This story could be titled Architect Benedict O’Looney Discovers Lost Victorian Waiting Room In Peckham.
But in their article the BBC has used Peckham Rye station’s ‘lost’ waiting room to re-open after 50 years.
This is said.
It was once considered to be one of the grandest station waiting rooms in South London, but for decades the space at Peckham Rye railway station was bricked up and forgotten about.
Now Network Rail and a group of enthusiasts are on the brink of opening its doors after 55 years.
The Grade II listed Victorian building was designed by architect Charles Henry Driver and opened in 1865.
Note.
I took these pictures on a summer evening.
It’s definitely a building with potential that needs imagination.
Look at the video in the BBC article and then will you believe that this post is not a joke.
June 15, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Architecture, Benedict O’Looney, Peckham Rye Station, Trains
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What this blog will eventually be about I do not know.
But it will be about how I’m coping with the loss of my wife and son to cancer in recent years and how I manage with being a coeliac and recovering from a stroke. It will be about travel, sport, engineering, food, art, computers, large projects and London, that are some of the passions that fill my life.
And hopefully, it will get rid of the lonely times, from which I still suffer.
Why Anonymous? That’s how you feel at times.
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