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STOCKWELL MEMORIAL MURAL

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  STOCKWELL MEMORIAL MURAL       The Stockwell Memorial Mural covers a circular building which was the entrance to one of eight deep-level London air-raid shelters constructed during the Second World War.        The mural, in Stockwell Memorial Gardens, was  painted in stages between 1999 and 2001,  created as a community art project led by muralist Brian Barnes , working with Myra Harris .  Its design,  f eaturing images with links to the local area,  was primarily influenced by Stockwell school children.      The rotunda sits next to the Stockwell War Memorial clock tower. Unveiled in 1922, it lists the name of 574 local men who were killed in the First World War.      The shelter is below Stockwell Underground station, and comprises two parallel tunnels, each approximately six times the length of the current platforms. The total capacity of the shelter was around 4,000 people.   ...
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TUBE TREASURE TROVE (P-R)

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  TUBE TREASURE TROVE (P-R)      This is an A–Z of London’s most interesting Underground stations. In an age where we are often looking down at our phones, Tube Treasure Trove is an invitation to look up and discover the architecture, history and oddities hiding in plain sight - on what might otherwise be a mundane journey, perhaps one made many times before. Preface (short version) :       London's Metropolitan line was the world’s first Underground. Opening in 1863, i t was a 3.5-mile Victorian steam railway with seven stations running from Paddington to Farringdon.        More than 160 years later, the network has grown into a living museum of architecture, engineering and graphic design. Today the Underground carries around four million passengers on a typical weekday across 272 stations. The Visionaries Frank Pick – The d esign visionary of London's transport system from 1908 until his retirement in 1940, Pick shaped the iden...
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