Photo Catalogue Reference : ACC477 In 2016 still doing the rally circuit as far as I can make out. Earlier this year, MOLA carried out an archaeological excavation prior to the construction of The Wellcome Trust, one of the founders of The Francis Crick Institute, has produced a short film about the excavation. RAF St Pancras was a temporary, but official, Royal Air Force station established in the Somers Town Goods Yard beside St Pancras railway station in London.The base was opened and closed in May 1969 in order to serve the winning entry of Flt Lt Tom Lecky-Thompson and Harrier XV741 in the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race.. References The area now known as King’s Cross lay approximately 2 km north-west of the Roman settlement of Londinium. In its time, the goods yard played an important role in the everyday lives of Londoners. Subject Type : Stations/Structures 17th April 2010. St Pancras Station can be seen in the background. Brill Place, London NW1. A view of the Somers Town Goods Yard and St Pancras from south of the Euston Road. Qty: Add to Cart. Now occupied by the British Library. Somers Town, lifted goods yard with wall, St Pancras trainshed background; Somers Town, lifted goods yard with wall, St Pancras trainshed background. Somers Town has 1,917 members. The goods yard, however, could not muster a line up of poets and architectural historians to shield it from the wrecker’s ball. Collection : Geoffrey Webb Colln. £0.00. MOLA team 18.08.2011. Earlier this year, MOLA carried out an archaeological excavation prior to the construction of The Francis Crick Institute on a site close to St Pancras Station and the British Library. Earlier this year, MOLA carried out an archaeological excavation prior to the construction of The Wellcome Trust, one of the founders of The Francis Crick Institute, has produced a short film about the excavation. if you grew up in Somers Town, went to school there or just hung around the cock tavern pub in your spare time! Somers Town`Goods Depot `1927-2009. Cranes, trains and bananas: Somers Town Goods Yard (no rating) 0 customer reviews. Before work could begin on building the new Francis Crick Institute, archaeologists from Museum of London Archaeology went in to excavate the planned building site, close to St Pancras Station and the British … £0.00 *Print * Required Fields. Source Format : Negative Railway Company : British Railways London Midland Region So while St Pancras was spared, its unsung adjunct was levelled. Midland Railway's Somers Town Goods depot, Midland Railway's Somers Town Goods depot, 23 May 1922. Excavating Somers Town Goods Yard. Earlier this year, MOLA carried out an archaeological excavation prior to the construction of The Francis Crick Institute on a site close to St Pancras Station and the British Library. This site is now occupied by the British Library. By 1874, the Midland Railway Company had run out of space at St Pancras Goods yard and it expanded into the area south of Brill … This website requires cookies to provide all of its features. Image No. In 1997, the site of the southern half of the Somers Town yard was redeveloped as the British Library.