Supporters of the Euston Arch Trust

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Patron: Michael Palin

Committee:

• Dan Cruickshank
• Gavin Stamp
• Will Palin
• Basil Comely
• Chris Costelloe
• Tim Oliver
• David J Simpson
• Paul Johnson
• Eva Wai

Supporters

Name	Location	Comment
Stephen Hartland	Birmingham
Aaron Litvinoff	London	I am shocked at the mindless vandalism of councillors and politicians in the years before I was born. Architecture like this should be perennial, let's get it back for the future, and set a precedent nationwide!
James A. Dowden	Birmingham
Simon Pedley	London	Would love to see some classical style brought back to what is now a bleak, soul-less station and area.
Ian Shearring	London
Les Heather	Haverhill, Suffolk	I'm a train driver, and over the last twenty years that i have been using Euston station i have hated the soulless hole, i find it hard to believe that after the austere years of the war and the lean times of the fifties, that in the sixties (a time of new optimism) that this existing monstrosity was the best they could come up with, the architect should have been hung along with the planners and goverment of the time! It was such a fantastic piece of architecture. I'm all for the redevelopment of Euston station and its surrounding environs, lets hope the the new planners and architects can build a station that will live up to its Victorian predecessor and in some way incorporate the rebuilt original arch.
Chris Patterson	Ireland	Wonderful architecture, outrageous that it was never incorporated into the 1960s redevelopment. Too young to have passed through it. A friend of mine, Roger Pattenden, makes and sells wonderful card model kits of this arch. Great stuff.
Roger Pattenden	Harrow, Middlesex	Wonderful to know that at last there is a real possibillity that the Arch may be rebuilt. I remember gazing at it in awe as a young lad.
Barbara Shackley	Solihull	As chairman of the Victorian Society in Birmingham I use the photo of the Euston Arch all the time. Keep up the good work!
Mark Walkling	Beckenham
Mark Rawcliffe	Islington, London	I am 35 and have only ever known the present Euston station. My family who live in Lancs. and I use it to visit each other. It is a grim and dreary place in itself and no comparison with Paddington or St. Pancras or King's Cross. It is no gateway to London. Bring back the Arch and give the place some sense of place.
Eamonn Hurley-Flynn	London, W1T
Clive Tyler	Nottingham	I've only seen pictures of it. Would be marvellous to see it rise again.
Philip Ortiz	Kings Cross, London
Andrew R H Dalton	London	I only found it had ever existed recently, it looks stunning. As a regular London to Manchester commuter, and with a (all be it- laymans) interest in architecture seeing this rise once more would be awesome.
Edward Devey	Manchester
Tracy Armstrong	Ayrshire, Scotland
Chris Moxon	Stockport	The arch would be another great centerpiece for one of London's major stations.
Dan Spinner	Chiswick
Nigel Kavanagh-Brown	Watford
Janice Liverseidge	London
John Bowling	London
Tim Ludbrook	London
Jim Ward	Newton Solney
Nadia Marchant	Battersea, London	It would be so impressive to see an alluring arch outside Euston station. An Archway is a wonderful symbol of welcome to new arrivals. Also, I think it will help restore a little "je ne sait quoi" in the area. Preserve a little history!
Paul and Francoise Findlay		We fully support the reinstatement of a Euston Arch
Sarah Stoney	Hull
Roger Marks	Buckinghamshire
Jess	London
Richard Hart	London
Doric Arch	Barnsley	The story of the Euston Arch and its eventual terrible demise were of such enormity to me that we decided to name our band after the common term for it ‘Doric Arch’. Although I couldn’t possibly have any memories of the arch and its grandiose placement in front of the beautiful old station, it really is something which has genuinely haunted me for some reason since I watched Dan Cruickshanks first mini documentary when I was younger. After living in London for a while I would go to the station and I imagined the arch to have been between the 2 lodges at Euston Square, which would be perfect as the new location. I hope you guys can convince the contractor to rebuild the arch, hopefully from the original blocks. It was a travesty which came down to the same old thing: money and favours - with no thought for the general populace and no scope for the larger picture of humanity in general. Anything we can do, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Doric Arch
Matt Caro	Totteridge, London	REBUILD IT!!
Patrick F D Lepper	Berkhamsted, Herts	While I think the present Euston has some merits which should not be ignored, I was sad to see the Doric Arch go. Most of all, anyone who has the grit to discover the remains in the Lee Cut, and to call upon the world to help him dig them up and re-erect them, deserves not only admiration but support!
Steve Bailey	London
Luke Brennan	Leeds, West Yorkshire
Charles Warzinski	London	Good luck with the campaign. Maybe they should rebuild the rest of the original Euston too!
John Baxter	Colne, Lancashire	When I was 18 in 1981 I visited London and arrived at Euston Station. I was impressed with the station then I found out what was there before, I saw the pics of the arch and old station and I couldn't believe they pulled it down in the sixties, I think the arch should be rebuilt to show how great the station was, I am sure that the millions of people that use the station every year would agree, young and old...
Stan Beben	Preston, Lancashire	In 1962 I was a 13 year-old rail enthusiast (trainspotter!), and was as shocked as many others to witness the demise of the Arch. In the intervening years I have regularly used the new station, and consider it an ugly, depressing place to get out of as quickly as possible. Not many I feel will mourn its passing after only 40 years. I hope that the developers see sense and incorporate a rebuilt Arch in the new design - it will be well worth it for the plaudits alone.
Shaun Hope	Northampton	Went to school at what is now South Camden Community School in the early 1960's. Fond memories of the arch and the old Euton booking hall
Colin Brace	Worcester
Mike Day	Newcastle	My girlfriend and I visited New York in 2007 and we were taken aback by the scale and splendour of Grand Central Station and were keen to see the nearby Penn Station. We were both dismayed to find the original station gone and replaced by a new station built mostly underground, buried beneath a drab 60's tower block and Madison Square Garden. When we returned to England, I searched online for images of the original Penn Station and found several websites telling the story of how the demolition of this building raised support for the preservation of historic buildings in America. I was surprised to find that the same thing had happened in London to our own Euston Station and how the demolition of the original building and its arch kick-started the preservation culture we have now. Reading about the discovery of some of the remains of the arch and the coming redevelopment of the dismal Euston Station we have now I was delighted to find a group of people hoping to right this historic and architectural wrong. Good luck.
Andrew Tempany	London
David McNeff	Manchester & London	The restored arch would lend some sense of grandeur to London's gateway to the north and lift our spirits beyond and above the reek of fast food!
David Embery	Northfleet, Kent	I've been in favour of a reconstruction of the Euston Arch since I learnt what happened to it in the 1960s. I saw the One Foot In the Past programmes that brought the issue to a wider audience. Having used Euston station as it is now on a regular basis I bemoan the loss every time I see it.
Lee Hutchings	Manchester	I am a Conservation Assistant In Manchester and I fully support the Euston Arch being rebuilt
Paul Peros	Hertfordshire	No memories of the arch - but I've been travelling through Euston regularly since 1997, when I first went to university, and now I work right opposite the station. So I would love to see the arch back - the idea that Euston used to be as beautiful as St Pancras is incredible! Let's hope it goes that way again.
Richard Barnett	Birmingham	Olympics 2012 means plant is available locally to retrieve some parts of the Euston Arch from the temporary storage site at the bottom of the River Lee. Let us use this opportunity to reinstate the Arch where it should be.
Murray Tremellen	Buckinghamshire
Tom	Newton Abbot, Devon
Ian Jack	London
Harry Jack	Edinburgh
Thierry Cunzi	Paris, France	I fully support your initiative.
Simon Robertson	London
David Lacey	Abu Dhabi
Alex Kidd	London	I have studied the great terminals of London, seen the pitures of the station itself, and it appears to be the greatest of them all, as well as the oldest. it there is a possibility that the great monument can be rebuilt then I am in favour of it.
Richard Rowe	Catford, London	Euston remains the most underwhelming of all the London stations, and the memories of my family passed to me are of a grand place. If it can be restored to even a little of that grandeur and restore the crime of the destruction of the Arch, that is a good thing.
Peter Weller	Newcastle
Sara Mcgrail	London	I regularly use and loathe Euston Station. The restoration of the arch with all that represents would do much to restore some pride to the West Coast main line passenger. Not to mention the boon to the dignity of the exiled north-westener a restored Euston Arch would bring when greeting weekend visitors who believe London is nothing but concrete and rudeness ...
Evelyn Cook	Northumberland
Paul Jakeman	London
Richard Palmer	Twickenham
Louis Lemieux	London	Rebuilding the Euston Arch would be a great addition to London's civic spaces. Its human scale would say 'Welcome to London' to the millions of people that use the station every year. It must be done and I am willing to pay my fair share.
Brian Phillips	Rugby	It is about time this act of vandalism was reversed. The age of the train is returning - so let's have the Arch I remember as a child returned.
Johnathan Lucas	Norbury, South London
Mark Darbyshire	Clerkenwell, London
Christopher Oxford	Wimbledon, London	Although I have known for years how the destruction of the Euston Arch galvanised the conservationist efforts of the 60s and 70s, I had not realised before looking through your site what a magnificent structure the Arch truly was. The idea of re-erecting it as an icon of the past, present and future importance of railways in Britain is marvellous, and I wish the Campaign the greatest success in achieving its aim.
Jeff Cotton	London
John Myers	London
Tom Straszewski	York, UK
Malcolm Richards	Milton Keynes
David McCairley	Paris, France
Maurice Eden Irving	Haltwhistle, Northumberland	Impressed each time I visited London from Carlisle from forties until it was removed.
Ben Addison	London
Peter Wootton	Truro, Cornwall	I just remember the old Euston Station, having been brought up in Watford in the 1950s and often travelling to London Euston. I would love to see the, only barely remembered Arch, in the flesh (stone?) again.
James Hamilton	London	The restoration of the Arch is worthwhile for its own sake, but it's also key to the regeneration of the entire Euston Road from Kings Cross through to Marylebone. It is an essential project which London badly needs.
Guy Regis	Notting Hill, London	I don't have any memories but it would be wonderful to have this great monument rebuilt.
Jonathan Burns	Penge, London SE20	The rebuilding of the arch would send a powerful message of support to those campaigning to save existing historic buildings currently threatened by developers.
Karen Baston	London
Fiona Galloway	Haile, near Egremont
Janet Chapman	London	Fantastic idea!
Paul Pensom	London	Yes! An excellent plan.
David Sterratt	Edinburgh
David Harbin	Nottingham	This is a wonderful opportunity to restore part of our lost heritage. The restoration of the arch would bring huge publicity and architectural focus to benefit the new station.
David Watts	Cambridge
Andrew Colebourne	London
Andrew Chapman	Leeds, West Yorkshire	Despite living in London for 10 years in the 1990s, I knew nothing of the history of the Euston Arch until one of my favourite pubs, The Head of Steam at Euston Station, was re-named The Doric Arch. What an amazing arch and a total travesty of 1960s planning that is was raised to the ground. It would be fantastic to get it back again and have Euston looking like they now have St Pancras looking. Ironically I know live about a 2 minute walk from Bramley Fall Park, which stands on the site of the old Bramley Fall (Newlay) Quarry from where the stones for the arch came - and I did not know that either until reading this and other sites. Good luck with the campaign. Andy Chapman
Martyn Huws	Tooting, London	I would very much like to see the Euston Arch rebuilt, this amazing structure should never have been removed back in the 60s. I use Euston Station often as I take the train home to North Wales. As it stands at the moment, Euston Station is unwelcoming and makes you want to leave the area as soon as possible.
John Backway	Streatham, London	I do hope this campaign is successful. The Euston Arch was a great monument to the railway pioneers and deserves to be reinstated.
Natalie Zacek	Manchester
Les Robertson	Whitstable
Joanna Lilley	London	Shamefully, despite being a Londoner born and bred, I had never heard of the Euston Arch until it was mentioned in a Guardian article at the weekend and I followed the link to this website. Euston station has in my lifetime always been a blot on the landscape, a dreary depressing building in contrast to many other beautiful London railway stations. Restoring the arch would be a wonderful part of the improvement of Euston station in keeping with the renovation of St Pancras (and Kings Cross) next door - what an opportunity.
Mark Dennis	London	It would be a wonderful achievement to re-build the Euston Arch in the 21st century.
Gilly Watts	Cambridge
Ian Rae	Sandhurst, Berks.
Peter Johnson	Stafford, Staffs.	I appreciate Michael Palin's initiative in wanting to restore the significant Doric Arch and I applaud your campaign.
Michael Thomas	North London
Colin Clarke	Eastbourne	I have no direct memories of the arch but do remember the fuss around the demolition; it was incredible even at the time that it still bit the dust. I've always regretted this loss of a masterpiece.
Susan Warlow	London	I don't really remember the arch, although I lived near Euston for a short while when I first came to London. I think they were building the new station when I first came here. It looks like it was a fine piece of architecture.
Daniel Li	Bristol
Benjamin Anderson	London
Michael Charton	Tuscon, Arizon, USA	Haven't seen the arch, but I am a rail fan, who has used certain London stations.
Mr Gareth Kelly	Grays, Essex	It would be a most impressive entrance to Euston Station, far better than a concrete block which currently stands, I hope this goes ahead!
Callum Duff	Edinburgh	I've always been aggrieved by the pig-headedness of those who decided to demolish the Euston Arch in the name of 'progress'. Now with this new opportunity to redevelop the station site let's make sure the same mistakes aren't made again. Rebuild the Arch and give us something to celebrate again; a good architectural idea. How often does that happen these days!
David King	Edinburgh
Pete Curtis	Milton Keynes
Dean Booth	London (Streatham)	When I first heard out about the Euston Station redevelopment, I contacted one of the senior persons involved in the project - suggesting this very thing; the reconstruction of Euston Arch. I was rather sniffily told that only "practical and cost-effective" suggestions would be considered, to which I retorted that great buildings, and by extention great cities, also needed infrastructure which raised the spirits and quicked the pulse. Euston Arch does this - it conveys a sense of history and grandeur befitting London, will right a historical wrong and will lift that whole, currently rather dismal, stretch of Euston road.
Jonathan Robins	London	I was born far after the arch was pulled down, but it would be brilliant to see it back up.
Chris Chapman
Mr P Houldershaw	London	I just happen to share the opinions written here on this site. That is was a tragic act of vandalism. Aside from esthetics, the arch was one of the most important historic buildings in the country. If Temple Bar can be re-erected by St. Paul's, then the Euston arch MUST be planned for with the new station renovation. This is our chance to heal a barbaric wound.
Gerald Blessington	Canterbury
Rachel King	London	I work in an office situated just outside Euston station and every time I pass the front of the station I think what a shame and a disgrace it is that we lost such a distinctive structure for no good reason.
Michael Court	London
Steven Handforth	Clapham, London	If there is any possibility of the arch being re-erected it should be taken, especially considering its architectural and historical significance and ties with Curzon Street Station in Birmingham.
Danny Mitchell	London
John Newton	London
Rick Davis	London
Diane Simpson	Southend-on-Sea, Essex	I vaguely recall attending a gathering outside Euston station some years ago at which Lucinda Lambton was present. I was accompanied by my bear, named Betjeman, who wore a black sash in rememberance of the arch. Regrettably I cannot recall anything more!
Ian C D Scott	London	I remember the Euston Arch and have long been a supporter of its restoration. I am happy to help in any way to achieve this objective.
Joanne Mirzoeff	Monks Risborough, Bucks.
Steve Newman	Oxford
Pui Shi Tsang	London
Peter Broxton	Oxford, England	Nice to have known it and the old Euston station. Sadly, its loss was followed by another, just as great, very soon after in late 1962 when the Coal Exchange went the same way. They may have been built around the same time (?) I'm happy I saw that shortly before its destruction. It was quite as bad an act of barbarism and there can be no hope of ever seeing it again. So let's rebuild the arch.
Horatio Blood	Transpontine	An exhilerating idea. Good luck.
Russell Simmons	London
Tom Ball	London	I believe the rebuilding of the arch would be enormously popular, to bring back to life an iconic building. Something which is rarely seen in this country; to rebuild what once was.
Trevor Broderick	Luto, Bedfordshire	I work for Euston Station for Virgin Trains. On my way round the back streets of Sommers town I pass through "Doric Way": I shed a tear for this traveisty... monstrous Carbuncle, this cacinogenic pile that stole Our Arch! To quote Richard Morrison The Times. "Even by the bleak standards of Sixties architecture, Euston is one of the nastiest concrete boxes in London: devoid of any decorative merit; seemingly concocted to induce maximum angst among passengers; and a blight on surrounding streets. The design should never have left the drawing-board - if, indeed, it was ever on a drawing-board. It gives the impression of having been scribbled on the back of a soiled paper bag by a thuggish android with a grudge against humanity and a vampiric loathing of sunlight" Unfortunately I was born in 1968 so was to young to have experienced this marvel, (apart from my collection of internet victorian prints and pre/post war downloads that I look back in time!) Still wrong I know.. but at least there are bits of the "THE PARTHENON MARBLES JIGSAW" people can admire... Trevor.
John Glock	Leighton Buzzard
Ben Mullon	Camden	It would be amazing to see the return of this landmark and give Euston station a new lease of life. The 60s building doesnt do the station justice as a major terminus.
Kathy Perkins	Northampton	As a child of the 1940's (family evacueed to Northampton) with grandparents living in London I now have only vague memories of the dark and steamy place called Euston. But I do remember the Arch and the consternation around its destruction. As a retired daily commuter Euston is (perhaps was) like a second home. I revisit it often and await with interest to see its long overdue make over and hope it matches the grandeur of St Pancras
Graham Collett	York	It was an act of pure vandalism to demolish the arch. We must take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the rebuilding of Euston to restore the arch to its rightful position and give London a landmark station, rather the current monstrosity!
Peter Stanton	Derby	I am Chairman of the London and North Western Railway Society and the Society has a natural interest in this. We do have a small piece of stonework from the Arch! We have a good archive and a very active membership of 700; I will encourage them to join and place a piece in our newsletter.
Lee Smith	London
Louise Tummon	London
James Park	London
John van Laun	Hereford	As a young man Euston was my home-going station (I lived in Northamptonshire at the time). I have fond memories of 'phoning my Mother from one of the two wood-enclosed GPO boxes either side of the entrance to the Great Hall - that run down but appealing joy. I also remember the short platforms behind the Great Hall, dingy, dark but exciting - my first real experience of the 'sublime'. Whilst strongly supporting the campaign I would not want a 'pastiche' - it MUST be the real thing - correct stone, dimensions. Alternatively just put together the stones that Dan Cruckshank found. As an industrial archaeologist who 'found' the subject at the time of the appalling and unnecessary demolition I would like to be involved. The Internatrional Railway Conference (sponsored by UCL, Science Museum National Railway Museum, Newcomen Scociety and others) was recently held at UCL to mark the ocassion of Richard Trevithick's first run with fee passamger railway close to Gower Street - the spot is marked by a plaque erected on the 100th Anniversary. Perhaps we should have a 'trio' of sites all very close to Euston Square - St Pancras Station, Euston Arch and Trevithick's plaque?
Elliot Matthew	Cambridge, UK	Too young to remember the original arch but the current Euston Station is a disgraceful terminal when compared to the other main line terminuses such as Liverpool Street and Kings Cross and needs to be given the arch back to give it the magnificiance it deserves as the southern end of the WCML
Chris Skinner	London	Would love to see the arch brought back. It was demolished before I was born, but a regular commuter to Euston its restoration would only benefit the area.
Michael H Jenkins	Ruislip, Middx	As a 15 year old lad I worked at Euston House for BR from 1956 and have always admired the Arch and the Great Hall for their beauty and historical place in our lives. Why oh why they weren't kept for posterity I will never know. I support wholeheartedly the rebuilding of this great piece of architecture. Mike.
Alex Simpson	Worcester	The demolition of the Arch was a national disgrace, but sadly one of many which was allowed to happen during those dark days when so much harm was inflicted upon the historic landscape of this country.
Stephen Finch	London	It's pretty obvious - an Arch has got to be 10 times better than the mess that's there now!
Graham Holton	London
David Harrison	Chelsea, London	Everyone I knew agreed at the time that 'destroying the arch was an officially sanctioned act of vandalism'. I miss its presence every time I drive past Euston Station. How wonderful it would be to see its brooding presence once again marking London's gateway to the North.
Paul Joseph Winter	London	Being born in 1983, I obviously never saw the Euston Arch, but as someone of this generation, I feel it greatly important that we hold onto our heritage and where possible, merge the greatness of the past with the greatness of tomorrow. The demolition of the station and arch was a great loss - something unfortunately developers have still not learned - but returning the arch to Euston will bring back a focal point, a history, a pride, something it's lacked for decades.
Philip Chalkley	London
John Smeeton	Birmingham
Joe Cain	London, WC1E	I support the sentiment of the campaign, and I would press their idea farther. I don’t want just an arch built. Ideally, I’d like to see the whole screen rebuilt – that’s the Doric arch plus a series of sheds and fencing along a straight line – the arch draws your attention, but the whole point was to screen the technology behind it – i.e., the belching, steaming, greasy, stinking, boiling, noisy trains behind it. The screen is the idea; not the arch alone. As a historian, I’d rather our attention focus on the process of screening itself – hiding technology behind veils (“design” for mp3 players, “escape” for transport luxuries, “allure” for clothing, and so on). At the very least, I’d like to see the arch and screen remembered somehow in the redesign so people are reminded of that process of screening. In fact, that would be my brief to the design team: commemorate the arch by commemorating its original purpose. If nothing else they could re-build the screen as a flat 2-dimensional façade somehow into the station. But if they thought of more powerful ways to provoke reflection about the original idea of screening, then I could support that with little problem. I don’t want to treat the Doric Arch in isolation as a relic; and I wouldn’t want an isolated re-built Doric arch as some kind of trophy to preservation. Moreover, the money spent on such a rebuilding could quite usefully be focused on preserving the period’s original structures that still stand, such as St Pancras Parish Church.
Paul Taylor	London	It's a great idea, just as the area is so dull and ugly.
Dave Churchfield	Windsor
Anthony South	Wapping	Fully support inclusion of reconstructed arch in new vision for Euston. The original demolition was wanton destruction of a London landmark.
Mr Lance Rhodes	London
Harry Wilkins	Warwickshire	Recently came by this, after reading about John Betjemen. Looked fabulous, shame it went.
Terry Curzon	Sidcup Kent	Lets not waste this chance to put right one of the many travesties of the dreadful 60's building boom. It is unforgiveable that something so grand and wonderful as Euston station and the Euston Arch was destroyed in such a manner. Good luck to everyone concerned with this project.
Mark Noades	London
Christos Shepherd	Athens, Greece	The current station is hideous and an embarrassment to London. That the Arch was ever demolished in the first place is a testament to the narrow-mindedness of 1960s architects, who ruined much else (Princes Street? Bath railway station? Central Bristol? York outside-the-walls? Liverpool?). Please restore the Arch to put some beauty back on the Euston Road. Not incidentally, I have seen the masterplans for the glass-and-steel monstrosity that will be the new, 'new' Euston station. What is this pathetic architectural obsession with these dreary materials? Because Britain is the cloudiest country in Europe, the supposed benefits of glass (that it lets in more light) are irrelevant. Furthermore, in 40 years' time, I strongly believe that glass and steel will be regarded as the concrete and pebbledash of the 21st century. If Euston is to be rebuilt, then it should be in a practical but classical style, with blueprints essentially an enlarged version of the original station. The Arch should certainly be part of those blueprints, and Euston might finally match up to its beautiful neighbour, St Pancras.
Chris Ure	Bedfordshire	I wish to support the rebuilding of the Euston Arch.
Steve Millar	London	If they can bring back Temple Bar they can bring back the Arch! Or at least something like it... Unfortunately I did not see the Arch but reading about it and the Great Hall makes you realise just how bland London's 60's stations are. Let me know what I can do to help! If Dan the man can save Spitalfields I am sure this is possible too (no pressure then)
Sandra Lawrence	Greenwich	The arch is an important symbol not just of what was, but what must not happen again. Its value is in what it says about modern attitudes to history as a powerful architectural feature.
John Seligmann	London
Ian Francis	Luton
Ian Malpass	Cadiz, Spain
Michael Banbrook	London & Birmingham	When I regularly traipse through the soul-less Euston station, I'm always reminded at the mindless destruction of this outstanding piece of British architecture. £10 million to bring it back as a replica is money well spent. Come back Euston Arch - we've missed you!
Paul Priestley-Leach	Swanland, East Yorkshire	The destruction of the arch was shameful; the building that replaced it is vapid. The Euston Arch was a most handsome and sturdy iconic building. Its reconstruction would lift the spirits of everyone visiting this part of London. Compared with the cost of the redevelopment of the station, the cost of its reconstruction is paltry.
Matthew Cox	Tokyo, Japan
Steve Cooper	Halstead, Essex	Chairman, The Holden F5 Steam Locomotive Trust. www.holdenf5.co.uk
David-Jason Gordon	London	London has to be proud of our heritage. We need to continue to improve architecture which is the envy of the rest of the world!
Andy B	London	My office looks across the wasteland that is currently Euston and the area needs a serious transformation to make the area acceptable!
Neil Hayward	Eversholt St, London	I'm too young to have ever seen the arch, but I'd love to see it return as part of a redeveloped Euston - just look at St Pancras for a model!
Mr Frederick Joseph Bendall	Wirral
Paul Loxton Edwards	Canterbury	Black with a century plus of soot the Arch was a fondly remembered icon of the heroic railway age. I remember it every time we collected relatives arriving from the North and photgraphed it during its sad demolition - it is wonderful to think we may yet see the Arch rise from the ashes
Mr John O'Sullivan	Edmonton, London	Bring back what was lost,for a new generation. Look at St Pancras and rebuilt Antwerp stations. Fantastic. Why should we not think big again.
Rosie Bryant	Cardiff	Native Londoner, used to live near Euston & always thought it was a bit of an eyesore... I'm too young to remember the original arch but I think a replacement would be great!
Christopher Guyver	Oxford
Peter Lamb	Havant	Another one of many structures that have not been realised for what it is and what it means to many.
Peter Soar	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	My copy of the Smithson's book on the arch is worn to tatters, I have looked at it so often. To lose the arch to commercial development was bad enough, let alone the awfulness of what was done. I read some time ago that someone had chunks of the stone in his yard but I don't know who or where. Not so sure about the night club - if it ended up looking like a Doric Macdonalds, just quietly forget it.
Giles MacDonogh	London
Paul Hicks	London
Anthony Ruschpler	London
Julian Porter	Basingstoke
Dr Christopher Townsley	London
Johnathan Bradshaw	Toronto, Ontario Canada	Sadly, I never knew about the Arch until I found out about this campaign, only the modern station has existed in my lifetime. As a boy I used to constantly travel with my father from Euston, we’d take the train to Bedfordshire to visit my grandmother. Even then I felt Euston was soulless, especially when compared to other stations in London, it lacked character. I’ve always supported the preservation of classic buildings in London and I’m glad to hear about the restoration of The Arch, which should never have been pulled down in the first place, a testimony to the narrow vision of the time when it came to architecture, something that sadly seems to continue in many ways today.
Paul Dodd	Basingstoke, Hampshire
Peter Mangles	Ely
Gavin Dawson	Guildford	Please bring back the Euston Arch, keep up the good work and return our heritage
Ike Ijeh	London	I'm too young to remember the Arch but I'm old enough to know that an opportunity to right an urban wrong on this scale is rare. It's not just about rebuilding the Arch, it's about restoring a long vanished sense of pride and vision to the public realm and streetscape of Euston Road, once romanticised as London's grand, symbolic gateway. If we can rebuild a whitewashed and immaculate Temple Bar at Paternoster Square 126 years after that was 'demolished', then we can do the same at Euston after only a fraction of that time.
Robert Woodward	UK	Typical 60's vandalism
M John Clayton	Ipswich
Damon Scott	York	How was it ever allowed to be demolished? Our predecessors have a lot to answer for!
Dhao Wotansen	Kings Cross	What an excellent idea - and between the lodges makes complete sense. I'm sure the developers recognise that a gesture like this would win plenty of hearts and minds, as well as providing their commercial and retail investment site with an icon, trade mark, logo, whatever, which is already well-known throughout the world and guaranteed to generate business.
Malcolm Parker	Farleigh Hungerford	What a wonderful idea. It would work wonderfully alongside the lodges, and create an immediately recognisable landmark for one of London's most important but architecturally least notable stations.
Ian MacFadyen	Leeds	I wish you every success in having Euston Arch restored.
Dr Brendan Gregory	London
Dave Hoyle	Preston, Lancashire
Judith Vincent	Durham City	To reinstate the arch using new stone would be to create a replica and somehow less courageous. Whereas to rebuild the arch with as many of the original stones as possible would be to salute and celebrate the great minds and visionaries that created the railways - our way of making amends for the betrayal of Beeching. It really would rise like a phoenix from the ashes or the Prescott Channel at least!
Nick Holloway	Oxford
Jonathan Gibbs	Rickmansworth	The Euston Arch fell prey to cultural vandalism and I believe that its restoration would be a step towards restoring pride in our capital. Now if we could just do something about the rabbit hutch they call a station behind it...
Neil Thomas	Chichester, West Sussex
Viv Smith	Nelson, New Zealand	The arch should never have been demolished :( Well done Michael for supporting such a great venture
James Eaton	Godalming, Surrey
Mike Newman	Highbridge, Somerset, UK	We are once again investing in a railway network Britain can be proud of. The Euston Arch represents a time when Britain was at the apex of its powers in railway engineering, and a rebuilt arch would show our pride in those who have continued to push the frontiers of engineering for generations.
Howard Sprenger	Hedge End, Hampshire	While I can understand why the arch had to be removed to allow the expansion of the station in the 1960s, it is a great shame that it could not have been re-erected close by at the time. It would not have taken much imagination to find a place for it, but sadly, that kind of thinking did not exist in those days - at least not amongst the decision makers of the day. We now have a chance to right that wrong. We should be grateful for that, and seize the opportunity.
Alec James	Cardiff
Kiran Balendra	Holloway, London	I was born in Glasgow, and as such Euston station was my gateway to London when I was young. It was with horror that I read some years ago of the way in which the old station and arch were destroyed and replaced with the banal eyesore that I have always known. I am now unfortunate enough to cycle down Euston Road every day to work and would love to see the Arch rebuilt so that one of London's great termini can finally achieve some of the grandeur that it deserves.
Paul Donhue	London
Tim Matthews	Camden
Daniel Ball	St Albans
David Morgans	Chelmsford, Essex	I am deeply committed to industrial heritage, a founder member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (www.erih.net) and developer of the Industrious East, celebrating eastern Englands industrial heritage (www.industriouseast.org.uk)
Jeremy Day	Woking, Surrey	Sadly the same Modernist ideas that lay behind the destruction of beautiful architecture such as the Euston Arch are now the norm within modern British architectural circles. This rush to demolish the old is now no longer shared by the majority of the public, where once the rush to leave wartime austerity meant modernisation at any cost. I believe that architecture is one way of connecting generations to the past, giving continuity, and understanding of our shared history. Please keep-up the good work and restore the Arch, but also go further and get much of the rest of the "Old Euston" rebuilt.
Toby Newman	Oxford	Bring back this national icon!
Neil Whitaker	Northampton, England	It would be fantastic to see this great lost treasure rebuilt for all of us to enjoy.
James Condliffe	Twickenham	I have used Euston for over 30 years and would love to see the Arch. The return of Temple Bar to London shows that it can be done.
Ian Halsall	Bath, Somerset	I have used Euston for over 30 years and would love to see the Arch. The return of Temple Bar to London shows that it can be done.
Ed Theaker	Edinburgh	The new computer simulation looks superb! The arch would be excellent if rebuilt, sited on this axis. It would add to the area and be a tourist attraction. Perhaps funding could be helped through a public appeal. Ed Theaker.
Terence Treadwell	King's Cross	Would like to help if/where I can.
Paul Little	London W2
Alexander Lyons	Dublin	I am the founder of THE ARCHANGELS TRUST a body similar to the Euston Arch Trust in that the aim is to dismantle and re situate and restore a Roman style Georgian gate lodge called the Dodder Lodge or Loftus Arch in Rathfarnham South Dublin. The experiences of the Euston Arch Trust provides an pure template, fasinating parallels and shows precedent when it comes to the consevation of our beautiful, rustic Irish Georgian Arch dating from 1760.
Jo	Buckinghamshire	Euston is a soul-less place I visit twice a day. It deserves some magic! It deserves to have some reason for people to visit other than to catch a train!
Ian Pow	Sheffield	They should have kept the Great Hall and the train arrival shed too!
Neil Debnam	London
Adrian Knowles	Bath, Somerset	I remember as a nine-year-old schoolboy watching the destruction of the Euston Arch with disbelief. I am ready to help with this inspired project to campaign for the rebuilding of the Arch.
Mark Westcott	Eastbourne	An excellent idea - and a splendid website.
Roman Max Bronka	Barking, London	Hope work can start ASAP to right the wrong.
Clare Bailey	London	I'm too young to have seen the Arch, but my grandmother lived on Euston St, right by it, for over twenty years. While researching her I found out about the Arch and the demolition and was horrified, especially given the ugly mess which has replaced it. I'd dearly love to see the Arch back and the awful bus station gone - and think Dan's detective work in finding the stones was marvellous!
Nigel Wright	Bideford, Devon	I never saw the Euston Arch when it was standing but have seen many pictures and film on it. the Euston Arch was/is/will be again an iconic structure in British transport and architectural history.
John Potter	London
Louise Stringer	Scotland	What a great project! It would become an attraction in itself like St Pancras has.
Anthony Ward	Sheffield
Ed West	North London	Saw the article in the Telegraph - good work.
Tober Reilly	London	Great architecture, new and old can work in perfect harmony with each other - each illuminating the quality of the other. See the pyramid at the Louvre or one of the city's many church spires against the 'gherkin'. We should also be big enough as a nation to reverse the vandalism of the past where there is an opportunity to do so. Bring back the arch. Not just for it's own magnificence but to inspire that which will be built behind it.
John P. Bond	Cheltenham	I was a Londoner for the first forty years of my life and well remember the Euston Arch. I travelled to the North via Euston many times. I ardently support the preservation of the best of our very meaningful railway heritage and I rate the Euston Arch at the top of the list!
Martin Heal	Newbury	Delighted to read of your initiative in today's Telegraph. The best news I've heard in a long time! At last this terrible act of vandalism may be righted. Good luck with this great overdue work.
David Brearley	Rawdon, Leeds	Maintain the pressure. The arch must be restored. Kind regards.
Anon	Lewes East Sussex	It would be great to redeem at least partially the terrible destruction of Euston Station
Tony Walker	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	As an expatriate Englishman, currently living in genteel poverty in Arizona, I do keep in touch with what is happening in London. I remember the furore when the arch was taken down, although I was living in York at the time, where the city's history is respected by both the local council and the residents. London needs to respect its past, and the Euston Arch should be re-erected. The cost? Minimal, when compared to the Greenwich abortion. The benefits? A worthy addition to the monuments of the age of the railways, especially now that St. Pancras has been restored.
Ian P. Lyman	Kettering, Northamptonshire	I recall walking under the arch on many occasions to and from my trains and on one occasion was taken upstairs into the room above the arch. From memory this was used to store deeds and records etc. I worked for BR at the time and made my objections known with regard to the demolition of the Euston Arch and the Great Hall. Not to mention the LMS hotel which stood adjacent.
Tim Singleton	Lancashire
Stephen Hughes	London
Michael Norman	Shoreham-by-Sea	Still disgusted at the vandalism so long ago. It was unnecessary and mindless, and a flagship example of what unhappily may have lent encouragement to much since.
Leslie Graham	London	I was 20 in 1962 and the demolition of the arch was the first time I felt really angry about the destruction of an important example of our architectural heritage. I also remember the old booking hall. A little dingy perhaps, but very evocative of the steam age at the height of its dynamism. I also hope that if the redevelopment of Euston goes ahead the fine statue of Robert Stevenson will be moved to a central place befitting his importance within the new building. Finally, let's also remember that the other end of the arch, so to speak, still stands in Birmingham also waiting to be revived.
Andrew Mckenzie	Abbotsbury, Dorset	I have just read the article in yesterday's Telegraph and discovered your website. I am truly excited at the prospect of rebuilding one of the most iconic railway structures in London. I have seen the Curzon Street Station Arch in Birmingham and thought how wonderful it would be if we could rebuild it's sister arch in London. I have also seen the beautifully restored Brandenburg Gate in Berlin which was in a sorry state after WW2 and thought how magnificent the Euston Arch must have been. We must rebuilt the Euston Arch.
Paul Cornick	Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire
Barbara Lawson
Adrian Wright	Durham
Kevin Cummings	Durham	Reinstatement of the Euston Arch will complement the magnificent renaissance of St Pancras and demonstrate that the architectural vandalism of the 1960s can be reversed.
Mike Kiernan	Kent
Bren Tierney	Manchester	I read Martin Gayford's article in the Telegraph (16 Aug '08) and saw that Dan Cruickshank was on the case! Go for Dan, agree completely that this is a worthwhile venture!
Philip Kelly	Petersfield	The Euston Arch would be a wonderful peice of clasical architecture and would improve this area of london a huge amount.
Adam Burns	Sunderland
Bob Wilson	Kenlworth, Warks
Robert Darlaston	Cheshire	The arch was built for the world's first trunk line, linking London and Birmingham, and it was an essential symbol of the start of the railway age. Its restoration would be a reminder of the important role this country played in developing transport systems, and it would be a wonderful embellishment to the Euston Road.
Brian Sedgley	Cobham	In 1959 I worked in the Arch as a member of the Estate and Rating Dept. The Arch was the depository for all LMS and previous railways title deeds and agreements.

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