Bomb Site Biography: Barbican

By The London Archives

An illustrated talk tracing the history of the Barbican, Fore Street and the surrounding area.

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The London Archives

40 Northampton Road London EC1R 0HB United Kingdom

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1 hour
In person

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Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Community • Historic

The first bombs to drop on the City during the Second World War landed on Fore Street. By the war’s end only a few buildings remained.

In this talk we look at what was here before the bombers came, what was lost, what survived and how the site has been used since.In this bombsite biography we will see this location change from an insalubrious outskirt of the City of London, known for criminality and the rag trade to a devastated wasteland and then being rebuilt as the Barbican Centre.

Going to the present day we will see how post war re-building has itself been replaced and repurposed.

IMPORTANT: This talk will be taking place in-person only at The London Archives, in Clerkenwell.

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The event is held on the first floor and is accessible by stairs and a lift. An accessible toilet is on the same floor. Further details on www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/accessibility and please contact us at TLADigital@cityoflondon.gov.uk if you have any specific accessibility requirements.

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