Key Information
Reference code
K/PP149/9/1/5
Title
Additional sets of photographic slides of the construction of St Christopher's Hospice, 1963-1972
Date(s)
- 1963 - 1972 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4 sets (358 slides in total)
Scope and content
35mm colour photographic slides showing the construction of St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham, south London, including the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone, 1964, the main construction work, furnished interiors, official opening by Princess Alexandra, 1967. Also images of a sculpture of a praying woman (possibly by sculptor Witold Gracjan Kawalec, creator of the statue of St Christopher and Christ over the hospice's entrance).