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THE ST MARYLEBONE SOCIETY

NEWSLETTERAutumn 2017 Number 351 www.stmarylebonesociety.org Registered Charity 274082

Before Marylebone UndergroundStation was built, there was analternative plan for a pedestrian tunnelfrom the new mainline station atMarylebone to the circle line, whichruns under the Marylebone Road, ashort distance to the south, with a newtube station there, but the railwaycompanies could not reach anagreement. If they had, there mightnot have been a Bakerloo line stop atMarylebone at all.Sharp-eyed passengers will havenoticed that the name “Great:Central”

appears on some of the tiling insideMarylebone tube station. When thisstation first opened 110 years ago, on27th March 1907, it was as “GreatCentral Station” on the ‘Baker street andWaterloo Railway’, although the name“Lisson Grove”, had also been mooted.In 1907, “Great Central” was the secondlast stop on the Bakerloo line.The adjacent mainline station wasoriginally known as “Great CentralStation, Marylebone”, and GCR usedthis naming convention – railway namefirst and then the station location - for alltheir stations. But it wasn’t long beforethe mainline station was just known as“Marylebone”. A hundred years ago, on15th April, 1917, the tube station wasrenamed “Marylebone Undergroundstation”.The original entrance to the tube stationwasn’t inside the mainline station as it istoday, but to the west of it, on the cornersite now occupied by the Travelodgehotel.Figure 2 shows the Underground stationentrance building in 1907, a modest,single storey structure with unfinishedfacades, and signage has not yet beenadded to the fascia, although the flankingwalls to the corner entrance have “GreatCentral Stn” on either side. It was

designed by the architects of TheUnderground Electric RailwaysCompany of London, then headed byLeslie Green, and had the characteristicoxblood terracotta tiles found on allGreen’s original Bakerloo line stations.He died of TB in 1908 aged only 33, butmany of his distinctive stations survivetoday.Marylebone station was unique amongthese: the building had a single storeyabove ground which housed only themotor room and some staffaccommodation, and the ticket hall andlift entrances were in the basement.A similar view from 1925 (see Fig. 3),shows the station with its “Marylebone”signage, and the units at ground levelnow glazed.When the underground station opened in1907 there was also a staircase leadingdown into the new ticket hall from themainline station concourse under itsglazed roof, so travellers could reach onerailway from the other without gettingwet. The tunnel is dotted in on a GCRplan of about 1911 ( see fig. 7).

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MARYLEBONEUNDERGROUND STATION

Figure 1: From 1907, London Electric Railways map (public domain).

Figure 3:Former Entrance,1925.©TfL from the London Transport Museum collection.

Figure 2:Former Entrance,1907.

THE ST MARYLEBONESOCIETYAGM 2017

Monday 27 November

St Marylebone Parish Church17 Marylebone RoadLondon NW1 5LT

From 6.00 pmMeeting starts 6.30

7.30 Talk by The Revd CanonStephen Evans:“St MaryleboneChanging Lives”

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

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Figure 6 shows the new entrance withinthe mainline station in 1955. Part of themainline station concourse was thenstill open to the elements, as the stationcontinued to anticipate the extraplatforms that were never built. By1969 there was a slab-and-towerbuilding called “Melbury House” on theunused land which provided extraaccommodation for the BritishTransport Commission HQ, and in theearly 1980s, Paribas HQ replaced it onthe same site, which is directly behindthis entrance in the photo.Until 2004, a wooden escalator led to thetube trains, one of the last on theLondon Underground system that hadnot been replaced after the King's Crossfire in 1987. There are now plans for anadditional escalator to replace the stairbetween the two existing escalators,given increased use of the mainlinetrains with the new Oxford service. Theunderground station will be closed for anextended period during the works, but itseems that there is no funding availableyet.

Many thanks to the curators of the LondonTransport Museum Collection, whoprovided the historic photographs. Otherreferences will be found in Wikipedia, andwe would like to acknowledge the blogger“Ianvisits”, (www.ianvisits.co.uk), whowrites about “London's heritage,transport, architecture, and offbeat geekyevents that are taking place”, and whoseblog prompted us to search for thismaterial. Also Mike Horne, seehttp://www.metadyne.co.uk/Cynthia Poole

Able HomecareAlan Higgs Architects

Altiplano Finance LimitedBaker Street Quarter Partnership

Blandford Estate Residents’Association

CAMBARD RTM LtdChiltern Court (Baker Street)

Residents’ LimitedClarence Gate Gardens Residents’

AssociationDorset Square HotelDorset SquareTrustFrancis Holland School

Howard deWalden EstateKubie GoldLondon ClinicMac Services

Marylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Forum

MadameTussauds (MerlinEntertainment)Old PhilologiansPortman EstateRoyal Parks

St Marylebone Parish ChurchTerry Farrell & PartnersThe Chiltern FirehouseThe Fruit Garden

The Landmark HotelThe Nightingale HospitalThe Sir John Balcombe PH

Wyndham Place Management

Figure 7. GCRmap c.1911 showing subway tounderground station.

Figure 6.The new entrance,1955.©TfL from the London Transport Museum collection.

Figure 4:.©TfL from the London Transport Museumcollection.

The station was badly damaged duringWWII, and the decision was made toconstruct a new, larger tunnel into themainline station from the tube, whichwould be served by escalators instead oflifts. The old building was demolishedin 1971 and the Travelodge hotel arosein its place.

Figure 5 shows the currentconfiguration of lines and passages: theold emergency spiral staircase (nowbricked in) adjacent to the railway linesand now going nowhere, would have leddirectly into the lost building. Thesubstantial length of the tunnel underHarewood Avenue and the stationconcourse to the new escalators in themiddle of Marylebone Railway station isclear in the axonometric.Copyright London Underground:this diagram was re leased by TFLunder FOI – seehttp://www.shortlist.com/news/Intricate - 3D -Map s - O f -E v e r y - L on d on -Underground-Station

Figure 5.

Planning walk Route 2017. Some of the current RegentsPark projects are marked on the map.

Visualisation of Aviary project by Foster + Partners, showing overhead monkey bridge and new community centre to therear at right.

Planning and Enforcement officers with a Sumatran tiger. Photo by Roger Maran.

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For the last few years, our annual walkhas looked at issues such as the BakerStreet Two Way project, variousproposed cycleways, and theregeneration of the Church Street area,which has meant standing on busy,polluted roads trying to hear thediscussion above the traffic noise. Wedecided that this year would be differentand we asked ZSL’s developmentDirector, James Wren, for a tour of thezoo’s latest projects.

As we trooped through the zoo to thenew Gibbon enclosure, we were luckyenough to see one of the Sumatrantigers, in the adjacent “Tiger Territory”.Planning officer Amanda Coulsonreported later that everyone gotexcellent pictures of the tiger ...Then we made our way towards theunique Snowdon Aviary, opened in 1965.It was designed by architect CedricPrice & engineer Frank Newby toprovide as much unobstructed flyingspace for its occupants as possible, andwas the first major “Tensegrity”structure in Britain, and the firstimportant tension structure in the UKsince the 1951 Skylon at the Festival ofBritain. ZSL is currently raising moneyto restore it as a walk-through colobusmonkey enclosure, to give visitorsa close-up experience of thoseextraordinary primates.

A new monkey house with aerial bridgesleading into the aviary will be added onthe East side, as well as a newcommunity centre structure to theNorth. (Planning ref 17/04931/LBC).Foster+Partners are architects for theproject, and some National Lottery

money has already been secured. We wishZSL well as they work to raise theremainder of the funding.We also saw another project for a possibletour bus stop on Prince Albert Road. TheZoo is not very well served by publictransport, and needs the revenue fromvisitors, so we hope to see somethingagreed by LT, WCC and ZSL.At this point, heavy rain started and therest of our tour through Regent’s Park tothe café was somewhat brief. We hadintended to look at some of the manyprojects undertaken by Nick Biddle,Regent’s Park manager, and his team, buthad to talk about them over dinner instead.We would like to thank Benugo, who runthe Garden Café, for a very generous dealon our dinner, Nick Biddle, and all themembers of ZSL who accompanied us onthe zoo tour and answered our manyquestions. And thanks to Cllr RobertRigby, Regent’s Park Ward, who alsoattended.

ST MARYLEBONE SOCIETYANNUAL PLANNING WALK 5TH JUNE 2017

L-R Cllr Robert Rigby, John Walker and James Wren,Development Director at Zoological Society of London.

AIR QUALITY SURVEY YIELDS RESULTSA 6-month survey of Nitrogen Dioxide(NO2) has yielded a detailed picture ofhow transport-related pollution affectsthe Dorset Square Conservation Area.Results have been shared withWestminster Council and Transport forLondon (TfL) requesting specific localactions to reduce health risks as thisresidential area will not benefit fromimminent Mayoral initiatives like theToxicity and Ultra Low Emission Zonecharges. The good news is that theCouncil has responded byimplementing measures within itspowers. But a lot more still needs to bedone.

Figure 1 shows that none of the 40survey sites complied with the EULimit of 40µg/m3 for NO2, not even inquiet side streets. The distribution ofblue locations in residential streetsshows why people sought, and weregiven, unequivocal assurances from theCouncil that the Baker Street 2-wayscheme will not increase traffic flowsthrough and pollution in them. Theyellow locations on Boston Place andRossmore Road clearly show the impactof emissions from diesel trains beingborne by the predominant south-westerly winds. The purple and redlocations show the toxic levels of NO2emitted on strategic roads by dieselbuses, taxis and cars.

Many mansion blocks are situated onthe heavily trafficked strategic routesthrough the area. So a snapshot surveywas done during May by occupants of22 flats who fixed diffusion tubesoutside their windows and in a frontroom. It showed that NO2 levels fall offslowly as you go higher from streetlevel to the upper floors of buildings.

Levels on rear facades were only slightlower than on the fronts. So, forexample, by the 8th-9th floor of a blockfacing Marylebone Road, NO2 wasaround 45-47µg/m3 at the front and 36-42µg/m3 at the rear. Two flats recordedindoor NO2 of 45 and 38µg/m

3 in frontrooms facing Marylebone Road.

The impacts of idling taxis atMarylebone Station and HarewoodAvenue, and Route 2 buses at theirterminal stand on Hayes Place, areclearly evident in Figure 1. In responseto an appeal by pupils of St Edward’sCatholic Primary School, WestminsterCouncil promptly installed doubleyellow lines in front of the school toprevent vehicles from stopping andidling and set a 20mph speed limit onLisson Grove. The Council and TfL alsoundertook to intensify Air Marshallpatrols to discourage taxi drivers from

Launch of Westminster’s Anti-Idling Campaign at St Edward’s Catholic Primary School. Back Row R to L: Nigel Havers, Cllr Nickie Aiken (Leader of the Council), Ms Clare O’Connor (HeadTeacher) and Cllr David Harvey (Cabinet Member for Environment, Sports & Community) with pupils.

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over-ranking and idling on HarewoodAvenue. Furthermore, the Council isassessing the feasibility of piloting anelectric-only taxi rank at MaryleboneStation. This would need re-chargingpoints in the vicinity. Four locationshave been proposed by the NorthMarylebone Traffic Group (NMTG),which would also enable residents toswitch to electric cars. Efforts continueto urge TfL to re-locate the terminalstand for Route 2 buses which pollute aschool and hospital to the west ofMarylebone Station.

The survey was conducted by theNMTG with funding from our WardCouncillors. The complete set ofmonthly NO2 results will be accessibleon a new website being created byKevin Lee, the NMTG’s excellentcommunications lead.

Sheila D’Souza

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BAKER STREET TWO WAY - UPDATEThe report can be found at:http://committees.westminster.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=713The works to implement the Two Wayscheme started on 24th July 2017 andwill be completed in stages. The switchfrom one-way to two-way operation isexpected to take place early in 2019.The first junctions to be altered are:1. Gloucester Place/Blandford Street(24th July – early August)

2. Gloucester Place/Bickenhall Street(24th July – mid-September)

3. Gloucester Place/Ivor Place (24thJuly – mid-October)

4. Melcombe Street/Great CentralStreet/Boston Place (31st July –early October)

Further details are available on theproject website at:http://www.bakerstreettwoway.co.uk/index.htmlIf you wish to receive weekly e-mailupdates on the works, please go to:http://www.bakerstreettwoway.co.uk/index.html#contact

The Baker Street Two Way Project hasbeen approved following publication ofthe City Council’s report on theresponses received to the Traffic Orderconsultation carried out in November2016.

Marylebone Forumon hold pending new

City PlanThe Forum Committee has put its workon a Neighbourhood Plan (NP) on holduntil further notice but still aims to holdan AGM in January 2018.

This decision has been taken on therecommendation of its planningconsultant (rCOH) for two reasons:

1. It was announced in June thatWestminster is to review its City Planand the Mayor is currently revisingthe London Plan. Since any NPneeds to conform with the strategicpolicies of both these plans, it seemssensible to delay until the scope andcontent of these revisions are known.

2. In spite of its best endeavours theForum has not managed to fullyengage businesses and residents. Itis judged that professional assistancewill be required to get fullercommunity engagement. That, inturn, would require additional fundingand ways to obtain that need to beexplored.

You are encouraged to look at theForum website to find out about anynew developments or to ask questions:http://www.maryleboneforum.org

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AIR QUALITYCHAMPION

Westminster’s “Volunteer of the Year”Award was presented to SMS member,Sheila D’Souza, at a ceremony on 4thJuly 2017. The award recognised herefforts to raise awareness of airpollution and campaign for a faster cleanup. Sheila accepted it on behalf of thededicated team (Clive Annaly, KevinLee, Alex Melman, Cynthia Poole andJohan van der Merwe) who trudged thestreets every month to set up NO2tubes to measure pollution. She alsoacknowledged expert help from KevinLee who regularly disseminatesinformation to residents by email andmeticulously logged and chartedNO2survey data.

The Survey of London’s two volumes onSouth-East Marylebone were launchedevent at Daunt Books in October.These volumes handsomely andauthoritatively document the history ofSouth-East Marylebone and are warmlywelcomed by the SMS. The Surveywill publish separate volumes onOxford Street and then turn theirattention to South-West Marylebone.

Lord Mayor of Westminster, Cllr Ian Adams, presents the“Volunteer of the Year” award to Sheila D’Souza.

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OFFICERS OFTHE SOCIETY2017

Patron: Lord Montagu

Chair:Gaby Higgs

Vice-Chairman:Mike Wood

Hon. Secretary:Mo Parkes

Hon.Treasurer:Hugh Small

Council Members:

Cynthia Poole(Planning Committee Chairman)

Robert McAulay(Newsletter and Membership)

Mike Wood (Local History)

Ian Wylie (Planning)

Sara Gibson

Patricia Kleinman

The Site’s Historical ContextThe artwork creates a lineal transition,a timeline, from right to left thatsymbolically depicts the historicalreferences of the site as follows:

• Yorkshire Stingo Tavern• The first London Omnibus• The cast iron bridge• Wash Houses• First County Court• Swimming pools• London Underground• Modern Court House

The River ThamesTo the right, the Thames winds aroundthe Isle of Dogs, while to the left itbecomes lineal and schematic (as in theLondon Underground map), and finallyplugs in to the controlling circuit board.This thread is the main artery ofLondon and ‘The system’. It representsthe geographical origins of the city,providing the principle mode oftransport and trade for centuries.

CentralityWhile the timeline shows the historicaltransformation of the site, thegeographical journey is told in the sameway. Moving from the agriculturalgreen belt on the outskirts of the cityand passing into a more cosmopolitanenvironment, as represented by theUnderground, road networks, andinformation lines all feeding into thecentral circuit board on the left (in theshape of TFL Zone 1).

The Thinking Behind the Artwork.

When the new design for MaryleboneMagistrates’ Court was submitted forplanning in 2007, one of our concernswas with the overhanging stone screenarrangement to the west of the mainentrance. In our comments, we said,“The proposed screen to the mainfaçade… and the colonnade whichsupports it could result in socialproblems such as rough sleepers, anduse as a toilet. This consequence needsto be considered for any coveredcolonnade.”

The screen formed a roof over part ofthe pavement, and until recently, peoplecould be seen smoking under itsshelter. But a few weeks ago, this spacewas suddenly boxed in by substantialhoardings with padlocked doors. TheMinistry of Justice has now erected aforged steel relief, which includes“A lighting scheme (…) to highlightkey features of the design as well asilluminating the arcade to help prevent

anti-social behaviour and roughsleeping”.We would have preferred the architectsto have considered the possibility ofloiterers initially rather than have tomitigate the effects of a poor designdecision later by incorporating super-bright lighting into an art relief.The artwork is by Bex Simon, an artist-blacksmith, and the lighting designer isLiz Berry.The relief depicts the history of the siteand includes references to theYorkshire Stingo, a famous pub thatoccupied part of the site from at leastthe 1600s (Pepys visited in 1666 with amerry widow) and only closed in 1964.The pub was also the terminus for thefirst omnibus in London started by MrShillibeer in 1829, and which offeredtransport to Bank for a shilling. Otherthemes include the river Thames andLondon Underground.

MARYLEBONE MAGISTRATES’ COURT PUBLIC ART

The Nightingale Hospital in Lisson Grovebears the name of one of Marylebone’sfamous residents, and has a stronghistoric connection with the great socialcampaigner. Florence Nightingale hadbeen Lady Superintendent of theInstitution for Invalid Gentlewomen, firstat 8 Chandos Street and then at 1 UpperHarley Street (which was laterrenumbered as 90 Harley Street) beforethe government sent her to the CrimeanWar in 1854. The hospital moved to thenew site at 19 Lisson Grove in 1910, andopened a few months before Nightingale’sdeath in that year. According to The Timesof 15th August 1910 she had donated tothe project the value of the gold casketthat she would otherwise have beenawarded with the Freedom of the City ofLondon in 1908 (100 guineas, wortharound £12,000 today). After her deaththe new hospital in Lisson Grove wasrenamed in her honour as The FlorenceNightingale Hospital for Gentlewomen.The hospital was not incorporated intothe NHS in 1948, and in the 1950s it wasstill reserved for “educated women oflimited means and those of the

professional classes”. In 1978 it wastaken over by BUPA and became theNightingale BUPA Hospital but in 1986became a psychiatric hospital under theownership of Charter, an Americanhealthcare company. In 2010, togetherwith its sister hospital in Chelsea, itwas bought by the Swedish Capio groupand continued to provide specialist,private psychiatric and mental healthservices. In 2014 it again changedhands and now belongs to GroupeSinoué, which has a network of privatepsychiatric hospitals in France. It has80 beds and extensive outpatientfacilities, treating such conditions asaddiction, anxiety, depression andeating disorders.Last year Groupe Sinoué renamed theirhospital at the Chateau de Garches,near Paris, as Nightingale Hospitals “topay tribute to one of the great ladies inmedicine”. This may lead to a greaterrecognition of Nightingale in a countrywhere she is not well known today, butwhere she gained much of herinspiration for both hospital design andsanitary reform.

The hospital in Lisson Grove stillretains a few mementos from thehospital of Nightingale’s day, includingan important 1853 manuscript lettercontaining her proposed hospital rules.There is also an evocative notice of 1909announcing the hospital’s closure andmove to the new building. Unfortunatelyno photograph of the old hospital at 90Harley Street has been found to date,though it seems certain that one musthave existed before its demolition in1909, in view of its famous connection.

Hugh Small

Florence Nightingale Booknow available

At our AGM lastyear, our Hon.Treasurer, HughSmall, made apresentation onF l o r e n c eN i g h t i n g a l e ' sconnections withMarylebone andWestminster. Healso describedthe wider focus ofhis research intoN i g h t i n g a l e ' spublic healthcampaign after shereturned from theCrimean War in

1856. This area of her life has not had as muchattention from historians as her hospital and nursingreforms. Hugh’s research concluded that thedramatic increase in national life expectancybetween 1870 and 1935 was largely due to the publichealth legislation and reorganisation that sheinstigated with the help of her very powerfulsupporters in government.In March of this year the Little, Brown Book Grouppublished Hugh's book in their Brief History seriesunder the title Florence Nightingale and her RealLegacy, a Revolution in Public Health.It is on the shelves of larger bookshops andavailable for order through Amazon at:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472140281

THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL, LISSON GROVE

Cumberland Mansions is the title of a new fact-basednovel which is set in the George Street flats during1914 and 1915. It is written by Eileen Mahoney, whowas inspired by the ongoing Radio 4 serial based onevents exactly 100 years ago. She set up her owngroup of friends to fill in some of the gaps. They weregreatly boosted by the discovery that the DailyTelegraph was reproducing its editions from exactly acentury ago online. While browsing through this shediscovered an obituary published on November 5,1914. It announced that between October 22 and 24Lieutentant J O C Dennis of the 12 Battery RPA hadbeen killed in action at the age of 26. He was the"beloved only son of Mrs Dennis, 31 CumberlandMansions, W, and the late Colonel Dennis, 6th

Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)." From this she imagined the whole story for thebook, which is published with 75 pages of clippings of actual stories from theTelegraph of the time. They include cuttings about an American dentist, DrGoldberg, at what was then 27 and is now 70 New Cavendish Street. He claimed tobe "the first dental practitioner to offer his services free to all volunteers who wererefused [military service] owing to the state of their teeth, and was the means ofmany being accepted after being attended by him" (December 7, 1914). Next hestressed "the importance of mastication" to avoid various forms of stomach troublesand defective teeth which had led to thousands of recruits being rejected by LordKitchener's Army (April 12, 1915). A month later he was offering a reward of £5 forany information about people continuing to claim he was in any way connected withor descended from Germans. Other Marylebone stories included gas masks andgoogles produced by the Surgical Manufacturing Company at 85 Mortimer Street,and an appeal on behalf of blinded soldiers from the National Institute for the Blindat 206 Great Portland Street. The book was launched at Marylebone Library,Beaumont Street, on April 21 where the author was delighted to meet someone whoactually lived in Cumberland Mansions. This was Daphne Sarmas who lived twodoors away at number 29 until a few years ago. Anyone else with information on thebuilding can contact Eileen Mahoney at eilla@ntlworld.com She also has aCumberland Mansions facebook page which is public. The book costs £11.99 and canbe bought at Daunt Books in Marylebone, and from Waterstones in Piccadilly oronline.

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Published by the St Marylebone Society, November 2017. ©St Marylebone Society.

LORDS CRICKET GROUNDwww.lords.orgThis is the home of our corporatesponsor the MARYLEBONECRICKET CLUB. You can take a tourof the cricket grounds and themuseum. You can also visit Lords fortea.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSICwww.ram.ac.ukThe autumn programme of concertsand master classes is in full swing.Some of these are free. See theirwebsite for more details. The finalconcert of the year is on the 3rdDecember 2017 and is a RAM/KohnFoundation concert of Bach Cantatasfocusing on works for Christmas andMichaelmas.

BAKER STREET QUARTERwww.bakerstreetq.co.ukThere will be a Food and Gift Marketat 55 Baker Street on Wednesday 8thNovember and then 6/7th December.The guided Walks for the rest of theyear are:“Transport Through Times” on the22nd November at 13:00 exploringhow London’s transport came of age inthe Baker Street area. From the horsedrawn carriage via the Omnibus to thetaxi and the modern Routemaster.Plus, find out where in the Quarter afamous Beatle once took tea with aLondon bus driver!“Streets of Sherlock Holmes” – on the13th December at 13:00 getting toknow the origins of the Quarter’s mostfamous character Sherlock Holmes.You can also join their choir (nocharge), which meets at St MaryleboneChurch on Wednesday evenings at6pm. See the website for more greatthings to do.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE:No1 Wimpole Street. W1G 0AE.www.rsm.ac.uk/events1 Wimpole Street, tel: 020 7290 3941.The RSM have public lectures called“Medicine and Me” see website. Forexample “Living with MultipleSclerosis.” Sunday 5th November –Registration: 12:30. Organised by:Medicine and Me, and the MS SocietyUK. The Medicine and Me series ofmeetings aim to update us all onimportant medical conditions and givesa direct voice to patients and their

carers to share their concerns on theimpact of diagnosis.

ST CYPRIAN’S CHURCHSt Cyprian’s, Clarence Gate,Glentworth Street, NW1 6AXwww.stcyprians.weebly.comIn September the monthly services ofChoral Evensong and benediction willrestart. It is held at 3pm (e.g. Saturday2nd September) followed by tea andcakes.

LOCAL THEATRES

THE COCKPIT THEATREGateforth Street,www.thecockpit.org.ukA FRENGLISH THEATRE FESTIVALruns from 8th – 18th November, theLONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL has aconcert of Thelonius Monk on Sunday19th November; “Measure forMeasure” is on 21st-22nd Novemberand there are monthly readings of thework of Samuel Beckett from Sunday29th October until Sunday 22nd AprilSee the website for details and forother events and more details.

THE NEW DIORAMA THEATRE15-16 Triton Street, Regent’s PlaceNW1 3BF www.newdiorama.comAn avant-garde programme of newplays, such as “Tom and Bunny Savethe World” from the Edinburgh Fringeon the 19th November at 19.00; aproduction by DEAFINITELYTHEATRE COMPANY called“Contractions” by Mike Barlett 1st-29th November and a number of onenight performances including comedyshows

ST MARYLEBONE PARISHCHURCH, 17 Marylebone Road,NW1 5LTwww.stmarylebone.orgThere is an Organ Recital, which isheld on the first Sunday of each monthat 4pm e.g. 5th November and3rd December.

HELLENIC CENTRE,www.helleniccentre.org.tel: 020 7563 9835They have an events programme -some events are free. For example onthe 30th November at 7.15 there willbe an illustrated lecture about MariaCallas to mark the 40th anniversary ofher death. Free entry but bookingessential. On the 9th December from12.30 am there will be a ChristmasBazaar with Greek sweets,embroideries and much more on sale.

ST. JAMES CHURCH,22 George Street, W1U 3QYA winter outing of the MaryleboneMusic FestivalOn the 5th December at 7.30pm, therewill be a very special performanceconducted by Sue Perkins of excerptsfrom Handel's “Messiah”. Sue Perkinswill be joined by the Orion Orchestra,London's orchestra of rising stars, theNorth London Chorus under thedirection of ENO's Murray Hipkin, aswell as fantastic solo performances byRhian Lois, Clare Presland, NickPritchard and Duncan Rock. Bookingthrough www.eventbrite.co.uk

DAUNT BOOKS has regular booksignings and talks. Tickets, £10, entitleholders to a glass of wine and 20% offthe speaker's books. Tickets may bepurchased from the shop, in person, onthe website, or with credit/debit cardby telephone.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS IN MARYLEBONE

Wednesday 15th November,Wednesday 13th December,Wednesday 10th January

SMS council members Cynthia andPatricia will be having coffee at RudolfSteiner House café, 35 Park Road,London NW1 6XT, on the above datesbetween 10.00 am and 12.00am. Wewould be delighted to see some of youthere. Pay your own way.

(Depending on attendance, we hope thatthis will become a regular event).

MEMBERS’ COFFEEMORNINGS

Patricia Glasswell will be having her 7thexhibition at the Hospital of St John andSt Elizabeth, 60 Grove End Road,St John's Wood NW8 9NH.

From Monday 6th November toTuesday 14th November, open 24 hoursa day with the artist in residence from10am to 4pm daily.

All artwork is for sale with 40% of theproceeds being donated to St John'sHospice.

ART EXHIBITION IN AIDOF ST JOHN'S HOSPICE