{"id":1711,"date":"2005-04-27T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2005\/04\/27\/londons-open-house\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T12:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T12:47:12","slug":"londons-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/londons-open-house.html","title":{"rendered":"London&#039;s Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n Every September the annual Open House London event takes place and<br \/>\n this year the dates are 17th &amp; 18th September 2005. Over 500<br \/>\n buildings are opening their doors to everyone and turning the<br \/>\n capital into a living architectural exhibition. And it&#039;s<br \/>\n absolutely free! Last year, the Beetle and Padmassana braved the<br \/>\n cold autumn air and set off to see if we could get to go inside the<br \/>\n famous Gherkin &#8211; the tall, glass clad bullet shaped building. It<br \/>\n could have been the early hour, or the lack of copious amounts of<br \/>\n coffee, but coffee, we could see the gherkin but could we find it?<br \/>\n It took an age to get there! By the time we got there, around 9.45am,<br \/>\n the queues were breathtakingly long, as Padmassana&#039;s photos show.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/may-2005-71589ae3.jpg\" alt=\" \" class=\"pic\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>So, instead, we went to the Bank of England and we<br \/>\n joined a guided tour there. It was excellent! Believe it or not,<br \/>\n the site of the Bank of England, which has been located in<br \/>\n Threadneedle Street since 1734, covers a massive 3 &amp;frac12; acres &#8211; who<br \/>\n would have thought it! We moved down a very majestic staircase<br \/>\n to some beautiful state rooms downstairs and through the<br \/>\n gardens and up again to the rooms that are used to hold meetings<br \/>\n with visiting officials to discuss monetary policy. The tour ended<br \/>\n in the Bank&#039;s museum which is fascinating and includes a gold<br \/>\n bullion bar, encased in bullet proof glass, of course, which<br \/>\n Padmassana had a go at lifting through the specially designed hole<br \/>\n for people to touch the bar. You can visit the museum any time and<br \/>\n it is free of charge. The museum is open Monday to Friday, 10.00 &#8211;<br \/>\n 17.00, Christmas Eve, 10.00 &#8211; 13.00 but is closed at weekends and<br \/>\n on Public and Bank Holidays.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/may-2005-2beced8.jpg\" alt=\" \" class=\"pic\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/>After the Bank of England tour, we visited one of the<br \/>\n livery companies near Smithfield market and after a fry up at the<br \/>\n Beetle&#039;s favourite 24\/7 greasy spoon caf&eacute;, we headed up to St<br \/>\n Pancras and joined a tour run by Arups, the consulting engineers<br \/>\n responsible for building the new ST Pancras train staton which is<br \/>\n to be the new home of the Eurostar as well as a new and upgraded<br \/>\n train station for regional trains.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n All photos are by Padmassana. We are looking forward to this<br \/>\n year&#039;s Open House and maybe this time we&#039;ll be better<br \/>\n organised to go and visit the Gherkin!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n If you&#039;d like more information about this years&#039; event,<br \/>\n then take a look at the official website, which also runs other<br \/>\n architectural tours during the year: <a href=\"https:\/\/open-city.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.openhouselondon.org.uk\/<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every September the annual Open House London event takes place and this year the dates are 17th &amp; 18th September 2005. 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