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Autumn 2017 Number 351 www.stmarylebonesociety.org Registered Charity 274082 ONE HUNDRED YEARSOF MARYLEBONE UNDERGROUND STATION

Figure 2:Former Entrance,1907.

Figure 1: From 1907, London Electric Railways map (public domain). Before Marylebone Underground appears on some of the tiling inside Station was built, there was an Marylebone tube station. When this alternative plan for a pedestrian tunnel station first opened 110 years ago, on from the new mainline station at 27th March 1907, it was as “Great Marylebone to the circle line, which Central Station” on the ‘Baker street and Figure 3:Former Entrance,1925. ©TfL from the London Transport Museum collection. runs under the Marylebone Road, a Waterloo Railway’, although the name “Lisson Grove”, had also been mooted. designed by the architects of The short distance to the south, with a new Underground Electric Railways tube station there, but the railway In 1907, “Great Central” was the second Company of London, then headed by companies could not reach an last stop on the Bakerloo line. Leslie Green, and had the characteristic agreement. If they had, there might The adjacent mainline station was oxblood terracotta tiles found on all not have been a Bakerloo line stop at originally known as “Great Central Green’s original Bakerloo line stations. Marylebone at all. Station, Marylebone”, and GCR used He died of TB in 1908 aged only 33, but Sharp-eyed passengers will have this naming convention – railway name many of his distinctive stations survive noticed that the name “Great:Central” first and then the station location - for all today. their stations. But it wasn’t long before Marylebone station was unique among the mainline station was just known as these: the building had a single storey THE ST MARYLEBONE “Marylebone”. A hundred years ago, on above ground which housed only the SOCIETY AGM 2017 15th April, 1917, the tube station was motor room and some staff Monday 27 November renamed “Marylebone Underground accommodation, and the ticket hall and station”. lift entrances were in the basement. St Marylebone Parish Church The original entrance to the tube station A similar view from 1925 (see Fig. 3), 17 Marylebone Road wasn’t inside the mainline station as it is shows the station with its “Marylebone” London NW1 5LT today, but to the west of it, on the corner signage, and the units at ground level site now occupied by the Travelodge now glazed. From 6.00 pm hotel. When the underground station opened in Meeting starts 6.30 Figure 2 shows the Underground station 1907 there was also a staircase leading 7.30 Talk by The Revd Canon entrance building in 1907, a modest, down into the new ticket hall from the single storey structure with unfinished mainline station concourse under its Stephen Evans: facades, and signage has not yet been glazed roof, so travellers could reach one “ added to the fascia, although the flanking railway from the other without getting St Marylebone wet. The tunnel is dotted in on a GCR Changing Lives” walls to the corner entrance have “Great Central Stn” on either side. It was plan of about 1911 ( see fig. 7).

Continued overleaf. Figure 4:. ©TfL from the London Transport Museum collection. The station was badly damaged during WWII, and the decision was made to construct a new, larger tunnel into the mainline station from the tube, which would be served by escalators instead of lifts. The old building was demolished in 1971 and the Travelodge hotel arose in its place. Figure 7. GCR map c.1911 showing subway to Many thanks to the curators of the London underground station. Transport Museum Collection, who Figure 5. provided the historic photographs. Other references will be found in Wikipedia, and we would like to acknowledge the blogger “Ianvisits”, (www.ianvisits.co.uk), who writes about “London's heritage, transport, architecture, and offbeat geeky events that are taking place”, and whose blog prompted us to search for this material. Also Mike Horne, see http://www.metadyne.co.uk/ Cynthia Poole

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS Able Homecare Alan Higgs Architects Altiplano Finance Limited Baker Street Quarter Partnership Figure 5 shows the current Blandford Estate Residents’ configuration of lines and passages: the Association old emergency spiral staircase (now Figure 6 shows the new entrance within CAMBARD RTM Ltd bricked in) adjacent to the railway lines the mainline station in 1955. Part of the Chiltern Court (Baker Street) and now going nowhere, would have led mainline station concourse was then Residents’ Limited directly into the lost building. The still open to the elements, as the station Clarence Gate Gardens Residents’ substantial length of the tunnel under continued to anticipate the extra Association Harewood Avenue and the station platforms that were never built. By Dorset Square Hotel concourse to the new escalators in the 1969 there was a slab-and-tower Dorset Square Trust middle of Marylebone Railway station is building called “Melbury House” on the Francis Holland School clear in the axonometric. unused land which provided extra Howard de Walden Estate Copyright London Underground: accommodation for the British Kubie Gold this diagram was released by TFL Transport Commission HQ, and in the London Clinic under FOI – see early 1980s, Paribas HQ replaced it on Mac Services http://www.shortlist.com/news/Intricat the same site, which is directly behind Marylebone Cricket Club e-3D-Maps-Of-Every-London- this entrance in the photo. Marylebone Forum Underground-Station Until 2004, a wooden escalator led to the Madame Tussauds (Merlin tube trains, one of the last on the Entertainment) Old Philologians London Underground system that had Portman Estate not been replaced after the King's Cross Royal Parks fire in 1987. There are now plans for an St Marylebone Parish Church additional escalator to replace the stair Terry Farrell & Partners between the two existing escalators, The Chiltern Firehouse given increased use of the mainline The Fruit Garden trains with the new Oxford service. The The Landmark Hotel underground station will be closed for an The Nightingale Hospital extended period during the works, but it The Sir John Balcombe PH seems that there is no funding available Wyndham Place Management Figure 6.The new entrance,1955. © yet. TfL from the London Transport Museum collection. 2 ST MARYLEBONE SOCIETY ANNUAL PLANNING WALK 5TH JUNE 2017 For the last few years, our annual walk has looked at issues such as the Baker Street Two Way project, various proposed cycleways, and the regeneration of the Church Street area, which has meant standing on busy, polluted roads trying to hear the discussion above the traffic noise. We decided that this year would be different and we asked ZSL’s development Director, James Wren, for a tour of the zoo’s latest projects.

Visualisation of Aviary project by Foster + Partners, showing overhead monkey bridge and new community centre to the rear at right. As we trooped through the zoo to the A new monkey house with aerial bridges new Gibbon enclosure, we were lucky leading into the aviary will be added on enough to see one of the Sumatran the East side, as well as a new tigers, in the adjacent “Tiger Territory”. community centre structure to the Planning officer Amanda Coulson North. (Planning ref 17/04931/LBC). reported later that everyone got excellent pictures of the tiger ... Foster+Partners are architects for the project, and some National Lottery Then we made our way towards the unique Snowdon Aviary, opened in 1965. It was designed by architect Cedric Price & engineer Frank Newby to provide as much unobstructed flying space for its occupants as possible, and was the first major “Tensegrity” structure in Britain, and the first important tension structure in the UK since the 1951 Skylon at the Festival of Britain. ZSL is currently raising money to restore it as a walk-through colobus monkey enclosure, to give visitors Planning walk Route 2017. Some of the current Regents a close-up experience of those Park projects are marked on the map. extraordinary primates.

L-R Cllr Robert Rigby, John Walker and James Wren, Development Director at Zoological Society of London. money has already been secured. We wish ZSL well as they work to raise the remainder of the funding. We also saw another project for a possible tour bus stop on Prince Albert Road. The Zoo is not very well served by public transport, and needs the revenue from visitors, so we hope to see something agreed by LT,WCC and ZSL. At this point, heavy rain started and the rest of our tour through Regent’s Park to the café was somewhat brief. We had intended to look at some of the many projects undertaken by Nick Biddle, Regent’s Park manager, and his team, but had to talk about them over dinner instead. We would like to thank Benugo, who run the Garden Café, for a very generous deal on our dinner, Nick Biddle, and all the members of ZSL who accompanied us on the zoo tour and answered our many questions. And thanks to Cllr Robert Rigby, Regent’s Park Ward, who also Planning and Enforcement officers with a Sumatran tiger. Photo by Roger Maran. attended. 3 AIR QUALITY SURVEY YIELDS RESULTS A 6-month survey of Nitrogen Dioxide Levels on rear facades were only slight over-ranking and idling on Harewood (NO2) has yielded a detailed picture of lower than on the fronts. So, for Avenue. Furthermore, the Council is how transport-related pollution affects example, by the 8th-9th floor of a block assessing the feasibility of piloting an the Dorset Square Conservation Area. facing Marylebone Road, NO2 was electric-only taxi rank at Marylebone Results have been shared with around 45-47µg/m3 at the front and 36- Station. This would need re-charging Westminster Council and Transport for 42µg/m3 at the rear. Two flats recorded points in the vicinity. Four locations London (TfL) requesting specific local 3 indoor NO2 of 45 and 38µg/m in front have been proposed by the North actions to reduce health risks as this rooms facing Marylebone Road. Marylebone Traffic Group (NMTG), residential area will not benefit from The impacts of idling taxis at which would also enable residents to imminent Mayoral initiatives like the Marylebone Station and Harewood switch to electric cars. Efforts continue Toxicity and Ultra Low Emission Zone to urge TfL to re-locate the terminal charges. The good news is that the Avenue, and Route 2 buses at their terminal stand on Hayes Place, are stand for Route 2 buses which pollute a Council has responded by school and hospital to the west of implementing measures within its clearly evident in Figure 1. In response Marylebone Station. powers. But a lot more still needs to be to an appeal by pupils of St Edward’s done. Catholic Primary School, Westminster The survey was conducted by the Council promptly installed double NMTG with funding from our Ward Figure 1 shows that none of the 40 Councillors. The complete set of survey sites complied with the EU yellow lines in front of the school to monthly NO results will be accessible Limit of 40µg/m3 for NO , not even in prevent vehicles from stopping and 2 2 on a new website being created by quiet side streets. The distribution of idling and set a 20mph speed limit on Kevin Lee, the NMTG’s excellent blue locations in residential streets Lisson Grove. The Council and TfL also shows why people sought, and were undertook to intensify Air Marshall communications lead. given, unequivocal assurances from the patrols to discourage taxi drivers from Sheila D’Souza Council that the Baker Street 2-way scheme will not increase traffic flows through and pollution in them. The yellow locations on Boston Place and Rossmore Road clearly show the impact of emissions from diesel trains being borne by the predominant south- westerly winds. The purple and red locations show the toxic levels of NO2 emitted on strategic roads by diesel buses, taxis and cars. Many mansion blocks are situated on the heavily trafficked strategic routes through the area. So a snapshot survey was done during May by occupants of 22 flats who fixed diffusion tubes outside their windows and in a front room. It showed that NO2 levels fall off slowly as you go higher from street level to the upper floors of buildings.

Launch of Westminster’s Anti-Idling Campaign at St Edward’s Catholic Primary School. Back Row R to L: Nigel Havers, Cllr Nickie Aiken (Leader of the Council), Ms Clare O’Connor (Head Teacher) and Cllr David Harvey (Cabinet Member for Environment, Sports & Community) with pupils. 4 AIR QUALITY BAKER STREET TWO WAY -UPDATE

CHAMPION The report can be found at: http://committees.westminster.gov.uk/i eDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=713 The works to implement the Two Way scheme started on 24th July 2017 and will be completed in stages. The switch from one-way to two-way operation is expected to take place early in 2019. The first junctions to be altered are: 1. Gloucester Place/Blandford Street (24th July – early August) 2. Gloucester Place/Bickenhall Street (24th July – mid-September) 3. Gloucester Place/Ivor Place (24th July – mid-October) Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr Ian Adams, presents the “Volunteer of the Year” award to Sheila D’Souza. 4. Melcombe Street/Great Central Street/Boston Place (31st July – Westminster’s “Volunteer of the Year” early October) Award was presented to SMS member, Sheila D’Souza, at a ceremony on 4th Further details are available on the July 2017. The award recognised her project website at: efforts to raise awareness of air The Baker Street Two Way Project has http://www.bakerstreettwoway.co.uk/in pollution and campaign for a faster clean been approved following publication of dex.html up. Sheila accepted it on behalf of the the City Council’s report on the If you wish to receive weekly e-mail dedicated team (Clive Annaly, Kevin responses received to the Traffic Order updates on the works, please go to: Lee, Alex Melman, Cynthia Poole and consultation carried out in November http://www.bakerstreettwoway.co.uk/in Johan van der Merwe) who trudged the 2016. dex.html#contact streets every month to set up NO2 tubes to measure pollution. She also acknowledged expert help from Kevin Marylebone Forum From London Business Lee who regularly disseminates information to residents by email and on hold pending new School’s Research Lab meticulously logged and charted City Plan Earn extra cash, a little time, a lot NO2survey data. of difference at London Business The Forum Committee has put its work School’s Research Lab. Contribute to on a Neighbourhood Plan (NP) on hold world-leading research at London until further notice but still aims to hold Business School (LBS). Our cutting- an AGM in January 2018. edge lab is the place where ideas are tested and concepts are proven. LBS This decision has been taken on the faculty conduct behavioural studies on recommendation of its planning various topics – from marketing to consultant (rCOH) for two reasons: strategy, finance to psychology. And 1. It was announced in June that they need you to do it. Westminster is to review its City Plan What’s in it for me? and the Mayor is currently revising Make a difference – contribute to LBS the London Plan. Since any NP research, which serves top journals and needs to conform with the strategic publications worldwide policies of both these plans, it seems Earn extra cash in your free time – if sensible to delay until the scope and you’re 18 years or over, earn £10 or content of these revisions are known. more 2. In spite of its best endeavours the Visit the lab in the heart of London – Forum has not managed to fully our easy-to-reach location is near Baker Street underground station engage businesses and residents. It is judged that professional assistance Choose how to spend your time – you The Survey of London’s two volumes on will be required to get fuller decide when to participate South-East Marylebone were launched community engagement. That, in Try something new – each study is event at Daunt Books in October. turn, would require additional funding different and offers you the chance to These volumes handsomely and test your skills. and ways to obtain that need to be authoritatively document the history of explored. How does it work? South-East Marylebone and are warmly visit: participate.london.edu to request welcomed by the SMS. The Survey You are encouraged to look at the an account. Once registered you can will publish separate volumes on Forum website to find out about any browse our studies and participate Oxford Street and then turn their new developments or to ask questions: online or at our research lab near Baker attention to South-West Marylebone. http://www.maryleboneforum.org Street Station. 5 MARYLEBONE MAGISTRATES’COURT PUBLIC ART

The Site’s Historical Context The River Thames Centrality The artwork creates a lineal transition, To the right, the Thames winds around While the timeline shows the historical a timeline, from right to left that the Isle of Dogs, while to the left it transformation of the site, the symbolically depicts the historical becomes lineal and schematic (as in the geographical journey is told in the same references of the site as follows: London Underground map), and finally way. Moving from the agricultural • Yorkshire Stingo Tavern plugs in to the controlling circuit board. green belt on the outskirts of the city • The first London Omnibus This thread is the main artery of and passing into a more cosmopolitan • The cast iron bridge London and ‘The system’. It represents environment, as represented by the • Wash Houses the geographical origins of the city, Underground, road networks, and • First County Court providing the principle mode of information lines all feeding into the • Swimming pools transport and trade for centuries. central circuit board on the left (in the • London Underground shape of TFL Zone 1). • Modern Court House

The Thinking Behind the Artwork. When the new design for Marylebone anti-social behaviour and rough Magistrates’ Court was submitted for sleeping”. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY planning in 2007, one of our concerns We would have preferred the architects 2017 was with the overhanging stone screen to have considered the possibility of Patron: Lord Montagu arrangement to the west of the main loiterers initially rather than have to Chair: entrance. In our comments, we said, mitigate the effects of a poor design Gaby Higgs “The proposed screen to the main decision later by incorporating super- Vice-Chairman: Mike Wood façade… and the colonnade which bright lighting into an art relief. supports it could result in social Hon. Secretary: Mo Parkes problems such as rough sleepers, and The artwork is by Bex Simon, an artist- Hon.Treasurer: Hugh Small use as a toilet. This consequence needs blacksmith, and the lighting designer is to be considered for any covered Liz Berry. Council Members: colonnade.” The relief depicts the history of the site Cynthia Poole The screen formed a roof over part of and includes references to the (Planning Committee Chairman) the pavement, and until recently, people Yorkshire Stingo, a famous pub that could be seen smoking under its occupied part of the site from at least Robert McAulay shelter. But a few weeks ago, this space the 1600s (Pepys visited in 1666 with a (Newsletter and Membership) was suddenly boxed in by substantial merry widow) and only closed in 1964. Mike Wood (Local History) hoardings with padlocked doors. The The pub was also the terminus for the Ministry of Justice has now erected a first omnibus in London started by Mr Ian Wylie (Planning) forged steel relief, which includes Shillibeer in 1829, and which offered Sara Gibson “A lighting scheme (…) to highlight transport to Bank for a shilling. Other key features of the design as well as themes include the river Thames and Patricia Kleinman illuminating the arcade to help prevent London Underground. 6 THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL,LISSON GROVE The Nightingale Hospital in Lisson Grove professional classes”. In 1978 it was bears the name of one of Marylebone’s taken over by BUPA and became the famous residents, and has a strong Nightingale BUPA Hospital but in 1986 historic connection with the great social became a psychiatric hospital under the campaigner. Florence Nightingale had ownership of Charter, an American been Lady Superintendent of the healthcare company. In 2010, together Institution for Invalid Gentlewomen, first with its sister hospital in Chelsea, it at 8 Chandos Street and then at 1 Upper was bought by the Swedish Capio group Harley Street (which was later and continued to provide specialist, renumbered as 90 Harley Street) before private psychiatric and mental health the government sent her to the Crimean services. In 2014 it again changed War in 1854. The hospital moved to the hands and now belongs to Groupe new site at 19 Lisson Grove in 1910, and Sinoué, which has a network of private opened a few months before Nightingale’s psychiatric hospitals in France. It has The hospital in Lisson Grove still death in that year. According to The Times 80 beds and extensive outpatient retains a few mementos from the of 15th August 1910 she had donated to facilities, treating such conditions as hospital of Nightingale’s day, including the project the value of the gold casket addiction, anxiety, depression and an important 1853 manuscript letter that she would otherwise have been eating disorders. containing her proposed hospital rules. awarded with the Freedom of the City of Last year Groupe Sinoué renamed their There is also an evocative notice of 1909 London in 1908 (100 guineas, worth hospital at the Chateau de Garches, announcing the hospital’s closure and around £12,000 today). After her death near Paris, as Nightingale Hospitals “to move to the new building. Unfortunately the new hospital in Lisson Grove was pay tribute to one of the great ladies in no photograph of the old hospital at 90 renamed in her honour as The Florence medicine”. This may lead to a greater Nightingale Hospital for Gentlewomen. Harley Street has been found to date, recognition of Nightingale in a country though it seems certain that one must The hospital was not incorporated into where she is not well known today, but have existed before its demolition in the NHS in 1948, and in the 1950s it was where she gained much of her 1909, in view of its famous connection. still reserved for “educated women of inspiration for both hospital design and limited means and those of the sanitary reform. Hugh Small

Cumberland Mansions is the title of a new fact-based Florence Nightingale Book novel which is set in the George Street flats during 1914 and 1915. It is written by Eileen Mahoney, who now available was inspired by the ongoing Radio 4 serial based on At our AGM last events exactly 100 years ago. She set up her own year, our Hon. group of friends to fill in some of the gaps. They were Treasurer, Hugh greatly boosted by the discovery that the Daily Small, made a Telegraph was reproducing its editions from exactly a presentation on century ago online. While browsing through this she F l o r e n c e discovered an obituary published on November 5, Nightingale's 1914. It announced that between October 22 and 24 connections with Lieutentant J O C Dennis of the 12 Battery RPA had Marylebone and been killed in action at the age of 26. He was the Westminster. He "beloved only son of Mrs Dennis, 31 Cumberland also described Mansions, W, and the late Colonel Dennis, 6th the wider focus of Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)." From this she imagined the whole story for the his research into book, which is published with 75 pages of clippings of actual stories from the Nightingale's Telegraph of the time. They include cuttings about an American dentist, Dr public health Goldberg, at what was then 27 and is now 70 New Cavendish Street. He claimed to campaign after she be "the first dental practitioner to offer his services free to all volunteers who were returned from the refused [military service] owing to the state of their teeth, and was the means of Crimean War in many being accepted after being attended by him" (December 7, 1914). Next he 1856. This area of her life has not had as much stressed "the importance of mastication" to avoid various forms of stomach troubles attention from historians as her hospital and nursing and defective teeth which had led to thousands of recruits being rejected by Lord reforms. Hugh’s research concluded that the Kitchener's Army (April 12, 1915). A month later he was offering a reward of £5 for dramatic increase in national life expectancy any information about people continuing to claim he was in any way connected with between 1870 and 1935 was largely due to the public or descended from Germans. Other Marylebone stories included gas masks and health legislation and reorganisation that she googles produced by the Surgical Manufacturing Company at 85 Mortimer Street, instigated with the help of her very powerful and an appeal on behalf of blinded soldiers from the National Institute for the Blind supporters in government. at 206 Great Portland Street. The book was launched at Marylebone Library, In March of this year the Little, Brown Book Group Beaumont Street, on April 21 where the author was delighted to meet someone who actually lived in Cumberland Mansions. This was Daphne Sarmas who lived two published Hugh's book in their Brief History series doors away at number 29 until a few years ago. Anyone else with information on the under the title Florence Nightingale and her Real building can contact Eileen Mahoney at [email protected] She also has a Legacy, a Revolution in Public Health. Cumberland Mansions facebook page which is public. The book costs £11.99 and can It is on the shelves of larger bookshops and be bought at Daunt Books in Marylebone, and from Waterstones in Piccadilly or available for order through Amazon at: online. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472140281 7 FORTHCOMING EVENTSIN MARYLEBONE LORDS CRICKET GROUND carers to share their concerns on the ST. JAMES CHURCH, www.lords.org impact of diagnosis. 22 George Street, W1U 3QY This is the home of our corporate A winter outing of the Marylebone sponsor the MARYLEBONE ST CYPRIAN’S CHURCH Music Festival CRICKET CLUB. You can take a tour St Cyprian’s, Clarence Gate, On the 5th December at 7.30pm, there of the cricket grounds and the Glentworth Street, NW1 6AX will be a very special performance museum. You can also visit Lords for www.stcyprians.weebly.com conducted by Sue Perkins of excerpts tea. In September the monthly services of from Handel's “Messiah”. Sue Perkins Choral Evensong and benediction will will be joined by the Orion Orchestra, THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC restart. It is held at 3pm (e.g. Saturday London's orchestra of rising stars, the 2nd September) followed by tea and www.ram.ac.uk North London Chorus under the cakes. The autumn programme of concerts direction of ENO's Murray Hipkin, as and master classes is in full swing. LOCAL THEATRES well as fantastic solo performances by Some of these are free. See their Rhian Lois, Clare Presland, Nick website for more details. The final THE COCKPIT THEATRE Pritchard and Duncan Rock. Booking concert of the year is on the 3rd Gateforth Street, through www.eventbrite.co.uk December 2017 and is a RAM/Kohn www.thecockpit.org.uk Foundation concert of Bach Cantatas A FRENGLISH THEATRE FESTIVAL DAUNT BOOKS has regular book focusing on works for Christmas and runs from 8th – 18th November, the signings and talks. Tickets, £10, entitle LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL has a Michaelmas. holders to a glass of wine and 20% off concert of Thelonius Monk on Sunday the speaker's books. Tickets may be BAKER STREET QUARTER 19th November; “Measure for Measure” is on 21st-22nd November purchased from the shop, in person, on www.bakerstreetq.co.uk and there are monthly readings of the the website, or with credit/debit card There will be a Food and Gift Market work of Samuel Beckett from Sunday by telephone. at 55 Baker Street on Wednesday 8th 29th October until Sunday 22nd April November and then 6/7th December. See the website for details and for MEMBERS’COFFEE The guided Walks for the rest of the other events and more details. year are: MORNINGS “Transport Through Times” on the THE NEW DIORAMA THEATRE Wednesday 15th November, 22nd November at 13:00 exploring 15-16 Triton Street, Regent’s Place how London’s transport came of age in NW1 3BF www.newdiorama.com Wednesday 13th December, the Baker Street area. From the horse An avant-garde programme of new Wednesday 10th January drawn carriage via the Omnibus to the plays, such as “Tom and Bunny Save the World” from the Edinburgh Fringe SMS council members Cynthia and taxi and the modern Routemaster. on the 19th November at 19.00; a Patricia will be having coffee at Rudolf Plus, find out where in the Quarter a production by DEAFINITELY Steiner House café, 35 Park Road, famous Beatle once took tea with a THEATRE COMPANY called London bus driver! “Contractions” by Mike Barlett 1st- London NW1 6XT, on the above dates “Streets of Sherlock Holmes” – on the 29th November and a number of one between 10.00 am and 12.00am. We 13th December at 13:00 getting to night performances including comedy would be delighted to see some of you shows know the origins of the Quarter’s most there. Pay your own way. famous character Sherlock Holmes. You can also join their choir (no ST MARYLEBONE PARISH (Depending on attendance, we hope that charge), which meets at St Marylebone CHURCH, 17 Marylebone Road, this will become a regular event). Church on Wednesday evenings at NW1 5LT www.stmarylebone.org 6pm. See the website for more great There is an Organ Recital, which is ART EXHIBITION IN AID things to do. held on the first Sunday of each month at 4pm e.g. 5th November and OF ST JOHN S HOSPICE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE: 3rd December. No1 Wimpole Street. W1G 0AE. Patricia Glasswell will' be having her 7th www.rsm.ac.uk/events HELLENIC CENTRE, exhibition at the Hospital of St John and 1 Wimpole Street, tel: 020 7290 3941. www.helleniccentre.org. St Elizabeth, 60 Grove End Road, The RSM have public lectures called tel: 020 7563 9835 St John's Wood NW8 9NH. They have an events programme - “Medicine and Me” see website. For From Monday 6th November to example “Living with Multiple some events are free. For example on Tuesday 14th November, open 24 hours Sclerosis.” Sunday 5th November – the 30th November at 7.15 there will be an illustrated lecture about Maria Registration: 12:30. Organised by: a day with the artist in residence from Callas to mark the 40th anniversary of 10am to 4pm daily. Medicine and Me, and the MS Society her death. Free entry but booking UK. The Medicine and Me series of essential. On the 9th December from All artwork is for sale with 40% of the meetings aim to update us all on 12.30 am there will be a Christmas proceeds being donated to St John's important medical conditions and gives Bazaar with Greek sweets, Hospice. a direct voice to patients and their embroideries and much more on sale.

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