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Spring 2014 ISLINGTON News the Journal of the Islington Society Incorporating FOIL Folio ISSN 1465 - 9425 Spring 2014 ISLINGTON news The Journal of the Islington Society incorporating FOIL folio Islington bids Harley "au revoir" The Annual Dinner 2013, held at the sky. You have the same density in four-storey prestigious venue of Frederick's in Islington Georgian squares as you do in Le Corbusier tower High Street, was made more memorable still be blocks; (3) Harley came up with a very simple, neat, the farewell tributes to Harley Sherlock, founder practical idea: when you have two houses on top of member of the Society. Harley is moving back each other, you turn the top one upside down. The to his family home of Sanderstead later this bottom house has its living quarters on the ground Spring. floor and its bedrooms on the first floor. But the Lunch at the Canonbury Tavern top house has its bedrooms on its lower floor, and On Sunday, 20th October, about a dozen of Harley's its living space on the top floor. This means London-based friends came to have lunch or a drink bedrooms are on top of bedrooms, and no one with him at the Canonbury. It was a great occasion, going to bed has to listen to the noise of televisions topped by the staff presenting their best customer etc from the other house. This idea is still being with some of his favourite local beer: see carried out. photograph on page 4, taken by Sara Neill. Chris went on to talk about Harley's Dinner at Frederick's activities as a campaigner for Transport 2000, CPRE A week later, the Islington Society held its annual (The Campaign for the Preservation of Rural dinner at Frederick's and decided to use the England) and as a founder member of the Islington occasion to say farewell to Harley. David Gibson, Society. He finished by saying that "Harley has done who kindly organised it all and had already made a absolutely everything that anyone could possibly do. speech at Harley's farewell party in his house in That's why breaking up is so very hard to do." He September, asked how many farewell parties a man then presented Harley with a wonderful framed can have. "Not enough," was my reply. certificate (see photographs, taken by David Trillo), The result was a splendid evening. Harley setting out some of Harley's contributions to didn't know there would be anything about him, so Islington life. he was surprised and thrilled by it all. First, the Harley was pleased as Punch, and touched menu said there would be a "Presentation to Harley that such a fuss was made of him, so unexpectedly. Sherlock, MBE, AA Dipl, MA, FRSA." Then Chris Unfortunately, he chose that particular day to be Smith - Lord Smith of Finsbury - made a wonderful deaf (it doesn't happen very often), so he didn't hear speech about everything Harley has done for everything which was said. And he didn't feel able Islington over the last sixty years. Harley got to to reply; so I made a short speech on his behalf, know Chris Smith many years ago, when Harley was thanking everyone for being so kind to Harley, and a co-opted member of Islington Council's Planning telling them a little story. Committee, and Chris was a member of the Harley asked me to tell the assembled Housing Committee. Chris went on to become MP company that he is leaving Islington after sixty years, for Islington South and Finsbury, and he and Harley and his cooker is sixty years old, and his fridge is worked together on many campaigns. fifty-five years old, and they are both still working. Inter alia, Chris said Harley got three things Perhaps this is taking sustainable living to its logical right: extreme, but it could be seen in other ways. About (1) he knew that architecture is not just about twenty years ago, Harley's Canadian cousin (also houses: it's about community. Harley thought called Harley) came to visit my parents. The cooker about the whole picture - buses, people, local shops, was then a mere forty years old. Canadian Harley pubs (of course) - in a way which was really visionary; was torn between admiration and doubt. "But (2) Harley understood that you can create a dense Harley, if everyone lived as you do, the world urban environment without going way up into the economy would collapse!" SJS 2 Islington news Spring 2014 Islington Society News Catherine West to address Society European Parliament elections) and we plan to hear The next meeting for all members of the Islington from the leaders of the four parties to have returned Society will be a talk by Catherine West reflecting councillors in the last twenty years. The date for on her 3½ years of leading the Council through the this event is May 6th. most austere times we have known for 80 years. It Annual Pub Crawl will take place in the Town Hall Council Chamber This will take place on Friday June 20th and this on Tuesday February 25th, commencing at 7.30. year starts in Finsbury Square and travels not very Day-time visit to Biffa far north as we move closer to the goal of 100 Provisionally scheduled for March 20th, we will different pubs. The event has been held since 1992. confirm details at the February meeting and by e- Annual Dinner mail. Advance notice that this event will this year take Visit to Bennett Architects place in July. We plan to visit the Honourable We hope to make a visit to the newly renovated Artillery Company, Chiswell Street. More details offices of Rab Bennett's practice in St. John Street, next time. combined with the twice postponed visit to St. Membership Manager Found John's Gate in April. The Society is grateful to Peter Kilborn for Hustings. responding to our request for a membership Council elections take place on Thursday May 22nd manager made in the last newsletter. His contact (later in the month than normal to coincide with details will appear below. Islington Society: What we do · we support conservation planning work to development, the environment and transport preserve the borough's historic fabric and ▪ we are represented on the London Forum of individual buildings of distinction Civic & Amenity Societies, which takes up cross- · we campaign for a high standard of design in borough issues and is a member of Civic Voice new buildings we encourage best practice through awards for CURRENT OFFICERS ▪ President : Lord Smith of Finsbury good architecture in new or refurbished buildings Vice Presidents: Mary Cosh, Harley Sherlock ▪ we organise a varied programme of events Chairman: David Gibson, including talks, walks and site visits 35, Britannia Row, London, N.1 ▪ we campaign for better public transport and 020 7226 2207; e [email protected] priority for people travelling on foot or by bike Secretary: David Trillo 45, Ellington Street, London, N.7 ▪ we produce publications that celebrate 020 7607 9325; e [email protected] Islington's history and its social and cultural Treasurer: Robert Coyle, diversity Wells House, Upper Street, London, N.1 2UQ ▪ we publish neighbourhood walking trails to 020 7354 3663; e [email protected] foster exploration awareness and pride of place Membership manager: Peter Kilborn we build links between residents, officials and 18, Bewdley Street, London, N.1 ▪ 020 7609 8822; e [email protected] councillors Newsletter: Andrew Bosi, ▪ we publish a regular newsletter The Croft, Wall Street, London, N.1 0OO ▪ we send advisers to Council groups dealing with 020 7354 8514; e [email protected] Contents this issue Flexibility for Changes of Use 7 Au revoir Harley Sherlock 1 Islington scoops transport award 8 Society News 2 Mail rail to re-open 8 Architecture & Conservation Award 2013 3 Annual Dinner 2013 - report 8 Mail Rail to return as tourist attraction 4 Fire station closures 9 Local news: Ashmount School, King's Head 5 Campaigners against high rise 9 Culture Secretary speaks on culture 6 National news: heritage and Tourism Week 10 Future of English Heritage 6 Transport Round up 11 Formal notice from L.B. Islington 6 Society and other forthcoming events 12 3 Islington news Spring 2014 Ironmonger Row Baths win 2013 Design Award The 2012 Conservation & Design award was presented by the Society on October 10th, when Alec Forshaw reported on the deliberations of the panel. Here is his speech. As always, it is a pleasure to look at good things that we have another wonderful project to celebrate in have happened, and this year we had a particularly the restoration of Ironmonger Row Baths. impressive clutch of candidates, across the whole Fortunately the Baths, constructed in 1928, borough, almost from top to toe, from Farringdon were Grade II listed by English Heritage in to Finsbury Park. November 2006, which put an end to those who We visited them together, by minibus, on a wanted to pull it down, but there remained the fine day back in June. On our journey we saw two challenge of how to re-energise what was a schemes that we thought were very worthy of much-loved but rather tired community asset. commendation. That challenge has been magnificently met, The first of these was the former National by the Council as owners, by those who run and Children's Home at 85 Highbury Park where on a fund the recreation and leisure operations in the large and sloping site a well designed and borough, and by the team of architects and other thoughtfully detailed new residential complex has professionals who were hired to consult, design, been created.
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