Crystal Palace Subway

[Pat Trembath]

Open House Weekend - Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September 2014

To complement the opening of the Subway under Crystal Palace Parade, whether you were successful in the ballot to get a chance to visit the stunning Victorian vaulted walkway, or not

CRYSTAL PALACE SUBWAY EXHIBITION
In the Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (aka the rusty laptop) Free entry, open to all
Exhibition opening times 10am - 3pm both days

Volunteer researchers and interviewers have uncovered :

Memories of people who used the subway as an air-raid shelter in World War II

How in 1977 the subway almost became home to the London Air Museum

Stories of how the subway received up to 2000 visitors in one day on Subway Superdays

Many other unofficial uses of the subway

Join us for trains, art, video and sound clips, books, heritage, tea and coffee

The exhibition includes a scale model of the High Level Station built by the Southwark Model Railway Club who will be running models of the two last trains to leave the station exactly 60 years ago on 20 September 1954

Art work by local young people from Crystal Palace Community Development Trust art groups together with other Subway inspired work by local artists

Audio visual displays recounting the recent history of the subway, told by the people who used it

The Concert Platform building is wheelchair accessible and has toilets!

[Pat Trembath]

Bump!

Open House Weekend - this weekend....

[JMLF]

Lovely stuff. Was lucky enough to get tickets in the ballot to go down but the little exhibition at the sound stage/laptop looking thing in the park is worth a visit. Lovely friendly staff/people and a wealth of interesting info.

Sydenham society get a shout out too in one of the videos showing a subway superday where events/stalls were put on in the defunct station for the locals.