MIKE HIGGINBOTTOM
Formerly part-time lecturer in architectural and social history for the Nottingham University Centre for Continuing Education, and also for the Universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Keele and Sheffield and for the WEA East Midlands and West Mercia Districts. Freelance lecturer to local societies in South and West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Formerly broadcaster for BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Radio Nottingham and BBC Radio Derby.
St Pancras Station is a celebration of Victorian architecture and engineering: two contrasting, exceptional Victorian structures, the trainshed by W H Barlow & R M Ordish (1863-5) and the magnificent Midland Grand Hotel by Sir George Gilbert Scott (1868-74). Threatened with demolition in the 1960s, Scott’s hotel was recognised as a major work of the Gothic Revival, and the magnificently restored station is now the centrepiece for a spectacular revival of a long-neglected corner of central London. This lecture shows how the hotel, the station and their surroundings have been transformed over the past thirty-five years.
The Arts Society Helmsley
A varied programme of fascinating illustrated lectures, given by entertaining and knowledgeable speakers.
£30 joining fee and £10 per lecture | 7.30pm (doors 7pm)
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