Papers relating to Sid Chaplin's writing career and other involvements throughout his life. Typescripts of published novels, short stories, poetry, plays and articles; typescripts of unpublished novels, short stories, poetry, plays and articles; working drafts of typescripts, published typeset copies; television and radio dramatisations; diaries 1930-1985, notebooks 1930-1984; newspaper cuttings; correspondence 1939-1990, in particular correspondence with David Higham Associates 1949-1989, BBC 1947-1987, various publishers: Phoenix House 1946-1962, Eyre and Spottiswoode 1959-1978, Pergamon Press and Ben Owen 1950-1984, Alan Plater 1963-1985, Alex Glasgow 1970-1982, Stan Barstow 1961-1984, Basil Bunting 1983-1984, Norman Nicholson 1950-[1982], John Bate 1944-1985, various Russian and French correspondence, particularly with Professor Valentina Ivashova 1964-1985; material relating to the English Speaking Union of America trip to USA, 1955 and subsequent correspondence with Dorothy Goodfellow 1960-1985.

A list of ITV projects which Michael Chaplin was involved in as of November 1995.

Printout of Timothy Leggatt's chapter "The Sponsorship of Television Programmes" with a correction sheet by Roy Shaw.

Printout of Chapter contributions and an introduction.

Photocopies of handwritten character outlines.

Summaries of character development in series 2.

Publication of sketches and photographs conceptualising the lower ground to first floors.

Handwritten account of the committees justification of their reports to the Board of Guardians.

This project running from 1985-1990 at 1 Embankment Place, Villiers Street, London incorporated an air rights development over the existing train line at Charing Cross. In 1990 most of the area over the British Rail platforms was covered by Embankment Place, a post-modern office and shopping complex designed by Terry Farrell and Partners.

The project was technologically innovative, involving suspension of seven to nine storeys of offices above the railway tracks, to isolate the space from railway vibration. The resulting bowstring arch over the tracks was supported on 18 columns rising through the platforms. The uninterrupted office space was constructed from a series of floorplates rising nine storeys. Retail and restaurant accommodation was distributed in the vaults below the station and in a new infill building which completed the streetscape to the adjoining Villiers Street.

This development led to the replacement of most of the 1906 roof. The rear two spans of this structure, immediately adjacent to the existing concourse roof, were retained as part of an enlarged waiting area. In addition the original retaining side walls of the station which once supported it remained in near complete condition.

The original Charing Cross masterplan also included suggestions for improvements for the Hungerford Bridge as part of a series of environmental improvements to pedestrian circulation. In 1990, a proposed scheme was submitted which included redevelopment of the land between Embankment Place and Carrara House at the corner of Villiers Street. There are some plans within the Charing Cross project files that may relate to the Hungerford Bridge development.

Client: Greycoat Plc

Model made from wood of Charing Cross Station in London, showing surrounding streets, buildings, roads and bridges. Encased in clear acrylic casing box, which is screwed into the wooden base. Dimensions of height, width, depth in centimetres: 175 x 142 x 42