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Chairman's Report - Bob Flanagan

Compared to the important news carried in recentissues there is relatively little to report at themoment. Lambeth seem paralysed by the ConsistoryCourt judgement, a summary of which appears else­where in this Newsletter. The request for a formalScheme of Management to be implemented as part ofthe conditions of the grant of a Faculty to managethe consecrated parts of the cemetery has onlyevoked a feeble response from Lambeth. One para­graph aimed to assert Lambeth's "rights" to take overgraves in the cemetery under the Local AuthoritiesCemeteries Order 1977, an action which has alreadybeen ruled illegal! Meanwhile, day-to-day operationsin the cemetery seem to continue as normal. We stillawait a date for the first meeting of the AdvisoryCommittee promised last November ....

Lambeth Unitary Development Plan (UDP)

At a hearing before the Inspector consideringLambeth's draft UDP on 11 May, our Vice-ChairmanNicholas Long was able to secure further vitalconcessions in respect of Lambeth's proposedpolicies for the cemetery. One change removes thephrase 'Whilst allowing for new burials to continue,in appropriate areas ...'. The deletion of this phrasewas insisted upon as new burials, if any, must be inaccordance with the terms of the Scheme ofManagement insisted upon by the Chancellor and theCouncil's own Land Management Strategy.

A further amendment deleted the word 'largely' fromthe phrase 'largely a man-made environment' and hasthe effect of further ensuring that nature conservationwill be secondary to Listed Building and Conserv­ation Area considerations. The full text of the draftUDP entry on the cemetery, which is subject to finalapproval by the Council, is given below:

"The otl1erconservation area worthy of a special mentionis West Norwood. This includes West Norwood Cemetery;a fine 19t11century metropolitan cemetery of outstandingarchitectural and historic significance. The Council wiBensure tl1at tl1e existing 19t11century character is main-

tained and that tl1ecemetery is managed in line wifu tl1e

agreed Scheme of Management and tl1e Council'sapproved Land Management Strategy. which aim to strikea balance between fue needs to:

(i) protect its heritage of fine memorials and tombs(including a number of listed structures);

(H) preserve and enhance its character as a conservationarea; and

(Hi) maintain fue cemetery for continuing burials andcremations

Polices C4 (on demolition in' :;onservation areas), C6 (ontl1e enhancement of conservation areas), C 13(on improve­ments to fue appearance of Listed Buildings), C 14 (on fuesetting of Listed Buildings). C20 (Street Furniture).amongst others, will be applied within the cemetery.

Although a man-made environment. West NorwoodCemetery is one of the most important and valuable sitesof nature conservation interest in tl1e Borough. PoliciesENV 1 (on fue protection of important nature conservationsites), ENV5 (on fue design and management of openspaces for nature conservation) and ENV 12 (trees in thelandscape) will also be applied within fue cemetery."

One Foot in the Grave?

On 21 June 'One Foot in the Past' (BBC2) carried an8 minute item based ostensibly on our battle withLambeth over the future of the Cemetery. Despite theefforts of Nicholas Long and myself, the productionteam either did not understand the more importantaspects of the case, or thought the issues too complexfor their audience. The result was a bland item whichcould well have been written by Lambeth's PressOffice! Indeed, describing the act of consecration asa 'loophole in the law' showed little respect for thechurch's jurisdiction. The programme's rather super­ficial attitude to conservation was summed up by thefact that a light-weight item on the goods available inNational Trust/English Hel1tage shops (!) was givenmore air time than our efforts to save what remainsof England's most outstanding metropolitan cemetery.

Abney Park Cemetery

The FOWNC bookstall has recently acquired copiesof Guide to Abney Park Cemetery by Paul Joyce(Second edition, 1994. Price £6.95). This well­presented book details the history of this cemeteryand features many monochrome illustrations and agazetteer of notable burials. The Abney ParkCemetery Trust now manages Abney Park success­fully on behalf of the London Borough of Hackneyand the people of the Borough. I still feel that theestablishment either of a Trust, or a similararrangement ensuring 10ng-tenTI control of thecemetery will be the only way to safeguard Norwood.

National Federation of Cemetery Friends AGM

This event, held on Saturday 18 June, was a greatsuccess. Some 40 delegates from groups as far afieldas York, Sheffield and Bristol were in attendance aswell as Friends from London cemeteries such asNunhead and Kensal Green. Especial thanks are dueto Rosemary Dawson, Margaret Jackman, SophieMayers, Mary Holden and Ruth Caston on thecatering front, and to Rosemary Comber and JillDudman who led tours of the cemetery. Thanks alsoto Patricia Spencer-Silver, and to Don Bianco andPaul Barber who organised seminars.

The NFCF business meeting took its usual coursewith some groups using the opportunity to describetheir own achievements during the past year, whilstothers wanted to see the Federation take more of alead as regards policy and other general aspects ofcemetery conservation. It was left to the NFCFChairman, Peter Salter, to try to progress these latteraspects. However, agreement was reached on thevenue for the 1995 AGM which will be hostedjointly at Woking by the Friends of BrookwoodCemetery and the Brookwood Cemetery Society.

FOWNC Postcards

We have published a set of cards (5 colour, 5 mono­chrome) illustrating various aspects of the cemeteryand its history. These are available from the FOWNCbookstall individually (30 p) or as a pack of 10 (1 ofeach design, £2.20). Please help sell these cards - wehad to buy 1,000 of each design before the printingcosts per card became reasonable! Trade terms forbulk purchases are available - the Norwood Societyand the Friends of Abney Park Cemetery havealready helped us in this way. The cards feature:

General: View north-east from ·St Luke's Church,ca. 1907.

Cemetery entrance arch (William Tite,1836)

Spring flowers (Squares 119/120)

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Tombs: lames William GILBART (d. 1863) -architect William Tite?

St Stephen's (RALLI) Chapel (ca. 1872)& tomb of Joshua FIELD (d. 1863)

Charles Haddon (d. 1892) and Susannah(d. 1902) SPURGEON

Thomas WINTER (Tom Spring) (d.1851) - contemporary woodcut

Portraits: ALCOCK, Charles William (1842-1907)WEBSTER, Sir Richard Everard(Viscount Alverstone) (1842-1915)

(i) as amateur athlete ca. 1865 and(ii) as Lord Chief Justice ca. 1900

Sportsmen Buried at Norwood - Bob Flanagan

It did not prove possible to get any FOWNC bookletsprinted in time for the NFCF AGM in June. This isjust as well since George Young has discovered thattwo further famous prize-fighters lie at Norwood.These are the brothers Johnny (1818-1855) and Han·yBroome (1825-1865) (Grave 2,008, square 61).

Johnny was what passed for a middle-weight. Hismost famous fight was when he defeated Bungareethe Australian, £300 a side, 42 rounds at Mildenhall27 April 1842. His younger brother HalTY was aheavy-weight aHd won ihe \':harnpionship' when hebeat William Perry (the 'Tipton Slasher'), £200 aside, 15 rounds at Mildenhall 29 Septem ber 1851. Healso beat HalTY OnTIe, £250 a side, 31 rounds nearBrandon. This was reported as the best championshipfight ever seen.

George has also solved another long-standingmystery. J.B. Wilson, in his Story of Norwood(Norwood Society, 1990), which was written before1949, lists a further pugilist, Jack Purke, as beingburied in the cemetery. This is probably a misprint ­the Undertaker's Journal for October 1915 lists TomSpring, Tom King and Jack Burke.

James (Jack) Burke (liThe Deaf'Un") (1809-1845)was indeed a noted prize-fighter, beating amongstothers Simon Byme (30 May 1833) - Byrne died ofhis wounds 3 days later. Burke also fought thefamous champion Bendigo (12 February 1839), butwas disqualified for butting. Burke himself died oftuberculosis on 8 January 1845 in Francis Street,Waterloo. George has found that he was buried on 15January not at Norwood, but in St John's Church­yard. Presumably he still rests there.

FOWNC Treasurer and Auditor

After several years of sterling service since thefoundation of FOWNC, David Camber will bestanding down as Treasurer at the AGM in Octo­ber. We thank David sincerely for his work in

keeping our finances in such good order, and wemust now set about the task of finding his suc­cessor. It is not necessary to be a qualifiedaccountant, and it should not be too arduous a jobto pick up the threads as David has kept thebooks so well. If any member feels able to take onthe post, please do not be shy in making yourselfknown to the committee.

We shall also be needing a new Auditor to auditthe accounts for the AGM. Anna Long has been ofgreat help to us in performing this service forseveral years, but she feels that a conflict of int­erest could be alleged in that our Vice-ChairmanNicholas is her husband - the Auditor should notbe related to or otherwise connected with anyoneon the committee. Offers to take on this positionwill also be welcomed.

FOWNC Officers - 1994:

Chairman & Publications Officer:Bob Flanagan, 79 Durban Road, London SE279RW (Tel: 081 670 3265)Vice-Chairman:

Nicholas Long, 58 Crescent Lane, London SW49PU (Tel: 071 738 8480)General Secretary:Jill Dudman, 119 Broxholm Road, London SE27OBl (Tel: 081 670 5456)Membership Secretary:Rosemary Comber, 170 Knights Hill, London SE27OSR (Tel: 081 761 3996)Treasurer:David Comber (address and telephone as above)Conservation Coordinator:Paul Graham, Flat 4, 9 St.Andrew's Road, Sur­biton, Surrey KT6 4DT (Tel: 081 390 0182)Newsletter Editorial Board:Bob Flanagan and lill Dudman

Review of FOWNC Events - Spring 1994

On 17 April, around 25 hardy souls braved a bit­ing northerly wind and grey skies to follow Dr.Brent Elliott on his tour of art and architecture atWest Norwood. He explained the different kinds oftombstone design to be found dating from differ­ent eras, starting with the earliest. A strong .,on­conformist influence in the foundation of the earlylarge multi-denominational cemeteries resulted indesigns that looked as un-ecclesiastical as possible,e.g. curved rather than pointed tops to head­stones. Later in the Victorian era this was quitechanged by the Gothic revival, which gave Nor­wood some of its most impressive monuments,such as the Grade 11* listed Berens mausoleum(grave 5408, square 63) by E. M. Barry. Fromabout the 1880s, angels began to appear in pro­fusion, most of the designs originating from Italy.

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Brent pointed out several examples of the practiceof modifying the face of a standard angel figure tolook like the deceased female. One of our mostnotable angels, of course, is the copy of a Monte­verde design on the tomb of Henry and ElizabethKing (grave 35926, square 51), which appears atthe head of this Newsletter and has recently beenlisted Grade n. Another recent listing is the tombof Henry and Lucy Gallup (grave 19605, square120) with its striking photograph of a female face- the earliest photograph (1883) on a tomb to bestill in such good condition (Kensal Green has anearlier but poorer one). Various features carved ontombstones, such as particular types of flowers,leaves, etc, often have symbolic meanings con­nected with life and death attributed to them, butBrent takes the view that these symbols were notalways used consistently to have such meanings.The tour finished, appropriately, with the massive1930s mausoleum of Distin Maddick (grave 37450,square 124), also now listed Grade n.

Fortunately, the similar number who turned out on15 May for Don Bianco's tour of the Greek Cem­etery were treated to a warm, sunny spring day.The tour was essentially a repeat of last year's,and a full write-up appeared in the FOWNC News­letter No .15, 1uly 1993 - copies of the article canbe obtained from lill Dudman.

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CONSERVATION NEWS- Paul Graham

Newsletter No.18 listed the ten monuments thatwe have identified for priority restoration work.To that list have now been added those of WilhelmHans Helmut Rommel (square 115) which hasfallen onto its front; Arthur Anderson (square 41)founder of P. & 0.; and William Morley Punshon(square 60). Members will know from the lastnewsletter that the Consistory Court ruled thatLambeth should repair the latter. In addition,quotations have been sought for repair work tothe catacombs.

The process of undertaking restoration work in acemetery is, perhaps inevitably, quite lengthy.English Heritage are currently considering ourapplications for grant -aid and without theirapproval, no work can commence. Faculties fromthe Diocese of Southwark have also to be soughtfor each scheme, to enable the proposed work totake place in consecrated ground. Where aparticular monument is listed, then a furtherhurdle, that of obtaining listed building consent,has also to be surmounted. Only once all thevarious bureaucracies are satisfied and have giventhe FOWNC the green light will any restorationwork actually commence, providing that othersources of funds have been identified. All futureprogress will be reported in these columns.

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THE TIMES MONDAY APRIL 111994

Apri1111994 Consistory Court

Power over municipal cemetery

© Times Newspapers Limited 1994.All rights reserved. Reproduced

from The Times of 11 April 1994by permission.

In re West Norwood Ceme­tery. LondonBefore Mr R. M. K. Gray, QC(Judgment March 81Consecrated areas of a municipalcemetery were within the scope ofapplication of section 13of the Careof Churches and EcclesiasticalJurisdiction Measure 1991 so as togive the consistory court jurisdic­tion to order the repair of head­stones damaged in a localauthority clearance programme.

Mr R. M. K. Gray, QC, Chan­cellor of the Diocese of Southwark,so held in Southwark ConsistoryCourt when (i) granting con­ditionally the confirmatory facultysought by Lambeth London Bor­ough Council in respect of certainworks carried out in the con­secrated areas of West NorwoodCemetery. (ii) granting con­ditionally the faculty sought by theArchdeacon of Lambeth to restorecertain tombs, (iii) granting thefaculty sought by Lambeth for amanagement scheme for the ceme­tery but (iv) refusing an applicationby the Archdeacon for a restora­tion order except in respect of fourtombs.

Mr Timothy Briden for Lam­~th; !".•.1i John Hobson fOT u~eArchdeacon,

CHANCELLOR GRAY saidthat West Norwood cemetery wasoriginally laid out under thepowers of the South MetropolitanCemetery Act 1836. On May 5,1965, Lambeth acquired the ceme­tery by means of a compulsorypurchase order and by conveyanceon December 2, 1965, as a workingcemetery.

In February 1971 Lambeth de­cided in principle to introduce alandscape improvement scheme.The combination of that with therole of the cemetery as an activecemetery for continuing burialsand cremations resulted in a lawnconversion policy. In 1978 Lambethdesignated the area as a conserva­tion area.

In 1980 there was great publicprotest which led to a review of thelawn conversion policy, which wasintended to ensure that all soundupright head stones would beallowed to remain. and clearancework fell into abeyance. In July1990 Jhere was further seriouspublic concern at the activeresumption of major clearancework in the cemetery.

The Archdeacon of Lambeth wasasked by several concerned partiesto initiate proceedings but nopetition was then brought beforethe court.!t was only when theCare of Churches and Ecclesias­tical Jurisdiction Measure 1991came into force on March I, 1993.that the Archdeacon applied to theconsistory court. under section 13of that Measure. for a restorationorder. On August 27. 1993. Lam­beth petitioned for a confirmatoryfaculty in respect of works carried

out in the consecrated parts of thecemetery and also petitioned for amanagement scheme under sec­tion 10 of the Open Spaces Act1906.

On September 8. 1993. the Arch­deacon petitioned for a facultyauthorising Lambeth to restore thecemetery to the condition it was inimmediately prior to the carryingout of the lawn conversion policywhich had admittedly been carriedout without a faculty:

As no faculty had been appliedfor or had been granted it was notopen to Lambeth to exercise pow­ers in section 36 of the LondonCounty Council (General Powers)Act 1955 for its lawn conversionpolicy as the consecrated part ofthe cemetery over which thosepowers had purported to be ex­ercised was subject to the facultyjurisdiction.

The effect of consecrating landwas to subject that land to theBishop who had jurisdiction to seethat in the consecrated groupd thelaws of the Church were observed.

The jurisdiction of the court tointervene existed but would beexercised sparingly with regard tomunicipal cemeteries and wouldbe exercised only in the clearest<:ases when: tne ju.isdiction hadbeen invoked to control. in theinterests of justice or of the decentand respectful treatment of thedead, works which threatenedeither of those objects.

The effect of listing 67 buildingsand monuments within the con­secrated area meant that the wholeof the cemetery was effectivelywithin the listing: see section 5(1)ofthe Planning (Usted Buildings andConservation Areas) Act 1990.

It was the curtilage at the date ofthe listing which needed to beconsidered. The curtilage here wasclearly a defined cemetery.

All the memorials formed part ofthe realty, subject to the rights ofthe licensors under the 1836 Act,and those which were there beforeJuly I, 1948 [see section 5(I)(b) of the

1990 Act] clearly fell within thelisting and were protected by it,whether they themselves werelisted or r.o:. Their removal wouldrequire consent and that consenthad neither been sought nor given.

The Open Spaces Act 1906provided the means for a manage­ment scheme to be drawn up andapproved by the court which metthe aims of Lambeth, the Arch­deacon, English Heritage and theFriends of West NolWood Ceme­tery. A confirmatory faculty undersection 1l(S) of the 1906 Act wasaccordingly granted.

Section 13 of the 1991 Measurewas wide enough to apply to theconsecrated parts of municipalcemeteries, the word "churchyard"meant a burial ground generallyor a cemetery. The whole object ofthe 1991 Measure, relevant to thepresent proceedings, must havebeen to extend the jurisdiction ofthe consistory court in respect ofareas of land or building which fellunder the faculty jurisdiction.

Upon an application for arestoration order, under section13(8)of the 1991 Measure the onusof proof had to lie upon the personseeking that order. The court couldnot find, with four exceptions[tombs damaged in the 'course ofthe resumption of the lawn conver­sion programmej, that the matterscomplained of by the Archdeaconhad been committed or caused tohave been committed by Lambethor that they had been committedwithin the ,last six years. Theapplication for a restoration orderaccordingly failed for it could notbe proved when the acts com­plained of had been committed.

No confirmatory faculty couldbe granted in respect of the re-useof burial space where burials hadalready taken place. A facultycould not isssue to override anindividual's statutory orproprietory rights. The rightswhich individuals and familieshad acquired under the 1836 Actremained with those families and

the re-use of burial space whichhad taken place within the con­secrated areas of the 'cemeteryclearly was. and remained, whollyillegal.

That position was not altered byeither the compulsory purchaseorder or by the conveyance of 1965.

Lambeth. however, sought aconfirmatory faculty in respect ofthe lawn conversion policy exclud­ing the re-use of burial spacewhich had taken place. Neither theArchdeacon nor various amenitysocieties opposed that but soughtvarious conditions to be attachedto the faculty.

The 1991 Measure did notsignificantly alter the law whichallowed the court to grant afaculty. or a confirmatory faculty,SUbject to conditions but it had, bysection 12,encapsulated consistorycourt case law: see In reWoldingham Churchyard ((1957J I

WLR 811) and In re St Mary's,Balham ([197811All ER 993).

The proper approach to a pe­tition for a confirmatory facultywas for the court to be concernedwith the present and the future. If afaculty required. by condition.works to be carried out, the worksrequired by that condition weredearly ••orks authorised by mefaculty. No further faculty wouldbe required to carry out thoseworks, unless the court specificallysaid so.

There had to be a nexus betweenthe condition imposed and thesubject maner of the faculty orconfirmatory faculty saught. Itseemed right to the court that aconfirmatory faculty be grantedsubject to a condition that certainlisted tombs would be restored andreinstated as far as was fair andreasonably possible.

The general faculty sought bythe Archdeacon to restore certaingraves would be conditionallygranted.

Solicitors: Mr David Tatlow,Lambeth; Winckworth &Pemberton.

THE SPURGEON MEMORIAL,STOCKWELL ORPHANAGE

One of the notable foundations resulting from thephilanthropic work of the Baptist preacher CharlesHaddon Spurgeon (1834-1892: grave 24395, sq.38) was the Stockwell Orphanage. A remarkablefeature of this building was a massive memorial toSpurgeon, and a magazine cutting (author andsource unknown) has recently come to light whichcontains a photograph and a detailed description ofthis monument. An extract is reproduced here:

"At one time the preacher indulged the hope that,when his work was done, his remains might rest inthe centre of the Orphanage grounds; but as thatwas not to be, it was still meet that some worthymemorial to the father of the Orphanage should beset up in the institution itself. The Memorial Hall,opened on June 20th, 1894, .... will accommodatean assembly of over a thousand persons, one endbeing .... the place chosen for the memorial itself,which is 16 feet 8 inches in width, and 12 feet inheight at the centre. The designer and modeller isMr. George Tinworth, and the whole has beenproduced in terra-cotta by Messrs. Doulton andCo. at their art pottery works. The aim of theartist has been to represent the different phases ofSpurgeon's pastoral and philanthropic work. Thefigure of the preacher is of life size, and he is

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supposed to be in the act of addressing an aud­ience. The groups lower down on either side areorphans. The panel in high relief on the left ofthese represents the late President of the Pastors'College addressing his students, as he was wont todo on Friday afternoons. The corresponding panelon the right portrays him seated in the Orphanagegrounds conversing with the children as he lovedto do. On the pilasters are emblematical represen­tations of the Sword as well as the Trowel, andWheat, the latter signifying the fruitfulness of the

preacher's work. In ornamenting the capitals theartist has modelled a story from the bird world. Inthe four smaller panels near the top he has de­picted Christ's Parable of the Sower. On the top ofall will be noticed the victor's laurel and crown."

The Stockwell Orphanage was demolished in thelate 1950s, and a school was built on its site. Acc­ording to The Doulton Story (Paul Atterbury andLouise Irvine, 1979, available from the FOWNCbookstall, £3), the memorial was split up, and twopanels (presumably the larger two) were resited atSpurgeon's College, South Norwood Hill and atSpurgeon's Homes, Birchington, Kent. One ofthese panels was viewed by the FOWNC committeeduring a visit to Spurgeon's College a few yearsago. However, Atterbury and Irvine do not recordwhat became of the rest of the monument, notablythe statue of Spurgeon. Does anyone know?

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CHRISTOPHER POND (1826-1881)

The mausoleum to the Pond family standsprominently in square 88 (Grave 18,718). It is Grade11 listed and its splendour testifies to the wealth ofthe family it commemorates. The founder of thefamily fortunes was Christopher Pond. He wasEnglish, but first came to prominence in Melbournein the early 1850's. He was probably lured there bythe glint of gold. A gold rush caused Melbourne todouble its population every year between 1851 and1854. In partnership with Felix William Spiers,another expatriate, Pond realised that the burgeoningcity could support decent, licensed cafes. Theybought and improved the Cafe de Paris and becameco-proprietors of the cafe attached to Melbourne'sTheatre Royal.

The partners were not afraid to diversify. Of mostsignificance for their future success, they expandedinto railway catering and obtained the contract tosupply refreshments to the Melbourne and BallaratRailways. More spectacularly, Pond conceived thenotion of staging a series of cricket matches betweenrepresentatives of English and Australian teams. Hetravelled to England to promote the idea andreturned leaving his representative to recruit theplayers. A good, but not fully representative, sidewas chosen, consisting largely of Surrey men,including William Mortlock (1832-1884) (Grave19,684, square 122). The tour began on New Year'sDay 1862 with a match against 18 of Victoria. Itproved a huge sporting and commercial success. Thepartners retained all the gate receipts. Pond is alsoreputed to have made a substantial sum from sidebets. At the end of the tour the net profits were inthe region of £10,000.

In 1863 the partners made the bold decision to sellup and return to England. During his earlier visitPond had noticed that the London travelling publicwere badly served by railway catering. Operatingfrom their base in New Bridge Street, near LudgateHill, Spiers and Pond set about improvingconditions. Their first success was to obtain theconcession to provide catering on the Metropolitanand District Railways. Their buffet at FarringdonStreet was the first of a dozen they were to operateon the underground system. Spiers and Pond'srailway empire expanded year by year and was toculminate in their maintenance of 60 dining cars andover 200 main line buffets. On New Year's Day1866 the partners opened their first Londonrestaurant, the "Silver Grill" under the railwayarches at Ludgate Hill. The grilling apparatusinstalled there was a gift from grateful travellingpatrons.

It is difficult today to appreciate the revolutionwrought in the standards of public catering bySpiers and Pond. In a retrospective of his life and

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times in Victorian London, the writer Edmund Yatespaid fulsome tribute to their efforts and even speaksof the era before their arrival as "prae-Spiers andPond days". Another journalist, writing in Dickens'magazine "All The Year Round" in December 1867,praises "the mighty modem magicians" who hadended an abuse "under which the British railwaytraveller had groaned ever since railways were."

An even more spectacular monument to ChristopherPond than the mausoleum at Norwood survives inPiccadilly. This is the Criterion Theatre andRestaurant which opened in 1874 at a cost of£80,000. Spiers and Pond built it as, probably, theworld's first multi-catering complex. The architect,Thomas Verity, designed a building that, behind itsPortland stone facade, housed a theatre in thebasement, restaurants on the ground floor andbanqueting rooms on the first and second floors. Aswith most of Spiers and Pond's projects, theCriterion was a great success and four years laterthey began plans to extend the building.

The most remarkable feature of the Criterion was theMarble Hall, where the restaurant is currentlysituated, which had marble walls inlaid withsemiprecious stones and a gold mosaic ceiling. Itwas in the Marble Hall, as a plaque there records,that on New Year's Day 1881, a dresser at Barts metDr. John Watson and "led him to immortality andSherlock Holmes." In the sixties the marble wallswere clad in formica! The Hall was re-opened in allits original splendour in 1984.

Felix Spiers died in Paris, six years after hisretirement, in 1890. Christopher Pond lived at TheCedars on Herne Hill and died in Brighton on 30July 1881.

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taking the Norwood Society stall as usual, and theyhave kindly agreed to display FOWNC leaflets andsell the new postcards.

Sunday 17 July, 10.00-16.00: City of LondonCemetery, Aldersbrook Road, Manor Park, E12.First Public Open Day of the City of London Cem­etery and Crematorium.

Thursday 21 July, 14.30: Museum of London,London Wall, EC2. Lecture - John Walker Bailey:Roman Antiquarian - Karen Eyre. One of a seriesof talks by Museum staff about collections in theirgalleries, it features a person buried at Norwood.Admission £3 (£1.50 concessions).

A new Lambeth Tourism Forum is currently beingset up, with the aim of promoting Lambeth as atourist attraction (yes, really!). FOWNC have beeninvited to take part, and the Cemetery certainlydeserves to be high on their agenda. However, itis difficult to see how a borough with very fewopen public conveniences is going to cope with anyvisitors!

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Warning to Visitors!

Saturday 24 September, 10.00-16.00: Minet Lib­rary, Knatchbull Road, SE5. Lambeth ArchivesOpen Day. The theme this year is Lambeth atWar. Bob Flanagan will talk on Science and War­fare, 1800-1918. The lecture will be illustrated byreference to the achievements of Joshua Field,Joseph Maudslay, Augustus Siebe, Robert Mallet,Sir Henry Bessemer, Sir Hiram Maxim, AlexanderMuirhead and Colonel John Porte, all of whom lieat Norwood. This talk will complement Bob's Mili­tary Connections tour on Sunday 21 August. TheFOWNC bookstall will be there.

Following a recent change of policy, the toilets inthe Crematorium/Chapel building are now openonly on weekdays (presumably for funerals) - theyare kept locked at weekends. The public conven­iences at the end of Robson Road (like many ofthose in Lambeth) are almost permanently closednowadays, and West Norwood Station has beenwithout loos for passengers since its re-buildingmany years ago. Thus, there are no loos at all inthe area available for weekend visitors to theCemetery, who are quite likely to have travelledfrom other parts of the country to search for oldfamily graves (not to mention people coming onFOWNC tours!). The only idea we can think of(provided you are over 18) is to call into theThurlow Arms and order something as a pretext touse their toilets.

Forthcoming FOWNC Events - July-Sept 1994

Sunday 18 September: Special Tour - Science,Engineering and Medicine by Jill DudmanOur most popular tour which develops every yearas we discover more about the scientists, doctors,engineers and inventors buried or commemoratedat Norwood. The number of Fellows of the RoyalSociety of whom we are aware continues toincrease. Hopefully, the tour will include thehydraulic coffin lift in the Catacombs.

Sunday 21 August: Special Tour - MilitaryConnections by Bob FlanaganFrom Lord Howe's victory of the Glorious First ofJune (1794) to the Battle of Britain, via the Chargeof the Light Brigade ::nd the first machine gunsand flying boats, Norwood abounds in militaryconnections. Augustus Siebe (d.1872) even foughtwith Blticher at Waterloo! Although many tomb­stones have been demolished there are still 50 orso which can be visited.

Other Forthcoming Events - July-Sept 1994

Wednesday 13 July, 19.00: Linnrean Society,Burlington House, Piccadilly, Wl. Lecture - TheSouth Metropolitan Cemetery, West Norwood ­Bob Flanagan. Admission £2. (Friends of KensalGreen Cemetery.)

Sunday 17 July: Special Tour - George Myers andFriends by Patricia Spencer-SilverThis tour will visit the graves of George Myers("Pugin's Builder") and of some of his friends andrelations, including Thomas Talbot Bury, JohnGregory Crace, Thomas Cubitt, Sir William Cubitt,Sir Thomas Gabriel, Sir John Jackson (Myers'son-in-law), Sir Horace Jones and Sir WilliamTite. Patricia Spencer-Silver's biography of Myersis available from the FOWNC bookstall.

Saturday/Sunday 16/17 July: Brockwell Park,Norwood Road, SE24. Lambeth Country Show.Unlike previous years, we shall not be taking theFOWNC bookstall - we have cut down the stall­minding burden on committee members this year.However, David and Rosemary Comber will be

General tours will be held on the first Sunday ofeach month (3 July, 7 August, 4 September) andSpecial tours will be held as detailed below. Thetour on 7 August serves also as the Norwood Soc­iety's annual "tomb-trek" and we hope to include avisit to the Catacombs. All tours start at 14.30 atthe Cemetery main gate off Norwood Road and last2 hours or so. There is no formal charge but wewelcome donations of £1 per person (£0.50 con­cessions) towards conservation projects.

FOWNC Bookstall· Stock LIst· June 1994 FOWNC Bookstall - Stock List· June 1994 (continued)

FOWNC p()stcards (30 p, £2.20 set of 10)

General: VIew north-east from Stluke's Church, ca. 1907Cemetery entrance arch (WiIBamTIle, 1836)The cemetery In Spring (Squares 119/120)

Monuments: James WiIBamGllBART (d. 186; architect Willlam TIte?)St Stephen's Chapel (RAllI chapel ca. 1872;architectJ.O. Scott?)and tomb of Joshua FIELD (d. 1863)Charles Haddon (d. 1892) and Susannah (d. 1902) SPURGEONThomas WINTER (Tom Spring) (d. 1851) - conte~rary woodcut

Portraits: AlCOCK, Charles Willlam (1842-1907)WEBSTER, Sir Richard Everard (VIscount AJverslone)(1842-1915) (I) as amateur athlete ca. 1865and(il) as lord Chief Justice ca. 1900

Postcard sets (f:l.oo/set of 10): David Roberts: Egypt; The Holy Land

Postcards (35 p): William Burges: St Mary's, Studley Royal: Interior; Exterior (feature August 92)

Bovril Lady Golfer/Reckitt's Blue

Peelc, Frcan BiscuitslSunlight Soap

Bovril - Bringing Home Warmth &: HealthColmans Starch and Blue

Peelc, Frcan &: Co's Biscuits &: Cakes

Peelc, Frcan - Mother &: Child; On The Telephone; Tiffins

Bovril • Lady Golfer; BathersColman's Mustard - Like Grace

William Burges: Bed-head

David Roberts: Lord Mayor's Barge at Westminster, Ig30

Alfred Ce1lier (with B.C. Stephcnson): Waltz from Dom, ca. 1889

Pee1c, Frcan - Lady in Red; Picnic; Shipboard Party; Mother &: Chiid; On The Telephone; Pierrot:Afternoon Tea

Bovril - Prevents Sinking; Girt in Red; Lady Golfer; Making a Paragon Frame; !..!y Boy! All Beef!;Mainbrace; Station

Colman's Starch· Sailor &: Child

Colman's Mustard - Children's Band; On the Beach; Fishing Party; Playing the Harmonica:Sand Castle; Snowballs; Like Grace; The Fleet

Keen's Mustard· Jubilee (feature October 93)

P&:O - Sea Voyage (feature October 93)

Beguiling of Merlin (E Bumc-Jones, mode1 Maria Cassavetti, feature January 92)

Crystal Palace: Monsters (feature August 91); Maxim Flying Machine (feature August 91)David Roberts: Licrre (feature January 92); Gate of Mctwaley, Cairo 1843; Interior of Seville Cathedral. 1833;

Convent of San Onofrio, Rome, 1856; Portico of Temple of Philae, 1851

David Webstcr Qsbaldiston as HOtTer, TOOTell of the TuoI (feature August 92)

Georgc Tinworth: Model for a Sha1ccspearc Memorial, 1904 (feature August 92)Via Crueis (ternICOtta sculpture in Truro Cathedral)

lsabella Mary Mayson, Mrs Samuel Beeton (photograph by Maull &: Polyblank 1857, feature January 93)

Marghcrita di Prato, Ig86 (medal by Maria Zambaco ~ Cassavetti, feature October 93)Opening of Tower Bridge (Designer Sir Horacc Jones)

Royal Douiton: Jac1c Oimbs the Beanstalk; The Prince Awakens the Sleeping Beauty

(tile pictures from the Children's Wards at St Thomas')

Dodgem Can (from the 'Bunnykins' series - feature October 92)

Exhibits from the Sir Henry Doulton GalleryWilliam Simms: Transit Circle, Greenwich Meridian at night

Eliza Vincent (Mrs Osbalidiston) as the Fairy King in Oberon King of the Fairies, ca. 1826 (feature January 94)

William Wyon (feature August 91)

Large Postcards (50 p):

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Items from the Robert Opie Collection

Postcards (30 p):

Notecards (2 designs, 5 of each + envelopes £2.95):

Greetings Cards (includes envelope, 75 p):

Xmas Cards (5 cards + envelopes, £1.95):

Book (N.B. Dates In brackets refer to reviews/features In FOWNC Newsletters)

lJurges in WaIts (brief A4 guide to Burges' work at Cardiff Castle &: Castell Cach)

Cami//e PisstJTTO al Crystal Palace (by Nicholas Reed - 1993 edition, many colour plates - review October 93)

Chronic /nW!lIlor: The Life &: Work of Hiram SttvellS Maxim (by James E Hamilton - review April 92)Clapham Saints and SiflMrs (by Eric Smith - 78 pp, notes on many Norwood 'residents' - review January 92)

Craces, Royal Decorators /768-/899 (edited by Megan A!drich - 202 pp, many illustrations - review October 91).Dead Centre of Slreatham (by John Brown - details of monuments in St Leonard's Churchyard - review October 93)

.Doulton Story (by Paul Atterbury and Louisc Irvinc - lOO pp, 300 monochrome illustrations)Gartkn of Death - The History of York Cemetery (by Hugh Murray - review October 93)

Guitk to Abney Park Cemetery (by Paul Joyce - Second edition, 1994 - many monochrome iIIustrntions)

Guitk to the General Cemetery oj Aii Souls, Ke1lSal Green (illustrated - review October 92)

Introduction to Brookwood Cemetery (by John C1arIce - many colour photographs - review August 92)

lAmbeth's Theatrical lIerilage (by John Cresswe11 - a Vert popular short history - review August 92)

Leysdown Tragedy (by Rex Baucn - the story of a mass burial at Nunhead of Sea Scouts drowned in the Thames)

lAndon Cemeteries· An Illustrated Guide and Gautler, Edition 3 (by Hugh Meller - review April t994)

Memorials by Artists (by Harriet Frazer - what can still be achieved by trained craftsmen)Mortal Remains (by Chris Brooks - the history and stale of the Victorian and Edwardian Cemetert - review April 93)

Nunhead Cemetery (the second mid-nineteenth century commercial cemetery in South London - general guide)

Nunhead Notables (by Ron Woollacott - brief biographies of 144 of those buried at Nunhead)

Phoenix Suburb (by Alan R Warwick· 1992 reprint of edition 2 - the story of Upper Norwood and the Crystal Palace)

Power of News (by D<mald Read - the history of Rcutcrs News Agency - hardback - review April 93)

Pugin's Builtkr • The Ufe and Work of George Mytrs (by Patrida Spencer-Silver - review October 93)

Robert Browning's London: /812-/889 (by Mairi Calcraft - South London history)

Robsoll of the Olympic (by Mollie Sands - biography of the best-known actor buried at Norwood - review April 92)

St Luke's, Norwood (by KR Holdaway &: MD Lambert - illustrated history of the church overlooking Norwood Road)

Samuel Prow (/783-/852) (biography by Richard Lockett • many illustrations· review August 92)

Scol/ish Martyrs (by Wally Macfar1anc - the story of the political reformers of 1793-4 commemorated at Nunhead)

Sevellleen Stations to Dingle - The liver pool Overhead Railway Remembered (by John Gahan - review January 93)

Sir lIellry Bwemer (by Patricia Jenkyns - short biography, reprint of 1984 edition)

Spurgeon (biography by Amold Dallimorc - 252 pp, 8 monochrome plates)

Story of Royal Doulton (by Desmond Eyles - 30 pp, 40 colour phOlOgraphs)

Transit Circle (by EIcanor Mennim - biography of William Simms FRS FRAS - review January 93)

West Norwood Cemetery (by Geoffrey Manning - illustrated guide to the surviving listed monuments)

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Prints (24 x 30 cm on thick, satin finished card, £2.25): Bovril - Girl in Red

Peelc' Frcan - Mother &: Child (both featured April 92)

Greetings Card (includes envelope, 75 p): Hiram Maxim's Elcctric Light

Print (A4, full colour, £1.00): David Roberts: Sphinx Postal/telephone orders: RJ Flanagan, 79 Durban Road, London SE27 9RW (Tel: 081 6703265) orat FOWNC meetings. Please make cheques payable to 'Friends of West Norwood Cemetery'. (N.B.Postage is not included in the above prices).

Xmas Cards (set of 5 cards + envelopes, £1.95 p): Henry ?ether: Greenwich Hospital by Moonlight (feature April 93)I would be happy to receive suggestions for additional items to include on the list.