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Savoy Place History

I had the opportunity to visit Savoy Place with my little one today.  The Faraday Centre is a really nice resource and it's a shame I don't have the opportunity to make use of it a bit more often.


But as I was explaining that it has changed over the years (as things must), my little one didn't believe me that the old members coffee room used to be a dingy room in the basement behind the Faraday statue which was under the shop.  Also they were surprised when I mentioned some of the other things that have changed (like the foyer, the old library, etc).


I was wondering if anyone (IET staff or member) had archive pictures of what it used to look before the updates were made?  Unfortunately I was less of a shutter bug in those days.


Mark
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  • I just found this picture of the old Kelvin Lounge


    And I seem to remember this was the members room just before the refurb - with bookcase wallpaper and a room full of computers for members to use.  It was really tucked away - you had to know it was there to use it!


    And of course if memory serves correctly what is now the Faraday Centre used to be the small lecture theatre - was it the Turing lecture theatre?  But the Faraday Centre makes much better use of the fabulous views!

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  • I just found this picture of the old Kelvin Lounge


    And I seem to remember this was the members room just before the refurb - with bookcase wallpaper and a room full of computers for members to use.  It was really tucked away - you had to know it was there to use it!


    And of course if memory serves correctly what is now the Faraday Centre used to be the small lecture theatre - was it the Turing lecture theatre?  But the Faraday Centre makes much better use of the fabulous views!

    4f1ac55493a124052405ef3eec68a0f5-huge-if286635_429long.jpg

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