No99 Jan 1987 Capital Gains-Our January Talk Advance Notice Beauty in History One Hundred Up

No99 of the CAMDEN HISTORY SOCIETY Jan 1987 Capital Gains-our January Beauty in History Thursday, Feb 5th, 8pm. Talk Burgh House, New End Square, NW3 Wednesday, January 21st, 7pm Holborn Central Library, Theobalds Rd WCl our talk in February has the unusual theme of beauty in history, more particularly the As members will be aware there has been a social and political implications of significant increase in archaeological personal appearance in western society from activity in London in the last decade. The 1500 to present day. This intriguing talk, Museum of London has recently mounted an to be given by Professor Arthur Marwick, exhibition to give perspective to the finds will be, of course, illustrated with and conclusions. We are therefore pleased slides. Professor Marwick is Head of the that Dr Hugh Chapman, of the Museum of Department of History at the Open London, has agreed to give us a talk on the_ University and is a frequent broadcaster. same theme, either to whet our appetites to He emphasises that his theme is to do with see the Exhibition or else to enlarge on physical beauty and not to do with fashion. what we have already seen. One Hundred Up Advance Notice Don't forget that the next Newsletter is Please put these dates in your new diaries: the one hundredth edition. We want to make it a larger edition that usual so if you Mar 25, 7.30pm. St Pancras Church House. have a short contribution do send it in to Jim Eliot on 'The City in Maps through the the editot, John Richardson, 32 Ellington ages' Street, N7 before February 15th. Apr 13, 7.30pm, Swiss Cottage Library. PINNING DOWN THE PAST Dr Donald Hawes on 'Dickens in Camden'. The Hendon and District Archaeological Society has recently published a booklet THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION detailing the finds made at its dig in Church Row, Hendon. Not only were there The winner of our photographic competition traces of Roman occupation but also unique was Dr Anton R. Obrist, who lives in evidence of Saxon use, including a spiral Switzerland, and who submitted a headed pin of that period - only 20 are photograph, taken in the late 1920s, of a known in the country. A number of workshop in Fitzrovia. This is reproduced, interesting coins were found, including a with a description, in the current CHS forged groat, a German jetton, and a 17th Review. Unfortunately the judges felt century token from Bushey. The author of unjustified in awarding any additional the booklet is Ted sarnrnes and it is not the prizes. usual dry archaeological report - it is a series of informative vignettes on a number of the more interesting finds. It is obtainable price £1.80 post free from the Society at 5 Sentinel House, Sentinel Square, NW4 2EN. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON CELEBRATES The Origins of Lyndhurst Hall 150YEARS Mrs Margaret Longman writes: The University of London celebr-ated its 150 I have discovered what I believe to be an years (in 1986) with the publication of a error in the booklet contained in the book entitled 'The University of London Kentish Town Packet (published by CHS) 1836-1986' written by Negley Harte. Its regarding Lyndhurst Hall in Warden Road, 303 pages are packed with no less than 366 Kentish Town. It is stated in the booklet illustrations. Its text inevitably touches that the Hall was previously a mission hall on many of the important educational belonging to Lyndhurst Chapel in Thurlow developments of the period and also, of Road, Hampstead. course, relates the activities of the Victorian university and the story of the I do not think that can be so. It was the 1900 reconstruction which began the organic mission hall of the Lyndhurst Road United link between the various colleges that Reformed Church (formerly Congregational) ~ventually formed the federal university. in Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead. It is available at £11.95 casebound, and I was a member of that church and when it £4.95 paperback from the University of closed a booklet was published which London, 52 Gordon Square, WCl. Callers may contained some of the history. obtain a copy during working hours or else by post, adding £1. 75 or £1. 55 respectively. This states that Lyndhurst Road Church started in a little chapel in Willoughby THE HENRY GRANT PHOTOGRAPHIC Road in 1876. In 1883 enough ooney had COLLECTION been raised to begin building the church in The photographer Henry Grant lived in Chalk Lyndhurst Road. At about this time members Farm from the end of the war until 1958 and of the chapel began working in Kentish Town then moved to Golders Green. In the early and soon decided that a Mission Hall _was 1950s he was a member of a small group necessary. Kentish Town required £1000 and called Focus on Life which sought to 200 workers and 'was the making of portray working class life, and all these Lyndhurst Road' wrote the Rev R.F. Horton, years he has taken photographs of London who served the church from 1884 for aloost and its life. His collection of 75,000 50 years. His widow wrote the history of photographs taken between 1950 an~ 1980 has the Church. happily been acquired by the Museum of London and is available to picture I also noticed that St Silas Street is not researchera at the Historic Photograph mentioned. BefoLe st Silas church was Collection at the Museum. built it was known as Preston Street. My great-great-grandoother lived there according to the 1881 census. THE TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD MASCOTS Musing on Tottenham court Road Anthony (John Richardson writes: As editor of the Cooper wonders what has happened to the Kentish Town publication I apologise for shop mascots which used to decorate two this error. We had the right chtlrch but furniture shops. One was the stuffed bear put it in the wrong road!) in the window of Wolfe and Hollander and the other was Phineas the Scotsman which ISLINGTON HAPPENINGS stood in Catesby's doorway. Does any our friends the Islington Archaeology and member know? History society continue their series of talk·s in 1987. On 21st January, which unfortunately clashes with our own meeting, THE SOCIETY Anthony Quiney is talking on the Origins of This Newsletter is published by the Camden the Terraced House; on 18th Feb Richard History Society, c/o swiss Cottage Library, samways is dealing with the Greater London Avenue Road, NW3. It is edited by ~ohn Record Office, and on 18 March Camden's Richardson, 32 Ellington Street, N7, to Malcolm Holmes is talking on Hatton whom all contributions should be sent. Garden. Lectures take place at the Camden Head, Camden Passage, Nl beginning at 8pm. The Secretary of the Society is Mrs Jane A charge of 50p is made for non-members. Ramsay, the Treasurer Christopher Membership is £3 per annum. Further Sanham, and the Editor of the Review is Dr details from Julia Toffolo, Publicity John Gage, all of whom may be written to at Officer, on 253 6644 the swiss Cottage Library. Anniversaries some Camden anniversaries in 1987 are as A coach carrying the young Queen Victoria follows: travelling down Highgate West Hill went out of control. The day was saved by the 50 years innkeeper of the Fox and Crown (now Just over the border, the Gaumont State demolished) who pulled up the horses. The Cinena, one of the largest in the country, innkeeper was presented with a Royal in Kilburn High Road opened. The. architect warrant coat of arms which is now displayed was George Coles in the premises of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution. Mudie's Library, the largest circulating library in the country with its St Pancras Literary and Scientific headquarters in New Oxford Street, closed Institution was founded in Colosseum House, its doors finally. It was founded in 1842 Euston Road. and in its heyday, that of the 3-decker novel, was able to make or break a title. The new Hall of the Royal College of surgeons 1n Lincolns Inn Fields, designed 100 Years by Sir Charles Barry, was completed. Hampstead Vestry opened public baths and washhouses in Palmerston Road and Finchley The Primrose Hill tunnel of the London to Road. The site of the latter is now Birmingham line was completed in June and occupied by Sainsbury's. Euston Station opened in July. St Cuthbert's church in Fordwych Road, Joseph.Grimaldi, famous clown, who was born designed by w.c. Street, was consecrated. in Stanhope Street, Clare Market (site of the London School of Economics), died. The College of Preceptors built their new headquarters at 2 Bloomsbury Square. This Canon Ainger, Hampstead cleric and friend College aimed to set professional standards of literary lions, was born. He lived at 2 for teachers in private schools by awarding Upper Terrace, Hampstead and is buried in certificates of competence. The Hampstead churchyard. organisation is now at Theydon Bois, Essex. 150 years 200 years Charles Dickens moved into 49 Doughty The Welsh Charity School, which was for Street. The rent was £80 per annum and the some years based in the Grays Inn Road, was writer lived here with his wife and baby, established in Clerkenwell Green in the His wife's sister Mary, for whom Dickens building which is now the Karl Marx had a great passion, was a frequent Memorial library. The Society that founded resident and died here the school began in 1715 after a service in Welsh held at St Paul's, Covent Garden. Christ Church, Albany Street, was Its principal aim was.

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