The Transformation of St. Pancras

Nigel Lowey SpeakerNet Sponsor


Region:
Anywhere
Notice Period:
Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:
Hobby
Fee:
Paid: £100 + travel at cost
Category:
Uncategorised
Updated:
4th October 2024

My original amateur interest in St. Pancras over several years led to closer involvement, and eventually being asked to comment on the planning application for the restoration of the Victorian Gothic buildings. 

I've done this talk over 400 times, with most arranged through recommendation between WIs, U3As, and a wide range of other local societies.

St. Pancras was a 14-year-old Christian boy who was martyred in Rome in AD304 by the Emperor Diocletian.  In Britain he is better known as a railway station.

This talk is for anyone with an interest in history, world-class architecture, elegant engineering, or a great story; it covers the amazing changes of mid-Victorian Britain and describes how the fantastic cathedral-like station came to be built, and how the long-neglected buildings underwent a breathtaking transformation.  It's not about trains.

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About Nigel Lowey

An IT Consultant in real life, with knowledge of history and architecture & design.

My original amateur interest in the madly-Gothic St. Pancras over several years led to closer involvement, and eventually being asked to comment on the planning application for the restoration of the Victorian Gothic buildings.

I was asked to do a talk about my interest for a local library. Then a local history society. And a W.I. And because speaker finders talk to each other, suddenly I was doing a talk a month!

I don't do online talks; I'm not a natural small-screen presenter: I wave my arms around too much which looks mad. I also like meeting real people.

The talk fee is £100, which within 30 miles of Nottingham includes travel. I'm happy to travel anywhere, adding train fare or petrol at basic cost; I've done the talks in North and South London, Bucks, Manchester, the West Midlands, Yorkshire.


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