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#KCLInternationalLife Coming to #KingsCollegeLondon from abroad is a tough experience for many #InternationalStudents, but #KCLSU helps to make you feel at home. With offices at the #Strand, #Guys & #Waterloo Campus, it’s the oldest UK #StudentsUnion founded 1873. Starting at the #WelcomeFair, +400 societies & friendly faces - deepening at the #OneWorldFestival. Go: kclsu.org
In Source: #KCL Student Union
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Hidden below street level near #StMaryLeStrand the #Victorian #PublicToilets on the #Strand were closed years ago but remain in plain sight. Now one of London’s #AbandonedPlaces these forgotten spaces were made with care & kept city streets clean & healthy - a constant reminder of longstanding traditions & values towards #SocialCare #Equality & #CivicResponsibility
In Source: Strand #PublicToilets
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The tall ‘protector’ towering in London’s #Strand district, the #LawCourts was designed by architect #GeorgeEdmundStreet in the #GothicRevival style & is one of the largest #LegalCourts in Europe. Author #ReginaldTurner once described these halls as the last great ‘secular’ #GothicRevival building, soak up the atmosphere – you’re walking in hallowed halls!
In Source: Royal Court of Justice
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#TempleBar was designed & built in 1671 by Sir #ChristopherWren to replace the dilapidated 14th-century gate that marked the western limits of the City of London where #FleetStreet & #Strand meet. Above the arch, facing the City, were statues of #JamesI & #AnneOfDenmark, while on the west side, facing Westminster, were statues of #CharlesI & #CharlesII.
In Source: Temple Bar
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The #TempleBarMemorial stands in the middle of the road where #Strand becomes #FleetStreet & the #CityOfWestminster meets the #CityOfLondon. It was designed & built by #CityArchitect #HoraceJones in 1880 & was constructed to replace & mark the location where #ChristopherWren’s #Baroque #TempleBar arch, which now forms the entrance to #PaternosterSquare, once stood.
In Source: Temple Bar Memorial
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A #Maypole once stood at the corner of #FleetStreet & the #Strand. Banned by Puritans a “glorious, bigger & higher” replacement 40m high was built in 1661 by the Blacksmith #JohnClarges after the #EnglishCivilWar. The new maypole was an important landmark & meeting place to socialise & trade goods. Night watchmen from #ScotlandYard met at the maypole for their daily patrol.
In Source: Glorious Maypole
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