Friday 22 October 2010
Day 5 - St Pancras Station - 22 October 2010
St Pancras station caught me by surprise when I first saw it. Being used to stations such as Euston, which are boring and plain, I wasn't really prepared for a station to look like that. I suppose I hadn't realised the importance that Victorians placed on the railways. In the 1960s it was scheduled to be demolished. I can only say I'm glad they didn't. Here's just one corner of it - I'll take more of the rest of it on other days, but it really is stunning.
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We forget just how revolutionary the railways were (and Britain was first to have them). No one had EVER travelled faster on land than a horse, and certainly not in great numbers. It was a complete social revolution.
ReplyDeleteLove the photo Mel. Look forward to seeing the others when they come (and the remodelled interior of St. Pancras is good too).
Yes, I was going to go inside and get some photos of that - it's such a cool place.
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