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• From Cholera to Covid: Historic exhibition finds permanent home at Waterloo Station

  07-08-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A permanent exhibition telling the history of London Waterloo has been installed in the station’s former international terminal.As part of Waterloo station’s 175th anniversary (11th July 2023), Network Rail worked with railway historian Mike Lamport to install a temporary historical exhibition of London Waterloo, titled From Cholera to Covid. This exhibition highlights images and stories mapping the social, cultural and transport history of London Waterloo.
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• National Lottery grant boosts plan to exhibit Oxyrhynchus Papyri in London

  07-08-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The London-based Egypt Exploration Society has been awarded a grant that could see a redevelopment of their headquarters and the internationally significant Oxyrhynchus Papyri displayed in London for the first time.
  What the EES premises could look like if their Building the Future campaign is successful (c) Egypt Exploration Society
  The Egypt Exploration Society is one of the UK’s oldest organisations dedicated to the study of ancient Egypt. It was founded in 1882, and since then, has fun
  
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• Clapham Junction’s shabby road tunnel set for artist design makover

  07-08-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The busy and shabby road tunnel running underneath Clapham Junction station could get a makeover after Wandsworth Council and the London Festival of Architecture launched a competition to improve its appearance.
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  The 100 metre long Falcon Road Bridge runs under the railways to the eastern side of Clapham Junction station and is the only route north-south under the railways in the area. Despite how busy it is, it’s quite a shabby route, with two narrow pedestrian paths, the wal
  
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