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by Paxton
17 Oct 2012 21:25
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: A Walk through the Nave of the Crystal Palace 1854
Replies: 132
Views: 742769

Re: A Walk through the Nave of the Crystal Palace 1854

Fantastic, Terry, thank you.

Loved the photos of the high level station.


Be good to see some of the correspondence listed later too, wouldn't it?!

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by Paxton
24 May 2010 08:05
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Work at Crystal Palace
Replies: 2
Views: 3894

Work at Crystal Palace

(Not sure this is the correct placing, so feel free to move it, although most Crystal Palace info seems to go here.) There is something going on at the site of the Palace. On the parade, just about where the Fire Station used to be, there is now a site entrance and beyond that it appears that some w...
by Paxton
24 Jan 2010 19:07
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: 1911 ARCH DRUID PLANTS OAK AT CRYSTAL PALACE
Replies: 3
Views: 6013

Is that really Crystal Palace?!

Don't recognise any of it...
by Paxton
19 Jan 2010 21:17
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Sydenham Hill In Old Photos
Replies: 23
Views: 53020

Ah, Falkor, i loved that...

Brilliant work!

Tell us why the photos of the roadworks!
by Paxton
15 Jan 2010 16:07
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Reg O'Neil
Replies: 11
Views: 11183

Happy Birthday, Reg!

Thanks for all your posts, particularly those on The Crystal Palace

Best,

Jeremy
by Paxton
22 Nov 2009 19:44
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: School in Westow Hill just prior to Crystal Palace being ere
Replies: 3
Views: 4731

Sorry, didn't work.

Either scroll down to clickable link 'Central London District School' or try this:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/peter/workhouse/CentralLondon/SD
by Paxton
22 Nov 2009 13:31
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: QUIZ: Which shop in Sydenham has a Roman style facade?
Replies: 8
Views: 7219

Falkor, a very big welcome back to you! You have been missed.. You inspire Terry to post, and the resulting competitiveness is so interesting for the rest of us lesser mortals. I was going to say the bank at 266 Sydenham Road, what used to be Barclays, and previous to that, The London And South West...
by Paxton
1 Nov 2009 18:37
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Crystal Palace Wiki
Replies: 1
Views: 3945

I think it's a great idea. The amount of information here provided by Terry and Falkor and more recently by you, Konqi, is astonishing. The only slightly waering thing is having to search through sometimes rather unrelated forum topics. It also raises the possibility of eliciting more information fr...
by Paxton
26 Oct 2009 09:21
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Crystal Palace High Level Station - on film.
Replies: 2
Views: 4453

Ken Russell's second completed film (after Peep Show (1956) and the unfinished Knights on Bikes (1956)), Amelia and the Angel (1958) is an amateur film that was nonetheless accomplished enough to reveal a genuinely distinctive talent at work. What's immediately striking about Amelia and the Angel to...
by Paxton
26 Oct 2009 09:18
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Crystal Palace High Level Station - on film.
Replies: 2
Views: 4453

Fantastic!

Thansk terry.

I know he used to live in CP, Church Road I think. You probably know more.

Are other CP locations used in the film?
by Paxton
21 Oct 2009 13:28
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Statues and Fountains in Crystal Palace Park
Replies: 45
Views: 126562

Terry, great photo, you're right.

That tower to the extreme left doesn't look like the LL station. Do you know what it is?
by Paxton
20 Oct 2009 18:38
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Large house on Sydenham Hill
Replies: 2
Views: 4221

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=sydenham&ie=UTF8&radius=0.05&sll=51.426357,-0.073889&sspn=0.001172,0.002406&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=sydenham&hnear=&ll=51.427133,-0.074201&spn=0,359.997594&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.427245,-0.074249&pan...
by Paxton
20 Oct 2009 18:35
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Large house on Sydenham Hill
Replies: 2
Views: 4221

Sorry, it's supposed to be a link to a google streetmaps image of the house. Could somebody advise how to do it?
by Paxton
20 Oct 2009 18:34
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Large house on Sydenham Hill
Replies: 2
Views: 4221

Large house on Sydenham Hill

THT is right, I should try to attract attention via a photo. Well, this is my attempt. Please can somebody tell me something about this enormous house? <iframe width="425" height="240" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="...
by Paxton
20 Oct 2009 18:22
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Statues and Fountains in Crystal Palace Park
Replies: 45
Views: 126562

Hey thanks Terry. That's a really great photo - I am always fascinated at how quickly you can lay your hands on a perfectly appropriate photo and it's a much appreciated skill. I guess you might be right about the access to the basement and them wanting to drive people upstairs. The company may have...
by Paxton
20 Oct 2009 15:19
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Statues and Fountains in Crystal Palace Park
Replies: 45
Views: 126562

Hey, thanks Terry. You're very kind to furnish me with information on demand! Two more for you that have been bugging me for weeks: 1. What can you tell me about the two grand external staircases that lead from the main entrance to the upper terrace. I contend that they were built quite late, but I'...
by Paxton
19 Oct 2009 11:34
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Statues and Fountains in Crystal Palace Park
Replies: 45
Views: 126562

Terry,

Unrelated, I know, but what's the latest photo you have of the big fountain basins at the bottom of the park?

I'm not sure when they went, but before the race track and football stadium?
by Paxton
19 Oct 2009 11:27
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: The Crystal Palace from the back (front?)
Replies: 34
Views: 40920

You're right Terry - 1875 the previous wooden station was rebuilt.
I think.

Now it's taken 4 months for them to build a new platform!