SALON NO.72: MARITIME METROPOLIS
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3 reviews - Westminster Arts Reference Library
Description
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Classes
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Tickets from £8.00 - £10.00
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16
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Thu, 27th Feb 2020 @ 18:30 - 20:30
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18:30 - 20:30
Ports, Power and Prosperity
Each ticket includes a tot of Hendricks Gin
Like most of the greatest world cities, London is a port. Most of the old docks may have now gone but Britain's fame, fortune (and military might) have been founded on the capital’s historical position as an international trading centre. Come on board as we set sail on voyage across the city's nautical trading past with ROBERT BLYTH and HUW BOWEN, two of our foremost maritime historians.
The capital's maritime infrastructure was built in the shape of dockyards, docks, warehouses, and in a myriad of small support businesses. But as a port city, London has been slowly drifting downstream since it foundation by the Romans. Its trading activities once shaped the some of very stones and streets upon which we still walk. Yet they are now largely located out of sight in the vast container-handling complexes of the Thames Estuary and adjacent North Sea coasts.
ROBERT BLYTH will chart how the port has continually developed and adapted to economic and technological change, and what impact these shifts had on the people, trades and industries of the city
For 258 years The East India Company stood at the very heart of London in both a literal and metaphorical sense. Alongside the Bank of England it became the most powerful institution of the British state, directing a monopoly trade with the Indian Ocean world and, from 1750 onwards, creating a vast territorial empire on the Indian subcontinent which became The Raj. Central to its development was maritime activity, and every year ever-larger fleets of ships known as East Indiamen were dispatched to the East from London. HUW BOWEN explores how The Company became embedded in the life of London, but when it was abolished in the Indian Uprising of 1857 it abruptly almost vanished, and today there is little surviving to remind us of its remarkable contribution to the history of the city.
Like most of the greatest world cities, London is a port. Most of the old docks may have now gone but Britain's fame, fortune (and military might) have been founded on the capital’s historical position as an international trading centre. Come on board as we set sail on voyage across the city's nautical trading past with ROBERT BLYTH and HUW BOWEN, two of our foremost maritime historians.
The capital's maritime infrastructure was built in the shape of dockyards, docks, warehouses, and in a myriad of small support businesses. But as a port city, London has been slowly drifting downstream since it foundation by the Romans. Its trading activities once shaped the some of very stones and streets upon which we still walk. Yet they are now largely located out of sight in the vast container-handling complexes of the Thames Estuary and adjacent North Sea coasts.
ROBERT BLYTH will chart how the port has continually developed and adapted to economic and technological change, and what impact these shifts had on the people, trades and industries of the city
For 258 years The East India Company stood at the very heart of London in both a literal and metaphorical sense. Alongside the Bank of England it became the most powerful institution of the British state, directing a monopoly trade with the Indian Ocean world and, from 1750 onwards, creating a vast territorial empire on the Indian subcontinent which became The Raj. Central to its development was maritime activity, and every year ever-larger fleets of ships known as East Indiamen were dispatched to the East from London. HUW BOWEN explores how The Company became embedded in the life of London, but when it was abolished in the Indian Uprising of 1857 it abruptly almost vanished, and today there is little surviving to remind us of its remarkable contribution to the history of the city.
Offers
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Tickets/Times
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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| MARITME METROPOLIS Standard | 18:30 - 20:30 | £10.00 |
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MARITME METROPOLIS Concession
Please bring proof of concession
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18:30 - 20:30 | £8.00 |
Location
Address
Westminster Arts Reference Library, 35, St Martins Street, London, WC2H2CP
Nearest Station
Leicester Square (Tube)
Organiser
Antique Beat
Antique Beat
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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