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SUMMARY:Tour of the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office
DESCRIPTION:Tour of the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office \nDate: Friday 23 October 2026\nTime: 11:30am\nVenue: Foreign Office\, King Charles Street\, London SW1A 2AH \nThe Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office (“the Foreign Office”) was built by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1861-8 in Victorian Italianate style\, at the insistence of the Prime Minister\, Lord Palmerston\, at broadly the same time as St Pancras Station\, which Scott designed in his favoured Gothic style. \nThe building originally also housed the India Office\, the courtyard and interiors of which were designed by Sir Mathew Digby Wyatt. Scott was responsible for remaining interiors. \nDurbar Court\, Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office\, 2014Photo: ‘Colin’\nAfter the Mutiny in 1857\, the British Government decided to wind up the East India Company and to demolish East India House in Leadenhall Street. Its contents\, including the Indian Museum\, the library\, the paintings and sculptures\, were temporarily housed in Fife House in Whitehall before moving into the newly completed India Office in 1868. Thereafter parts were sent to the British Museum and the South Kensington Museum or scattered elsewhere but much was integrated into the India Office or the greater Foreign Office. \nOur Tour will be conducted by Dr Luke Gibbon and/or Dr Richard Smith\, historians at the FCDO and will cover the architecture\, the art work and the history of the of the India Office building. It will last about 1½ hours and will start at 11:30am. \nNumbers are limited to 15 but\, if there is sufficient demand\, a further tour may be organised in early 2027. The tour is free and available to members of BACSA only. \nTravel: You will be expected to make your own way to the Foreign Office at King Charles St\, London SW1A 2AH. The nearest underground station is Westminster. \nLunch: It is anticipated that there will be a party going for lunch afterwards which you would be very welcome to join. \nBooking will open on the website on Thursday 24 September. If you prefer not to use the website\, please e-mail chairman@bacsa.org.uk. Bookings will be taken on a first come\, first served basis.
URL:https://www.bacsa.org.uk/event/tour-of-the-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office/
LOCATION:Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office\, King Charles Street\, London\, England\, SW1A 2AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Activities
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Dean":MAILTO:chairman@bacsa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:BACSA General Meeting\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:BACSA General Meeting\, 2026: \nDate: Thursday 15 October 2026\nTime: 11:30am\nVenue: The Union Jack Club\, Sandell Street\, London SE1 8UJ \nThe Union Jack Club is in Sandell Street\, directly opposite the Waterloo Station Jubilee Line ticket hall. Cross Waterloo Road at the traffic lights; Sandell Street is 10 yards to the left and the entrance to the Club is 15 yards along Sandell Street on the right-hand side. \nLunch will be served at 1:15pm\, with drinks available at a pay bar. The charge for the two-course curry meal is £31.00. Bookings must be made by Tuesday 6 October. Requests received after this date may not be accepted. \nRegistration and Lunch: \nIf you wish to attend the meeting and have lunch\, please either:\n•Book and pay via the Events tab on the BACSA website\, or\n•Make your cheque payable to BACSA\, and email the General Meetings Officer (at gmo@bacsa.org.uk) for further instructions. \nIf you wish to attend the meeting\, but not stay for lunch\, please notify the General Meetings Officer by email (at gmo@bacsa.org.uk).
URL:https://www.bacsa.org.uk/event/bacsa-general-meeting-2026/
LOCATION:Union Jack Club\, Sandell Street\, Waterloo\, London\, SE1 8UJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tina Davies":MAILTO:gmo@bacsa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Visit to Brighton Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:Tour of the Royal Pavilion\, Brighton – emphasising its Indian-influenced architecture\, and its time as a WW1 War Hospital for Indian Army soldiers. \nThursday 18th June 2026 at 11.30am \nThe Royal Pavilion\, Brighton\nThe Royal Pavilion was extended in 1815 in an Indo-Saracenic style by John Nash\, with Mughal inspired features such as bulbous domes\, chattri-topped minarets and cusped arches. Its exterior is a tour de force\, or an aberration in taste\, depending on your point of view. Its interiors\, designed by Frederick Crace\, are lavish\, with\, among others\, Indian and Chinese influences. \nOver 4\,000 wounded Indian soldiers were admitted to a temporary hospital set up inside the Royal Pavilion estate between December 1914 and February 1916.(The Royal Pavilion and Museum\, Brighton & Hove)\nDuring the First World War the Pavilion was offered by King George V as a military hospital for troops of the Indian Army wounded on the Western Front. As a result of the inevitable fatalities among some of the patients\, a cremation site was set up on the South Downs just north of Brighton where the remains of Hindu and Sikh soldiers could be cremated (Muslims were buried at the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking). After the war\, the site was turned into a war memorial with a Chattri at its centre. It is a very moving place. \nThe Indian Gate at Brighton Pavilion(mybrightonandhove.org.uk)\nOur tour of the Pavilion will begin at 11.30am. We will meet at the entrance (detailed instructions will be sent to those who have signed up in the week leading up to the event). Inside the Pavilion\, we will visit\, amongst other places\, the Indian Hospital Gallery. \nOn exiting the Pavilion we will look at the Indian Gate\, the southern entrance to the Royal Pavilion estate\, ‘the gift of India in commemoration of her sons who – stricken in the Great War – were tended in the Pavilion in 1914 and 1915’. \nLunch: will follow the tour. There are a large number of eating places close by. If you wish to lunch in a group\, probably over a curry\, this can be arranged closer to the time. Please note that the price of lunch is not included in the charge for the tour. \nThe Chattri on the Downs near Patcham(Phil Duffy MusePhotographic)\nAfter lunch\, for those who are interested\, a visit is proposed to the Chattri War Memorial. Please note that this involves a walk of about a mile (so 2 miles roundtrip) over flat downland. Whilst not unduly strenuous\, it is not on a metalled path\, so suitable footwear is advisable. \nTravel: You will be expected to make your own way to Brighton. If coming by train\, it is a 15 minute walk from the station to the Pavilion\, downhill (but uphill on the way back). There is plenty of parking available in Brighton but it is not cheap. If numbers are sufficient for the proposed visit to the Chattri\, we may hire some form of transport or take public transport. Any cost will be additional. \nPrice: The price of the tour is £15. However\, in addition to this\, you will have to pay for entry into the Royal Pavilion. Normal admission is £21.50\, but we are being offered a special price of £18.50.\nThere are various other discounts available:\n•If you are a member of the Art Fund\, entry is free.\n•If you travel by rail to Brighton\, you can purchase two entry tickets for the price of one (£21.50) on production of your rail ticket. (You will have to do this yourself\, either on the Royal Pavilion’s website or at the ticket office on arrival). \nBooking: \n•The price for the BACSA tour plus admission to the Pavilion (but excluding lunch and a trip to the Chattri) is £33.50.\n•(If you intend to use either the 2-for-1 rail ticket or Art Fund concessions for Pavilion admission\, please pay £15 for the BACSA tour). \nPlease book via the Events tab on the BACSA website. You can pay via the website using a credit card or by bank transfer; or send an e-mail to events@bacsa.org.uk. \nPaul Dean\, BACSA Chairman\n****************************** \n(Suggestions for BACSA website news items\, volunteering opportunities and diary entries\, are always welcome – please send them to ‘comms@bacsa.org.uk’).
URL:https://www.bacsa.org.uk/event/visit-to-brighton-pavilion/
LOCATION:The Royal Pavilion\, Brighton\, The Royal Pavilion\, Brighton\, Sussex\, BN1 1FN\, United Kingdom
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