Bishopsgate Institute

Liverpool Street Station Campaign

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0372 LISSCA

Held at: Bishopsgate Institute

Title: Liverpool Street Station Campaign

Date(s): 1975-1978

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 large boxes

Name of creator(s): Liverpool Street Station Campaign

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LISSCA) was formed in 1974 and campaigned for conservationist redevelopment at Liverpool Street Station, in opposition to British Rail's proposals to demolish all the buildings and replace them with a new development. Along with public meetings, petitions and publications, the Campaign also prepared alternative schemes for the rationalisation and expansion of Liverpool Street Station, while maintaining the complex of historic Victorian railway buildings. The Campaign's president was Sir John Betjeman, with Vice-Presidents including Spike Milligan, Patrick Cormack and Andrew Faulds.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LISSCA), including campaign files containing notes, minutes, circulars, correspondence and membership material detailing the activities and campaigning of the organisation, along with papers, cuttings and photographs relating to Liverpool Street Station and material regarding fundraising campaigns, such as the Railwalk in 1976 (1975-1978)

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

No further arrangement required

Conditions governing access:

Apply to archivist.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Finding aids:

Adlib catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by the Campaign's secretary, John Chesshyre, March 1991

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 12 July 2005.

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Preservation of monuments | Cultural property preservation

Personal names

Corporate names
LISSCA | Liverpool Street Station Campaign x Liverpool Street Station Campaign
Liverpool Street Station

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe