The Oblivion Express - The Necropolis Railway
- The Dissenters Chapel
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £13.20
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Sat, 7th Oct 2017 @ 17:00 - 18:30
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17:00 - 18:30
THE OBLIVION EXPRESS
The Necropolis Railway
A Salon in the Cemetery with John Clarke
A part of the London Month of the Dead
At the Dissenters Chapel on Saturday 7th October at 5pm
For 87 years, nearly every day, a single train ran from Waterloo to Brookwood cemetery in Surrey and back. Its passengers were a mixture of the living and the dead. The service offered a choice of first, second or third class tickets for both the deceased and their accompanying family and the railway followed a purposefully chosen 23-mile route so the mourners could be consoled in their grief with elegant views of Westminster, Richmond Park and Hampton Court. At its peak, from 1894 to 1903, the train carried more than 2,000 corpses a year.
In this talk, John Clarke, the author of the first major history of the Necropolis Railway and guide to Brookwood Cemetery, will discuss the rise and fall of the Necropolis project and the operations of the railway.
John Clarke is a lecturing Medical Librarian with an MA in History. Investigating Brookwood Cemetery since 1976, his role as part-time Historical Consultant to the Cemetery between 2007 and 2012 has informed his comprehensive guide London's Necropolis: A Guide to Brookwood Cemetery. Other books include The Brookwood Necropolis Railway, An Introduction to Brookwood Cemetery, The Glades of Remembrance and The Columbarium.
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Tickets/Times
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The Oblivion Express
Salon Ticket
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17:00 - 18:30 | £13.20 |
Location
Address
The Dissenters Chapel, 364, Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 5AB
Nearest Station
Ladbroke Grove (Tube)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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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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