legacy and how we respond to the enormous challenge in adapting our architectural
treasures to the demands of the modern railway and passenger expectations.
Edmund has worked for TfL for nearly 20 years and has been a conservation officer
for nearly 40 years working for the Greater London Authority and managing the
heritage teams at Lambeth and Camden, with his early years working in the planning
and heritage teams in the cities of Bristol and Lichfield.

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