Research material collected by Neil Astley of Bloodaxe Books
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Part of Tonks (Rosemary) Archive
Research material collected by Neil Astley of Bloodaxe Books
Part of Tonks (Rosemary) Archive
Part of Live Theatre Archive
Part of Burns Dick (Robert) Archive
Part of Farrell (Sir Terry) Archive
Relating to Sir Terry Farrell's role as a member of the Royal Parks Review Group 1992-1996.
The Royal Parks cover 5000 acres of parkland and provide the setting for Kensington and Buckingham Palaces, London Zoo, and the Albert Memorial. They compromise Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James’ Park, Richmond Park, Green Park and Bushy Park.
In 1992 Sir Terry Farrell joined the Royal Parks Review Group, a group set up in with the remit of producing a fundamental change and improvement in the Royal Parks and how they were run, aiming for excellence in the way they were kept, quality in what the parks offered, and better management and value for money. Sir Terry Farrell’s particular remit was to look at the large-scale design of landscape and buildings together, and his conclusions were published in 1996.
A core finding was that in the transition from private royal space to public space, the Royal Parks had suffered an identity crisis which benefited neither the Royal family nor the public. He proposed that whilst the royal family did not enjoy them as they used to do, neither did the populace experience them in their full splendour either. His recommendations addressed the way that the public were often funnelled through side entrances and diverted away from original grand entrances and grand routes. He argued that there was poor access in general from the surrounding roads, and a dominance of cars over pedestrian access. Finally, the clumsy dividing of public and private space resulted in the blocking of original vistas and schemes thereby diminishing the splendour of the original design.
Part of Bloodaxe Books Archive
Contains information regarding Bloodaxe Books sales and commercial activity such as the catalogue, distribution work and cash flow information.
Part of Chaplin (Michael) Archive
School Governor Files, 1981 - 1994
Part of Plowden (Lady Bridget) Archive
Science And Engineering Research Council: General
Science And Engineering Research Council: Other papers
With the exception of BR/5/2/3, the papers listed as BR/5/2 were formerly within a box entitled "DTI/SERC/SAC".
Scrapbooks of autographs and press cuttings relating to matters of local interest to the North East of England, and Walters interests in temperance.