{"id":36151,"date":"2023-04-11T16:06:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36151"},"modified":"2023-04-10T17:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:12:35","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-peckham-rye-stations-long-lost-waiting-room-reopening-this-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36151","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Peckham Rye station\u2019s long-lost waiting room reopening this May"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For more than 50 years, a hidden chamber in Peckham Rye station has slumbered, its fine Victorian plasterwork crumbling and its woodwork rotting, but now is reopening this May, reports Timeout<\/em>.<\/h3>\n
image: for illustration – by Sunil060902 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=4631806<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Timeout<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

\u2026 It used to be the station\u2019s waiting room, a key part of architect Charles Henry Driver\u2019s flamboyant vision for this 1865 building. Each morning, it would fill up with bowler-hatted nineteenth-century commuters killing time in its comfortable grandeur. Peckham Rye station\u2019s long-lost waiting room is reopening this May. A new art exhibition will bring it back to life<\/p>\n

It fell out of use in the early twentieth century and became a hangout for station staff, who\u2019d play billiards there in quiet moments. Then there was a big platform reshuffle in the 1960s and it was closed for good, with most passengers passing through the station completely unaware that there was a huge hidden space right above the ticket hall.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s finally reopening, and it\u2019s totally free to visit, as long as you don\u2019t mind taking in a bit of art while you\u2019re there…<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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