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  • Metropolitan - Centenary Celebrations

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Publication date:
  • 1961 - 1963
Publisher:
  • Unpublished
Physical type:
  • Bound file
Dimensions:
  • 37 cm.
Extent:
  • 94
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  • Material relating to the centenary celebrations of the Metropolitan Railway in 1963.

    [05-1963]. Layout plan. "Underground Centenary Parade. Sketch Plan of Neasden". [1963, May].

    [1963]. Draft journal article (for 'Nature' ?), with manuscript alterations. "A Century of Underground Travel". John R Day.

    09-05-1963. Timetable notice no 88/63. "London Transport. Metropolitan Line. Metropolitan Line Centenary. Running of Special Train, Neasden - Moorgate - Paddington, Sunday 12th May". Assistant Operating Manager (Railways). 1963, May 5.

    02-12-1963. Press release. " "A Hundred Years Underground". Centenary Film of the Underground to Be Shown on BBC Television". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, December 2.

    24-05-1963. Press notice. GPN 843. "Centenary of the London Underground. London Transport Re-Enacts Events of 1863 with Special Trip and City Luncheon. "Silver" Train Carries Lord Mayor and Minister of Transport over World's First Underground Line". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, May 24.

    [1963]. Colour drawing of Metropolitan Railway steam train at station (possibly Farringdon), 1863 by William Fenton.

    [05-1963]. Souvenir booklet. "A Commemorative Run on the Underground Railway 1863-1963 from Paddington (Bishop's Road) to the City. Friday May 24th 1963". Text in English, French and German. [London Transport]. [1963, May].

    [05-1963]. Guest list. "Centenary of the London Underground. Luncheon at Mansion House. Friday, 24th May 1963". [London Transport]. [1963, May].

    24-05-1963. "Centenary of the London Underground. Speech by Mr A B B Valentine, Chairman of London Transport Board, at Mansion House Lunch, 24th May 1963". London Transport Press Office. 1963, May 24.

    24-05-1963. "Extracts from Speech by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Ralph Perring, at Underground Railway Centenary Lunch, Mansion House, Friday, May 24, 1963". [London Transport]. 1963, May 24.

    24-05-1963. Press notice. GPN 842. "New Plaque to Commemorate Centenary of London's Underground". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, May 24.

    23-05-1963. Press notice. GPN 841. "London Transport Celebrates London Underground Centenary. Grand Parade of Rolling Stock Led by 97-Year-Old Locomotive - "The Old Girl". Three Days of Events to Mark Opening of World's First Underground Line". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, May 23.

    23-05-1963. Attachment to GPN 841. "Centenary Parade of Underground Rolling Stock (Thursday, May 23, 1963). Order of Parade". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, May 23.

    23-05-1963. GPN 841. Appendix. "Guests at the Underground Centenary Parade". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, May 23.

    25/26-05-1963. Illustrated brocure. "Underground Centenary. Display of Rolling Stock at Neasden Depot". London Transport. 1963, May 25/26.

    [23-05-1963]. Leaflet re Centenary Parade with notes on locomotives and rolling stock. London Transport. [1963, May 23].

    [05-1963]. 4 souvenir documents. 1. Confirmation of invitation to attend commemorative run on May 24 1963. 2. Commemorative ticket for Centenary Parade. 3. Invitation to attend Centenary Parade. 4. Invitation for commemorative run. [1963, May].

    16-05-1963. Supplement to Traffic Circular No 19 Railways. "All Lines. Underground Centenary Celebrations. Programme of Events". Assistant Operating Manager. 1963, May 16.

    08-05-1963. Press notice. TPN 810. "Coach Trips to Underground Centenary Exhibition. London Transport Runs Special Excursions from Crawley, Stevenage and Hemel Hempstead on Sunday, May 26". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, May 8.

    05-1963. Advertisement. "Underground Centenary. Display of Rolling Stock at London Transport's Neasden Depot". Railway Magazine. 1963, May.

    26-04-1963. Historical notes. "Metropolitan Centenary Exhibition. Details of Exhibits. 1, Metropolitan Class 'A' 4-4-0T No 23. 2., Contractors' ('S & K') Wagons. 3, Metropolitan Class 'E' 0-4-4T No L44. 4, Metropolitan Railway Milk Van No 3. 5, Metropolitan Compartment Stock 'Bogie' Coaches. 6, Metropolitan Electric Locomotive No 1. 7, Metropolitan Compartment Stock 'Steam' Stock. 8, Metropolitan Compartment Stock 'T' Stock. 9, Metropolitan Railway Saloon Stock 'F' Stock. 10, London Transport Saloon Stock 'P' Stock. 11, London Transport Saloon Stock 'A' Stock. 12, London Electric Railway Tube Stock from 1923 Onwards. 13, London Transport 1938 Tube Stock. 14, London Transport 1959 Tube Stock. 15, Metropolitan Class 'F' 0-6-2T No L52. 16, Service vehicles. 17, London Transport 0-6-0PT ex Great Western Railway '5700' Class. 18, London Transport Long Welded Rail Train. 19, London Transport Battery Locomotives. 20, London Transport Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department Instruction Train. 21, London Transport Ballast Motor Cars. 22, Lifted vehicles. 23, Breakdown lorries". London Transport. 1963, April 26.

    05-04-1963. Press notice. TPN 1801. "Underground Centenary Celebrations. Metropolitan Railway Exhibition at Neasden on May 25 and 26. Cinema Show and Poster Exhibition". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, April 5.

    27-03-1963. Briefing notes. "Underground Centenary Celebrations. Notes on Exhibition and Parade at Neasden Depot". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, March 27.

    11-03-1963. Press notice. TPN 1792. "Old Metropolitan Locomotive Takes to Rails Again. No 23 for Underground Centenary Exhibition". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, March 11.

    [1963]. Notes on Historical Vehicles to be used in Centenary Parade.

    08-01-1963. Press notice. GPN 818. "London's Underground Is a Hundred Years Old. First Sub-Surface Railway Opened on January 10, 1863. New Victoria Line Will Be First Underground Line Across Central London for 56 Years". Press Office, London Transport. 1963, January 8.

    28-12-1962. Press notice. TPN 1775. "London's Underground Is a Hundred Years Old. First Sub-Surface Railway Opened on January 10, 1863. New Victoria Line Will Be First Underground Line Across Central London for More Than Half a Century". Press Office, London Transport. 1962, December 28.

    28-12-1962. TPN 1775. Appendix. "A Century of Underground Railways. The Metropolitan's First Hundred Years". Press Office, London Transport. 1962, December 28.

    03-02-1961. Memorandum, John R Day to C A Lyon. "Metropolitan Centenary". 1961, February 3.
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  • Folio G57.052 MET